Cob Of the Week: Nebraska, Nebraska, Tim Beck, Texas A&M?
by Jon Johnston on Oct 3, 2011 11:36 AM CDT
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PrintWell, that was depressing. I keep trying to think of the last time I went to a Nebraska game and saw the Huskers get their butts kicked like that, and I'm coming up with zero. And look what I just did - made it even more depressing. I'm guessing it's going to take one more day.
Nominations this week are after the jump. I did not make any nominations - I thought long and hard about it. I was going to nominate the drunk Wisconsin fan in Row 68, Section F who made a point of bending over to scream in our ears whenever the Badgers did anything good, but honestly, 99% of the opposing fans were great, so why let one complete jackass ruin it for everyone else?
And there are plenty of other nominees to go around.....
Husker Mike: I haven't decided who from Nebraska to nominate. Kind of tough to single any person out, other than perhaps Corey Raymond. I'm throwing the secondary under the bus, so maybe the entire unit.
I do think we have to nominate Texas A&M for another second half collapse. Unreal that after gaining 400 yards and scoring 35 points in the first half, the Aggies found a way to lose the game again.
Andy K: Tim Beck - it was like he was channeling Watson in the 2nd quarter. "Hey, the run's working, we're getting good push, but we're trailing by a little. Hmmmm. I know!! Let's pretend we're behind by 24 in the 4th quarter & have our historically shaky passer & decision-making QB put it in the air 14 out of 15 plays!!!"
Jlew: Can we go with Musburger and his love affair with Russel Wilson? Now we should come to expect this from Brent, watch some old Texas games where he was all over Colt McCoy, but it's just horrible to listen to throughout the game.
Ricky Smith: If we're going to mention Beck (and we should x 1000), you have to throw in (pun!) Martinez. Kid makes piss-poor decisions at crucial points in the game. Sorry, Becks...I don't want #3 making any crucial adjustments in the game anymore. Ever. Game Manager my ass.
How about that #10 kid? I heard he was a quarterback once. Maybe give him a couple of snaps.
Andy K: Yep, sorta my point. I can't put it all on Martinez since he has yet to display good decisions in a big game yet, except in spurts. The OC should know this & not try to pound the square peg in the round hole - REPEATEDLY - in a crucial situation. Especially when we're beating the s**t out of teams on the line for the 1st time in about 10 years!!! Rookie oC, too, I guess, but Jesus.
Does anyone else miss Marvin Sanders? I’m ready to overlook his personal problems if he’ll come back.
Jon J: Cousin Todd and I kind of looked at each other during the second quarter, wondering why we were throwing the ball. At one point, he said "Why did we throw the ball three times in a row there?" to which I responded "Because this is the passing series...." My problem with Beck is that he seems like he gets stuck in a rut. It's not that he calls the same play repeatedly because it's working, it's like he gets stuck on a single page of his playbook for a while.
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I'm really glad I didn't (couldn't actually) stay up to watch this game live at 2 a.m. here
in Germany. I would have been really pissed off the whole day on Sunday had I done so.
I got up mid-morning Sunday morning & watched it On-Demand after downing a couple of Espressos & eating a bowl of Smacks (not your normal pre-game preparation like Jon probably experienced in Madison).
What struck me was that after the 2nd TD from Nebraska & on the next couple of possessions, Beck switched playbooks entirely and started running a different offense, which was fatal. Why didn’t he continue to do what was successful, mixing run & pass and moving up the field?
I think he has realized his mistake now (some of the articles that have appeared from Sipple) but damn, he should have seen this during the game as well.
The Pelini brothers had better come up with the fixes come Saturday so they can stuff it down Ohio State’s throat – if they don’t, there isn’t going to be a rematch with Wisconsin come December!
Had to go with Secondary + Coaching
There were offensive issues, to be sure. But…not one defensive stop for 2.5 quarters. Not one. They scored on us at-will for over half the game. That’s inexcusable. I think their Punter left to get brats for the team, since he was so f’ing bored.
I went
with Martinez their is no excuse for not understanding a defense that really isn’t that good. He is a second year starter inexperience isn’t a good excuse anymore. At what point does Pelini swallow his pride and bench him when he is having a poor game like that. It’s not like this is the first time. I am not saying bench him for the year or anything but he was clearly rattled and lost the last three quarters of that game. Once that happened we had no chance. Do something to settle him down. But, the coaches and the defense were definetely a very close second. But I believe the interceptions started the landslide. Maybe this is what we needed for them to wake up after the throttling at OU a few years back that turned them around. Here’s to hoping. But back then we had Suh. The d-line was supposed to anchor this defense. Well, that anchor must not weigh enough.
I voted for aTm!
Just because it at least made me laugh this weekend and this is the Cobby-humor section of CN. Nebraska, on the other hand, was no laughing matter this weekend. Is anyone else excited OSU looked like they didn’t have an offense on Saturday and is anyone petrified of what Shoelace might do to our defense?
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But Pelini said it was a joke...!
A Cornhusker through feast or famine. Get up, dust yourself off and run the ball. That's the Nebraska way.
by Salt Creek and Stadium on Oct 3, 2011 2:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Other...
I blame Bubba Starling… he took the light away at the end of the tunnel.
by CornFedBoy on Oct 3, 2011 12:53 PM CDT reply actions 2 recs
I nominate the safties
If I hear one more time that we are young will punch something. Our corners are young last I checked Smith, cassidy, osborne etc. STARTED SOME GAMES LAST YEAR! Yet they look lost and confused.
by huskermic on Oct 3, 2011 1:16 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Definitely the secondary + Beck.
Letting that pass get through their hards and not intercepting it? Inexcusable.
Only allowing Burlhead 6 touches in the first half? Inexcusable.
Calling play action after the first pick? Inexcusable.
Calling play action after the SECOND pick to start the second half? Outright utterly stupid.
For everything else, there’s mastercard.
by Fake Pelini on Oct 3, 2011 1:25 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
I hope Bo addresses this with Beck in a 'That should never happen again' kind of way
To even a casual observer who has never coached a game in his life, these mistakes are glaring.
Under-use your strengths, over-use your weaknesses, and if a play results in a turnover, keep calling that play consecutively. Yuck.
I know we need to give Beck a little time...
but I had hoped this ended the day we parted ways with Watson.
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by KennardHusker on Oct 3, 2011 2:38 PM CDT up reply actions
All in all
Once I sobered up sunday morning and had time to form my opinion as objectively as this homer could, with Beck being a grown man and all, I believe he probably learned his lesson: don’t get cute. Just get the job done. So I think ind the end we’ll be in good shape and the programs keeps progressing under Pelini’s leadership.
At least on offense, I’ve got nothing as far as defense goes, but I can trust Bo with that as well.
by Fake Pelini on Oct 3, 2011 2:58 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
But you have to agree that Beck at least strikes you as potentially being able to improve and learn.
Watson, on the other hand, was a railway car. We saw what happened when they tried to go off the tracks.
A Cornhusker through feast or famine. Get up, dust yourself off and run the ball. That's the Nebraska way.
by Salt Creek and Stadium on Oct 3, 2011 3:00 PM CDT up reply actions
That's what I'm hoping at least.
That Beck is able to learn from this and play to this offense’s strengths.
by Fake Pelini on Oct 3, 2011 3:10 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
We'll find out on Saturday.
I am curious to see the resolve of our young team. I like that Pelini called the defense out for quitting in the second half. I hope they respond with fury. On another happy note (at OSU’s expense), they don’t get Herron or Posey back. We may be able to stop that anemic offense after all… You know, that or make them look like the Green Bay Packers. Either are absolutely legitimate possibilities.
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by KennardHusker on Oct 3, 2011 5:03 PM CDT up reply actions
I Am Beginning To Wonder
If the vaunted Pelini defense isn’t too complicated. I get the same “They gotta execute” vibe from Bo that I got from Callhan’s ‘perfect’ offense.
That said, I went with Beck. WTF was he doing, pullin’ a Watson on us? He can’t be so stupid he doesn’t get how much everyone hated the inexplicable in-game switches from what worked to what made us look like idiots.
"Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys maybe got loose?"
by UltimaRatioRegum on Oct 3, 2011 2:45 PM CDT reply actions
Beck is learning. We can at least take solace in that.
He’s not Shawn Watson 2.0. Pelini will cut him loose and go get Scott Frost before he lets that happen.
A Cornhusker through feast or famine. Get up, dust yourself off and run the ball. That's the Nebraska way.
by Salt Creek and Stadium on Oct 3, 2011 3:51 PM CDT up reply actions
As for Pelini, I'm confident he'll figure out whats going on with the defense.
If that means dropping the two-gap defense in favor of something less complex, he’ll do it.
A Cornhusker through feast or famine. Get up, dust yourself off and run the ball. That's the Nebraska way.
by Salt Creek and Stadium on Oct 3, 2011 3:52 PM CDT up reply actions
But Scott Frast isnt from Youngstown Ohio...
how can Bo hire him?
So I tried the Barbasol and Rotel dip and I was very dissapointed!
He came THIS close in February. The sticking point was Frost wanted the OC job.
A Cornhusker through feast or famine. Get up, dust yourself off and run the ball. That's the Nebraska way.
by Salt Creek and Stadium on Oct 3, 2011 7:24 PM CDT up reply actions
Have to go with
Watson Beck. Our offense gets stymied by only four different defensive plays because??? After watching the game again you can see a pressure look from Wisc’s d, followed by a bailout into zone coverage. Therefore, they were always a step behind a run play. Holy freaking cow!!!!! Run the ball with Sexy Rexy. It’s not freaking rocket science. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me three times plus, I’m hired as the Nebraska Offensive Coordinator!
by HuskerINtheArmy on Oct 3, 2011 3:15 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Here are the positives in this debacle
If we face Wisconsin again karma will be on our side for it is very difficult and rare that a team beats another team twice in one season. Kinda the reverse of Washington last year. A blow out loss at the start of the season and a close win at the end.
This will serve as our wake-up call on what needs to be fixed and how much work is needed. Every team gets one of these in the season and ours came against one of the best teams out there so we now know where we stand.
Our OL is coming along and our Offense is doing what it should when called for.
If our D is our weakness then that is the best place to have a weakness with Bo as our Head Coach.
The rest of the opponents we face will not even be close to the level of Wisconsin.
Sooner Magic Beat Karma EVERY Time
And Texas beat us EVERY time. Karma does not ever seem to favor the Huskers. Optimist that I am, I can’t see this as a wake up call so much as a confirmation of how far out of the top tier teams we still are.
The scary thing is I don’t see a clear path to the answer, not with an OC that repeated the worst offense (no pun intended) of our former OC – going away form what works, refusing to establish an offensive identity.
"Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys maybe got loose?"
by UltimaRatioRegum on Oct 4, 2011 9:14 AM CDT up reply actions
Oh boy
Daniel Herron, DeVier Posey, and Marcus Hall will not play against us due to accepting too much money for too little work in their summer jobs
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/football/ncaa/10/03/Ohio.State.ap/index.html#ixzz1ZkiTGOPL
oh wow
OSU just can’t catch a break. That’s what happens when you build your program on lies and cheating.
by Fake Pelini on Oct 3, 2011 3:52 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Not to defend OSU...
But if they suspended players for accepting too much money for too little work during the summer…shouldn’t the NCAA also be suspending itself?
Look me up on youtube sometime...if you're really bored.
+1
"Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys maybe got loose?"
by UltimaRatioRegum on Oct 4, 2011 9:14 AM CDT up reply actions
It Must be A&M
At least Nebraska was a big underdog. A&M has choked big leads 2 weeks in a row. Granted on a weekend where the Huskers lost and the Cowboys choked, at least A&M losing gave me something to smile about.
Mike Sherman - NFL Coach.
A Cornhusker through feast or famine. Get up, dust yourself off and run the ball. That's the Nebraska way.
by Salt Creek and Stadium on Oct 3, 2011 7:25 PM CDT up reply actions
All of them.
Tim Beck is a grown man he can take the heat. If he call one more damn game like that Bo should put his ass on the hot seat. I mean come a frickn monkey could realize t-shitty cant fn throw. Another thing is yea i agree get sanders back who cares if he sucks as a man he’s a hellaofa coach. Secondary problems is a major issue but the d as a whole is an issue too can anyone say bad recruiting.
To me
it was a tie between Beck and the D. Wisconsin would’ve won anyway, but the D hardly tried in the second half. Horrible game to watch.
It's time for football. GO BIG RED!!
Forgot to add
Not sticking a tracking anklet on Marvin Sanders when he left…find that guy again!!
Does Anyone Really Know
What caused Sanders to be dismissed? I heard some faint rumors, but nothing much got handed around as the reason. It better have been a really good reason, because we are seeing what an integral part he was in our defense now.
"Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys maybe got loose?"
by UltimaRatioRegum on Oct 4, 2011 9:18 AM CDT up reply actions
I voted for beck
Did Wisconsin pay him off?
Musberger. I want to vote for him as well. Had to turn the volume down. What the hell. Was he playing a game to see how many times he could say wilson? Sometime he got it out two or three times in one sentence.
Somebody said it earlier about our secondary. I don’t by that they are young. If I remember right, last year we played more man coverage. This year its zone all over the place. Just goes to show how a good qb can pick a zone apart. Then again, I may be wrong.
Had to vote for Beck
Deciding to air it out when our running game has been working all half is just baffling. Yeah the secondary was bad and its starting to look like Raymond might be a one year guy, but nobody expected the secondary to have a good night. And yes, Martinez made some crappy throws/reads but keep in mind that only happened because the coaches tried to make him do something that everyone knew he couldn’t do.
"My hardest job is to convince the people of Nebraska that 10-1 is not a losing season." - Tom Osborne
HAD TO VOTE FOR BECK
I have to put some blame on BO for not questioning Becks play calling,i wanted to vote for Brent but he’s just being his own dumba$$ self.
BO
BO should have stepped in as soon as he saw what Beck was doing,we all saw it,i’m not impressed at all with Becks offense.I thought Nebraska was just playing opposum the first 4 games and would really shine when it counted.Boy was i wrong!!Beck is doing exactly what he did at KSU.
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