[Husker] Why Nebraska needs to run the ball

[Aaron Wolfson]

I agree on the tight ends. Dirk Chatelain said the same thing in his
follow-up to the Watson article. Tight ends are a great compromise solution
when you need extra blocking for the run and still want to throw down the
middle.

Aaron


On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 1:41 PM, Mike Jaixen <mikejaixen at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Or if rather than sending in backup receivers for the third quarter, they
> would have sent in tight ends in the third quarter and tried some heavy sets
> like they did on those final drives.  We know these guys can catch the ball
> as well, so it doesn't mean abandoning the passing game as well, but a
> different look might have sparked the offense earlier.
>
>  Mike Jaixen
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> From: "Killmar, John" <John.Killmar at stjude.org>
> To: "husker at tssi.com" <husker at tssi.com>
> Sent: Fri, October 16, 2009 1:30:54 PM
> Subject: RE: [Husker] Why Nebraska needs to run the ball
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> With that in mind, who knows what might have happened if more running plays
> were called in the first 3 quarters.
>
> John Killmar
>
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> From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf
> Of jschlechte at usfamily.net
> Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 12:38 PM
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> Hold on - you may have misspoke, BUT Nebraska's last eight offensive
> plays were
> ALL rushes.  After going up 20-12, they were trying to run out the clock
> and
> just kept moving the chains with running plays.  Before that, it was 25
> rushes
> to 33 passes.  So that last drive made it go from 43% to 50%.
>
> - Jay
>
> Quoting "Killmar, John" <John.Killmar at stjude.org>:
>
> > I may have misspoken about the lack of running in the Missouri game.
> > There were 33 rushing attempts and 33 passing attempts.
> >
> > John Killmar
> > Memphis
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> > From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On
> > Behalf Of rczeranko at juno.com
> > Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 11:38 AM
> > To: husker at tssi.com
> > Subject: [Husker] Why Nebraska needs to run the ball
> >
> > There's an old adage in football that states, defenses win
> > championships. A corollary to this is that a team needs a good
> > running and defense to be successful.
> >
> > A good running attack does several things. First, it allows a team to
> > control the clock and the pace of the game. Secondly, it opens up the
> > play offensive play book. As the defense begins to crowd the line of
> > scrimmage, the offense can 1) throw to deep routes off play action;
> > 2) get the perimeter on an option; 3) throw slants and quick outs to
> > get a running back into space. And finally, a good running attack
> > will demoralize and wear out a defense. Even if there isn't a lot of
> > yardage gained early in the game, the running game will begin to wear
> > down a defense. And notice, that while an option play may be a
> > running play it still needs to be set up by running right at the
> > defense to make the line backers cheat up to the line of scrimmage.
> > If you have an exceptional line, QB, and RB then you may get away
> > with running the option right away, but most times it won't work.
> >
> > Remember that Nebraska crushed Florida in the 1996 Fiesta Bowl by
> > taking away the running game and making Florida one dimensional.
> > Being one dimensional on offense allows the defense to 'know' what is
> > going to happen on the other side of ball.
> >
> > One of the things that hurt Nebraska's running game against Missouri
> > was that no one accounted for the LB early on. Once the FB was the
> > lead blocker, the RB was able to get free and run in space. This was
> > big difference between Nebraska's running attack in the game and
> > later.
> >
> > These are my opinions, comment as ye see fit.
> >
> > Here's to a Husker win on Saturday!
> >
> > Go Big Red!
> >
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