[Husker] Bo Knows Stubborn

[Mark Landin]

And there's no reason to believe that wasn't exactly the call! Do you
think watson called "32 flanker post, throw it in there no matter
what"? Martinez made a dumb decision and caused a turnover, costing us
almost certain points that in the end could have tied or won the game.

Execution.

On 12/7/10, Mike Jaixen <mikejaixen at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I stand corrected on that one...but in that situation, the proper call was
> to
> throw the ball to somebody up on the party deck if nobody was open.
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>  Mike Jaixen
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> I was writing about the 3rd and goal from the 8 when Martinez threw
> an interception.  Even a sack would have left NU with no more than
> a 35 yard FG.
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>> 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+
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>> 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,
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>> and let Alex Henery tie the game up.
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>> That wouldn't have occurred to me at that time.  I was still hoping we
>> could
>>get
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>> 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
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>> Martinez got sacked and suddenly even a field goal was out of the
>> question.
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