[personal] Re: [Husker] ESPN: 1995 Huskers Still the Greatest

[Bob Beach]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Siporin" <alans at efn.org>
To: "Bob Beach" <rbeach at neb.rr.com>; "Husker List" <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 1:21 AM
Subject: Re: [personal] Re: [Husker] ESPN: 1995 Huskers Still the Greatest


> The game of the century was not typical, stat-wise, or otherwise. No other
> game was close, for example. Nevertheless, the stats bear me out, not your
> 65 passing yards for the OU game. We averaged more than a hundred yards a
> game more than the 65, at about 170. Yes, Rodgers returned punts and
> kickoffs, but he caught several bombs for tds, too, and many key third 
> down
> catches,including a diving catch to keep THE drive alive.




    I have already agreed they threw the ball to Rodgers in 1971.  But, it 
wasn't like the 1971 Huskers were rapid fire throw the ball Rodgers attack. 
They still were weighted toward the run.  For the life of me I can't find 
any exact statistics and am relying totally on memory, which in my case 
isn't always the best ;-).  I remember them throwing the ball to Rodgers for 
sure but I remember them using him many ways of which passing was a part. 
When you have backs like Jeff Kinney rushing is a very important part.


Bob Beach

I never learned anything when I was the one doing the talking.