[Husker] B1G to this point and the Nebraska Defense This Season

[Scott Stewart]

Me Too! LOL

I agree on the defense. The offense, and more importantly special teams,
put them in a very bad situation. When fresh they had trouble with MU;
however, tired it was really bad. They made some good stops.

We handed them at least 21 points on a silver platter with turnovers and
blocked punts. When I did the math, we lost by 28. We amazingly were in a
point to make a game of it early in the 4th after a complete melt down in
the 3rd quarter. I found that amazing. This was not a good game for the Big
Red. However, special teams has not seemed to be a major problem all year.
(I actually have used them with success in my ESPN fantasy team). We do
have some young return men who have had some problems holding onto the
ball, but not like yesterday. (By the way, this is not a ding on
them...they are young and will improve).

My take was that when things went bad, it snowballed. That is often a sign
of a young team, and I would consider this team young. It is hard when
things are going bad not to change your game (start thinking "don't
fumble"). When that happens, bad things follow.

Scott

I feel we will get things back on track and beat Iowa. I felt we would have
4 losses this year looking at the schedule. We are ahead of my
expectations.

Scott

On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 9:33 PM, rczeranko at juno.com <rczeranko at juno.com>wrote:

> I too find it a breath of fresh air to be in the B1G. Last evening, when
> heading out to get supper a guy in a Michigan jacket walked in. Of course,
> I said, "Oh no, the enemy." He looked a little confused until he saw my
> Nebraska shirt, and went on to say that he was surprised by how well
> Michigan played yesterday. We talked about be Nebraska being in the B1G and
> being away from Texas. He said that he was happy to have Nebraska in the
> conference and we both agreed that yesterday may be the beginning of a new
> rivalry.
>
> As for the defense, the times they looked bad this season they were on the
> field for a long time. Generally, we look to the defense to make up for the
> offense. But too many three and outs is just too much to ask. I for one, do
> not believe that Nebraska needs to score on every possession, but they
> should sustain drives getting 1 or 2 first downs to let the defense rest.
> Of course, as I have posted here before, Nebraska is putting in a new
> offense and have to play in a new conference so this is an up hill battle.
>
> Over all I would give the team a B to B+ across the board. They would be a
> solid B+ if they did not have some melt downs. But I just do not see things
> as that bad. As the coaches get used to the B1G and Nebraska gets through
> next season, what out. It will be a lot easier two years from now without
> Wisconsin and Ohio State on the schedule. Taylor Martinez will be a senior
> (if he sticks around, and I hope that he does) and the young stud running
> backs will be experienced.
>
> Even with the short week, I think that the coaches will the team ready to
> play. The only thing that could cause a let down, it loosing an opportunity
> to play in the B1G Championship game. Hopefully, the coaches will keep the
> team's chin up and get them ready for a post turkey Hawkeye feast!
>
> Go Big Red!
>
> Rob Czeranko
>
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