[Husker] Re: Polls

[Steve Reichenbach]

Sagarin has NU #5, so I think the BCS computers will treat NU well.

> On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 2:17 PM, Tony lambert <slimmer37 at hamilton.net> wrote:
> > I would think today sometime but I'm not sure. I thought Nebraska might be a
> > bit higher say around 7th, being in the top 10 is fine.
> > Tony Lambert
> 
> Well, considering we beat the #6 team in the country, I could make the
> argument that we deserve to move up more than we did, but then we all
> know that Missouri wasn't a solid #6, and maybe a pretender to a top
> ten team.  Not that beating them is any less important, but taking the
> Oklahoma game out of their stats, I wasn't terribly worried.
> 
> I thought we did well last year, in the rain, to control him.  This
> year, if we had sprained his ankle like we did last year, I don't
> think they would have scored 17.  Our defense was geared toward what
> they ran at us.  His running did the most damage to us.  Sometimes
> three down linemen, sometimes four, and 7 or 8 in coverage.  An
> occasional blitz, just to keep him unsettled back there.  And that
> line push, especially in the first half, was the finest defensive line
> play I've seen from this team all year.  Gabbert wasn't able, for much
> of the game, to sit back and pick out his second and third receivers;
> he was often running and throwing.  He was most successful in the
> third quarter when we weren't getting as good a push up the middle and
> we weren't sending a 4th or 5th guy after him.
> 
> I'm quite happy with a #9/#10.  I'll be interested to see the BCS, cuz
> they really loved Missouri.  That's gotta help us, unless the BCS
> support for Missouri was a bit ephemeral too.