[Husker] Too many stupid mistakes to overcome

Steve Reichenbach reich at inetnebr.com
Sat Oct 22 16:59:50 CDT 2005


> Fumbling the ball after getting a 1st and goal when the game was tied 
> (this was the obvious turning point).

As one who wondered why Nunn wasn't returning all the punts and seeing
how he was carrying that ball, I guess Callahan had his reasons.

> Dropping pass after pass when there wasn't a defender in sight.
> Throwing up wobbly passes instead of taking a sack for a quick turnover.
> 
There were many other mistakes, e.g., Austin trying to catch the ball
instead of knocking it down, procedure lining up, false start.

> To the person that said they weren't "one bit impressed with Missouri", 
> what do you think now?  They've racked up over 500 yards of offense.  
> Either that's impressive or we're simply bad.

I think NU is just not a very good team.  NU's best win is probably
against Baylor.  Texas Tech is proving to not be a top-10 team today.
NU has played a very weak schedule and I'm glad they don't have a
very good team on their schedule.

This was a discouraging game.  When NU lost 41-24 two years ago, NU
was the better team but just made mistakes.  Today, they made mistakes
(which can happen to any team on a particular day), but they just
weren't very good.

NU has shown pretty good heart this year (certainly much better
than last year), but the OU game will be a gut check for NU.  NU
can still keep hopes alive for a successful season with a win
against OU, but if they lose....  Today was pretty discouraging.




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