Tuesday, September 15, 2015
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
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
Tuesday, September 08, 2015
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!
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!
Saturday, September 05, 2015
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
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
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