[Husker] TM's execution of read option

Andrew Smith arossman at earthlink.net
Sun Dec 5 21:03:48 CST 2010


The read option (as part of the Wildcat) worked well enough when 
Burkhead was running it.

I wonder if it didn't work as well with TM because he made the wrong 
reads.  Can anyone with real football experience answer that question?

On 12/5/2010 1:23 AM, Nick Chevance wrote:
> Face it. They made us one dimensional. I said their line was
> impressive.  They blew up the read option.  They put a lot of pressure
> on the QB.
>
> We dropped the ball.  We didn't play our best, but OU helped us to
> look bad.  The wildcat seemed to work, but for some reason we got away
> from it.
>
> But despite all that, and probably a gazillion yards of offense for
> OU, they scored exactly 3 points more than us.
>
> Predetermined?  Hogwash!
>
> Nick



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