Not with Cav as our Line Coach, but yes you're spot on. Our offensive line is average at best when comes to running the ball.
Biggest Problem I saw last night.
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Not with Cav as our Line Coach, but yes you're spot on. Our offensive line is average at best when comes to running the ball.
I agree with this and I think it gives their offensive style a ceiling. They need better WR and a mobile QB who can game manage and tuck and run, and great TE play. All in the same year with the same offensive and defensive success to have any chance playing for a National Title.
I think the jury is still out on whether or not Cav can bring the talent along because IMO we've got some really talented youngsters in the O line. IMO, Cav did about as good of a job with all the injuries last year that you could have asked. I think that the redshirt freshman class is going to be really good as juniors and seniors and IMO the true freshman may end up being the best tackle we've had for a while. We'll see if Cav gets to coach them next year.
Similar in that it’s a pro style offense but they run smash mouth, Nebraska does not run a smash mouth offense. I’d say we’re a more wr based where their more rb based in it’s offensive focus.
With our O line, we almost have to be WR based. We can't impose our will on teams like Wisconsin yet. IMO, we just don't have the horses ready there yet. I don't think our linebackers played flawlessly last night either so that made Wisconsin look maybe better than they are.
I think our OL the first year under Riley were much better run blockers than pass blockers.
I think it's telling that our best players on the offensive line are freshman. Other players have regressed. Cav is a horrible coach.
Ozigbo had 20 carries at the half. Maybe you should pay attention to what's actually going on in a game.
Actually when i looked at the glaring difference between the 2 sets.. we are more wr they actually use Hbacks and big TEs... their tight ends were as big as the oline.. honestly i would have liked to see diaco go to a 4 man front and bring 8 or 9 in the box after the 90yard drive... those wideouts were not gonna get behind the dbs.. playaction and te might have got us but at least we could have stopped them in the run game.... thats what i saw
You are prime example of why I haven't set foot on campus since 2004 or thereabouts. Prime time idiot
you don't have a Barry Alvarez.. he is the godfather of that team.. Chryst, Bielema.. they are just his puppets.. Gary Anderson didn't like walking in on Monday mornings and having a typed game plan and practice schedule from Barry A every week. Wisky will change once Alvarez calls it quits.
Got comped to take my wife to a game around the Callahan era. Fans bitching and moaning during the game. Nobody knew football.
The last great game was Stuntz to Crouch, and I was in the press box for that play.
This is precisely how Mike Riley has survived his entire coaching career. He muddles his way through mediocre seasons but his teams will have an inspired performance against a top dog so everyone thinks he’s this great coach. Just because we play a good team close but lose to other very poor teams does not mean we are close. Iowa is closer to Wisconsin at this point. We are 3-3 and haven’t went through Ohio st, Iowa, and penn st yet. We most certainly are not close. Unbelievable.
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Our best players are Freshmen because we didn't recruit worth a sh## Bo's last 2-3 years.
You say Unbelievable but you don't even know how many games we have played this year, I was merely pointing out that the last three years we have played Wisconsin fairly close as compared to the previous years, so yes one can argue that we have closed the gap against them. Do you not remember the beatings we took before that because I sure do.
Wisconsin also regularly beats Iowa, Nebraska doesn’t even do that anymore. I think it’s an easier argument to say the gap has widened. It has widened from Wisconsin and even with Iowa. I’ll take a 30 point beating by a team in a championship game instead of playing that team close but only going .500 for the season. Competing for championships means you have to actually make it to the championship game. Something that is a pipe dream with a Riley coached team.
Yet, for years we heard how great guys like Gates/Farmer/Foster would end up. All are in their 4th year of the program. Sorry, very wishful thinking that it's mostly a recruiting issue. I guess we were lucky Conrad got dinged up or else Decker would still be sitting on the bench.
We'll know soon whether or not people who watch practice think it's all a coaching issue. Tom's minions are back in control now and they won't hesitate to make Riley pull the plug on Cav if they think he isn't getting it done (assuming Riley is still here).