[Husker] Difference maker

[todd strong]

Bowman gets waaaaaaaaaaaay to much freakin credit. Great kid. Great 
representative of the U. However he has made six plays in his career. He 
makes captain. That tells me the moxy of the team. (as did having Dailey be 
captain his So. year, you recall those results?

"Would the boy I was yesterday, be proud of the man I am today?"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Siporin" <alans at efn.org>
To: <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2007 7:31 PM
Subject: [Husker] Difference maker


> Without Bowman we lose to Michigan in the bowl game. Without Bowman we 
> lose
> to Wake Forest. We were leading USC 10-7 when Bowman went out for the 
> game.
> Doesn't mean we beat USC with him, but I bet it's more of a game. Others 
> can
> probably think of other Bowman examples.
>
> I'm not part of the expert class, but I hear the so-called experts talk,
> frequently, about how much more you can do, defensively, if you have a
> lock-down corner. Recruiting Bowman was a huge score. Losing him to injury
> is a big blow.
>
> Of course injuries are part of football, and good coaches have a plan B 
> when
> their top corner goes down. It doesn't seem as though Cosgrove ever got to 
> a
> plan B. But ragging on Cosgrove isn't my point. I agree with all those
> comments, but there's enough of that. My point is to praise Bowman. I 
> meant
> to point this out after the USC game, and forgot to. Today's game just 
> gave
> me more proof.
>
> Football being what it we'll hear lots of rah rah, we'll be better talk 
> and
> then they might show it on the field - while Bowman quietly returns to
> action. If Bowman can play, I believe we will win a lot of games. If he
> can't play, the offense will apparently have to outscore teams.
>
> I do have one Cosgrove observation, after all. When I hear Callahan talk
> after a loss, he always says its ultimately his job as head coach to get 
> the
> players ready, that it starts with him. I like that. The players take
> responsibility, too, saying Cosgrove prepared them, but they were out of
> position, or didn't do their job. The one person who doesn't seem to want 
> to
> clearly say he owns some of the responsibility is Cosgrove. That troubles
> me.
>
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