Time to ditch this pro style crap
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I love this style of offense, just hate the coaching and execution!
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My preference as well. I hate the idea of an up-tempo or gimmicky offense. Gets you in trouble if your D is not elite.
I've always been a big fan of Ken Niumatalolo (Navy) & Troy Calhoun (Air Force). But going to that style offense would require almost a total redo in recruiting offensive personnel. Not sure our fan base would be patient enough to allow that change to happen .Calhoun does have some spread concepts in his offense and I love both of those offenses. But I feel if we do change coaches, our fanbase will want go big name (Chip Kelly type). Personally, I would l like Coach Ken because I love that style of offense and he's a hard nose coach. My nephew played for him at Navy so I a bit biased towards him. He would fit Nebraska perfectly
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Need to play modern college football. Our defense has to defend teams taking adavantage of all the rule (Blocking downfield, substitutions without huddling, etc.) But our outdated O doesn't do the same. We need to make teams defend the whole field and every loophole in the rules. Oklahoma is my favorite college offense, but there a lot of brilliant offensive minds out there that know how to move the ball and score points.
RUN THE BALL GUY always come out the woodwork when RUN THE BALL GUY smells the stink.
Agreed.
What did it for me today was after saying for most of the game we were behind the sticks and couldnt go downfield, we get a chance and.......
Nice play on first down. About the only one I can remember all game. 2nd and 2. 2nd and f-ing two!! We take a shot? Nope cant remember exact play but no yards gained. Third and 2. Again NO YARDS gained. It was late enough that we have to go for it on 4th and god damned two after having it 2nd and 2.
That is all I need to know about the coaching and execution.
But I digress and people shouldnt wrongly assume that gabage is what a pro-style offense is supposed to look like.
Got it. Guys like Chip Kelly will not stick around long enough. We need someone who will build something and either be here for the long-haul or leave a legacy staff.
Don't need elite level talent to run up temp or "gimmicky offense" to stress some very good defenses though.
But wait we are a balanced team we are not a pass first team
When all the chips are on the line here is our series after they scored to take the lead back. 4 straight passes to end the drive - this is how these guys rolled at OSU and this is how they roll here - 4 friggin straight passes with a QB who has had two pick 6's in the game. Sorry this is not Nebraska football
1st and 10 at NEB 24
- (8:46 - 4th) Mikale Wilbon run for no gain to the Neb 24
- 2nd and 10 at NEB 24
(8:46 - 4th) Mikale Wilbon run for 7 yds to the Neb 31
- 3rd and 3 at NEB 31
(8:46 - 4th) Tanner Lee pass complete to Stanley Morgan Jr. for 15 yds to the Neb 46 for a 1ST down
- 1st and 10 at NEB 46
(8:46 - 4th) Tanner Lee pass complete to De'Mornay Pierson-El for 18 yds to the NoIll 36 for a 1ST down
- 1st and 10 at NIU 36
(8:46 - 4th) Tanner Lee pass incomplete to Bryan Reimers
- 2nd and 10 at NIU 36
(8:46 - 4th) Tanner Lee pass complete to Bryan Reimers for 3 yds to the NoIll 33
- 3rd and 7 at NIU 33
(8:46 - 4th) Tanner Lee pass incomplete to Bryan Reimers
- (5:35 - 4th) Timeout NORTHERNIL, clock 05:35
- 4th and 7 at NIU 33
(5:35 - 4th) Tanner Lee pass incomplete to Tyler Hoppes, broken up by Mycial Allen
Let's go back to the option. Sure, it will take 3 years to recruit the players needed - but we're sunk anyway.
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I know... which is why in big games that gets you in trouble against good defenses. I would build around the defense and control the ball type offense.
This one was killer. Lee hit Reimers right between the numbers for a first down and he clanked it. Just killer.
I prefer an offense focused on a strong run game with and effective passing game. Need 2 yards to convert? Our run game should damn near be money on that.
You're probably right about that. In terms of these option offenses, I know some people talked Paul Johnson a few years back. Personally, I think Niumatalolo is better because is more involved defensively. Navy doesn't have top talent, but they usually have hard-nosed defensive teams. They also run a 3-4. He is a no BS kind of coach but his players will run through walls for him (maybe that has to do with the culture of the young men that attend the Naval Academy). Should have had the BYU job 2 years ago, certain people in the BYU admin didn't think that offense would fit at BYU. Like what they have now is any good....lol.
Yep.
Which had me thinking, are our young TEs that unready to play? I realize they are young, but dang. Have any of them even been thrown to? SR former walk-on Hoppes and SR former walk-on Ketter are the only ones I can recall being in or thrown to.
I'm with you 100%, unfortunately most of our fan base won't because it's "living in the past". It would give us an identity and very rarely do option teams like GT, Navy, or Air Force lose games they are not supposed to. They are difficult to prepare for because you rarely see them. And for me, they are fun as heck to watch.
How about run the ball guys come out when they want to be "won the game guys"
So did football some how magically change when riley was hired that the teams with strong running games win the most ? Is that now different?
Run the ball guy doesn't care.
Run the ball guy knows little about magic or football.
Run the ball guy just yells run the ball.
ball to reimers hit him right in the chest. no excuse for that. i wouldn't have run the ball at crunch time either - the run game was awful all day.
hence the sorry state of Nebraska football, we went through this with Callahan and now Riley and still the debate rages on - Nebraska wins more games when we have a physical running game with a dual threat QB
I don't think a dual threat QB is a requirement but a run focused offense that can often convert 3rd and short without throwing the football is IMO. That doesn't mean run it 80% of the time, just give them a nice physical dose of it. Sometimes you need a hard earned yard, hard to do when an effective running game isn't the highest priority.
As long as it has not involve throwing a bubble screen on the opponents 10 yard line with a 2nd and 3 I am good with it