[Husker] Re: Polls

[Tony lambert]

Wow that high, Steve what was Nebraska's rating last week ?

Tony Lambert
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Reichenbach" <reich at inetnebr.com>
To: <nickchevance at gmail.com>; <slimmer37 at hamilton.net>
Cc: <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2010 3:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Husker] Re: Polls


> 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.