The OT conservative play calling had me puzzled. Perhaps he didn't have faith in the players to get it done.
Nebraska vs Colorado Game Thread
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In a game such as yesterdays you dont go into full on protect mode at the half.....but seriously....we have the parts and pieces to be a dominating running team....why in GOD'S name don't we take advantage of it ?
Im not going to debate the logic of it or lack thereof but geez loueez.....it's starting to chap my rear here.
We all know Frost knows the value of being able to run the ball at will.....I honestly thought that was what we were going to see alot more of Saturday.....It just escapes me why we didn't...I wont 2nd guess him because I trust what he LOOKED ME IN THE EYE AND SAID TO MY FACE.....and unless he has learned how to lie in his time away from home......I gotta stick with what I was told.
Its times just like these that seperate the good from the bad is all I can add.
I just don't get it I guess ?
DOC HOLIDAY.
P.S. I gotta get back after the Elk all this next week and perdy much the remainder of Archery Elk Season here so you guys carry on in the proper Husker Tradition. Kate and I will fly into Lincoln for the final Non-Con game and try to make it for all the home Conference Games (especially Ohio St. & Wisconsin ) so cheers to you all and Go Big Red !
Im not going to debate the logic of it or lack thereof but geez loueez.....it's starting to chap my rear here.
We all know Frost knows the value of being able to run the ball at will.....I honestly thought that was what we were going to see alot more of Saturday.....It just escapes me why we didn't...I wont 2nd guess him because I trust what he LOOKED ME IN THE EYE AND SAID TO MY FACE.....and unless he has learned how to lie in his time away from home......I gotta stick with what I was told.
Its times just like these that seperate the good from the bad is all I can add.
I just don't get it I guess ?
DOC HOLIDAY.
P.S. I gotta get back after the Elk all this next week and perdy much the remainder of Archery Elk Season here so you guys carry on in the proper Husker Tradition. Kate and I will fly into Lincoln for the final Non-Con game and try to make it for all the home Conference Games (especially Ohio St. & Wisconsin ) so cheers to you all and Go Big Red !
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From my, not as knowledgeable as a lot of you are standpoint, Frost killed us the second half. Yes, players made some mistakes; BUT, Frost came out with his prevent bullshit play calling. The only thing he prevented was a Husker victory in Boulder. That is a damn shame because blatz's picture of the stadium is freakin' awesome. Just call it Lincoln West.
"The coach did not have a good day. His play-calling was in question. So was his game management. Frost will hear it all week. The gloves around Nebraska will come off."
Tom Shatel
Omaha World-Herald
Tom Shatel
Omaha World-Herald
As well as they should. Frost is making a butt load of money to make the amount of mistakes that he made yesterday. Don't expect perfection from the man, but good Gawd, the game was ours for the taking. We let up and CU took full advantage and stomped us into the ground. Beyond disgusting!
I would rather that the team had not shown up from the start but to have a fabulous first half and then such a desultory second half leaves me with a horrible taste in my mouth.
That quote is 100% spot on. SF needs to open it up. Stop handcuffing this team!!! Hell if we are going to suck atleast suck by throwing everything and the kitchen sink at the opponent.
Disagree with the "prevent bullshit play calling" remark. Martinez was 9-9 for 180 yards at halftime. He was 7-17 for 110 in the second. Take away the 75 yard catch and run from Washington and Martinez threw for 35 yards in 16 attempts in the second half. Play calling didn't change a bit. It was player execution that failed yesterday.
It is always easier to blame the coach. He is the adult in the room and it is honestly uncomfortable to blame 19 and 20 year old kids for our frustration. Martinez missed a wide open Washington for a 30 yard gain down the sideline the first possession of the second half, and the snowball quickly turned into an avalanche. Robinson dropped a perfectly thrown ball that would have been huge at the time.
Hate to say it but sometimes it is in fact the players fault when things go wrong. Martinez poor play in the second half I'm sure weighed on the mind of Frost during the overtime period. By then he could see Martinez was not making the best decisions with the ball and was too tentative to pull the trigger.
It is what it is but the players defensively lost the fire they played with in the first half. Maybe the altitude got to them. A lot of things went wrong in the second half yesterday, but I honestly don't blame Frost nearly as much as most. Other than his halftime motivational skills perhaps??
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I did state that the players made some mistakes. As I noted in other posts, their intensity was gone second half and that IS on Frost and staff. Also the play calling, out the gate, was night and day from first half. There's an old saying the Military likes "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
No the players weren't perfect but I give Frost the majority of the blame for the loss. Plain and simple.
We're reading the same book uenth... just on different chapters. How was the play calling so different? I don't see it. Other than we had a lot more 3rd and long situations in the second half because of player mistakes.
None of us were pleased with the second half performance. Our difference lies in who was at fault. I put it at 75% player execution 25% playcalling. Sounds like you feel those percentages should be flipped. Fair enough.
Motivation and will to win comes from peer pressure more than coach speak. The dominant Huskers of the 90s didn't need Coach Oz to remind them the importance of effort. I think Wistrom and the Peter brothers took care of that.
Peace
Agreed. The biggest differences in the 2nd half was Martinez getting into his own head and Mills once again underforming. Playcalling was fine, but it does seem like Frost tries too hard to run between the tackles when Mills is in there regardless of success.
J
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The beauty of it is, you can start back up any time!
And, after a game like this, it may be time! LOL
I did not want to subject myself to any further embarrassment or frustration so I did not even look into what the Colorado side had to say after the game but what I heard from the Husker players and coaches wasn't good. Mo Barry saying they thought it was in the bag at halftime and came out essentially with their guard down was disappointing. Saw comments from two players (I think it was one of the Davis twins and also Darrion Daniels) who said that we were still the better team. WTF! You lost two years in a row to this team after giving up late leads and you say you are still the better team. Just be quiet and eat that loss. To top it off Frost says this was one of the most painful losses he has been a part of. I feel like all of those comments just add fuel to Colorado's fire as they know how deep these two losses hurt us. I feel like they should have come out post game and not even commented on the Colorado loss and essentially said we are moving on from this game and focusing on what is still ahead of us.
This reminded me of the 2010 Texas game in Lincoln. It was our last meeting in the Big 12 and we were ranked #5 and Texas was coming in unranked. Nebraska players uncharacteristically were talking a lot of trash before the game about getting revenge for all the close losses (including the fresh one in the 2009 Big 12 CCG) and getting the final word in before we leave the conference. If I remember correctly the university even went so far as to create a special website in reference to this game? Anyways we all know how that turned out, another Husker heartbreak and all the trash talk just made the victory that much sweeter for the Horns.
This reminded me of the 2010 Texas game in Lincoln. It was our last meeting in the Big 12 and we were ranked #5 and Texas was coming in unranked. Nebraska players uncharacteristically were talking a lot of trash before the game about getting revenge for all the close losses (including the fresh one in the 2009 Big 12 CCG) and getting the final word in before we leave the conference. If I remember correctly the university even went so far as to create a special website in reference to this game? Anyways we all know how that turned out, another Husker heartbreak and all the trash talk just made the victory that much sweeter for the Horns.
J
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I do think the "we were the better team" crap after losing the game is asinine. I mean, if we can determine who the better team is outside of the actual game, the wth even play? I think this is one of the things wrong with the mentality of our program these days. They have an ego where they think they are better than everyone, yet they can't even execute in a football game for 4 quarters. I can understand it happening once in awhile, when you piss away a game by a turnover, or a critical bone headed play, but it takes a thick head, and misplaced pride, to repeatedly lose to teams, and immediately after say "we were the better team"........
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I do think the "we were the better team" crap after losing the game is asinine. I mean, if we can determine who is the better team is outside of the actual game, the wth even play? I think this is one of the things wrong with the mentality of our program these days. They have an ego where they think they are better than everyone, yet they can't even execute in a football game for 4 quarters. I can understand it happening once in awhile, when you piss away a game by a turnover, or a critical bone headed play, but it takes a thick head, and misplaced pride, to repeatedly lose to teams, and immediately after say "we were the better team"........
Another funny thing about us fans is that we have no problem thinking that we are going to have a positive change in performance from say game one to game two but never give an actual thought that the opposing team might actually improve also.
We are definitely an odd lot.
Yeah but we are Nebraska 99. We should improve at an exponentially higher rate than our opponent. It pains me to say the better "team" won Saturday afternoon. When the going got tough one team answered the bell and the other wilted like a spinach salad left on the sidewalk on a hot August New Jersey afternoon.
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