Huskers Exposed By Hokies

Boy, was I wrong. I thought before the Husker-Va Tech game that our guys could take the boys with the goofy cheerleading name by 10 points or greater. (By the way, Hokie is just that--a cheerleading chant. It's in Wikipedia).

Anyway--back to reality. Boy, was I wrong. Maybe too much red Kool-Aid, I don't know. But them boys from Blacksburg put on a clinic. They looked like the team that had had a week off to prepare for this game--not us. The only reason why there was only a 5-point difference was because Nate Swift had the stones to try to make a play with his 88-yard punt return in the 4th quarter. That was the single best moment the Huskers had all night.

I won't go too much into detail on the X's and O's. That's everywhere. You can read Huskerpedia and get all that. There are 4 things, however, that really stick out with me.

#1---Quarterback. I'm starting to have questions about how Joe Ganz should be deployed, mainly because of his height. I'm wondering if he's even 6 ft tall--and if he's not, then the offense has some real issues--because if Joe is truly that short, then he's gotta be in the shotgun more, which implies a spread offense. But, that does no good if you want to run a power offense with some option. There seemed to be a major physical difference between Joe and Tyrod Taylor from VA Tech.

#2---Offensive Line. These guys still have big problems in getting some decent blocking put together.

#3---Safeties. I don't know why Larry Asante, #4, continues to be out there. He acts like he's lost. And on the blocked punt the other night in the 1st quarter, he had 2 guys running at him and DIDN'T HIT EITHER ONE!! Good lord, man, pick SOMEBODY!!

#4---Bo's demeanor and temper. Okay--fire is one thing, but getting penalties for mouthing off to the refs is enough. Bo said the other night that he's got to be smarter, and I hope he meant it. Even as goofy as the Huskers were playing the other night, they were still in the game when that whole penalty thing with Suh, then followed by Bo, and THEN AGAIN BY SUH, occurred. Wow. You cannot have that!! And, anyone who got fed up with Bill Callahan and the "throat slash" deal against Oklahoma in 2005 (which I firmly believe was him demonstrating how the Nebr defender was held on an OU touchdown run, but got misinterpreted)---repeat---anyone who went after Callahan for that---and then does not get after Bo for his behavior last Saturday night--is being a hypocrite. Division I football is tough enough without a coach giving up yards just because he's pissed.

With all of that said---I think that VA Tech is similar to Okie State from last year. And we all know what happened when Okie State got up against our guys a year ago. This year, our fellas did not give up--and battled to the end. I give them tons of credit for that.

But there's a bunch to fix--without letting up on the attitude. And that fixing is both on the field and on the sideline.

Go Big Red!!

The Old Husker Fan

Go to the attached link for another comment on Bo's penalty in the game:

http://nebraska.statepaper.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2008/09/28/48df3c4487b9b