Doesn't have to be. Mariota ran it without sacrificing his body. Denard Robinson and Tim Tebow did too. If your backs are good enough, the bulk of the running goes to them. I don't think Nebby has the backs to run it yet, and the play he was hurt on wasn't a running play.
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Doesn't have to be. Mariota ran it without sacrificing his body. Denard Robinson and Tim Tebow did too. If your backs are good enough, the bulk of the running goes to them. I don't think Nebby has the backs to run it yet, and the play he was hurt on wasn't a running play.
99topdawg
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According to reports out of Lincoln, #44 is taking the fall for this, but the OLB on the grassy knoll was the second twister as his leg went back and to the left. This OLB was an operative sent by Urban Meyer, who colluded with the rest of the Big Ten coaches to try to keep Nebraska as just a great team, as opposed to an elite, world dominant team.
Are you sure you are not really a Nebby fan too
It sure sounds like your are gushing about Frosty.
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MoseSchrute
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They did have 7 sacks, so that is something, but I'm not sure how good Colorado really is. They were 5-7 last year. Good or not, it is pretty satisfying that an old hated conference rival spoiled their opener.
Northside Hawk
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I loved those late eighties Colorado teams with Darian Hagan, Eric Bieniemy, and some bad ass defensive linemen and linebackers. Trying to remember the name of that coach, but I remember he went into the worst areas of Los Angeles, Houston, and New Orleans and the talent he recruited was well represented on NFL rosters in the 1990's. They were the Midwestern version of The U, right down to the starting quarterback (Hagan, not Kordell Stewart) knocking up head coach's daughter. It was sad that Miami and Colorado never met in non conference or in a bowl game, they may have had to bring in Navy SEAL's to keep that one under control. The only time I didn't like Co!orado was when they came into Kinnick in 1988, and Merton Hanks blocking a punt and returning it for a TD wasn't enough to prevent a Buffalo win over Iowa.
Yeah that 1988 loss was a rough one for Hayden and the hawks. Hawks had the lead, had the ball inside the buffs 5 yard line late, fumbled and the buffs went 90 some yards to win it with only a couple of minutes on the clock.
Northside Hawk
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I remember every painful moment of the sequence you just mentioned.
And they had to punch it in. We were up 21-17. A field goal wouldn't have done them any good.
That whole 1988 season was a rough one for the Hawks. We started with a loss in Hawaii. A late TD to Travis Watkins was nullified by a phantom holding call and Jeff Skillett then missed a late FG. Then came the Colorado loss, then three ties, then the Peach Bowl in the monsoon against NC State and fourteen or fifteen combined turnovers.
Iowa State almost got us that year, too. They were driving late down seven when Tork Hook picked off a pass on the goal line to preserve the game. If the Clones score you know they're going for two in that situation, pre overtime.
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Northside Hawk
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All true, but when they weren't planting the quarterback they were getting gouged pretty good.
It may take a couple recruiting classes to get the right linemen in there and be able to stand toe to toe physically with the upper echelon of the conference.
I've watched college football since the Johnny Rodgers days and I thought I would never see Nebraska teams get manhandled physically to the extent the last two Riley teams were. That's what you get when you fire nine and ten game winning coaches because your elitist administration thinks it's still beating on weak Big Eight teams.
lightning1
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Denard Robinson got hurt a few times and Tebow was built like a truck. You are correct though. You don't have to sacrifice your body to play QB in that offense.
Adam
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Mariota played in the PAC. They aren't exactly known for punishing defense.
Robinson missed lots of games due to injury.
Tebow is exactly what you need to run this system in the B1G. Good luck finding that once in a generation player.
My guess is Frost will just recruit QB's like RB's and will have to build a stable of RPO clones. The concern would be, do kids keep coming to play QB for Nebraska when the average life expectancy is 3 games?
judzeehawk
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Northside Hawk
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You mean Randall Cunningham has retired?
He was a one man fantasy football team back in the day!
Adam
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Lol they are at the stage where they applaud a coach who at least fields a team that plays hard.
hawkeyebob62
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The coach was Bill McCartney. The QB in 1988 who fathered his daughter's child wasn't Darius Hagan, it was Sal Aunese. He was diagnosed with cancer before the 1989 season and died during the season.
They went undefeated until losing to ND in the Orange Bowl, allowing Miami/FL to win the poll versions of the National Championship.
Those late 80s and early 90s Colorado teams definitely had some stud players.
Northside Hawk
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I remember Sal as he played against us and beat us. Was it Sal who fathered the child with the coaches daughter? I remember he left behind a young child as well so you could be right.
hawkeyebob62
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There was a story in SI about the funeral. That is where McCartney opened up about how it was a personal loss, not just loss of a player.
