[Husker] Turnovers

[Tommy Thompson]

In the 1988 Fiesta Bowl, (I think that was the year) the Huskers were 
beating FSU 28-24 late in the 4th quarter when they fumbled at FSU's 2-yard 
line. FSU then drove the length of the field to score the go-ahead/winning 
touchdown.  The Huskers almost came back, but had a penalty called which 
wiped out a 50+ yard pass play, if I remember correctly.

I guess Osborne teams turned the ball over at the wrong time, the defense 
couldn't prevent a long drive, and the o-line was undisciplined (not enough 
men on the line for the penalty).

Being facetious, of course.  Just making a crack at some of the negativity 
on the list...especially when it concerns comparing Osborne to Pelini, and 
the past few seasons to those of the mid-to-late 1990s.

On a serious note, the Huskers do fumble a lot, but so did the Oklahoma 
teams of Barry Switzer.  The major difference is that Barry had a boatload 
of major talent on his teams, and they were usually able to overcome the 
turnovers.

Tommy Thompson (Pa)
"GO BIG RED"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Nolan" <nolan at tssi.com>
To: "Dick Karre" <dkarre at comcast.net>
Cc: <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 12:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Husker] Turnovers


>> To me, the significant stats are the ones I put in my original post
>> showing, over the entire Pelini era, the huge disparity between games in
>> which NU won or tied in turnovers, and those where they lost the TO
>> battle. I don't think that's totally a coincidence. If you assessed all
>> the games, I suspect you'd find a game or two every year that NU lost
>> because of turnovers.
>
> You don't think that could be the case under past coaches like Osborne
> as well?  He certainly had players who had a reputation for not being
> able to hold on to the ball and/or for throwing too many INTs.  TM
> just happens to be in both groups,
>
> In part because of that, I suspect that when the book is closed on his
> Nebraska years he is not going to be put in the same category as
> QBs like Turner Gill or Tommy Frazier, but with players like Mike Grant
> (among others.)
>
> I don't think it is at all coincidental that quite a few teams ranked
> towards the top of the NCAA's turnover margin for 2012 are also ones that
> were highly ranked.  Here are the top 15:
>
> Oregon, Boise State, Kansas State, Kent State, LSU, Miss. State,
> Florida, Fresno State, Ohio, Louisiana Tech, Northwestern, SMU,
> Alabama, Iowa, Pittsburgh.
>
> Iowa may be the biggest clunker on that list, as I think they may be
> the only one that didn't go to a bowl game.
> --
> Mike Nolan
>
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