Nebraska vs. Kansas State Post Game Overreaction

by Husker Mike on Nov 16, 2008 10:55 AM CST in Nebraska Husker Football

While Corn Blight is chasing four legged animals somewhere in western Nebraska, I'm filling in until he gets a chance to get online. Hopefully he doesn't have a Dick Cheney moment out there!

Now, not only bowl eligible, but also an assurred winning season at 7-4 with two games to play.
Nebraska will play in either the Gator, Alamo, or Sun Bowl. I think Nebraska and Notre Dame are the two leading candidates to play in the Gator Bowl, which is played New Years' Day on CBS. Depending on who you talk to, it's not clear which is the preference for the Gator Bowl: an 8-4 Nebraska or a 7-5 Notre Dame. Navy could have helped the Huskers' chances if they could have pulled off the upset yesterday.
I'm going to disagree with Corn Blight about Josh Freeman. No, it's not over whether the guy is someone you can root for. He is, for the most part. But I've got to tell you, I don't see an NFL draft prospect in the making. Yeah, he's got the measurables. But unless the opponent is Texas, it just hasn't materialized on the field. Even before he left yesterday's game with an apparent concussion, he was having another rather mediocre game. Truth be told, of the two quarterbacks Kansas State played, I was more impressed with Carson Coffman, the two-star little brother of Missouri tight end Chase Coffman.
In the first half, was that Blackshirt defense, or what? Except for a 64 yard bomb from Freeman, Kansas State was rendered impotent in the first half.
In the second half, was that a lack of focus after the first half, or Carson Coffman? Anyway, Pelini still has some work to do with this defense. He even told reporters that this team isn't even close to "living up to my standard."
Nebraska had to insert yet another freshman walk-on into the game at linebacker. Matthew May moved from safety to linebacker, and entered the game after Blake Lawrence suffered a concussion. So now we've seen walk-ons Tyler Wortman, Matt Holt, Colton Koehler, and May (not to mention converted I-back Cody Glenn) all having to fill the void created by bad recruiting.

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Blackshirts still in question?

The game against K-state was as good as I have seen the defense play since we beat Michigan in the bowl game. They looked faster and more decisive. I don’t know if it was a emotional lift, belief in the system and coaching is really starting to take affect, or if K-State really wasn’t that good. Probably a combination of the three. The fact is though, they have improved dramatically over last year. Pelini seems to have them on the right track although I am sure their will be more bumps in the road ahead. I look for them to win against Colorado and make a decent bowl. I also like our chances against anybody in the second tier of colleges we could play against, teams like Notre Dame. Our offense is one of the best in college football and with the defense seemingly coming together I don’t imagine there are to many teams looking forward to playing us.

by Huzkerfan on Nov 18, 2008 2:24 PM CST reply actions