Re: Thots on Frank and UNL

"Robert St. James \(el corazon del demonio\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 
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> "dna batter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > Jon Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > > Random and disconnected musings based on a little bit of shock and
> > > disappointment.
> > >
> > > Yes - the rumors were there, but to actually have seen it
> > > happen.....it just isn't right and reeks of desperation and
> > > impatience.  Especially coming off of a season that was markedly
> > > better than the prior year's.  Yes, the team has holes and isn't "all
> > > the way back" yet - so?  At least it was heading in the right
> > > direction - last year they quit in more than a couple of games - this
> > > year, they didn't, except perhaps in the KState game.....and that's
> > > big to me.
> > >
> > This season was nowhere near markedly better than last year.
> > Statistically the offense was worse than last year.  We beat one good
> > team -Okie St.
> >
> > > I'm starting to get tired of all these cries "for a new
> > > direction".....why?  There's nothing wrong with the current offense -
> > > there is with the current players and play calling perhaps - but not
> > > the offensive structure.  To throw out 40 years of tradition because
> > > of basically one bad season is ridiculous.
> > >
> > Our offense was ranked 87th in the nation before the CU game.  Parity
> > has convinced me that you can not line up and run people over for an
> > entire season anymore.  A team needs to throw the ball when they get
> > down by more than two scores in the second half.  NU has never been
> > able to do that.
> 
> I swear by all that is Holy and Sacred that this philosophy has been
> the Ruination of many fine football programs. The Irish won a title
> on the ground. Then they went and got freaking Powlus. Ugh. CU won
> a title with their ground game. Then Yippy Skippy took over and look
> where we are now. Garg. NU itself absolutely pounded teams back in
> the 90s on the ground. Then...ack! It's a total fiction that you can't
> come back from two or even three scores down in the 2nd half on the
> ground. As long as your defense doesn't turn into a sieve you can score
> plenty of points with a solid tailback and a QB that doesn't kill you--and
> beat anybody. Witness Ohia State last year, staring down a very good
> Canes team. Every single TD scored on the ground.
> 
> A punishing ground game and a solid D is far better than a pale imitation
> of a Florida team, which is what far too many teams become when they
> make the arbitrary decision that they somehow have to pass to win.
> 
> The rest of the stuff I agree with especially the 16-12 since CU's ever
> more incomprehensible devastation of NU. The team just isn't going
> the right direction and the AD was smart to stop the bleeding.
> 
> RstJ
> 
Don't get me wrong, I don't want to see Air-Nebraska, but I would like
to see something resembling a passing game.  Solich changed NU's
offense from a tailback oriented team to a QB oriented run game. 
Florida has been pretty successful at what they do, but they are far
more successful when they have a good running back to go along with
their air-show.

Dan