[Husker] Scoring 80 points in a game

[BRADALAN at aol.com]

Not sure I want to correlate leaving a heisman candidate in to help his run  
with the class of the coach.  Poor judgement possibly, risky for sure, and  
possibly detrimental to the following year's team.
 
Prime example, 2001 Huskers, in which Nebraska had at least 6 legitimate  
blowout wins, but Jammal Lord only attempted 8 passes, 22 runs (according to  
Huskerpedia), and an unknown number of handoffs or pitches.  Even if he  handed 
off or pitched every other down, that is only 60 snaps over the course of  the 
season, and it 1) affected his work ethic (by his own admission) and 2)  
showed in his play early in 2002.  Crouch frequently played well into the  fourth 
quarter with the game decided.  I never saw that as a lack of class  on the 
part of Solich.
 
I didn't see the USC game, but Vince Young was done with about 9 minutes to  
go in the third quarter (or 6 minutes into the second half) which I don't 
think  is unreasonable.  Seems to me there is some value in starting the half with 
 your first string just to keep the momentum going the right way.
 
Of course, just think how the voting might have gone in 1995 if Frazier had  
gotten a full 3 quarters-plus every game.  In that season I think Berringer  
played several series in every game and Turman appeared in over half.
 
Still would have liked to see 100 put up on CU though.  ESPN did make  a 
point in their recap that CU has been outscored 100-6 in their last 2  games.
 
GO BIG RED!
 
Brad Bredenkamp
 
In a message dated 12/3/2005 7:20:48 PM Hawaiian Standard Time,  
nolan at romaine.tssi.com writes:

I  thought Texas and USC both left their first string and Heisman candidates  
in far too long today, in blatant attempts to rack up stats and influence  
Heisman voters.  It says a lot about the class shown by those  coaches.