[personal] Re: [Husker] Observations from the stands

[Skylar Dodds]

Hello Husker Fans,

jj> Not trying to pick apart your post but how does Purify coming along nicely fit into the negative catagory? I find that very positive. Also I dont think there was a chance at a moral victory
jj> yesterday. Espically after going up 17-0.

Easily, he fits into the negative category when I'm exhausted after
watching a 5 hour game screaming my head off :)

In other words, oops :)

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 Skylar                            mailto:Sklarbodds at cox.net

jj> Skylar,



jj> I do have one question for someone on the list. How come the lateral was not a reviewable play? You can review fumbles and catches so why not if a play was a lateral or not? That doesnt make much
jj> sense to me. 

jj> Skylar Dodds <Sklarbodds at cox.net> wrote: Hello Husker Fans,

jj>   Great game to be at, probably the loudest I've heard the crowd since
jj>   the Eric Crouch throw back catch against OU. I want to say that I
jj>   believe 100% that if they had gotten that lateral call right and let
jj>   McKeon run for the TD, we'd have blown them out.  Instead of 24-10
jj>   at half it would have been 31-7 and that would have really defeated
jj>   them.

jj>   Positive:

jj>   1) I didn't realize Hardy was that fast.  On his first touchdown he
jj>   looked like he would be knocked out of bounds easily, but he just
jj>   turned on the jets and put 10 yards on that guy before he could say,
jj>   "Wait for me!"

jj>   2) Shanle had 2 nice interceptions and came close to 2 more.

jj>   3) Great to have Cody Glenn back!  Take away his fumble and he
jj>   looked VERY good every run.

jj>   4) Zac Taylor - 4 TDs 0 Ints.  395 yards. 26 yards / completion and
jj>   over 12 yards per attempt.  Sounds like his best game ever?  Not
jj>   even close :)

jj>   5) Andre Jones didn't look amazing but he was probably the most
jj>   improved player IMHO.  He really made some big plays when we really
jj>   needed them.

jj>   Negative:

jj>   1) Line play.  Our O-Line was decent but not great and our D-Line
jj>   got 100% outplayed.  There was almost ZERO pressure on the QB all
jj>   game and some big holes to run through.

jj>   2) Defense looked good in spots, but if it weren't for their
jj>   turnovers I'd give them an F today.  There receivers were running
jj>   loose all day and as I said before the pressure was non-existant.
jj>   I'd give them a final grade of C.

jj>   3) Purify is coming along nicely.  His big body makes him a great
jj>   target, especially on 3rd downs

jj>   4) 3 Fumbles made it too close of a game.  Period.  Take care of the
jj>   ball.

jj>   5) Zac Taylor - He was definitely not sharp.  A lot of his passes
jj>   were to fairly open receivers and he just plain missed them.  He
jj>   also seemed too obsessed with the long ball.  There was 3 times on
jj>   one drive where he passed up a WIDE open Herian in the middle of the
jj>   field for a receiver down field who was not even open.

jj>   OVERALL: If the Huskers win 39-32 their record is 4-1.  If they
jj>   would have won 56-0 their record would have been 4-1.  A win is a
jj>   win and moral victories are for losers, glad we didn't have a moral
jj>   victory today!