Corn Flakes: Determination for Next Year
by JLew on Dec 6, 2009 11:00 AM CST
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PrintI don't want to talk about it.
They were so close. How close? One second. And a competent offense. If the Huskers get any offense at all, this is the best team in the Big 12. And this is one very dangerous team, one that need not be shy in taking on Alabama, Florida, TCU or anyone else in BCS land.
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"You should be ashamed to accept that trophy!" the NU defensive coordinator yelled, pointing at the Longhorns. "You outta be ashamed to accept that trophy!" he screamed again, then again. Seconds later, his younger brother erupted, too. Bo Pelini had played it cool walking off the field, telling Texas coaches to go win a national title. But he heard about a conflict at the threshold of the tunnel. Seemed a Texas fan and somebody from NU had exchanged words. Bo marched toward the scene. Who was it? Bo wanted to engage the Texas fan. Told nothing happened, he went back toward the locker room, where he saw Marc Boehm, NU assistant athletic director. "Marc, I want to see (Big 12 head of officiating) Walt Anderson in there right (expletive) now!" Pelini shouted. "BCS!" Pelini said as he entered the locker room. "That's why they make that call!"
Last-second field goal lifts Texas past Nebraska
"No comment," Bo Pelini said about the big call by the officials. Pressed again, he said: "I haven’t gotten any explanation. I just got (what) came down from the replay booth. I haven’t gotten an explanation. I’m not going to answer any more questions about officiating or about that call. Ask me about the football game. It was a hell of a football game."
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Bottom Line "Moral victory" is not a part of the Bo Pelini lexicon--and rightfully so! Nevertheless, it's clear from this game (and the season on the whole) that this program is headed in the right direction. The days of Texas and OU waltzing through the Big XII championship game en route to a BCS bowl are officially over.
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The Texas win over Nebraska, or the way the Longhorns won, created more questions than answers, but it was still a Big 12 Championship victory with a likely invite to the BCS Championship Game coming. The CFN writers give their thoughts on the thrilling, last-second Texas win.
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I'm sure a lot of fans are going to be ripping Shawn Watson and the offense tonight, but I'm not sure what people expected tonight. Texas leads the Big XII in defense, and we've known this offense has struggled almost all season. We all could have hoped for Nebraska to do better, but now after 13 games, we know what Nebraska's offense is. Bad. Why it is that way is something we'll debate in the offseason, but I think it has less to do with playcalling and quarterbacking as it does with wide receivers and offensive line play.
Game notes: NU running game never gets on track
"There were a lot of folks up there, man," Watson said. "And we've got to develop a quarterback and our receivers and keep working to take the pressure of those guys on the (offensive) line."
Report card: Nebraska vs. Texas
Let’s face it, Nebraska’s passing game didn’t stand a chance in this game. The few times Lee did hit his receivers in the hands, they dropped the ball. Lee threw interceptions when Nebraska tried to go deep, and Niles Paul needed to come up with a big catch or two, but couldn’t. Overall, dismal, to say the least.
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Props to you guys
I have been a Texas fan all my life, and I remember some of those epic games from early in Big XII history, including a VERY painful loss to you guys back in the day. I have to say, out of all the other teams in the Big 12, the only one I ever actively pull for (as long as it’s not against us of course) is Nebraska. You guys have always been a classy group and I like the attitude your teams and fans have had over the years.
Last night was a crazy game, Suh absolutely was lights out and has 110% of my (nonexistant) Heisman vote. That guy is a beast. Your team played a great game and I can assure you this is the closest a win has ever felt like a loss to me. At any rate, best of luck to you guys in your bowl game and hope we see you again for a rematch next year. Cheers.
Huskers move up in rankings!
Not that rankings matter at this point but, at least we got respect in the loss. If we beat Arizona, I see us in the Top 10 in preseason polls. Remember 1994, “Unfinished Business.” But next year it’s not just the Big 12 Title we’re interested in… I’m really hurting today; how many heartbreaking losses can Husker nation take in one season?
by HuskerINtheArmy on Dec 6, 2009 1:35 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Trust me, we all agree
The one thing I couldn’t stand (even though it makes no real difference) is dropping the bowl game now. I really hope the Pelini’s get this team into a “take out 3 ridiculously close losses on Arizona,” as opposed to a “we should be in Phoenix right now” mood.
Really going into the Holiday Bowl, I think the game’s outcome is wholly dependent on Nebraska’s outlook going in. If the Huskers are psyched like they were against OU and Texas, Arizona won’t make it into double digits. If not, well we all watched the CU game. It is my sense that this team NEEDS to finish this season out and get to ten wins.
"My hardest job is to convince the people of Nebraska that 10-1 is not a losing season." - Tom Osborne
unlike w/ Billy-C...
I feel that this team responds positively to adversity. I think the more we get disrespected, the more fire we play with, that just how we have been. I mean we kept a recieving corps. that made so many teams look stupid and shut them down for the most part. Now if only we had a cohesive offense…
I predicted
last night, on the post game thread, we would move up 2 spots.
Matthew 11:28-30
GBR!
It's not "wasting time" if you enjoy it!
Love Helu the runner, but his hands leave something to be desired.
His dropped pass didn’t help Lee at all.
I’m proud of this team. Everyone needs to watch out for them next year, I can’t see one game on our schedule that we won’t be favored in. We get Texas, Kansas, Mizzou, and Colorado all at home next year. This defense will have Dennard, Crick, Meredith, Compton, Steinkuhler, Gomes, Amukamara, Hagg, Thenarse, and Ankra next year, and they will be absolutely beastly. The offense returns essentially everything next year, plus Cody Spano (who is a much better passer) and with a new o-coordinator and scheme in place, they might be able to do something, anything.
Get excited Corn Nation, next year could be OUR year.
Until the bowl game, or until anything exciting happens in recruiting, I’m out…
Hang 'em!!!
by Screwface on Dec 6, 2009 5:28 PM CST via mobile reply actions
I too
am proud of they way the defense fought. But that offense is one of the worst in the NCAA, the worst offense out the BCS conferences for sure. Is it scheme or is it personnel? Probably a little of both. Facts are we don’t have playmakers on that side of the ball this year and Watson couldn’t seem to help them out much either. 106 total yards of offense against Texas, 3 INTS, and could only muster up 5 first downs. I am sure they feel terrible about how they played, but they should they just haven’t been good enough all year. As for next year, I can’t imagine them being much better. It is going to take a couple of years to right that ship. They need to do some recruiting on that side of the ball. The good news is with Bo’s defense they only have to improve from horrid to poor and it will be a 10 or 11 win seaon. If they actually get good, the sky is the limit.
Regarding 'worst offense in the BCS conferences'
Syracuse might have something to say about that…
by Cheeseandcorn on Dec 6, 2009 9:27 PM CST up reply actions
See, my problem is that Watson is also the QBs coach and our quarterback play has not improved much if at all this season. Joe Ganz was one of our more lackluster QB recruits, and he ended up being the best QB we’ve had since Callahan took over. It is all about ball placement. The pass on the crossing route that it looked like Paul dropped, actually hit Paul in the helmet, which is by no means a catchable pass. The pass that Kinnie was interferred on in the first quarter, was 3 yards out of bounds, the three picks, two of which shouldn’t have even been thrown. I’m frustrated by our QB play and I do understand that it hasn’t been Lee’s fault all year, but a lot of their offensive issues have been.
I’m curious as to whay they bring in someone like Tyler Gabbert a year after they bring in someone like Cody Green. Obviously something’s not right at the position because you don’t bring in 4 star recruits to warm up a bench, I understand you have to hedge your bets because of injuries and so forth, but it’s hard to bring in that kind of talent without telling them something. I say we see what kind of hands Green has and try him out at wideout, it really can’t hurt, can it?
Hang 'em!!!
by Screwface on Dec 6, 2009 10:04 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
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