Nebraska vs. Colorado: Post Game Overreaction

by Jon Johnston on Nov 28, 2008 6:03 PM CST in Football Comment 19 comments

It’s 4th and 25 and you’re thinking "we’re going to lose to those SOB’s from Colorado again", right? Then a skinny kid makes the longest field goal in school history and a second later you’re on top of the world and the Huskers are on top of Colorado.

- Alex Henery made the game. He saved his quarterback, Joe Ganz, who put the Huskers in horrible shape by taking a sack to make it 4th and 25. He saved his coach, Bo Pelini, who made one of the worst calls I can remember with a fake field goal that had already been run earlier in the season. You know what happened - the ball is picked off in mid-air and what should have been a 10 point lead ties the game.

- Ndamukong Suh. Is this guy wonderful to watch or what? What an exclamation point - him smashing Cody Hawkins into the ground on his way into the end zone. It was clear he was not to be stopped.

- Time of possession. People can say all they want about it being an overrated statistic, but it has accomplished what’s been needed from this team this year - kept the defense from being exposed more than needed.

- A game we probably should have lost but found a way to win. 8-4 is wonderful and beating Colorado in the manner we did, snatching victory from the edge of an abyss, has to be incredibly disappointing for the which makes it all the more sweeter.

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Oh yeah, that field goal was like a knife to the heart

How many times is your stupid team gonna break my spirit? You’re right about time of possession, that was a big factor in the game no doubt. Our defense was obviously exhuasted and yours was still stout late in the game. I can’t believe I’m actually here posting a somewhat civil post after that game…. We’ll get you next year!

by nebraskasux on Nov 28, 2008 6:17 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

thanks

for being civil…..

Next year should be very interesting. We’ll be breaking in a new quarterback and you guys will have another year of Scott and Stewart under your belt.

I haven’t put much heavy thought into what next season holds, but you can bet that the Big 12 North will be wide open.

Go Big Red Nebraska!
Our Cobs Are Bigger Than Yours!
Corn Nation!

by Jon Johnston on Nov 29, 2008 5:31 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I try to be somewhat nice because

you’ve always been cool when I’ve seen you on the CU site. Unlike some of your readers cough taflorom cough

I have no choice but to be thinking about next season now :-( and yeah, it should be wide open. I have to believe that we’ll be quite a bit better and Mizzou and KU should fall off some. It would be cool if the game in Boulder is for the north title, I wouldn’t be surprised if that is the case.

by nebraskasux on Nov 30, 2008 10:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah

I was really mean wasn’t I. Just terrible. This from a guy who avatar is that of a 13 year old kid crying during the 62-36 CU win. and has a name like nebraskasux. Big whiner. If you guys had won you would be over gloating like a big bag of shit but since you lost you really have nothing to say. Whatever dude grow up man.

by taflorom on Dec 1, 2008 12:58 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

whatever to you to

Were you that kid? Is that why you’re so upset? I guess you can see into alternate realities and know exactly what I would of done if we won. I joined this site the day I joined the CU site and I’ve never come on here “gloating like a big bag of shit” but you joined the CU right before the game to talk a bunch of trash and then dissapear, so again, whatever…

by nebraskasux on Dec 1, 2008 6:11 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Actually

I was a member of all Big XII sites on SBN and was one of the first members here. Then Mr. Blight went and changed his site and now it says that I joined in June of this year. That is wrong because I was on here when we fired Frank. There was another CU site that Blight used to plug on here something like Buffs TV or such and I was a member there too. So no I didn’t just join and then disappear in fact I had been lurking on your site all year just hadnt posted until it became time to defend my team.

And was I the kid in the pic?? No I am considerablly older then you sir so I remember a whole lot of times when NU was stomping a mud hole in CU. What was it that Gill and the boys put up on you in one qt.? 49??? Something like that. You old enough to remember that?

by taflorom on Dec 1, 2008 11:01 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

NO

you wont but good to see you staying positive.

by taflorom on Nov 28, 2008 7:14 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Yeah

and watching Suh trample Hawkins was the icing on the cake. And to keep them from going to a bowl game…..priceless. The crowd should have sang “I’ll be home for Christmas” to them at the end. That would have been classic.

by taflorom on Nov 28, 2008 7:22 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Great Game

The told story was about CU’s loss of players to injury. The untold story was Bo has lost players to injury also and he’s playing a half dozen walk-ons. Not to mention this is his first year with a team that was in a shambles last March.

Horse Farmer

by Teamster on Nov 28, 2008 8:05 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Heart Attack

OK. I have to say that it was very hard being stuck at work not being able to watch the game and could only sneek on cornnation to get the highlights. You guys had me thinking it was over right before we got the 57 yard FG. My heart sank and I even felt sick to my stomach……I mean really how could we loose to Colorado like that. Then the posts about Suh……people at work were looking at me kinda funny. Watching the game now, but thanks for keeping up on our game guys.

by ~OnlyJade~ on Nov 28, 2008 8:28 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Been there, no voice left . . .

I can think of only a couple of other games where I got that excited . . . and both of those I saw on TV – so being there in person was something else . . . Everyone in the stadium let out a collective breath when Henery made that field goal . . . and then went completely nuts when Suh lumbered in for the final touchdown. After the absolutely ridiculous fake field goal, the Huskers showed in the fourth quarter that they weren’t going down without a fight. Not a bad way for the seniors to go out, especially considering that they had to survive the disaster of the Callahan years.

by twh7920 on Nov 28, 2008 9:13 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Yeah

that had to be a top 10 finish for NU. First is the “Flea Kicker” against Mizzu but this has to be #2. (only counting wins not losses). And to think I had been to the last few home CU games and missed this one. FUCK!!!!!

by taflorom on Nov 28, 2008 10:35 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

postgame conclusions

what i took from this game, and from the season as a whole is, firstly, that bill callahan was in fact every bit the recruiter he was brought in to be. he simply had no ability to manage or develop his players. nearly every single husker who made an impact today was a callahan recruit. ganz. helu. swift. peterson. suh. potter. mcneill. castille. the list goes on. perhaps no coach has ever left the cupboard more full upon being axed.
the second conclusion is that bo pelini and his staff are vastly superior coaches. bo has taken the parts that bill callahan brought in and has molded them into a cohesive shape in the form of a winning football team.
while there is definitely still work to be done, the future for the cornhuskers looks bright. the rest of the north, not so much.

by huskerpizza on Nov 29, 2008 1:36 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Not so fast my friend

Swift and Potter had both been being recruited by Solich before BC came. McNeil was also if I remember correctly. I also think Peterson was in that group too. The OWH just had a story on Peterson and Swift and how when they were first being recruited it was to come here and block and catch a pass every now and then and then Solich got fired and BC came in and they decided to stay at NU anyway even though they weren’t sure how big of a part they would play.

BC was a jackass. End of story.

by taflorom on Nov 29, 2008 8:28 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

not so fast right back atcha

mcneill’s a sophomore. as to the others, maybe my memory is hazy. solich started the recruiting that year and callahan finished it so it’s a little fuzzy. my basic point still stands. bc may have been able to recruit, but outside of that the man was a total asshat.

by huskerpizza on Nov 29, 2008 10:23 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Not so fast again

Rivals.com says the 2005 recruiting class includes Joe Ganz, recruited by Kevin Cosgrove; and Lydon Murtha, Ty Steinkuhler and Nathan Swift, recruited by Scott Downing. Downing is now the head coach at Northern Colorado. If there is a coaching change, I think rivals changes the name of the recruiter, as well.

Papa83

by Papa83 on Dec 1, 2008 10:57 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

And

Rivals must be wrong as Swift is listed on the ’04 roster. His first year here was BCs first. Ganz and Murtha are also listed. Along with Steinkuhler (who was also first recruited by Solich and staff). Downing was here under Solich and was the only other staff member besides Gill who was retained. Those guys you list are members of the 04 recruiting class.

by taflorom on Dec 1, 2008 11:50 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks for correction

Yeah, I should have wrote the ‘04 class. It’s really hard to make the case that BC was any better at recruiting than Solich, unless you count up the number of stars assigned to some classes. Just for the record, Rivals had Joe Ganz listed as a two star prospect.

Papa83

by Papa83 on Dec 2, 2008 8:34 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs