Corn Flakes: The Day After Ohio State

by JLew on Oct 9, 2011 6:33 PM CDT in Corn Flakes

Wow what a day after. I'm still recovering. We can get into who said what in the first half thread, and the lingering problems with the team, but let us first thank the man who made this win possible. Jon and his rally inspiring rant at 9:13 in the second half thread. And 3 minutes later David takes the ball away from Ohio State and rips momentum away with it.

To the victorious links!

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The Cats never questioned if Nebraska was going to win.

Life in the Red's Blog | Watch it again

The Big Ten Network will re-air Nebraska's 34-27 win against Ohio State at 7 p.m. central Sunday.

Maybe just the second half?

Life in the Red's Blog | Nebraska rises in coaches' poll

Nebraska (5-1, 1-1 Big Ten) lands at No. 13 in the first Harris Interative Poll of the season.

Ohio State Buckeyes vs. Nebraska Cornhuskers - Recap - October 08, 2011 - ESPN

"That was crazy," Burkhead said. "That was an unbelievable win all the way around and it feels good."

More winning goodness after the jump.

Chatelain: Martinez delivers a happy ending - Omaha.com

Interesting thoughts after last weeks article from Chatelain.

Husker Mike's Blasphemy: Huskers Rain Down on Ohio State and Dirk Chatelain

Nebraska's comeback against Ohio State gives fans a taste of the football team fans like myself hoped we'd see this season. Good defense and a potent offense. We saw about 25 minutes of that tonight, 20 minutes last week against Wisconsin, and a quarter against Washington. Have the Huskers turned a corner? We may find out in three weeks when Michigan State comes to Lincoln.

Mike adds his thoughts on the game and Chatelain.

Ohio State shows new signs of life, and suffers all the more for it - Dr. Saturday - NCAAF Blog - Yahoo! Sports

In a battle of competing "collapse" memes, Nebraska's crumbling defense was beginning to look like an even less salvageable pile of rubble.

Oh yeah the defense is still a problem, but we don't need to talk about that right now it's Sunday.

Report card: Nebraska vs. Ohio State

OVERALL (B) Barney Cotton emerged from the Nebraska coaches' box, just down the hall from the media, and was euphoric. "That's Nebraska football!" the offensive line yelled. We're pretty sure he was referring to the fourth quarter, and Nebraska's punishing ground game, and not the fact NU trailed 27-6. Credit Lavonte David for turning around this game -- and maybe Nebraska's season. Let's try not to think how toxic things would've gotten had Nebraska been going into a bye week 0-2 in Big Ten play.

Scout.com: CFN Analysis - Nebraska's Epic Comeback

Nebraska started to block like it knew what it was doing. It got big hits on Buckeye defenders that weren’t there in the first half, and Martinez and Burkhead ran decisively rather than wait for something to happen. In just over 22 minutes, Ohio State gave up 28 unanswered points, and that’s the team’s biggest issue going forward; the defense wasn’t supposed to be a problem.

Most people are blaming Ohio State, not really giving Nebraska credit. Oh well Scoreboard!

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Well, most people would be wrong then.

We played with an elite defense and no offense and still won games. And usually didn’t start those games being up 21-0, we usually started 0-0 like you know…ALL GAMES.

The fact of the matter is, Pelini’s gripes usually have to do with execution, and this second half NU actually showed what it brings to the table when they execute, and won fair and square.

Quite honestly, I’m not bothered by the lack of respect from the outside because that’s not new to us. Glad we have a bye week.

by Fake Pelini on Oct 9, 2011 9:30 PM CDT via mobile reply actions

That was supposed to read..

“We played with an elite defense and no offense two years ago and still won games.”

by Fake Pelini on Oct 9, 2011 9:32 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions

Yep, I believe Osborne got a ton of criticism when he first started

There was a petition going around with a lot of signatures asking for his resignation. We have to be patient with Bo and learn from our impatience with Solich.

SEC...great conference or the greatest conference?

by BledRed on Oct 10, 2011 2:27 AM CDT up reply actions

Not mention Solich

There was no impatience with him. He was not the caliber coach Nebraska needed.

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by JLew on Oct 10, 2011 9:06 AM CDT up reply actions

And BC was?

Id rather have Solich for 100 years winning 9 games each year then have BC for one year.

SEC...great conference or the greatest conference?

by BledRed on Oct 10, 2011 5:53 PM CDT up reply actions

why do you mention BC?

I didn’t bring him up. His failure had nothing to do with Solich. It didn’t make the decision to fire Solich right or wrong. How can I say he wouldnt be successful at NU given even more time? (outside of the downward slide he started?) Look at his record at Ohio. Great coaches win at that level; coaches like Brown, Meyer, or even Pinkel. Solich is at the level he should be, but Nebraska needs a better coach than him. Heck even TO didn’t bring him back.

Now can we please stop bringing them both up?

You can't possibly be a scientist if you mind people thinking that you're a fool.
~Wanko the Sane
Big Red Kool-aid Drinker @ Corn Nation

by JLew on Oct 11, 2011 12:43 PM CDT via iPhone app up reply actions

We'll never know...

Coach Solich may not have been successful in the long run… we’ll never know. But I believe the way that situation was handled was wrong. And lets not forget without Coach Solich’s decision to hire a linebacker coach from the Green Bay Packers there may be no Coach Pelini. Who knows what else he may have accomplished given a reasonable opportunity. I would gladly have liked to seen him given the chance versus watching Bill Callahan dismantle our team’s traditions.

by HuskerDad on Oct 10, 2011 9:30 PM CDT up reply actions