[Husker] Just what did the Kansas game tell us?

[jonlists at cbsol.com]

husker-bounces at tssi.com wrote on 10/02/2006 05:12:32 AM:

> If you subscribe to "Grand Plan " theory a win is a win and this is 
> just another stepping stone.  In 2008 we'll look back on this game 
> as one of the turning points.  Perhaps.
> 
>   If you are another of the "beaten down" fans who have lowered 
> expectations then it's a wwin and you'll take it.  But struggling to
> beat Kansas at HOME and in OT .... Not long ago that would have been
> unthinkable.
> 
>   The game did tell us something about the team.  They didn't fold 
> after going down after leading by 17 points.  And they did make the 
> big plays that Kansas was daring them make.  But the team couldn't 
> run out the clock.  As for the defense- well that 574 yards has 
> offensive coordinators salivating.
> 
>   It tells us that the Huskers have been lucky.  NU has a nice 
> little streak of teams unable to make extra points in close games 
> going back to Pitt last season.  But can the Huskers continue to rely on 
luck?
> 
>   Just what did the game tell Husker fans.  That Nebraska can wallop
> the LA Techs and Troys of the world.  Conference teams are an 
> entirely different matter.  The cakewalk to the Big XII North title,
> that so many fans had already placed in the bag, won't be a 
> cakewalk.  We'll see Saturday night and so will the nation.
> 

Iowa State struggled to beat Div IAA Northern Iowa. While you might say 
UNI is one of the better IAA teams, we're supposed to be the Big friggin' 
12, for crying out loud! Clearly, ISU isn't without their issues, one 
being a bad defense, the other being a quarterback who stares down his 
receivers. 

Kicking seems to be an issue for many many teams in the nation, including 
good ones. Odd how that works out. 

We are far better on offense than last year, however, we are suffering 
from the same consistency in play/execution that we did last year. The 
better offense will win us the games we lost last year - i.e., KU, Mizzou. 
The consistency issue will cost us the one game we want - Texas. 




Jon Johnston
http://www.cornnation.com