Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2016 7:19:49 GMT -8
I kind of like Mark Banker's chances of stopping an Oregon offense trying to break in a new QB on the road, early in the season, particularly with the talent level he's now working with at Nebraska vs. what he had at OSU. Apparently, DT is a question mark for the Huskers this year, having lost 4 of them in the offseason, but he's still probably going to have a lot more to work with than he ever did in Corvallis.
I'm predicting a run heavy, ball control effort by Nebraska in the first half (similar to what we saw in their bowl game vs. UCLA) and a Duck offense struggling to get into a groove in their first away game and against their first real competition of the year. Nebraska goes into the half with a double digit lead and withstands a rally by the Ducks in the second half with physical play and a couple takeaways in their own territory to win 38-33.
|
|
|
Post by drunkandstoopidbeav on Jul 15, 2016 9:56:44 GMT -8
Nebraska's only gonna have 2 losses this year, they'll run right over the ucks.
|
|
hof99
Freshman
Posts: 182
|
Post by hof99 on Jul 15, 2016 10:18:06 GMT -8
I am not a believer in either MR or MB. These guys can snatch defeat from the jaws of victory like no pair I have ever seen before. If Nebraska goes through the season with only two losses, I will publicly embarrass myself by eating a cornhusker ( whatever that is ). Neither Banker or Riley are known for being great schemers, or for having their teams ready for any big ( and even some small ) challenges. yeah, they may get better recruits, but they don't get developed - they decline. 1 am saying 4-5 losses....c'mon Riley, you can do it.
|
|
|
Post by drunkandstoopidbeav on Jul 15, 2016 10:43:34 GMT -8
So the word on Riley for years is that he took weak recruiting classes and developed them into competitive players and you are saying after one season at NU that he takes good players and puts them into decline mode? I'm looking at the fact that he took a running team with recruits that were based on that scheme, completely changed the offense to a passing team (lots of changes on the D side as well), and somehow managed to only lose 5 games by a total of 13 points with no losses of 11 points or greater. They can literally make the claim that they were only 9 plays from a perfect season record... that's not that common, as an example, UCLA won 8 games last year and can't even make that claim. Nebraska doesn't need to make a big leap of improvement to have a good year. If he has another 7 loss season, then you have a point.
|
|
|
Post by zeroposter on Jul 15, 2016 10:56:04 GMT -8
I have nearly always cheered against Nebraska football. Even with MR as Nebraska coach, I have difficulty with positive Nebraska thoughts even though I like Riley. As far as the duckers and Cornhuskers go, a 50 point beat down of the duckers would be just fine.
|
|
|
Post by TheGlove on Jul 15, 2016 10:59:59 GMT -8
While this post/thread has NOTHING to do with OSU football, it is the off-season so I'll let it stay on the OSU football board. For future reference, any post about TSDTR or any other non-OSU Football related topic belongs on the Rotating Tap forum board.
Go Huskers!
|
|
|
Post by nabeav on Jul 15, 2016 12:41:48 GMT -8
I predict the following: If Nebraska wins Anti Riley faction: Oregon isn't what they once were, I could've beaten Oregon with the talent Nebraska has Pro Riley faction: Looks like he's still a good coach, wish he was still here!
If Oregon wins Anti Riley faction: The games has passed him by, still can't beat a spread team, he'll be fired by Halloween. Pro Riley faction: It's just a loss to a good team, he's still in a weak division of the Big10, don't be surprised if they end up in the B1G championship.
No matter who wins baseba1111: You're all idiots, it was obvious who was going to win, it means nothing, and I don't understand why everyone has a problem with me. You're the problem, proven by your misuse of a semi-colon and the double-space after a period you used in your reply.
|
|
|
Post by orangeexpress on Jul 15, 2016 13:04:06 GMT -8
I don't agree with the "Neither Banker or Riley are known for... having their teams ready for any big ( and even some small ) challenges." I recall numerous big upset wins led by those two; I equally recall numerous ugly losses where we were clearly the better team. That tandem did hand Michigan State its only regular season loss last year.
|
|
|
Post by atownbeaver on Jul 15, 2016 16:17:21 GMT -8
I don't agree with the "Neither Banker or Riley are known for... having their teams ready for any big ( and even some small ) challenges." I recall numerous big upset wins led by those two; I equally recall numerous ugly losses where we were clearly the better team. That tandem did hand Michigan State its only regular season loss last year. Yeah I agree. Riley and Banker are both know to be EXCEPTIONAL schematic coaches. honestly one of their strengths. Game day play calling is not necessarily a strength, but the pair can lay out a plan of attack very, very well. This will be met with eye rolling, but honestly Banker generally performed better against Oregon than nearly any other DC in the Pac... sure we had losses, but that was simply because we did not have the horses. remember, Oregon only lost like 2 pac games in 4 years or something like that before last year. Banker had sound schemes... he just lacked the overall talent to run with what Oregon could field from about 2010 forward.
|
|
|
Post by nabeav on Jul 15, 2016 21:32:06 GMT -8
Riley and Banker are both know to be EXCEPTIONAL schematic coaches. honestly one of their strengths. Game day play calling is not necessarily a strength, but the pair can lay out a plan of attack very, very well. This will be met with eye rolling, but honestly Banker generally performed better against Oregon than nearly any other DC in the Pac... sure we had losses, but that was simply because we did not have the horses. remember, Oregon only lost like 2 pac games in 4 years or something like that before last year. Banker had sound schemes... he just lacked the overall talent to run with what Oregon could field from about 2010 forward. You're on the right track here. If you go back and look at Oregon's games, the Beavs were typically one of the more closely contested matchups they had during that season (the game in Reser for the Roses excepted). A lot of those games the Beavs were leading or close with them at halftime, before adjustments by Oregon and/or lack of depth took its toll. There were quite a few games where OSU jumped out to big leads before coming crashing back down to earth....to me that suggests a strong gameplan that takes the opponent by surprise, only to have them regroup and then exploit the deficiencies in the Beavs roster. Loyalty, in-game management, and maybe recruiting I'll give you as strong criticisms of Riley/Banker, but schematically I think they are still some of the best in the business. They've been around a long time, they know how to prepare for a game.
|
|
|
Post by blueheron on Jul 18, 2016 7:01:39 GMT -8
While this post/thread has NOTHING to do with OSU football, it is the off-season so I'll let it stay on the OSU football board. For future reference, any post about TSDTR or any other non-OSU Football related topic belongs on the Rotating Tap forum board. Go Huskers! Not really a fan of this policy. I never go to any of those other boards, and would have completely missed this thread. There's nothing wrong with discussing college football here.
|
|
|
Post by beaverbeliever on Jul 20, 2016 21:54:05 GMT -8
Nebraska's defense got lit up like a video game by Purdue - easily the worst B1G team last season. Hard to imagine they'll have figured out the spread since they never did seem to make any progress against it here.
|
|
|
Post by bennysdentist on Jul 21, 2016 9:36:02 GMT -8
GO BIG RED!
|
|
|
Post by drunkandstoopidbeav on Jul 21, 2016 16:58:18 GMT -8
Nebraska's defense got lit up like a video game by Purdue - easily the worst B1G team last season. Hard to imagine they'll have figured out the spread since they never did seem to make any progress against it here. Purdue's offense burned Nebraska for THREE yards over Oregon State's season average defense. 484 yards vs NU vs 481 everybody's season average against OSU last year. Purdue did benefit from NU having to start first time starter Riker Fyfe, a 2 star walk on "dual threat" QB out of Grand Island, Nebraska, who gave the ball to Purdue 5 times via Ints and fumbles. Purdue had TD drives of 6, 16, 19, 22 and 45 yards....Tough for a defense when your'e put in that kind of a hole that many times.
|
|
|
Post by spudbeaver on Jul 21, 2016 20:20:28 GMT -8
Nebraska's defense got lit up like a video game by Purdue - easily the worst B1G team last season. Hard to imagine they'll have figured out the spread since they never did seem to make any progress against it here. Yet they hammered UCLA in a bowl game. Oh, and beat the conference champion.
|
|