[Husker] Bo Knows Stubborn

[Mike Jaixen]

I've actually heard this criticized this week.  Here's the thought process.  
Normally, you call a pass play on 3rd and 8 because it's more likely to gain 8+ 
yards through the air rather than on the ground.  But in this situation, 
Nebraska was on the edge of field goal territory.  So the revisionist thought 
process was, run Rex Burkhead out of the Wildcat and hope to gain a few yards, 
and let Alex Henery tie the game up.

That wouldn't have occurred to me at that time.  I was still hoping we could get 
further downfield (because a 50+ yard field goal is no gimmee, even with Alex 
Henery), and I'd actually like to score a touchdown and win the game.  But 
Martinez got sacked and suddenly even a field goal was out of the question.

 Mike Jaixen
http://huskermike.blogspot.com
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From: Steve Reichenbach <reich at inetnebr.com>
To: arossman at earthlink.net; husker at tssi.com; marklandin at gmail.com; 
nolan at romaine.tssi.com; strongtodd at msn.com
Sent: Tue, December 7, 2010 12:00:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Husker] Bo Knows Stubborn

A pass is the typical call on 3rd and goal from the 8.  No one should
question the coaching calling for a pass in that situation.  (A coach
might be criticized on the particular pass play, but not that the play
called was a pass.)

Surely, Martinez has been coached (not only this year but in previous
from his years as a QB) that the _one_ thing he should not do is have a
turnover.  Any other outcome is acceptable on 3rd and goal from the 8.
>From that viewpoint, it is execution not coaching.

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