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

[bradalan at aol.com]

Thanks Steve,
 
I think that the TX loss, along with the 18-16 loss to Florida State after  
the '93 season, exemplify more than any others the point of the quote below 
your  name.  This is one of those moral victories that coaches hate, but 
that in  the end can make the team grow quite a bit, and earns them a lot of 
respect from  those doubters who watched.  Probably part of the reason the 
media jumped  so completely onto the Suh for Heisman bandwagon.  If the Texas 
D had run  back a turnover or two for a TD, and NU had lost by a TD or more, 
I think his  performance would not have gotten the recognition it has (and 
deserves).
 
Brad Bredenkamp
 
 
In a message dated 12/11/2009 8:50:32 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
Kaufsss at aol.com writes:

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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