[Husker] Re: pinning the loss on Kunalic...really?

[Kaufsss at aol.com]

Thank you Brad - we are probably not in a good portion of the games without 
 him - sorry a 20 year old kid is not perfect
 
Steve  Kauf
A Husker fan deep in South Texas
NOT THE VICTORY BUT THE  ACTION
NOT THE GOAL BUT THE GAME
IN THE DEED THE GLORY  

 
In a message dated 12/11/2009 5:53:22 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
bradalan at aol.com writes:


Dave  that is just wrong.  Kunalic has been really good on   kickoffs.  The 
stats I saw right after the game were that the kickoff  out  of bounds was 
his 
first in about 68 attempts this year, and only  his second in  over 200.  A 
football is a funny thing, and  sometimes it takes funny  bounces, which as 
we have seen too many  times this season, don't always go the  way we would 
 
like.

While football is a team game, with three supposedly equal  phases, I  
think 
this years contributions have been about 50%  Defense, 40% Special Teams,  
and 10% offense.  D and Special  Teams played extremely well all  season.  
With even average  performances in those phases the Huskers would  likely 
have 
lost 7 or  even 8 games this season, instead of 4, and been nowhere  near 
the  
Big XII championship game.  D made the difference against OU,  with  an INT 
return to the 1.  ST made the difference against  Colorado and Baylor  with 
a 
punt return and blocked punt return for  TDs.  We very well could  have 
lost 
to Baylor without that  jump-start by the ST guys.

With even a marginally average offense, the  Huskers could have beaten  Va 
Tech, Iowa State, and Texas, and even  Texas Tech would have been a 
different  
game.  D and Special  Teams kept them in those first three games.  Yes,  
you 
can blame  one blown play for the Va Tech loss, and one bad kickoff and a   
horsecollar tackle for the Texas loss, but that is very  shortsighted.  A  
single touchdown by the offense in either of  those games, or one less 
turnover  
by the offense against Iowa State,  and those are wins.  If the Husker  
offense manages to drive 10  yards for a TD against Texas, that kickoff 
doesn't  
matter so  much.

I think it is wrong to blame a close loss on any one player, and  this  
year 
on any defensive or ST player in particular.  I don't  know Kunalic, or  
Larry Asante, or anyone else who made a costly  mistake this year, but no  
mistake, particularly an isolated one,  warrants the suggestion of yanking 
a  
scholarship.  I was sick  when that kickoff went out of bounds, but I am  
sure 
not a single  person on this list feels anywhere near as bad as Kunalic 
does  
about  it.

I am as disappointed in the loss to Texas as I was in the loss  to  Miami 
when Dr. Tom went for two and didn't get it.  However,  I am also very  
proud 
of the effort of the team all year long, to  fight for a top 20 season when 
 
by all rights they could have been  4-8.  I feel better about the TX loss  
than about any Husker  loss in a long time.  The offense will get fixed, 
and  
the D and  ST will remain at a high level, even with Suh and company   
departing.  The future is bright.

GO BIG RED!!!

Brad  Bredenkamp



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Message:  9
Date: Fri,  11 Dec 2009 12:47:21 -0800 (PST)
From: David  Strong  <gbrlist at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Husker] Still looking  for a QB
To:  Jon Johnston <jon.johnston at gmail.com>, Aaron  Wolfson
<awolfson0 at gmail.com>,  Husker List  <husker at tssi.com>, Mark   Landin
<marklandin at gmail.com>
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> From: Mark Landin   <marklandin at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Husker] Still looking for  a  QB

> How many QB's would satisfy you, and
> from which  other  positions should
> those extra schollies come  from?

One good qb  would be a start, and a solid backup would be  good as well.  
We don't have  either that we have seen  play.

Need a scholarship?  Give Kunalic's  to someone  else.

Dave





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