[Husker] RE: Heisman push scuttles UT

[bradalan at aol.com]

Good post Jeff.  Seems to remind me of 2001, when Jamaal Lord sat on  the 
bench when NU had games out of reach and Crouch played over half of the 4th  
quarter.  Some quality snaps for Lord that season would very likely have  
made a bit of a difference in the 7-7 season that convinced Pederson to fire  
Solich.
 
That said, Gilbert gained experience in that game that will be very good  
for him come October 16th.  I still think Nebraska wins this time  though.
 
GO BIG RED!!!
 
Brad Bredenkamp
 
 
In a message dated 1/10/2010 5:00:47 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
husker-request at tssi.com writes:

Date:  Sat, 9 Jan 2010 08:15:45 -0800 (PST)
From: Jeff and Lisa Morrow  <lbjcm at yahoo.com>
Subject: [Husker] Heisman Push Scuttles UT
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While having a senior quarterback go down  is a big blow to a championship 
team, I think a good portion of the large  falloff from McCoy to Gilbert has 
to do with UT coaching decisions throughout  the year.

The Texas coaching staff was more interested in padding  McCoy's numbers 
for the Heisman voters and winning with style points for the  polls. If 
Gilbert had been given more quality minutes throughout the year, he  would have 
been better prepared for the Alabama game.

In a season where  7 of UT's games were decided by 30+ points, there were 
plenty of opportunities  to season the young backup with significant playing 
time. Gilbert had only 26  passing attempts spread over action in 8 games 
prior to the Championship game.  He nearly doubled this total in the Alabama 
game (40 attempts).

Jeff  Morrow