Pounding the Rock

(Haters of American football, especially the college variety, can stop here.  You were warned!)

Watched the Nebraska-Nevada game yesterday as it was for free on ABC as a regional show.  First part of it was as one might expect from two teams on their first times out.  Especially Nevada who was in the belly of the beast at Memorial Stadium and had a bunch of freshmen starting that day.  Still they made the best of in the early going and actually led briefly after an interception from the much hyped transplanted quarterback. 

After getting behind, suddenly there was a shift back to that old Nebraska tradition.  Smash mouth early and often with associated wilting of the opponents later.  No more of those plays where you can have three outcomes and only one of them is good as Vince Lombardi used to say.  Seemed like old times except instead of a cloud of dust after the play it was a cloud of ground up rubber.

Lucky, Huskers Roll to Win - Lincoln Journal-Star

"Forget passing. Nebraska just ran and ran and ran ...

At one point, 'I think we ran the same play about six times in a row, seven times in a row,' Husker left tackle Carl Nicks said. '(Keller’s) like, 'All right, guys, we got '98' again.''  What’s 98? 'Stretch play to the right,' Nicks said. 'They couldn’t stop us. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, I guess.'

By game’s end, Nebraska had taken an astounding 96 snaps, accumulating 625 yards. The Huskers ran the ball 70 times for 413 yards.  NU even ran the option once."

Steven M. Sipple: On This Day, NU had All the Answers - Lincoln Journal-Star

"Nebraska piled up 413 rushing yards on 70 attempts (compared with 26 passes). Seventy rushing attempts! Nevada defenders were gasping for air by the middle of the third quarter. Somewhere Tom Osborne and Barry Switzer were smiling. Indeed, this felt like a bygone era at the old stadium, with a big and powerful Husker offensive line systematically bringing an overmatched foe to its knees.  Heck, Nebraska even ran the option twice.

Bill Callahan’s West Coast offense is basically a finesse-oriented system? Well, there’s your answer to that question, once and for all, in case anyone was still asking.  And while we’re asking questions ... Sam who?"

Pounding the Rock

(Haters of American football, especially the college variety, can stop here.  You were warned!)

Watched the Nebraska-Nevada game yesterday as it was for free on ABC as a regional show.  First part of it was as one might expect from two teams on their first times out.  Especially Nevada who was in the belly of the beast at Memorial Stadium and had a bunch of freshmen starting that day.  Still they made the best of in the early going and actually led briefly after an interception from the much hyped transplanted quarterback. 

After getting behind, suddenly there was a shift back to that old Nebraska tradition.  Smash mouth early and often with associated wilting of the opponents later.  No more of those plays where you can have three outcomes and only one of them is good as Vince Lombardi used to say.  Seemed like old times except instead of a cloud of dust after the play it was a cloud of ground up rubber.

Lucky, Huskers Roll to Win - Lincoln Journal-Star

"Forget passing. Nebraska just ran and ran and ran ...

At one point, 'I think we ran the same play about six times in a row, seven times in a row,' Husker left tackle Carl Nicks said. '(Keller’s) like, 'All right, guys, we got '98' again.''  What’s 98? 'Stretch play to the right,' Nicks said. 'They couldn’t stop us. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, I guess.'

By game’s end, Nebraska had taken an astounding 96 snaps, accumulating 625 yards. The Huskers ran the ball 70 times for 413 yards.  NU even ran the option once."

Steven M. Sipple: On This Day, NU had All the Answers - Lincoln Journal-Star

"Nebraska piled up 413 rushing yards on 70 attempts (compared with 26 passes). Seventy rushing attempts! Nevada defenders were gasping for air by the middle of the third quarter. Somewhere Tom Osborne and Barry Switzer were smiling. Indeed, this felt like a bygone era at the old stadium, with a big and powerful Husker offensive line systematically bringing an overmatched foe to its knees.  Heck, Nebraska even ran the option twice.

Bill Callahan’s West Coast offense is basically a finesse-oriented system? Well, there’s your answer to that question, once and for all, in case anyone was still asking.  And while we’re asking questions ... Sam who?"