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September 28 Two Weeks Too LONG Huskers lose 30-35Two weeks without a game must have been too long. As I predicted in this blog before the game.... NU would start our slow. But I also predicted that they would come back and win the game. NU came out with many missed tackles... many on the same play, fumbles, interceptions and just plain all around play that stunk.... I didn't count on Coach Boooo Pelini not helping matters when late in the game he complained about a late hit call and wouldn't shut up and got an unsportsman conduct penalty that let Virginia Tech get the ball on the 10 yard line and lead to their score Next week the Huskers play Missouri at 8 PM on national ESPN I guess as a loyal fan that I have to say GO BIG RED and maybe SHUT UP COACH BO Virginia Tech 9 9 10 7 - 35 Nebraska 7 3 7 13 - 30 1st quarter VT - S. Virgil blocked punt, safety, 8:35 VT - D. Evans 1 run (D. Keys kick), 5:22 NU - M. McNeill 32 pass from J. Ganz (A. Henery kick), 3:54 2nd quarter VT - Keys 19 field goal, 14:51 NU - Henery 48 field goal, 10:45 VT - Keys 38 field goal, 7:10 VT - Keys 27 field goal, 1:15 3rd quarter VT - Keys 36 field goal, 10:25 VT - Evans 19 run (Keys kick), 6:54 NU - R. Helu Jr. 12 run (Henery kick), 0:04 4th quarter NU - N. Swift 88 punt return (pass failed) VT - T. Taylor 2 run (Keys kick), 2:28 NU - T. Peterson 17 pass from Ganz (Henery kick), 1:32 VT NU First downs................... 21 14 Rushes-Yards.................. 55-206 25-55 NET YARDS PASSING............. 171 278 Completions-Attempts-Int.... 9-15-0 17-26-1 Passing Touchdowns.......... 0 2 Total offense yards........... 377 333 Fumbles-Lost.................. 0-0 3-1 Penalties-Yards............... 4-30 7-69 Punts-Average................. 5-34.6 5-29.4 Punt Returns-Average-TD....... 3-21.0-0 2-42.0-1 Kickoff returns-Avg-TD........ 4-23.5-0 7-21.0-0 Interceptions-Yds-TD.......... 1-15-0 0-0-0 Fumble Returns-Yds-TD......... 1-8-0 0-0-0 Possession Time............... 34:44 25:16 Third-Down Conversions........ 7 of 17 2 of 11 Fourth-Down Conversions....... 0 of 0 1 of 1 Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 6-6 2-2 Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 2-11 2-4RUSHING VT: T.Taylor 15-87, Evans 21-72, Lewis 17-50, Coale 1-(minus 1), Team 1-(minus 2). NU: Helu 4-21, Ganz 8-18, Lucky 8-17, Castille 3-8, Team 1-(minus 3), Paul 1-(minus 6). PASSING VT: T.Taylor 9-15-0-171. NU: Ganz 17-26-1-278. RECEIVING VT: Boykin 2-58, Smith 2-54, Boone 2-33, Coale 2-14, Roberts 1-12. NU: Peterson 4-60, McNeill 3-66, Swift 3-58, Lucky 3-38, Paul 1-21, M.Holt 1-20, Young 1-10, Gilleylen 1-5. Attendance: 85,831 September 25 Huskers on Free TVAfter the first three games were on pay TV, the next two will be on prime time broadcasts:Virginia Tech will be on ABC regional coverage with game time at 7 PM this Saturday, The game with Missouri next week will be carried by Fox at 8 PM
The Virginia Tech game will be important in deciding how the the Huskers will do against the Big 12 opponents on the rest of their schedule. After showing progress in the first three games against so-so teams they will have to step up a notch. Did the bye week last week and its two weeks of practice without a game help or hinder the Huskers? I think the Huskers will win by a narrow margin because of a slow start in the first part of the game. Do you all remember Thunder Collins who came the NU to play football several years ago and then fizzled out for some unsavory reasons? He got arrested for murder in Omaha yesterday.... speculation ... a busted drug deal... such a waste of a very talented player.
Okay.... I am on track with my preseason predictions and this coming game was predicted as a maybe ... Us dedicated fans will be rooting for the win.... September 15 More Husker CommentI watched the Coach Bo Pelini TV show on video that I recorded last night. I was impressed with the improvements made in the third game over the first two games. Without comparing the competition and realizing they were highlights; I saw big improvements: The Offensive line was blowing the other team off the line of scrimmage. The running backs were waiting for the blocks to be set and then hitting the holes with lots of speed. A running game was established..... About time. The Defensive backs did a good job of covering the receivers on a pass oriented team. Errors and penalties were reduced on both sides of the ball. Coach Bo talked about it all coming together for the players with room for improvement as they progress through the season. It occurred to me that maybe the new coaching staff is also coming together. Gosh, they have a lot of specialty coaches and it has to take a lot of time for them to get on the same page.... maybe more time than it takes the players. No game this weekend coming up
GO Huskers September 14 Stats NU 38 New Mexico State 7 We finally saw the ground game 44 rushes for 330 Yards; 5 of 10 third down conversions.
Lucky had 15 rushes for 103 yards.
Our Passing defense was good against a passing team.
No game next week. I hope the practice drills of first offense against first defense that was used during this weeks practices will be repeated for both of the coming weeks
1 2 3 4 - Final New Mexico State 0 0 0 7 - 7 Nebraska 7 14 14 3 - 38 1st quarter NEB - M. Lucky 8 run (A. Henery kick), 0:13 2nd quarter NEB - J. 20 pass from Lucky (Henery kick), 12:52 NEB - Ganz 33 run (Henery kick), 7:11 3rd quarter NEB - Lucky 1 run (Henery kick), 12:01 NEB - M. McNeill 35 pass from Ganz (Henery kick), 5:01 4th quarter NMS - M. Colston 3 run (K. Hughes kick), 12:31 NEB - Henery 19 FG, 8:15 NMS NEB FIRST DOWNS................... 19 28 RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............ 32-114 44-330 PASSING YDS (NET)............. 225 223 Passes Att-Comp-Int........... 39-19-2 24-18-0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 71-339 68-553 Fumble Returns-Yards.......... 1-48 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards............ 1-0 1-5 Kickoff Returns-Yards......... 6-129 2-29 Interception Returns-Yards.... 0-0 2-78 Punts (Number-Avg)............ 5-36.8 1-39.0 Fumbles-Lost.................. 3-0 2-1 Penalties-Yards............... 7-50 7-41 Possession Time............... 28:54 31:06 Third-Down Conversions........ 7 of 17 5 of 10 Fourth-Down Conversions....... 0 of 1 0 of 2 Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 1-4 4-7 Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 0-0 3-23RUSHING NMS: Colston, Marque 8-45; Diaz, Spencer 7-39; Neiman, Wes 3-30; Glynn, Tonny 3-6; Perez, Brandon 3-5; McDermott, J.J. 2-4; Roberts, Donava 1-2; Holbrook, Chase 5-minus 17.
NEB: Lucky, Marlon 15-103; Castille, Q. 10-75; Ganz, Joe 5-69; Mendoza, Marcus 3-33; Helu Jr., Roy 7-32; Swift, Nate 1-16; Peterson, Todd 1-2; Witt, Patrick 2-0.
NMS: Holbrook, Chase 15-30-2-142; McDermott, J.J. 4-8-0-83; Neiman, Wes 0-1-0-0.
NEB: Ganz, Joe 13-17-0-158; Witt, Patrick 3-4-0-40; Lee, Zac 1-2-0-5; Lucky, Marlon 1-1-0-20.
NMS: Williams, Chris 4-42; Neiman, Wes 4-36; Harris, A.J. 4-27; Fleming, Julius 2-60; Anderson, M. 2-32; McDaniel, Doug 1-21; Colston, Marque 1-5; Buckley, K. 1-2.
NEB: Peterson, Todd 4-34; Teafatiller, H. 3-27; Lucky, Marlon 3-21; McNeill, Mike 2-57; Castille, Q. 1-23; Ganz, Joe 1-20; Helu Jr., Roy 1-16; Paul, Niles 1-10; Swift, Nate 1-10; Cammack, Wes 1-5.
Attendance: 84,821
September 09 NU wins 35-12 over San Jose StateRUSHING SJS: Y.Davis 7-58, K.Reed 15-32, Richmond 3-22, Rutley 4-19, Liaina 1-3, Jurovich 2-2, Eden 2-1. NEB: Helu 9-59, Lucky 7-23, Mendoza 2-12, Castille 6-7, Ganz 6-(minus 2). PASSING SJS: K.Reed 18-26-1-161, Eden 1-7-1-55. NEB: Ganz 17-25-1-216, Witt 1-2-0-0. RECEIVING SJS: Richmond 5-59, Jurovich 4-84, Clark 4-22, Beauchman 2-21, Williams 2-16, Y.Davis 1-9, Elledge 1-5. NEB: Swift 6-70, Peterson 4-59, Helu 2-32, Paul 2-27, Me.Holt 2-24, Lawson 1-4, Mendoza 1-0. Attendance: 84,146 September 02 Huskers Win 47-24 over Western MichiganTheHuskers got off to a winning start beating Western Michigan 47-24.
QB Joe Ganz and 7 receivers led the way with 20 of 36 passes caught for 345 yards. Joe threw two interceptions late in the game, one of which may have been tipped.
Four running backs carried 31 times for 159 yards gained rushing.
WOW... our kicker kicked four 44 yard field goals.............
The Huskers gained 483 yards total while allowing 350.
Most fans were disappointed that the bragged about running attack did not show up. Head Coach Bo Pelini partially explained that during his TV show by pointing out the Western Michigan stacked up at the line of scrimmage to stop the run and basically challanged the Huskers and Ganz to win it with the passing game.... Hmmm, sounds reasonable...but I would still love to see the running game promised for the last six months.
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