[Husker] All Big XII Team

[Dick Karre]

Maybe Pat Ricketts was a better player than many thought.
Dick Karre
dkarre at comcast.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tommy Thompson" <huskertt at charter.net>
To: <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 12:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Husker] All Big XII Team


> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dick Karre" <dkarre at comcast.net>
>
>
>> At the CU game, a guy behind me pointed out several times that CU 
>> "always" threw to McPherson's side of the field. Every time I remembered 
>> to look, that was the case. Now, it may be that this was an aberration, 
>> but the guy started saying it from the get-go, so he had apparently 
>> noticed it before. Perhaps Washington played better then he is credited 
>> for and is simply a victim of the team's wretched pass-defense numbers. 
>> Those who know more than me about d-back play (and that would be most of 
>> you) can probably address this better than I can.
>> Dick Karre
>
> I certainly don't know better, but I did observe the same thing about 
> McPherson.  That could have a lot to do with the lack of picks for the 
> Bullocks and for the "drop" in performance for Washington.  Seems the same 
> thing happened back in the 90s.  Opponents attempted to pick on younger 
> players (e.g. Tyrone Williams in '93) and then stayed away from that 
> person the following year.  In Williams' case, as with the Bullocks 
> brothers and Washington last year, the Husker players stepped up to the 
> challenge and played like superstars.   This year, however, opposing 
> coaches knew the other 3 were strong and so went to McPherson.
>
> For those of you who review game tapes, take a look at the D-backs, and 
> see if that is the case.  I'd be interested to know if that could be the 
> real reason for the decline in the defense this year over last.  Or 
> possibly, that coupled with a drop in play by the OLBs.  Maybe the 
> coaching wasn't that bad after all!
>
>
> Tommy Thompson
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