[Husker] NU-Ok (fwd)

[Mike Nolan]

> I for one am not really sure why so many people
> thought the OU game was going to be any different than
> it was- the Sooners have lost 3 games to teams that
> are 21-1 going into today. Granted, they are down but
> I think they are considerably better than Nebraska at
> this point, regardless of the stats. I am not one bit
> surprised at this outcome.

Much better??  They were only one touchdown better, and that was a gimmee.

The full stats file on the huskers.com site is apparently corrupted (hopefully
it'll be fixed by tomorrow), but based on stats elsewhere the only stat 
that really stands out is the NINE sacks recorded by OU.  (Is that some kind
of record for Nebraska?)

The low rushing yardage is somewhat noteworthy, but I suspect that's just 
something the grind-it-out gang will have to get used to.  The days of
500 yard rushing outputs are gone and may never return.

Let's also remember that Oklahoma isn't in the middle of redefining what
Sooner Football means.  

I am not advocating any drastic changes this year (not even at DC), though 
Callahan will probably join Houston Nutt and possibly Dave Wannstedt on 
the media's 'bubble list'.  However, as I've said before (and the pundits in
the media apparently don't understand this), all indications are that 
Callahan still has the full support of the only person whose opinion 
matters, and since dumping Callahan this quickly would in effect repudiate 
the very reason he was hired, he's got 2-3 more years to get the Huskers
back up to 9+ win territory before the other powers that be start flexing 
their muscles.  
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Mike Nolan