[Husker] Offense

Sun Oct 25 21:04:24 CDT 2009

I was at the game with some really good seats.  I agree our offense  
looked better.  Marginally better.  At times there were more holes for  
the RBs to run through.  But just as many times they were stuffed.  I  
think ISU actually out rushed us.  At the half we had around 250 yards  
of offense I believe.  We should have had 14 to 21 points on the board  
at that time.

It was just a weird, weird game all the way around.  I'm not sure what  
to take from it.  I don't think we're at team that generally has  
trouble hanging onto the ball.  Maybe it was just a one-game thing.   
If it is, then I'm somewhat encouraged by our offense.  They did play  
better other than the turnovers.  BUT, the ISU defense isn't the  
greatest either.  And, I'm sitting here wondering how in the world we  
score 10 points on Texas Tech and A&M scores 52!  So I'm still plenty  
worried about the offense.  But, there's no need to panic or call for  
different players or different coaches.  (Different coaching, maybe,  
but that's another subject).  If just one of those inside the 5 yard  
line fumbles doesn't happen and we go into score instead, we win the  
game.  We were within a whisker of beating a team where we gave them  
the ball 8 times.  We have a defense that is going to keep us in every  
game.  It's on the O and the Special Teams to  just play to their  
capability. That's all.  Don't have to be heros.  Just bring the lunch  
pail and get it done. We've had missed assignments on the line, we've  
had penalties, we've had dropped balls.  Some of those areas actually  
looked a bit better Saturday, only to be bitten by the turnover bug.

Just one more note:  contrary to the folks who say Zac's passes were  
on the money, I disagree.  Even when the ball is a completion, he's  
not putting it in the best of spots much of the time.  Sure our  
receivers are to blame for some dropped balls; but I saw a large  
number of very inaccurate throws from him Saturday.  I've been in his  
corner so to speak up to this point, and I still don't think a QB  
change is in order.  But it seems like he's pressing or not playing  
loose or something.  The ball is just coming out of his hand  
differently than in the beginning of the season IMHO.  Maybe it's a  
lack of confidence...being tentative or whatever.  I just think he's  
struggling with accuracy a bit right now overall.  However, he still  
takes care of the ball pretty well.

Rod W.
Sioux City, Ia.

On Oct 25, 2009, at 8:18 PM, Steven wrote:

> Are you serious?
> I think the lion's share of the issues stem from 8 lost  
> turnovers...This would ruin any game plan.  The passes were on the  
> money.  The runs were blocked 100% better than the Texas Tech game.  
> The coaches can't play the game, they can only design and practice  
> the game plan.  They can preach and practice ball control, but when  
> there are a bunch of optimistic, clawing players, as was the case  
> with ISU, the chances for fumbles increases dramatically. For  
> goodness sake, Niles Paul and others even fumbled when they were in  
> the clear entering the end zone.  No one could have imagined as many  
> dropped balls and just plain sloppy ball handling that seemed to get  
> worse the more they talked about it.
> This talk of changing coaches is very premature.  How many passes  
> did Shawn Watson drop?  How many fumbles did Ron Brown make?  Yeah,  
> McNeil dropped a point blank pass...should Coach Brown run stairs?   
> Most of the people on this list are compassionate, football savvy  
> fans, but personelle decisions should be made by the head coach.  A  
> short time ago didn't we all call for Steve Pederson and Bill  
> Calahan's heads?  We now have the "Dream Team" of Pelini and  
> crew....I guess the honey-moon must be over.
>
> Steven K
> Class of 1983
> 5.5 months now...still in Oklahoma
> Proud member of the Oklahoma Cornhusker Club
>
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>> While I do agree on how bad the offense is, I also think it is a  
>> bit of a perfect storm leading to this. New QB, injured RB, co- 
>> starting RB, dismissed before the season, no possession WRs, and  
>> our "big play" WRs seem to forget to grabs their hands when they  
>> run out of the locker room. IMO, if we had some thunder to Helu's  
>> lighting and a go to receiver, this would be a completely different  
>> team. We need a Swift and a Q. Helu tend to go east/west rather  
>> than north/south and condsidering our receivers tend to drop even  
>> perfect passes, all the defense has to watch is McNeil and have the  
>> LBs defend the edge. One bruser that could effectively bust it up  
>> the middle or a receiver that at least caught everything that came  
>> his way (even if he had no YAC) could open up quite abit. But as it  
>> now we have no receiver that Lee can get back in a rhythem with as  
>> we have so many dropped balls which tends to lead to more dropped  
>> balls and bad passes.
>> Everyone keeps riding Watson and the he needs to change his offense  
>> to the personnel, but I don't think there is anyway to modify the  
>> offense to the personnel as as we don't have a go-to-receiver to  
>> focus on or a healthy go-to-RB to focus on. Our TE is great, but he  
>> is already the only person on offense you need to account for every  
>> play.  Maybe simplify the offense, but even in a day that Lee and  
>> the O-line plays decent, the rest of the offense finds a way to lose.
>> I don't know the answer other than just to stay the course. The  
>> majority of these kids are D-1 athletes that were recruited for a  
>> reason. We all want play-makers, but right now the play-maker we  
>> need can simply catch a 5-10 yard pass to keep possession.   ------ 
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>> This is a terrible offensive team. After years of watching   
>> Nebraska teamsthis must be the worst darting back to the 1950's. I  
>> cannot remember so manycritical turnovers in one game. We do need a  
>> offensive coordinator that hasability to adjust his play calling as  
>> the game progresses. He should alsoknow who is capable of playing  
>> and not put in injured players. There are somany things wrong with  
>> this team there is need to mention them.
>>
>> Three questions-can we get Turner Gill to handle the offense?  Will  
>> Pelinitolerate such a move? Where is the Tom Osborne in put?
>>
>> Wes
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