[Husker] Nebraska offense - football

[todd strong]

In my opinion, Watson is giving lip service to Callahan.
My prediction? NU runs the ball, some spread and some option and nothing 
fancy.

"Would the boy I was yesterday, be proud of the man I am today?"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jon johnston" <jon.johnston at gmail.com>
To: <ketel97 at aol.com>
Cc: <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 11:29 AM
Subject: [Husker] Nebraska offense - football


> The thing about Greg Mays (and I don't want to detract what he did for 
> the list because i enjoyed it too) and offensive expertise that used  to 
> exist is that the offense we run these days is incredibly complex.  Some 
> of that is a reflection of Bill Callahan, but it seems to be  common with 
> most offenses these days. They've changed quite a bit. Not  only that, but 
> from our standpoint, Nebraska ran the same offense for  quite a long time 
> and the theory behind the offense was execution.  Nowadays, offenses are 
> trying to move people around to get mismatches,  and force the defenses 
> into back tackling in space (like we saw WAY  TOO MUCH OF last season).
>
> Or maybe that it's that we haven't kept up. I haven't decided yet. :)
>
> Anyway, Watson says we're going to be running basically the same  offense. 
> Yet, we're going to also run the spread. And we're going to  add some 
> power running. People made the point that Callahan's offense  was too 
> complex for the college game, yet Watson says we're not going  to change 
> much. Now, maybe he can reduce the complexity and the number  of plays, 
> but how is he going to do that yet at the same time add  different 
> formations unless those were already part of the playbook?
>
> Jon Johnston
> http://www.cornnation.com
>
> On Apr 5, 2008, at 11:01 AM, ketel97 at aol.com wrote:
>> I am in Tucson and in this area we have about 231 Big Red fans in  the 
>> Southern Arizonans 4 Nebraska.? I?do the sports e- mail that is  sent out 
>> all year around except during the summer.? I cover recaps  of every 
>> sport, including bowling and the rifle team, tennis and if  they had a 
>> college bridge or knitting team, they would be included  hahaha.
>>
>> Our people love it since it covers many sports they have not been 
>> intrested in or even aware of. I use Husker.com to get a lot of my 
>> info?and also i use some of the post here on this list.
>>
>> During the football season, i do two a week, one recap of the game  and 
>> the other about the upcoming game by going to the website of the  other 
>> school. It really work out nice durning the non conference  games, 
>> because most of those dont know much about the apposing team.
>>
>> I do rely a lot on the baseball comments i get her. And I sure wish  that 
>> we do not loose more of our good knowledgable members.? I loved  Gregg 
>> Mays postings and relied heavly on those because he had such  an insight.
>>
>> So yea, lets do all sports.
>>
>> Roger
>> The Red Clad Coot in the Desert
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