[Husker] I guess you had to be there (don't just skip this one,
it's worth the long read)
j j
jjj112665 at yahoo.com
Sun Nov 13 02:39:48 CST 2005
Skylar, I have to agree with you we do have some good
players, even some very good players on this team.
Many more then you mentioned I believe. That is why I
am so frustrated with this season. I think it should
have been a whole lot better then it has. That is also
why I dont think Callahan is a very good coach. I will
always root for NU and the players but that doen't
mean I have to like the coaches. Just because Callahan
can recruit 4 and 5 star players doesn't make him a
good coach it just makes him a good recruiter. If he
cant get the performance out of them that it takes to
win then he shouldn't be the head coach he should be
the recruiting cordinator. Maybe that would be a
better job for him. I hope we beat CU in two weeks and
then win the bowl game. That would make us 8-4 and
would make the record respectable but I still think we
should have beaten MU and KU. Its those types of games
and the fact that we would have had a better chance at
beating TT and OU had we not spotted them such big
leads that really makes me question his coaching
ability.
--- Skylar Dodds <Sklarbodds at cox.net> wrote:
> Hey Husker fans!
>
> I am a little shocked at the response on this list
> to a great victory
> over a desperate team. I've been at quite a few
> games this year and I
> must say, especially in the final minutes of the
> game, that was as
> crazy-loud as I've heard the fans all year.
>
> YES, there were negatives today. Enough to discuss
> for sure. But it
> feels like we Husker fans are SO spoiled that
> anything less that
> perfection and we can't believe our eyes.
>
> "I can't believe he threw that interception!!" .
> Yeah, and 19 year old
> kid shouldered with the responsibility of taking his
> first snaps in
> the college ranks to get his team to a bowl game in
> the fourth quarter
> with a 2 point lead. Geesh, I can't believe he
> choked so bad.
>
> "We burned his red-shirt, now the future of the
> program is lost."
> Only Husker fans can get away with criticizing a
> coach for going for
> the win. Not, "Well, if I lose today, at least I
> still have a
> red-shirt on Beck" Callahan CLEARLY felt that our
> best chance for
> winning this game was with Beck. I for one would be
> VERY UPSET if he
> did anything less than what he thought was the best
> chance to win in a
> crucial game like this. Plus, I think Callahan
> feels with the new kid
> from Missouri coming in, we will have a pretty full
> cupboard @ QB for
> the next few years.
>
> "Why did we run a dump pass out of our endzone?"
> This is about the
> only legitimate criticism I can come up with against
> these coaches
> today. If you were there, you could clearly see our
> players were
> playing their butts off and they left everything on
> the field.
> Someone mentioned the 2 yard pass on 4th and 4.
> Well, it was only 2
> yards because the receiver stopped and tried to juke
> out the defender.
> If he had kept running, it would have been 4 yards.
> NOT THE COACHES
> FAULT.
>
> "Why call a timeout so early in the play before the
> field goal". I
> think this one is because Callahan thought they were
> going to snap the
> ball with not enough players on the field. I think
> he would have
> preferred to wait the extra 10-15 seconds, but he
> didn't want to risk
> botching our last chance at taking the lead. I
> can't fault him for
> calling the timeout when he did, but I can fault him
> for not having
> his players ready for the situation.
>
> Positives (A lot longer list today, IMHO):
>
> - Taylor played lights out. With very few
> exceptions his passes were
> sharp, on target, and despite a few drops, he had a
> very high
> completion percentage. What a tough kid. How can
> you do anything
> but love this guy.
>
> - O-line played WAY better. I was at the OU game as
> well and I can
> tell you our protection was there all game this
> time. Our run blocking
> still left something to be desired, but we got some
> tough yards when
> we needed them. It's amazing what Taylor can do when
> he has time to
> throw.
>
> - If you don't believe we have some great young
> talent, just look at
> some key players today. Cogdon has been lights out
> since his rocky
> start, including a HUGE pressure kick today in what
> was an
> unpredictable STRONG wind. Barry Turner had a sack
> and a blocked
> field-goal. Grixby played lights out, breaking up
> some HUGE plays.
> The two freshman O-linemen played very well I
> thought. No stupid
> mistakes, no obvious missed assignments. Beck
> coming into the biggest
> pressure situation of his life and recovering from a
> devastating
> interception late to throw the big play.
>
> - KOCH!!! I hope everyone who attended the game
> realized that the
> game-ball quite possibly should be his. He had some
> MONSTER punts
> into a wind that was SO fierce that it ripped a HUGE
> flag waving over
> the construction clean off. It was so bad that the
> referees had to
> stand on the ball until the center was ready to snap
> it because it
> wouldn't keep still (I've never seen that in my
> lifetime). Not only
> does he have the leg, but he's got to be the best
> sharpshooter off of
> his foot that I've ever seen. He can pin people
> inside the ten like
> it's going out of style. The play of the game for
> us might have been
> when there was a bad snap back to Koch and he
> knocked it down, picked
> it up, ran to the side and booted a 40 yarder just
> in the nick of
> time.
>
> - RUUD!! Even though it was obvious our biggest
> weakness on defense is
> our starting 2nd string linebackers, Ruud turned in
> the game of his
> life, recording 15 tackles, including 5 for loss.
>
> - Swift!! Can we say enough about this kid?
> Really? He's worked
> really hard to be an impact on this team and just
> when we need a big
> play, there's no need to look past #87.
>
> - Finally the defense. Wow. Yes, they gave up about
> a handful of big
> running plays. But each time we really needed them
> to step up, they
> did and in a big way. First and goal from the 9
> after a Beck INT? Oh
> yeah, 3 plays for 0 total yards. KSU gets the ball
> back on the 26 with
> about a minute left and needs about 45 yards to
> setup game winning
> field goal? Oh yeah 7 plays, 6 yards, game over.
> Look at KSU's last 8
> possessions:
>
> K31 Punt 3--7 01:42
> K18 Interception 7-65 02:08#
> K29 Missed FG 12-57 03:15#
> K09 Punt 3--2 01:14
> K05 Punt 3--1 00:57
> K22 Punt 6-18 03:11
> N09 *FIELD GOAL 4-0 01:22#
> K26 Downs 7-6 00:45
>
> 3 points in 8 possessions and those 3 points were a
> gift of the
> offense.
>
> This is not the best team we've ever put on the
> football field, we
> have some OBVIOUS weaknesses. But these kids leave
> it all on the
> field and I for one am very proud to say I am a
> Husker fan after
> watching these kids. Maybe we should remember that
> every year will
> not be a 'walk all over everybody' national
> championship team. When a
> so-so Husker team takes the field and gives it
> everything and comes
> away with a thrilling victory, can't we celebrate
> that?
>
> Go HUSKERS!
>
>
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Skylar
> mailto:Sklarbodds at cox.net
>
>
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