How do we turn it around

Stumpy1 said:
A majority of the top teams have it as a part of their game plan.  We do not need it to be the staple of our offense but it would be pretty damn handy to be able to run it when needed.   
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Evidence to back up this claim? Because I'm not seeing it. A majority of the top teams? That's just not true. And to be fair, we have used I as a part of our game plan this year. 

Scarlet said:
Frost knows it
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Ok and? That doesn't mean he will be making that the bread and butter any time soon

 
Model it after OU maybe?  They sling it, run it, score at will.  And they used to be wishbone and I-form.

The idea that you have to go back to a certain way isn't going to help. 

Teams most difficult to defend have an accurate QB with solid pass pro blocking up front.  Just look around.  It can be done. 

 
Nebfanatic said:
Evidence to back up this claim? Because I'm not seeing it. A majority of the top teams? That's just not true. And to be fair, we have used I as a part of our game plan this year. 

Ok and? That doesn't mean he will be making that the bread and butter any time soon
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Bama scored 2 TDs yesterday out of the I.  Clemson, ND and Georgia have ran out of it this year.  A majority of the teams use it for short yardage and goal line offenses.  Again,  it doesn't need to be our sole offense but we do/should have it as a part of our plan.

We ran it a couple times against OSU and haven't seen it since.  That isn't exactly being a part of our game. 

 
Scarlet said:
I think this is part of the problem and developing a niche to recruit to was the genius of Dr. Tom.  With the challenges of recruiting to Nebraska to think we are going to go head to head doing the exact same thing as everyone else means we'll probably be middle of the road at best.  No top program would recruit an Aaron Taylor now.

That said, I think another part of the of the problem is everyone, from the administration to the fans, are getting ahead of themselves with goals.  Sure it's great to want to play in the CC and playoffs but this team needs to master the basics of blocking, tackling, assignments, and execution first.  This was another of TOs genius.  It was about competing with yourself to perform the basics to perfection and with that the wins will follow.  
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I agree!  Many times yesterday these boys looked like they didn’t know what they were doing! They need to eat, drink, sleep the basics until they can perform them without even thinking. They will be automatic. 
After this year all of the Riley era kids will be gone. We have 17 seniors on the roster but we also have a bunch of freshman and more will be added. We need coaches who will coach these boys up to be winners. 

 
I think a couple hit on this already, Frost needs an identity. It was "UCFast" at UCF. They played with Tempo, they had burners all over the field. Their Defense gunned for turnovers. 

At Nebraska, we really have none of the speed (on the field). We don't really play with tempo. I think Frost wants to be a power running team, but it's hard to tell. We never win the turnover battle. Literally the only Identity he's installed at Nebraska is "Undisciplined". 

 
Husker NoNo said:
We “fix” it by being patient and letting this one play out. I completely agree, it’s bad, but if we keep switching coaching staffs nothing will get better. 
 

Frost has made mistakes which set us back, but unless people believe he doesn’t care...a move would be short-sighted. 
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^^^1000 times this^^^^^
 

Sometimes a fan base just needs to be patient...as hard as that can be. 

 
None of Nebraska's turn-overs, penalties, missed tackles and assignments has to do with the complexities of the system they're being asked to play. The "system" is football, and almost every other team is doing it better than Nebraska. It's still about desire and discipline, which includes not accepting defeat when thing turn south in the second quarter, firing up yourself and your teammates on the sideline, and if you're a coach it means helping young men get their head in the game and making halftime adjustments so they don't simply repeat and get used to their failures. Some of that is adjusting your system and drilling in on technique, but there's got to be a joy of the game and a serious thirst for winning. We're just not seeing that. Also, we may not be seeing players who are losing faith in the program. That can be a real cancer. 

Let's start by aspiring to be Illinois, a low-tier team with qb problems that came in to an opponent's house, played motivated football for all four quarters, and joyously celebrated a rout of a supposedly better team. 

 
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