[Husker] just a question

[Tommy Thompson]

I think UCLA's scheme had a lot to do with Nebraska's lack of pressure on 
the QB.   UCLA's no-huddle forced the Huskers to keep the same players on 
the field, rather than rotate them out.  Chase Rome seems to be a real force 
on the Huskers D-Line, but there is absolutely no way he could have stayed 
on the field.   I saw Rome play the first series, and then never saw him on 
the field again.  Did he get hurt or did the Huskers change schemes.  That's 
probably true of a couple other players as well. I'm not sure that the 
Huskers even ran 2 DTs on the field at all times during the game. Seemed to 
me that there were times with 1 DT and either an extra LB or an extra DE.

So...how could the Huskers Defense have done things differently?  IMHO, and 
I'm definitely not an expert, they should have done what UCLA did...Go after 
the QB and not worry about giving up the big play.  It seemed to me that the 
Defense was in "bend but not break mode".  I think that actually tired the 
defense down.   All else fails, and they could have done what some other 
teams have done to the Huskers...have some players get leg cramps.  :)

Tommy Thompson (Pa)
"GO BIG RED"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Aaron Wolfson" <awolfson0 at gmail.com>
To: <gscratch1 at comcast.net>
Cc: "list husker" <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 3:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Husker] just a question


>I just wish we would go back to talking about the coach's coaching
> abilities.
>
> For instance, the defensive line. Much has been made in the past about the
> relative lack of QB pressure (in the post-Suh era, at least), and some 
> have
> suggested this is by design.
>
> Is bad scheme the problem with our DL, or is it just a lack of talent? I
> was optimistic about the line entering the season, as I mentioned here, 
> and
> have not seen anything good outside of Eric Martin's play. We have plenty
> of experience in Ankrah (he's flashed this year), Meredith (invisible), 
> and
> Baker (hearing complaints about him, too), but do they just have "bad"
> experience, or are they just not talented enough? Is Papuchis to blame?
> Carl? Bo?
>
> So many questions, so few answers.
>
>
> Aaron
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 12:23 PM, <gscratch1 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> "Why do people keep asking me to define "character"? " etc.
>>
>>
>>
>> I wonder if we are (and will always) judge the "character" of the head
>> coach as compared to the "character" of   Tom Osborne.  I don't know that
>> anyone, ever will be able to live up if that's the standard that we've 
>> set.
>>
>>
>>
>> Glen in IL
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