Huskers, Navy and a Wild Week of CFB

Thoughts on Nebraska's 35-30 loss to Virginia Tech last night:

-I am actually a little surprised by the outcome of this game. I thought it would be too much for a young Virginia Tech team to go on the road and pull out a victory in Lincoln. However, Nebraska's lack of an identity on offense and inability to run the football are the biggest reasons why I think the outcome was as it was.

-Nebraska doesn't have an identity on offense. And if you can't run the football at least somewhat effectively, you won't win many football games against quality opponents. Period.

-I make no secret that I'm not a fan of this style of offense that Nebraska plays. Call it the WCO or a pro style offense or whatever you want to. Right now we're not really good at any particular facet of executing it. What's more disturbing is that the offense hasn't really changed-these players and this offensive line know this system well, as its a watered down version of Callahan's offense. However, Callahan's teams ran the ball far more effectively than what I've seen thus far this year.

-Shawn Watson was highly criticized by Colorado fans during the latter stages of his tenure there. Could it be that the dope smoking CU fans actually got it right, for once??

-It gets much much tougher from here on out. Missouri's defense isn't great and we should put some points up on them. But again, if we can't play ball control and run the football, Chase Daniel will hang a half hundy on this this team.

-Congrats to the Middies of Navy and new Coach N for their signature win yesterday at Wake Forest. This was the first time since 1985 that Navy got a win over a ranked opponent. The Mids jumped all over Wake and led 17-0 at halftime. However, the offense started to get stalled when Kaipo went down with a hamstring injury. I haven't watched the film yet but a W is a W.

-Duke and new Coach David Cutcliffe will be a formidable opponent for Georgia Tech this week. The Blue Devils are now 3-1 after trouncing a hapless Virginia team yesterday in Durham. I expect GT to win and PJ will not allow this team to be overlooked. Duke's only loss was a close 24-21 loss to unbeaten Northwestern. They also beat Navy 41-31. It shou.ld be an interesting game-especially if Nesbitt is held out to heal his hamstring.

-Clemson now looks to be in full collapse and might be a winnable game in a few weeks. After yesterday's meltdown to Maryland, I'm wondering if Tommy Bowden's team, chalk full of talent, is ready to mail it in for the year.