Week 4 Husker Report Card: Ball State

by Husker Mike on Sep 23, 2007 5:56 PM CDT in Nebraska Husker Football

Well... we all know what's coming, so settle back in and grab an appropriate beverage of your choice... Once again, we're going to need signatures from some responsible adult in charge at the University of Nebraska...once we find one...

Offensive Line: C- OK, they pass blocked fine. But absolutely no room to run against the undersized Cardinals?
Running Backs: C- Marlon Lucky and Roy Helu raised this grade for catching the checkdown passes. But Marlon Lucky continues to struggle with running the ball inside, and that situation doesn't look like it will ever change.
Quarterback: B- 80% completion rate looks great... but 2 fourth quarter turnovers nearly did the Huskers in yesterday. Senior quarterbacks can't do that.
Wide Receivers: A Once again, they caught everything in sight yesterday. And we can now officially say we've got a tight end in Sean Hill.
Defensive Line: F No pass rush against a somewhat undersized offensive line?
Linebackers: D- Passing only because Bo Ruud got the Huskers back into yesterday's game with his interception return.
Secondary: F Ball State made you look silly all day.
Special Teams: B+ Well, our kickoff units got way too much work in again. Nice to see Kunalic still kicking 'em deep.
Coaching: D- During the tunnel walk, the Huskers looked like they didn't want to be there. I thought maybe it was repressed rage at what happened the week before, but we soon learned otherwise. Whatever they tried last week failed miserably.
Overall: D- It goes down into the books as a win, and therefore, this grade goes into the books as "not failing".

Elsewhere in College Football:
Colorado: A That's a novel idea...shutting out a MAC team.
Okie State/Texas Tech: Offense A, Defense F. Is the Big XII turning into the WAC?
TV schedule: D Was it just me, or was the whole day filled with uncompelling games?

Poll

Rate the Huskers against Ball State

B (Hey, Ball State gave Michigan a scare last year)

2 votes

C (We can work on a few things)

5 votes

D (We need to work on a lot of things)

64 votes

F (We need to make wholesale changes)

49 votes

FFF (Just one F is being too kind)

39 votes

After I ran out of beer, I went with straight tequila. That should hold me until next weekend.

26 votes

A (We won!)

2 votes

187 votes | Poll has closed

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"TV SCHEDULE--D"

I actually thought there WERE a number of compelling games: LSU/SC, ARK/KY, TT/OSU, MI/PSU, UCLA/WA, MSU/ND. Maybe it was just NE's poor showing that had you down. Besides, anytime the Domers are getting smacked for all the nation to see, it's THRILLING! An ND loss is almost as enjoyable as a NE win!

'za blang thang

by Ze Robertinho on Sep 24, 2007 3:24 AM CDT reply actions

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Iowa-Wisconsin game looked like an old Big 10 game, where the defenses are damned tough and didn't give up much.

I wound up after the game over at a neighbor's, flipping between several games. We watched the hapless Minnesota Gophers against Purdue, and had a helluva lot of fun enjoying the sheer tragedy that is Golden Gopher football.

The Texas Tech game was fantastic, but the defenses were horrible.

Texas looked like Texas finally.

Go Big Red!

by Jon Johnston on Sep 24, 2007 9:40 AM CDT reply actions