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I can't see how we should have won the game when we didn't lead it ever. We should have won vs OSU, but I don't think this game was nearly the same as that one.
Now you're just ****ing with me.
I can't see how we should have won the game when we didn't lead it ever. We should have won vs OSU, but I don't think this game was nearly the same as that one.
Now you're just ****ing with me.
I hate the statement "should have one". It is a huge pet peeve of mine--it drives me ****ing nuts. There's a system in place to deternmine who should have won. It's the score.
Barring some extraordinary injustice (which was absent in yesterday's contest) there is no "should" have won, in my opinion.
No, CU should not have won, yesterday. The score proves that.
CU could have won. And I agree with Leash that special teams and bad coaching (emerging in the form of poor discipline) lost this game for us. but there's no "should" about it.
Colorado outplayed Nebraska and really should have won, bad special teams play and bad coaching is what lost it.
I guess I sort of agree and disagree with you. I think it's okay to look at a game and say well we should have won that, something in particular screwed us and then we blew it. I also think it shouldn't be rewarded in any way for "almost" winning. At the end of the day you win because you have more points than the other team. Moral victories are not something I like to talk about.
you act like special teams is just some minor tangible. Special teams is huge, we all know that. It's apart of the game.
Nu outplayed us, period. They were up 14-0, then 14-7, 21-7, 21-14, 28-14.
We never threatened to win the game. We needed a hail mary as time expired to beat the spread. **** yeah!.
we were outplayed and outcoached. Unfortunately, we all knew we'd be outcoached.
Yes CU did get Nebraska's D for 400 yards of total offense. What was NU's average starting field position on CU? Something like the 50 yard line. Hard to put up many yards when starting consistently from that short of a field. On the day NU only passed the ball 14 times, and only rushed the ball 12 more times than CU. CU passed the ball 44 times. Stats:
http://www.bighuskerfan.com/smf/2009stats/colorado.pdf
Maybe it's semantics, but what you describe in the bolded section is a "could". Yes, if those things went right (they didn't) it would have put us in a position to win the game.
To me "should" says that we won the game, except somehow the score was wrong. Yesterday's score accurately reflected the happenings in the game.
For instance, in 2008, we "should" have gone to overtime in Ames.
But yesterday we should have loss and did. We could have won, but didn't.
I never said should, Im just saying it was there for the taking. It didnt happen. When I said thank your lucky stars in another thread, didnt have nothing to do with luck. There are no excuses, that is exactly my point. When its there and you dont take it, that tells you exactly where you are as a football team. This team does everything to lose games and not much to win them, eventhough they get close. Close dont matter. Some things in football never change. I guarantee all of you, we continue to lack in the areas we have, nothing will get better. The strategy and schemes in football have changed, not the game.I can't see how we should have won the game when we didn't lead it ever. We should have won vs OSU, but I don't think this game was nearly the same as that one.
Yes CU did get Nebraska's D for 400 yards of total offense. What was NU's average starting field position on CU? Something like the 50 yard line. Hard to put up many yards when starting consistently from that short of a field. On the day NU only passed the ball 14 times, and only rushed the ball 12 more times than CU. CU passed the ball 44 times. Stats:
http://www.bighuskerfan.com/smf/2009stats/colorado.pdf
Also, NU's average starting offensive position was their own 35 yard line.
NU started on their own 47 yard line and own 46 yard line in the fist half and managed 1 total yard on those two drives and 0 points.
In fact, NU only had 2 drives greater than 20 yards yesterday (80 and 56 yard TD drives).
CU had drives of 24, 67, 59, 49, 30, 51 and 80, but missed two field goals and threw 2 interceptions to end those drives short.
Woohoo!!!! We had more drives of over 20 yards than Nebraska! We win! :thumbsup:
Again, NU went up 14-0, and we never got closer than being down by 7. And when we did close it to 7, NU answered every time and put the lead back up to 14.
A pussy like game plan? Look on your own sideline.
Someone is bitter that their top 10 defense just got torched for 400 yards and recorded 0 sacks against a 3-9 team.
Not to be picky, but I think we got at least 1 sack and Suh recorded that one? You could tell our defense just wasn't there mentally, they didn't play that well. Your defense came ready to play and the Buffs will miss Brown #29 next season, dudes a beast for a little guy!
I hate the statement "should have one". It is a huge pet peeve of mine--it drives me ****ing nuts. There's a system in place to deternmine who should have won. It's the score.
Barring some extraordinary injustice (which was absent in yesterday's contest) there is no "should" have won, in my opinion.
No, CU should not have won, yesterday. The score proves that.
CU could have won. And I agree with Leash that special teams and bad coaching (emerging in the form of poor discipline) lost this game for us. but there's no "should" about it.
And I hate when people confuse the words one and won. It's as if they think that because they sound the same, they are interchangeable. Quirky....
Suh was credited a sack on the intentional grounding call. It wasn't a sack.
I was responding to the Husker claiming field position was the reason for CU outgaining NU.
I imagine gaining 150 yards in the final 2 drives when the game was iced had a big part in it. Minus those two meaningless drives (especially the last one that included our hail mary), I think total yards was close.
When it comes down to it, I could care less. I don't care if we get outgained by 300, I just want a CU win.
I imagine gaining 150 yards in the final 2 drives when the game was iced had a big part in it. Minus those two meaningless drives (especially the last one that included our hail mary), I think total yards was close.
When it comes down to it, I could care less. I don't care if we get outgained by 300, I just want a CU win.
Total yards by quarter:
First:
UNL 38
CU 22
Second:
UNL 51
CU 112
Third:
UNL 41
CU 108
Fourth:
UNL 88
CU 161
So, no, it wasn't all garbage time in the fourth quarter... :huh:
But I agree. All that counts is getting the win... :sad1:
A little added perspective...I think you guys had 2 of 3 more possessions than us due to the Return and the Int. Not that we were gaining it in chunks but it does add up. Watson got wayyyy conservative as well.
All in all, it was a fairly even game and great weather. Had great seats in Section 106, 14 rows up.
They did own the place....get used to it.Glad you enjoyed your time here. I saw some jackass husker fans that thought they owned the place, but I saw some good ones too.
Glad you enjoyed your time here. I saw some jackass husker fans that thought they owned the place, but I saw some good ones too.
They did own the place....get used to it.
The guys sitting in my section were good guys. Knew their football and weren't seeing all of life through red-tinted glasses.
You seem to have many pet peeves with words. :smile2:
I know and it really pissed me off. My dad was furious about it, he said, "When I was president of the buff club we worked so hard to get the red out, and now it's back!"
your welcome.It wouldn't surprise me if 10-12 thousand husker fans were in Folsom. That's a $600k subsidy from our friends from the NE. Just 5 more NU games like that one and the Huskers could generate enough cashflow to buy out our coach's contract.