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Thursday, October 15, 2015

College Football TV schedule for all leagues this week!

The American

Date Time Game Network (Talent)
Fri., Oct. 16 9:00 p.m. Houston
at Tulane
ESPNU
(Shawn Kenney, Brian Kinchen)
Sat., Oct. 17 Noon (14) Mississippi
at Memphis
ABC
(Tom Hart, Andre Ware1, Laura Rutledge)
Sat., Oct. 17 Noon South Florida
at Connecticut
ESPNU
(Allen Bestwick, Dan Hawkins)
Sat., Oct. 17 Noon Tulsa
at East Carolina
ESPNews
(Mike Corey, Rene Ingoglia)
Sat., Oct. 17 7:30 p.m. UCF
at Temple
CBS Sports Network
(Dave Ryan, Corey Chavous, Lauren Gardner)

ACC

Date Time Game Network (Talent)
Sat., Oct. 17 Noon Louisville
at (11) Florida State
ESPN
(Bob Wischusen, Brock Huard, Shannon Spake)
Sat., Oct. 17 12:30 p.m. Pittsburgh
at Georgia Tech
ACC Network/ESPN3
(Tim Brant, Dave Archer, Roddy Jones)
Sat., Oct. 17 3:30 p.m. Virginia Tech
at Miami (Fla.)
ESPNU
(Clay Matvick, John Congemi)
Sat., Oct. 17 3:30 p.m. Syracuse
at Virginia
ESPN3
(Tom Werme, Ovie Mughelli, Niki Nota)
Sat., Oct. 17 7:00 p.m. Boston College
at (6) Clemson
ESPNU
(Anish Shroff, Ahmad Brooks, Tiffany Greene)
Sat., Oct. 17 7:00 p.m. Wake Forest
at North Carolina
ESPN3
(Wes Durham, James Bates, Jenn Hildreth)

Big Ten

Date Time Game Network (Talent)
Sat., Oct. 17 Noon Iowa
at Northwestern
ABC/ESPN2
(Dave Pasch, Brian Griese2, Tom Luginbill)
Sat., Oct. 17 Noon Purdue
at Wisconsin
Big Ten Network
(Kevin Kugler, Matt Millen, Lisa Byington)
Sat., Oct. 17 3:30 p.m. Rutgers
at Indiana
Big Ten Network
(Eric Collins, Glen Mason, Jeremiah Johnson)
Sat., Oct. 17 3:30 p.m. (7) Michigan State
at (12) Michigan
ESPN
(Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman1, Todd McShay)
Sat., Oct. 17 3:30 p.m. Nebraska
at Minnesota
ESPN2
(Eamon McAnaney, Rocky Boiman, Jane Slater)
Sat., Oct. 17  8:00 p.m. Penn State
at (1) Ohio State
ABC
(Chris Fowler3, Kirk Herbstreit 3, Heather Cox)

Big 12

Date Time Game Network (Talent)
Sat., Oct. 17 Noon West Virginia
at (2) Baylor
FOX
(Gus Johnson, Joel Klatt, Molly McGrath)
Sat., Oct. 17 Noon Texas Tech
at Kansas
FOX Sports 1
(Tim Brando, Spencer Tillman, Bruce Feldman)
Sat., Oct. 17 3:30 p.m. Oklahoma
at Kansas State
ABC
(Dave LaMont, Ray Bentley, Dawn Davenport)
Sat., Oct. 17 6:00 p.m. (3) TCU
at Iowa State
ESPN2
(Beth Mowins, Anthony Becht, Paul Carcaterra)

Conference USA

Date Time Game Network (Talent)
Thurs., Oct. 15 7:30 p.m. Western Kentucky
at North Texas
CBS Sports Network
(John Sadak, Randy Cross
1, Melanie Collins)
Sat., Oct. 17 Noon Marshall
at Florida Atlantic
FOX College Sports
(Mike Morgan, JC Pearson, Steffi Sorensen)
Sat., Oct. 17 Noon Florida International
at Middle Tennessee
FOX Sports Network
(Mark Followill, Brian Baldinger, Lesley McCaslin)
Sat., Oct. 17 3:30 p.m. Charlotte
at Old Dominion
American Sports Network
(Mike Gleason, Ken Dunek)
Sat., Oct. 17 7:00 p.m. UTSA
at Southern Miss
American Sports Network
(Ron Thulin, Keith Moreland)

MAC

Date Time Game Network (Talent)
Sat., Oct. 17 Noon Western Michigan
at Ohio
American Sports Network/ESPN3
(Dave Armstrong, Rich Baldinger)
Sat., Oct. 17 Noon Eastern Michigan
at Toledo
ESPN3
(Greg Franke, Tom Cole)
Sat., Oct. 17 1:00 p.m. Buffalo
at Central Michigan
ESPN3
(Michael Reghi, Josh Cribbs)
Sat., Oct. 17 2:30 p.m. Northern Illinois
at Miami (Ohio)
ESPN3
(Dave Weekley, John Gregory)
Sat., Oct. 17 3:00 p.m. Akron
at Bowling Green
ESPN3
(Dan Gutowsky, Dustin Fox)
Sat., Oct. 17 3:30 p.m. Kent State
at UMass
ESPN3
(Doug Sherman, Matt Chatham)
Sat., Oct. 17  4:00 p.m. Georgia State
at Ball State
ESPN3
(Jim Barbar, Mark Herrmann1)

Mountain West

Date Time Game Network (Talent)
Fri., Oct. 16 9:00 p.m. Boise State
at Utah State
CBS Sports Network
(Carter Blackburn, Aaron Taylor, Jenny Dell)
Fri., Oct. 16 10:30 p.m. UNLV
at Fresno State
ESPN2
(Roy Philpott, Tom Ramsey)
Sat., Oct. 17 3:30 p.m. Air Force
at Colorado State
CBS Sports Network
(Rich Waltz, Randy Cross
1, Cassie Gallo)
Sat., Oct. 17 4:00 p.m. Nevada
at Wyoming
ESPN3
(Trey Bender, Chad Brown)
Sat., Oct. 17 7:00 p.m. Hawaii
at New Mexico
ROOT Sports Network
(Drew Goodman, Sed Bonner, Tori Holt)
Sat., Oct. 17  10:30 p.m. San Diego State
at San Jose State
ESPNU
(Bob Picozzi, David Diaz-Infante)

Pac-12

Date Time Game Network (Talent)
Thurs., Oct. 15 10:30 p.m. UCLA
at (16) Stanford
ESPN
(Joe Tessitore, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack, Kaylee Hartung)
Sat., Oct. 17 4:00 p.m. Oregon State
at Washington State
Pac-12 Networks
(Ted Robinson, Glenn Parker, Jill Savage)
Sat., Oct. 17 9:00 p.m. Arizona
at Colorado
FOX Sports 1
(Joe Davis, Brady Quinn, Kris Budden)
Sat., Oct. 17 10:00 p.m. Arizona State
at (4) Utah
ESPN
(Mark Jones, Rod GIlmore, Quint Kessenich)
Sat., Oct. 17  10:30 p.m. Oregon
at Washington
ESPN2
(Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham, Jerry Punch)

SEC

Date Time Game Network (Talent)
Thurs., Oct. 15 7:00 p.m. Auburn
at Kentucky
ESPN
(Dave Flemming, Mack Brown, Allison Williams)
Sat., Oct. 17 Noon Louisiana Tech
at Mississippi State
SEC Network
(Mike Couzens, Cole Cubelic, Kevin Weidl)
Sat., Oct. 17 3:30 p.m. (8) Alabama
at (10) Texas A&M
CBS
(Verne Lundquist3, Gary Danielson, Allie LaForce)
Sat., Oct. 17 4:00 p.m. Vanderbilt
at South Carolina
SEC Network
(Dave Neal, Matt Stinchcomb2, Kayce Smith)
Sat., Oct. 17 7:00 p.m. (9) Florida
at (5) LSU
ESPN
(Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe)
Sat., Oct. 17 7:30 p.m. Missouri
at Georgia
SEC Network
(Brent Musburger3, Jesse Palmer, Maria Taylor)

Sun Belt

Date Time Game Network (Talent)
Sat., Oct. 17 3:30 p.m. Idaho
at Troy
ESPN3
(Drew Fellios, Forrest Conoly)
Sat., Oct. 17 6:00 p.m. New Mexico State
at Georgia Southern
ESPN3
(Matt Stewart, Al Groh)
Sat., Oct. 17 7:00 p.m. Appalachian State
at Louisiana-Monroe
ESPN3
(Brett Dolan, Brian Kinchen)
Tues., Oct. 20 8:00 p.m. Louisiana-Lafayette
at Arkansas State
ESPN2

FBS Independents

Date Time Game Network (Talent)
Fri., Oct. 16 8:00 p.m. Cincinnati
at BYU
ESPN
(Adam Amin, Kelly Stouffer, Olivia Harlan)
Sat., Oct. 17 Noon Bucknell
at Army West Point
CBS Sports Network
(Ben Holden, Jay Feely, John Schriffen)
Sat., Oct. 17 7:30 p.m. USC
at (13) Notre Dame
NBC
(Dan Hicks, Doug Flutie1,2, Kathryn Tappen)

FCS

Big Sky

Date Time Game Network (Talent)
Sat., Oct. 17 3:35 p.m. (18) Montana State
at (25) Portland State
ROOT Sports
(Tom Glasgow, Jason Stiles, Jen Mueller)
Sat., Oct. 17
3:35 p.m. UC Davis
at Northern Colorado
WatchBigSky.com
(Josh Howe, Paul Browning)
Sat., Oct. 17 4:35 p.m. (7) Eastern Washington
at Idaho State
WatchBigSky.com
(Jerry Miller, Mark Liptak)
Sat., Oct. 17 8:00 p.m. Sacramento State
at Southern Utah
WatchBigSky.com
(Carl Arky, Ty Sparrow)
Sat., Oct. 17 8:00 p.m. (23) North Dakota
at Weber State
WatchBigSky.com
(Art Challis, Brian Brown)

Big South

Date Time Game Network (Talent)
Sat., Oct. 17 1:00 p.m. Gardner-Webb
at Kennesaw State
ESPN3
(Evan Lepler, Renaldo Wynn)
Sat., Oct. 17 1:00 p.m. (15) Liberty
at Monmouth
ESPN3
(Matt Harmon, Eddy Occhipinti)
Sat., Oct. 17 2:00 p.m. Charleston Southern
at Presbyterian College
Big South Network
(Zach Compton)

CAA

Date Time Game Network (Talent)
Sat., Oct. 17 Noon (16) Richmond
at Rhode Island
Atlantic-10 Digital Network
(Steve McDonald, Terry Lynch)
Sat., Oct. 17 Noon (21) New Hampshire
at William & Mary
Comcast Sports Network
(Chick Fernandez, Andy Gresh)
Sat., Oct. 17 3:00 p.m. (5) James Madison
at Elon
Phoenix All-Access
(David Hibbard, Taylor Durham)
Sat., Oct. 17 3:30 p.m. Yale
at Maine
FOX College Sports
(Dan Hannigan, Brian Sullivan)
Sat., Oct. 17 3:30 p.m. (14) Villanova
at Albany
American Sports Network
(Eric Frede, Brad Jackson)
Sat., Oct. 17 6:00 p.m. Towson
at Stony Brook
Seawolves TV
(Josh Caray, Erik Coleman, Curt Hylton)

Ivy League

Date Time Game Network (Talent)
Sat., Oct. 17 Noon Princeton
at Brown
American Sports Network
(Scott Sudikoff, Jack Ford
4)
Sat., Oct. 17 3:30 p.m. Penn
at Columbia
ESPN3
(Jerry Recco, Sal Licata)

MEAC

Date Time Game Network (Talent)
Sat., Oct. 17 1:00 p.m. Hampton
at Morgan State
Flowplayer
(Lamont Germany, Kelvin Bridgers)
Sat., Oct. 17 1:00 p.m. Bethune-Cookman
at North Carolina A&T
LockTV
(Donal Ware, Billy Covington)
Sat., Oct. 17 2:00 p.m. NC Central
at Savannah State
Savannah State All-Access
(Greg Kaplan, Curtis Foster)
Sat., Oct. 17 2:00 p.m. Howard
at South Carolina State
None
Sat., Oct. 17 3:00 p.m. Delaware State
at Florida A&M
Rattler Vision
(Joshua Jackson, Michael Thomas)

Missouri Valley

Date Time Game Network (Talent)
Sat., Oct. 17 3:00 p.m. Southern Illinois
at (19) Indiana State
ESPN3
(Jason Pensky, Brent Holl)
Sat., Oct. 17 3:00 p.m. (4) Illinois State
at Missouri State
ESPN3
(Don West, Jim Powers)
Sat., Oct. 17 3:30 p.m. South Dakota
at (3) North Dakota State
ESPN3
(Brian Shawn, Lee Timmerman, Beth Hoole)
Sat., Oct. 17 4:00 p.m. (8) South Dakota State
at (9) Youngstown State
ESPN3
(Scott Warmann, Danan Hughes, Mick Shaffer)
Sat., Oct. 17 5:00 p.m. Western Illinois
at (10) Northern Iowa
ESPN3
(Jeff Mickey, Rick Coleman, Eric Braley)

Northeast

Date Time Game Network (Talent)
Sat., Oct. 17 Noon Dartmouth
at Central Connecticut State
NEC Front Row
(Bruce Biel, Marc Robbins)
Sat., Oct. 17 Noon Duquesne
at Bryant
ESPN3
(Paul Dottino, Kevin Gilbride, John Cabral)
Sat., Oct. 17 1:00 p.m. Cornell
at Sacred Heart
NEC Front Row
(Randy Brochu)
Sat., Oct. 17 3:30 p.m. Wagner
at St. Francis
ESPN3
(John Schmeelk, Jay Fielder)

Ohio Valley

Date Time Game Network (Talent)
Sat., Oct. 17 2:00 p.m. (17) Eastern Kentucky
at Southeast Missouri State
OVC Digital Network
(Erik Sean, Rick Weiser)
Sat., Oct. 17 5:00 p.m. Tennessee-Martin
at Austin Peay
OVC Digital Network
(Charlie Patten, Will Pressnell)
Sat., Oct. 17 7:00 p.m. Eastern Illinois
at Tennessee State
American Sports Network
(Jeff McCarragher, Michael Young)
Sat., Oct. 17 7:00 p.m. Jacksonville State
at Tennessee Tech
OVC Digital Network
(Tim Scruggs, Sam Brooks)

Patriot League

Date Time Game Network (Talent)
Sat., Oct. 17 Noon Colgate
at Georgetown
Patriot League Network
(Jeremy Huber, Scott Jackson, Marissa Pilla)
Sat., Oct. 17 1:00 p.m. Holy Cross
at (13) Fordham
Patriot League Network
(Drew Casey, Kristian O'Hara, Matt Moro)
Sat., Oct. 17 3:30 p.m. (24) Harvard
at Lafayette
Campus Insiders
(Matt Martucci, Dan Conley)

Pioneer Football League

Date Time Game Network (Talent)
Sat., Oct. 17 1:00 p.m. Davidson
at Butler
Butler TV
(Mark Minner, Mark Pearson)
Sat., Oct. 17 1:00 p.m. Edward Waters (Fla.)
at Jacksonville
ESPN3
(Scott Manze, David Lamm, Patrick Wilkins)
Sat., Oct. 17 1:00 p.m. Campbell
at Stetson
ESPN3
(Evan Weston, Tyler Murray, Brianne Welch)
Sat., Oct. 17 2:00 p.m. Dayton
at Valparaiso
ESPN3
(Todd Ickow, Dave Huseman)
Sat., Oct. 17 5:00 p.m. Drake
at San Diego
TheW.tv
(Jack Cronin, J.T. Rogan)

Southern

Date Time Game Network (Talent)
Sat., Oct. 17 1:30 p.m. (6) Chattanooga
at VMI
ESPN3
(Chip Tarkenton, Dave Harding)
Sat., Oct. 17 2:00 p.m. Western Carolina
at Wofford
ESPN3
(Pete Yanity, Corey Miller)
Sat., Oct. 17 3:00 p.m. The Citadel
at Samford
ESPN3
(Mike Grace, Chad Pilcher, Carolina Saunders)
Sat., Oct. 17 4:00 p.m. East Tennessee State
at Mercer
ESPN3
(Dan Mathews, Joe Burns, Nancy Mousa)

Southland

Date Time Game Network (Talent)
Sat., Oct. 17 3:00 p.m. (11) Sam Houston State
at Abilene Christian
American Sports Network
(David Saltzman, Shea Walker, Chris Mycoskie)
Sat., Oct. 17 4:00 p.m. Houston Baptist
at Nicholls State
Colonels All-Access
(Bryant Johnson, Seth Thomas, Kyle Carrier)
Sat., Oct. 17 7:00 p.m. Lamar
at Northwestern State
DemonTV
(Patrick Netherton, Richard deVargas, Tony Taglavore)
Sat., Oct. 17 7:00 p.m. (22) McNeese State
at Central Arkansas
ESPN3
(Lincoln Rose, ND Kalu)
Sat., Oct. 17 8:00 p.m. Stephen F. Austin
at (20) Southeastern Louisiana
FOX College Sports
(Lyn Rollins, Rene Nadeau, Jess Province)

SWAC

Date Time Game Network (Talent)
Thurs., Oct. 15 7:30 p.m. Alabama State
at Arkansas-Pine Bluff
ESPNU
(Mark Neely, Jay Walker)
Sat., Oct. 17 2:00 p.m. Jackson State
at Alabama A&M
None
Sat., Oct. 17 3:00 p.m. Grambling State
at Alcorn State
ESPN3
(Nick Strong, Rob Williamson)
Sat., Oct. 17 3:00 p.m. Texas Southern
at Mississippi Valley State
None
Sat., Oct. 17 5:00 p.m. Prairie View A&M
at Southern
Cox Sports Television
(Todd Kalas, James Verrett, Taylor Hasley)

1 - College Football Hall of Famers
2 - Former NFF National Scholar-Athletes
3 - NFF Outstanding Contribution to Amateur Football honoree
4 - NFF Board Member

Cindy Lange-Kubick: Winning at patience in Huskerland : Lincoln, NE Journal Star

Cindy Lange-Kubick: Winning at patience in Huskerland : Lincoln, NE Journal Star

Monday, October 12, 2015

Nebraska fans, players, and coaches just want a win!

Some day this is going to be funny but right now....... We all just want a win, well all but those that want Pelini back which is not going to happen. Time to move on.  We have a team that shows some really good potential to be very good at times and then we don't look worth a penny other times.

I will say that the crowd Saturday when "Let Me Clear My Throat" by DJ Cool was playing and the players and fans were jumping and fired up, that at that time was one of my greatest moments in sports. So fun... for a few minutes. It happened after Janovich's run for a TV and after the kicker from Wisconsin hit the goal post on a FG attempt that would have put Wisconsin ahead.

Injuries have been a factor this year. Penalties have been killers. We play pretty good for three quarters and then implode for some reason. All except the Miami game anyway.

Tommy has to play better for us to win. Just too many bad passes with a 11 for 28 day.

Andy Janovich is awesome. Now if we can get him to play linebacker too. This kid will play in the NFL.

Vincent Valentine and Maliek Collins were a force last week.

Yays and Nays: Riley calls on veteran Huskers to keep driving peers : Latest Husker News

Yays and Nays: Riley calls on veteran Huskers to keep driving peers : Latest Husker News

Game time set for Nebraska-Northwestern : Latest Husker News

Game time set for Nebraska-Northwestern : Latest Husker News

Sunday, October 11, 2015

Game Replay: Wisconsin 23, Nebraska 21 - Omaha.com: Big Red Today Blog

Game Replay: Wisconsin 23, Nebraska 21 - Omaha.com: Big Red Today Blog

Dj Kool feat Biz Markie & Doug E. Fresh - Let Me Clear My Throat (Origin...

Even-Keeled Coach and His Players Go Back to Work

Even-Keeled Coach and His Players Go Back to Work

Huskers Top No. 24 Michigan, 3-1, on Pink Night

Huskers Top No. 24 Michigan, 3-1, on Pink Night

Huskers Show Potential for 2015-16

Huskers Show Potential for 2015-16

Postgame: Once again, Huskers don't get last first down they need - Omaha.com: Big Red Today Blog

Postgame: Once again, Huskers don't get last first down they need - Omaha.com: Big Red Today Blog

Postgame: Once again, Huskers don't get last first down they need - Omaha.com: Big Red Today Blog

Postgame: Once again, Huskers don't get last first down they need - Omaha.com: Big Red Today Blog

Tom's Takes: Long road to bowl game, unsportsmanlike call, and who's the I-back? - Omaha.com: Big Red Today Blog

Tom's Takes: Long road to bowl game, unsportsmanlike call, and who's the I-back? - Omaha.com: Big Red Today Blog

Friday, October 09, 2015

Nebraska puts together a complete game tomorrow! Also View the Nebraska Pre-Game Prayer!

Nebraska has struggled this year to win losing three games by a total of nine points. Wisconsin has been hit by injuries and aren't playing to the level most thought they would be. Nebraska and Wisconsin were supposed to be 5-1 or better at this time.

Nebraska continues to have their own injuries with Freedom out this week, so is Banderas, Rose-Ivey, Maurice, Williams, maybe Valentine, and others. Back are DeMornay Pierson-El and Gangwish. The defensive line will look to Mick Stoltenburg to get a lot of time. We will see how good the Gretna product is. Big news to some is Jordon Stevenson will be playing this week but not much, maybe some special teams.

I have that feeling that Nebraska, which I think has a pretty good team will have one of those games we forget part of the past several weeks.

Look to the following and don't laugh because it will happen:

Nebraska 28 Wisconsin 14

The words to the Husker pre-game prayer are pretty awesome.

Football Pregame Prayer
Dear Lord,
In the battles we go through life
We ask for a chance that's fair
A chance to equal all our strife
A chance to do or dare
And if we win,
Let it be by the code
With faith and honor held high
And if we lose,
Let us stand by the road
And cheer as the winners go by.
Day by day
We get better and better
A team that can't be beat
Won't be beat.

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Can Nebraska Win This Weekend?

Yes, we can win but with the weaknesses that have been exposed on defense there is no guarantee. Let's hope we get those mostly corrected this week.

GOOD
Tommy Armstrong is playing better than I ever imagined and with our great bunch of receivers well our passing attack is excellent as long as the line can hold the opposing defense long enough. Armstrong can pass on the run and he can also run when needed. He provides leadership. He has great receivers in Jordon Westerkamp, Stanley Morgan, DeMornay Pierson-El, Brandon Reilly, Lane Hovey, Tariq Allen, and Alonzo Moore.

BAD
The defensive secondary just can't consistently stop the opposing offenses. Until we do that, its hard to get overly excited about this year's overall prospects. I do think we will get better but will it be enough. We must get much more physical before the pass and throw them off their rhythm plays. Then we have to finish the play by getting turned around and ripping the call out or intercepting it. This was NU's strength last year and now it is a weakness.

GOOD
Nebraska has been petty good against the run. Most teams have been stopped in their tracks. Maliek Collins has a lot to do with this.This asset will be good in Big 10 play.

BAD
Penalties!!  Have to eliminate 75% of our penalties!

GOOD
DeMornay  Pierson-El and Jack Gangwish will be back to some extent this week. Hopefully Banderas and Valentine are coming soon too.

BAD
Nebraska's running attack has to get better. The line needs to continue to improve and the running backs need to be quicker through the hole.

I feel confident that we will improve all the BAD's; some of them vastly.I also think most of the GOOD's will get even better.

This week I think it will be close:

NEBRASKA 28 ILLINOIS 27

Mad Chatter: The 2016 Husker offense, Pelini vs. NFL QBs, the Royals' wild card miracle - Omaha.com: Big Red Today Blog

Mad Chatter: The 2016 Husker offense, Pelini vs. NFL QBs, the Royals' wild card miracle - Omaha.com: Big Red Today Blog

Sunday, September 27, 2015

Nebraska wins weird game!

Nebraska dominated the first half but yet couldn't put much into the end zone settling for five field goals and one touchdown and led 22-0. By end of the game, Nebraska had to hang on for a 36-28 victory. What a game.

I had the feeling that the fans almost felt worse after this win than they did in our two losses. It was just a feeling. It felt like we lost in some ways and I had to remind myself that we did win.

This years strengths are the offensive pass and run defense. Our weakness is run offense and pass defense and special teams. Last year our strengths were the opposite and our weakness were opposite.

I thought for a long time that Andy Janovich is an awesome athlete. I thought we should have had him playing linebacker so he could be on the field and make more of a contribution. Wasn't his performance yesterday so fun. He's strong tough and can even juke a little. Very fine performance and I hope he has many more.

Our pass defense just isn't good especially their second half performance yesterday. Daniel Davie looks pretty good right now. Too many receivers were open for the opposing team. This will have to be fixed for us to win games.

Nest week we play a very good Illinois quarterback and we must improve.

Steven M. Sipple: Disaster averted, but Banker grasping for answers : Latest Husker News

Steven M. Sipple: Disaster averted, but Banker grasping for answers : Latest Husker News

Player Points: Adam Carriker's key takeaways from Nebraska-Southern Miss - Omaha.com: Big Red Today Blog

Player Points: Adam Carriker's key takeaways from Nebraska-Southern Miss - Omaha.com: Big Red Today Blog

Cindy Lange-Kubick: Planting a tree for tomorrow in Pastor Larry's name : Lincoln, NE Journal Star

Cindy Lange-Kubick: Planting a tree for tomorrow in Pastor Larry's name : Lincoln, NE Journal Star

Friday, September 25, 2015

Nebraska evens record tomorrow

Nebraska wins tomorrow 41-17!  Go Huskers!

Steven M. Sipple: Powerful Collins proceeds in quiet frustration : Latest Husker News

Steven M. Sipple: Powerful Collins proceeds in quiet frustration : Latest Husker News

O-Line starters, conditioned for every snap, seek consistency : Latest Husker News

O-Line starters, conditioned for every snap, seek consistency : Latest Husker News

TBL: Jon Nyatawa's 'Picks to Click' as Huskers take on Southern Miss - Omaha.com: Big Red Today Blog

TBL: Jon Nyatawa's 'Picks to Click' as Huskers take on Southern Miss - Omaha.com: Big Red Today Blog

Practice report, Sept. 24: Defense will be missing key contributors Saturday - Omaha.com: Big Red Today Blog

Practice report, Sept. 24: Defense will be missing key contributors Saturday - Omaha.com: Big Red Today Blog

Special teams tidbits from Bruce Read's radio show - Omaha.com: Big Red Today Blog

Special teams tidbits from Bruce Read's radio show - Omaha.com: Big Red Today Blog

Recruiting: Highly rated DL Jordan Elliott set for Nebraska visit - Omaha.com: Big Red Today Blog

Recruiting: Highly rated DL Jordan Elliott set for Nebraska visit - Omaha.com: Big Red Today Blog

Saturday, September 19, 2015

Huskers fall short in furious rally, as Canes survive in OT : Latest Husker News

Huskers fall short in furious rally, as Canes survive in OT : Latest Husker News

Nebraska has key game today!

Nebraska has played Miami in four national championship games over the last several years but this year both are unranked.

This game may be affected by the weather as there is a chance of rain and lightning.

The keys to this game are:

1. Tommy Armstrong! As goes Armstrong so goes Nebraska ie the second quarter vs. BYU. Armstrong has to play well for Nebraska to win. Armstrong is strong and improved as a player. He was recruited out high school as a linebacker by Texas and Oklahoma St. wanted him as a safety. Nebraska liked him as a quarterback and that is one of the main reasons he ended up here. He's tough shown by a couple blocks he has put on this year. He's the guy.
2. Our pass defense has to be improved. We showed weaknesses against BYU and even last week vs. South Alabama. I think the coaches will have worked with them to finish the play this week. Banker said this is getting turned around to make an interception and also ripping at the ball if they catch it. The secondary will give up some yards and a couple of touchdowns but will be improved.
3. Nebraska has to run the ball today. They have to average five yards a carry for NU to win. They should be able to do so against the Miami defense.
4. I believe Nebraska has the better coaches as Al Golden is on the hot seat at Miami. Others on the hot seat are Mike London of Virginia, Norm Chow of Hawaii, Kirk Ferentz of Iowa, Kyle Flood of Rutgers, and Mike Macintyre of Colorado.
5. A big plus will be that Miami has the home field. Always a huge plus in this series.

Prediction time:

Nebraska will go for two with less than a minute to play and Andy Janovich catches the two pointer for Nebraska to win: Nebraska 32 Miami 31.

Holdrege goes to 4-0- last night with a win over Milford 21-7. Holdrege continues to play well this year. 

I heard one talk show this week say that statistics show there are more quarterbacks that get hurt while passing in the pocket than running. The point was that its ok if Armstrong runs and not hold him back.

The second interesting point was that 40% of the four and five star quarterbacks and running backs recruited end up transferring to another college.
GO BIG RED!


Friday, September 11, 2015

Nebraska gets first win tomorrow!

Nebraska lost a heart breaker last weekend losing on a Hail Mary pass on the last play of the game. Usually a team improves quite a bit between the first and second games. So both teams will play better this week. We have a couple of key plays back in Michael Rose-Ivey and Jonathon Rose. This will help.

Nebraska's bright spots were their tackling last week and the receivers played well with no real dropped passes I can remember. I was disappointed in the offensive line and our running game. I think we have some ok backs but we have to open some holes for them.

How good is BYU? They are underdogs at home this week vs. No. 22 Boise St. I am a little surprised by BYU not being favored. Their freshman quarterback is really good so I don't think they will lose a lot with Hill out for the season.

Which leads to me think maybe NU isn't as good as we hoped. At least right now they aren't so please prove me wrong. I really like this staff and I think they will be good teachers and make us better.

So how will we do tomorrow? We will win.

Nebraska 35 South Alabama 17


Sunday, September 06, 2015

Nebraska loses opener.

Well shoot, I can't believe a Hail Mary pass beat us. I mean they had a tru freshman quarterback in Tanner Magnum who was playing as well as Taysom Hill. You didn't really notice Hill was out, out for the season we found out later. We weren't positioned properly but the effort was there to break up the Hail Mary.

I felt subdued somewhat and disappointed quite a bit but I felt like Nebraska has some real potential if we can continue to improve, which I think we will with this staff.

Tommy Armstrong played real well at times and not so good at times. How he played was related to how Nebraska played. Armstrong struggled especially in the second quarter and Nebraska suffered. Much of the reason Armstrong was struggling was because pass protection was breaking down quickly. The offensive line was getting beat much of the second quarter.

I would give the following grades to the following positions:
QUARTERBACK  B
RUNNING BACK C+
WIDE RECEIVERS A
OFFENSIVE LINE C-
SPECIAL TEAMS C-
DEFENSIVE LINE C+
LINEBACKERS B-
SECONDARY C+

The secondary was impressive at times but there were assignments missed quite often and sometimes a player just got beat.

Injuries were numerous. We will have to see what they all are this week. It will be good to meet South Alabama this week. We need a victory!

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Tuesday, September 01, 2015

Nebraska in a close one!

The excitement of the fall weather, hunting coming up and Nebraska football is upon us. This is the best time of the year. State Fair. Deer hunting. High school football. The end of mowing coming up soon. New shows on TV. Harvest. Baseball playoffs. Pheasant and duck hunting. Lots to look forward to.

This weekend Nebraska plays a tough opponent and will try to keep the opening game winning streak going of 29 games.

It won't be easy. BYU comes to town and they have a mobile quarterback who can throw. He's really good. Taysom Hill leads BYU as captain and quarterback. They are coached by Bronco Medenhall. Cool names.

Hill was hurt last year but before that he had a 141.7 quarterback rating. Amazing. In 2013 he threw for almost 3000 yards. He can also run. Nebraska has had trouble with this in the past.

Nebraska has a new staff and a new system. Coach Mike Riley is a nice coach and informative when he speaks. You feel like you can learn from him. He seems younger than his age.

The new system causes a rough transition for most teams but Riley is adapting to the team's strengths and working around that. That will help. Many criticized Callahan when he came because he changed the system more than adapting. Most people forget that Callahan had a high powered defense before he left it was just that the defense was awful.

So on offense we will see more huddling than in the past but we will see some of the same plays with Tommy Armstrong leading the way. He will direct the offense. We will see more passing than in the past.

On defense its less thinking and just go after the ball. The secondary will have more pressure on them as they will be one on one a lot of the time. They will get beat at times so be ready for that. The other team will get some big pass plays I believe.

There are suspensions on both teams. Michael Rose-Ivey may be one player not on the field on Saturday. We will see. We are thin at linebacker so this could be a factor. The biggest factor is losing De'Mornay Pierson-El. Huge loss early in the season.

Ok so what happens this Saturday. Hill has two receivers that are 6'6" and they will cause NU so major problems. Watch for Mitch Matthews and Nick Kurtz. Matthrews gets the headlines but Kurtz will probably hurt NU the most.

Beware this will be a close one. BYU has some weapons. They are capable of an upset.

Nebraska 31 BYU 28