What has yet to be determined is how much talent there really is on offense. The defense has talent. Perhaps physical and not mental in the d-backfield, but the athletes are there. With freshmen playing linebacker, one has to ask is it because they are that talented or the depth is so poor? I would like to believe the former, but there is no doubt that depth is a problem at that position. However, on the offensive side of the of the ball, what level of talent really exists? Is Helu a “Nebraska back?” I don’t even want to talk about O-line. It looks like perhaps there are some young receivers that can catch and run, but apparently the ones that have had the starts can’t. Tight ends? Who knows? Maybe two balls thrown their way today? When it all goes well I think that the critics are over analyzing, but with the performance we have seen the past two weeks, perhaps it is Watson that is.

I’ll believe Watson shouldn’t be blamed.

always had the feeling that we were backpedaling and gunshy on the playcalling because we were afraid to make mistakes. That’s what it seems like here. I don’t know if it’s because we seem to have a lot of mediocre talent at WR and can’t commit to any definite set of starters, or because Lee seems to stare down his receivers like they’re the only people on the field.

For now, it seems like Va Tech was the turning point of the season. The D answered the call after the loss, and picked themselves up….the O never recovered. Easy to see which side of the ball Bo focuses more time on….they act more like him.

We beat up on the Sun Belt. We CAN execute. It’s just a matter of mental toughness.

Bo Pelini is the head coach. He is the head coach of this Husker team that was thoroughly unprepared to play today. Many of these players are his recruits. We lack talent on offense and the play calling is suspect. We don’t seem to focus on our strengths. We run a 4 receiver set that relies on a good qb and good receivers. Thank goodness the Zac Lee experiment is over, I hope. I will lose a lot of respect for Pelini if he continues to go with Lee. Cody Green is better, obviously. Receivers just aren’t good, yet.

The Big 12 is gonna be tough and the Huskers better find some heart and leadership!

Terrible play calls for most of the game. Watson needs to get his head out of his a**, and learn how to run the right plays at the right times. He reminds me of when I play any football game on a video game system. I simply pick a run or pass, and ignore the rest because it’s too complicated. Sometimes I get lucky and gain yards, and others are a disaster. Maybe he consults the magic 8-ball?

Lee is done.

I sat through Football 202 this year, and watched him up on the stage answering questions. The only thing that went through my head, other than “I can’t believe how small he is”, was that he seems to be this good-looking young man from California….that achieved the dream of playing QB at Nebraska. And I hope he knows that he is gonna have to perform, as that smile may get you in a few ladies pants…but won’t get you squat on the field.
I saw it at the Missouri game, when he played like garbage for 3 quarters, and then hit a few lucky passes. After that, he was yappin and smiling and acting like he had planned it all along. Suh was giving him crap about it, and he just grinned. This guy is living in fantasy-land, and Cody Green will wake him up.

The defense played well, allowing 24 points to a team like tech is about right for a team that dominates up front, but has questionable talent in the secondary. It wasn’t raining this time, so how are you going to excuse Amakamura for being owned every play. Another guy who was on the stage during 202, that needs to step up or be replaced. Very average talent.

Can’t say much else, other than we will get beaten by Iowa State at home if we play like that next week. Not to mention the teams with GOOD defenses like OU.

Can we play every game on the road? Please?!

will land squarely at Watson’s feet. But I think the real problem is what corn blight alluded to towards the end here, and that is the terrible, awful, nauseating, detestable, egregious, infuriating (ect) line play. It is hard to do anything when you can’t seem to block anybody. And we can’t block anyone. Not to mention all of the false start penalties that this unit continues to rack up at the most inoppurtune times, and I think one has to start looking at Barney Cotton. He has been around for awhile now, and frankly, his charges have not been overly impressive. I feel great about the defense. But that O line….yikes. What a terrible game.

if we want a running game and the spread we are running isnt working, then why not just line up in the I and run the dam thing. We seem to do much better at opening holes when the full back leads. Just push the thing down their throats, quit trying all the finesse and spread crap and run the ball and use play action passing. Just becuase others are running the spread and having success with it doesnt mean we will or that we HAVE to.
I didnt think much of Watson when he was at CU, didnt understand why we hired him, and was even more confused when we kept him. Its time for someone new.