What can I say ?

 

The Huskers dominated the game in every aspect of play. I guess these types of games at the beginning of the season are money makers for both teams but certainly don't show us how good the Huskers might do in the Big 12.

 

the game did give freshman Cody Green playing time at QB.. He can really run the ball.......... and was 7-8 in passing.

 

Henery had two Field Goals and the longest was 55 yards.  He may be the guy that could win most of our Big 12 games......

 

Their first Big 12 game is Thursday October 8th at Columbia Missouri.  The game is at 8 PM CST and will be on ESPN TV.

 

They have no game this coming Saturday.

 

You West Coast and Texas people keep on cheering for Big Red...

 

 

  Team Statistics (Final)
             Louisiana vs Nebraska (Sep 26, 2009 at Lincoln, Neb.)

                                     UL       NU

FIRST DOWNS...................       14       21
  Rushing.....................        8        7
  Passing.....................        5       13
  Penalty.....................        1        1
NET YARDS RUSHING.............      102      133
  Rushing Attempts............       37       34
  Average Per Rush............      2.8      3.9
  Rushing Touchdowns..........        0        4
  Yards Gained Rushing........      120      169
  Yards Lost Rushing..........       18       36
NET YARDS PASSING.............      120      300
  Completions-Attempts-Int....  15-27-1  22-26-0
  Average Per Attempt.........      4.4     11.5
  Average Per Completion......      8.0     13.6
  Passing Touchdowns..........        0        2
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS...........      222      433
  Total offense plays.........       64       60
  Average Gain Per Play.......      3.5      7.2
Fumbles: Number-Lost..........      4-2      2-0
Penalties: Number-Yards.......     3-14     6-54
PUNTS-YARDS...................    8-345    3-137
  Average Yards Per Punt......     43.1     45.7
  Net Yards Per Punt..........     32.2     45.7
  Inside 20...................        1        2
  50+ Yards...................        3        1
  Touchbacks..................        1        0
  Fair catch..................        0        0
KICKOFFS-YARDS................     1-64   10-700
  Average Yards Per Kickoff...     64.0     70.0
  Net Yards Per Kickoff.......     43.0     51.3
  Touchbacks..................        0        6
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD.    1-0-0   4-67-0
  Average Per Return..........      0.0     16.8
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD   4-67-0   1-21-0
  Average Per Return..........     16.8     21.0
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD..    0-0-0   1-74-1
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD.    0-0-0   1-21-0
Miscellaneous Yards...........        0        0
Possession Time...............    30:03    29:57
  1st Quarter.................     7:04     7:56
  2nd Quarter.................     9:51     5:09
  3rd Quarter.................     4:04    10:56
  4th Quarter.................     9:04     5:56
Third-Down Conversions........  5 of 16  6 of 11
Fourth-Down Conversions.......   1 of 1   0 of 0
Red-Zone Scores-Chances.......      0-1      4-4
Sacks By: Number-Yards........      1-6     2-14
PAT Kicks.....................      0-0      7-7
Field Goals...................      0-1      2-2

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Individual Statistics

                                 Individual Statistics (Final)
                     Louisiana vs Nebraska (Sep 26, 2009 at Lincoln, Neb.)


Louisiana

Rushing         No Gain Loss  Net TD Lg  Avg
--------------------------------------------
Sails,Undrea    10   42    1   41  0 10  4.1
Walker,Yobes    12   38    1   37  0  9  3.1
Gautier,Blaine   6   14    1   13  0  9  2.2
McGuire,Brad     5   19    6   13  0 12  2.6
Booker,Draylon   1    4    0    4  0  4  4.0
Shankle,Julian   1    1    0    1  0  1  1.0
Masson,Chris     2    2    9   -7  0  2 -3.5
Totals...       37  120   18  102  0 12  2.8

Passing         Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Long Sack
--------------------------------------------
Masson,Chris      13-22-1   102  0   32    1
McGuire,Brad       2-5-0     18  0   10    1
Totals...         15-27-1   120  0   32    2

Receiving        No.  Yds   TD Long
-----------------------------------
Green,Ladarius     5   68    0   32
Aubrey,Luke        4   27    0   10
Lee,Louis          1    9    0    9
Booker,Draylon     1    8    0    8
Joseph,Andrew      1    4    0    4
Wolfe,Vernon       1    3    0    3
Sails,Undrea       1    1    0    1
Miller,Marlin      1    0    0    0
Totals...         15  120    0   32

Punting          No.  Yds   Avg Long In20   TB
----------------------------------------------
Ortego,Spencer     8  345  43.1   53    1    1
Totals...          8  345  43.1   53    1    1

                  Punts   Kickoffs  Intercept
All Returns     No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg
---------------------------------------------
Lee,Louis        1   0  0  0   0  0  0   0  0
Miller,Marlin    0   0  0  1  20 20  0   0  0
Auriene,Orkeys   0   0  0  2  34 18  0   0  0
Shankle,Julian   0   0  0  1  13 13  0   0  0
Totals...        1   0  0  4  67 20  0   0  0

Field goal attempts
----------------------------------------
Albrecht,Tyler  1st 02:24  50 yds - Missed

Kickoffs         No.  Yds  TB  OB   Avg
---------------------------------------
Baer,Brett         1   64   0   0  64.0



Nebraska

Rushing         No Gain Loss  Net TD Lg  Avg
--------------------------------------------
Helu Jr., Roy   15   85    2   83  2 39  5.5
Burkhead, Rex    6   27    0   27  0 12  4.5
Green, Cody      3   25    3   22  1 24  7.3
Washington, L.   2   10    0   10  0  6  5.0
Jones, Austin    2    9    0    9  0  8  4.5
Okafor, Collins  1    9    0    9  0  9  9.0
Lee, Zac         3    4    6   -2  0  2 -0.7
TEAM             2    0   25  -25  0  0 -12.5
Cotton, Ben      0    0    0    0  1  0  0.0
Totals...       34  169   36  133  4 39  3.9

Passing         Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Long Sack
--------------------------------------------
Lee, Zac          15-18-0   238  1   43    1
Green, Cody        7-8-0     62  1   24    0
Totals...         22-26-0   300  2   43    1

Receiving        No.  Yds   TD Long
-----------------------------------
Burkhead, Rex      4   26    1   24
Brooks, Chris      3   50    1   24
Gilleylen, C.      2   85    0   43
Cooper, Khiry      2   26    0   17
McNeill, Mike      2   26    0   13
Helu Jr., Roy      2   11    0    9
Young, Dreu        1   34    0   34
Reed, Kyler        1   16    0   16
Legate, Tyler      1   11    0   11
Paul, Niles        1    9    0    9
Bell, Antonio      1    3    0    3
Cammack, Wes       1    2    0    2
Henry, Will        1    1    0    1
Totals...         22  300    2   43

Punting          No.  Yds   Avg Long In20   TB
----------------------------------------------
Henery, Alex       3  137  45.7   55    2    0
Totals...          3  137  45.7   55    2    0

                  Punts   Kickoffs  Intercept
All Returns     No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg
---------------------------------------------
Burkhead, Rex    2  59 33  0   0  0  0   0  0
Paul, Niles      2   8  9  1  21 21  0   0  0
Asante, Larry    0   0  0  0   0  0  1  74 74
Totals...        4  67 33  1  21 21  1  74 74

Field goal attempts
----------------------------------------
Henery, Alex    1st 07:06  39 yds - Good
Henery, Alex    1st 00:08  46 yds - Good

Kickoffs         No.  Yds  TB  OB   Avg
---------------------------------------
Kunalic, Adi      10  700   6   0  70.0



FUMBLES: Louisiana-Green,Ladarius 1-1; McGuire,Brad 1-0; Lee,Louis 1-0; Booker,Draylon 1-1.
Nebraska-Helu Jr., Roy 2-0.

Close game....

 

Henery's field goals seem to be our best offensive threat. Maybe he should have been allowed to try one more instead of punting in the waning munutes of the last quarter?

 

In review the Huskers probably played a good game against one of the nation's top football programs... just a slow start and a bad defensive end.

 

Next week is Louisiana Lafayette... That game should give the Huskers more experience for starting the Big 12 race against Missouri the following week

 

NU           VT
FIRST DOWNS ..................      18           11
NET YARDS RUSHING ............     207           86
  Rushing Attempts ...........      36           37
NET YARDS PASSING ............     136          192
  Completions-Attempts-Int ... 11-30-2      12-27-0
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS ..........     343          278
  Total offense plays ........      66           64
Fumbles-Lost .................     0-0          0-0
Penalties-Yards ..............    9-60         7-53
Punts-Average ................  6-41.5       8-46.9
Punt Returns-Yds-TD ..........  6-86-0        1-6-0
Kickoff Returns-Yds-TD .......  4-86-0      3-114-0
Interceptions-Yds-TD .........   0-0-0        2-3-0
Fumble Returns-Yds-TD ........   0-0-0        0-0-0
Possession Time ..............   29:46        30:14
Third-Down Conversions ....... 6 of 17      8 of 18
Fourth-Down Conversions ......  0 of 0       0 of 1
Red-Zone Scores-Chances ......     4-5          2-2
Sacks By-Yards ...............    4-25          0-0

RUSHING
NU: R.Helu 28-169; Z.Lee 8-38.
VT: R.Williams 21-107; J.Oglesby 3-7; D.Roberts 1-(-2);
    D.Wilson 3-(-4); T.Taylor 9-(-22).
 
PASSING
NU: Z.Lee 11/30 136 Yds, 2 INT, 0 TD.
VT: T.Taylor 12/27 192 Yds, 0 INT, 1 TD.
 
RECEIVING
NU: R.Helu 4-33; C.Brooks 2-16; C.Gilleylen 1-35;
    N.Paul 1-19; R.Burkhead 1-16; M.Holt 1-13; M.McNeill 1-4.        
VT: J.Boykin 4-43; D.Coale 2-89; X.Boyce 1-21;
    S.Wheeler 1-14; D.Roberts 1-11; K.Jefferson 1-7;
    G.Boone 1-5; R.Williams 1-2.

It wasn't much of a contest but by all reports the Huskers showed improvement. Zac Lee had a great day passing the ball and Niles Paul ran a great end-around for touchdown. total offense of 494 yards was pretty good. The defense made 2 sacks after not getting any in the first game.

 

Coming up this week .... # 14 Virgina Tech

                                   ASU      NEB
First downs...................       15       27
Rushes-yards..................   38-143   28-136
Net yards passing.............      131      358
  Completions-Attempts-Int....  11-20-0  30-41-0
Total offense plays-yards.....   58-274   69-494
Fumbles-lost..................      2-1      0-0
Penalties-yards...............     3-20     3-40
Punts-average.................   5-45.0   3-42.7
Punt returns-average..........   1-14.0    4-7.8
Kickoff returns-average.......   2-17.0   2-26.5
Interceptions-yards...........      0-0      0-0 
Fumble returns-yards..........      0-0      0-0 
Possession Time...............    28:22    31:38
Third-Down Conversions........  2 of 10  8 of 13
Fourth-Down Conversions.......   1 of 2   0 of 0
Red-Zone Scores-Chances.......      1-1      4-4
Sacks By: Number-Yards........     2-16     4-33

It wasn't much of a contest according to the writers, coaches and those who saw the game. It was only on Pay TV....

 

I didn't see any reports of the offensive line nailing their quarterback and it seemed  like the defense allowed a lot of yardage to an overmatched team....

 

When Doctor Tom Osborne was coaching and had a TV show he sat with a play list and talked a little about each play in the game. And you saw almost all of the plays, both offense and defense, minus the time outs, huddles, etc, Then maybe he talked with one player. For those of us who weren't at the game it was great.

 

Now there are two Husker TV shows each week .... The Husker Countdown and the BO Pelini Show. 

 

 They both stink.

 

The Pelini  45 minute show showed only the parts of the best plays and very few of them and repeated them several times during the show.  Lots of talk from Bo with a closeup on him in the studio. And too much talk with the players. Not enough plays were shown to give any feel for the actual game. OH Yeah, Bo didn't wear his old gray sweatshirt ... He dressed up in a white collared Husker sweatsuit.....

 

The Husker Countdown show's game footage couldn't have been more than 8 minutes and was done about 12 minutes after the show started. I turned it off.....

 

So next week is Arkansas State...

 

Guess I'll keep on cheering....

 

 

 

 

Nebraska

Rushing              No Gain Loss  Net TD Lg  Avg
-------------------------------------------------
Helu Jr., Roy        16  152    0  152  3 44  9.5
Green, Cody           2   50    0   50  1 49 25.0
Burkhead, Rex         9   39    0   39  1  9  4.3
Lee, Zac              2   14    0   14  0 13  7.0
Washington, L.        1    7    0    7  0  7  7.0
Mendoza, M.           1    0    1   -1  0  0 -1.0
TEAM                  1    0    2   -2  0  0 -2.0
Totals...            32  262    3  259  5 49  8.1

Passing              Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Long Sack
-------------------------------------------------
Lee, Zac               15-22-1   213  2   51    0
Green, Cody             2-3-0     18  0   15    0
Totals...              17-25-1   231  2   51    0

Receiving             No.  Yds   TD Long
----------------------------------------
Gilleylen, C.           4   92    1   51
McNeill, Mike           4   51    0   29
Holt, Menelik           3   45    1   28
Paul, Niles             2   13    0    7
Brooks, Chris           1   15    0   15
Burkhead, Rex           1    9    0    9
Cotton, Ben             1    3    0    3
Helu Jr., Roy           1    3    0    3
Totals...              17  231    2   51

Punting               No.  Yds   Avg Long In20   TB
---------------------------------------------------
Henery, Alex            2   74  37.0   43    1    0
TEAM                    1   23  23.0   23    0    0
Totals...               3   97  32.3   43    1    0

                       Punts   Kickoffs  Intercept
All Returns          No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg
--------------------------------------------------
Paul, Niles           0   0  0  2  49 32  0   0  0
Amukamara, P.         0   0  0  0   0  0  1   0  0
O'Hanlon, Matt        0   0  0  0   0  0  1  18 18
Totals...             0   0  0  2  49 32  2  18 18

Field goal attempts
----------------------------------------

Kickoffs         No.  Yds  TB  OB   Avg
---------------------------------------
Kunalic, Adi       8  552   2   0  69.0



FUMBLES: Florida Atlantic-McIntosh, Erick 2-0; Rolle, Avionne 1-0; Morris, Alfred 1-0; TEAM
1-1. Nebraska-TEAM 1-0.