[Husker] Washington

[David Strong]

I think pretty much everyone is seeing the same thing.  The offense is
definitely improving.  That first game was pretty ugly, people just seemed
not to know where they were supposed to be much less run the plays
competently.  But they have really come around since then.  Execution and
poise both looked much better yesterday.  Martinez is playing very well.
His throwing motion is just awful, and every pass is going to be an
adventure, but he's doing pretty well with that.  Receivers are coming
around too.

The defense is surprisingly not so good.  Dennard or no Dennard, it looks
not great beyond the impact of one player.  Maybe expectations were too high
for the defense, I don't know, but I thought they would be better than
this.  Nothing to do but hope BP coaches them up.

Maher, very nice surprise.  Abdullah, very dangerous.  Lots of young
potential gamebreakers.

NCAA stats to date:

Total Offense - 51
Passing Offense - 97
Rushing Offense - 11

Sorta looks like Nebraska, doesn't it?

Total Defense - 67
Rushing Defense - 61
Passing Defense - 78

Looks more like Cosgrove than Pelini.  He'll fix it though.

On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Nick Chevance <nickchevance at gmail.com>wrote:

> Where is everyone?  The only thing I've seen since the end of the game is
> some mild concerns about the defense, and whether the N in the field turf
> was red enough.  Really?
>
> Somebody not notice the rushing game?  That we ran three backs out of the
> backfield, and for lots of yardage?  That Rex had 120 yards rushing?  Green
> and Heard looked really good?  That the O line that had trouble opening the
> door to the fridge two weeks ago, opened real holes in a decent defensive
> front?  That Martinez got the message, and after the first quarter, slid
> down rather than take punishment?  Nobody noticed the fullback draw?????
>
> Hello?  tink-tink-tink I'm knocking on the screen but I don't see anything.
> Everyone must have taken the weekend off.  To me, the offense looked like
> what I had been led to believe they'd looked like.  I'm extremely pleased.
> Bo sounded that way too.  All is good, right?
>
> Nick
> --
> "If a million people believe a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing."
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