could we beat purdue with fife and the second string?
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Uh, we tried that last year.
Well most of our offensive line was 2nd and below to start the season.........and we may get to find out if we can beat Purdue with Fyfe as our QB. TA's injury doesn't sound great.
Fyfe is an effective runner, I think doing that most of the time would get a win. If he has time, some safe pass plays would probably do ok. I believe they would win with Ryker.
And the Sheriff only let him have one bullet and made him carry it in his front shirt pocket.
Why lose an entire year of eligibility for one game?
I suspect he's our second best QB right now, and TA is dinged up and it's always possible he doesn't last the entire season, in which case you're pulling it at that point anyway, and who's to say he's going to beat out Lee Or Gebbia for a starting spot going forward? This is why you bring stud players into a program, so they can help you win games. Play him.
Before we play a pocket passer, serious work will be needed on oline,and fortunately the redshirt freshmen offer hope for next year -- that and better oline health. POB would have been sacked at least 10 times yesterday unless he is much quicker than advertised. And that's with Wisky and TOSU remaining. Let's keep our fingers crossed that Tommy can limp through the remaining games. Would POB be better than Fife under the rush we saw yesterday? Maybe so but there was no pocket most of the day.
pob isn't a statue he has enough speed to get what you need if things breakdown. http://www.hudl.com/profile/2536518/patrick-obrien watch his film. Pob Jr season. He had more rushing yards then Terry willson <----dual threat
We need everyone on deck to beat Purdue. We are not good enough to just line up and blow anyone out. I expect we will beat Purdue by 10-14 points, opening up a close game and pulling away in the 4th. That is how every game we have played this year has gone. Why would Purdue be different? They are no worse than Illinois and they gave us all we could handle.
I think some on here are letting the 6-0 start cloud their memories. Purdue embarrassed us last year. We are better this year and are in year two of Riley and company. I think we will win. But with all of our injuries on offense there is no way we can talk about resting players to get ready for Wisky. We can still lose to Purdue and that is clearly no exaggeration
I think some on here are letting the 6-0 start cloud their memories. Purdue embarrassed us last year. We are better this year and are in year two of Riley and company. I think we will win. But with all of our injuries on offense there is no way we can talk about resting players to get ready for Wisky. We can still lose to Purdue and that is clearly no exaggeration
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I think you are giving this Purdue team far too much credit. They are much worse Defensively in 2016. And Nebraska's defense is top 30 Nationally in total Defense and top 15 in scoring defense. The Huskers can also stop the Purdue passing game better than any team the Boilermakers have faced this season.
Quit being a Nancy.
I guess I'm not in favor of pulling the redshirt off POB just in case... if we don't need to pull it then leave it on. just my opinion tho.
Lol. My dad uses that last line all the time.
I am not giving Purdue any credit at all. Especially now after they fire their coach just before our game.
But I did not give them any credit last year either. Just don't like the mentality that we can take some wins for granted this year.
If we are going that direction, I think that Andy guy would be the better option.
I'm almost thinking we should try to sit Tommy, Gates and Knevel for Purdue. We absolutely need those 3 guys healthy to have any shot in Madison! We could have them ready to go in if things go south early on. Our defense is much better this year and should handle the boilermakers. Just gotta get these guys healthy somehow.
Who knows. I say give Darlington some snaps if Fyfe isn't cutting. That said, I fully expect Tommy Gun to be ready to go. Oh, and Purdue players aren't going to be into with their coach just getting canned. I understand last year happened, but we should roll in this game...
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Pur Don't sucks plus they have a lot of injuries in the d line .Iowa pulled the starters In the 3rd and Pur scored 25 points .Ferentz put the first team D in again for one play . King picked off a pass and ran it back for a TD .Removed starters again so the 49-28 final is a little misleading.
What did you guys smoke before commenting in this thread? Did you all watch the same team that I did last year where they got their *** handed to them by Purdue with Fyfe at QB? And now you're talking about we should rest Tommy and a bunch of OL starters?
Did his leg get chopped off and I just didn't see it happen?
Did his leg get chopped off and I just didn't see it happen?
Tommy was noticeably hobbling after the game. He did NOT lose a limb though. Yes, I think he'll play this week. He's a senior and a warrior!!
I can't fathom Purdue doing much except getting off of the bus. Most players minds go idle when their coach gets the axe 1/2 way into a season. We gotta show up but I'm not worried about winning this week.
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I can't fathom Purdue doing much except getting off of the bus. Most players minds go idle when their coach gets the axe 1/2 way into a season. We gotta show up but I'm not worried about winning this week.
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We're a totally different football team this year. The team wasn't even there mentally for that game. Was definitely a divided locker room. If our QB & tackles are hurting pretty good, I'd definitely try to limit their snaps. I can tell you one thing, we won't win in Madison without being healthy at those positions!
We may not win in Madison even if everyone is healthy - I say this I would sure hate to lose to Purdue two years in a row with the head coach position open - I say we play everyone and go for the jugular early - if we get up big slow the game down then rest these guys but not before then
I believe Purdue was without their top 3 starters on the DL and starting LB for the Iowa game. The announcers says during the game they should all be back for the Nebraska game.
This. We are not good enough to take ANY team for granted. More important to go 7-0 than worry about Wisconsin. One week at a time baby....
Absolutely we can win in Madison if our offense is healthy! Lol Yes they're a good football team, not great by any means.
It's a tough situation when your QB and both tackles are hurt. You never know. Knevel went 1 play and out Saturday. Just don't have that quality depth yet. Oh well........just have to see how they progress.
Not a great runner, but effective, get it? He had some good runs in his short time of playing, the guy is like the tin man, lot of rust due to not playing, so he's not going to look like Tommie Frazier or Crouch.
Haha yeah I was mostly being a smartass. You may be right, but so far his career rushing stats are 16 attempts for 20 yards with a long run of 15, so I just don't see him as an actual effective runner at least at the college level.
Well, I think he can get some yards if necessary, but I think his problem is hesitation, when to pull up and run when needed. He won't break away for 60 yard td runs, but he's able to get short yards if he's willing to take it when nothing else is available. There's a lot of qb's at the D-1 level that aren't any better runners than Fyfe, but they get theirs now and then. Then again, Tommy's going to have to be hurt pretty bad for Ryker to even get in a game.
Fyfe had some really bad picks in that first game, but don't forget he also generated a lot of late offense. On top of that, I don't believe the coaches would rely so much on his arm this time around. I believe Nebraska would absolutely beat Purdue with Fyfe should he be forced to action again this year.