It's not hard to see a defense give up that many points when the offense constantly goes three and out and the game is played at altitude. The D didn't blow this game. The O did. The D played far too many snaps. The D was hung out to dry.
Exactly. I'd rather we lose throwing caution to the wind, than go into a shell like that 2nd half.No............no it's not.
What Frost and Co need to understand is that for 20 years now we've lacked a killer instinct minus the 2009 defense. Nebraska has made it a culture to take their foot off of the gas when they get ahead, shrink down when we get punched in the mouth, and come out flat numerous times out of halftime when we need to put a game away. They need to stay aggressive with play calling, let the defense fly around, and not play to NOT lose a game. All this talk of no fear of failure in the off-season yet that's what I saw in the 2nd half. Fear of losing the game, fear of calling aggressive offensive calls, fear of letting the defense fly around and stay aggressive. Take the god damn barriers down and just play football!!!
They have time to turn this thing around, the goal is Indy this season anyways as no one thinks we're N.C. ready anyways minus delusional Iowa fans that have dreamnt up in their head that that's what we all think. The B1G West is there for the taking, can't be afraid to go and take it though.
IMHO, it's a little of both. Lack of DB depth prevented a lot of subbing down the stretch. The inability of the O do do anything save 3 and out didn't help......Play calling didn't help. At all.
I think he played better then he looked-and I know that doesn't make sense but I think we are really missing receivers that can get open.
What is so strange to me is the play-not-to-lose mentality is very un-frostlike. Or at least very different from what Frost has told us. Makes me think he's listening to someone else.
They were a 5-7 team last year.. A new coach and a new scheme this year.. We have just as many "weapons" and a QB in his 2nd year of this offense that was suppose to be legit. I get that Frost is only year 2 but your offense shouldn't be regressing from the end of year 1.
Ill even go deeper... the O-Line is the liability. Missed assignments and poor gap management and when Colorado came out at half and started running stunts, that line was lost.
you cant have a run game with the O-Line Nebraska has at the moment and you can always cover well when your rushing 3 and getting pressure on the QB
On a given drive, We needed to drag our three downs out as much as possible. Lol.
