Trying not to dwell on those old stats and hoping that we'll break most of them this year.
I get all that, speen. There are numerous metrics to suggest this team is different, but I still think it was all circumstantial. Doc Fum described it better than I ever could. It was the perfect trap game to restore order, and still the Huskers found a way to blow it.
This is why I decided to approach this season with little to no exceptions. Except that after starting 5-0, I was starting to drink the kool-aid. I was hopeful we could keep it together second half, at least enough to walk away with the "W" but the wheels fell off that train big time.
For all the complaints about the busts on defense (not invalid), this was what burned me the most. Jay Moore called it out too. Holgorsen called a perfectly fine game, Colandrea blew it on multiple plays that would have moved the chains, burned more clock and very likely led to more points. If every single QB didn't watch Tom Brady dump the ball off constantly to keep drives alive and think "oh, the check down is my friend", they shouldn't be playing QB
They have called plays that put him on the move prior to IU and largely they operated that way in the first half. IU changed something on D that kept him in the pocket - I think it was more about IU's D than Dana's play calling. That said - plays were there to made - and AC became less sharp as the game wore on. IMO - the hits he was taking took a toll and effected how he finished the game.
Yeah, there is no one person who lost the game. It was definitely a team effort. Disappointing to me because they just needed to march down the field, burning the clock. At least get a field goal and we would have been good. Not how it played out. Time for coaches, team and fans to turn to Oregon's game. I'm sure Rhule has been working with the team steadily all week. Weeks like this I surely don't envy Rhule for his position.
