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The Nebraska coaching staff received a very nice telephone call on Wednesday night as tight end J.T. Kerr committed to the Nebraska Football program and the University of Nebraska. Kerr is rated as a three star prospect and will be coming to Lincoln from San Diego.

Kerr chose the Huskers over scholarships offers from Arizona and San Diego State. Florida, Maryland, UCLA, and Oregon were also talking with him about scholarships.

I really like this commit as he stands in at 6-4 and 230 lbs as a senior in high school. He has the body to step right in and contribute for the Huskers in my opinion. I expect him to pack on another 10-15 lbs of muscle when he arrives in Lincoln to help out with his blocking however.

Welcome to the Husker family Mr. Kerr!

I’m not really sure where to start off with the game recap today to be honest. You go from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows in a matter of seconds and sometimes you are lost for words. Anytime you lose in overtime it sucks, but this could have been a very big win for the rebuilding of the Husker program. Hopefully the team can grow from this 37-31 loss.

The coaching staff had a great gameplan for the game and that was to keep the ball away from Graham Harrell and the Texas Tech offense. The Huskers had the ball for 40 minutes and 12 seconds compared to the 19 minutes and 48 seconds that the Red Raiders had the ball. That part of the game plan worked however some players still don’t know how to not hold or have false start penalites.

Penalties on the offensive line are the reason the Huskers lost this game in my opinion. The offense pretty much moved the ball at will against the Red Raider defense but penalties always seemed to push them back. One case of this was right before halftime after a huge kickoff return by Niles Paul. The Huskers were already in field goal range, but back-to-back holding calls on Mike Smith pushed the field goal attempt back to 53 yards which fell just short by Alex Henery. Those three points right there cost the Huskers the game.

Some people will put the blame on quarterback Joe Ganz. Yeah he threw the interception in overtime when he held onto the ball to long and then tried to throw it away but he also kept the offense moving the entire game and put points on the scoreboard to push it to overtime. Ganz finished the game 36 of 44 for 349 yards. He threw two touchdowns and threw the one costly interception. Dreu Young and Todd Peterson both caught touchdown passes from Ganz.

Marlon Lucky, Menelik Holt, Nate Swift and Peterson all caught atleast six balls from Ganz as the receiving corps had a great game. Lucky also added 16 rushes for 66 yards as he got most of the work load in the game.

One huge play that allowed the Huskers to get back into the game was the fake field goal in the fourth quarter. Jake Wesch hit Mike McNeil who was dropped near the goal line however it was a first down for the Huskers. Ganz then ran it in on the following play to make the score 24-17.

The Husker defense could not stop the Red Raiders offense in the first half but once the second half hit they played pretty good. There were the mistakes like Murillo allowing Michael Crabtree to get behind him on the fourth and four but overall the defense stepped up and got a couple of stops in the second half that gave the offense time to put points on the scoreboard.

It’s a tough loss to take Husker fans that is for sure. I would rather lose like this then be blown out and show nothing on the field however.  The team will now be flying back to Lincoln and will start preparing for Saturday’s game against Iowa State.

What’s everyone’s feelings about the game? Did you like what you seen with the game plan? Are you mad like I am with the bonehead mistakes (penalties) that the offensive line is making?

Leave us a comment and let’s talk about the game.

The word out of Husker practices this week is that the team is getting back to the basics just as if they were opening up practice for the beginning of the season. That means proper tackling and blocking. Coach Cotton said “We’ve had probably the best three-day period of practice we’ve had all year,” after Wednesday’s practice.

That sounds good and all but I don’t think it will make one bit of difference against Texas Tech this Saturday. No matter how many points the offense scores, I don’t think the defense has enough speed to keep up with speedy wideout Michael Crabtree and the Red Raider defense.

Hopefully Cody Glenn will be able to play on Saturday as he would help out a little bit but not enough for the Huskers to pull off the upset. Expect a lot of nickle and dime coverages out of the Nebraska defense and not as many blitzing linebackers.

For the Huskers to pull off the upset or keep this game close they need to go into the game with a attitude of them against the world. Similar to the game at Texas last year. All or nothing and go balls to the wall.

Anyone want to take a shot at predicting the score of the game on Saturday? Leave us a comment and let us know your prediction.

Good news for those Husker fans that have Versus on their cable or satellite systems. The October 18th game against Iowa State has been selected to be shown on Versus at 11:30 CT. Many people figured that this game would not be on tv at all due to the fact that the Huskers have lost two games in a row and the Cyclones haven’t been playing that well either.

In Omaha and Lincoln, Versus is available on the digital tiers of Cox and Time Warner, respectively. Versus can be found on Channel 231 on Cox Communications in Omaha and Channel 229 on Time Warner Cable in Lincoln. The network is also available on Direct TV (Channel 603) and DISH (Channel 151).

The game plan that the Husker coaching staff drew up to stop Chase Daniel and the Missouri Tigers sure didn’t work as Missouri clobbered the Huskers on Saturday night by the score of 52-17. Missou jumped out to a huge lead in the first quarter and never looked back as they won in Lincoln for the first time in 30 years.

The defensive scheme that the staff drew up didn’t work out because they were unable to get pressure on Daniel and it also hoped up huge running lanes which the Tigers took advantage of. With three linemen, and then a roaming defensive end, the Tigers use the huge running gaps to run for 201 yards and passed for another 261 yards. It seemed like we had no linebackers out there and with the secondary getting blown up on most passing plays it was a very long night. There just wasn’t enough speed on the defense for the Huskers to keep up with the Tigers and it clearly showed.

The Huskers offense started off good with Joe Ganz hitting Nate Swift in the endzone for a 20 yard touchdown. But the Huskers would only score 3 points in the second quarter and then did not score again until at the end of the game on a 20 yard touchdown pass to Menelik Holt.

The offensive line played terrible once again. They could not give Ganz enough time to make all of his reads, and they also did not open up any running lanes for the backs. Marlon Lucky led the rushers with 46 yards on 14 carries. Quentin Castille had 12 carries for 26 yards. Roy Helu Jr. finished up the rushing attack with 11 yards on five carries. The backs were getting hit just after they got the ball and they pretty much had no chance to break away and make a big play.

Coach Pelini had this to say after the game:

“I’m not used to losing,” NU head coach Bo Pelini said. I’m not used to getting beat soundly. Once again, that’s my fault. Yes, damn right, yes, I am embarrassed. I apologize to the team, I apologize to the state of Nebraska, I apologize to everybody associated with the University of Nebraska football (team) and it’s my responsibility. I was hired to do a job and I didn’t do that job tonight.”

It’s going to take time that is for sure. Husker nation needs to stay behind this team and coaching staff. Don’t look for thigns to turn around quickly because they have to play another spread offense as they play the pass happy Texas Tech Red Raiders this coming Saturday. Hopefully we can see some improvement as the Huskers play their first road game of the season.

Stay positive Husker fans.

Well I am finally back at home after the dissapointing lose to Virginia Tech on Saturday night. The Hokies played “Beamer Ball” to the fullest as they scored on special teams and did a lot of little things to beat the Nebraska Cornhuskers 35-30.

Things got off to a rough start as the Hokies blocked Nebraska’s first punt of the game out of the endzone to give the Hokies the 2-0 lead. They never looked back as they quickly scored a touchdown off a Joe Ganz interception to take a 9-0 lead.

Ganz finished the night 17-of-26 for 281 yards and two touchdowns but did have the costly interception. Ganz made a few bad reads at the line of scrimmage and didn’t get rid of the ball when he needed to a couple of times that really hurt the team. What really hurt the team on the offensive side of the ball however was the lack of push from the offensive line and the lack of a running game.

Once again the line did not open up any holes for the running backs as Marlon Lucky only had 17 yards on eight carries. Roy Helu Jr. once again led the running backs with yards as he finished with 21 yards on four touches and one touchdown. You just can’t sit back and expect to beat a stingy defense like the Hokies had when you can’t run the ball.

On the defensive side, it was a very poor game by the linebackers and secondary. We all knew it would be a tough year for the secondary but I didn’t expect it to be this bad to be honest. Larry Asante was out of position and gave up big plays way to often. The linbackers missed tackles like crazy and always seemed to be out of position. (After the game, Coach Ekeler took the blame for having his players out of position) The defensive line played very good I though. Zach Potter led the team with six tackles, three of which were for a loss and also half a sack.

The biggest play of the game for the Huskers came in the fourth quarter when punt returner Nate Swift took back a 88 yard punt for a touchdown that got the Huskers back in position to win the game. However, with less then a minute left in the game after forcing the Hokies to punt, Ganz hit Todd Peterson in the middle of the field and was stripped of the ball and Virignia Tech recovered.  Even had Peterson held onto the ball, I think the clock would have ran out before Ganz would have been able to spike the ball.

Congrats to Virginia Tech as they won a tough game on the road. Nebraska just made to many stupid penalties and to many mental mistakes on defense. Things sure don’t get any easier either as the Missouri Tigers will be coming into Lincoln for another night game on Saturday.

The secondary and offensive line better have a great week of practice or things are going to ugly pretty fast against the Tigers.

It’s going to be an exciting weekend in Lincoln as the Virgina Tech Hokies come to town to take on the our Nebraska Cornhuskers. Game time is set for 7 p.m. CT so that means we will have a full day of tailgating and football activities going on! I can’t wait to get into town on Friday afternoon!

The Hokies are coming into Lincoln with a 3-1 overall record with their only loss coming to East Carolina the first week of the season. The Hokies aren’t the team that they used to be as they are down this year but are still very competitive and come to play every game.

The key for the Huskers on Saturday night in my opinion will be stopping Hokie quarterback Tyrod Taylor.  Taylor is a dual threat qb who would rather run it himself then pass. I expect the Huskers defense to key in on Taylor and shut down his running abilities so he has to pass the ball. If Taylor is forced to pass the ball, the defense will end up with an interception or two I think. Taylor has yet to pass for a td this year and has thrown two picks.

We can’t just forget about the other Hokie quarterback however as Sean Glennon will probably see a little bit of action as well. He has thrown for 197 yards, 1 touchdown, and three picks.

As far as the Huskers offense going up against the Hokies defense, I think the Huskers are going to have a pretty good day. The Hokies give up on average just 17 points but the Huskers are averaging 40 points. I really think the offense gets going and the Huskers score 27-35 points on their way to a 7-10 point victory.

One huge key to the game is if Virginia Tech can score on special teams like they always seem to do. They have been known for blocking punts and extra points in past years and they still play great on special teams. If they want to beat the Huskers, they are going to have to score atleast one special teams touchdown and cause a couple of Huskers tournovers. I just don’t see that happening.

My prediction: Huskers over the Hokies 27-17

Leave us a comment and give us your prediction!

First off I would like to apologize about the lack of upates over the weekend. We were busy moving the site to a new server and it took a little bit longer then we had expected. However, we are back up and running and newer and faster server and all things are looking great!

The Nebrasa Football team is gearing up for a prime time battle against Virginia Tech this Saturday. I can’t wait for the game as it will be our first game in person this season. (Yeah, it sucks living eight hours from Lincoln) There was good news to come out of practice on Monday as Pierre Allen, Ricky Thenarse, and Anthony West all practiced and were in full pads. All three players are expected to play Saturday night.

I’m sure that everyone knows that the game will be broadcast on ABC to a regional audience at 7 p.m CT. Memorial stadium is going to be rocking that is for sure! I can’t wait to get into town and start tailgating and meeting other Husker fans. It’s going to be an awesome night and we are going to see the Huskers pick up a nice win over the Hokies!

The Huskers won’t be done with night games after Saturday however, they will be playing another night game against Missouri the next weekend. Missouri will be coming to town ranked in the top 5 and the two teams will face off at 8 p.m. CT. Yeah it is a later start, but the game is going to be shown on ESPN and that is why there is a later start.

So Husker fans, how are the Huskers going to do the next two games?

Great news for most Nebraska football fans! The September 27th game against Virignia Tech will be shown on ABC at 7 p.m. central time. Yeah, another night game in Lincoln against a very well known team. I love the fact that this is a night game as the crowd will really be into it after tailgating all day long.

While the game won’t be a national broadcast, it is still awesome that ABC picked the game to show during prime time. They will also be showing the Illinois vs Penn State game during the same time slot. Hopefully if you are a Husker fan, you will be able to catch the game on your local ABC station, if not you can always look into buying ESPN GamePlan for the day and catch the Huskers that way.

I’ll be down in Lincoln for the weekend and cannot wait! So if anyone that reads the blog has any tailgating plans, let us know and we might be able to swing on by!

The Nebraska football team had no problems with the New Mexico State Aggies on Saturday night as the Huskers dominated to a 38-7 victory. It was the first game this season where the entire team played good and the game was never in question.

Marlon Lucky and Joe Ganz had a great game for the Huskers. Ganz was the third husker player to throw, run, and pass for a touchdown in one game. Ganz had a 33 yard touchdown run, a 35 yard touchdown pass to Mike McNeill, and also caught a touchdown pass from Lucky. Ganz finished the game 13 of 17 for 158 yards and one touchdown.

Lucky went over 2000 yards for his career as he finished the game with 108 yards on 15 carries and scored two touchdowns. Lucky had a career long 58 yards shortly into the third quarter that really helped out his stats.

Quentin Castille looked very good as he had 10 carries for 78 yards on the ground. Roy Helu Jr., added 35 yards, while fourth string back Marcus Mendoza showed off his speed and finished with 35 yards as well.

Mike McNeill had the highlight for the receiving corps when he scored on a 35 yard pass from Ganz in the third quarter. McNeill avoided a couple of tackles after catching the ball and then flipped into the endzone for the touchdown. McNeill was lucky that he did injure himself on the play as he almost landed on his head in the endzone.

The defenst played very well in the game as they almost had their first shutout of the year. The crowd was feeding off the defense and you could tell that the defense feeding off all that extra noise from the crowd. Armando Murillo and Matt O’hanlon both picked off Aggies passes to cause two tournovers. Zach Potter came up big in the game as well when he blocked a field goal attempt on the Aggiest first drive of the game.

Eric Hagg led the Huskers with 10 total tackles while Lance Thorell finished with eight. Thorell was a big suprise as he filled in for Anthony West who sat out the game due to injury.

It would not suprise me one bit if the defense is awarded the blackshirts before the upcoming game with Virginia Tech. I can see it happening next week a couple of days before the big game. The team is going to be jacked up for the big game and hopefully the crowd is loud and the Huskers can come away with the biggest win for the Huskers in quite a while.

GO BIG RED!