I agree with nearly all you said. Not your third point though.

The missed PAT was all Leach. I was watching on TV from 300 miles away and I could see the deer-in-the-headlights look on Corona’s face! How could the coaching staff have missed it? He had already bounced one PAT off the crossbars! They should have gone for two there and taken the pressure off of the true freshman, and put it in the hands of Harrell and Crabtree. Play action pass to Crabtree would have been an easy 2 points. Leach has inexplicably tried power running all year in scenarios where we need 2 yards, NU would have bitten big time on the play action, so will future opponents, if leach would only make good play calls on his 4th down attempts. We are a passing team, passing is our clutch, nothing wrong with passing for a 1st down.

As for Corona, without him, we lose this game by 3 before OT. His FG enabled the OT.

Can’t really rag on him that the coaches failed to see he was cracking under pressure. As for his previous problems, I can’t lay them all at Corona’s feet. I’ve seen one of his kicks blocked by a defender breaking through the middle, believe I heard another over the radio that was blocked in the same manner. Tech had a punt blocked, not just a hand on the ball kind of block, a whole body on the ball with the blocker standing vertical, not leaping from the side horizontal. Special teams seem to have some problems blocking, not a good way for a true freshman to get a confident start to his career. Granted the OT blocked PAT happened because of Corona’s low kick, but he shouldn’t have even been in there.

in reference to no. 7. Hard to get mad at the referees when you are only penalized twice. But, that roughing penalty was a bit questionable. I didn’t see the helmet to helmet the ref called, even in the replays, and it really negated a good defensive play and help NU out.

I think it’s a strange schizophrenic team that plays like pirates on offense and like a scared French merchant crew on defense. Is that a sign of the Captain’s disconnect from the defense?

And finally, not to ignore my mind-numbing funk.

Nebraska is a Proud program, with the recruiting prowess of Texas and Oklahoma. Perhaps we shouldn’t be so shocked that they displayed equal and sometimes superior talent. Remember also, they were humbled the last time they played in Lubbock, and even though they downplayed the memory, it was inside every one of them. Pelini scripted a beautiful game and his players executed it magnificently and Pride played a huge role in the Nebraska effort.

I’ve never doubted that Nebraska will one day be Nebraska again, and this may just be the proof for them that Pelini is the man to bring them back. When they were humbled in 2004, the team failed to respond and stop the free fall, getting blown out, again and again. This NU team has responded to the Mizzou humbling at home, and has started their ascension…

either that or we suck.

Corona was 1 for 1 on FG attempts. I pretty much agree on Tech possibly losing 4. But, I think the Offense deserves some of the blame for the OT as well. They had 7 touches and punted on 2 of them, settled for a FG on a third. 8 touches if you want to count the last possession where Harrell threw to a receiver short of the first down and burned any chance at FG range.

7 touches = 4 tds = 57%

If we are gonna play soft take no risk defense then the offense is going to have to score TDs 90% of the time.

i agree, i would rather leach go for two and not make it than see PAT’s blocked/ missed.

This game went into overtime because of two bad calls. the first was the “unencessary roughness” called when we sacked ganz on 2nd down…. would have made it 3rd and long. the second was the no call on pass interference when crab went deep with about 30 seconds left.

My gripe is:

With 12 minutes left in the 4th, up by 7, a chance to re-extend the lead to 14 points and make Nebraska desperate… the offense went 3 and out. Tech offense seems to have trouble at those crucial times in a game where pressure can be applied to make the oppenents crumble. It seems like they don’t recognize those crucial times while the opposing defense is well aware.

On a side note. Nebraska touched the ball 8 times in the game scored Tds 4 times or 50% of the time. They managed to attempt 2 FGs to Tech’s 1.

Our offense was only 7% better in that category.

The incredible yards for attempt, while a credit to our offense, is also a reflection of Nebraska’s poor defense, which makes it all the more mystifing that they went three and out in that crucial spot.

I’m as frustrated with Corona’s kicking as anyone… but the PAT in OT was all on Coaching. That was my only point. Corona shouldn’t have been in there.

I also think at least a few of the problems with the PATs and FGs were beyond his control. Whether or not he should be benched, I don’t know, I’m just a couch coach. After a freshman year, he may be wonder kicker.