[NU Sports] 'Cats-Huskers

[Dennis W. Brandt]

I suggest the only chance we have this Saturday is if the Nebraska team bus 
is involved in a high-speed head-on with a semi on the way to the stadium. 
I will be shocked, albeit happy, if we give up less than 45 points.  We 
ain't got the horses on D to stop Indiana much less Nebraska, and I doubt 
we'll score 46.  I'd be happy to be wrong on this one rare occasion.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Maycock" <tkmaycock at yahoo.com>
To: <nwu-sports at tssi.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 11:55 AM
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] 'Cats-Huskers


> key is continuing to play the way we did in

> Bloomington.

If our offense plays like they did against Indiana, we might have a chance. 
The problem is that if our defense plays the way the did against Indiana, 
Nebraska will score 70 by the end of the 3rd quarter.

The good news is that Nebraska's offense is not good at long drives, or at 
converting 3rd downs. So a decent defense has a chance to force a lot of 
punts.

But Nebraska is really good at popping big plays, both in the passing game 
and in the running game, and big plays have been the Cats' weakness all 
season long. That's scary.

Special teams scare me as well. Our kickoffs seem to have been getting 
shorter and shorter as the year goes on, which is not a good thing given 
we'll be kicking off to Abdullah. And it's usually Burkhead fielding 
punts--that's scary too.


We'll need a better outing by far than we've seen from the D and special 
teams all year. I'm actually somewhat optimistic that it might happen, but 
the Indiana game sure doesn't give me much confidence along those lines.

I wonder if NU will run its usual tempo on offense, or try to shorten the 
game by burning a lot of clock? The latter might be a smart approach.

Nebraska actually runs up-tempo a lot of the time as well, so it could get 
pretty crazy if both teams stick to that pace.

Tom
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