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It appears that the Huskers are going to finish off perennial powerhouse Maine tonight. Just plan on more of the same. BTW, how about those Sooners? Big Twelve is wide open. Huskers need game time to come together. The flag was flying proud outside the homestead today. Looking forward to the 37 forever weekend. Hope to see some of you there.

I still can't believe that their atlantic 10 conference mate, [mumble]and my alma mater[/mumble] won the 1-aa championship.

Dem Dukes! BTW, was Purzycki the HC when you were there? He had coached at my high school previously.

(Seems you wanted to keep this particular nugget of info on the down low, but I couldn't help responding.)

Think that's before my time. Rip Scherer was Head Coach when I got there in '92, and then Alex Wood.

I thought Maine was in Canada...

I don't know about you ch but I was not at all pleased with the offense. They came out flat and it showed. With the exception of Taylor who played well everyone else just stunk up the joint. They couldn't run the ball, receivers couldn't catch the ball and 5 turnovers is inexcusable. On the flip side I was REALLY pleased with the Blackshirts. I don't care who you're playing, if you total 12 QB sacks, you're getting the job done. The LB's especially played lights out. But the lack of effort and just total sloppy play by the offense just pissed me off.
I suppose I should be happy they won but they should have blown Maine off the field. Callahan can't be happy at all with their play. I realize that only 1 of our receivers that are 1st teamers played tonight ( Fluellen, Leflore, Herrion ect. were out with injuries) but how many balls hit receivers in the hands that were just flat out dropped?? Inexcusable.
I don't know what he's going to do with the offensive line but if they can't get better effort out of the big uglies then you better bring some of the new studs up to speed.
I know I'm bitching but I just wasn't happy with the way the offense played. Some heads better roll this week.
I was extremely happy with the Blackshirts though.

Oh well I guess I could be a Sooner fan tonight. :)

Or an A&M fan.

Listening to Callahan now. He's not pleased with the Oline and the miscues and total lack of effort on offense. Said the Oline didn't play physical and is not happy. He's really pleased with the defense and special teams. Sounds like there may be a shakeup with personel on offense this week or a lot of stadium steps run. :)

Did A&M lose today?

I didn't even know Maine had a football team.

Cosidering that they should have been wiped out, Maine wasn't actually all that bad. In fact they'll probably do well this season in their conference. Their defense isn't bad but Nebraska should have been able to do what ever they wanted. But the Huskers offense just decided to punch the clock instead of showing up today. :cuss: :cuss:

25-24 to Auburn, IIRC. Game ended maybe a half hour ago.

What was the final score?

After listening to Husker fans for the last few months, I expected more out of the QB. I find it hard to believe that the Second Coming went 15-36 for 192 yards and 2 Ints against a IAA team. Am I missing something?

I didn't realize Nebraska St. still had a team.

His stats look worse than he actually played. One int was bone headed and he should have thrown the ball away instead of trying to force a play. The other was tipped by the receiver. And he had balls that were delivered perfectly that were just flat out dropped. But Nebraska started with 3 2nd teamers playing tonight at WR and the 2nd team TE. But there's no excuse for just flat out dropping balls. It was pathetic. :banghead: The only thing worse was the Oline play. :cuss:
But Zac Taylor actually played well and I've no complaint with him.
He's going to be a damn good QB. :thumb:

Remember the Maine!

Thanks Admiral Dewey...

Dave

Nebraska on the Bill Snyder diet, I see?

Wide open? Not so sure the folks in Austin will agree with that one...I guess you never know.

Bugeater U.

Guys, Iowa State played 1-AA Indiana State, and at the start of the 4th quarter, they only lead by EIGHT.

The final score was 32-21, but they struggled big time...tied at 8 at halftime. They got beat deep 3 or 4 times and gave up 2 passing TD's over 50 yards (56 and 80).

They play Iowa next week, and Iowa hung 56 on Ball State. It was 49-0 when Tate came out.

The two big concerns were the defensive line and RB for most people. I've been talking about people being paranoid all summer, and it looks like I may have been right -- Iowa rushed for 254 yards with 6 different backs and held Ball State to 131 yards total offense. They did that even though the 2nd and 3rd string were playing from the 2nd quarter on.

Looks like the Huskers are the team to beat. Did you see how they handled Maine? Shudder

Pretty much all the North teams struggled.

The funny thing about Zac Taylor is that he was the third string quarterback at Wake Forest--a team that just lost to Vanderbilt while playing at home in Winston-Salem, NC.

Wake Forest ran the ball for nearly 300 yards and threw the ball for nearly 200 yards, but somehow only managed two TDs.

And Wake Forest is taking its ineptitude to Lincoln where they will let Zac Taylor put up Heismanesque numbers next week because Wake Forest generates ZERO pass rush.

Enjoy!

Wake Forest fan already waiting for basketball season,
Infidel Goat

They handled Maine with ease compared to how Kansas faired against perenial powerhouse Florida Atlantic. :) Don't they give out sailing schlorships at F.A.? :p

Yea. The diet of beating the shiot outta MUtzzou for 11 conscecutive seasons has been sustaining.

With the exception of Texas, The Big 12 has nothing to brag about yesterday. Not one team stood out. :shake:

At least Florida Atlantic is a Div 1-A school. :D

Go Sun Belt!

I just checked out the box score. ONE offensive touchdown. (A 1 yard touchdown run). The rest were FG's.

By the numbers..Nebraska...

Zac Taylor, NU's savior, went 15-36, 192 yards, 2 interceptions.
313 yards total offense
3 Fumbles lost

All against Maine, a I-AA team. :shake:

The only good thing I saw was they held them to -6 rushing yards on 37 attempts. Thats fairly impressive. The rest...sad.

Still, the Cornholers play a I-AA quality team in Wake Forest, who lost to freaking VANDY, at home.

:cuss:

Hey--only I can speak poorly of the Wake Forest football team.

Go Deacs!

Wake Forest is bad, but they're still a 1-A team. I'll bet they could beat Maine.

1-AA is 1-AA. A Div 1-A school, especially one from a BCS conference, should dominate. Anything less is a disappointment.

At that right Sucklone fans? :)

And before anybody goes off about the Hawkeyes playing a 1-AA team next week -- Iowa wouldn't have to play UNI if Pinkel wasn't such a ****ing gash...

Yeah. Losing to Vandy though should revoke your rights as a I-A team.

The best I-AA teams could easily beat the bottom feeders of the Sun Belt Conference. Thats about it though.

Still, its freaking NEBRASKA. Where is this new WCO? The only thing remotely impressive about their perfomance was their defense.

Yeah, about half the Sun Belt, as well as Buffalo and a couple of other bottom feeders in the MAC -- incidentally, most of them WERE 1-AA teams until a few years ago.

By the way, I'm a big Sun Belt fan. It started while playing NCAA 2003 with the Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns.

My current dynasty is the Arkansas State Indians...maybe I should post some results over in the Games forum...

Hell, Michigan struggled against a friggin' MAC team Saturday. Notre fucking Lame has me nervous.

I heard on the radio the other day that many in Huskerland don't like Calla han; said the guy can't coach, and if the sitch doesn't get a whole lot better this year, he's a goner. Any truth to that?

/wife's a Husker, many in the xtend'd fam are too...

If they don't get a bowl game, Callahan is as good as gone. Too much pressure there.

However if they end up 6-5 I see him staying, with the Husker homers making tons of excuses.

I can't wait to see the Texas vs. Ohio State game. I'm horny for that one.

Yeah, although if there was ever a game where I wanted both teams to lose. Or fall into a lava pit. I hate 'em both.Uh, no.

Vandy has a stud QB. I wouldn't be surprised to see Cutler starting in the NFL in a few years. There were a bunch of scouts at the game to watch him--Vanderbilt or not . . .

WFU isn't that bad.

They were 4-7 last year, but lost a bunch of close quality games:

30-37 vs. Clemson in 2OT
21-27 vs. NC State in OT
10-17 vs. VA Tech (stalled drive inside the 10 yards line at end of game)
24-31 vs. North Carolina
17-20 vs. Florida State (led in 4th quarter)
7-13 vs. Maryland

My guess?

We'll lose to Nebraska by less than a touchdown. It's the WF way!

I'll be interested to see what Nebraska's D does against a respectable rushing game . . .

--Infidel Goat

Well, i'll be rooting for the Demon Deacons. No doubt.