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Serious question

ThrowFar60 said:
I think for me what’s hard is knowing what we are. Are we closer to the team we saw last week? Or are we closer to the team we saw this week? Maybe somewhere in the middle?

Personally I think we’re closer to the team we saw today. I say that because of the rest of the games we’ve played looked similar to today. Still deficiences but still in the game at the end.
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I’d say we’re both. We can be either, sometimes in the same game.

I see all the little things we do wrong in execution and think we don’t really need to clean a lot up to change a ton of outcomes on offensive plays. We still make some pretty simple mistakes on defense that cost us. Some of it is youth, some isn’t. I think we’re still a handful of players away from being a really good team. Many of those guys are possibly on the roster and just aren’t developed yet. I love the youth on this team, but that’s likely a big reason for our inconsistency.

I’m interested to see how we finish. Today was a great start, need to follow up with another great effort next week.
 

Getting the team to play sound assignment football.
Last week it didnt exist, this week very few MA's.
Here's what I like. In the past DCs have dumbed their systems down so we could play better D. Well, on Sundays there's no dumbing down. Being put in conflict is todays football, and when its working it speaks to the coaching staff, their systems and they players in one understanding of how to play.
When MR said he was proud, he was speaking to the many times where he said he just wanted they players to play, get over the mental hump of slow read react football in their minds and do it like you always do it.
We saw that today.
 
wcbsas said:
Had last week been closer I might’ve not felt as good about this week as I do currently.

tOSU is a very talented squad, not sure they’re a very good team. I think Oregon wins a rematch in CCG assuming tOSU beats Indiana.

5-3 is decent although the Illinois game stings a bit.
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Ohio State is a very good team, they lost to The #1 team who is currently beating the brakes off of Illinois by only one point
 



CrabHusker said:
I’d say we’re both. We can be either, sometimes in the same game.

I see all the little things we do wrong in execution and think we don’t really need to clean a lot up to change a ton of outcomes on offensive plays. We still make some pretty simple mistakes on defense that cost us. Some of it is youth, some isn’t. I think we’re still a handful of players away from being a really good team. Many of those guys are possibly on the roster and just aren’t developed yet. I love the youth on this team, but that’s likely a big reason for our inconsistency.

I’m interested to see how we finish. Today was a great start, need to follow up with another great effort next week.
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Maybe some of the most maddening mistakes we see are not due to a lack of talent, but simply doing things wrong. I can't remember the exact timing, but we had a play on which Dowdell was tackled behind the line because our TE was blocking down and getting a combo/double team on an inside defender, while completely ignoring TWO defenders on the edge. I can't imagine that's how it's been taught, and the best athletes (from a physical perspective) in the world wouldn't have made any difference. It's going to be really hard to run outside if you don't even try to have someone helping you block the edge
 
huskrthill said:
Maybe some of the most maddening mistakes we see are not due to a lack of talent, but simply doing things wrong. I can't remember the exact timing, but we had a play on which Dowdell was tackled behind the line because our TE was blocking down and getting a combo/double team on an inside defender, while completely ignoring TWO defenders on the edge. I can't imagine that's how it's been taught, and the best athletes (from a physical perspective) in the world wouldn't have made any difference. It's going to be really hard to run outside if you don't even try to have someone helping you block the edge
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I’ll preface this by saying I have no connection to the current staff. My old connection was Duvall who is gone. But trying to read the tea leaves I feel like Dylan has a complete understanding of the offensive playbook by the comments from Rhule and Co. When they mention missed blocks on the outside, and then I see them rip into receivers after bad throws by Dylan, it leads me to believe that there are some checks or option routes where Dylan makes the right read but the receivers or others are off. Just a gut feeling - but I agree with you. 100% maddening
 




ThrowFar60 said:
I think for me what’s hard is knowing what we are. Are we closer to the team we saw last week? Or are we closer to the team we saw this week? Maybe somewhere in the middle?

Personally I think we’re closer to the team we saw today. I say that because of the rest of the games we’ve played looked similar to today. Still deficiences but still in the game at the end.
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We are both. And we are also 1st half Purdue.

If the defense has a bad game plan we get last week. If not, we can be in it. But offensely we will keep poor teams in it.
 
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huskrthill said:
Maybe some of the most maddening mistakes we see are not due to a lack of talent, but simply doing things wrong. I can't remember the exact timing, but we had a play on which Dowdell was tackled behind the line because our TE was blocking down and getting a combo/double team on an inside defender, while completely ignoring TWO defenders on the edge. I can't imagine that's how it's been taught, and the best athletes (from a physical perspective) in the world wouldn't have made any difference. It's going to be really hard to run outside if you don't even try to have someone helping you block the edge
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We don’t block well at all from our TE or WR positions. It’s crazy how little those two groups co tribute in that way.
 



bucktril said:
I do look at today as more like OSU looking "past" NU and nearly getting bit.
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Typical Husker fan thinking.

Before game: “We stand no chance of winning. This team is a juggernaut”.

After game: “Huskers only performed well because the other team wasn’t as good as we thought.” Or your variation: “OSU didn’t prepare for us because they were looking ahead to PSU”.

We have seen this logic play out, even during the Osborne years. I guess it’s just human nature, or perhaps an inferiority complex built into the culture of Nebraska. Even when we do something good, it’s discounted as not what it seems.
 
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Captkenny said:
Typical Husker fan thinking.

Before game: “We stand no chance of winning. This team is a juggernaut”.

After game: “Huskers only performed well because the other team wasn’t as good as we thought.” Or your variation: “OSU didn’t prepare for us because they were looking ahead to PSU”.

We have seen this logic play out, even during the Osborne years. I guess it’s just human nature, or perhaps an inferiority complex built into the culture of Nebraska. Even when we do something good, it’s discounted as not what it seems.
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Thats a little harsh.

But fair.
 

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