[Husker] Turnovers

[Tommy Thompson]

First of all...great win by the Huskers.  Love a win, no matter how it 
comes.

That all said, here are my initial observations:

1.  Pass defense is not good.  Corners were burned often, but NW QB 
could not hit the open receivers.  Got lucky.

2.  LB play was sporadic.  Great at times, totally absent other times

3.  Front four just don't penetrate well enough.  They have the size and 
the speed.  I don't understand it.  Are they trying to contain, rather 
than pursue?  Has me baffled.

4.  I don't normally call out names of players that are performing 
poorly, but I just don't get why Sirles is still playing.  He makes a 
ton of mental mistakes and gets beaten a lot.  Is there no one that can 
step up and take his spot?

5.  Great job of coaching by Joe Ganz.  TM was starting to lose it, and 
Joe got him to settle down.  Game ball goes to Mr. Ganz.

6.  If Antonio Bell gets in another game, I'd be surprised.  'nuff said.

Final observation.  Once again, the coaches had the team ready to play. 
However, once the turnovers started, they started to fall apart.  Is 
this team built on a house of cards?


Tommy Thompson (Pa)
"Go Big Red"


On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 8:40 PM, (Mike Nolan) wrote:

>> My post was a bit sarcastic and a bit true.  It was designed to open 
>> a few eyes to reality while shedding some light on the the nature of 
>> college football and the Big 10 conference as we know it.
>
> Heraclitus said you cannot step into the same stream twice, though 
> Bill
> Snyder is attempting to disprove that down in Manhattan.  Wouldn't it
> be ironic if the lack of a Big Twelve championship game is what keeps
> KSU out of the National Championship game?
> Given how bad Ohio State made the Huskers look, and how OSU just 
> barely
> won the next two weeks, I don't know that the Huskers are ready to 
> compete for a Big Ten championship, much less a national championship. 
> Next week's
> visit by Michigan will be challenging, but in the Big Ten home teams 
> are
> expected to win.
> The defense looked better today, but was that really the defense or 
> just
> an ineffective if not outright inept game plan by Northwestern?  --
> Mike Nolan
>
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