Georgia Pulls Away From Nebraska in Capital One Bowl
The major concern for Nebraska heading into their contest with Georgia in the Capital One Bowl was how well the defense would play. College football can often be surprising but the outcome in this game wasn't. The Bulldogs rolled up nearly 600 yards on the day and scored 45 points. NU's only saving grace was a potent offense of its own which racked up over 440 yards. Still, it wasn't enough to overcome the scoring explosion by UGA as the Huskers lost 45-31.
As has been the case seemingly throughout the Bo Pelini era, the Huskers committed more penalties than their opponent and had three turnovers. Rex Burkhead was a bright spot in his final game as a Cornhusker. He managed 177 yards from scrimmage with 2 touchdowns.
The Huskers led at halftime and the game was tied at 31 after three quarters. An untimely Ameer Abdullah fumble (though no camera angle of the play was definitive) ended a promising Nebraska drive late in the third quarter and seemed to be the turning point in the game.
Another bad defensive performance coupled with another four-loss season will give NU fans plenty to gripe about over the next eight months. You'd expect another potent offense in 2013. The real question will be whether a defense that replaces seven starters can improve after some very disappointing performances this past season. The special teams must also cope with the loss of the usually good Brett Maher. So let the complaining begin. Pelini stinks...blah blah blah...Tom Osborne or Charlie McBride would do better...yada yada yada...and so on.
1/2/2013
Last week a co-worker predicted that the Huskers would play Georgia really tough, I countered with the belief that Big Red would lose by 14 or more. Sometimes it sucks to be right. And here we are again, saying “there’s always next year”.
1/2/2013
I think we knew we were playing a much better team. They almost went to the National Championship for Gods sake! For us to play them this tuff and only loose in the final quarter I think is somewhat of a moral victory but it would have beena much better moral victory had we only lost by a few or if we had played a full 4 quarters, which we kind of gave up in the last quarter. Our lines played better than expected though. Rodriguez was dissapointing.
Hartford SD
1/2/2013
Pretty much sums it up for the season. No defence, no oline, to many turnovers, to many penalties, and bad play calling. You cant blame the turnovers on Tmart, he had to fight for his life on every down. Imagine what he could of done this year if he had any protection what so ever. Have nothin but resect for him. He’s a fighter.
1/2/2013
You will continue to see the Huskers outside of the top 20 as long as this coaching staff is retained. They ain’t got it in ‘em…
1/2/2013
Get realistic! Nebraska played a top 10 team with lots of talent. Nebraska has talent too, unfortunately some of this talent was on the bench injured. Nebraska preformed much better than what I expected. The game was exciting and back and forth until the fourth quarter. I have followed the Huskers all my life and have never read so much whining as this year. Some fans act like spoiled children everytime Nebraska loses a game. Celebrate the positive and quit honing in on the negative. You’ll find that you will be much happier and enjoy the game more.
Hartford SD
1/2/2013
Enjoy the game? Did you enjoy the big ten title game. Evan if the skers would of won the cap one bowl game, it would not of erased that. That game could be the lowest point in husker history
Burke, VA
1/2/2013
Agreed LSHUSKER!
I’m already excited about next year!!
GO BIG RED!!
Michigan
1/2/2013
NU did better in this game than i thought they would. I believe NU can’t fire a 10 win coach. The limited coaching prospects would never even consider NU then. Anxious to see how recruting fills out….. On to next year GBR!
1/2/2013
PE, I hope you enjoy moral victories because that’s all your going to get from BO BO The Clown and his circus act when they play the higher echelon programs. NU use to be there, but under BO we’ll play some of those games close but we won’t win them (and sometimes we’ll get blown-out as we did w/ WI and Ohio St.). The guy’s recruiting and player development are average (really suffers with the lack of good assistant coaches). The only thing he can sell is NU’s fan base and great tradition which he had nothing to do with. If we was at KU or someplace like that he would have been fired after his first two or three seasons. This guy simply can’t build a top program. He’s a good defensive coordinator, but only an average head coach at best. Sooner or later the majority of fans will finally wakeup to that fact. Next year with our easy schedule everybody will get excited because we should be 8-0, but then we’ll see this terrible movie again.
1/2/2013
Go ahead and hide your head in the sand LSHUSKER. I’m happy and I enjoyed the game. The Huskers played a very good Georgia team today and hung in there…They do pretty well despite the fact that are out-coached everytime they take the field. Wasn’t Bo supposed to be a defensive genius??? Too bad there is no “Lemon Law” concerning college coaching hires.
Hartford SD
1/2/2013
To be 8-0 next year we will have to beat ucla and northwestern. That might not happen. Our defence and oline will be very thin. Next year isnt lookin good.
1/2/2013
WOW, Pettyhusker, you really need to get a grip - along with all the other negative comments from the rest of you. Your impatience would have had Tom Oz fired after the 1978 season. If Tom had to face this prolific of offenses, I think we may have seen a few of his losses get out of hand.
I think our offensive play calling was generally pretty darn creative. ...a little lack of execution and our O/D-line injuries caught up to us late in the game (too few bodies). I was frustrated by how out of position a few of our defenders were and the lack of completing a tackle when pass D allowed a completion, but some of that was great play by Georgia.
I’m excited for next year - tons of skill position talent back, and we can start to enjoy the delayed gratification of redshirting those D-line players! I also look forward to Tmart getting more decisive when scrambling versus throowing it away. We will get there on returning to a top tier program! ...i feel like we’re on the cusp!
GO BIG RED AND GO BIG BO AND STAFF!!!
1/2/2013
ND Husker…when TO was in the hot seat at Nebraska for not being able to win the big game, he still represented the Husker Nation with class and dignity. Bo gets out coached every game.
He handles reporters (and average fans) who dare to mention his sideline demeanor and/or behavior with disrespect and downright bullying. I’m not expecting 12 win seasons every year. I am expecting a head football coach who will demonstrate to his players how to behave, especially in the face of adversity. He creates bad Karma for the university and the state. TO created good Karma for the university and the state and it payed off in the long run. So you tell me…will Bo ever hoist a National Championship trophy as the head football coach at the University of Nebraska?
Hartford SD
1/2/2013
NDhusker you need to get real and put down the crack pipe. This program isnt goin anywere. Tmart and backs will be awsume next year, but it wont matter due to the weak oline and defence.
1/2/2013
ND Husker, Granted it took TO some time to get things going, but you could sense that this guy had his act together and the program was going to get better. AND TO never acted like a maniac on the sidelines and never had a player swear back at him. One had tons of class and the other has very little.
Hartford SD
1/2/2013
Bo just isnt the guy for NU. Dont get how a defensive genious can let teams rack up scores like 63,70, and 45 against him.
1/2/2013
You guys sound like a bunch of privates whining because they took away their cellphones. If you think anyone in the country would want to come to Nebraska after firing a ten win coach then go ahead and dream. Did anyone see the article by Coach Kaz talking about defensive line help? Georgia had better athletes on the line. I was stationed down south for 6 years and they play football year around and not just in during the end of summer. Do I like it when Nebraska loses heck no. Bo is going to have his work cut out getting his defensive and offensive line upgraded.
1/2/2013
Admiral…give it a rest would ya? Geez I’m sick of hearing you whine! You and OU7times need to go somewhere else or root for someone else you’d be more happy with.
We played a team that should have beat us a lot worse than they did. What did you expect? To wipe them out? Ya right. I think we did pretty good everything considered. if you take this and bitch about not winning, you need to get real. We were playing a MUCH better team that has far superior athletes. How could they not being right smack dab in the middle of a great football state, great recruiting grounds, and in the SEC? And they have still not done anything huge. Ever. Nebraska ont eh other hand has done far more with much less. I didn’t think we’d win, that’s almost too much to ask playing who we played, but we didn’t get blown out, led by over a TD at one time, and gave them a game and a half I thought. I was actually inpressed by our O line play and our D line play. Until the end. We just don’t have the horses up front. Don’t know why the coaching staff can’t see it but they don’t even talk about it. Can you imagine if we had their players? Give them credit and give us some credit, we were in the game until the 4th qtr. I think overall they came to play and were well coached and well prepared. And it was a great game…I turned the channel a few times to ESPN and it was boring compared to our game. Our game really was a great game until they pulled away in the end. Great play by a lot of players…David Santos being one of them. Interesting how they beat us when we were supposed to have the top secondary in the nation though. We’re obviously not there yet, but it just goes to show you how close we are. Not bad after only 5 years. Go Bo and Co! they did a better job today then they were supposed to.
Guys, don’t listen to all the whiners like Admiral and OU7 times. It’ll do absolutely no good what so ever. I enjoyed the game, got to yell a lot! That’s always good.
1/2/2013
PE, You lost all credibility when u stated that u were impressed with the Oline and Dline play. The Oline especially was terrible. Keep drinking the Kool-Aid. . .
1/2/2013
I agree that we did a heck of a job against a very good GA team! For the love of God, they were one play from going to play for the NC. Are we the defense that we used to be? Not by any means, but I am proud of what our Huskers did! Have they clicked all year? Nope! But these are young men…. give them a break. I get tired of hearing all of these people whine and moan about how Bo needs to go! It’s extremely easy for people that watch the game on TV to moan and complain about play calling or lack of coaching. If you can do better, than why aren’t you a coach? Couch Coaches are extremely annoying GBR!!!
Hartford SD
1/2/2013
First off i did give Tmart credit for playn his heart out and the backs also. If not for them this would have been a blow out. As fare as you husker fans that say that you are satisfied with what happened this year. That you are thankful that the score wasnt worse just shows what the dirrection that this program is headed.
1/2/2013
Admiral,
You evidently are not a Nebraska grad, Try spell check once and awhile would you?
1/2/2013
I am amazed and concerned. Not about the Huskers, about the people who post here. I read every post and the only post without grammatical and / or spelling and / or punctuation errors was the last one. Kudo’s Husker 4 life - you and I are apparently the only ones who have an education beyond the third grade.
Have a great off season Husker fans - next year will be an exciting year and I have high hopes.
Bleeding Red - Go Huskers!
1/2/2013
Oregonhusker, I don’t want to be too critical, but your apostrophe after Kudo is not correct as you are not showing possession, just a plural with no need of the apostrophe. Forget about the all the grammatical errors. The message is very simple: Bo Pelini has achieved the peter principle as he has been promoted to his level of incompetency. He simply cannot build and maintain a top level program.
1/2/2013
Wow Organhuskr. I wish I wuz reely smrat lik yew.
1/2/2013
Ahhh…Petey husker…not pleasing you is the bain of my existence!
I thought the O line played well for some of the game but not even close to good enough. Barney needs to be shown the door for sure. Long is overrated. Really let down in the 4th quarter. Rodriguez was horrible. And he was a 4 star if I remember right. They weren’t getting dominated though until late…they were about 40 lbs lighter on average than the GA D line. Considering what they were going up against, could have been worse. It was even comented about by the announcers. Could have been better for sure, but I commented on it earlier how not having the O line and D line really sank us in this game. Linebacking play wasn’t great either. Overall I’m pleased though. They played a much more talented team even up till the last. Did Bell make a catch?
Is ABC aweful or not? The game volume is as loud as the announcers!
1/2/2013
OK PE, you have some of your credibility back. The sad part of this whole bowl season is I don’t know how many teams we could have defeated. TCU, Florida St. South Carolina, Stanford, Ok. St, We couldn’t have defeated any of the above. This is Pelini’s 5th year. I had hoped by this time that we could have defeated some of the above, but sadly I don’t think we could have. With NU’s resources (fan base, tradition, $$$$, and facilities) we should be much better. Northwestern also won 10 games this season and their budget and facilities are not half of what ours is. This season has really been disappointing and I don’t see it getting any better.
1/2/2013
If giving up 600 yards and 45 points constitutes competing and gets you excited for next year then I think you should go root for another team I want someone who is going to hold the coaching staff and players accountable for their erratic and undiscplined play before we become Wyoming
1/2/2013
Nebraska needs more Speed and some more Speed on Defence. Their just flat out to SLOW!!!!!!! They need to recruit big Safetys and turn them into. Linebackers, and big Linebackers and turn them into D lineman…
California
1/2/2013
1) Everyone needs to stop bitching. You sound pathetic.
10 wins is nothing to sneeze at… ask USC or Auburn.
2) The football landscape has changed. Winning 9 or 10 games every year is a serious accomplishment.
The reality is that Nebraska used to lure recruits with the promise of national TV coverage and facilities. Guess what… everyone is on TV now.
Let’s put it this way:
I love DONU, but if I were a 5 star recruit out here… you would have a hard time convincing me to go to school in Lincoln. Palo Alto, Eugene, LA are much nicer places to be, especially to a kid that grew up on the coast. I am sure that other regions have similar issues.
Sorry… but that’s the truth!
That said, Nebraska continues to pull in good recruits and find diamonds in the rough. They can stay competitive and may eventually have the stars align and have a magical season. It could happen.
Just don’t expect the sustained dominance of decades past.
Those times are gone.
Wakita, Oklahoma
1/2/2013
PE,
I am guilty of whining. I am also guilty of expecting more from a coach and his staff the HE has assembled at the university of Nebraska.
What I am most guilty of is predicting how this season would go for Bo and his team.
Bo has now left 2 ‘little smokies’ on the field, just as I had predicted he would do.
I did see Bo’s team show a little life after halftime (this year), but soon after went the downhill slide. Too much undisciplined ‘team’ play (again). This is just not the level of what a 5th year coach’s team should resemble, and sometimes you swear you were watching a pickup game in the vacant lot next door.
Just demand more.
1/2/2013
Seems to me we had a pretty good grasp on running the ball. Not sure why we had Tmart scrambling on 1st and 2nd down as often as we did. Burkhead and Abdullah had the Dawg D gassed 1/2 way through the 3rd. That was our time to put the dagger in. Once again Pelini and Co. lack the killer instint and “know how” to win a game. How bout that secondary—-give me a break.
Michigan
1/2/2013
Well said Bill K.
GBR
Helena, Montana
1/2/2013
While I’m never real happy with a loss, I did think NU played a very good game. Perfect???? Not by a long shot, on the other hand GU didn’t exactly play a flawless game either, though they got lucky in the 4th Qtr….and NU didn’t. We were in a very good position going into the 4th Qtr and I managed to watch the entire game without even raising my voice and scaring my poor little pug to death, Well…maybe once or twice. Thank God I had a pinch hitter in the beverage department or I may have fallen off my 40 year wagon. Thanks, Admiral…hope you enjoyed the game more than your posts seem to suggest. GBR
1/2/2013
Bill K - couldn’t agree more. These are not the old days. Recruiting is much harder for teams like us now. Those days were golden for sure and I’m aweful proud of them, but the reality is this is a new era. One much different than the past. Those days will never be here again…how could they? It was the greatest 5 year run in the history of college football.
Bo isn’t doing a horrible job. He’s doing a lot better than most coaches and I’m not so sure anyone else could do a better job. You don’t fire a 10 win coach.
It was a great season. Some bad losses for sure, but more great wins. Again, is the glass half full or half empty? I do know that if too much pressure is put on Bo he’ll eventually leave or be forced out and I’m not so sure we could get anyone else of quality. And for us to have GA on the run like that….wow. An SEC team at that. One that almost went to the NC game! And they only pulled away in the 4th qtr? That says a lot about or team and our coaches. Are they the best? No. We still need to get a real O line coach in here and start really focusing in on O line guys and D line guys bigtime. That’s why GA won the game. But Beck is doing a good job over all. I don’t know why he went away from the running game like that late in the game but their defense was locking us up all over the place. Their superior talent finally came through I guess. I was impressed the Huskers played them as well as they did…one of their best games of the season really. There were many many times our D line almost got the guy…had he been a bit slower we would have got him a lot more. But we did score 31 points against one of the best teams in the nation! That’s something. Granted, our defense lost this game for us, but even the announcers were saying how we have no big talents on our defense but how they were well coached enough to stick to their assignments. They were kind I was most disappointed in our secondary play, but Murray is a great QB guys.
1/2/2013
From my POV, Murray is an awesome QB, inspite of the 2 picks, which I thoroughly enjoyed.
Why did Beck get away from the run game? Score tied at 31, we’re running, Ameer fumbles, UGA scores again.
I have to wonder if Heard has a better fumble% record, he seems to be a darn good RB
Regardless of the defense this game, it was turnovers and penalties that lost it. Both teams were moving the ball at will, or in NU’s case, at “won’t” - it was penalties and turnovers that stopped us for the most part.
Couldn’t beat any good teams? The potential was there to beat any team. DID beat Wisconsin once. Stayed with UGA until the 4th Q. Again, mistakes lose big games. I think by the 4th Q Taylor was feeling the pressure, and made some bad decisions.
JMHO.
Berlin, Ohio
1/2/2013
Wow, the Huskers had me believing there for most of the game. They didn’t embarass themselves or the BIG. They were right there into the 4th qtr. They just couldn’t keep a lid on the pass game in that last qtr.
I’m encouraged. The BIG is a step behind the SEC but it’s just a step.
1/2/2013
O line D line, gotta have it. Beyond that error free football. I know it is hard to play 4 quarters without a penalties but please play one game in the next 4 years without a turnover. We were in this game to the end without the mistakes. Lin, Line Line and no errors and we will be fine. The foundation is there. Plenty to be frustrated about but more to cheer for than our economy.
1/2/2013
That’s an awesome way to look at it!
1/3/2013
Even though we lost to Georgia, I still think we played our hardest and I have faith that we will do great next season. Bo, you are doing great as the couch and keep going.
California
1/3/2013
I agree… Pelini is doing great as a “couch”.
Burke, VA
1/3/2013
The comedic relief is awesome here!!
BGR!!
1/3/2013
To the Seniors, thanks for everything. You tried your best and you will always be a part of Nebraska Football. Good luck to all and everything that you do. The lessons you learned with your friends and teammates will pay off over the course of your lives a thousandfold. Thanks again for everything. We all know you cared and tried your best and I will be grateful for that as a fan. Good luck and May God Bless You All. . .
1/3/2013
BLAH BLAH BLAH..
HUSKER FOREVER !! GO BIG RED !! WERE GETTING THERE.. OPINIONS ARE FINE, STUPIDITY IS NOT..
SUPPORT THE TEAM AND MAYBE WELL GET THERE A LITTLE QUICKER!!
Hartford SD
1/3/2013
Tmart did a 360 this year and was fun to watch. He gets the credit for the 10 win season, and he saved Bo’s job, and if we start out next year with a weak oline and a Callahan defence, Tmart will have to do it again.
California
1/3/2013
I think you meant to say “180”... not “360”
1/3/2013
BillK…good points. James Moore, thankyou for the nicest post of the year. Noone could have said it better. I think a lot of us who remember what Nebraska football used to look like are justifiably exhausted. Trying to keep the faith with this coaching staff has just beaten me down. For all you folks who keep harping about “hey, we won ten games for crying out loud”, consider this: to begin the year, they gave up twenty points to a team that did not win a game all year!!! Not once did they actually play four solid quarters of DOMINATING football. They are at the bottom of the proverbial barrel in some meaningful statistics, have lost a ton of really good recruits, and have only shown consistency in fumbles, missed assignments and tackles. OU7times, you summed it all up beautifully when you said this is not a team resembling one under the coaching of someone for FIVE DAMN YEARS. Right now I feel like the guy who sent away for a penis enlargement kit, waited two weeks after paying $95.00 for the darn thing, and found they had sent him a magnifying glass!!! Geej I gotta have a bud…bye guys
Hartford SD
1/3/2013
No, tmart did a complete turn around from last year. A complete turn around is 360. Ya see there are 4 90 degree incriments in a circle and 2 180 degree incriments. do you see my point now.
California
1/3/2013
360º gets you right back where you started.
180º is a total change.
A “complete turnaround” is a different phrase with a different meaning.
You can disagree with me if you’d like to… but you would be wrong.
Hartford SD
1/3/2013
Ya maybe you you are right. Never thought of it that way. Either way Tmart had a good year. Lookin forward to watchin him next year.
Wakita, Oklahoma
1/3/2013
Loads of respect for black athletes but seriously, T. Martinez and Burkhead are flat out studs who never give up.
Could you imagine a season without both of them, and Burkhead was absent from probably half the games or more.
1/3/2013
Hey i know coach Bo is doing a good job and i think the team is headed in the right direction if Ur talking about being the 3rd best team in the Big 10. Winning 9,10 games a yearis not bad their are a lot of Schools who would take that in a heart beat. But this is NEBRASKA!!!! its about Championship or bust! Bo is in a dog fight with puppys. We need to step up the recruiting! If we want to compete for BCS CHAMPIONS with the likes of Alabama, Oregon, Ohio State, Kansas State, Florida. I KNOW its tough to recruit young men to Nebraska, but its tough to recruit to Manhattan Kansas, Boise, Wisconsin, and so on but their getting it done. Like i said in my other post we need TOUGHNESS & SPEED!!! JERSEY/BIG RED OUT
Michigan
1/3/2013
After Louisville’s win over Florida did you see their QB say “all credit goes to Coach Watson who drew up a great game plan” and to think NU fans (me included) thought running shawn watson off would make NU’s offense better….(NU’s still has no identity IMO) At least Louisville beat a major program in Florida. Not sure what the answer is for NU anymore from HC to assitants to recruiting…..
GBR
Tampa Fl
1/3/2013
First I was at the last two games, and they were two totally different games! At the B1G game, NU looked like school boys that weren’t ready to play, period. In the Capital One game, I have to say that I am actually proud to call myself a Husker fan, GA was bigger and faster, but they didn’t have the same heart. If you watch the play that they scored from inside their own 20, you will notice that the tight end came out and blocked a defensive back, which is what gave the receiver the open field. If you know football, the tight end can’t do that until after the catch. This could have gone to wire with us only losing by 7. I am not saying that GA got all the calls here, but this one was missed, and it happened to allow them to score. This team showed that Husker heart, and many of you are trying to take that away from them now, and that is wrong. I left that stadium with my head held high, and many GA fans said the same about us.
Our oline did do a good job, if you know enough about the GA dline. Plus, you don’t have a running back gain 140 yards without the oline doing well.
Our dline, did well enough to get some sacks and tfl in many plays. Where did we hurt at on defense, well that would have been in the backs this game. It seemed that they were always a step behind which is unusual for them.
When you see these two teams on the field, GA was much bigger and faster. You can lose both of those.
I see many posts on here calling about recruiting. I agree to that to a point, I think that the coaching staff has to recruit better. No, it’s not the same as recruiting in the 70’s or 80’s, as players are like fans of today, they want instant gratification. They don’t look at tradition as they once did.
The second part that I think the coaching staff has to figure out is bringing the heart of the players out. Tom did this very well, we would always play a team that was faster, but the heart of the players would win out. We won many games without the 4 or 5 star recruits in the trenches, just big boys up front. That is what I think needs to change.
I am pleased with the season as a whole. 10 wins, made it to a top notch bowl game, plus came up just short against a very good SEC team that could have played for the NC. If you can’t be happy with that, then there may not be anything that would make you happy. I would say that you would find something to complain about in a championship year as well.
Time for the 8 months of hibernation now!
GBR!!
California
1/3/2013
The Louisville comparison is perfect.
That is a team with no history or clout, but they can recruit based on their proximity to the talent belt. Hard to draw those kids in when they can go to Louisville and be on TV anyway….
1/3/2013
NU has no identity? How about an offense that goes toe to toe with one of the best defeses in the country, an SEC defense to boot, and scores 31 points on them?
GA had to fight for their life for 3 quarters only to pull away in the last quarter. All things considered, the coaching staff did a darn good job. If our defense was just a little better, we probably would have won this game.
Things are looking great as I see it. Lots of star power coming back. Lots of young defensive guys will be seeing playing time so you never know if the diamond in the ruff isn’t on the team already…David Santos, Zaire Anderson, Charles Jackson? Who’s going to develop into NFL caliber talent like a David or a Suh? Maybe one of the 4 star D line guys we recruited. Who knows, but it’s part of the fun of seeing a season unfold.
We earned a lot of national respect for how we played Tuesday. And since our schedule next season is highly favorable, it’s going to be a sweet season!
1/3/2013
PE, here’s a prediction for you: We’ll be 8-0 then lose to MI and then lose several of the remaining big games. History will just repeat itself because Bo doesn’t have it. I’ve seen this movie before.
1/4/2013
PE- Don’t forget Vincent “The Beast” Valentine. Could have started last year. We will only have him for two years, three if we are lucky. He’s a difference maker.
I think the future looks pretty good. We will never be able to dominate like the 90’s and no one else will either. Been following college ball for almost fifty years. Be patient. Be grateful. GBR!
1/4/2013
Petey - is your vagina hurting you again? Give it a rest dude or go somewhere that’s up to your lofty standards. Sick of hearing all you ladies whimpering like little girls. Man up for once and get behind your team. It makes it harder for them to do what they want to do if everybodies always bitching…especially about loosing to one of the best teams in college football. Hell we won 10 games and played in an upper tier bowl game. We gave them everything they could handle and had them on the run at one point. But we fumbled (which I personally didn’t think it was and it wasn’t reviewed - Big 12 referee’s BTW) and couldn’t get momentum back. Had one of our secondary guys put his hands up at the right time, we either would have it tied late into the 4th qrtr, or only lost by 7. Not that bad.
Thanks Jersey Husker. I remembered him right after I hit the send button. Actually you could add a few there too like McMullen and Curry.
I actually believe in Bo. He hates loosing more than we do. He’s got a way to go but he is a fairley new HC. A few years ago he was a genius. For those who think someone is going to come to a program and win right away, the odds are against it. It takes time. He started really from scratch and this year he had no play makers…this group of seniors were his first recruiting class and that was put together in 2 months.
From Hail Varsity today there is a great article written by Brandon Vogel everyone should read. It’s all about the supposed talent deficit. It points out the average star ranking of your average player on your average team and what NU and GA had coming into the game. 3.6 to 3.4 or something like that. Had our starting center been avaialable and Steinkuhler been available, it would have been a pretty even contest going by the star rankings of the players on both teams coming out of high school. There isn’t as much of a disparity as you might think. We really can play with anyone in the country. It’s really more about development and coaching and systems one would reason after reading the stats in the article. GA was 12% more talented…that’s the equivalent of 1 or 2 guys. We do need to improve there obviously, but we’re getting there.
Rome wasn’t built in a day!
1/4/2013
PE, I’ll ignore your crude remark but please realize that I never was a fan of Pelini when he was first hired mainly because he didn’t have the resume. NU could have hired someone with head coaching experience much like WI just recently hiring the Utah coach. I’m retired now but use to deal with personnel decisions, and this hire made little rational sense in that Pelini had no body of work to evaluate, i.e., no head coaching experience. The guy performed well as a defensive coach and people liked his passion. However, they didn’t realize that he would act like a maniac on the sideline. Again, as I have previously stated I have never seen a head coach exhibit such out of control behavior and have never seen players swear back at the head coach. This thing is a slow train wreck. But, I’m signing off until next fall and we can revisit this mess. Remember 8-0 and then the bad movie starts again.
Hartford SD
1/4/2013
Gota agree with peteyhusker, bobo is a clown, not a coach.
1/5/2013
Forget all of the lobsided defeats…
We knew Bo would act like a maniac. We we’re given example after example in his first stint with the Husker program. Have you forgotten the Bill Snyder incident. I still can’t believe that TO would hire someone that would represent the football program and the school in this manner.
1/5/2013
Let me ask u guys something.. Just watched the Texas A&M, Oklahoma game. How many Huskers could Start for either team? Who??? I’m a die hard husker fan but theirs a big talent gap.