[Husker] Surprised; not surprised

[Don Rietsch]

What an ugly effort by the team and the coaches.  I'm a terrible pessimist
so take that into account when you read my post.  I expected Texas to win
the game.  They have too many great athletes to lose 3 in a row.  This NU
team has been a disappointment to me so far.  They seem to lack something, I
believe it is leadership.  They don't have that strong senior leader that
gets them fired up. Why wasn't the QB in the faces of the receivers when
they dropped passes?  The QB is supposed to be the leader on offense.

My score on the game:				
OFFENSE
Passing: 1st 3 qtrs. C, 4th Qtr. B	
Receiving: F
Rushing: C

DEFENSE:	
Rushing: C- (Too many missed tackles)	
Passing: D- (Line - Absolutely NO pressure on the QB)
         A  (Secondary)

COACHING F
Team not motivated to perform. Sloppy play is on the coaches.
Refused to adapt to stop the run.
Stuck with confused QB too long.
No sense of urgency to speed up play until it was too late.

OFFICIATING  F-  (So bad even the announcers were laughing about it)

As the newly appointed MMHC (Monday morning head coach), I'm announcing the
following changes:

The Starting Receivers are now backups.  I've seen enough. Youngsters will
get playing time.  Drop a ball in practice, you run to Juanita and back.
Drop one in a game and you run to Wauneta and back.

Lee to be the QB for the remainder of the year.  Martinez is going to be
great but he needs some seasoning.

Bring in Holtz to give the team a motivational speech (Hah, hah _ I added
that just to see if you were paying attention...)  Maybe I have a bad memory
but I don't ever remember Osborne teams make that many mistakes. 

Donnieray70 
   

-----Original Message-----
From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of
Tommy Thompson
Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2010 9:18 PM
To: Andrew Smith; Husker List
Subject: Re: [Husker] Surprised; not surprised

Others will surely disagree with me on this, but I thought NU was able to 
run the ball at times, but just not make the big plays.   I think the 
fumbles and dropped passes hurt the running game, as did the improper zone 
reads.  For the last quarter and 1/2, the Huskers made the right reads, and 
were able to move the ball effectively.  Unfortunately, they didn't have the

QB in there to turn a 5 yd gain into a 40 yd gain.  That said, I agree with 
the change in QB.

On another note...why did the Huskers only use 1 "true" LB for the entire 
game?

Tommy Thompson (Pa)
"GO BIG RED"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew Smith" <arossman at earthlink.net>
To: "Husker List" <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2010 8:05 PM
Subject: [Husker] Surprised; not surprised


>  I wasn't surprised that Texas shut down Nebraska's running game.  As I'd 
> pointed out, Texas' rushing defense is #19 (and actually better if you 
> look at average yards/rush).  Martinez's speed is exciting, but all the 
> speed in the world doesn't help if there isn't a hole to run through.  I 
> was surprised that having the run shutdown didn't lead to interceptions. 
> I was often surprised at how open Nebraska receivers were at times 
> (especially with Texas' #8 pass defense).  And with the wind and both 
> teams having top passing defenses, I thought there would be some ints by 
> both sides.
>
> Nor was I surprised that Texas got some key runs against Nebraska.  Being 
> 57th in rush defense after a soft opening schedule showed this defense to 
> be well below last years.
>
> The biggest surprise and disappointment were the dropped passes.  Without 
> those (and the 1 lost fumble), Nebraska wins.  Getting beat is hard, but 
> in beating yourself is harder.
>
> I still think Nebraska has a good team and a decent chance to win the rest

> of their games.  Let's hope this loss get's them to focus and play to 
> their potential the rest of the year.
>
> Go Big Red!
> Andy
>
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