Cob Of The Week: Mostly Nebraska, but BTN Gets A Mention
by Jon Johnston on Nov 7, 2011 1:55 PM CST
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You know what I did Saturday right after the game? I sat in my chair for a while, depressed, and ate damned near a whole tub of pico de gallo. And it wasn't your little jar, either, it was one we bought at Costco because we like our spicy in bulk.
So why eat so much at one time? Because it went with the gin & tonics, that's why. It wasn't as dumb as eating an entire box of triscuits with damned near a whole jar of sliced jalapeños, but it's pretty darned close.
Even today, everything tastes like heartburn. I'm not sure if that's because of the Northwestern game or not. Okay, who am I kidding - I'm just trying to blame something else and not own up to my own stupidity.
Jon: Arizona State got upset by UCLA putting the Bruins in the driver's seat in the Pac 12 South. On a normal week, I'd have more fun with Dennis Erickson getting beat by Rick Neuheisel, and you would too - but I doubt right now that most of CN's constituents care all that much about UCLA.
No, my nomination goes to Nebraska. (Surprise!). Maybe I should narrow that down a bit, eh? How 'bout Tim Beck?
He's now had a loss at Wisconsin where he had Martinez throwing the ball when he was clearly struggling, and a loss where he was trying to run the ball when Martinez was having an excellent game through the air. By the end of the third quarter Martinez was 16-for-18 for 153 yards and a touchdown, finishing 28-for-37 for 289 yards and two touchdowns - so he had nearly as many yards in the fourth quarter as he had the previous three.
Maybe I'm getting all Captain Hindsight on the guy, but I still don't understand what he's trying to do with the offense. I'm not sure he understands what they want to do either, I don't know. Can someone clear this up?
Mike: Nebraska offensive line. C'mon...block somebody. Please. When Northwestern's defensive line is spending as much time in Nebraska's backfield as Rex Burkhead, something's horribly wrong.
Brian: Nebraska rushed for 122 freaking yards against a team that gave up 381 rushing yards to ARMY. Army had _6_ passing yards, as well, so we can't even use the tired "but but but they had 9 in the box" excuse. F minus to the OL, Cotton, Beck... basically everyone but Martinez.
Matt: Oh, and can we devote just a LITTLE time to practicing an onside kick? Five-Ten minutes tops?
RICKY: Aside from the obvious, I'm going to go with BTN. Maybe it's the TV director geek in me, but BTN's production values absolutely suck. Their cameras had a yellow tint to it except for the camera at field level. It was sunny in Lincoln, right? Then the cameras were dark, too. Also, the down and distance graphic for Nebraska didn't work.
I understand things occasionally don't work, but could someone in the truck relay that to the announcers? Maybe the play by play guy could have thrown in down and distance once in awhile to let us know what the hell was going on. Oh, and since BTN is raking in record profits, could someone PLEASE invest in a play clock graphic? Hell, even our local CW affiliate has that on their high school games.
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Have you guys
ever thought of adding an “all of the above” choice?
And Ricky, thanks for pointing out the yellow lens tint thing. Throughout the game, I thought my less-than-a-year old TV was dying because the field had this mustard green color. I remember noticing that on the other Nebraska BTN game.
Also, there should have been a choice for how badly the defense reverted this week. Guess I’ll go with the O-line. When Rexy struggles as much as he did, it’s a sign there’s trouble up front once again.
They're 18 to 22...how perfect were you at that age?
The Power of Red begins with the Passion of Walk-Ons.
Regarding the on-side kick,
on his Sunday show, Bo put that on Maher kicking it poorly.
They're 18 to 22...how perfect were you at that age?
The Power of Red begins with the Passion of Walk-Ons.
If you going to do an on-side kick, then line up everybody on one side, and kick it 10 yards.
They tried to ‘trick’ them, I guess, with just 4 or 5 guys on the right side, and then Maher kicks it at least 20-25 yards. That should be used in the future for ‘how not to execute an on-side kick.’
I'm guessing the "all of the above" isn't a choice for budgetary reasons
The Triscuit, jalapeno, pico de gallo, and alcohol expenditures are high enough that Jon can only do one Cob per week. ;-)
Ah,
we love our Jonny….greatest SBN site leader in the webiverse.
They're 18 to 22...how perfect were you at that age?
The Power of Red begins with the Passion of Walk-Ons.
i think for the next three games
I’ll just stick to something simple.
Herbal tea and HOT JALAPENO POPPERS!!!! WhoooO!!!!
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Meanwhile...
…they’re already reporting a major fishkill on the Mississippi River due to toxic waste..
by Husker Mike on Nov 7, 2011 8:56 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Yes, we do.
We joke because we care.
And because he makes it easy sometimes. ;-)
by Wolvie on Nov 7, 2011 4:27 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Thank goodness
when I started watching the game, I was struck by how the color of the field looked like it was from game footage from the 70s. I kept thinking it couldn’t be right, but it kept looking like that. It’s reassuring to know it wasn’t right.
"'Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee, 'If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic." - Lewis Caroll, Alice Through the Looking Glass
by chitownhawkeye on Nov 7, 2011 6:39 PM CST up reply actions
Defense lost the game
I thought the offense played rather well, just some bonehead drops and fumbles, all of which can be fixed. In my opinion the defensive line did not play well at all. Continually being pushed off the line of scrimmage, can’t get off their blocks, and poor tackling. Last week’s game against MSU looks more like an aberration rather than a return to the norm…
O line
in a landslide, for me. Two, sometimes three defenders were in the backfield ALL DAMN DAY.
Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
Uhhhh
Still feeling empty after this game, Can we take back the BlackShirts that were handed out for another week.
And does anyone else think that if we had played the other “Purple Kitties” that we would have lost that one too……
by Huskerinthedesert on Nov 7, 2011 4:03 PM CST reply actions
I
didn’t have too much of an issue with the blackshirts. We stopped them for most of the game. I have an issue with the broken coverage that resulted in an 81 yard TD and the biggest one was the last drive of theirs that killed the majority of the clock. We NEEDED a stop from them and we didn’t get it. I can see why as they were tired out from the lack of offensive production. We needed them to make the halftime adjustments and come out fired up. The fans backed the team the whole game and it didn’t seem to fire them up on that final drive.
Maybe it was my perspective...
From where I was at in the North end I couldn’t disagree more about the fans backing the team the whole game. In fact a number of people who sat in our area commented that the crowd seemed more subdued than normal from the beginning of the game.
During the 3rd quarter when the “Husker Power” cheer was taking place I would say 70% percent of the crowd in our section was sitting on their hands with their mouths shut. I remember this clearly because when it was over I had yelled “You people suck for not making some noise!”… Hey, I figured if they couldn’t get fired up for our team maybe they’d get fired up being pissed off at me… no such luck!
By the 4th quarter if you looked around the stadium there seemed to be quite a lot of empty spaces throughout the place. I remember saying at the time that I didn’t understand how anyone could leave early after what happened with Ohio State.
Maybe it was just where I was sitting but I thought everyone including the fans at the game had an off day.
We discussed whether to have this piece this week
ultimately I decided to go ahead with it and try to stick with stuff that was more humorous. And after giving Iowa so much crap about losing to Minnesota – I felt we needed to take a shot at ourselves as well.
The Penn State events are pretty horrific. I’m not sure right now what else you can say about that.
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Wise choice.
This column is a humorous way to get some angst out of our systems. There isn’t a single thing funny about what’s happening at PSU. Not even close.
"I have never been noticeably reticent about talking on subjects about which I know nothing." Prince Phillip
BTN
Camera distance looked like it was being shot from a blimp. I was sitting about 3 feet away from a 50" screen. Was that a Fox camera crew?
Feel like this game
Is second to whats going on at psu
by huskermic on Nov 7, 2011 6:09 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Telecast/picture did look bad.
At first I thought it might be the way the overcast skies making it look like that, but the picture stayed that way the whole game, like it was 5 or 6 shades too dark.
Oh well – the next time Nebraska has a home game, I’ll be making my first visit to Memorial Stadium.
Watching the Cubs piss it away for 31 years.
When the fans all have the same look of sadness and disappointment on their faces it obviously means that things did not go right. The fact that the announcers were not able to properly discuss what was happening makes it all the worst.
How is it
that this has been up this long and not a single one of you has mentioned the young woman in the bottom left corner?
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by Jon Johnston on Nov 7, 2011 10:18 PM CST up reply actions
I Noticed
But I didn’t want to seem like a perv.
"Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys maybe got loose?"
by UltimaRatioRegum on Nov 8, 2011 12:13 PM CST up reply actions
Secondary
Its tough to put all the blame on the O-line when Northwestern was stacking the box the entire game and blitzing almost non-stop. One person on the radio mentioned that we scored enough points to win, and he was right. Our D, and more specifically our Secondary gave this game away. Northwestern was throwing all over us at will. We kept playing zone when man-to-man was clearly what was needed. Recruiting some good DBs should be at the top of Bo’s to-do-list.
BTN
Get used to crappy BTN production values. Any real on-air talent they develop gets scooped up by the Worldwide Leader or another network (CBS, etc.), and the technical aspects of their live broadcasts haven’t improved noticeably since the network went live in 2007. Oh, get used to a LOT OF SHOUTING FOR NO REASON during basketball games. Like OH MY GOD HE DRAINS THAT SEVEN-FOOT JUMPER TO PUT HIS TEAM UP BY THIRTY-EIGHT OVER A TEAM WITH A LOSING RECORD!!!!!!!!!!
Seriously.
by WolverHusker1013 on Nov 7, 2011 10:42 PM CST reply actions
Husker fans have no love for Gus Johnson?
He’s like the Big Ten’s national (err, regional, seeing as how CBS has taken him away) treasure!
"I believe in a good kick in the ass. This— I believe. " -- Walker Percy
I tweet about stuff sometimes @jackhitts.
Both lines got pushed around
way to much by a subpar opponent. We looked really tired and slow. I did not notice the tint when i watched the replay Sunday night.
They All Came Out Flat, Flat, Flat
After the 2 or 3 series in Q1 I was going “Uh-oh” in my head. Every single thing the prognosticators said Nebraska shouldn’t do and Northwestern needed to do was being done in spades.
"Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys maybe got loose?"
by UltimaRatioRegum on Nov 8, 2011 12:16 PM CST up reply actions
Wanted to vote for all of them
First thing first PSU can all go to hell for what they allowed to go on there and most likely some people will go to hell in the end for it.
Now back to nebraska, i wanted to vote for all of them. Tim Beck cant play call a damn game sometimes. Yea yea i know we scored enough to win, but this is one game we should of passed, passed and passed some more, they couldn’t stop it. Our o line, what the hell guys u just forgot there was a game on sat. I mean when a 200 and some pound pussy beats the shit out of a 300 and some pound nebraska lineman, thats technical problems there and that means cotton is not teaching these kids how to block. I mean when the hell are we going to teach our line to push back the dline not just stand up put your arms up and hopefully the rb does something. Now onto our d. Wow what a mess. We played just ok sometimes during the game, glad this was NW not some good team, we would of got killed if it was a good team. D line looks like a bunch of zombies moving slower than shit, and what the hell is ciante evans still doing in the game he cant cover a fat slob who would die of a heart attack after a 5 ft run. I mean he has speed and is athletic but the kid does not know what he’s doing. I could go on and on but i got to work in the morning. But this all being said i still love the huskers and think we can win out. Go Big Red lose em all and ill still love ya, just be pissed about it all.
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