[Husker] Remember the Alamo? (fwd)

[Scott Titsworth]

Hello Mike and others,
The word here at Ohio is excitement and patience.  Generally speaking, 
everyone is excited as heck about the new coaching staff.  Word from the 
players is that the program is being run with a 100% more 
professionalism when compared with the previous staff.  So, in the 
medium term, expectations are for a solid turnaround.  But, everyone 
knows that the turnaround will be tough.  The number of Frosh on the 
two-deep roster is pretty amazing.  Apparently the previous staff did 
not leave the new staff with much talent (I fully understand the irony 
in that claim). 

In terms of our non-conference schedule, we have a brutal time.  NU, 
then PITT, and then Va Tech.  Of those games, no one is talking with 
much optimism about NU and PITT (the fans, that is).  Both games are 
viewed as yardstick games--how close are we to those teams, but no real 
talk of upsets.  The PITT game is the one generating cautious optimism.  
Pitt comes off a game with Notre Dame and will be looking ahead to the 
'Huskers.  The Pitt game is here, students will be back, and Peden 
stadium is expected to set an attendance record with 500 new season 
tickets sold already.  Those who have talked with Frank "behind the 
scenes" (i.e., various administrators on campus) get the impression that 
Frank wants to get through the non-conference schedule without injury or 
psychological setbacks and then compete in the MAC.

Can Ohio keep pace?  Word about practices is very subdued.  Not a single 
practice has been open.  There is rumor that our offensive line (a real 
problem for last year's team) is much better, but the yardstick for 
comparison is pretty short.  Our QB is decent and we have a good RB.  I 
am excited for the season and would love to come out of Evanston with a 
win (sorry Mike!), but in terms of the non-conference schedule 
everyone's dream is to beat Pitt because that would energize local fans 
who have tended to show up to games only to see our awesome marching band.
Scott

Mike Nolan wrote:

>>Frank pretty much dropped the hammer last time he went up against NU.  What
>>is the talk on the NU list?  Confidence?  Overconfidence?  Revenge?
>>    
>>
>
>I don't think that anyone has paid much attention to the new coach
>at Ohio being Frank Solich.
>
>Most of the talk has been about the NU defense, which was thin to start
>with and has suffered 2 major losses due to injuries.
>
>NU should be able to score against Ohio, the question is whether Ohio 
>can keep pace.  They weren't a very good team last year, and I don't 
>know how quickly Frank will be able to build his kind of team (whatever 
>that is) there.  I guess we'll start finding out in about 36 hours.  
>--
>Mike Nolan
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