[Husker] Oh, well

[David Elfering]

I agree. Coach Osborne was class all the way. The mercy meter in D1
football was removed years ago and the people who could read it were rare.

Well the good news is that at least I still have the Chiefs game to look
forward to.... snap... this is like the song Henry the 8th :)

On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 12:04 AM, Mike Nolan <nolan at tssi.com> wrote:

> > Like another old coach once said to another one protesting a late score
> > "its not my job to hold the score down... its yours".
>
> Tom Osborne once sent word to the opposing coach late in a blowout
> that all remaining plays would be runs through the middle of the line.
>
> I cannot envision any coach doing that these days.
>
> I wish Bapi Gupta were still around, I don't have the detailed
> records he does, but I suspect the total number of points in
> FBS has taken a significant jump upward in the past few years.
>
> There was a 6-3 game last night, but some of the best Husker games
> in history had scores like 10-17.  These days that's considered a
> low scoring half and just an OK quarter.
> --
> Mike Nolan
>



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