[Husker] My Take On The Game and the Defense

[dryter at inebraska.com]

I agree that the offense was ineffective, but before the loss can be  
pinned on Zack Taylor or the OL, or whomever, credit has to be given  
to the OU defense.  Stoops has said that this defense is one the best  
he's ever coached.  The speed on DE was impressive, and a fast DB or S  
can make a QB look like he has no arm.  I'm just saying that before  
I'm going to say that they sucked, I'm going evaluate who they were up  
against and who was able to play, like being down to one IB.  When the  
OU defense had to respect the run, Taylor throws that huge pass to  
Peterson from his own endzone.  I'm addressing the comments I've seen  
on this and not just what Jeff wrote.

Quoting Jeff Volk <jeffv at alphavideo.com>:

> Greetings,
>
> I thought I would chime with my take on the game. First, I totally agree
> with those that say the offense was what cost us this game and not the
> defense. The defense actually played pretty solid while our offense was
> stopped not necessarily by great OU defensive play, but by poor NU
> offensive play. I love Zac Taylor, but fact is he didn't have his best
> game. Some of it was related to sub par and inconsistent o-line play but
> mostly he just didn't have a sharp game.
>
> As for the defense, the focus was clearly to stop the run and make
>