[Husker] Just Like Old Times?!?

[Aaron Wolfson]

Excellent points. I'd quibble with the top 35 designation, as I think there
is enough parity now that, flawed as they are, Nebraska can compete with
those top 20 teams.

Also, the Pelinis seemed to get it on the last sequence, when they began
sending all-out blitzes on every down and had Taylor running for his life.
Perhaps on the third down Suh and Co. began to worry too much about Taylor
getting by them for the touchdown. To be fair, he had shown about as much
accuracy as a loose fire hose up to that point.

Aaron


On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 6:00 PM, Don Rietsch <drr at livgenmi.com> wrote:

>
>
> My wife Pam and I just returned from NE where we attended the AK State
> game.
> It was her first game at Lincoln and my first since I graduated in 1970.
>  We
> both had a wonderful time. We attended with our cousins, farmers in SW NE.
> I was raving about our QB and how accurate he was and my cousin Rich said
> "I'm going to hold my opinion until we see how good he is against a strong
> pass rush".  Well, we found out.  He is a terrific QB when given time to
> throw but judging from the VT game he looses it when pressed.  I hope it
> was
> just a bad day like we all have from time to time.  I was hoping Pelini
> would pull Lee and play Green for a couple of series.  It may have settled
> Lee down.
>
>
>
> Here are some more of my thoughts on the VT game.
>
>
>
> *         I saw two very average teams go at it.  Two teams that probably
> belong in the top 35 instead of the top 20.
>
>
>
> *         The QB play was very disappointing.
>
>
>
> *         The NU receivers are a weak spot. I have seen enough of a couple
> of our starters, thank you.  If you can't get open or catch the ball when
> it
> hits you between the numbers, you belong on the side line catching rays.
> Why not let some of the other receivers play?  We certainly have plenty of
> them.  McNeil is a keeper and Paul is the best return man we have had in
> some time but the jury is still out on his receiving ability.
>
>
>
> *         The defense played great against the run but the pass rush was
> poor probably partly because of coaching strategy.  On the final VT
> touchdown, the QB had so much time he could have made himself a sandwich
> before he threw the ball.  I don't understand the "contain don't rush"
> strategy.  You need to do both to be a top 10 team.  We are going to run
> into much better QB's and receivers in the Big 12 and if we continue this
> strategy they will cut us to ribbons.
>
>
>
> *         The play calling was too predictable.  I watched the game with a
> friend.  We decided to call the plays run or pass before the team lined up
> to see how predictable NU was.  We called all the plays in the 3rd quarter
> correctly except for two and gave up on continuing because it wasn't much
> of
> a challenge.  Watson needs to open it up.
>
>
>
> I don't know if any of you saw the Boise State Fresno State game but those
> offenses play all out for 60 minutes.  What a fun game to watch if you like
> offense and defenses that wave at the ball carrier ilo tackling him.  That
> is one thing that really bothers me about the first 3 NU games.  They seem
> to look flat for periods in the game.  If Boise State can play for 60
> minutes, why not NU?
>
>
>
> I watch way too much pro and college FB; however, that doesn't make me an
> expert, just a guy who can usually tell if a team is for real or not after
> watching a couple of games.  I see 7 maybe 8 wins this season for NU but
> hope for more if the defense continues to play like it has the first 3
> games.
>
>
>
> Don Rietsch
>
>
>
> Pam says I'm a Pessimist but I claim to be a Realist; remember, a glass
> half
> full and a glass half empty are exactly the same thing.)
>
>
>
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