The Greatest 17-3 Win in Nebraska History

It was a good “win” for the reasons you mentioned. I think that the Huskers we see on Thursday the 7th are going to be a team that looks even better than what we’ve seen the first 4 games. Especially the last game.

Every year the fanbase goes hyperbolic when the Huskers beat up the non conference patsies. Then we encounter a “real” team and usually get handed a loss. Everyone retrenches, and things proceed at a more rational, and usually winning pace.

Lets hope that thanks to the great effort of the SDSU players and coaches we really did get an easy wake up call that can be used to move the team forward with a more sustainable attitude.

BTW, have not heard much about “swagger” lately!

The Huskers do have a decent track record of responding to losses and, maybe not by definition, but Saturday was a loss.

I still don’t feel much better about KSU, though. Yeah, it’s better Nebraska doesn’t go into Manhattan feeling too good about themselves, but they have to be able to respond if they get punched in the mouth. They got punched again and again against SDSU and just took it. They didn’t get angry, they didn’t adjust, they didn’t blow people off the ball or anything.

SDSU showed teams like KSU how to beat Nebraska: make Martinez pass, play keep-away and keep pounding them up the middle. Nebraska HAS to dictate the pace of this game, or they could be in trouble. Also, Snyder has outcoached Pelini before, and he’ll use every trick in the book to get this win.

Also, what “verbal ammuntion” are you referring to?

K State scared me before….but it wasn’t because of the personnel they were putting on the field. We know who Daniel Thomas is and our gameplan does not change. My point is that this “close” game with SDSU woke us up. We may have walked into this game a little too confident. You don’t think it means something for Bo to question their manhood for two straight weeks? You don’t think Bo has made it a point to these guys to stuff the run after being embarassed by three no-name running backs this year. This is Bo’s chance to let the nation know that the Blackshirts aren’t soft, and I trust him enough with two weeks to prepare to absolutely stuff Thomas time and time again. Maybe it’s the koolaid but I’ve seen Bo regroup this bunch multiple times….it’s what makes him Bo and what makes HIS football team something to deal with following one of these games.

about the Pelini defensive philosophy and how it works. As I reflect on the year thus far, I think we’re going to be just fine as the season rolls along. Getting Will Compton back would be tremendously helpful, as will continued growth and experience from Whaley, David and Martin. Considering that only two teams have scored more than 20 points on us the last two years, I’m not terribly worried about the defense. They did, after all, hold SDSU to 3 points, all those yards by MInnett notwithstanding.

Seriously, check out the article – it’ll let you see a bit more of what Bo & Carl are after, and why they are quickly becoming some of the most respected defensive minds in CFB. Frankly, I’m worried we’ll lose Carl at the end of the season – somebody’s going to make him a head coach sooner or later.

I’ve never been so upset with a win as I was Saturday night. That being said, the fact that we played that poorly and still won the game is huge. Clearly the co-called experts agree. We are still #6 in both major polls, and have received a much needed wake up call without taking a loss. Last year’s wake up call came with 2 losses. Texas Tech and Iowa State left Lincoln with wins after our Thursday night triumph over Missouri in Columbia (kind of like the whooping of the Huskies in Seattle). What did we do after that? How about winning 6 or our last 7 and watching our beloved Blackshirts become the nations top scoring defense. I can’t wait for the rest of this (hopefully special) season. GO BIG RED!

The fact is a lower tier team all too easily exploited the weakness we all feared and hoped like heck wasn’t there.

Well, it was and likely still is there and when a couch like Bill Snyder or Mack Brown game plans along similar lines, look out.