I want to apologize to anyone that took ASU upon my reports and recommendation. I will never make an excuse for a loss, because a loss is a loss no matter how you chalk it up.
I would bet ASU again in the same situation. Turnovers are the X factor and sometimes we cannot make enough concessions for them.
But if you look closely:
21 of NU pts came via turnovers
2 blocked kicks
1 TD return
Neb only scored 27 offensive pts vs ASU defense and 2 of them were on a short field, and one was during "garbage" time. Neb had barely over 300 yards of total offense. Not exactly what you want to do vs. a team that gave up over 48 ppg on the road last year and was near the bottom of the Pac 10 in total defense.
If ASU would have been a little more disciplined they could have made an even better game of it. We were sitting pretty until about 5 min in the game. I am just real glad I got the under when it was at 59.
You can take my Husker reports with a grain of salt and I will always tell you that "inside" info never guarantees a win, but sometimes it can be helpful. NU played exactly like I said they would. I even said today that the only way they would cover this game is due to turnovers and cheap scores on a short field. We win some and lose some and again I apologize.
I think ASU is going to struggle a lot on offense this year. Nebraska will have a very good defense this year, but nonetheless I see ASU struggling to score points.
I told many of you about Jammal Lord earlier this summer. Granted he could not throw to save his life as part of that can be attested to very poor pass pro, and not a good sync with his receivers yet but this guy is definitely a gamer as he had the 2nd highest performance testing score on the whole team. I also told many of you that Diedrick and Collins are really not all that and that NU needs to play Josh Davis and Marquess Simmons much more.
Good luck to everyone the rest of the year, and I sincerly hope I didn't cost anybody too much money.
Ray
I would bet ASU again in the same situation. Turnovers are the X factor and sometimes we cannot make enough concessions for them.
But if you look closely:
21 of NU pts came via turnovers
2 blocked kicks
1 TD return
Neb only scored 27 offensive pts vs ASU defense and 2 of them were on a short field, and one was during "garbage" time. Neb had barely over 300 yards of total offense. Not exactly what you want to do vs. a team that gave up over 48 ppg on the road last year and was near the bottom of the Pac 10 in total defense.
If ASU would have been a little more disciplined they could have made an even better game of it. We were sitting pretty until about 5 min in the game. I am just real glad I got the under when it was at 59.
You can take my Husker reports with a grain of salt and I will always tell you that "inside" info never guarantees a win, but sometimes it can be helpful. NU played exactly like I said they would. I even said today that the only way they would cover this game is due to turnovers and cheap scores on a short field. We win some and lose some and again I apologize.
I think ASU is going to struggle a lot on offense this year. Nebraska will have a very good defense this year, but nonetheless I see ASU struggling to score points.
I told many of you about Jammal Lord earlier this summer. Granted he could not throw to save his life as part of that can be attested to very poor pass pro, and not a good sync with his receivers yet but this guy is definitely a gamer as he had the 2nd highest performance testing score on the whole team. I also told many of you that Diedrick and Collins are really not all that and that NU needs to play Josh Davis and Marquess Simmons much more.
Good luck to everyone the rest of the year, and I sincerly hope I didn't cost anybody too much money.
Ray
