Late Morning Coffee - USC's A Comin'

by Jon Johnston on Sep 14, 2007 10:47 AM CDT in Corn Flakes Comment 3 comments

Did anyone else see the Lou Holtz motivational speech at the halftime of the West Virginia - Maryland game? It was the speech he'd give to Nebraska if ol' Lou were the coach.

First of all, he'd apologize for the NCAA sanctions that we're about to face. Then he'd explain the bad hair. Next he made a joke about being happy to be playing USC because UCLA is harder to spell. Nearly knocked me out of my chair with that one - it's supposed to keep us loose.

I cannot believe that corporations pay to have this guy give motivational talks.I liked him when he coached at Notre Dame, but after leaving Minnesota, Notre Dame, and South Carolina with NCAA violations, he lost me. Watching him on ESPN has become a truly painful experience. I expect a certain amount of bravado from the talking heads, but Lou gives me nothing.

Husker Extra does their scouting report.. The result is that USC is scary good.

Takeaways are the trademark of a Pete Carroll-coached team, right? Well, that trend may have hit a wall. Maybe it'll hit a Big Red wall Saturday night when Pete decided he needs to run all those running backs at once.

Last year's USC game was supposed to be coming out party for Maurice Purify. Instead he got on the field for two plays. Here we are a year later, and Big Mo' is on the national stage. It's show time, and time for Purify to make a difference.

If you'd like to read an article that's very very wrong, here you go. I'd expect better stuff from Rivals.com than is shown here.

Samuel McKewon gives us five keys to the Nebraska - USC game.

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HEY

you cant read an article that is very very wrong through your link. It just takes you to an url search engine. Maybe another link?

by taflorom on Sep 14, 2007 12:25 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Its working now...

and I really dont see anything overly wrong with it, most of it looks like it came from your blog. Or was the very, very, wrong comment tounge-in-cheek?

by taflorom on Sep 15, 2007 7:54 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

no, not at all

specifically, i have a problem here:

The Huskers have made a few minor changes to the offense. Gone are the wholesale shifts on every play, which we now see at UCLA, since offensive coordinator Jay Norvell left Lincoln to take the job in Westwood. You will see occasional shifts, and some motion though. Nebraska uses H-backs more often than fullbacks, and sometimes they will use an H-Back with a fullback.

Norvell wasn't responsible for the shifts.
We haven't shown shifts because of clock changes and getting Keller used to the offense, not because Norvell left.

Overall, the Cornhuskers are pretty slow defensively, and even with all the blitzing against Wake Forest, they were not able to get a decent pass rush.