[Husker] Capitol One Bowl

[Lynette Tillner]

I agree with you. To those saying how the glass is almost empty, may I remind 
you that we don't play those teams next year! The only team we lost to and have 
on next fall's schedule is Washington - I figured they might win the revenge 
match - the Holiday Bowl. But come fall? I think we win 2 out of 3. 


Now as for what NU needs to do in the next 8 months to be a better team -- D 
needs to keep on keeping on except for 2 areas --- TAKE AWAYS with points scored 
AND Run Defense --- Send that D-Line back to strength and conditioning and speed 
drills and KEEP THEM THERE. 


On soapbox, 
As for the O ---- lots of work to do, coaching issues aside --- that O-Line? 
send them with the D-Line to strength and conditioning and speed drills and 
don't stop until they CONSISTENTLY STOP OUR D-Line in their tracks and 
vice-versa. The stronger and faster the better, the more stamina, the better. 
---- That's what we were in each of our 5 championships --- STRONG, FAST, LONG 
LASTING --- on BOTH sides of the ball. 


Now, tell me, if the O-Line consistently protects ANY of our QB's are they 
different players? I think so. 


Maybe we need an Offensive counterpart for a "black shirt" Maybe a Red or White 
shirt or helmet stickers (which I hate) but ANYTHING to motivate these young men 
--- they have potential -- they need motivation --- they need to feel the 
power of smash mouth Nebraska football on both sides of the ball! 

 
Off soap box! 
Lynette (Tillner) Peavey
ltillner at yahoo.com 




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From: "Titsworth, Scott" <titswort at ohio.edu>
To: "husker at tssi.com" <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Sat, January 1, 2011 7:35:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Husker] Capitol One Bowl

I agree that the offense has been really bad the last quarter of the season.  
But, the considerations you point out below are only snapshots and conceal these 
other facts that are also part of the 2010 Huskers:

* Nebraska scored more against Washington than any other team they played, 
including Oregon, who I heard was playing in the MNC game and has a decent 
offense.  


* Nebraska scored more against KSU than any other team on their schedule, and 
had the largest margin of victory by far on their schedule.

* Remember the 51 points Nebraska hung on a two loss OKie State team?  That was 
the most scored against them and the largest scoring margin in a loss for them.

I think to look at the season and say that the offense was at the same level as 
the defense in the latter stages of Callahan/Cosgrove is wrong.  We had offense 
that was pretty darn potent for 3/4 of our games.  The problems came when we 
faced disciplined, aggressive defenses--then our offense meted away.  The issue 
is consistency, not having a play that defenses MUST stop or we are guaranteed 
3-5 yards every time we run it, etc.  TO seemed to always have that play in his 
game plan.

How will this translate into our first Big Ten W and L record?  It depends on a 
lot.  But we definitely had inconsistency and to have more wins than loses next 
year we MUST develop a consistent ability to gain yards in sustained drives and 
not rely on defensive breakdowns resulting in quick strike plays and scores.  I 
did not see that ability in big games against sound defenses this year.

Scott 

Sent from my iPad

On Jan 1, 2011, at 9:57 PM, "Andrew Smith" <arossman at earthlink.net> wrote:

> I don't know how anyone can be optimistic after the offensive play in 
> this year's losses.
> Consider:
> * Only Wyoming scored fewer points against Texas than Nebraska.
> * No one scored fewer against A&M.
> * 7 of OU's opponents scored more.
> * None of Washington's opponents scored fewer; all but UCLA scored more.
> 
> And this is with one of the nation's best defense (giving the offense 
> good field position and time of possession chances) and THE nation's 
> best field goal kicker (and a great punter)!
> 
> Though 5-6 is pretty unlikely, end of season rankings suggest a 4-4 Big 
> 10++ record.

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