**** What did we learn - Miami Edition ****

The King said:
Banderas should lose about 15 lbs before he can play again. He is slower than hell and not physical either. Its a shame to think what this defense could be with Mike Rose.

Randy Gregory is good, real good, and I don't think people appreciate him enough. Miami started running AWAY from him.

Finally showed a back bone. Didn't let Miami get into our heads and break us mentally.

Ameer is good.

Beck called the game he should call every game. Opened up the playbook a little as well.

Pelini made good adjustments switching to zone from man early in the game.

Finally, I think fans that continue to be worried about fast WRs probably learned that they shouldn't be. All those miami fans told us we should worry about Coley and Dorsett and they did nothing, because once again, we hardly ever get beat deep. Yay 2 high safeties, Brock Guard mentioned this during the game. Our corners are good and Kalu is gonna be a beast. He should be starting soon. There is a reason teams targeted the RB/LB matchup all the time.

I'd give Courtney love a look at mike before I throw Banderas out there again. Man was that bad.

Miami speed was negligible.
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Also, good post. I didn't mean to pick any negative from your post. Spot on. Also, Miami's speed could have killed us. It was a game where our offense literally saved us. Bo's bend don't break scheme could have been foiled in these types of games in the past but our offense kept answering. We were able to commit to stopping the big play.

 
Josh Banderas can't play football. He is too slow to play in space, he cannot tackle, he finds ways to screw up sure plays. I'm not sure what the coaches are seeing, and maybe he does some really great field general type sh#t, but my god. Miami exploited his ineptitude up and down the field all night.

Ameer Abdullah is the best football player, besides perhaps Ndamukong Suh, that we have seen since the 1990s.

 
HotGrillonGrillAction said:
That AA is the best all around RB ever at NU. Not another back I would take over him out of all of em in the books. I'm dead serious. Witnessing something very, very special.
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I absolutely love Ameer....but....he is not the best all around back Nebraska has ever had. I know he is the all time leader in yards, but most of NU's best backs didn't return kicks or do a lot of receiving (they could have, NU just didn't throw to the backs that much in the glory days).

Mike Rozier, Ahman Green, Lawrence Phillips...all better backs than Ameer. But, even listing him among those names is quite a tribute to his incredible talent.

 
tschu said:
Josh Banderas can't play football. He is too slow to play in space, he cannot tackle, he finds ways to screw up sure plays. I'm not sure what the coaches are seeing, and maybe he does some really great field general type sh#t, but my god. Miami exploited his ineptitude up and down the field all night.

Ameer Abdullah is the best football player, besides perhaps Ndamukong Suh, that we have seen since the 1990s.
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Well, without coming down too hard on the kid, he has clearly struggled. His lack of aggressiveness and shying away from contact is clearly a concern. He's out of postion constantly and slow to react when in pass coverage. Maybe he's hurt or I don't know. There's a reason Roach was brought in though I'm assuming.

 
California Husker said:
HotGrillonGrillAction said:
That AA is the best all around RB ever at NU. Not another back I would take over him out of all of em in the books. I'm dead serious. Witnessing something very, very special.
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I absolutely love Ameer....but....he is not the best all around back Nebraska has ever had. I know he is the all time leader in yards, but most of NU's best backs didn't return kicks or do a lot of receiving (they could have, NU just didn't throw to the backs that much in the glory days).Mike Rozier, Ahman Green, Lawrence Phillips...all better backs than Ameer. But, even listing him among those names is quite a tribute to his incredible talent.
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With all due respect, what does ameer do behind the olines hose guys had? In the offenses those guys ran?
 
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Now Miami will have to endure more speculation from the media about this team as a whole. The series is 6-5 I believe. That dude who made a video and put up on the youtube about Nebraska can go s*ck on a whale turd floating along the shoreline.

 
tschu said:
Let's see how things play out, but I don't think you can put Ameer behind Philips and Green anymore. He's really good.
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Exactly, his physical stature and numbers may not have the same pop, but he has a different style. He also refuses to go down and has insane balance.

 
I learned that all week and up till we had the game in hand, in the back of my mind, I played the scenarios that would have us losing due to the big stage. For now those have been laid to rest. Also Ameer is amazing, Mitchell could outrun a cheetah, and the student section showed that it wants to be a force for opposing teams!

 
BlitzFirst said:
Abdullah the Butcher said:
Roach has some ability, Banderas does not. I think some midnight egg muffins sounds awesome right now.
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Nah, people are flipping Banderas waaaaay too much flack. He played a pretty decent game and only had a few missed assignments...just like Cockrell and just like Gerry tonight (who missed coverage twice and didn't wrap up 3 times).

But hey, he's a good scapegoat.
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I didn't see anyone else miss as many tackles as him. And unlike Gerry, Bando just seems to shy away from contact. I have seen many times where he would wait for the half back or a lineman to come to him, which usually gave them at least 3 more yards. Rose would always attack and meet the back in the hole, have just never really seen that from Bando.
 
-That we need to ride ameer as far as he will take us.

-The talk of simplifying the offense and perfecting certain plays during fall camp wasn't just hype

-if we control the line of scrimmage on the offensive side like we did today, we can play with anyone left on the schedule

-The D stepped up and caused turnovers when we needed them

-Gregory is a hell of a football player and will be in the nfl this time next year

-Kevin Maurice might deserve more reps

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Only real concern is the freshman QB and 70th ranked offense in the country moved the ball with more ease than I had thought or would like to see.

 
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