[Husker] WOW

[Theodore Heise]

Wow! is absolutely right.  This was the first bowl game I've ever 
been to, and it was an *awesome* game to see!  I was satisfied early 
in the fourth quarter when Michigan pulled away to an 11 point lead, 
as the Cornhuskers had played hard and matched the spread.  Seeing 
Nebraska take it was amazing!

It's a good thing I can write this, because I have absolutely *no* 
voice left.  There were a ton of folks in red at the game--maybe 
half of the over 60,000?

They refs really did a poor job.  The interference call against NU 
on punt coverage was borderline, but the timing of that hit was 
indistinguishable from two other punts.  I also did *not* agree with 
the touchdown that was reversed, saying it bounced first.  We got to 
see it a couple of times on the big screen (unlike many of the 
questionable calls), and I could see *no* evidence it hit the 
ground--certainly not enough evidence to overturn the call on the 
field.

I think the bad calls balanced out.  There was a pass breakup toward
the end where the Cornhusker defender had his arm around the
receiver just before knocking the ball away--could have easily been
interference.  I saw a push that could have been a block in the back
on NU.  Just saw Sports Center, and was dismayed that they presented 
the bad calls as if they all favored Nebraska--this was definitely 
not the case.

Nebraska was really hurt in the kicking game--giving up substantial 
return yardage on many kicks.  Between that and the turnovers, 
Michigan had good field position a lot of the night.

Other highlights: seeing the Riverwalk in a sea of red.  Meeting 
lister Steve Reichenbach and his family.  Made phone contact with 
lister Tim Silvey, but we weren't able to hook up in the chaos 
before the game.

-- 
Theodore (Ted) Heise     <theo at heise.nu>     Bloomington, IN, USA


> Smart no-call at the end I think, both teams had about 20 players 
> on the field, so if they called too many men on the field for NU 
> (which the radio was suggesting) they would've had to call it on 
> Michigan too. I also think Bowman's pass defense near the end was 
> pass interference, but I think Nunn's catch should've been a TD