[personal] Re: [Husker] Could this Husker team beat...

[Skylar Dodds]

Hello Husker Fans,

Replies to various recent posts:

DR> Was TO trying to lose in Tempe in 96?  How about at KSU when Turman started
DR> in place of TF?  Was Frank trying to lose at Boulder and in the Rose Bowl?

I understand the point you're trying to make, but there's one very key
difference here: THE RUN WAS NOT WORKING AGAINST USC.

In all of the above examples, the run was working great and we were as
good if not the better team.  Or in the KSU vs Turman example, they
didn't pass because Turman is an 19th string QB.  I don't think anyone
on this list or any (except the Turman family) is going to argue that
Turman is half of the throwing QB that Taylor is.  Turman was the
worst player on the offense at that time and we had pretty much the
O-line running back combination in the country.  This time was just
the opposite.

Taylor is our best offensive weapon and he was under utilized, bottom
line.  I understand their choice of strategy and before the game I
would have agreed with it.  I even think most people on this list
would say that too.  The PROBLEM was that when it WAS NOT working we
failed to adjust our scheme and try something different, something
proven no less.

3cdso> I'm convinced that Zac was not 100% at USC. Virus, headache,
3cdso> emotions, whatever. Zac was not going to win the game for us.

What source do you have to back that up?  Sure he was not sharp, but
did you see him throw up on the sidelines?  Take his temperature?

3cdso> Maybe, but that strategy was likely to gift USC two
3cdso> interceptions (minimum) and send us home with a 42-3 loss (or
3cdso> worse).

Likely?  Wow.  Let's look at what we knew going into the game:

1) He'd thrown 1 interception all season at that point
2) He had a streak of 60 or so passes without an interception heading
into the USC game.
3) He has the second highest passer rating in the entire country
(175.76).
4) Going into the game had completed over 70% of his passes on the season.

Yeah, you're right. It's likely that he would have thrown 2
interceptions minimum. It might have been 20. Good thing we didn't
throw.  WHEW!

Ironically, in the first two games we had 5 times more team fumbles
than interceptions from Taylor. How could we have predicted 2 fumbles
(1 lost) and no picks against USC?

L> Would the picking apart of the game and the hanging of BC's game plan been
L> any different had we lost 35 to 27 or something like that?

Yes, because it would have been us using our best player to try and
win the game.  And everyone would have felt like we went for it with
everything we've got and came up short.  I can't speak for others, but
I can say it would have made a world of difference for me.

I find it a little humorous that we're still talking about this 3
weeks later, but oh well.

-- 
Go Skers,
 Skylar                            mailto:Sklarbodds at cox.net

DR> It's pretty common for a WCO or pro set offense to run on first down with
DR> hopes of getting 5 or more yards and set up a play-action on second down.
DR> Perhaps this is another artifact of Callahan's tenure in the NFL.  According
DR> to Damon Benning on Big Red Wrap Up, when the run started to get shut down,
DR> the play-action was not effective and the LBs moved up.  

DR> Here's my take: they HAD TO RUN THE BALL TO BEAT USC because of the pass
DR> rush.
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DR> game plan is a game plan, and the coaches know a helluva lot more than
DR> anyone on this list that is not in the football program. This discussion is
DR> pretty mute, however, and not productive.  It doesn't matter what they
DR> looked like.  What matters is that they beat KSU.
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DR> From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of
DR> Brown, Laura (LLU)
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DR> The lack of passing on first down -- predictable the whole way through.
DR> He should have shown more confidence in his experienced QB and let him
DR> carry the day.  We probably still would have lost because of the
DR> execution problems, but we would have looked like we were trying to win.


DR> Laura 

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DR> Brown, Laura (LLU) wrote:
>>
>> I HATED his USC game plan

DR> I hated the fumble and the other lapses in execution.
DR> Our only chance of matching USC was to execute well.
DR> Lots of people said that before the game, and I agreed.

DR> Did we execute well?    No.  
DR> So, we lost.  Where's the controversy?  

DR> I can't understand why all these "fans" keep putting
DR> the boot into BC's gameplan.  The gameplan was fine.
DR> We didn't execute.  We lost.  Move on.

DR> Cheers,
DR> Steven

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