No Holiday for the Cornhuskers

Friday, December 31, 2010

Damn it!
Nebraska didn't just lose to Washington last night it stunk up Quaalcom Stadium.
In the old Big Ten days guys like Bo Schembechler at Michigan and Woody Hayes at The Ohio State loaded up on running backs and big lineman and ran the ball down opponents throats. They almost always played the game being ahead and could afford to use up the clock methodically bludgeoning their opponents. But then they would get to the Rose Bowl and play a speedier, quicker, West Coast team. When they fell behind they had no contingency plan. They continued to hopelessly run the same plays over and over again, like Lindsay Lohan doing rehab, ultimately losing something like 31-13. Year after year after year they would do this.

Nebraska does the same thing. Run Helu and Burkhead off tackle, Lopez around the corner and passes in the flat. No innovation, no contingency plan for being behind and having to play hurry up. It's not like the other teams don't know what the plays are going to be. I sat at the bar with my friend Neville and predicted what play was next. I did about 20 plays and got half of them right. If I can guess half the time what it's going to be I'd say Washington could guess right 90% of the time. The Huskies just had to pursue hard, be quick to the ball and overwhelm. That is exactly what Washington did. Where was the draw play? The double reverse, the half back pass, the long pass? I agree with Coach Pelini it was an embarassing performance.

When Nebraska lost to Oklahoma and didn't get to a BCS game they probably lost interest in the rest of this season. Coming to San Diego 3 of the past 4 years probably didn't lift their skirts much either. Some of those players had to see the Zoo for the 3rd time!!
A sorry end to the season if you ask me and I half suspect that Taylor Martinez (who is from Corona) will come back and play for UCLA which (coincidently) desperately needs a QB.

I don't mind losing (hell I'm not even an alum) but to be worked over more harshly than a hoochy koochy girl on a Bangkock side street is too much, Damn it!

PS the title of this piece is done in the grand style of the Union Tribune which always does bad puns for lead stories. I expected this to be the lead this morning. Like when Chargers got beat in Cincinnati and the headline was "Chargers Frozen Out" Or "Chargers Get the Cold Shoulder" I hate it when they do that!!
Posted by RHobbs at 11:12 AM 0 comments
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