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Saturday, September 22, 2007

Deep Thoughts from the Shallow End of the Gene Pool

Well, what a difference a week makes. You could really feel the electricity in the state leading up to the show down in Lincoln last week. As for this week, you feel the frustration once again. Several questions come to mind in regards to the USC/NU game. Is Craig Bohl still our defensive coordinator? Not since Colorado embarrassed us the day after Thanksgiving (this game is still looked at as one of the major catalyst for change at NU) has NU looked that bad at stopping the run. So, what is it; coaching or players? Well it could be a little of both. My overall concern is that it is coaching however. If you saw any of the game film, you saw NU miss a ton of tackles and they were constantly out of position. Being out of position, in the third quarter, after they have ran the same play all night long is clearly, to me, a coaching problem. You make adjustments; simply not acceptable. Yes, players have to be held accountable and it would appear for the most part that the players step up this week and held themselves accountable. Please don't let us forget in all this mayham, that USC was and still is, debatably, the number one team in the nation. Okay, let's put that game away, burn the film and move on with life. On a side bar, I'm sure I stated last week in order to be successful the ball would need to be ran between the tackles; too bad I was talking about NU instead of USC.

As for this week, if you couldn't find a ticket to the game you had to be under house arrest. I'm sure there will be plenty laying on the ground out in front of the stadium if you still have the desire to go. I hope that the ticket situation speaks more towards the opponent than to the status of the program. Its really quite a shame and kind of shows how spoiled we as Husker fans still are. Good grief, you don't think Michigan or Notre Dame fans would trade us in heartbeat? Be proud to be a Husker; my opinion is we still might be the second best team in the Big 12.

Today's game will provide a little more insight in the 2007 Huskers. How do we recover after a loss? Who are the leaders on this team? Will we see more younger players on the field? Ball State is in the top 40 in passing and rushing yards per game. Yes, this wasn't against top 25 teams, however they do have talent specifically at quarterback and running back. Nebraska needs to find its ground game again, however their ability to rush the football may be contingent upon our defenses' ability to get off the field. Look for Callahan to try and establish the run early in order to aid his defense. We should continue to get better on offense but we will be scored upon. The spread is around 22 and NU should cover; NU 48-21.

1 comment:

bhartz13 said...

Sorry Charlie, but we didn't quite cover the spread.