Purdue - What did we learn?
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Jason Sitoke
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I learned we won and nothing more. My stream broke.
OmahaPlaya
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Lotta work to do on special teams but that's nothing new
Mierin
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We are still a sloppy team but not in a way that gifts the other team the win (turnovers).
I knew our ST was bad but somehow they are worse than I thought. How does your punt coverage team not know the literal basics of covering a punt - getting into a position to keep the ball out of the end zone? Do they practice at all?
I could say a lot more negative things but gonna just focus on the positives:
We won the first road game we played and Raiola played, which is good to see.
This could have been an opportunity to show we can finally have a close win, but instead we ran away with it at the end. The best way to avoid close losses is to win by a lot.
We have seen this story turn into a 3 point loss many times before, including against teams as bad as Purdue. We didn’t collapse mentally even though we screwed up over and over in the 1st half. 35 minutes in, it felt like a game we’d figure out how to lose. So I am cautiously optimistic about the team. Rutgers and Indiana will be really telling.
I knew our ST was bad but somehow they are worse than I thought. How does your punt coverage team not know the literal basics of covering a punt - getting into a position to keep the ball out of the end zone? Do they practice at all?
I could say a lot more negative things but gonna just focus on the positives:
We won the first road game we played and Raiola played, which is good to see.
This could have been an opportunity to show we can finally have a close win, but instead we ran away with it at the end. The best way to avoid close losses is to win by a lot.
We have seen this story turn into a 3 point loss many times before, including against teams as bad as Purdue. We didn’t collapse mentally even though we screwed up over and over in the 1st half. 35 minutes in, it felt like a game we’d figure out how to lose. So I am cautiously optimistic about the team. Rutgers and Indiana will be really telling.
Mierin
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The Duke
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When the team reviews the tape of this game...especially the first half...it will show that we just have to fix us.
We were our own worst problem in that first half.
We were our own worst problem in that first half.
- Make EJ the new starting running back.
- Stop rotating the RB's so much. Let the #1 guy get in a groove.
- Scheme and commit to a tougher running game. Not having the ability to run the ball in the first half led to those field goal attempts that were missed.
- Find a Kicker or call a game with the knowledge that we will go for it more often than not on 4th down.
- Stop calling pass plays on the goal line when you have it on the 1 or 2 yard line!
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huskerfan74
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Bullock will be playing on Sundays. He has really separated himself this young season.
Matt Rhule will not be able to be successful at Nebraska if he cannot fix the non-special teams’ woes and the plethora of undisciplined penalties. It is hard to teach your team not to commit stupid penalties when you yourself do them.
We are 2 wins away from the toilet bowel with a chance to move up to the toilet sink bowl.
Matt Rhule will not be able to be successful at Nebraska if he cannot fix the non-special teams’ woes and the plethora of undisciplined penalties. It is hard to teach your team not to commit stupid penalties when you yourself do them.
We are 2 wins away from the toilet bowel with a chance to move up to the toilet sink bowl.