[Husker] Oracle of Omaha Predicts 8 Wins

[jon johnston]

On Mar 4, 2008, at 11:54 AM, David Strong wrote:

>
>> From: "Mike Jaixen" <mikejaixen at yahoo.com>
>>> I liked the joke from a couple of years ago where the
>>> Huskers needed a 6'4" 125 lb. fullback in order to
>>> squeeze through the holes opened during the West Coast years...
>>
>> You misquoted Mr. Buffett.
>>
>>> From the article:  "Buffett joked that a couple years ago the  
>>> Nebraska coach
>> was looking for a 6-foot-4 fullback who weighed only 120 pounds.  
>> Buffett
>> said that the team needed that skinny fullback because he would  
>> have been
>> the only kind of player who could get through the holes the  
>> offensive line
>> opened up."
>>
>> His comments were not that the West Coast offense was causing the  
>> problem,
>> but that the offensive line was.    He went on to say, "the team  
>> looks
>> stronger now and should do all right."
>>
>> In reading some of the recent posts and articles, including the  
>> Callahan
>> satire, I believe some Nebraska fans are of the belief that, since  
>> Callahan
>> is gone, so is the West Coast offense.  I feel differently.
>>
>> 1.  The offense was not the problem last year...the defense was.
>>

I beg to differ. The offense was a huge problem. The two don't exist  
in a vacuum. Just because the offense scores a crapload of points  
doesn't mean they're good. Last season was one of the rare times that  
was a problem.

If Nebraska's offense would have been able to run the ball  
consistently, we wouldn't have exposed our defense the way we did. We  
would have taken time off the clock and given the defense a chance to  
find itself (if that was at all possible).

Either that, or Bill from Lincoln was so enamored with his own mind  
that he could have cared less about winning games, but wanted a video  
game offense. Take your pick.


>> 2.  Shawn Watson is still the Offensive Coordinator.  He ran the  
>> WCO last
>> year.
>> 3.  Callahan was severely criticized for immediately jumping to the  
>> WCO,
>> when he had players who were recruited for the option.  I don't  
>> think Pelini
>> will make the same mistake.
>> 4.  Has Pelini ever publicly stated that he will return the Huskers  
>> to the
>> option?  If so, I must have missed that article.
>>
>> My thought is that the offense will still be similar to the WCO,  
>> but may
>> lean a little towards the spread.
>>
>> Tommy Thompson
>> "GO BIG RED"
> Tommy...I think you may have misread Mike's original post.  He didn't
> misquote WB....he didn't quote him at all.  The article itself doesn't
> even quote Buffett, but says that his joke was about "a couple years
> ago." (quote from the article, not Buffett.)  A couple years generally
> means 2, maybe 3, could be 4, but probably not back as far as 2003.   
> It
> is certainly no stretch to figure that he was talking about Callahan,
> which is of course "the West Coast years" (quote from Mike.)  I guess
> it sorta sounds like Mike may think those years are over, but that  
> is a
> stretch.  I haven't seen a lot of posts that think there is some
> notable sentiment that the WCO is gone.  TO made it clear that in his
> search he looked for someone to fix the defensive problems.  And then
> the OC was retained.  So clearly some offensive continuity is the
> plan.  I might have to differ with your statement that Shawn Watson  
> ran
> the WCO last year.  Shawn Watson didn't run anything.  Everything  
> about
> the offensive was all Bill Callahan...except the blame of course.  I
> always wondered why Watson, a great OC prospect, would come to  
> Nebraska
> to run someone else's offense, where someone else made all the
> offensive decisions, and someone else called the offensive plays
> (except for one quarter and even that is in doubt.) But no matter, he
> is the man now and it is my fervent hope that that is a good thing for
> him, the team, and us as fans.  About the offense in 2008, you're
> probably right that it won't look dramatically different.  I *hope*  
> for
> dramatically better play-calling, dramatically better game-coaching,
> and a sound running game that then won't be abandoned.  These can only
> make the offense, whatever it is called, better.
>
> Dave
>
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jon johnston
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