[Husker] my thoughts (pretty long)

Rod Wellman gobigred66 at mac.com
Mon Sep 1 13:03:38 CDT 2008


Looking back at some of the pre-game articles, they do mention that  
the W. Michigan D Line was a little small, so maybe they're not as  
good as I thought.  Our O Line has some work to do and hopefully they  
do become the running team they want to be.

Rod W.
Sioux City, Ia.

On Sep 1, 2008, at 12:57 PM, Andy Knipp wrote:

>
>
>> Regarding the O-line, I recall that the D-line of Western Michigan is
>> regarded as the strength of the defense.  They're a good bunch, and
>> when you factor in stacking the line with 8 in the box, I think that
>> accounts for our sputtering a running game.
>
> While I agree with Rod to a certain extent, this was a DL that can  
> be pushed
> around. WMU's D-line is undersized and quick. They can be beaten by  
> running
> right at them. Now Bo also said in the post game comments that  
> seeing 9 or
> even 10 guys in the middle happened, so that certainly accounts for  
> a lot of
> the trouble. Still with a broken tackle here or there, you can get  
> some big
> gains.
>
> Andy
>
>
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Rod Wellman
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