"Joe" from Know It All Football

[gdubs4nu]

If you have players that don't execute the play call correctly, how in the eff is that the coaches fault and equate to him not wanting to win? That is just more insane logic I always hear from delusional Husker fans that refuse to believe that players can lose a game when the coaching staff is the easy target.

Stop whining. They lost because their play wasn't what it needed to be. They didn't have more guys line up opposite them than we did. It was a fair fight and Nebraska lost. The play calls were fine, but the play execution was piss poor. Deal with it and move on.

Well here is logic at work. It doesn't matter what play was called? So under your theory a coach would be a genius to throw a hail mary EVERY play, if it doesn't work, its the players fault for not executing..?? NICE!

That's taking an otherwise logical statement and throwing idiocy into it. If common sense were had a value, you'd be broke. Nothing you said is worth any more of my time discussing it with you.

Good day.

 

[HuskerShark]

Doesn't this offense have any "creative" run plays other than run into the middle of the line where all the defenders are waiting? Zone read, counter, fake the sweep run up the middle, something. And why was Imani Cross the one running it? I don't know. This staff and their play calling/personnel decisions have just been baffling.

Riley said in the press conference that he just wanted them to use their timeouts. That's all he was concerned with.
Winning was apparently not one of his goals.

Football is a unique game. There is an 11 man unit called the offense. Then there's an entirely different 11 man unit called the defense.Apparently Riley's goal was to leave Wisconsin with no timeouts and let his defense do their job.

Unfortunately, Wisconsin's defense did their job, ours didn't, and the Wisconsin kicker made a very miss-able kick under the ultimate pressure.

Wisconsin rose up, and our team was not able to.

If you've watched Nebraska v. Wisconsin in the last few years, this game coming down to a last second kick is really not the norm, It'd be easy to draw some positives from this game if you chose to look for them.

Most of you just see that we lost and say "we suck". Seems like an 'emo' response, or so I've heard.

I sense a little butthurt, but I'll ignore it.

As to the bolded, you proved my point. He had several different goals, but "Win" wasn't one of them.

If it was, he would do everything he could to try to win.

For example, try to get a first down, since in that situation, 1st down = win. He didn't try. He admitted as much in his presser.

I get that you want to defend the Husker HC. But you should pick your battles more wisely. The endgame coaching in the last two games has been indefensible.

I think you can fairly defend the end game coaching against BYU and Miami. But the endgame coaching against Illinois and Wiscy was bad, Bad, BAD. Don't waste time defending the indefensible.

Bull crap.
I need a link to that bolded part, because without proof of that one, I don't believe you for a second.

Redux complains about the play calls, then lists three plays that almost match exactly what Langsdorf did? Aside from the fact that it was Cross who should've bounced the ball to the outside on 1st down. On second down it looks like Cross cut it back the entirely wrong direction. 3rd down they went with Janovich up the gut. Jano just broke a 50 yard TD up the middle on the series before.

But "they weren't trying to get a first down?" That's just emo talking right there.

I haven't tried to defend the Illinois loss. I've said multiple times, that one I won't defend. Horrible playcalling and gameplan by Langsdorf.

The other losses are just football. Close games come down to who makes the play and who doesn't. Nebraska hasn't. It stinks. There's good things going on out there as well.

I hope this Minnesota game is over before the fourth quarter.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. But it's more flattery if you imitate correctly. TIA
There are threads about the presser. You can watch it for your self in one of those. I'm not going to watch it again, but I'll paraphrase as best as I remember, although you really need to watch it because I can't convey Riley's body language.

He was asked, "Did you consider a pass play in the last series?" Riley quickly and firmly said, "No. We wanted to make them use their timeouts."

He didn't say,"No, we wanted to keep the clock running and still try for the first down." He didn't say "We knew we needed a first down to seal it, but we didn't want to take a chance at stopping the clock for them." His entire goal was "Burn their timeouts." But you really need to watch it. The body language says a lot.

So by NOT saying he wanted a first down he was admitting he wanted the defense to win the game?

You say some smart things, then you completely ruin it by saying nonsense like this.

To be honest, I don't think he even realized at the time that a 1st down would seal the win. I'm not sure he realized it yet when he did the presser. Watch it. It's pretty sad.

While I think some of their game management skills have been questionable at best, there is no way he didn't realize a 1st down would seal it.

You seriously do need to effin stop

Link?
Look either he realized it, and winning wasn't all that important, or he didn't realize it. Not sure which option is worse.

Link? You are seriously requesting a link to prove he was trying to get a 1st down after you throw out the idea that he implied he wasn't trying to get a 1st down by his freaking body language!!!

Are you seriously kidding me right now?

So you don't think winning is all that important to him. OK, you convinced me.

If you are so blinded to honestly think he wasn't trying to win that game, seriously find a new sport to gollow. Unfrigginbelievable.

So now you don't think he realized that a first down would seal the win??? Make up your mind.

soooooo... Who pissed in your cheerios? Or a better question, where did you get the idea that this team is there to serve you? You don't think these coaches and players want to win and put a better product on the field? Get over yourself. Everyone acts like winning is so easy and comes on message boards and social media and b*tches about everything. How about you be a fan and support the team or GTFO.

 

[74Hunter]

Doesn't this offense have any "creative" run plays other than run into the middle of the line where all the defenders are waiting? Zone read, counter, fake the sweep run up the middle, something. And why was Imani Cross the one running it? I don't know. This staff and their play calling/personnel decisions have just been baffling.

Riley said in the press conference that he just wanted them to use their timeouts. That's all he was concerned with.
Winning was apparently not one of his goals.

Football is a unique game. There is an 11 man unit called the offense. Then there's an entirely different 11 man unit called the defense.Apparently Riley's goal was to leave Wisconsin with no timeouts and let his defense do their job.

Unfortunately, Wisconsin's defense did their job, ours didn't, and the Wisconsin kicker made a very miss-able kick under the ultimate pressure.

Wisconsin rose up, and our team was not able to.

If you've watched Nebraska v. Wisconsin in the last few years, this game coming down to a last second kick is really not the norm, It'd be easy to draw some positives from this game if you chose to look for them.

Most of you just see that we lost and say "we suck". Seems like an 'emo' response, or so I've heard.

I sense a little butthurt, but I'll ignore it.

As to the bolded, you proved my point. He had several different goals, but "Win" wasn't one of them.

If it was, he would do everything he could to try to win.

For example, try to get a first down, since in that situation, 1st down = win. He didn't try. He admitted as much in his presser.

I get that you want to defend the Husker HC. But you should pick your battles more wisely. The endgame coaching in the last two games has been indefensible.

I think you can fairly defend the end game coaching against BYU and Miami. But the endgame coaching against Illinois and Wiscy was bad, Bad, BAD. Don't waste time defending the indefensible.

Bull crap.
I need a link to that bolded part, because without proof of that one, I don't believe you for a second.

Redux complains about the play calls, then lists three plays that almost match exactly what Langsdorf did? Aside from the fact that it was Cross who should've bounced the ball to the outside on 1st down. On second down it looks like Cross cut it back the entirely wrong direction. 3rd down they went with Janovich up the gut. Jano just broke a 50 yard TD up the middle on the series before.

But "they weren't trying to get a first down?" That's just emo talking right there.

I haven't tried to defend the Illinois loss. I've said multiple times, that one I won't defend. Horrible playcalling and gameplan by Langsdorf.

The other losses are just football. Close games come down to who makes the play and who doesn't. Nebraska hasn't. It stinks. There's good things going on out there as well.

I hope this Minnesota game is over before the fourth quarter.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. But it's more flattery if you imitate correctly. TIA
There are threads about the presser. You can watch it for your self in one of those. I'm not going to watch it again, but I'll paraphrase as best as I remember, although you really need to watch it because I can't convey Riley's body language.

He was asked, "Did you consider a pass play in the last series?" Riley quickly and firmly said, "No. We wanted to make them use their timeouts."

He didn't say,"No, we wanted to keep the clock running and still try for the first down." He didn't say "We knew we needed a first down to seal it, but we didn't want to take a chance at stopping the clock for them." His entire goal was "Burn their timeouts." But you really need to watch it. The body language says a lot.

So by NOT saying he wanted a first down he was admitting he wanted the defense to win the game?You say some smart things, then you completely ruin it by saying nonsense like this.

To be honest, I don't think he even realized at the time that a 1st down would seal the win. I'm not sure he realized it yet when he did the presser. Watch it. It's pretty sad.

While I think some of their game management skills have been questionable at best, there is no way he didn't realize a 1st down would seal it.You seriously do need to effin stop

Link?
Look either he realized it, and winning wasn't all that important, or he didn't realize it. Not sure which option is worse.

Link? You are seriously requesting a link to prove he was trying to get a 1st down after you throw out the idea that he implied he wasn't trying to get a 1st down by his freaking body language!!!Are you seriously kidding me right now?

So you don't think winning is all that important to him. OK, you convinced me.

If you are so blinded to honestly think he wasn't trying to win that game, seriously find a new sport to gollow. Unfrigginbelievable.

So now you don't think he realized that a first down would seal the win??? Make up your mind.

soooooo... Who pissed in your cheerios? Or a better question, where did you get the idea that this team is there to serve you? You don't think these coaches and players want to win and put a better product on the field? Get over yourself. Everyone acts like winning is so easy and comes on message boards and social media and b*tches about everything. How about you be a fan and support the team or GTFO.

For years we have been told that Helen Keller could easily produce 9 wins every year here, now I'm supposed to believe that it's difficult?
Which one is it?

 

[GBRedneck]

Doesn't this offense have any "creative" run plays other than run into the middle of the line where all the defenders are waiting? Zone read, counter, fake the sweep run up the middle, something. And why was Imani Cross the one running it? I don't know. This staff and their play calling/personnel decisions have just been baffling.

Riley said in the press conference that he just wanted them to use their timeouts. That's all he was concerned with.
Winning was apparently not one of his goals.

Football is a unique game. There is an 11 man unit called the offense. Then there's an entirely different 11 man unit called the defense.Apparently Riley's goal was to leave Wisconsin with no timeouts and let his defense do their job.

Unfortunately, Wisconsin's defense did their job, ours didn't, and the Wisconsin kicker made a very miss-able kick under the ultimate pressure.

Wisconsin rose up, and our team was not able to.

If you've watched Nebraska v. Wisconsin in the last few years, this game coming down to a last second kick is really not the norm, It'd be easy to draw some positives from this game if you chose to look for them.

Most of you just see that we lost and say "we suck". Seems like an 'emo' response, or so I've heard.

I sense a little butthurt, but I'll ignore it.

As to the bolded, you proved my point. He had several different goals, but "Win" wasn't one of them.

If it was, he would do everything he could to try to win.

For example, try to get a first down, since in that situation, 1st down = win. He didn't try. He admitted as much in his presser.

I get that you want to defend the Husker HC. But you should pick your battles more wisely. The endgame coaching in the last two games has been indefensible.

I think you can fairly defend the end game coaching against BYU and Miami. But the endgame coaching against Illinois and Wiscy was bad, Bad, BAD. Don't waste time defending the indefensible.

Bull crap.
I need a link to that bolded part, because without proof of that one, I don't believe you for a second.

Redux complains about the play calls, then lists three plays that almost match exactly what Langsdorf did? Aside from the fact that it was Cross who should've bounced the ball to the outside on 1st down. On second down it looks like Cross cut it back the entirely wrong direction. 3rd down they went with Janovich up the gut. Jano just broke a 50 yard TD up the middle on the series before.

But "they weren't trying to get a first down?" That's just emo talking right there.

I haven't tried to defend the Illinois loss. I've said multiple times, that one I won't defend. Horrible playcalling and gameplan by Langsdorf.

The other losses are just football. Close games come down to who makes the play and who doesn't. Nebraska hasn't. It stinks. There's good things going on out there as well.

I hope this Minnesota game is over before the fourth quarter.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. But it's more flattery if you imitate correctly. TIA
There are threads about the presser. You can watch it for your self in one of those. I'm not going to watch it again, but I'll paraphrase as best as I remember, although you really need to watch it because I can't convey Riley's body language.

He was asked, "Did you consider a pass play in the last series?" Riley quickly and firmly said, "No. We wanted to make them use their timeouts."

He didn't say,"No, we wanted to keep the clock running and still try for the first down." He didn't say "We knew we needed a first down to seal it, but we didn't want to take a chance at stopping the clock for them." His entire goal was "Burn their timeouts." But you really need to watch it. The body language says a lot.

So by NOT saying he wanted a first down he was admitting he wanted the defense to win the game?

You say some smart things, then you completely ruin it by saying nonsense like this.

To be honest, I don't think he even realized at the time that a 1st down would seal the win. I'm not sure he realized it yet when he did the presser. Watch it. It's pretty sad.

While I think some of their game management skills have been questionable at best, there is no way he didn't realize a 1st down would seal it.

You seriously do need to effin stop

Link?
Look either he realized it, and winning wasn't all that important, or he didn't realize it. Not sure which option is worse.

Link? You are seriously requesting a link to prove he was trying to get a 1st down after you throw out the idea that he implied he wasn't trying to get a 1st down by his freaking body language!!!

Are you seriously kidding me right now?

So you don't think winning is all that important to him. OK, you convinced me.

If you are so blinded to honestly think he wasn't trying to win that game, seriously find a new sport to gollow. Unfrigginbelievable.

So now you don't think he realized that a first down would seal the win??? Make up your mind.

soooooo... Who pissed in your cheerios? Or a better question, where did you get the idea that this team is there to serve you? You don't think these coaches and players want to win and put a better product on the field? Get over yourself. Everyone acts like winning is so easy and comes on message boards and social media and b*tches about everything. How about you be a fan and support the team or GTFO.

Actually, games where you have a 99.5% chance of winning ARE easy to win.

 

[gdubs4nu]

Helen Keller DID win 9 games a year here. He also was on the losing end of a gangrape by multiple universities. Winning 9 games means nothing if you look like a pop warner team in your losses.

 

[Redux]

Doesn't this offense have any "creative" run plays other than run into the middle of the line where all the defenders are waiting? Zone read, counter, fake the sweep run up the middle, something. And why was Imani Cross the one running it? I don't know. This staff and their play calling/personnel decisions have just been baffling.

Riley said in the press conference that he just wanted them to use their timeouts. That's all he was concerned with.
Winning was apparently not one of his goals.

Football is a unique game. There is an 11 man unit called the offense. Then there's an entirely different 11 man unit called the defense.Apparently Riley's goal was to leave Wisconsin with no timeouts and let his defense do their job.

Unfortunately, Wisconsin's defense did their job, ours didn't, and the Wisconsin kicker made a very miss-able kick under the ultimate pressure.

Wisconsin rose up, and our team was not able to.

If you've watched Nebraska v. Wisconsin in the last few years, this game coming down to a last second kick is really not the norm, It'd be easy to draw some positives from this game if you chose to look for them.

Most of you just see that we lost and say "we suck". Seems like an 'emo' response, or so I've heard.

I sense a little butthurt, but I'll ignore it.

As to the bolded, you proved my point. He had several different goals, but "Win" wasn't one of them.

If it was, he would do everything he could to try to win.

For example, try to get a first down, since in that situation, 1st down = win. He didn't try. He admitted as much in his presser.

I get that you want to defend the Husker HC. But you should pick your battles more wisely. The endgame coaching in the last two games has been indefensible.

I think you can fairly defend the end game coaching against BYU and Miami. But the endgame coaching against Illinois and Wiscy was bad, Bad, BAD. Don't waste time defending the indefensible.

Bull crap.
I need a link to that bolded part, because without proof of that one, I don't believe you for a second.

Redux complains about the play calls, then lists three plays that almost match exactly what Langsdorf did? Aside from the fact that it was Cross who should've bounced the ball to the outside on 1st down. On second down it looks like Cross cut it back the entirely wrong direction. 3rd down they went with Janovich up the gut. Jano just broke a 50 yard TD up the middle on the series before.

But "they weren't trying to get a first down?" That's just emo talking right there.

I haven't tried to defend the Illinois loss. I've said multiple times, that one I won't defend. Horrible playcalling and gameplan by Langsdorf.

The other losses are just football. Close games come down to who makes the play and who doesn't. Nebraska hasn't. It stinks. There's good things going on out there as well.

I hope this Minnesota game is over before the fourth quarter.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. But it's more flattery if you imitate correctly. TIA
There are threads about the presser. You can watch it for your self in one of those. I'm not going to watch it again, but I'll paraphrase as best as I remember, although you really need to watch it because I can't convey Riley's body language.

He was asked, "Did you consider a pass play in the last series?" Riley quickly and firmly said, "No. We wanted to make them use their timeouts."

He didn't say,"No, we wanted to keep the clock running and still try for the first down." He didn't say "We knew we needed a first down to seal it, but we didn't want to take a chance at stopping the clock for them." His entire goal was "Burn their timeouts." But you really need to watch it. The body language says a lot.

So by NOT saying he wanted a first down he was admitting he wanted the defense to win the game?

You say some smart things, then you completely ruin it by saying nonsense like this.

To be honest, I don't think he even realized at the time that a 1st down would seal the win. I'm not sure he realized it yet when he did the presser. Watch it. It's pretty sad.

While I think some of their game management skills have been questionable at best, there is no way he didn't realize a 1st down would seal it.

You seriously do need to effin stop

Link?
Look either he realized it, and winning wasn't all that important, or he didn't realize it. Not sure which option is worse.

Link? You are seriously requesting a link to prove he was trying to get a 1st down after you throw out the idea that he implied he wasn't trying to get a 1st down by his freaking body language!!!

Are you seriously kidding me right now?

So you don't think winning is all that important to him. OK, you convinced me.

If you are so blinded to honestly think he wasn't trying to win that game, seriously find a new sport to gollow. Unfrigginbelievable.

So now you don't think he realized that a first down would seal the win??? Make up your mind.

Oh I think he was trying to win the game, I just don't agree with the calls.

 

[Jeremy]

Doesn't this offense have any "creative" run plays other than run into the middle of the line where all the defenders are waiting? Zone read, counter, fake the sweep run up the middle, something. And why was Imani Cross the one running it? I don't know. This staff and their play calling/personnel decisions have just been baffling.

Riley said in the press conference that he just wanted them to use their timeouts. That's all he was concerned with.
Winning was apparently not one of his goals.

Football is a unique game. There is an 11 man unit called the offense. Then there's an entirely different 11 man unit called the defense.Apparently Riley's goal was to leave Wisconsin with no timeouts and let his defense do their job.

Unfortunately, Wisconsin's defense did their job, ours didn't, and the Wisconsin kicker made a very miss-able kick under the ultimate pressure.

Wisconsin rose up, and our team was not able to.

If you've watched Nebraska v. Wisconsin in the last few years, this game coming down to a last second kick is really not the norm, It'd be easy to draw some positives from this game if you chose to look for them.

Most of you just see that we lost and say "we suck". Seems like an 'emo' response, or so I've heard.

I sense a little butthurt, but I'll ignore it.

As to the bolded, you proved my point. He had several different goals, but "Win" wasn't one of them.

If it was, he would do everything he could to try to win.

For example, try to get a first down, since in that situation, 1st down = win. He didn't try. He admitted as much in his presser.

I get that you want to defend the Husker HC. But you should pick your battles more wisely. The endgame coaching in the last two games has been indefensible.

I think you can fairly defend the end game coaching against BYU and Miami. But the endgame coaching against Illinois and Wiscy was bad, Bad, BAD. Don't waste time defending the indefensible.

Bull crap.
I need a link to that bolded part, because without proof of that one, I don't believe you for a second.

Redux complains about the play calls, then lists three plays that almost match exactly what Langsdorf did? Aside from the fact that it was Cross who should've bounced the ball to the outside on 1st down. On second down it looks like Cross cut it back the entirely wrong direction. 3rd down they went with Janovich up the gut. Jano just broke a 50 yard TD up the middle on the series before.

But "they weren't trying to get a first down?" That's just emo talking right there.

I haven't tried to defend the Illinois loss. I've said multiple times, that one I won't defend. Horrible playcalling and gameplan by Langsdorf.

The other losses are just football. Close games come down to who makes the play and who doesn't. Nebraska hasn't. It stinks. There's good things going on out there as well.

I hope this Minnesota game is over before the fourth quarter.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. But it's more flattery if you imitate correctly. TIA
There are threads about the presser. You can watch it for your self in one of those. I'm not going to watch it again, but I'll paraphrase as best as I remember, although you really need to watch it because I can't convey Riley's body language.

He was asked, "Did you consider a pass play in the last series?" Riley quickly and firmly said, "No. We wanted to make them use their timeouts."

He didn't say,"No, we wanted to keep the clock running and still try for the first down." He didn't say "We knew we needed a first down to seal it, but we didn't want to take a chance at stopping the clock for them." His entire goal was "Burn their timeouts." But you really need to watch it. The body language says a lot.

So by NOT saying he wanted a first down he was admitting he wanted the defense to win the game?

You say some smart things, then you completely ruin it by saying nonsense like this.

To be honest, I don't think he even realized at the time that a 1st down would seal the win. I'm not sure he realized it yet when he did the presser. Watch it. It's pretty sad.

While I think some of their game management skills have been questionable at best, there is no way he didn't realize a 1st down would seal it.

You seriously do need to effin stop

Link?
Look either he realized it, and winning wasn't all that important, or he didn't realize it. Not sure which option is worse.

Link? You are seriously requesting a link to prove he was trying to get a 1st down after you throw out the idea that he implied he wasn't trying to get a 1st down by his freaking body language!!!

Are you seriously kidding me right now?

So you don't think winning is all that important to him. OK, you convinced me.

If you are so blinded to honestly think he wasn't trying to win that game, seriously find a new sport to gollow. Unfrigginbelievable.

So now you don't think he realized that a first down would seal the win??? Make up your mind.

soooooo... Who pissed in your cheerios? Or a better question, where did you get the idea that this team is there to serve you? You don't think these coaches and players want to win and put a better product on the field? Get over yourself. Everyone acts like winning is so easy and comes on message boards and social media and b*tches about everything. How about you be a fan and support the team or GTFO.

Holy cow, settle down. I think everyone supports the team; it's just the coaches some are having trouble backing.

 

[HuskerShark]

Doesn't this offense have any "creative" run plays other than run into the middle of the line where all the defenders are waiting? Zone read, counter, fake the sweep run up the middle, something. And why was Imani Cross the one running it? I don't know. This staff and their play calling/personnel decisions have just been baffling.

Riley said in the press conference that he just wanted them to use their timeouts. That's all he was concerned with.

Winning was apparently not one of his goals.

Football is a unique game. There is an 11 man unit called the offense. Then there's an entirely different 11 man unit called the defense.

Apparently Riley's goal was to leave Wisconsin with no timeouts and let his defense do their job.

Unfortunately, Wisconsin's defense did their job, ours didn't, and the Wisconsin kicker made a very miss-able kick under the ultimate pressure.

Wisconsin rose up, and our team was not able to.

If you've watched Nebraska v. Wisconsin in the last few years, this game coming down to a last second kick is really not the norm, It'd be easy to draw some positives from this game if you chose to look for them.

Most of you just see that we lost and say "we suck". Seems like an 'emo' response, or so I've heard.

I sense a little butthurt, but I'll ignore it.

As to the bolded, you proved my point. He had several different goals, but "Win" wasn't one of them.

If it was, he would do everything he could to try to win.

For example, try to get a first down, since in that situation, 1st down = win. He didn't try. He admitted as much in his presser.

I get that you want to defend the Husker HC. But you should pick your battles more wisely. The endgame coaching in the last two games has been indefensible.

I think you can fairly defend the end game coaching against BYU and Miami. But the endgame coaching against Illinois and Wiscy was bad, Bad, BAD. Don't waste time defending the indefensible.

Bull crap.

I need a link to that bolded part, because without proof of that one, I don't believe you for a second.

Redux complains about the play calls, then lists three plays that almost match exactly what Langsdorf did? Aside from the fact that it was Cross who should've bounced the ball to the outside on 1st down. On second down it looks like Cross cut it back the entirely wrong direction. 3rd down they went with Janovich up the gut. Jano just broke a 50 yard TD up the middle on the series before.

But "they weren't trying to get a first down?" That's just emo talking right there.

I haven't tried to defend the Illinois loss. I've said multiple times, that one I won't defend. Horrible playcalling and gameplan by Langsdorf.

The other losses are just football. Close games come down to who makes the play and who doesn't. Nebraska hasn't. It stinks. There's good things going on out there as well.

I hope this Minnesota game is over before the fourth quarter.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. But it's more flattery if you imitate correctly. TIA

There are threads about the presser. You can watch it for your self in one of those. I'm not going to watch it again, but I'll paraphrase as best as I remember, although you really need to watch it because I can't convey Riley's body language.

He was asked, "Did you consider a pass play in the last series?" Riley quickly and firmly said, "No. We wanted to make them use their timeouts."

He didn't say,"No, we wanted to keep the clock running and still try for the first down." He didn't say "We knew we needed a first down to seal it, but we didn't want to take a chance at stopping the clock for them." His entire goal was "Burn their timeouts." But you really need to watch it. The body language says a lot.

So by NOT saying he wanted a first down he was admitting he wanted the defense to win the game?

You say some smart things, then you completely ruin it by saying nonsense like this.

To be honest, I don't think he even realized at the time that a 1st down would seal the win. I'm not sure he realized it yet when he did the presser. Watch it. It's pretty sad.

While I think some of their game management skills have been questionable at best, there is no way he didn't realize a 1st down would seal it.

You seriously do need to effin stop

Link?

Look either he realized it, and winning wasn't all that important, or he didn't realize it. Not sure which option is worse.

Link? You are seriously requesting a link to prove he was trying to get a 1st down after you throw out the idea that he implied he wasn't trying to get a 1st down by his freaking body language!!!

Are you seriously kidding me right now?

So you don't think winning is all that important to him. OK, you convinced me.

If you are so blinded to honestly think he wasn't trying to win that game, seriously find a new sport to gollow. Unfrigginbelievable.

So now you don't think he realized that a first down would seal the win??? Make up your mind.

soooooo... Who pissed in your cheerios? Or a better question, where did you get the idea that this team is there to serve you? You don't think these coaches and players want to win and put a better product on the field? Get over yourself. Everyone acts like winning is so easy and comes on message boards and social media and b*tches about everything. How about you be a fan and support the team or GTFO.

Holy cow, settle down. I think everyone supports the team; it's just the coaches some are having trouble backing.

I think all of us have our doubts about the staff at this point, and expressing those concerns is ok, but it will do absolutely no good to post in every thread or social media spewing negative garbage.

 

[Elf]

For example, try to get a first down, since in that situation, 1st down = win. He didn't try. He admitted as much in his presser.

I get that you want to defend the Husker HC. But you should pick your battles more wisely. The endgame coaching in the last two games has been indefensible.

I think you can fairly defend the end game coaching against BYU and Miami. But the endgame coaching against Illinois and Wiscy was bad, Bad, BAD. Don't waste time defending the indefensible.

Bull crap.
I need a link to that bolded part, because without proof of that one, I don't believe you for a second.

Redux complains about the play calls, then lists three plays that almost match exactly what Langsdorf did? Aside from the fact that it was Cross who should've bounced the ball to the outside on 1st down. On second down it looks like Cross cut it back the entirely wrong direction. 3rd down they went with Janovich up the gut. Jano just broke a 50 yard TD up the middle on the series before.

But "they weren't trying to get a first down?" That's just emo talking right there.

I haven't tried to defend the Illinois loss. I've said multiple times, that one I won't defend. Horrible playcalling and gameplan by Langsdorf.

The other losses are just football. Close games come down to who makes the play and who doesn't. Nebraska hasn't. It stinks. There's good things going on out there as well.

I hope this Minnesota game is over before the fourth quarter.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. But it's more flattery if you imitate correctly. TIA
There are threads about the presser. You can watch it for your self in one of those. I'm not going to watch it again, but I'll paraphrase as best as I remember, although you really need to watch it because I can't convey Riley's body language.

He was asked, "Did you consider a pass play in the last series?" Riley quickly and firmly said, "No. We wanted to make them use their timeouts."

He didn't say,"No, we wanted to keep the clock running and still try for the first down." He didn't say "We knew we needed a first down to seal it, but we didn't want to take a chance at stopping the clock for them." His entire goal was "Burn their timeouts." But you really need to watch it. The body language says a lot.

So by NOT saying he wanted a first down he was admitting he wanted the defense to win the game?

You say some smart things, then you completely ruin it by saying nonsense like this.

To be honest, I don't think he even realized at the time that a 1st down would seal the win. I'm not sure he realized it yet when he did the presser. Watch it. It's pretty sad.

While I think some of their game management skills have been questionable at best, there is no way he didn't realize a 1st down would seal it.

You seriously do need to effin stop

Link?
Look either he realized it, and winning wasn't all that important, or he didn't realize it. Not sure which option is worse.

Link? You are seriously requesting a link to prove he was trying to get a 1st down after you throw out the idea that he implied he wasn't trying to get a 1st down by his freaking body language!!!

Are you seriously kidding me right now?

So you don't think winning is all that important to him. OK, you convinced me.

If you are so blinded to honestly think he wasn't trying to win that game, seriously find a new sport to gollow. Unfrigginbelievable.

So now you don't think he realized that a first down would seal the win??? Make up your mind.

soooooo... Who pissed in your cheerios? Or a better question, where did you get the idea that this team is there to serve you? You don't think these coaches and players want to win and put a better product on the field? Get over yourself. Everyone acts like winning is so easy and comes on message boards and social media and b*tches about everything. How about you be a fan and support the team or GTFO.

Holy cow, settle down. I think everyone supports the team; it's just the coaches some are having trouble backing.

The coaches are part of the team. Support the team.

 

[RunRedRun]

If you have players that don't execute the play call correctly, how in the eff is that the coaches fault and equate to him not wanting to win? That is just more insane logic I always hear from delusional Husker fans that refuse to believe that players can lose a game when the coaching staff is the easy target.

Stop whining. They lost because their play wasn't what it needed to be. They didn't have more guys line up opposite them than we did. It was a fair fight and Nebraska lost. The play calls were fine, but the play execution was piss poor. Deal with it and move on.

Well here is logic at work. It doesn't matter what play was called? So under your theory a coach would be a genius to throw a hail mary EVERY play, if it doesn't work, its the players fault for not executing..?? NICE!

That's taking an otherwise logical statement and throwing idiocy into it. If common sense were had a value, you'd be broke. Nothing you said is worth any more of my time discussing it with you.
Good day.

I have no problem throwing idiocy into an already idiotic post.

 

[desertshox]

I have no problem throwing idiocy into an already idiotic post.

so, you are saying you put the idiot in idiotic?

 

[gdubs4nu]

Your exaggerations are laughable. Any moron that thinks the equivalent of running a series of different plays is no different than calling a hail mary every time has no business even getting a response.

 

[ZRod]

Delete me!

 

[RunRedRun]

Your exaggerations are laughable. Any moron that thinks the equivalent of running a series of different plays is no different than calling a hail mary every time has no business even getting a response.

Any moron that doesn't think situational play calling is important, has no business posting on a football web site. See my comment WAS meant to be exaggerated. Yours, in your mind, was serious! see the difference!

 

[Stumpy1]

Delete me!