It's Monday.............time to move on!!!!

Seriously? said:
ladyhawke said:
The Maudfather said:
ladyhawke said:
So you think we should continue to talk about these problems here? Why? We did that last year and the year before and the year before that. Did it make a difference? I'm serious. I appreciate your passion for the game but when is enough enough?
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We should absolutely continue to talk about the problems that we have here. Yes, such problems were discussed at length last year and the year before that and even some the year before that. The reason? We keep seeing the exact same product on the field. The same mental lapses, the same breakdowns in technique, the same undisciplined and lackluster football. While I don't think we should dwell on the problems all week, I think it's silly to expect them not to be discussed.

Anyhow, I don't really know a whole lot about Arkansas State other than the fact that we opened up a 24.5 favorite, Gus Malzahn is the coach and that Michael Dwyer like the drugs a little too much and consequently got booted from Arky State.
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Good point. I should've said 'dwell' vs discuss. Of course we should discuss the issues, that's what this board is about (and what a looonnnggg off season we would have if we couldn't discuss our problems :) ) Do you think it helps our team perform better when we discuss these problems or does it just help us? Hey, I post as much to the discussion of our problems as anyone else, I'm just not sure it helps or hinders us? When our guys read the board, and I'm sure they do, does it inspire them or frustrate them? I'm hoping that it does inspire them to play better but sometimes I'm not sure.

As for Arky St. I went on their message board today to see what their fans think of their team. See my post below. Their posts sound just like ours after the loss to UCLA.
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Was it somehow different when Callahan was here and everyone was encouraged to run him out of town? As bad as Cosgroves defense was, Callahan brought talent to the team and produced a pretty fun offense, it appeared to me anyway that he at least tried to produce an overall decent result but was hand tied by his 1 bad buddy hire. Fast Forward to the mess we are in now with 100% buddy hires that don't deserve to be within a mile of a program and you see the results, when we lose half our games this year are we going to sugar coat things into next year aboard the " excuse train " just because Tom chose another dud whose defense minus Suh has been laughable at best
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While Callahan was able to recruit good players he wasn't able to develop them (Suh for example) Bo was. I understand your passion and I can see that you love our Huskers (I've been a fan since the 1980's-transplanted via marriage to Nebraska from Missouri-My husband is a native!) I just can't see the benefit of going through yet another head coaching change. I guess the whole Pederson/Callahan debacle is stuck in my craw. What an ugly ugly situation that was.

 
I started this thread to discuss Arkansas State, not to continue to talk about the issues from last Saturday and whatever some think the issues are now. We have plenty of other threads to do that in. The discussion will stay on Arkansas State and it's as simple as that. If you don't want to comment on Arkansas State.....................goodbye!

arkstfan, what kind of defense do you run?

 
Interesting take on the NU-Arky St. game. This guy thinks Arky St. will win by +24!!

"You can bet that Bo Pelini will have his Huskers ready to play this weekend after getting upset by the Bruins last Saturday. The Huskers are the far superior team here, I just don't see Nebraska covering this large of spread however. Arkansas State is clearly outmatched, but the Redwolves can do some things offensively, and I am not completely sold on this Husker defense at this point."

http://sportschatpla...arkansas-state/

 
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He shouldn't be sold on the defense for obvious reasons. It'll be interesting to see how they come out of the gate. Personally if I was Arky State's coach I'd run one to the outside on a screen given what they would be seeing on tape. I don't think we have the horses outside of our secondary to get up with the speed.

 
Here is what one writer said were the keys to us winning the game. Do you agree?

If Nebraska is to win the Big Ten Championship, they have work to do. The Cornhuskers have two primary problems that must be fixed. The Blackshirts must learn to tackle and the offense must learn to convert on third down

 
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