[Husker] Frustration . . . . (fwd)

[Theodore Heise]

>> I thought the difference between the two teams was the respective 
>> secondaries.
>
> Maybe, but take 3 plays away (the fumble on the 1st play, the long 
> TD bomb and the 1st down play when OU was deep in its own 
> territory) and it is a COMPLETELY different game.
>
> For that matter take just the fumble away and the game changes 
> character.
>
> And while two of those could be pinned on the defense, the offense 
> had more than enough chances to score.  It's hard to win when your 
> offense essentially puts as many points on the opponent's 
> scoreboard as they put on their own scoreboard.

All good points.  The thing that gets me is that Nebraska compared
well in offense yardage, just wasn't able to punch it in unless they 
started close.
                        NU    OU
                       ---   ---
1st Downs              17    13
Total Yards           366   307
Passing               282   265
Rushing                84    42
Penalties            5-24  3-25
3rd Down Conversions 3-15  4-15
4th Down Conversions  1-3   0-1
Turnovers               5     1
Possession          28:21 31:39


> Yesterday a bit of order was restored to the football universe: 
> OU and NU played for the conference title, USC lost to UCLA and 
> the only way anyone can mention 'Notre Dame' and 'National 
> Championship' in the same sentence is when talking about the past.

All very satisfying to my mind as well.  :)

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Theodore (Ted) Heise     <theo at heise.nu>     Bloomington, IN, USA