Nebraska Gets Critical Win Over Michigan

Go Big Red !!!!!!! More later, my girlfriend want to go to the bar.

......waitn for the haters of bo and Taylor.. iam sure they will find something to B about. Blackshirts hand them out. Even e Robinson out.

...... Waiting for the bo n Taylor haters.. hand out blackshirts

Anybody notice, no OU7Times?

Has the defence finally traded in there black skirts for black shirts. Good quallity win. We have the athletes to play with anyone as long as they show up to play the full 60mins. Good job skers.

I’m here, what do you want, BigRedNOkc?

Tough break for Robinson. Michigan players said to the effect of “well, we just count on the next guy to do his job,” Hoke’s like, “it changes things a little.” Pelini- “oh, not a lot, maybe a little more pressure.” Yeah… It only knocked them dead in the water. No shame in that, when you loose one of the most dynamic players in college ball. Lose one of the best players, like a Burkhead for example and things change some. Lose Denard and Michigan’s run game is just as cooked, just as well done, as its play action pass game.
Regardelss, you could say Nebraska now fits the B1G culture, in terms of holding up at the lines. Not so sure if Nebraska “wins out,” they still have to acclimate to the weekly scrum, that is B1G conference play. Yet another huge game against Sparty, oh, then State Penn. One thing about this conference though. After a big game, Nebraska’s opponent will be coming off a big game, too. Not many “tune ups” in conference, this year anyway.

Have concerns still of coach’s loss of composure rubs off on players.  Defense looked great!  NU controlled destiny last year also only to lose the next week to Northwetern.  A win at MSU is a must for the program imo.  Tickets are going cheap on Lansing or Grand Rapids MI craigslist if you all are coming to Lansing for it.  Maybe see you there.  Hope I am not the only Michigander in RED

Now that was husker football to many penalties but they competed ran the football in the 4th defense hustleted to the ball and gang tackled but it doesn’t mean anything if they can’t do it again next week and the following weeks also it was great to see the DB’s turn their heads and locate the ball and make a play

That was the best defensive performance this year.  The LBs really showed up in this game as a unit.  I noticed they rotated in different packages and kept them fresh and speedy.  Fisher played lights out when he was in.  I also thought the secondary played their best game.  PJ Smith was alll over the field.  I also loved seeing the converted WR Jean-Baptiste in there fighting for the ball. Good to see this young squad improving.  If they play like that for Mich State, I don’t see Mich State scoring more than one TD.

Impressed by the play of santos

Hey guys - just wanted to congratulate you on a clearly well deserved win.  It might have been different had Denard not gotten knocked out - but he did and the scoreboard said what the scoreboard said. 

I also wanted to comment on the AMAZING hospitality I saw from the Nebraska fan base in Lincoln yesterday.  My brother (fellow UM alum) and I were stunned at how friendly and kind everyone was; from parking lot, to the bars, to the streets of Lincoln to the campus bookstore to the stadium we had countless strangers (dressed in red) welcoming us to Lincoln and wishing us good luck.  You guys have clearly upgraded the class of the Big 10 fan base and should be proud of that.

Good luck to you guys the rest of the season and I can only hope any of you who travel to Ann Arbor next year get the same classy hospitality we did.

That was stout defense! We scored the equivalent of more than 3 TD’s on the 10th best defense in the nation. I also have a lot more faith in Bo, he got this team ready. You could tell they wanted it more. And Taylor Martinez play was excellent. It’s like what I said when Taylor was breaking out as a freshman and Darren said above…we’re seeing him grow up right in front of our eyes. I do wish we’d see him break one once in a while like the old days though. Jamal had a good catch and run…straight up field. Sure wish we could see him do his juke and jive thing once in a while. He really should have been red shirted. Needs to mature. But how about that Rich Fisher getting these receivers ready! He is the best assistant coach we have out of all the new guys.
The O line played extremely well as did the D line, but give some props to Michigans O line…there were times when Dennard had all day to find a receiver.
I’m not so sure having Robinson in the game would have won it for them, but we’ll never know. That’s football. Remember, we were without Burkhead. This puts us back in the top 25 and a little respect nationally. There is no reason why we can’t win out from here. Michigan State is an aweful good defensive team, but nothing on offense at all. State Penn, oops, I mean Penn State, isn’t anything we can’t handle. And Iowa? Please. I see a pretty clear ride to the championship game and it would be SO NICE to kick Wisconsins butt twice in one season…makes up for our first B1G game loss.

Just concerned. Making sure you weren’t damaged in the blast radius that came from the obliteration Saturday night.

Well give BO and the D the credit well deserved congrats big red that’s the fire we have gone way to long without in a big game follow this up with a hard fought victory at mich st.  Keep the big red nation rolling down the tracks to the goal of the B1G champion ship!!!! GO BIG RED!!! HUSKER POWER!!!!

BigRedNOkc,

You live closer to the ‘blast area’ than me so if you made alright I should too. That is assuming you are talking about OU vs ND?

It was quite a game for 3 1/2 quarters, but that’s why it’s played for 4 full quarters. A lot of young players got to cut their teeth on a big time game, and maybe some thug wannabes (with goofy-ass hair) might decide to grow up after Coach Stoops gets through with him.

The good news is the Sooners didn’t fall too far in the BCS poll.

I don’t want to hear any complaints about penalties.  Most of the calls against Nebraska were bogus to start with.  We really need to start speaking up about the officiating.  Passing Interference, Sideline infraction, Passing Interference, FG.  The score would have been 23 - 6 if the Refs weren’t trying so hard to keep Michigan in the game.

Tough about Robinson though.  Would have been more complete a presentation if he had not gotten hurt.  But as has been said before, we didn’t have Burkhead and that’s football.  These players are human and before they can take care of the teams business they have to take care of thier bodies.  Get healthy you two.  Look forward to many a Sunday watching you both.

I am actually glad you mentioned the thug wannabe as that was a shake your head moment. Like I told everyone around here. Let me say something bad to say something good. After the first 2 or 3 drives, the bad snap, etc. Jones looked really rattled and hardly ever threw down field. He looked so uncomfortable, he just wanted to get the ball out in like 1 sec to the flats or on a slant (freshman-type throws). Just terrible. On the other hand, guys like Saunders are getting the ball in the flats and making something out of it like Broyles did, and in the process getting crazy numbers.

Oh and GBR!! Awesome having watched the BIG RED now beat everyone in their division at least once, and now are in the driver’s seat for the division.

Nebraska is playing better. I would bet social media played a bigger part in Husker players playing better now. Would you agree that there is nothing the Coach Pelini could tell his players at this point of the game to make them play any better. Knowing that OSU is playing out of their minds but being conference CC game/bowl ineligible this year, you just knew that with all of the division underachievers NU should be there at the end.

So, what’s the explaination?

I think that OU and NU are suffering from the same problem (besides head coach) and that is inconsistent play from players who have been in the system long enough not to play the way they are playing. Gabe Ikard   for OU, played a horrendious game at center. Knowing that Landry Jones is a head case since he got married. The other is Kenny Stills. He is big in one game and takes 4 off. If you want to look like a thug (T. Mathieu) and act like a thug in the biggest game of the season, then you are a thug ass. He needs to be sat down and let someone who cares get ball time. Playing with no respect to our opponent in not the University of Oklahoma way.

I know that Coach Stoops knows how to get these guys attention.

OU7times,

I don’t think social media had anything to do with Nebraska
playing better.  I think Nebraska decided in the 4th quarter of the Northwestern game that they were tired of fighting themselves.  I think muscle memory took over.  I think a moment of clarity happened.  Ultimately, I think Nebraska decided, “Let’s play our game, and not theirs.  Let’s do what we know what we can do, and stop thinking about what everyone else is trying to convince us we cannot do.” 

When you are one of the “Blue Bloods” of College Football, at some point you realize.  You know more than others about what it is that you do.

That is what I think happened.

I was wondering if the fans b-moaning might have played a big part.

Your opinion is most likely what happened. Twittt and FB play such a big part of young people now and i see people of all ages on both everyday. I only saw one highlight from the NU game so, i didn’t even get to watch any live plays in that game.

I won’t lie, in the back of my mind I think wow Ohio state is STILL undefeated. But it’s hard to beat a team twice in one season so who knows what would have happened if the huskers do hold on and go to Indy, and face OSU had they been eligible? Knowing that it’s not NU’s fault that they don’t get another crack at Braxton, you can forget about it more. The only reason the talk is still going on about them is because they ARE playing and showing good results. Past the regular season it’s all what-ifs so I think all of CFB will move on. I do want to play the best, but it’s not NU’s fault if they get a BIG champ. by default, as it’s still a BIG champ.

BiRedNOkc,

I’m glad you brought the subject up. First, there are a few games to be played yet.

Secondly, There is no getting around the fact that OSU soundly beat Nebraska in their matchup. OSU, as we all know is a far superior team than a lot of teams and is not allowed to play in the Big 10 champ game so, if OSU wins out, and we think they will, Nebraska or whoever, wins (in your own words) by default.

To win it in that fashion would have to be as exiting as shanking a 5 iron off the tee box into the trees and have the ball bounce onto the green and roll into the cup for a ‘hole in one’.

Don’t believe me? I’ve seen it in person. Everyone stands around shaking their heads trying to come up with something appropriate to say. ‘Nice shot’ isn’t one of them.

Team play (or coaches waking up) at Nebraska right now is just amazing in it’s timing. Playing just good enough to keep the heat off of Pelini to divert attention to what will eventually happen. That is his dismissal. Take into account that nearly all of the Big 10 teams are so dreadful this year. Factor in that OSU cannot compete for the conference title and this is what you are left with.

Maybe (probably) U. Meyer knew that Nebraska would be most likely to play and win, in the CTG and that’s why he ran that last touchdown in when he could have taken a knee. He was showing that his team is best.

Do you disagree?

The problem i am having with this scenario is that Coach Pelini is getting credit due to other teams down years, and OSU’s situation, than what he actually has accomplished as a 5th year head coach.

Once again, Coach Pelini has always had built in excuses as to why he has not reached the next step and he is clearly using ‘smoke and mirrors’. Winning just enough at the right time to string along and cause a delay in Nebraska finding their next ‘Osborne’

I believe it is Ivan Maisel predicting an OU vs NU Rose Bowl. Way too early to tell but if that happens i will be lickin’ my chops at that matchup.

OU7times,

“Pelini is getting credit due to other teams down years, and OSU’s situation, than what he actually has accomplished as a 5th year head coach.”

Hmm.  Couldn’t the same be said for Texas when they played for the National Title and Nebraska whiners finally got their way with a Bill Callahan coached Nebraska?

Couldn’t the same be said for Texas in 2009 when they put one second back on the clock and instead of letting Nebraska win it fair and square with a clean clock, Texas went on to get its clock cleaned by Alabama?

Didn’t Oklahoma barely squeak out a victory against us in 2010?

I am going to have to disagree with you on your assessment however your enthusiasm for seeing Nebraska play Oklahoma again, that I share.  :)