Monday Morning Quarterback, 10/31
Doane head coach and former Husker star Tommie Frazier will share his thoughts on college football every Monday in the Journal Star.
We played Concordia on Saturday and lost 23-10. They are a solid team, but we just didn’t do enough to win the game. On offense and defense, we didn’t make enough plays. Period. We are striving to be more consistent week in and week out, but we aren’t there yet. We have two games to build off for the rest of the season. Next week we travel to Hastings. They have some good players so it will take a four-quarter effort from us to win the game.
Nebraska lost by a touchdown to a good, and probably better, Oklahoma team. No shame in that, but it does hurt in the Big 12 North race. They had a slow start versus the Sooners, and that’s not a recipe for success. But OU might be the best or second-best team they may face all year, when it’s all said and done. Oklahoma had three losses coming in, but two of those losses were to undefeated teams and the other one was to a team with just one loss, so people might have been reading too much into the Sooners’ losses.
A healthy Adrian Petersen and a much improved Rhett Bomar showed OU has some serious pop left. The Husker defense couldn’t contain Petersen in the first half and that gave Oklahoma a lot of momentum early, and on the road that is very important. Also, the defense wasn’t able to generate a pass rush like they have in games past and that hurt their chances on Saturday.
Offensively, they gave up way too many sacks, even against a very good OU front seven. The rushing attack never got on track, and that makes it really tough. Nebraska did show some grit in the second half with three touchdowns, and coach Callahan caught OU sleeping with Cory Ross’ TD pass. But they just put themselves in too big of a hole to come back and get the win.
Next week on the road versus a very good Kansas defense and an improving Jayhawk offense will make for an interesting matchup.
To hear more of Tommie Frazier’s thoughts, listen to “Armstrong Air’s Cornhusker Insider” at 7 p.m. Wednesdays on ESPN 1480 AM. A former Husker will join Tommie at Legends Bar and Grill at 84th and Holdrege streets.
We played Concordia on Saturday and lost 23-10. They are a solid team, but we just didn’t do enough to win the game. On offense and defense, we didn’t make enough plays. Period. We are striving to be more consistent week in and week out, but we aren’t there yet. We have two games to build off for the rest of the season. Next week we travel to Hastings. They have some good players so it will take a four-quarter effort from us to win the game.
Nebraska lost by a touchdown to a good, and probably better, Oklahoma team. No shame in that, but it does hurt in the Big 12 North race. They had a slow start versus the Sooners, and that’s not a recipe for success. But OU might be the best or second-best team they may face all year, when it’s all said and done. Oklahoma had three losses coming in, but two of those losses were to undefeated teams and the other one was to a team with just one loss, so people might have been reading too much into the Sooners’ losses.
A healthy Adrian Petersen and a much improved Rhett Bomar showed OU has some serious pop left. The Husker defense couldn’t contain Petersen in the first half and that gave Oklahoma a lot of momentum early, and on the road that is very important. Also, the defense wasn’t able to generate a pass rush like they have in games past and that hurt their chances on Saturday.
Offensively, they gave up way too many sacks, even against a very good OU front seven. The rushing attack never got on track, and that makes it really tough. Nebraska did show some grit in the second half with three touchdowns, and coach Callahan caught OU sleeping with Cory Ross’ TD pass. But they just put themselves in too big of a hole to come back and get the win.
Next week on the road versus a very good Kansas defense and an improving Jayhawk offense will make for an interesting matchup.
To hear more of Tommie Frazier’s thoughts, listen to “Armstrong Air’s Cornhusker Insider” at 7 p.m. Wednesdays on ESPN 1480 AM. A former Husker will join Tommie at Legends Bar and Grill at 84th and Holdrege streets.
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