Black Shirts? That’s High School Stuff
Explain to me why the Big Red hired a former/ex Raiders coach? What is the number of seasons where Bill Callahan’s Husker winning percentage exceeded the winning percentage of Frank Solich’s 2003 season: 0
Yes, in retrospect the Solich HR move appears to be MENSA quality. J/K, not only was firing Solich a terrible idea, they also bungled the new hiring. They could have had Bo Pelini who is doing wonders with that LSU defense and he was a guy that all the players put rallied around. Here is what all of the fuss is about:
According to Tuesday’s Columbia (Mo.) Tribune [link], Missouri quarterback Chase Daniel was none too impressed with Nebraska’s defensive strategy Saturday night. Kevin Cosgrove’s Blackshirts employed a 3-3-5 scheme, typically rushing just three defenders.
“Cosgrove’s a very stubborn guy,” said Daniel, who threw for 401 yards in a 41-6 Tiger win. “It’s always been that way. . . . That’s just how he is, that’s how they are. They’re a bunch of confident guys in what they do, and they felt they had the best chance doing that, so they stuck with it.
“You can’t just play one defense the whole entire game,” Daniel said. “That’s like high school stuff.“
“I’m going to say just one thing,” Cosgrove said. “With what they do, the way they spread the field, there’s only so much you can do. If you try to get into a blitz game with them, they’ll tear you apart because they spread you out. They go sideline-to-sideline, goal-line-to-goal-line. And you have to be smart in how you defend.”
What kind of a coach has his squad in a 3-3-5 (again, not their normal defense), a formation from which you can throw tons of odd looking blitzes out of and yet not only does he not blitz but he essentially throws his hands up in the air? It just seems tome that there should be a break, somewhere in the middle of the game that lasts 15-20 minutes. During this break, coaches could make adjustments or change strategies as the tempo of the game dictates.
This is not Nebraska Football….
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Wow. Cosgrove totally made it sound like he had no idea what to do against a college kid. And Gary Pinkel, who is nobody’s answer to Knute Rockne.
sounds like he is scared of the spread option
if the spread option is so bad ass, why doesn’t TTU, aHawaii, WVU and Troy win the NC every year?