Nebraska Cornhuskers vs Missouri Tigers Open Game Thread
by Jon Johnston on Oct 6, 2007 2:44 PM CDT
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Opponent: Missouri (4-0, 0-0 Big 12)
Date: Saturday, Oct. 6, 2007 | 8:15 p.m.
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TV: ESPN
Stadium: Faurot Field (68,349), Columbia, MO
Opponent's Blogs:
- Mizzou has not beaten Nebraska 3 straight times in Columbia since 1957 (W, 14-13), 1959 (W, 9-0) and 1961 (W, 10-0)
- A win over Nebraska would give Mizzou its second straight season of at least a 5-0 start for the 1st time in school history, and only the 8th ever.
- The last time that Mizzou entered a game as the higher-ranked team than Nebraska was in 1969, when the 7th-ranked Tigers claimed a 17-7 win over the 20th-ranked Cornhuskers, in Columbia.
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Keys To The Game
- Run the Ball
Nebraska must establish the run to win this game. In fact, it wouldn't be so bad if we were a little boring on offense. There's nothing that'll take the gas out of a crowd that's been 'preparing' all day like boring the to death making four yards a carry up the middle.
- Consistency
Mizzou's offense will be all over the place. The versatility along with their athletes is why they'll be a threat to anyone they play the rest of the season. Sticking with the 'boring' them, Nebraska's offense needs to be more consistent than versatile. Do the simple well and make them stop it, and that consistency sets up the trickeration, which will further frustrate the Mizzou fans.
- Crowd control.
Getting on the scoreboard early, a big hit by the defense, an interception return, or special teams play - it doesn't matter. Get the crowd out of the game.
- Win turnovers
Adi Kunalic should negate Mizzou's return game, as should Dan Titchener, so we should be okay on special teams. Both of these teams are going to have a turnover, maybe even two. The first team to three turnovers will likely lose. Let's make sure it's the Tigers.
Please use this thread to discuss the Nebraska - Missouri game and any other games you might be watching today.
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Kansas
I still wonder about kansas. nice start for them, but KSU's inconsistency is even weirder.
although maybe not since Prince is only in his second year.
Is Kansas for real?
Danny Woodhead
has broken the record today.
Congrats to him.
in the 4th quarter, with CSC leading 21-0, he has 175 yards rushing, 20 yards receiving.
finished
Danny Woodhead 34 carries, 208yards, 2 TDs, 29 - Long, 6.1 per carry.
Congrats to Danny Woodhead.
suspense
is killing me.
four beers in. made a batch of venison stew.
I've read War and Peace today. Torn about an iPod to discover what kind of hard drive is needed to fix it.
Egad. I hate night games.
waiting for your game?
join me over at The 12th Manchild for the A&M/OSU game until yall kickoff
by The 12th Manchild on Oct 6, 2007 7:07 PM CDT reply actions
i've come
to the conclusion that the stadium won't be that crazy. it's too late.
people (especially Missouans) can't help but be too drunk to get to the game by now.
there should have been a gob of Nebraskans down there stealing tickets.
well shirt
we're not going to see the game for a while.
ESPN has Clemon - VaTech going with 10 minutes left in the fourth.
Dammit.
shit.
listening to huskers.com - Mizzou is on the two, and i"m still sitting here watching VA Tech 34, Clemson 21, as if there is still a game here.
Bastards that are ESPN.
Mizzou
7-0.
after a pass interference called in the end zone, Mizzou gets a fresh set of downs at the one.
bastards.
4:29 left in the Clemson gaem. you really care, don't you?
still 3:21 left on ESPN
this is hell.
nebraska had to punt on their first possesion.
rushing three, nebraska.
Mizzou
eating us alive.
Mizzou at the 15 yard line. There is no Nebraska defense right now. Well.... why should that be different than the rest of the year?
Shit you are lucky
this has sucked and Mizzu just ran a flea flicker that no body could stop. We look stupid. We cant cover anyone right now.
by huskergod on Oct 6, 2007 8:51 PM CDT reply actions
we
look like a fucking jr. high team. This is fucking terrible. Where is the heart of this team.
by huskergod on Oct 6, 2007 8:54 PM CDT up reply actions
Fuck off...
this is the worst we have looked all year. My god why can't we play any defense?
by huskergod on Oct 6, 2007 8:53 PM CDT reply actions
Holy Crap
We look absolutely terrible on both sides of the ball. If Erickson sees the field again Billy Boy should be fired immediately. That was the dumbest holding penalty ever, Purify was already by him. And then we have players who don't even know where to line up and Sam is trying to get the ball hiked and the center isn't paying attention so we have to burn a time out. Shit I think I will turn to the LSU/Fla. game.
by huskergod on Oct 6, 2007 9:00 PM CDT reply actions
once again
we get behind, then start playing football.
i don't get it.... we obviously didn't start this game running the football.
why the hell not?
We tried
but couldn't go anywhere. Couldn't pass it either.
by huskergod on Oct 6, 2007 9:06 PM CDT up reply actions
field goal
coming up.
I've seen this before. Denny Green with the Vikings. Kick field goals against a team he had to score TD's against.
if
they're going to call them that closely they better call them that way the whole damned game
Finally
a stop. wasn't sure we were going to see one all night.
by huskergod on Oct 6, 2007 9:17 PM CDT reply actions
we held them
now we come out and run the damned ball.
3-3-5 defense. same thing we did last year.
We look
scared. Scared to get hit, scared to hit anyone, scared to cover anyone close.
by huskergod on Oct 6, 2007 9:19 PM CDT reply actions
Stanford
is on the 9 of USC down 6 and 1:38 to play. Maybe USC wasn't as good as everyone said after the NU game.
by huskergod on Oct 6, 2007 9:22 PM CDT reply actions
Well
if we dont start covering a little tighter we just as well pack it in now and go home.
by huskergod on Oct 6, 2007 9:35 PM CDT reply actions
the problem
with this game is we're doing the same thing so far that we did against Iowa State.
We're throwing the ball. We're not taking time. What little defense we have this season, they're going to wear out.
And we're not that good anyway.
So..... shit.
Why
wont we hit anyone? Murillo could have unloaded on Tony Temple on that run but instead just pushed him a little.
by huskergod on Oct 6, 2007 9:38 PM CDT reply actions
OK
this is fucking ridiculous. #9 didn't even know that the qb was running right at him. He never even looked back or he could have stopped him after about 10 yards.
by huskergod on Oct 6, 2007 9:59 PM CDT reply actions
Wow
we just stand and watch the guy run the screen up the middle. One guy trys to tackle him.
by huskergod on Oct 6, 2007 10:02 PM CDT reply actions
no
it wasn't.
in the NFL it's a TD. in college, it's not. I'm having the same damned argument here at home
they're prbiably score again anyway.
by Jon Johnston on Oct 6, 2007 10:07 PM CDT up reply actions
NO
you are wrong. In college you only need one foot in and in the pros you need two. It was a TD.
by huskergod on Oct 6, 2007 10:10 PM CDT up reply actions
no, watch closely
the TE's heel comes down out of bounds. In college, you only need one foot, but you do need the whole foot. It was a great effort, but you can only contort your leg so much.
No that is not correct
What about when the reciever is facing forwards and stands on his tiptoes? His heel may never touch the ground and he is called in. No different here. He was in.
by huskergod on Oct 6, 2007 10:31 PM CDT up reply actions
oh
look
we call a timeut on a field goal.
but we couldn't have called the friggin' time out from the sideline when time was runing out when we were driving.
morons.
shit, my o key is not working.
first half
well, it's an ass-kicking.
the defense walks around like they don't want to be there.
the offense doesn't look much better.
good lord.
game's not over guys
Ags just came back from 17-0 at half to win 24-23
by The 12th Manchild on Oct 6, 2007 10:27 PM CDT up reply actions
IT IS
If we dont start playing tackle football. We look like we are at a flag football game. Dont want to hit anyone on defense or offense.
by huskergod on Oct 6, 2007 10:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Well
here we go again. Same thing as the first half, imagine that. Nice pass there Sam. Lets see Joe for awhile. Can we make some adjustments for the second half or what.
by huskergod on Oct 6, 2007 10:36 PM CDT reply actions
For Gods sake
wrap up and quit shoulder tackeling.
by huskergod on Oct 6, 2007 10:38 PM CDT reply actions
Good to see
that we made some halftime adjustments on defense too.
by huskergod on Oct 6, 2007 10:40 PM CDT reply actions
oh
why.
this isn't about bad coaching even anymore.
lord, we're horrible. we're not ourselves. we've lost it.
we should be tearing up this defense. we look like shit.
Oh
its still about coaching too. Why are we this bad? Didn
t we get a bunch of 5 star players the last three years? Where are they? Are they just over hyped or do we not know how to coach them? Where are the adjustments? We dont do that. This sucks.
by huskergod on Oct 6, 2007 10:51 PM CDT reply actions
So
what will the excuses be this week? This isn't USC but we are making them look as good as if not better then almost everyone.
by huskergod on Oct 6, 2007 10:53 PM CDT reply actions
We cant
even cover a tightend with a corner back
by huskergod on Oct 6, 2007 10:54 PM CDT reply actions
Wow
did we just quit or what. No one even tried to stop him, and the guy who was covering him just stopped.
by huskergod on Oct 6, 2007 10:55 PM CDT reply actions
OK
lets put in some subs, the starters are not playing and it is time to let someone else play.
by huskergod on Oct 6, 2007 10:56 PM CDT reply actions
we have a ton of weapons
it looks like we're finally legit!
By the way, this blog is really great and you have a great fanbase.
by MizzouRobot @ Corn Nation on Oct 6, 2007 11:00 PM CDT reply actions
stopped on 4th and 1
guess that defense isn't so bad after all...
not trying to rub it in, just sayin'...
by MizzouRobot @ Corn Nation on Oct 6, 2007 11:05 PM CDT reply actions
WE WANT SUBS
WE WANT SUBS WE WANT SUBS WE WANT SUBS.....
by huskergod on Oct 6, 2007 11:11 PM CDT reply actions
i
couldn't take this any more.
we're lost. did i say that already?
lost.
we can see more of the same this season. it's going to be bad.
You know what
we need is some back up coaches. Instead of just making the players earn the right to be on the field maybe we should have back up coaches and make the coaches earn the right to be at the game and make decisions. Maybe if that was the case and they didn't get paid unless they were at the game things might go differently.
by huskergod on Oct 6, 2007 11:15 PM CDT reply actions
Wow
that was rubbing salt into the wound. What was Rudd doing? He should be told that he is staying back to watch the fake and when he sees it TO GO MAKE A FUCKING PLAY DONT JUST STAND AND WATCH. FUCK THIS SUCKS!!!!!
by huskergod on Oct 6, 2007 11:20 PM CDT reply actions
IF
things dont change will this be our worst loss ever to Missouri? Another first for BC.
by huskergod on Oct 6, 2007 11:21 PM CDT reply actions
1947
we lost by 41, worst loss ever to Missouri. 2nd is 1943 we lost by 34.
by huskergod on Oct 6, 2007 11:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Fuck this
put in Joe Ganz and let him play for gods sake.
by huskergod on Oct 6, 2007 11:27 PM CDT reply actions
527 to 249
in yards so far. Guess I should have made my vote "Missouri in a blow out."
by huskergod on Oct 6, 2007 11:28 PM CDT reply actions
When was
the last time NU gave up over 500 yards 3 times in a season? I dont even think the 02' team did that.
by huskergod on Oct 6, 2007 11:29 PM CDT reply actions
Hey
when you cross the street tommorrow look both ways because there may still be a Missouri tight end running wild.
by huskergod on Oct 6, 2007 11:33 PM CDT reply actions
Yeah
I agree. This is year 4 and I dont think it is really about winning the MNC but I also dont think we should be this bad. There has been no progress from last year to this year and I think we have taken about 10 steps backwards. This is absolutely horrible. How did we slip so far backwards?
by huskergod on Oct 6, 2007 11:49 PM CDT up reply actions
we stopped playing
football because we think about it so much.
read read read read read on defense. so much analysis.
video game software on offense.
not much real football in there.
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