[Husker] OT win

[SteveG]

>From Section H, Row 23:

It was indeed l-o-u-d --- not Mizzou L-O-U-D --- but still pretty darn
l-o-u-d for an away game.  I didn't expect to see what I saw at Ames...as
Dennis Green would say... "We aren't who we thought we were."

Anyway, here are my quick observations:

(1) Pre-game tailgating was festive!  A lot of fan intermingling with
absolutely no ill-will witnessed before, during or after the game.

(2) The State Fair Corn Dogs hit the spot.

(3) Noticed that # 21 was demoted for the Coin Toss team.

(4) Rex-Magic deserves the game ball for his play as de-facto, 4th string,
QB.

(5) #24 is a %&$*! Senior.  I am not going to badger him [or his family].
However, in a split-second decision, he decides to take the ball ~5 yds
deep, out of the end zone.  Then fails to secure the ball (fumbles) and
allowed the Cyclones to gain all of the momentum.  Is it fair to expect more
out of a senior?   The Huskers never did regain control of the game.  We
left the stadium only after Hagg snatched victory from the jaws of defeat.
Whew!

(6) The team chemistry just wasn't there in Ames.  I really hope all of the
injured players with nicks and bruises, strains and sprains all get better
before the Texas A&M game.  

(7)  We sat next to fellow lister, Brad and his bride.  Had a great time
despite the usual colder-than-it-looks bleachers.

Go Big Red!

Steve G




-----Original Message-----
From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of
Tony lambert
Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2010 4:17 PM
To: Rod Wellman; "Husker List"
Subject: Re: [Husker] OT win

Hey I was in the south end zone row 10 and am just now getting my voice
back, So I was making noise as much as I could.

Tony Lambert
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rod Wellman" <gobigred66 at mac.com>
To: ""Husker List"" <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2010 4:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Husker] OT win


>I was at the game, and was happy that all the OT action happened in our end

>zone, right in front of us.  The visitor's section was on the south  side 
>of the stadium on the west side, and there was a good concentration of 
>Husker fans in general on the south side.  It got fairly loud when ISU was 
>on offense in OT, so maybe that played into their choice, too.
>
> Rod W.
> Sioux City, Ia.
>
>
> On Nov 7, 2010, at 11:09 AM, Steve Reichenbach wrote:
>
>> ISU won the flip and chose defense because it is a HUGE advantage to
>> have the other team go first.  If they don't score, all you need is
>> a FG.  If they score a TD, you know you must score a TD.  That is a
>> HUGE advantage.
>>
>> NU didn't choose the end they meant to choose, which worked out fine.
>> In fact, I sort of thought that NU might be better choosing as they
>> did because NU was running the ball better and ISU had relied more on
>> the pass.  So, it might make sense to choose to go into the wind.
>>
>>
>>> Yes, I know that we intentionally chose which end of the field. My
>>> question is why didn't they? They won the toss and could have chosen
>>> which end of the field to use and then we would have chosen offense of
>>> defense. They either didn't think about it or they just decided that
>>> the choice of defense, the standard first choice, was the right way to
>>> go.