[Husker] Oklahoma

[Rod Wellman]

No chance?  Play backups to get them experience for next year?

I don't like the sound of that.  It feels like Callahan's first  
season.  Throw away winnable games (@ISU that year was particularly  
hard to stomach) in the name of "the future".  Quite a future he built.

No way Pellini thinks this way.  I say we do have a chance, given that  
OU's defense doesn't look impenetrable. If there's a chance, let's tee  
it up with our best shot from our best players and see what happens.   
A win against OU on this national ESPN stage would pay huge dividends  
for the program right now.  Our backups are getting the reps they need  
in practice, unlike the previous regime where they stood around all  
the time. If you want evidence, just take a look at the way Koehler  
performed when he came in last week.

OU 44 NU 38 (but I hope I'm wrong and NU actually has the 44).

Rod W.
Sioux City, Ia.


On Oct 29, 2008, at 8:16 PM, huskertt at charter.net wrote:

> Unfortunately, OU has more talent on both sides of the ball, along  
> with an excellent coaching staff.  I'm only hoping that Pelini  
> decides to let the backups get a few snaps.  I believe that this  
> team will get better over time, however, they have no chance in this  
> game.  This is a good opportunity to work on next year's players.
>
> Don't get me wrong.  The Huskers have quite a few good players, and  
> I like what I'm seeing from the coaching staff.  They just aren't  
> there, yet.
>
> OU 56 - Huskers 10 (scoring their only touchdown on a punt return).
>
> Tommy Thompson
> Go Big Red
>
> ---- Nick Chevance <nickchevance at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I guess I'll be the first to pipe up and ask why its so quiet on the
>> list when we have Oklahoma coming up this weekend.  I mean, while  
>> most
>> feel we aren't going to win, I would expect that most of us want us  
>> to
>> do well.  I'm hoping that we can do better against Oklahoma than we
>> did against Missouri.  Any thoughts?
>>
>> I think they out-athlete us, and Sam Bradford has been a marvelous  
>> QB.
>> But I would suspect that since they don't seem to run the spread
>> offense, that our base defense might be able to assert themselves a
>> bit better.  We still have a bad habit of giving up a few big plays,
>> and I don't see that problem getting fixed this week.  The question I
>> really have is whether we can hold off on the stupid penalties long
>> enough to be able to get into a rhythm on offense.  Joe tends to do
>> well when a rhythm is established; against Baylor we had a lot of 3
>> and longs to overcome for much of the first half from plays that just
>> didn't work well, or didn't work as designed, on first and second
>> down.  But it seemed in the second half, we got several first downs  
>> on
>> second down, or third and short.  As long as we can continue to drive
>> the ball and keep them off the field, as we did at Texas Tech, the
>> story might not be as bad.
>>
>> Nick
>> -- 
>> "A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value
>> every year. I told him, "At my age, I don't even buy green bananas.""
>> Claude D. Pepper
>>
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Rod Wellman
Sioux City, Ia.