[Husker] Pathetic

j j jjj112665 at yahoo.com
Sat Nov 12 20:57:20 CST 2005


So do you think then that Callahan has had a change of
heart concerning his "one game, one season" comment?



--- "Bob Clouston (rclousto)" <rclousto at cisco.com>
wrote:

> > This is the most ridiculous display of ineptitude
> I have ever listened
> to. 2 safeties? 
> 
> Anyone remember the Arizona State game in 1996?  3
> safeties, less
> offense, though obviously against a better team.
> 
> Burning the redshirt this late was unfortunate, and
> perhaps unnecessary.
> I thought we'd try to run the clock out as much as
> possible, even if we
> went 3 & out, so I figured Ganz was the right choice
> since you don't
> need Beck to handoff.  But Callahan had the mindset
> (according to
> Norvell after the game) that if the game was on the
> line and Taylor got
> hurt, Beck would go in, and that's what it was.  You
> can't pick when
> your starting QB gets hurt.  If we'd burned the
> shirt earlier in the
> year just to get Beck some time --and it wouldn't
> have been much since
> most games have been close--and Taylor never went
> down, wouldn't people
> be screaming about wasting it for no reason?  At
> least this was with a
> game on the line.  Hopefully Beck will get some
> snaps vs. CU and in the
> bowl game.  If nothing else, he got this experience
> and a chance to come
> back after a critical mistake.
> 
> Look at it another way.  If Beck is all-world, maybe
> he would jump to
> the NFL before spending 5 years on campus.  What did
> VT gain by
> redshirting Michael Vick since he left early? 
> Likewise Vince Young
> could leave after this year (sounds like he won't)
> and make his redshirt
> year completely lost.
> 
> With a bowl game and a winning season on the line,
> and maybe his own
> job, I think Callahan had to play the best QB
> available. You want to
> complain, how about throwing so much with an
> untested freshman and a 2
> point lead?
> 
> Bob Clouston
> 
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