[Husker] Colonels From the stands

[Skylar Dodds]

Hello Husker Fans,

  I was at the game today!  For all the emails I saw about how people
  don't want to go to this game, the seats were sure pretty full (84k
  plus).

  Here's some things to take away:

  1) Taylor, Taylor, Taylor.  He was sharp on a very wet day.  He
  finished 19 of 23 and I seem to remember 2 of those being just plain
  dropped.  10 different receivers, 202 yards.  Someone else commented
  on it and I was a little surprised to see him in the game as late as
  he was, but I figure Callahan told him he's got the 3rd quarter not
  expecting us to score twice very quickly.

  2) Maurice Purify has the tools to be a really good one.  He's very
  tall, good speed and seemingly good hands.

  3) Defense was good all day long except for the one 49 yard run,
  which was the only time they were in our half of the field.

  4) I was not very excited about Marlon Lucky this year.   I knew he
  had talent, but last year he just looked lost and I didn't think he
  could run between the tackles.   I've since changed that stance.  He
  is the full package.  I realize the talent level we're playing, but
  as a Husker fan I've watched LOTS of running backs and I really like
  him.  I think he spent some time in the weight room, because he's
  become a tougher runner.

  5) Tyrell Spain saw some action and had 1 really nice tackle on the
  running back that I saw.

  6) Swift looked great on his 2 punt returns.  He does a great job of
  running up the field and doesn't dance around like Nunn does.  I
  knew he was fast, but WOW.  When he gets going on the punt returns
  he looks even faster.

  7) I was really worried about the QB position after Taylor, but
  after watching Ganz the past 2 weeks, I feel a lot better.  I think
  this guy is legitimately pretty good.  Don't get me wrong, I still
  hope that Taylor is healthy all season long, but I wouldn't feel
  terrible at all about Joe Ganz.

  8) That was probably the quietist I've ever seen the crowd.  Not
  trying to be negative, just commenting on how I didn't have to talk
  loudly at all to the people around me, (Including Mike Anderson who
  tickets are the seats behind ours).  It was a combination of the
  opponent and the weather I'm sure, but just mentioning that it was
  very quiet in there.

  9) UT is gettin spanked right now by OSU.  UT looks very beatable
  (granted OSU is really good this year, but it's nice to know they're
  not invincible).  Even though UT killed themselves with TOs, OSU
  looked like clearly the better team to me.  UT just could not cover
  the OSU receivers.

  10) Titchener is a good punter.  I was watching him warm up and he's
  got a great leg.  His sole 41 yard punt was skied WAY up in the air,
  landed inside the 20, and we had 3 or 4 defenders around the ball
  when he finally caught it.

  That's it for now.  It was wet and rainy and still the only place I
  wanted to be today!

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Go Skers,
 Skylar                            mailto:Sklarbodds at cox.net