Super Official Huskers/Bearcats Game Thread.
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Nebraska's defense gave up 271 total yards and [EDIT] 17 points.
What in the actual F are you going on about?
See, this is the kind of gross, hyperbole, "We suck" nonsense too many in our fanbase base their entire personality off of.
My gawd. It is Game 1. The defense gave up less than 275 yards and made a game sealing INT for the win. Go drunk. You're home.
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Offense looks exactly the same as it did with Martinez, then Haarberg, and now with Raiola in his second year. Right around 20 points per game. The only positive is they are using EJ on a regular instead of the stupid RB by Committee they used last year. If one game is an indicator, I see another 6–7-win season this year.
Defense really misses the 2 run stoppers from last year. My hope was the new guys up front with their speed would have an effective pass rush. No such luck. If you can't rush the passer and you have trouble stopping the run against Cincinnati, you are in deep trouble in the B1G.
Special teams looked solid.
Defense really misses the 2 run stoppers from last year. My hope was the new guys up front with their speed would have an effective pass rush. No such luck. If you can't rush the passer and you have trouble stopping the run against Cincinnati, you are in deep trouble in the B1G.
Special teams looked solid.
Over 200 on the ground, nearly 7 yards per carry is concerning against a very average Big 12 team.
Some perspective: Nebraska's defense gave up 271 yards.
271 yards to a team that has a fast, mobile QB and 2 big time transfers at RB (one from Ohio State and the other from Wisconsin) and Neb's D held them in check.
Cincy had 202 or close to it rushing yards, 96 of it from the QB.
So yeah, the run defense def needs to improve. I'm far more concerned about how much our offense sputtered. I expected Nebraska to score at least 35 points and we fell way short of that.
The next 2 games won't tell us anything, but the game against Michigan will tell us everything. If our offense plays in conference play like they did tonight, yeah, it likely could be rough this season.
Not an overly impressive win if you go by the standard of 90s teams. But we found a way to win a one score game and that has been eluding us in recent years. We have two very easy games coming up so there is lots of time to improve before Michigan. Hopefully so of Doc Fumbles Super Confidence in this staff rubs off and they get things fixed. We will definitely find out when Michigan roles into Lincoln. I think they will fix it though. Need to find a way to stretch the field in the passing game. We threw one pass over 15 yards tonight. That has to change. EJ is a stud. Behind him???? Hopefully the other backs get some time the next to games and build some confidence. We will need them.
Hilarious how Nebraska fans forget losing to teams like Southern Miss, Northern Illinois, Troy, BYU, Georgia Southern, letting Purdue's 3rd string QB erase a deficit late in the 4th quarter, blowing 10+ point leads to MULTIPLE mediocre Northwestern teams, etc.
Just win the game.
Just win the game.
"A very average Big 12 team..."
1. It is Game 1.
2. Cincy has better players, especially on offense, than I ever gave them credit for.
3. 7 yards per carry is concerning, but the 271 yards given up is not. If our defense goes through the season only giving up ~275 YPG, we're in great shape.
4. I do share your concerns though about the continuing to sputter offense which does look like more of the same. But again, it's Game 1 so some slack is warranted.
This was a game we would have lost in the previous 7 seasons.
We were a Pritchett false start away from having a much more comfortable lead.
We are unlikely to see a QB like this anytime soon. Why they didn’t run him more is kind of shocking. This game did nothing to ease my mind of concerns about the DL.
But, baby, NU won the game.
We were a Pritchett false start away from having a much more comfortable lead.
We are unlikely to see a QB like this anytime soon. Why they didn’t run him more is kind of shocking. This game did nothing to ease my mind of concerns about the DL.
But, baby, NU won the game.
Strange game. The stats tell me we won scoring 35 points, but they lie. Dylan had a 142 QB rating, but only two touchdowns. Emmett gets 108 yards, but nobody else got more than 4. Key and Hunter as good as advertised and Lindy at TE was 5 of 5, but again only two touchdowns from the receivers. when our QB had a 79% completion rate.
For all the comments I heard about the defense shortcomings, they only allowed 17 points. They only allowed 13 pass completions. And in the end, it was the defense that won the game.
A win is a win is a win. And, for the first time in a long time, we didn't fold at the end. We didn't lose. We Won!
For all the comments I heard about the defense shortcomings, they only allowed 17 points. They only allowed 13 pass completions. And in the end, it was the defense that won the game.
A win is a win is a win. And, for the first time in a long time, we didn't fold at the end. We didn't lose. We Won!
Yeah, under the tool, this would have been a loss in OT. UGH
Bottom line - WE WON!!!!
We'll also never know what may have happened without that dumb personal foul by Lutovsky on the first drive
Disappointing to see that, but they overcame it. Eventually. Sorta.
We'll also never know what may have happened without that dumb personal foul by Lutovsky on the first drive
I'm on my way home from spending the week in Nashville, TN for work. I have the Neb-Cincy game on my DVR and I am going to re-watch the game and look for that play. Honestly, I didn't see this personal foul, and what I did see looked pretty ticky-tack.
