[Husker] Observations

[Martin, Douglas W.]

As they say, a win is a win; but this one was indeed ugly.  I was
surprised at how poor a game the Clemson quarterback had.  He did not
seem to understand the concept of avoiding a sack; even when he was out
of the pocket on a couple of occasions, he opted to take a loss rather
than flinging the ball out of bounds.

A few observations:

1.  One of my pet peeves is how offensive linemen are allowed to "bend
the rules" by how far back they line up behind the center.  The rules
state that the o-linemen are supposed to have their helmets at least at
a level with the center's mid torso.  Clemson's o-linemen were at times
lined up behind the center totally in the first half (they moved a
little up in the second half).  This rule is broken frequently by NFL
tackles but I wish the NCAA would put "special emphasis" on this for
next year because some teams are pushing the limit.

2.  NU is just flat poor at kick off and punt coverage.  This has been a
problem all year long.  After my initial post on this problem early in
the year, I see they have mixed and matched some different players on
kick off coverage but it does not seem to have made much of a
difference.

3.  Steinkuhler played his best game of his college career yesterday.

4.  Do we have any plays in the playbook other than a run on first down?
This became predictable in the Colorado game and yesterday was the same.
How many times does it take after getting stuffed for 2 or 3 yard losses
on first down before we change it up a little?

5.  We need to recruit speed.


Doug Martin, MD

UNL '87
UNMC '91
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