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As it stands today, OSU will smoke us. I feel our D will hold them to fewer points than they've been able to muster recently, but the way our offense has played we'll be lucky to score 10-17 points on their defense. I would guess the final score will be something like 38-10.
Lots of peeps thought the same thing last year, or even worse. We still have some work to do, but I think that we are just one solid performance away from breaking through. We are a better team overall than last year. MPO.
This was definitely better than the first two weeks.
The OL concerns me greatly, and Martinez still seems a bit off. FGs? Yikes. The D has a lot of potential. The goal line stand was awesome.
The OL concerns me greatly, and Martinez still seems a bit off. FGs? Yikes. The D has a lot of potential. The goal line stand was awesome.
I was definitely surprised last year at how well we played OSU. Though I think Haskins is a much easier QB to defend against. Fields has lit the field on fire thus far and I can't see us stopping him. We aren't anywhere near OSU's talent level yet, and the play calling I've seen thus far makes me think we don't have an advantage there either. Swing pass in the endzone? That was just the worst of some very questionable play calls we've seen so far. I don't see any advantage we have at this point.
I’m just flat out happy right now. 14 pt favorites and a 36 point win! The team showed great resolve tonight, the stadium was hopping and the wave lasted a good 5 minutes. We can nit pick at things they still need to work on but I’m putting all that aside till Monday. Tonight was fun and I’m gonna enjoy it for the rest of the weekend, GBR!
Fair enough. I'm still drinking the Kool-Aid. It's a given, that we will have to play our best game of the past 3 years to beat OSU, but I haven't given in just yet. I don't have a white flag in my arsenal so I think we can.
Definitely appreciate that. I'm not waving a white flag either. After we lost last week I left my Huskers flag fly on my house all week for good luck. I suppose it worked
I'm discouraged by the play of Martinez the last few games but also know his ceiling is so high he could bounce back at any moment. If our D plays like they have thus far, maybe they can force some TO's against OSU and give the O a chance. Anything is possible at this point. I know I'll be yelling like a crazy person either way 
A real measure of progress will be a road win. Even against Illinois. We keep talking OSU, but we have lost 8 in a row on the road and need to turn that corner first.
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There has been progress each week, but sitting in the stands and being f able to see the whole field this week made me realize how many points are being left on the field. I don’t know that this was the case in the first two games because I was limited to what angles the TV crew decided to show. Add a handful of offensive yips that limited or killed drives to the guys running down the field who didn’t get the ball thrown their way and a real blowout was absolutely a possibility. Frustrating to watch the misses, but encouraging to know more points are there for the taking.
They’ll need to find a way to put more of them on the scoreboard in coming weeks to make real progress.
They’ll need to find a way to put more of them on the scoreboard in coming weeks to make real progress.
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Last time I heard that it did not end well.
Yep. Carlos Davis put it well, IMO. "We are not perfect, but we are just going to keep getting better and better." That's pretty much a formula for life right there.
Tell me Vedral wasn't excited to get a chance last night!
Agree. And you can tell from his interview, he's one of the boys now. I actually think he's going to help Mo Wash and vice versa. Those guys stay healthy, and I expect good things from them this year. Mills first 100 yard game as a Husker - more to follow, I hope!
I was excited for him and the program needs it. We absolutely have to cultivate the depth at the position and playing time is a big piece of that.
