[Husker] Comments on the Texas Tech game

[Tommy Thompson]

Here are some interesting stats:
                                   TTU      NEB
First Downs...................       15       16
Rushes-Yards (net)............    25-25    30-70
Passing Yards (net)...........      234      215
  Passes Att-Comp-Int.........  32-23-0  38-23-1
Total Offense Plays-Yards.....   57-259   68-285

And the most telling:
Penalties-Yards...............     4-40    12-95

Key drives:
First Half:
Texas Tech first drive was aided by a 34 yd pass completion on 3rd and 13 and a 22 yd pass completion on 3rd and 17.
Texas Tech recovered the fumble for a TD
Tech's last drive of the first half included 58 yd completion against the prevent defense.  TT obviously watched game field of the VaTech game, as the play looked eerily familiar.

Second Half:
The dropped pass from Cody Green would have been a TD (I admit it was aided by a deflection)
Another drive started at the TT 25 yd line.  Multiple penalties brought it back to the TT 34.  Missed FG.
A Huskers drive to the TT 3 yd line was halted by multiple penalties, which moved the Huskers back to the 24, Huskers failed on 4th and Goal from the 14.
Pass interference call aided the final TT Touchdown, but don't know if it mattered.  They might have scored anyway.
Last Husker drive looked pretty good, even though it ended with the pick.

Bottom line is that the Huskers played well at times, but made too many mistakes at critical times.  Texas Tech, on the other hand, took advantage of the breaks they had.

Tommy Thompson (Pa)
"GO BIG RED"