[Husker] Uninspired first half

[Kathy Jackson]

>I have to disagree with you Steve, it is an instant classic. In the fact
>that it had a lot of big plays. And for the mistakes being made this late in
>the year, how long did it take the last coach to get the players where they
>were at before Pelini got them? So it looks to me that it will take more
>than a season to correct this wrong.
>
>Tony Lambert
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of
>Steve Reichenbach
>Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2008 11:16 AM
>To: bugeaters1 at hotmail.com; husker at tssi.com; matthew.a.phillips at gmail.com
>Subject: RE: [Husker] Uninspired first half
>
>  > Is that game an instant classic or what.
>
>
>That was a pretty big game for Pellini.  It would be a much different
>feeling in Huskerdom and a much different story to tell recruits for
>the next month if NU finished 7-5 with a loss to a weak and struggling
>CU team in what is as much a rivalry game as NU has anymore.
>
>It has been a good start for Pellini.  I'd say only the loss to VA
>Tech kept it from being a great start.  With a bowl win, NU would
>really be on a roll for next year.  I hope Suh sticks with his
>inclination to stay another year.

First off I am no football expert but after last year sitting through 
all the games and this year sitting through all the games one thing 
really jumps out.  Last year when things didn't go well the kids just 
laid down and let the tide roll over them.  This year they still let 
some big ones go but it was not the end of the world - they came back 
out and kicked some butt.  I agree that the OU game shows us how far 
we need to go before we are back up in national contention - but you 
were never going to get to that point with a team that didn't have 
heart and these guys have heart.

As much as a player would like to think they can control the mood 
that kind of thing comes from the top and I think Pelini and crew 
have instilled in the kids the idea that they can be successful and 
that the coaches are going to do everything they can to help them be 
successful.  Even on the last play of the game the players were going 
full out - that shows me effort is valued and to my mind that is a 
good thing.

Kathy Jackson