Rewatched 2018 Nebraska game

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Jonrn

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So after rewatching the 2018 Nebraska game I came away a little more cynical about everyone in media and many in the fanbase claiming Nebraska is a 2019 9-10 win team.

Adrian Martinez was a legit star in that game, made some incredible plays, made Stanley look like a lumbering old man.

However Nebraska’s defensive front and to a lesser extent their o-line was dominated. The whole game Iowa’s o-line just was blowing their defense downhill. Recruiting and developing a physical defensive line won’t happen in a year, unless you are Alabama, Clemson or LSU. Sargent and toren young were plowing through the first contact on every play and Iowa didn’t even have a negative play in the first half.

Adrian Martinez will win a couple games by himself this year and if Maurice Washington is magically eligible, they will put up some points. Nebraska will be a 7-5 team, but they are a couple years away from being physical enough on defense to be a top tier big ten team.

...also on a side note, holy hell did nate Stanley miss a lot of open receivers that game. I’m not trying to rain on Stanley, because there is no need to kick that dead horse on his over throws from 2018 but if he can complete a couple more throws in 2019 per game, Iowa could be a 9-3 instead of 7-5/8-4 team.
 




I agree with you. If Iowa scores at the goal line instead of coming up short on its fake FG or stops Nebraska on its 4th down fake punt, we'd be talking about Iowa dominating Nebraska for the 5th time in 6 years. Even so, I doubt it would stop delusional Nebraska fans from their fantasyland happy place.
 


I rewatched that game as well and it is crazy to see how much they rely on Martinez and him to do almost everything. They're losing their best receiver and running back this year among some other people so I do not understand the all out love for the bugeaters. As for Washington, if he played for the Hawks I am sure you'd never see him again but we have last chance U Scott Frost who doesn't care. All about them wins....
 


Jonrn said:
So after rewatching the 2018 Nebraska game I came away a little more cynical about everyone in media and many in the fanbase claiming Nebraska is a 2019 9-10 win team.

Adrian Martinez was a legit star in that game, made some incredible plays, made Stanley look like a lumbering old man.

However Nebraska’s defensive front and to a lesser extent their o-line was dominated. The whole game Iowa’s o-line just was blowing their defense downhill. Recruiting and developing a physical defensive line won’t happen in a year, unless you are Alabama, Clemson or LSU. Sargent and toren young were plowing through the first contact on every play and Iowa didn’t even have a negative play in the first half.

Adrian Martinez will win a couple games by himself this year and if Maurice Washington is magically eligible, they will put up some points. Nebraska will be a 7-5 team, but they are a couple years away from being physical enough on defense to be a top tier big ten team.

...also on a side note, holy hell did nate Stanley miss a lot of open receivers that game. I’m not trying to rain on Stanley, because there is no need to kick that dead horse on his over throws from 2018 but if he can complete a couple more throws in 2019 per game, Iowa could be a 9-3 instead of 7-5/8-4 team.
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Where will Nebraska be if Martinez gets injured? They'll be in deep you know what, that's where.

I agree that their line play leaves a lot to be desired. Another thing I would say is that Nebraska snuck up on a lot of teams last year. They played Ohio State close because the Buckeyes were taking that win for granted. That won't happen very often this year. Their hype works against them this year because they will get everyone's best shot.

I think Nebraska will be lucky to go 6-6 this fall.
 


Jonrn said:
However Nebraska’s defensive front and to a lesser extent their o-line was dominated. The whole game Iowa’s o-line just was blowing their defense downhill. Recruiting and developing a physical defensive line won’t happen in a year, unless you are Alabama, Clemson or LSU. Sargent and toren young were plowing through the first contact on every play and Iowa didn’t even have a negative play in the first half.
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Purdue was pretty much a finesse program going all the way back from the Tiller era all the way through 2016. Brohm took over and a completely different program showed up a year later at Kinnick in 2017. They pushed Iowa around on both sides of the LOS.

Minnesota was physically a completely different team on the LOS against Iowa then they were less than two months later against Wisconsin last season.

Look no further than Iowa. In the first half of 2000, Iowa was about as weak as a team can be on both sides of the LOS. In 2001 their OL was dominant and by 2002 Iowa's OL & DL were throwing physical programs like PSU & Michigan around.

If Nebraska puts the right guys in place, they can turn things around quickly. Its been done by other programs.
 


[QUOTE="ChosenChildren, post: 1850475, member: 69241"Where will Nebraska be if Martinez gets injured? They'll be in deep you know what, that's where.

I agree that their line play leaves a lot to be desired. Another thing I would say is that Nebraska snuck up on a lot of teams last year. They played Ohio State close because the Buckeyes were taking that win for granted. That won't happen very often this year. Their hype works against them this year because they will get everyone's best shot.

I think Nebraska will be lucky to go 6-6 this fall.[/QUOTE]


If Martinez get's hurt, Husker fans will just say "wait until next year!" Just like those loser Cubs fans say all the time
 




PCHawk said:
If AJ would have played 75% of the snaps instead of 50% we would have been in better shape too. The defense left a lot of plays on the field by choosing to only play him half of the time.
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He was destroying their OT any time he had one on one. Also the one thing I remember about that game in person was watching PP "greet" AJ on the sideline after he must have missed contain on Martinez and Nebraska ended up scoring. It was F bomb to the 10th power. Lesson learned AJ. I was close enough to see it and hear it.
 


PCHawk said:
If AJ would have played 75% of the snaps instead of 50% we would have been in better shape too. The defense left a lot of plays on the field by choosing to only play him half of the time.
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Maybe. Parker Hesse did a lot of the unheralded dirty work. He ate up blocks when he played on the inside, held contain and dropped into coverage when he played on the outside. PH really was a jack of all trades type of guy.

I am not saying I agree, but I get their rationale of playing AJE 50% of the time. Last year he seemed perfectly suited as a" designated pass rusher". This year I want that beast let loose.:)
 
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ChosenChildren said:
Where will Nebraska be if Martinez gets injured? They'll be in deep you know what, that's where.

I agree that their line play leaves a lot to be desired. Another thing I would say is that Nebraska snuck up on a lot of teams last year. They played Ohio State close because the Buckeyes were taking that win for granted. That won't happen very often this year. Their hype works against them this year because they will get everyone's best shot.

I think Nebraska will be lucky to go 6-6 this fall.
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I never understood Nebby pointing at that OSU game. Last year's OSU team was one of the weakest 13-1 teams I've ever watched.

Their defense was hot garbage and their offense was prone to cold spells. If not for PSU and Maryland stepping on their own dicks, they were a 3-loss team.
 


BVHawk95 said:
I never understood Nebby pointing at that OSU game. Last year's OSU team was one of the weakest 13-1 teams I've ever watched.

Their defense was hot garbage and their offense was prone to cold spells. If not for PSU and Maryland stepping on their own dicks, they were a 3-loss team.
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Same Ohio state defense that gave up 50 to Purdue and maryland
 


ChosenChildren said:
Where will Nebraska be if Martinez gets injured? They'll be in deep you know what, that's where.

I agree that their line play leaves a lot to be desired. Another thing I would say is that Nebraska snuck up on a lot of teams last year. They played Ohio State close because the Buckeyes were taking that win for granted. That won't happen very often this year. Their hype works against them this year because they will get everyone's best shot.

I think Nebraska will be lucky to go 6-6 this fall.
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If Martinez is injured, Nebraska will go 0 for the big ten.
 


Honestly...Martinez is a special special talent. He's definitely the perfect QB for Frost's offense. That being said...Frost's offense gets your QB hit. So...it's going to be rare, with their offense, that he plays every down. We will see. Let's see if he can get people to step up to the physicality of the league, week in and week out. That will be the key as others have mentioned.

My personal feeling is that our defense will be better next year...and if it's an cold, ugly day, Nebraska has no chance.
 






Jonrn said:
So after rewatching the 2018 Nebraska game I came away a little more cynical about everyone in media and many in the fanbase claiming Nebraska is a 2019 9-10 win team.

Adrian Martinez was a legit star in that game, made some incredible plays, made Stanley look like a lumbering old man.

However Nebraska’s defensive front and to a lesser extent their o-line was dominated. The whole game Iowa’s o-line just was blowing their defense downhill. Recruiting and developing a physical defensive line won’t happen in a year, unless you are Alabama, Clemson or LSU. Sargent and toren young were plowing through the first contact on every play and Iowa didn’t even have a negative play in the first half.

Adrian Martinez will win a couple games by himself this year and if Maurice Washington is magically eligible, they will put up some points. Nebraska will be a 7-5 team, but they are a couple years away from being physical enough on defense to be a top tier big ten team.

...also on a side note, holy hell did nate Stanley miss a lot of open receivers that game. I’m not trying to rain on Stanley, because there is no need to kick that dead horse on his over throws from 2018 but if he can complete a couple more throws in 2019 per game, Iowa could be a 9-3 instead of 7-5/8-4 team.
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But, But, didn't you see the amphibious landing made by the team......and push ups too? Iowa will be no match for these rowing behemoths. Game over man!!!!
 


EstronHawkKing said:
[QUOTE="ChosenChildren, post: 1850475, member: 69241"Where will Nebraska be if Martinez gets injured? They'll be in deep you know what, that's where.

I agree that their line play leaves a lot to be desired. Another thing I would say is that Nebraska snuck up on a lot of teams last year. They played Ohio State close because the Buckeyes were taking that win for granted. That won't happen very often this year. Their hype works against them this year because they will get everyone's best shot.

I think Nebraska will be lucky to go 6-6 this fall.
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If Martinez get's hurt, Husker fans will just say "wait until next year!" Just like those loser Cubs fans say all the time[/QUOTE]
Wow, are you watching the Cubs from 2009 or 2019?
 


Last year's OSU was the worst OSU I have seen in a very long time. It wasn't talent, it was just hit and miss.
Frost's system doesn't rely totally on brute strength, they will try and run plays quickly.
Make no mistake they want to run lot's of plays. However they don't care if they score in 4-5 plays, because they want to play b12 style ball and have high scores.
ANYTHING that knocks them out of rhythm, be it Martinez going down or going 3 and out, the weather, crowd noise or any multitude of things will cause them to struggle.
They actually might put up a fight against OSU this year, as Martinez and others are in the second year of a new system.
But I expect both OSU and Northwestern to easily win.
Thing to remember is coaches and teams that like to play a bunch of plays in a game can strike fast. So unlike last year when we played them, you have to keep your foot on their throat.
 




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