Serious question

[CrabHusker]

Maybe a little. That still doesn’t take away the fact that Nebraska played very well defensively and reall did a good job of playing keep away offensively.

You can bitch about the screen passes, but that also helped open up the running game in the second half. They almost doubled up OSU on time of possession. As Sam M. said on his little video after the game. The buckeyes won the game because they have 3 great receivers.

We hang with a top 5 team and have a chance to beat them and it has nothing to do with Nebraska, but is simply ‘Ohio State overlooking Nebraska’.

I’m amazed at the gymnastics some of our fanbase does to paint things in a negative light.

 

[CrabHusker]

I feel ya! Just ONCE I wish we could get our offense, defense, and special teams playing at their best for the same game against a top tier opponent.

I’d honestly settle for that against ANY opponent.

Top tier would be awesome, but we’ve got to walk before we run.

 

[lincoln84]

Yes, Illinois is the one that cost us the most. Probably why we end up 6-6 instead of 7-5, 8-4.

 

[Hville]

Just look at Indiana under Cignetti:
He brought in a staff that had just completed a run of five straight years with conference or divisional championships at JMU.
All those assistants who came with him KNOW what it takes to build champions.
The transfers who came with him to Indiana KNOW what it takes to be champions.
Indiana is 8-0.

Sounds like what SF did.

 

[Hville]

What if NU is pretty good, and we don’t really know? What if Indiana is the best team in the BIG? I think Ohio State might actually have too much talent, too many egos to mold together with only one ball. That causes a lack of continuity. You know people are on that team just for the money. I actually think OSU is pretty decent. NU had a lot to do with their struggles.

Your what if might be accurate. Indiana could be that good. Maybe we are better than what our record is indicating. I’m just not observing that greatness on the field. We look inept……too often…….too consistently…… and in too many facets of the game.

 

[Husker In Oklahoma]

Your what if might be accurate. Indiana could be that good. Maybe we are better than what our record is indicating. I’m just not observing that greatness on the field. We look inept……too often…….too consistently…… and in too many facets of the game.

Yes. It’s erratic. No question, but probably a few less farts with everything than in the past. I’ve mentioned before, I’m not sure when is the last time NU played a complete game? Probably against Northwestern at home a few years back. 2021 I think. I guess we are about to answer all the what if questions real soon.

 

[HuskerSuperGenius]

Sounds like what SF did.

Not even close.
SF had a run of one year undefeated, not several years of conference championships like Cignetti.

 

[HuskerBred]

Not even close.
SF had a run of one year undefeated, not several years of conference championships like Cignetti.

And he didn’t get to bring “his” players with him. I don’t like to think about it much bc SF was a train wreck waiting to happen, but if he had been hired during today’s game, with NIL and a wide-open transfer portal, it would have made for a very interesting NU program. Assume he pulls in 12-15 key UCF guys, like Cignetti, eligible immediately. And uses the juice from the undefeated season to get another dozen, veteran transfers….

 

[Cornhuskers7]

Serious question I was asked today by a friend who’s an A&M grad.

“Would your opinion on Nebraska losing today be different had they not been blown out last week?”

It definitely made me pause and think. If you would have asked me in the off season if I would be happy being 5-3 and losing to Ohio State by less than a TD and a chance to win it, I would be ecstatic.

I’m not trying to breeze past the fact that last week looked horrible, but so far our 3 losses this year are to teams that are a combined 20-2 (20-3 if Oregon hangs on to beat Illinois).

Perhaps we’re not as bad as we think we are, perhaps we’ve just played some really stinking good opponents.

I was not disappointed with the OSU loss. If anything, I found myself potentially less disappointed than I would, had we not been blown out the week prior. My expectations going into the OSU game were about as low as they could have been. The fact we had the ball late with a chance to win seemed unfathomable, given what we watched them do against Indiana a week prior.

 

[Mentally Red]

Two points.
1) Evidence that we have such capacity would be if we outscored tOSU in a competitive second half. Which we did. 11-7.
2) More broadly to the board (personal rant not directed at you, MRed): generalizing into an all-or-nothing analysis is often unfair. "Having capacity" is a sliding scale, not a discrete, on-off switch of "have the capacity" or "not have the capacity." We clearly have some capacity. We always could improve on it. Likewise: "can't win close games,""Coach X is horrible," "receivers can't block," etc. None of these are true-false issues. They're all on continuums. Appreciating that these players and their coaching staff, over time, are moving our team in the right direction along those continuums is the kind of sunshine I'm happy to be able to pump.

I’ll admit it’s not factual but it seems like we get outcoached in 2nd half more often than not.