[Husker] Breakdown (was cupcake games / schedule)

[j j]

You are very wrong Jon. The only, and I DO MEAN ONLY way that we beat Missouri is to score more points than them. It doesn't matter if it is 3-2 or 100-99. The only way to win is to score more points. 
 
I have never understood the whole "we cant win a shoot out". What do you propose that a runner do if he gets in the open and can score on the first play of a series? Should he fall down so that we keep the ball and not score and run down the clock more? No of course not. You score when you can, how you can, and you hope your defense gets one more stop then the other teams. That is the only possible way to win. You dont design a play to only gain 4 or 5 yards. You hope to get that and then a whole lot more. 
 
 


--- On Mon, 9/15/08, jon johnston <jon.johnston at gmail.com> wrote:

From: jon johnston <jon.johnston at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Husker] Breakdown (was cupcake games / schedule)
To: "Skylar Dodds" <sklarbodds at cox.net>
Cc: husker at tssi.com
Date: Monday, September 15, 2008, 2:16 PM

On Sep 15, 2008, at 12:06 PM, Skylar Dodds wrote:

> [snip VA Tech]
>
> Misery is a mystery to me (wordplay intentional).  There's no doubt  
> we're
> going to have to bring our A++ game for that one.  I think we're  
> pretty
> significantly better than the defenses they've faced so far and I  
> think
> we're capable of putting up 40+ on their soft defense (the main  
> reason they
> WILL NOT contend for a NC this year).  Maclin is a stud and rumor  
> has it
> he's still pissed off that Callahan told him he couldn't come
here,  
> so that
> could be bad.  I said going into the year that we had a 35% chance of
> winning that game, I'm actually taking it down a notch to 25%.  Mostly
> because I didn't realize how good of a RB Washington is.  I thought  
> losing
> Temple would hurt them worse than it has.
>

If we put up 40 on Mizzou you can consider it a loss because we can't  
win a shoot out with them.

The only (and I mean the ONLY way) we win against Mizzou is to keep  
the scoring low, in the mid-20's. Our defense won't stop them. No  
defense will stop them.

So that means the only way we're going to stop them is a plodding,  
consistent, old-fashioned ground game that averages four yards a carry  
with no turnovers and no penalties. Keep Chase Daniel and Jeremy  
Maclin off the field and limit their opportunities.

Then, we'll need some luck. :)

Jon Johnston
http://www.cornnation.com

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