[Husker] good and questions

[Steve Stone]

Jon wrote:

(big snip)

>I don't think there's anyone on this list that has a lot of faith in Ganz,
>but after Taylor he's what we have. I hope that against Nicholls State, he
>plays the whole second half. Or more. As much as possible.

Ganz hasn't played enough for anyone on this List to have either 
faith or no faith in his playing ability.

Nevertheless, what we saw from him today was more than adequate from 
a redshirt sophomore in his very first Division I appearance.

>The word I would use is "crisp". Think of where we were last year. Not as
>lost as the year before, but really lost in this offense at the beginning
>of 2005. Remember the constant shifting and penalties? They were gone this
>year.

I wouldn't call today's performance "crisp" but rather "sluggish." It 
seemed to me the Huskers couldn't or at least didn't get "up" 
sufficiently to warrant calling their play "crisp." Yet, they have 
taken strides in seven-league boots compared to last season's opener.

>Four tight ends caught TD passes. Four. That's not a sign that Herian
>isn't important. It's a sign of depth.
>What, 10 recievers caught passes, four running backs had significant
>carries. That's huge.

Agreed.

>Somewhere, I do think that Callahan is a true offensive genius - but key
>is that he can communicate that to his team. I think today showed that he
>can. After the first quarter, we moved away from trying to pound the ball
>to playing BC's offense, and we started tearing apart the LaTech defense.
>This was Nebraska of old, with just a different offense.

Early in the third quarter the running game almost reminded me of 
former days. The opening third-quarter drive for a TD 
was...well...convincing.

>  We truly beat the crap out of them today, and we did it with a whole team,
>a massive gob of players. That's pretty darned impressive.

Once again, agreed.

Steve Stone