[Husker] Late Comments

[Steve Stone]

1. If a win can be termed "disappointing," the Kansas win would 
probably fall into that category for most fans, myself included.

2. With the exception of Ahman Green's long TD sprint on the opening 
play of the 1995 Colorado game in Boulder, it seems that on the rare 
occasions when the Huskers open with an EASY score (1996 vs TTech, 
for instance), they lose focus and don't play well the rest of the 
game.

3. Mangino's Kansas is not your grandfather's Kansas and won't be for 
as long as he remains head coach. His teams are only going to get 
better, so Husker fans can flush future "easy" expectations.

4. Zac Taylor had his least effective passing game of the season, the 
reasons for which we can only spelculate. At least one factor was 
that the KU left rush end practically earned a place in the Husker 
backfield. Had Zac played his "average" game, things might have been 
dramatically different.

5. When NU without Mann faces a good defensive line per USC and 
Kansas, he becomes outstanding by his absence. His position wasn't 
named "center" by accident.

6. It seems clear that the Husker offensive and defensive game plans 
are being carefully modeled to each opposing team's strengths and 
weaknesses. As a result, we fans don't see the "set" style of play 
from game to game that we became accustomed to under TO and Frank. In 
other words, each week we see a different facet of this year's squad. 
This group has yet to play a "typical" game, so we fans remain at a 
loss in trying to figure out what sort of Huskers those guys in red 
jerseys really are.

Steve Stone