[Husker] NU vs KU

[jonlists at cbsol.com]

husker-bounces at tssi.com wrote on 10/01/2006 11:04:11 PM:

> I haven't gotten through all the posts yet, but did see that 
> Nebraska dropped a slot in each poll. Oh well, no respect!
> All the talk about the defense and the stats make me say that the 
> short fields and early scores put the Nebraska defense behind the 
> eight ball. KU ran 94 offensive plays to Nebraska's 65. It looked 
> like Coach Cosgrove had them in a base defense for most of the game.
> Either Coach Cosgrove doesn't want to tip his hand, or he still is 
> not comfortable with the players he has. A co-worker (Badger Alumn) 
> stated that Coach Cosgrove is good when he has the players for his 
> defense. However, the Nebraska defense made the plays they needed, 
> particularly in over time.

I don't get the whole "tip his hand" bit. We're in conference play. If 
he's not using the full deck of cards, he's truly a fool. 

Next - isn't anyone good when they  have the players? Give me the '85 Bear 
defense, and, hey, I'll kick some booty too! 

Having said that, no doubt he isn't comfortable. Our secondary is weak, 
inexperienced.


> It was interesting to me to see the passing versus running yardage. 
> In the Nebraska of old they would have been swapped.
> And most people seem to forget that Kansas has played Nebraska tough
> in the past. I remember back in the early nineties that KU almost 
> upset the Huskers. Coach Mangino has turned that program around 
> (which is good for the Big-XII).
> While I thought that Nebraska would win big, and it looked that way 
> early in the game. This was a good test for Nebraska. They could 
> have given up after being up so much and then getting behind. 
> Instead, they kept at it and prevailed in the end.
> It was an excited game (although I don't know if my heart can take 
> many, many more of them!).
> On to the Cyclones!
> Go Big Red!
> Rob Czeranko

One thing I don't understand, and said as much so on my blog - is that if 
Cosgrove was worried about giving up big plays and didn't pressure because 
of it, what's the bloody difference between that and what happened with 
KU? We still gave up huge chunks of yardage. GARGGH!

You might as well prepare yourself for a touch and go game this weekend. 
ISU has enough offense to tear up our secondary, and if we don't blitz, 
don't get pressure, it will be the same story all over again (isn't that 
redudant?). 

Jon Johnston
http://www.cornnation.com