Every team has injuries, its a fact of football.
Yes but some are more serious than others.
Yes, but if we want to declare that Nebraska's injuries were worse than every other top 25 team (or anything along those lines) someone will have to present hard data.
They appear worse because we all focus on Nebraska more than any other team, for starters. And they may hit Nebraska harder because there appears to be a talent depth issue combined with an absence of getting the next man ready. This has been very glaring at the QB position.
Yes we focus on Nebraska more than any other team but I bet as a whole our fanbase follows the rest of the country alot closer than most other fanbases. The shallow QB roster wasnt all the staffs fault either. A 4yr starter goes down so they prepare for the next year with the next guy and split time with the Senior walk on. How is that not "getting the next man ready"?
A shallow college football roster isn't the coaches fault,who's charged to recruit and fill his roster. Interesting.
They only got the next man ready with Armstrong because there was no other choice. In 2011 and 2012, Taylor took nearly every snap. In the past, Nebraska was able to get reps for more than just the starter. Problems happen when that doesn't occur. Look at the 2002 season as an example, Solich let Crouch build stats for his Heisman run in 01, and Lord was pretty green when he started, that was systemic throughout other positions on that squad, as they had abnormal "injury bug" year that year too.
Anyway, my rambling point is there needs to be a more proactive approach to getting guys time. Injuries happen. Always. Putting inexperienced guys in and then saying that's why we lost is pretty flimsy. Sure it's not ideal, but it's a "next man up" sport.
