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[...TrueColors...]

we should have had the lead at half last year at Ohio State…

The five minutes before half and the five minutes after the half told the story there. We were looking at being no worse than down 3 at half to it being 17 after tOSU’s first possession.

Still can’t believe when Rodgers tipped that ball on 4th down the ball didn’t change trajectory at all and landed in a WR’s hands. That would have been huge to get a quick TD on our first possession and then a stop on downs.

 

[Pipe Line]

we should have had the lead at half last year at Ohio State…

Yeah I actually just watched that one the other day actually. There's a video on Youtube that shows our entire game just on offense. And yeah I believe you're right, we should have been leading at half time. That's amazing cause 2/3 years now we have led or should be leading them at half time, which means we're playing well......to me that means our assholes get tighter and we become afraid to make a mistake to cost it........and we end up blowing it cause we don't know how to close. Goes for both players and coaches.

 

[Pipe Line]

just watched again and all I'm saying is the option under center would still work today. Looks so natural even in 2020 for us. It's a shame Frost thinks the Oregon offense is just that much better.

 

[Saudi_aurora]

Glad we're upping the talent, maybe now we can focus on how to not look like it's the first time we've ever played football.

 

[KidsSeeGhosts]

OSU is a pretty good case study of the problems on O last year.
Wandale - 49 yards on 6 catches (21 of that came on one catch in garbage time in the 4th)
Mills - 9 carries for 25 yards
1 reception for 8 yards for any other starting WR

Hilariously bad support for Martinez in that game and we were still right there with OSU in the first half.

 

[God is a Husker]

Imagine what Nebraska could be if they could play competent defense, run the ball better between the tackles, and had athletes who could force the whole defense to defend the whole field.

play good defense?

With a power run game?

With Athletes that are fast and explosive?

skeptical if that would be a successful

 

[Faux Sean Callahan]

play good defense?

With a power run game?

With Athletes that are fast and explosive?

skeptical if that would be a successful

Definitely above average

 

[slattimer]

The whole “power spread” discussion gives me a small chuckle

 

[God is a Husker]

The whole “power spread” discussion gives me a small chuckle

I blame Bo Pelini for putting a child like idea into the Nebraska fan base’s collective brains that it is possible (and even easy) to combine 3 different kinds of offense into 1 and run it well with the same players and coaching staff.

Coaches have these kids a limited number of hours for 3-4 years and then they are gone.
—> this leads to not practicing enough on each area because time is short and you are trying to cover so many things
—> which leads to players being a Jack of all, master of none

Not to mention assistant coaches possibly (or probably) coaching technique or schemes they aren’t experts in either

I remember everybody hated Bill Callahan for having a big west coast play book but then a few years later we got Tim Beck and Pelini running an offensive circus held together by the duct tape of “Taylor run fast” or “Give Rex ball” or “Ameer can you beat 3 guys on this play?”

I wish Frost (and Nebraska fans) would realize that it’s College Football. The offense doesn’t need to have everything. The opponent will make mistakes and you can (and should) rely on Jimmies and Joes more often than Xs and O’s. Osborne’s offense worked cuz the players knew it and it was being ran by great athletes.

Even with Nebraska’s schedule there are about 6 games a year minimum you can run a high school offense and out-athlete the other team and win.

PS: 75% of the players are kids who would not have even gotten into Nebraska but for football… don’t make it too complicated for them.

 

[slattimer]

I blame Bo Pelini for putting a child like idea into the Nebraska fan base’s collective brains that it is possible (and even easy) to combine 3 different kinds of offense into 1 and run it well with the same players and coaching staff.

Coaches have these kids a limited number of hours for 3-4 years and then they are gone.
—> this leads to not practicing enough on each area because time is short and you are trying to cover so many things
—> which leads to players being a Jack of all, master of none

Not to mention assistant coaches possibly (or probably) coaching technique or schemes they aren’t experts in either

I remember everybody hated Bill Callahan for having a big west coast play book but then a few years later we got Tim Beck and Pelini running an offensive circus held together by the duct tape of “Taylor run fast” or “Give Rex ball” or “Ameer can you beat 3 guys on this play?”

I wish Frost (and Nebraska fans) would realize that it’s College Football. The offense doesn’t need to have everything. The opponent will make mistakes and you can (and should) rely on Jimmies and Joes more often than Xs and O’s. Osborne’s offense worked cuz the players knew it and it was being ran by great athletes.

Even with Nebraska’s schedule there are about 6 games a year minimum you can run a high school offense and out-athlete the other team and win.

PS: 75% of the players are kids who would not have even gotten into Nebraska but for football… don’t make it too complicated for them.

I'm reading that thread on RSS, and some dudes are clamoring for better execution, etc, but also want a "package" to run in short yardage where we're under center that is pretty much contrary to what they run between the 20s. I just get annoyed easily with football talk that is so far off and wrong. Shouldn't let piddly shit irk me like it does.

 

[Pipe Line]

I'm reading that thread on RSS, and some dudes are clamoring for better execution, etc, but also want a "package" to run in short yardage where we're under center that is pretty much contrary to what they run between the 20s. I just get annoyed easily with football talk that is so far off and wrong. Shouldn't let piddly shit irk me like it does.

I'm guilty of this and I do have a question. Let's say there are 3 systems that RSS argues about, 1. Spread 2. TO's 3. "Power Spread". Let's also assume Frost actually knows what he's doing in coaching offense.

1. Instead of running basically 2 offenses depending on what part of the field you're on, how difficult would it be to basically teach going from the gun in spread, to going under center to run TO's offense? I've read you say on here that the blocking schemes are the same, and Frost has also said a lot of the stuff is actually the same, just from the gun. So where's the disconnect then and it would be difficult to make the transition, hypothetically?

 

[CornFed Gregger]

I blame Bo Pelini for putting a child like idea into the Nebraska fan base’s collective brains that it is possible (and even easy) to combine 3 different kinds of offense into 1 and run it well with the same players and coaching staff.

Coaches have these kids a limited number of hours for 3-4 years and then they are gone.
—> this leads to not practicing enough on each area because time is short and you are trying to cover so many things
—> which leads to players being a Jack of all, master of none

Not to mention assistant coaches possibly (or probably) coaching technique or schemes they aren’t experts in either

I remember everybody hated Bill Callahan for having a big west coast play book but then a few years later we got Tim Beck and Pelini running an offensive circus held together by the duct tape of “Taylor run fast” or “Give Rex ball” or “Ameer can you beat 3 guys on this play?”

I wish Frost (and Nebraska fans) would realize that it’s College Football. The offense doesn’t need to have everything. The opponent will make mistakes and you can (and should) rely on Jimmies and Joes more often than Xs and O’s. Osborne’s offense worked cuz the players knew it and it was being ran by great athletes.

Even with Nebraska’s schedule there are about 6 games a year minimum you can run a high school offense and out-athlete the other team and win.

PS: 75% of the players are kids who would not have even gotten into Nebraska but for football… don’t make it too complicated for them.

I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times

 

[KidsSeeGhosts]

The thing for me is I have no idea what they’re talking about when they say “power spread” and I’m sure they have less of an idea. It’s just vaguely talking about bullshit because we’re Nebraska and we should run power football, goddamn it.
But it’s not actually talking about football concepts or how to change the offense.

 

[slattimer]

The thing for me is I have no idea what they’re talking about when they say “power spread” and I’m sure they have less of an idea. It’s just vaguely talking about bullshit because we’re Nebraska and we should run power football, goddamn it.
But it’s not actually talking about football concepts or how to change the offense.

My thoughts exactly...when they say power spread, I'm guessing they have no idea what that actually is besides..."Well, we need to run some old school Nebraska stuff out of the spread, shuck'em'up."

 

[Baron Winnebago]

I'm just going to continue to believe you can run the ball well even if you lineup in the shotgun because I'm 98% sure that's true.

 

[slattimer]

I'm just going to continue to believe you can run the ball well even if you lineup in the shotgun because I'm 98% sure that's true.

I'm 100% sure it's true.

 

[KidsSeeGhosts]

My thoughts exactly...when they say power spread, I'm guessing they have no idea what that actually is besides..."Well, we need to run some old school Nebraska stuff out of the spread, shuck'em'up."

Yeah, I think in general people just confuse execution/plays that work for scheme. We haven't run the ball well the last couple years because we haven't been very good at RB or OL. Not because we haven't been satisfying the power run gods.

 

[Kaladin]

Yeah, I think in general people just confuse execution/plays that work for scheme. We haven't run the ball well the last couple years because we haven't been very good at RB or OL. Not because we haven't been satisfying the power run gods.

Regardless, we should still sacrifice a tpb member to the power run god, just to be safe

 

[Jim14510]

Regardless, we should still sacrifice a tpb member to the power run god, just to be safe

I vote @Baron Winnebago

 

[Kaladin]

I vote @Baron Winnebago

That’s what I was thinking

he’s a Baron, so he’s upper class, which will satisfy the power run god

but he’s also from Winnebago, so no one here will give a shit that he’s gone