So after the disasterous Cap One bowl...

It really doesn't matter. The level of talent that we see on the field is equivalent to the talent that Bo's going to bring in anyways. :rolleyes:

 
HuskerShark said:
I think we will be just fine. With a few recruits set to announce their commitments tomorrow (not sure who, so don't ask me), I think we get 2 or 3 commits in the next week and finish out strong.
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Two say this game changes opinions of recruits is funny really. That Marine all star game will be fun two watch twomorrow night.

 
Foppa said:
Who is the one person on the field you're most worried about with a hail mary. Jeffery. You put your tallest player on the field in front of him, and your best tackler behind him if he isn't in the end zone, which he wasn't.
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MLB 51 said:
That was the problem. Their was nobody behind him. Everybody went up for the ball. Somebody has to know they were supposed behind him. Lack of communication by the player's.
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Perhaps you need another look at the play. We had our tallest corner - SJB - in front of Jeffrey; he's the one Jeffrey pushed. We had Dennard - probably our best tackler in the secondary - behind him but he missed.

 
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Mavric said:
Foppa said:
Who is the one person on the field you're most worried about with a hail mary. Jeffery. You put your tallest player on the field in front of him, and your best tackler behind him if he isn't in the end zone, which he wasn't.
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MLB 51 said:
That was the problem. Their was nobody behind him. Everybody went up for the ball. Somebody has to know they were supposed behind him. Lack of communication by the player's.
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Perhaps you need another look at the play. We had our tallest corner - SJB - in front of Jeffrey; he's the one Jeffrey pushed. We had Dennard - probably our best tackler in the secondary - behind him but he missed.

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The big SNAFU with that play was the numbers of guys in front of the jump ball vs the guys behind it. I am fine with SJB in front but the rest of the crew should have been between the hoarde and the endzone. That is where the execution of the defense failed badly.

 
I guess you could take comfort in knowing that even after the Holiday Bowl debacle last year, Nebraska did NOT lose any commits at which point we had 15 committed, not including David Sutton since he was a Grayshirt candidate at the time. We ended up snagging another 3 commits in the last two weeks of January (Abdullah, Bondi, Carter) and 1 signing day surprise (Peat).

I recall we were 1 for 2 on signing day with the "missed" prospect being LB Keeon Virgile choosing UNC over Nebraska. We were also in Top 2 for ATH Robert Lockhart, but he chose Va. Tech a couple days before signing day.

Virgile had to know what he was walking into at UNC since they were under NCAA scrutiny for numerous violations. At the time he signed, the investigation was still ongoing, so their fate was yet to be determined. We didn't miss out on Lockhart because of poor bowl performance though. Va. Tech was "curb stomped" 40-12 in a BCS bowl by Stanford.

 
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Foppa said:
Nice Shark. I thought other than the hail mary the 1st half was coached really well. The second half looked like the Bad News Bears. Blame who you want on that one.
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Actually, the "hail Mary" was coached perfectly ... if you heard what Bo said about. What lacked was execution by the players on both positioning and the tackling.

 
Nexus said:
I guess you could take comfort in knowing that even after the Holiday Bowl debacle last year, Nebraska did NOT lose any commits at which point we had 15 committed, not including David Sutton since he was a Grayshirt candidate at the time. We ended up snagging another 3 commits in the last two weeks of January (Abdullah, Bondi, Carter) and 1 signing day surprise (Peat).

I recall we were 1 for 2 on signing day with the "missed" prospect being LB Keeon Virgile choosing UNC over Nebraska. We were also in Top 2 for ATH Robert Lockhart, but he chose Va. Tech a couple days before signing day.

Virgile had to know what he was walking into at UNC since they were under NCAA scrutiny for numerous violations. At the time he signed, the investigation was still ongoing, so their fate was yet to be determined. We didn't miss out on Lockhart because of poor bowl performance though. Va. Tech was "curb stomped" 40-12 in a BCS bowl by Stanford.
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Those facts won't help those fans on the ledge. I think we close strong and get some nice players. It's a good recruiting class.

 
No. I really do no think this will hurt any of the current commits. If anything it will show the coaches weren't lying by saying if you come in and work hard you could play your first year. Besides a handful of players on our team none of them looked like they were locked in in the second half. The schemes were there for the most part but the execution wasn't. As far as the noncommitted well Westercamp could look at it this as man he hit them in the hands and they dropped it not only once but two really bad and two just bad drops. As far as the QB commit/noncommits well I would say it is wide open. Maybe not next year to start the season or even at all next year, but having a capable backup will open up many more opportunities in our game plan. We will be able to take more risks.

 
PaulCrewe said:
The big SNAFU with that play was the numbers of guys in front of the jump ball vs the guys behind it. I am fine with SJB in front but the rest of the crew should have been between the hoarde and the endzone. That is where the execution of the defense failed badly.
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if you knew ahead of time that the ball would be thrown just short of the end zone, i would agree. i think you have to assume though that the quarterback is trying to throw the ball in the endzone and plan accordingly by focusing most of your efforts on deflecting the pass.

 
dylan said:
PaulCrewe said:
The big SNAFU with that play was the numbers of guys in front of the jump ball vs the guys behind it. I am fine with SJB in front but the rest of the crew should have been between the hoarde and the endzone. That is where the execution of the defense failed badly.
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if you knew ahead of time that the ball would be thrown just short of the end zone, i would agree. i think you have to assume though that the quarterback is trying to throw the ball in the endzone and plan accordingly by focusing most of your efforts on deflecting the pass.
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This.

 
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