Open Game Day Thread - Nebraska vs. Texas Tech

Watching this game of bad calls. The Big XII needs to have a talk with it’s refs.

On the upside for Tech, neither team looks very good against the pass.

Nebraska actually looks like they know what they are doing. Big change from last week’s Mizzou debacle.

they have over 40 plays to our 21. they have total control of the clock and our defense is out there too long. They’ve had possesion well over twice as long as us.

and they are mixing the run and pass very well, 50/50

Defense is playing on its heels. The safeties are making all of the tackles. Not a good thing.

Tech might hold it’s spot in the rankings. Definitely not moving up any. They look bad on defense. Offense seems to be it’s usual self, save the first drive.

crazy

people were about to start calling for leach’s firing…now he looks like a genious…but there’s still 2 minutes left so i don’t want to talk to soon.

i didn’t know nebraska was capable of moving this fast. they’ve chewed up so much damn clock today, i thought they’d only be able to move about 18 yards when they got the ball back with 2 minutes.

delay of game??? ridiculous.

send carona back to wherever he came from

That may cost us the game.

sorry…i had to go change my pants

i hope this drops tech in the polls a few spots to inspire the defense to play a little better and make some important stops during the game instead of waiting until overtime.

I think Mike Leach quoted Sharon Stone in the post game interview. I thought I wouldn’t be surprised at anything he said. Needless to say, I am surprised.

The D was TERRIBLE!!!!!!!! Nebraska’s offense isn’t known for being good. Hopefully the defense was just off today. Obviously, this was a trap game, but still, the offense was amazing. 7 possessions and 294 yards (the last possession of the 4th quarter was a 29 second “heave-fest”). If the defense can get off the field, this team has a ton of potential. Hopefully this win will bring us down to earth and we will be prepared for A&M next week.

Awesome with penalties…only 2 for 20 yards, and one was the bonehead unsportsmanslike conduct…Offensive looked very good, whenever they had the chance. Time of possession was frustrating for us…Carona is way to big of a liability right now. Defense looked bad, just letting them chug away down the field the whole game…Batch needs to be the main back (97 yds on ground and 53 in the air; woods 36 ground 2 air)…Harrell was held below 300 yards, but didn’t get too many chances to throw today…and I agree with techfan5730 totally

Prior to next game purchase the usual game snacks and beverages….and investigate the availability of home difibrillators.

Nebraska executed perfectly their gameplan for having any chance at winning. Our defense just needs to step it up to make sure that teams cannot come out and march down the field like that. K State started like that last week, but then came unwound. We can’t count on teams to fall apart, we have to be more aggressive and dominate like the #7 team should play. Otherwise, every other team will come out and burn the clock and keep it close as long as they can keep our offense off the field. If it’s third and eight, we gotta quit playing soft and giving up 10 or 12 yards.

I would also like to add that it is a good day when so many other obnoxious teams lose… a&m, oklahoma, notre dame, and michigan (at home to Toledo?!?! i wonder if Rich Rodriguez thinks the 4 million dollar breaking contract with WVU is still worth it?)

Easing my nerves was finding out that Rajon wasn’t playing today. He will definately hlep the D once he gets back, especially against the run

Wow, that was crazy. Tech’s offense looked quite good – when they had the ball. Tech’s defense, as many have said, is still the reason we won’t win a championship. Today’s game proved that simply trying to get into a shootout isn’t always a great gameplan. Especially when the opponent doesn’t play by our rules and plays keep away all day long.

I am not a bit surprised Nebraska nearly (and very likely should have) won this game. McNeil’s defense, to me, is not a lick better than previous versions. The time of possession is all you need to see. No way can Tech be what we hope with out major, major improvement in the cover skills of the CBs, blitzes from time to time, and a run D. Our defensive stats were proven today to be a bit skewed.

But a buddy of mine, who had no rooting interest, thought it was the best game he’d seen this year. So we got that goin for us : )

Red Raider Nation.

You guys have two phenoms on offense. I wish we could have brought a better defense against you today, but c’est la vie. We will try to beat you next year in Lincoln :)

By the way….I don’t care what they ask him, I love watching your coach get interviewed….dude cracks me up.

did nothing to improve this defense, as we all thought he had. Where are the blitzes? Where is the pressure from the line? Where the heck are they running to? It sure isn’t the ball carrier. Either the guys were totally unknowing of what to do or the scheme was terrible. If this “D” does not improve, “TOP 10” is going to be history and “PODUNK BOWL” will be the result. Kick Ass and win, Tech. Quit screwing around.