What did we learn? (The NW edition, sponsored by the MASH 4077)

[10_point_buck]

Yeah but we do have him so we have a big fat W today and it’s perfect because it means the team has 4 wins and you are angrily thinking of hypothetical scenarios to try and make sure you keep a constant level of misery.

So, that is the game plan going forward?  Be stubborn with who Frosty plays “just because” and hope Robinson can win us the game or acknowledge we have some real issues and see if anyone else is better?

 

[Ziebol]

Well you’re just a ball of optimism, aren’t you? 

I’m very optimistic, 9 wins is optimism overload with our remaining schedule and what we have seen so far.

 

[Jack Burton]

Lol, no way in hell. 6 or 7 is the max unless this team completely wakes up. We should win Purdue, the rest are a toss up at best. We just aren’t that good

Schedule is favorable. Minny, Indy, Purdue, Maryland are very winnable games. Pick up 1 extra is 9. Iowa looked ordinary to me today. 

 

[Ziebol]

So, that is the game plan going forward?  Be stubborn with who Frosty plays “just because” and hope Robinson can win us the game or acknowledge we have some real issues and see if anyone else is better?

We do have issues but we have players like Robinson, Spielman, and Mo when he’s not banged up that help mask them and until the young talent we have develops that’s what we have to deal with. We have the youngest roster in the BIG 10 so we have to rely on these difference makers until others step up.  So you creating hypothetical situations doesn’t do anything except create gloom in your own mind.  Robinson was recruited so he can be our Rondale Moore and take over games, that’s what he has done. Enjoy it or keep imagining he isn’t here.

 

[Mierin]

We are damn lucky to have #1 Or we have a big fat L today

Why do people do this? Wandale is part of our team. Our coaches were able to recruit him. He's not some bonus thing you can take away or add willy nilly to try to make a point.

You may as well just say "If we hadn't scored more points than the other team we would've lost!"

It makes about as much sense as an argument.

 

[olddominionhusker]

Schedule is favorable. Minny, Indy, Purdue, Maryland are very winnable games. Pick up 1 extra is 9. Iowa looked ordinary to me today. 

Iowa is definitely winnable. However, every game you mentioned is very loseable as well. The way this team is playing now there is not one auto win on that list

 

[Mierin]

So, that is the game plan going forward?  Be stubborn with who Frosty plays “just because” and hope Robinson can win us the game or acknowledge we have some real issues and see if anyone else is better?

No one is saying we don't have issues, but that doesn't make your post about taking away big plays make anymore sense.

 

[Jack Burton]

Iowa is definitely winnable. However, every game you mentioned is very loseable as well. The way this team is playing now there is not one auto win on that list

No doubt. I should have phrased it better. We CAN win 9 this year although most likely 7-8. 

 

[4skers89]

We can play NW ball better than NW!  0 turnovers and 1 for NW.  Penalties favor NW but not excessively 6-50 vs. 8-74 for us.  Coaches can't do much about penalties but they can help with turnovers.  Maybe due to turnover concerns and the wind we had conservative play calling.  Unless you are vastly superior, the way to beat NW is not to beat yourself.  If NW had 400 yards to our 319 it would have made it a perfect ugly win, NW style. 

 

[Jack Burton]

We can play NW ball better than NW!  0 turnovers and 1 for NW.  Penalties favor NW but not excessively 6-50 vs. 8-74 for us.  Coaches can't do much about penalties but they can help with turnovers.  Maybe due to turnover concerns and the wind we had conservative play calling.  Unless you are vastly superior, the way to beat NW is not to beat yourself.  If NW had 400 yards to our 319 it would have made it a perfect ugly win, NW style. 

100%.We looked like a Big Ten team today. Ugly football can be good football.

 

[Mavric]

I saw their Qb working the edge, all day, pulling the ball out and running fearlessly and in a decisive manner.  Then, letting his RB run all over when we keyed on him.

...and ignored everything else that went on, apparently.

 

[Mavric]

We had 3 more rushing yards against Northwestern than Wisconsin did last week

We had 73 more passing yards against Northwestern than Wisconsin did last week

We had 76 more total yards against Northwestern than Wisconsin did last week

Our offense scored 3 more points against Northwestern than Wisconsin's did last week

 

[10_point_buck]

Why do people do this? Wandale is part of our team. Our coaches were able to recruit him. He's not some bonus thing you can take away or add willy nilly to try to make a point.

You may as well just say "If we hadn't scored more points than the other team we would've lost!"

It makes about as much sense as an argument.

No, no one is taking it away from him as he is special.  What is real is that other teams will realize how below average we are if they take him away, then what?  Is there others to step up?  Through 6 games, I’d say no.  

 

[10_point_buck]

...and ignored everything else that went on, apparently.

No, just they did what we wanted to do better than we did it.....kinda like when we play WI and they also out Nebraska us using the formula they took from us and now do it better than us with lower ranked recruiting classes.  

 

[HuskerJax]

I think the only real positive you can take from this game is we won in a close game. Last year, we lost these games, so that is progress. However, the offense looks lost, completely effing lost. Thankfully our defense has progressed and is able to

make stops. With a “superstar” quarterback we should be rolling in games like these, but we are not.  Still waiting for the light to come on, hopefully it will