Nebraska Snowflakes: The Coaching
October 9th, 2021 at 11:24 PM ^
Not going to complain tonight; got the win and ?Frost on the way out. Go Blue!
October 9th, 2021 at 11:25 PM ^
Down twice late and we win??? This is different! Go fucking Blue
October 9th, 2021 at 11:26 PM ^
I am not confident that this team, these coaches know how to , or will ever make good half time adjustments . If things are going well in the first half they just assume those things will continue. They seem to think the other team will continue to do the same things they did that were unsuccessful .
This will lead to bad things eventually
October 10th, 2021 at 12:16 AM ^
Guessing you are one of those "glass half empty" assholes...
Smell ya later, dipshit!
October 10th, 2021 at 12:16 AM ^
This might be the worst take I’ve seen on this board that I can remember. And that’s saying something. Nebraska played a pretty good football game, they just once again punched themselves in the balls at the end. When they weren’t doing that, they were very good and very explosive offensively. Winning on the road in prime time with a team that’s throwing the kitchen sink at you is not ever going to be easy. At gut check time, this team responded. If you’re a Michigan fan you should be proud and happy for the guys that actually played the game and fought their ass off to beat a talented albeit sloppy team on their home field.
October 10th, 2021 at 12:21 AM ^
Don’t take this personal because I mean this sincerely and in the best way possible that you may receive this,”you’re a complete idiot!”
October 10th, 2021 at 12:56 AM ^
Jesus. I thought I was an elite Debbie Downer but I bow to your superfluous negativity
October 10th, 2021 at 4:25 AM ^
Dont know why you got so many downvotes. You are correct. I see 3 losses coming up. Msu Psu and Osu
October 10th, 2021 at 6:47 AM ^
This may be right, but find a way to beat Michigan State in East Lansing and Michigan could be in a position where they can split Penn State and Ohio State and still win the division. Every game that remains looms large now.
October 10th, 2021 at 10:17 AM ^
Harbaugh has yet to lose in East Lansing. Both of his losses have come in Ann Arbor.
October 10th, 2021 at 6:50 AM ^
Penn State struggled to beat the "bad" Wisconsin team we pummeled. At home MSU looked inept against the Nebraska team we just beat. I'm not sure what you point to after six games to declare those automatic losses, I'd say all 3 teams are in the same bucket as having a chance to win the Big Ten East with some impressive wins and a few questions that will be answered when they play each other and OSU. And for the record Sparty worries me more at this point than PSU, there's a chance their offense is bordering on elite with the WR group they have and Walker at RB.
October 10th, 2021 at 11:53 AM ^
Also PSU without Clifford is not good. Like Ferentz was actively taunting Penn State and giving them chances to win because he absolutely 100% knew that QB could not beat him.
October 10th, 2021 at 11:49 AM ^
The favorite fantasy around here amongst the BPONE crowd seems to be that our idiot coaches don’t know how to make half-time adjustments. Adjustments and changes are made on both O and D during the game in real time and after each drive. Teaching occurs after each drive and sometimes after each play if a guy comes out. Ya think our O coaches saw somethings in the 2nd half that allowed us to score and win? Ya think maybe our D coaches saw the poor eye discipline our linebackers had in the 2nd half and coached them up and pointed out what they did wrong? ?
How about we stop projecting the future beyond the next game and remember that we have pretty good players and a young coaching staff that are only going to get better?
October 10th, 2021 at 3:05 PM ^
Exactly about adjustments being made in between possessions…such as exposing the middle of the field with TE’s which in turn opened up Corum and Haskins later…..and the biggest one was taking away a couple screens after the big one on Nebraska’s first offensive drive. Middle screen sniffed out by Ojabo and then one to the edge later that Gemon Green took away on that big 3rd down on Nebraska’s last drive.
October 10th, 2021 at 9:53 AM ^
The Nebraska halftime adjustment seemed to be "hold a lot and run a bunch of illegal formations and motion."
So, like. I guess the coaching staff could've tried to account for that, but I'm not sure how they would've.
October 10th, 2021 at 11:17 AM ^
To which Harbaugh thought NU first TD was from an illegal formation. JH noted five players in the back field, which there were. But the far wide-out stayed at the line after the snap. I thought the inside receiver had to stay at the line. Was it a legal play?
October 10th, 2021 at 6:52 PM ^
University of Nebraska Lincoln - UNL, is who they are. As opposed to UNO - Omaha. NU = Northwestern U.
October 10th, 2021 at 6:54 PM ^
All the way to 6-0
October 10th, 2021 at 8:24 PM ^
You have been brainwashed since the RR years... this is different. The suck is over. Michigan football is back.
October 9th, 2021 at 11:27 PM ^
Back to back wins in Madison and Lincoln are nothing to sneeze at. Not something a Harbaugh team has really ever done
October 10th, 2021 at 7:47 AM ^
same with coming from behind twice in the fourth quarter. i'll admit it, before the season i had them at 6 or 7 wins. Cade said it best- other michigan teams lose that game. This team is different. I don't think they're playoff different, but they're different and I was wrong. Great win...made even greater after the reaction shot of their ass coach after they turned it over on downs to end the game
October 10th, 2021 at 2:46 PM ^
I was going to say the same thing. So instead I will say it twice
October 10th, 2021 at 2:46 PM ^
I was going to say the same thing. So instead I will say it twice
October 9th, 2021 at 11:27 PM ^
Character-building win. Nebraska is better than their record but when the chips were down, we found a way to win and made a damn play. Probably not gonna destroy the Death Star this year but we found a way to jury rig a proton torpedo out of Jawa fodder and that’s a good place to start.
The long scores were a problem but we knew this wasn’t a steel curtain defense and we were gonna get got by a good offence. But we took a punch in the mouth and got back up when previous teams did not.
October 9th, 2021 at 11:28 PM ^
I realized this after the Rutgers game. Despite fans (not just Michigan fans, but all fans) clamoring for head coaches to make wholesale changes when things aren't going right - that's never going to happen.
Coaches are creatures of habit and they are going to run what they know into the ground, no matter what. If it works, great. If it doesn't, then you lose. But slight deviations are all anyone is ever going to get, if even that.
Yes, the offense looks uninspired at times. The redundancy of running the ball just to set up a FG, like at the end of the game. But this is what Harbaugh knows and damned if he's going to change it for anyone or anything.
If it works, it works. If it doesn't, it doesn't. Lucky for us, it's worked six times already, regardless of how maddening it is. Maybe one day, it won't work out. But for now, it's what we have to live with and it's proving successful.
October 9th, 2021 at 11:28 PM ^
The coaching staff owes me a prescription for blood pressure meds.
October 10th, 2021 at 12:59 AM ^
Edit wrong post
October 10th, 2021 at 1:05 AM ^
Edit I’m going to stop trying
October 10th, 2021 at 7:03 AM ^
Have to disagree with you on the last field goal. This is exactly what any coach worth his salt does in that situation, including Urban Meyer, Nick Saban etc. You are tied - you are already in good field goal range, and there is limited time left on the clock. You minimize the chances for turnovers and you play fore the filed goal. This isn’t a video game. He did the right thing there. Also, heading into both Wisconsin and Nebraska we have been passing more. In fact in both games we passed on the first play of the game. The coaches are constantly scheming how to beat the other team with the team and players and skills they have.
October 10th, 2021 at 2:22 PM ^
I somewhat disagree. I would have liked to see a screen or sone other safe pass which gave us at least a shot at the first down there. If you get a first down, you can run the clock down and kick a FG as the click runs out.
October 10th, 2021 at 7:14 AM ^
You sound like a student of the game. Whatever it takes to get you onto the Staff to help turn this shit show around, you've got my full support.
October 10th, 2021 at 7:16 AM ^
I guess we can't respond to One Arm Bandit's shitty post? A lot of replies are going under Ish's post.
October 10th, 2021 at 9:03 AM ^
Please explain the philosophy of what you would do trying to kill the clock and safely win the game without turning the ball over at the end of the game?
Remember that in the game of football a dropped pass stops the clock, and that we wanted Scott to use up his three timeouts…
October 10th, 2021 at 2:49 PM ^
Or on the other hand one could say they know what their players are capable of or not capable of and concentrate on what they can do best, avoiding things they think their players cannot do well
October 9th, 2021 at 11:28 PM ^
My only complaint was not getting the ball in the center of the field on third down on the winning drive. But, it was not a terrible call because a first down or touchdown would have been sweet. We made the field goal regardless, so no problem.
good job. Win the game.
October 9th, 2021 at 11:28 PM ^
We stole that one. Complete with gun and ski mask.
October 9th, 2021 at 11:44 PM ^
Moody has a draw on every one of his kicks, so it's good he was on the left.
It was, however, a terrible play call. If you are going to run, run forward with your best players and get a few more yards. Don't go backwards for five yards.
FYI- this is a reply to the post above you- not sure why it didn't post where it was supposed to.
October 9th, 2021 at 11:51 PM ^
No worries. I'm just relieved at this point.
October 10th, 2021 at 12:48 AM ^
I've been trying to put that draw in my golf game for years.
October 10th, 2021 at 12:03 AM ^
I was clamoring for JJ at home in that situation, but I felt like another run to the left is the most predictable play call. Maybe he was supposed to have a pass option but fuck that was terrible execution.
October 10th, 2021 at 12:24 PM ^
If they were just going to run it 3 times, why not have JJ doing all 3 and not telegraph exactly who was going to get the ball on 3rd down? I think that was a coaching mistake.
October 10th, 2021 at 12:30 AM ^
Moody seems to draw the ball, it might be that's the side he prefers the ball to be. Just a thought.
October 10th, 2021 at 12:40 AM ^
I am pretty sure they ran that way specifically to set up the kick on that hash.
October 10th, 2021 at 9:03 AM ^
Harbaugh was asked that question in the presser and he said they were just trying to get the first down/more yards. (Could be deception)
October 10th, 2021 at 12:42 AM ^
Does Moody want the ball in the center? He seems to kick just fine from the hash.