[Husker] The Offense

Fri Oct 16 07:08:17 CDT 2009

Of course.  ;)

Steve already answered the question logically...

- Jay

> ---- Original Message ----- From: "jon johnston" <jon.johnston at gmail.com>
> To: "Steven" <jfpgroup at suddenlink.net>
> Cc: "Husker List" <husker at tssi.com>
> Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 12:40 AM
> Subject: Re: [Husker] The Offense
>
>
> Why exactly does the offense need to rely on a solid running game?
> Because that's what we're used to seeing?
>
> Jon Johnston
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>
> On Oct 16, 2009, at 12:27 AM, Steven wrote:
>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven" <jfpgroup at suddenlink.net>
>> To: "David Strong" <gbrlist at yahoo.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 10:14 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Husker] The Offense
>>
>>
>>> Dave,
>>> I have to agree with several of your comments. I think we are a  
>>> team that is a mystery right now.  We have never been in a solid  
>>> groove against good teams.  We need a solid sustained showing  
>>> against a quality team.  I trust that Coach Watson can see the true 
>>>  talent in Zac.  This team has to establish an identity. I think it 
>>>  will come from the defense.  If they continue to shine,  the  
>>> offense will grow into a consistent unit.  The offense needs to  
>>> rely on a solid running game, and utilize the tight ends. Remember, 
>>>  the TD in the VT game called back was completed to McNeil.  He 
>>> also  had one against Mizzou.
>>>
>>> It is better to be 4-1 and ranked as to be 1-4 and still maturing.
>>>
>>> GO BIG RED!
>>>
>>> Steven K
>>> Classof 83
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Strong" <gbrlist at yahoo.com>
>>> To: "Husker List" <husker at tssi.com>; "Nick Chevance" 
>>> <nickchevance at gmail.com
>>> >
>>> Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 8:23 PM
>>> Subject: [Husker] The Offense
>>>
>>>
>>> After two games against quality opponents, I think that we have a  
>>> pretty good team. They were both strange games (one where we found  
>>> a way to lose a game that we had won and the other in a drenching  
>>> downpour). I thought that the win against Missouri was the most  
>>> important win for Nebraska since the 2001 game against Oklahoma,  
>>> including the bowl games against Michigan and Michigan State. This  
>>> season would blow if we lost that game and that one win makes  
>>> everything look up.
>>>
>>> I can't be the only one concerned about our offense, particularly  
>>> the play we are getting from the quarterback position. If the VT  
>>> game showed us anything, it's that we have a good running game but  
>>> not good enough to win the game by itself. Missouri, because of the 
>>>  rain, makes it hard for me to judge much. But no one can argue 
>>> that  in the two games against representative competition, our qb 
>>> has  played poorly. Really poorly. VT - 11 for 30, 136 yards - 2 
>>> INT  against a good defense. Missouri - 14 for 33, 158 yards in a 
>>> flood.  56 of those on one play. 3 TDs is good, but 2 were off the  
>>> turnovers. I doubt anyone, especially Zac and OCSW, are satisfied  
>>> with what we have seen in those two games.
>>>
>>> Weather forecast for Lincoln on Saturday is partly cloudy, 53. I am 
>>> nervous about this game. The Missouri win generated so much  
>>> optimism and enthusiasm not felt in so long, that I don't want it  
>>> to diminish so soon. I'm just hoping for a win. Cover 10 and a  
>>> half? Probably not but I don't care in the slightest. I'm still  
>>> waiting for the game that gives me a good read on this team. I  
>>> thought it would be VT, it wasn't. I thought it would be Missouri,  
>>> it wasn't because of the rain. Saturday is big.
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
>>> --- On Thu, 10/15/09, Nick Chevance <nickchevance at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> From: Nick Chevance <nickchevance at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: Re: Fw: Re: [Husker] Wildcat
>>> To: "David Strong" <gbrlist at yahoo.com>, "Husker List" <husker at tssi.com
>>> >
>>> Date: Thursday, October 15, 2009, 10:03 AM
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 7:09 AM, David Strong <gbrlist at yahoo.com>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Could you please try to split that hair a little finer?
>>>
>>> Ha! Love it!
>>>
>>> I thought I'd try to steer the conversation towards this week's game,
>>> which I had started to earlier by asking who anyone thought would be
>>> Helu's backup at RB this week against TTech. Regardless of whomever
>>> it may be that lines up at QB or takes the direct snap.
>>>
>>> Frankly, I haven't heard a peep. Nothing's been said out of the
>>> practice reports, nothing's been leaked on the radio. The injury to
>>> Burkhead had just been announced before Big Red Wrapup went on the
>>> air, but they really didn't address it. I think, or at least I get
>>> the impression, that everyone pretty much thinks that it really
>>> doesn't matter who it is, that production isn't really going to fall
>>> off. I must admit, I really like Burkhead's straight-ahead style, but
>>> I haven't seen much of anything on the guys behind him. And again, I
>>> know we've all said this before, but this is a team that we should
>>> have some success running against.
>>>
>>> At Mizzou, they were pretty much 8 and 9 men in the box for much of
>>> the game. Helu and Burkhead were getting tackled by the safeties.
>>> That must tell you something about who else might be open. Where were
>>> the TE's? I think on a dry field under good conditions, we should see
>>> running proficiency way up, and we should see the TE's much more.
>>>
>>> The current line is Nebraska and 10.5 points. Do we win? Can we  cover?
>>>
>>> Nick
>>> -- 
>>> "Rene Descartes walks into a bar.
>>> The bartender asks, "Would you like a beer?"
>>> Descartes answers, "I think not." And promptly disappears."
>>> Harlan Ellison
>>>
>>>
>>>
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