[Husker] Observations from the stands

[Theodore Heise]

On Sun, 1 Oct 2006, Skylar Dodds wrote:


Thanks for the great observations, Skylar.


>  Great game to be at, probably the loudest I've heard the crowd 
> since the Eric Crouch throw back catch against OU.

The FSN announcers commented on the noise level several times, 
making it sound as if Memorial Stadium is well-known for being loud. 
There was a period in the second half where it sounded on TV as if 
the crowd had gotten pretty quiet.


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

I noticed that too--quite impressive!


>  Negative:

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

Was this in the wrong category, maybe?  I agree with your 
observation, but it seems like a positive to me.  :)

I was especially glad to hear Eric Washington is expected to be 
okay.  Here's a passage from the Lawrence Journal-World:

     Mangino said Washington was knocked unconscious briefly and lost
     feeling in his extremities. Soon after leaving for the hospital,
     Washington regained all of his feeling and reportedly is doing
     fine.  He spent the night in a Lincoln hospital Saturday and was
     expected to come home today

http://www2.kusports.com/news/2006/oct/01/hurt_jayhawk_washington_ok/?football


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