[Husker] Game Observations

[Rod Wellman]

I was at the game.  I think the perception that Va. Tech "handled" us  
is primarily due to our lack of offensive success.  We just didn't  
seem like we could do much against them for big chunks of time.  The  
last couple of possessions of the first half in particular stick out  
in my mind as being hard to stomach.

However, as we were leaving I heard some Va. Tech fans comment that it  
was a hard hitting game and that Tyrod took some big hits, more than  
he has thus far in the season.  A lot of times watching the TV  
coverage, you don't see some of the hits that take place.

Overall, I don't think Va. Tech dominated us.  I'm concerned that  
their offense was able to have the success they did, because we're  
going to face much better offenses coming up.  But their margin of  
victory was due to a few bad mistakes on our part.  Can we play a game  
where our own mistakes don't hand the victory to the other team?  For  
the sake of getting some wins in the B12, I sure hope so.

Rod W.
Sioux City, Ia.
	
On Sep 28, 2008, at 3:23 PM, Patrick Gaule wrote:

> Steve Stone wrote:
>> The stats are faultless but don't, in and of themselves, stats  
>> don't win games.
>> Football is ultimately a game of knocking people down, and for too  
>> much of the game - - offense and defense - - the Hokies were  
>> knocking Huskers down and around.
>
> If you want to make the claim claim that Virginia Tech dominated  
> Nebraska and also claim that the score made the game seem closer  
> than it seemed, then please show us why that is the case.  The facts  
> of the game don't back up those assertions.  Simply saying, "the  
> Hokies were knocking Huskers down and around" doesn't back up your  
> premise either.
>
> I never said that stats win games, so I'm not sure what point you  
> were trying to make with that statement.  However, if you want to  
> analyze how close this game was, while accepting that it was a loss  
> for Nebraska, then looking at the statistics is about the best way  
> to go about that.
>
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Rod Wellman
Sioux City, Ia.