What happened to Blake Countess
November 10th, 2013 at 12:58 PM ^
There isn't much more a corner is asked to do. . .
November 10th, 2013 at 1:04 PM ^
Mattison was. Corners don't decide for themselves whether to play off or press.
November 10th, 2013 at 1:53 PM ^
Mattison calls the scheme, yes, but he can't make the tackles for his players, either. Stribling could have stopped Bell for a six yard gain. Maybe Nebraska would have scored anyway but it was a pretty crucial sequence at that point in the game. It also happened right in front of me so perhaps it is burned into my brain more than it should.
Anyway, my original point wasn't to criticize but rather refute what I believed to be goblue16 saying that Countess didn't play because of Stribling's superior performance, to which I disagree.
November 10th, 2013 at 2:57 PM ^
It wouldn't have mattered one bit. 4th & 2 means don't give them a 5-yard hitch. It was obviously disappointing that the tackle was missed but the big fuck up there is on Mattison for allowing such an easy conversion in the first place.
November 10th, 2013 at 2:28 PM ^
The thing I've noticed about Stribling is that he's usually in position but he's just too small to play at this level right now. A year in the weight room and a growth spurt will do wonders for that young man.
I think he has a bright future.
November 10th, 2013 at 2:32 PM ^
Time in the weight room, yes, but height is NOT the issue here
November 12th, 2013 at 10:24 PM ^
If he's really 6'2" then he has no ups. Everytime I see im on replays he looks much smaller than he receiver who is torching him.
November 10th, 2013 at 2:35 PM ^
November 10th, 2013 at 12:30 PM ^
He was on the sideline for the 2nd quarter begging to be put in, and the 2nd half I didn't even see him on the sideline.
November 10th, 2013 at 12:36 PM ^
Boo-boo message from Hoke.
November 10th, 2013 at 12:56 PM ^
November 10th, 2013 at 1:17 PM ^
We play soft on 3rd downs, no pash rush, huge openings in middle of field on zone defenses. QBs will avoid Countess anyway and throw it at Lewis, Stribling, Avery, etc.
Countess could have been used for corner blitzes and run support on option if nothing else.
November 10th, 2013 at 1:51 PM ^
Whatever happened to Blake, Hoke blames himself.
Probably didn't have as good of a practice as the rest of the team.
November 11th, 2013 at 8:33 AM ^
during the game, kept looking for #6 and #18 across, and could only come up with #6 and #8 for play after play. I was worried about a catastrophic re-injury but didn't see anything mentioned in the presser...maybe thats because nobody specifically asked (??)
Then it dawned on me that maybe the coaches made some kind of a statement for whatever Countess did (??) which was below standard. Its a theory of course as I didn't see anything obvious.
Maybe good that Stribling got his feet wet for several quarters including the feeling of getting burned a little.