What did we learn

Mavric said:
Assuming you're talking about Hayden, that's probably about right.  They got almost exactly the same grade on running the ball.  But Hayden averaged more yards per carry and more yards per carry after contact.  Hayden also got credit for a breakaway run (15+ yards) while Dowdell didn't.  

Dowdell is fun to watch but he seems to be pretty limited as a back.  He's basically a one-trick pony: run as hard as you can and try to run over the first odd-colored jersey you see.  He did have the hurdle which was fun and broke one tackle in the second half (running left) and got some extra yards.  But, for the most part, he's been getting however many yards the OL blocks for.
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He could be getting coached to do that. He was splitting with R. Johnson and someone noted he is the “receiving” back (play call tendency). They may want him to seek contact as a way to exert plays on the defense and sub in two more quality backs when reps get high or workload becomes too much. Rhule has said we want to run and we want to be physical, but a lot of other pieces are fast (wr pop passes) and R. Johnson out of the backfield. His “job” may be to hit them where it hurts. 

 
Undone said:
Yeah.  I don't want to discourage the posting of actual football info because that is becoming less and less of a thing on this forum...but I was about to type out the same comment on being done with PFF but for a different reason.

On their YouTube preview show for the game middle of last week, they completely failed to research the fact that we got seven sacks in last year's game and cited "Nebraska not getting pressure on Shedeur" last year as a reason to predict Colorado would win.

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Their headscratching analysis shouldn't come as much of a surprise, considering Chris Collinsworth owns it.

 
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walksalone said:
I'm not doubting the talent on that play, just the decision making.

Had that been somebody good, aka Ohio St, Michigan, that probably would have been a pick
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I'd be interested to see if there was an all 22 of that play.

I don't necessarily disagree with you that the decision making may have been a bit questionable, but neither of the defenders in the area really made a play on the ball. There was one DB running down the sideline who never even turned his head. Maybe other DB's make a play on that, but it's also possible that Dylan saw a gap in the zone and the DB's not tracking the ball and just hoped his guy would come back to make a play otherwise it would fall lifelessly to the turf.

Again, I'm not saying I know one way or the other lol maybe it was a wacky choice on his part.

 
Hilltop said:
Go back and watch the whole play.  After the hit he gets hit again in the head while trying to get up.  Not sure if it was a knee or foot.  They showed it on the stadium big screen but not sure if a close up was shown on TV?  Pretty sure that is why the call was made.  
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I didn't see that- either due to not paying close enough attention or the TV broadcast not showing it. 

GO BIG RED!

 
deedsker said:
He could be getting coached to do that. He was splitting with R. Johnson and someone noted he is the “receiving” back (play call tendency). They may want him to seek contact as a way to exert plays on the defense and sub in two more quality backs when reps get high or workload becomes too much. Rhule has said we want to run and we want to be physical, but a lot of other pieces are fast (wr pop passes) and R. Johnson out of the backfield. His “job” may be to hit them where it hurts. 
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Considering Rhule's comments about needing to turn 4 yard runs into 40, that seems unlikely.

 
I’m not sure if this was a good benchmark game or not.  CU’s coaching was horrible. 
 

and look at Oregon with the jokes. First the big yellow duck at Media days and now the trolling. 

 
krc1995 said:
I’m not sure if this was a good benchmark game or not.  CU’s coaching was horrible.
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I think it really depends how one defines 'benchmark,' but hey since it's a message board, let's over-analyze and dive in  :w00t .

To me, a benchmark game is against an opponent of equal or greater talent and caliber at most match-ups. I think Shadeur and Travis are great players, same with Horn. They also have a good DB or two. Otherwise, Nebraska is objectively the better team. So, I don't think it was a good benchmark from that standpoint. CU is probably in the bottom 1/3 of teams Nebraska will play this year.

But, the game provided a lot of value and was a good benchmark in other ways. It gave Nebraska an opportunity in prime time with a huge audience. Nebraska also physically dominated Colorado, making it seem like CU didn't even really belong on the same field. The second-half was frustrating but I also get it because it was the second half of a blowout against an out-matched opponent. I don't love it, but I get it.

I also think the game provided sort of an unintentional "letdown game" all in one experience. Sometimes you see teams just blow the doors off another team and then lay an egg the following week. If Nebraska had won like 48-10, I might actually be a little more concerned about next week's game. It seems like Nebraska decided to just lay that egg a bit in the second half, perhaps getting it out of their system to be able to re-focus and get to work for next week.

 
krc1995 said:
I’m not sure if this was a good benchmark game or not.  CU’s coaching was horrible. 
 

and look at Oregon with the jokes. First the big yellow duck at Media days and now the trolling. 
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It's probably a good benchmark unless you're trying to figure out whether we can win a Big Ten championship or go 10-2. This same team beat us last year, and we didn't turn the ball over. 

It could still turn out to be a fluke, but I feel we're at least 3 wins better than last year just based off of turnovers.

 
On paper, in terms of player talent, Colorado should have been an equal match-up. Maybe even better.

But boy, are they hopelessly outmatched in the coaching department...

 
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Toe said:
On paper, in terms of player talent, Colorado should have been an equal match-up. Maybe even better.

But boy, are they hopelessly outmatched in the coaching department...
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I disagree. Nebraska is more talented at almost every position except QB (Shedeur), CB/WR (Hunter), and WR/KR (Horn).

 
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