[personal] Re: [Husker] USC thought and looking toward Troy

[Rod Wellman]

Wow.  I had a rather long post to respond to Steven's.  But Skylar  
covered everything quite well and much shorter than I could have  
done.  Thanks, Skylar.  (I'll keep my long-winded post to myself,  
unless circumstances deem otherwise :)

Rod W.
Sioux City, Ia.

On Sep 20, 2006, at 4:58 PM, Skylar Dodds wrote:

> Hello Husker Fans,
>
> 3cdso> A 5-star freshman trumps a 3-star freshman every time.
>
> On paper it does.  It probably does on the field 50% of the time.  Ask
> Tom Osborne if you have to have all 5 stars to put together one of the
> best college football teams of all times.
>
> My guess is his answer would be, "You need some talent, both 5-star
> and no-star walk-ons".
>
> 3cdso> Did you watch the game closely?  Taylors' passing was not good.
> 3cdso> Perhaps it was USC pressure?  Perhaps Taylor just had an off
> 3cdso> day?  But I saw nothing in Taylor's passing performance to  
> justify
> 3cdso> calling more passing plays.  Don't get me wrong.  I am a big  
> Zac
> 3cdso> fan.  However, it is clear to me that Zac was not at his  
> best at
> 3cdso> USC.
>
> IMHO, from watching Zac a lot in person and a some in TV, Zac
> clearly does better after he's established a rhythm.  He was not
> allowed that in the USC game, thus some of the less than desirable
> passes.  I think you're out of your mind if you think BC didn't pass
> because of how he thought Taylor was playing that day.
>
> 3cdso> Many people believe (and I am one of them) that BC was  
> trying to
> 3cdso> win and that his plan was sound.  But, for the sake of  
> argument,
> 3cdso> let's assume that BC was not trying to win.  Why would he do  
> that?
> 3cdso> "Not getting embarrassed" is a stupid reason (unless you are an
> 3cdso> anti-BC troll).
>
> There are even MORE people who believe that he was just trying to keep
> USC's offense off the field and keep the game close so it didn't look
> bad (like TT 2 years ago). Some of which are even get paid to give
> their opinions. Calling someone an 'anti-BC troll' doesn't add to the
> discussion at all, please avoid name calling in the future.
>
> 3cdso> The most likely reason for easing off on the USC game is
> 3cdso> to protect our most valuable assets for the main campaign (the
> 3cdso> B12).
>
> 3cdso> We have four top running backs, but just one top quarterback.
> 3cdso> We can affort to lose a running back (or two), but if we lose
> 3cdso> Zac the B12 championship run is over. So, a risk-averse coach
> 3cdso> would pound USC with running backs and keep the quarterback
> 3cdso> safe.
>
> This argument makes my stomach turn.  The thought of 'sparing' the
> best offensive player on the team to 'save' him for later games is
> sickening.  If you're not going to let him put everything on the line
> in the game, PUT SOMEONE ELSE IN WHO CAN!  Win the game you're playing
> today before you start worrying about later that year.
>
> 3cdso> Last year's Iowa State game?  Didn't we win that one?
> 3cdso> Last year's Oklahoma game?  I thought we were in that game
> 3cdso> almost to the end.  I don't remember anyone blaming the
> 3cdso> gameplan (but at that point I wasn't a subscriber to this
> 3cdso> discussion group).
>
> I'm pretty sure he meant two years ago when we got beat in Ames and
> then in Norman and played very conservative.
>
> In fact, the only game I remember winning with a conservative strategy
> under BC was a 7-6 barn burner vs Pittsburgh, but that's just me.
>
> For the record, I understood your position earlier, but this post
> seems a little 'malicious' for Roger and Rod's (and many others)
> opinion who thought BC had it wrong with the gameplan.
>
> To me, this was the worst 'gameplan' decision this staff has made
> since running 3 defensive lineman all game against TT and never
> blitzing when they put up 60 on us.
>
> -- 
> Go Skers,
>  Skylar                            mailto:Sklarbodds at cox.net
>
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Rod Wellman
Sioux City, Ia.