Al Borges = Mike Martz

OP = Teddy Ruxpin

Yes, we are 7-2 but we could have won the two loses. Al is failing as he is not making Denard better, and his use of Devin is is a momentum brake. However, there is another issue brewing – can Hoke make the hard decisions to fire people or demote players? I like loyalty, but he must hold players and coaches accountable .

Rich Rod have to do with this post?

I think 3 years is the established timeline for excellence is it not?

a very good coordinator but he has a tendency to overthink, far too often.

Key word, "Another".

Yeah, the truth isn't pretty but people have to deal with it. This is the second game that we lost because of Borges. He faced these same accusations at every other place he's been and it's what got him run out of town.

A bootleg is right up there with a 7 step drop as one of the slowest developing offensive plays/concepts.  When you have 16 seconds to get the ball into the endzone, the realistic mindset has to be "what can score while still leaving time for more oppurtunities if it doesn't."  That sound logic accompanied by the fact that Iowa was doing absolutely incredible job on contain the whole game is why we didn't dare have Denard roll out.

But the last 4 plays weren't really on him. 16 seconds no timeouts and our final three plays went TD, drop, PI. I don't put that on Al. 

Nebraska lost too. Hoping Iowa and Northwestern can pull off some more of the magic against Sparty so winning out seals the deal for us.

I keep seeing people making this complaint over and over but the reality is three of those 4 plays worked. 

1. hemingway catch that is obviously caught and obserdly called incomplete

2. Vincent Smith drops a very catchable ball

3. Uncalled P.I. on the last play of the game

I somewhat agree with you in that it doesn't seem to make sense not to give denard a chance to use his legs if he can but the reality is still that the play call was not the problem on three of the four.

I do wish we would have at least given Denard an option to tuck it on 4th down - probably the best chance to score on that play.  But remember - he was playing hurt, and I'm guessing the coaches didn't want him to throw his body into the fray at the goal line.  What if that's the call, and we score the TD but now Denard is out for the rest of the game - or for some of the upcoming games?  Was it worth it?

I'm frustrated with the lack of rhythm our offense had for most of the game, but I understand wanting to protect Denard in that situation.  The bigger problem is why our offense didn't look a bit more like that last possession during the rest of the game.

but his thinking is clearly unthinkable at times (drinking makes me write in oxymoron, or some kind of moron).  By the way your name fits.....

call any play, where Denard doesn't line up as QB, "fritz".  I actually liked the diamond play, more than the jet sweep.

Seeing as how Drob was pretty much the top running back in tha nation last year you'd assume he'd, ya know, run every once and a while in this offense instead of playing an elaborate decoy for an underclassman fresh off the bench.

....then explain how we're 7-2? If it is sarcasm, then it was fairly amusing. 

Borges is definitely calling too many deep balls for my liking but I would like to see Denard hit at least ONE receiver on a deep ball in stride every one in a while.  I can't believe he still has no touch on his passes.