[Husker] 12 Postgame thoughts

[Steven]

As always...great thoughts Mike.  Congrats on the 18th year.  I have only 
been around the list since about 1999.
The list does help me in living without close contact of the Huskers. I did 
see quite a few games this season anyway. Thanks for the access to vent, 
cheer and just plain live the web version of Husker football.  No matter 
what we think, we are just fans...

GO BIG RED!

Steven K
Class of 1983


-- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Nolan" <nolan at romaine.tssi.com>
To: <husker at romaine.tssi.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 11:50 PM
Subject: [Husker] 12 Postgame thoughts


> 1.  For a while, I thought I was watching a Northwestern game.  The
>    difference is that Northwestern lives by overachieving on offense
>    and then hoping the defense can make a key play at the end, which
>    it did about 3/4 of the time this year.  Nebraska overachieved on
>    defense this year but had to hope that the will offense show up for
>    a few series, which it did about half of the time.
>
> 2.  Asante's personal foul was probably a case of tackle him and get the
>    flag or watch him score.
>
> 3.  If good teams find ways to win games, Nebraska isn't a good team--yet.
>
> 4.  Nebraska should pick up some votes in the polls.
>
> 5.  That near-safety at the other end of the field a big difference,
>    didn't it?
>
> 6.  The replay officials got it right more often in this game than in
>    quite a few other games I've seen this season, including,
>    unfortunately, putting that deadly second back on the clock at the
>    end of the game.
>
> 7.  It'll be interesting to see what the computers and especially the 
> voters
>    have to say tomorrow.  I don't think Texas is an automatic lock for
>    the NC game, and I've already heard several commentators say that
>    Texas didn't deserve to win for the bonehead clock management at the
>    end.  I think they'll likely get 2nd place anyway but it may be a
>    whole lot closer now.
>
> 8.  Watch out for the AP poll, they might produce a split national
>    championship this year if Texas wins a close game and TCU wins going
>    away.
>
> 9.  For those who may have missed it, The House subcommittee on energy and
>    and commerce may be voting on a bill soon which prohibits
>    "promotion, marketing, and advertising of any post-season NCAA Division
>    I football game as a national championship game unless such game is
>    the culmination of a fair and equitable playoff system."  I guess
>    they haven't got any other problems to solve in Washington.
>
> 10. Suh could finish in the top 5 in the Heisman voting, but probably
>    won't finish in the top 3 because too many voters made their minds
>    up months ago and don't recognize defense as a 'skill'.
>
> 11. Suh will be the first player drafted by the NFL, too bad that means
>    he'll go to a team that has little or no chance of making the
>    playoffs most years.  I guess it could be worse, though, he could
>    get drafted by the Bears.
>
> 12. Too bad they've already picked the Big 12 coach of the year, Bo would
>    get quite a few votes now.
> --
> Mike Nolan
>
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