The fallout from Michigan State loss for Nebraska football

Hey, Husker fans. Welcome back to the Husker Big Red YouTube channel. I'm Chris Peterson

With me as always for another episode of our podcast is Danny Gillette. And we're back here on Monday

I wish it was Victory Monday, but it's not after what can only be described as an abysmal performance for the Huskers on Saturday

A big missed opportunity in a 2017 loss to Michigan State. It really stings also after seeing Minnesota and Wisconsin lose

Of course, Iowa, you know, snuck out the win over Northwestern. But, yeah, it was a tough one

But anyway, Danny, we'll get into it. How are you doing on this Monday morning? I've been better on Mondays, and Mondays suck as it is

But, I mean, this weekend was just frustrating, disappointing, and quite honestly

gave the rest of the teams on our schedule the perfect blueprint on how to beat us

Yeah, well, you know, and the other thing, too, that's still, I know we shouldn't complain about the officials, but the two, you know, I'm just, I'm thinking about the two calls that really stick in my craw right now

I'm not even going to talk about the Malachi-Fulman mispass interference, which was terrible

That one blew my mind. I'll be honest. But what blows my mind is you've got replay

We've got all these high-definition cameras, and you have the touchdown pass that clearly the ball hit the ground

And they upheld it. And then you have the Gabe Urban touchdown in week one where the ball was clearly

it's like those two calls, if those two calls are called correctly, Nebraska is seven and two right now

I mean, it's just, and I know that obviously there's a lot of other things they could have done

and they should have done to win those games. But it's like if what are we even doing here, if we can't even get the call right on freaking replay

like what are we doing, Big Ten? And it's not, I mean, I am mad as a Nebraska fan, but you see this stuff constantly

I mean, the Iowa thing, that kid, got, so that was not a fair catch. That kid got screwed. I mean, it's just on a weekly

basis the Big Ten is dropping the ball. And I mean, you're, I mean, this conference is making

oodles and oodles of money. Like, can we not get proper officiating? Can you not make it

so that one of your member schools is screwed over because your replay officials can't even

get the calls right? I mean, it's ridiculous. Just wait until basketball season. Wait until

basketball season and then we'll see some more terrible officiating. I remember the Purdue game

not to get the two side track, but against Nebraska. If Nebraska had gotten the benefit of the doubt on those calls

or even those calls, and even the benefit of the doubt, I mean, they could have been in a much different place at the end of the season

But one of the calls that also, the non-calls that sticks out to me

was the face mask on Heinrich Harburg. I mean, I don't know how you miss that

His head was literally turned around. His face, you know, the Michigan State defender, you know

grabbed his face mask, his head was turned around. Like, how do you miss that? Like, that's just awful

That's just awful officiating, you know, and it's not even like these were like tic-tac calls

These were blatant calls that everybody could see that they actually were able to get stills of with, you know, on the TV because they were just so blatant and yet they were missed

And for the life of me, I didn't understand it. And yes, you know, we didn't play great, but, and, you know, people will say, oh, the officiating didn't, you know, decide the outcome of the game

we played poorly and yada, yada, yada. But if you give Malachi Coleman the past interference, you know

the benefit of the past interference penalty, Heinrich Harburg doesn't have to throw, you know

far down the field and try to make a play and throw the interception

And we'd be in business, and we could probably run the football and be in the red zone

you know, had we gotten the penalty, you know, that should have been called on Coleman

Yeah, and that was, I mean, He literally got tackled and he was going right for the ball

And the refs, I mean, even if they didn't even try to make the claim that it was uncatchable because it's clear

I mean, when you're 6, 5 and you can run 4.3, just about anything is catchable

And yeah, it's just that that was unbelievable that they did not call that with some of the other things they called

And yeah, the Harbour, that reminded me of Eric Crouch in Kansas State in 1998, 1998 when his head bout got ripped off

And the refs, it's just, I mean, yeah, I understand it. everybody can have, you know, it sounds like sour grapes and whatever, but, I mean, especially when you're on, I understand missing calls in real time like that happens

But when you have the benefit of replay, when you literally have a freeze frame, high definition, and you still can't get the damn call

Like, what is the point? So I'm really frustrated about that. Another thing I'm, you know, it's, I defended Heinrich Carberg, you know, he goes on here last week, saying I don't know if they need a transfer portal quarterback

He must have been listening to me and prove my point because about

five minutes into that game. I was like, well, I was wrong. And I'll admit that

And he just did not. That, I mean, the first touch or the first interception, like, that pass was like 20 yards off

I mean, you know, you look it from the, he should have hit the pylon, and he hit the center of the end zone

Like, I don't know how he did that. I literally don't know how you throw a ball that bat

Or the interception where I believe it was Jalen Lloyd was streaking on the left side

That's what I'm talking about. Oh, okay, because I, you know, I. I was thinking of the play where

and I guess this is an interception now, I think about it, but where he completely missed Jaden Doss

like in the back of the end zone, where if he just threw it, in the corner

like Doss was wide open. Like, that would have been a very easy pass

for a competent, good throwing quarterback, but, I mean, that Jalen Lloyd throw is

oh man, like, he didn't even, like, kind of miss it. He completely just

you know, saw in the middle of the field and, you know, I don't know whether he didn't see Lloyd

but Lloyd was wide open. I don't know how he missed that. And, I mean, I'll let you, you know, offer your thoughts

before I go into my next point, but I have a theory on that

I just thought it was a horrible throw. I mean, I think he, I mean, the wind maybe caught it

but it's like, I don't know, man. I mean, I'm not saying I can throw it to the pylon

I can, but, I mean, I would at least think that as short

as I could throw it. I mean, I wouldn't be like 10 to 15 yards to the right of where I'm trying to throw the

like that's where you want. I mean, it's just like, I don't know how you try to, how your guys at the pylon and your

throw ends up near the middle of the field. Like, what was that? I just don't know. That was maybe the worst throw I've ever seen from a Nebraska football quarterback, maybe ever

I mean, honestly, like that sounds harsh, but I just don't know if I've ever seen a throw

that bad on what should have been an easy touchdown. I've honestly seen a couple of Adrian Martinez throws that could probably be

Probably. see my thing is you know Harburg his vision is extremely limited

and he excels in the middle of the field and you know

one of the things that I noticed is that he does really well in the middle of the field to tight ends you know Thomas Fadoni has had a you know solid season because he been because Harburg has been able to find Fadoni And it seems like Harburg does better the passes in the middle of the field

And, you know, if you, you know, try to throw, you know, to the left or to the right

you know, Harburg's a little bit iffy. It seems like he gets tunnel vision centered in, you know, that part of the field

And, you know, it. it's not been terribly noticeable over the past couple games because he's been able to, again, hit Fidoni, you know, extend drives with his legs and things like that

But I thought Saturday really kind of emphasized that Harburg's vision is perhaps one of his biggest weaknesses

And I get people will say, well, it's been like that. It's been that way all year

But I honestly think that he didn't see Lloyd at all. And, you know, it's one thing to lead your receiver, and he wasn't trying to do that either

He just didn't, I don't even think he, he tried to make a play

He tried to hope a receiver was there. But, you know, if it's not in the middle of the field for Harburg, then it's, you know, anybody's guess as to where the ball is going to go

Yeah, I agree with that. You know, and he doesn't, you know, for one thing, he doesn't throw the ball well

but beyond that, he doesn't read defense as well. And his pocket awareness is terrible

I mean, the offensive line was bad on Saturday, but he didn't help either

I mean, he just is dropping straight back sometimes, you know, and the tackles are trying to push him wide

and he's just dropping right back into where they're blocking it. And it's like, and then, you know, he just doesn't see the field

and he starts, you know, if he doesn't see his first read, he tucks it and starts running

And then, you know, it's just so, yeah, I mean, I think, I think he could have a role on the team next year, obviously as like a power

you know, sort of like how, you know, Florida used Tim Tebow when he was a freshman, you know, short yard situations

Because, I mean, he can throw the ball. So it's not like, you know, it's not like you put him in there as a wildcat

And I mean, you could still do some play action, some belly play action

You know, you could have him throw a few times a game to keep defense as honest. And he's a great running quarterback

So, I mean, I would keep him there just for that. But this team definitely needs to find a

transfer portal quarterback because it's just, you know, we're going back and we talked about this on

Saturday, but if they had hit on a quarterback in the portal, not Jeff Sims, who's clearly been

a bust, and, you know, I mean, that's just the truth of the matter. If they had found a good

quarterback in the portal, I mean, think about how good this team could be. Even with all the injuries

if you just had a competent, like, I mean, you know, I don't want to say a Casey Thompson type

but yeah, Casey Thompson type, and this team's probably seven and two right now. I mean, that's just

because the Minnesota game, they should have won. And this game, you know, it was a little, they played poorly

but a decent quarterback wins this game for Nebraska flat out because that past defense is horrible

And basically what we are right now, what Nebraska is right now right now on offense

we're Iowa with a running quarterback. That's what Nebraska is and that's not good enough

And people will say, oh, you guys want Harburg and, you know

oh, you want him to be the start over just Sims. Yeah, because Sims blows too

let's not get it twisted here. Both quarterbacks are bad. All right

Both quarterbacks are bad. We wanted Harburg. Well, I wanted Harburg. I'm not going to speak for you, but because of his explosiveness

And so all the people are like, oh, you want Harburg. Now look what he's doing

Sims sucks too. This isn't a Sims is better. Harburg is better

They both suck. You know, Chabba Purdy, I believe he's hurt. At this point, I'm like, let's like, gang

I tweeted out on Saturday. I just put Chubba question mark because I'm like, what

And then, of course, I do that. And then Heinrich runs for a touchdown, like two seconds after that

So I'm like, I'm like, all right, I just got to tweet. I just got to start, like, sub-trolling Heinrich from the, you know, like

Heinrich Harbourg sucks. So if you guys see, like, overly negative tweets, that's just me, like, sub-trolling

and trying to get, you know, anyway. They are both bad. This is not a season fix where rules starting, you know, favoring one guy over the other

they are both bad. This isn't a this season problem. This is a problem that needs to be fixed for next season because quite honestly, it can't be fixed right now. We're stuck with what we have. And, you know, for these last three games, we unfortunately have to get used to it

Yeah, it's, it is unfortunate. You know, it's not, like you said, there's no, you know, there's no superstar coming off the bench, you know, Chubapurdy, even if he does come in and play, is not going to, you know, not going to light the world on fire

frankly, the defense didn't play well on Saturday. I mean, they played fine

I mean, they gave up 20 points, but the two trick plays really killed Nebraska

where they were able to get, you know, those two explosive plays. And, I mean, we were sitting here talking about it, like

how is Michigan State going to score? And that's how they did it. I mean, they did put together some drives, but, you know

the couple trick plays that they were able to pull out and, you know, how that led to points, that was really the difference

And I just thought that, you know, I thought that, I thought that Nebraska got out coached

on Saturday. And the defense just didn't seem to play with the same edge. And I don't know if they

you know, overlooked Michigan State or, you know, like I said, you have to be able to handle success

And they didn't do a very good job of that this week. And so they're going to have to

you know, get back out because Maryland is a tough team. I know they just got blown out by Penn State

but I mean, Nebraska hasn't beaten. Yeah. And Nebraska hasn't beaten a team with a winning record yet

So, I mean, if we're going to get that sixth win, it's going to take us beating a better team than we have beaten all season

So, you know, this Saturday is really a must-win game, in my opinion

And one of the trick plays came from the arm of Alante Brown, which I thought was very interesting

It was annoying. Brown was a guy that I thought, honestly, could, you know, maybe help this year truthfully

And when you look at it now, I mean, I know there's not a lot of room when you take a look at all the young players

but I feel like Brown could have made, you know, big contributions to this team

And yet he made a beautiful throw with Omar Brown right in his face

It's not like the defense, you know, on the pass was bad. Omar Brown is right there

And yet Brown threw Alante Brown through a beautiful ball. He threw a beautiful ball

And, you know, he made a big play. So it was just kind of a kick in the ass to see Alante, you know, make that throw

and man what could have been i always had high hopes for him and it's just a referendum on the fact

that nebraska was never able to develop players under the under scoff frost yeah it's uh yeah that

was a that was a bummer to see that happen but i mean good for him that was able to uh make

something out of his uh let's go to uh let's go to liked and loath i don't know how much

how many things we like what i like the website i don know what i did loathe i start with that We already talked about it but the officiating Big Ten officials are just terrible You mentioned it

They're going to be bad in basketball too. And the conference, it has a real problem

They need to get it fixed. Harderick, He really looked off, you know, center in this game

Not that he has been letting out the world of his passing, but he just did not have it

And, you know, I think, it's very clear that we need to get a transfer portal quarterback and hit on a transfer portal quarterback

because we can't afford another transfer portal misstep. One thing I loath was Billy Kemp fair catching the ball inside the 10-yard line at the 5-6 yard line

I didn't understand that if he's not healthy enough to return the punt, then don't put him out there

And some of those I thought, I mean, you don't want to get it down to the one or two yard line

but it seemed like a couple of times he could have let it bounce or try to return it

And that, I thought really, you know, the punting game, their net punts average like 14 more yards than Nebraska

So every time they punted the ball, yeah, they got 14 yards

And Brian Buccini had one of the worst games of his career. I mean, just, you know, when Nebraska needed to flip field position, and that really killed Nebraska, the special teams in the punting

But I thought it was weird that Billy Camp was just like determined to kids

Like, let it bounce then and see if you'll bounce into the end zone. I mean, what's the difference between the three or four and the six

I mean, it just, I thought that was a mistake. And, you know, then they put Ethan Nation back there at the end

I'm like, just, you know, put Ethan. I mean, have trust in your guys. If Billy Kemp can play and return it, that's fine

But I just don't think you can have a punt return return return punts

Poochini's leg is probably tired from punting so much this season. So I can't really get mad at him for that

But, no, because I said on the broadcast that Kemp was out there

specifically for catching the football because he couldn't move because he was hurt. Yeah, I didn't like that

I mean, yeah, I kind of wondered. I know why they put him out there, but I wondered how effective it was

Just let it bounce or because, you know, put Nebraska in some really difficult spots offensively

you know, trying to, you know, basically start out of your own end zone in some cases

But one thing that I, I'm going to say, you know, one thing that I liked

was the continued play of Emma Johnson. I thought Johnson played, you know

decently well. He didn't have his best game, but, you know, quite frankly, nobody did

But he's making a very strong case to be RB1 for next fall

And I think it's a very, it's a very serious conversation. You know, he's RB1 right now

but, you know, we talked about it a lot. Should Nebraska go and get another running back

I think with Johnson's emergence, You know, they're still going to need to recruit running back

but I think it's a little bit less urgent, and, you know, that's good to see. Yeah, I'm going to tie into that

I liked Emmett Johnson. What I loath was that they didn't give him the ball enough

He got 12 carries. He clearly was the most, in my opinion, he was the most dynamic player on the offense

I mean, it seemed like the best play that we had was kind of the zone read with him and Harburg

and kind of the inside give, and then they just didn't, it just was weird. You know, they came out and Johnson ran it really well

then Anthony Grant would get a whole. I mean, and I'm not saying Anthony Grant didn't deserve carries

and he played well, but it just seemed like a game where I would have liked to see Emmett Johnson get closer to 20 carries

than the 10 or 12 that he got. I think that he's showing that he can be that guy

So let's see what he can do with 15 or 20 carries, and that seemed like a game that he should have got that

Yeah, and I feel like, you know, Marcus Satterfield still wants to push the ball down the field

the passing game at times too much. And Saturday was definitely one of the times

where I thought Satterfield and Harburg, you know, both were trying to force things

You know, one thing that I liked was the continued play of Thomas Fidoni

You know, we're continuing to see, you know, progression from him each week

and we're continuing to see him make an impact. And I'm looking up his stats as we speak

because I didn't catch them during the game on Saturday, but, you know, he caught three catches for 43 yards

14.3 yards per reception. I mean, that's, you know, that's pretty solid on a day

when the passing offense couldn't get, you know, a lot going. He's averaging just over 11 yards per reception, 11.5

So he's continuing to be a factor in this offense. And, you know, I think, honestly

he's one of the players on offense that has benefited from Harburg

because there's that connection there. And it was very evident early on in the season

And it's continuing to be, you know, quite honestly, a staple of this offense

Yeah, he's had a nice season. And again, he's a guy think about, like, man

what if we had like a true passing quarterback that, you know, he probably would be catching five, six passes a game

You know what I mean? So there are some nice, I mean, if you think about

you know, Bedoni and the freshman receivers that they've got, you know, Emmett Johnson

I think that Grant or Gabe Urban would be back next year. I'm not 100% sure, but..

I think, Gabe, I think Grant in his last season. Oh, yeah, that's..

Yeah, I believe you're right. But, I mean, at any rate, I think there's some..

There's some nice pieces, and then you got, you know, Carter Nelson coming in

Yeah, Ramier. You know, you've got the other two freshmen receiver, you know, Hall and McMorris

So I think that, you know, in terms of... trying to find a quarterback. There are some things that you can sell about this program

a good running game, some tight-in, some dynamic receivers, a really good defense

So long story short, they got to get a quarterback because right now that's just

you know, this team can win next year. I mean, obviously it's going to be tough with, you know

the Big Ten is just going to one 18 team division next year. So there's no Big Ten West or whatever

But this team has a shot to win eight or nine games if they can get a

legitimate quarterback. And so I like the fight of Harburg. I love his effort. I love that he battles

you know, as bad as it was, you know, he fought, got us into the end zone. So, I mean, I do love that

about him, but he's just, he's not a good enough passer to, uh, to start the Big Ten. I just, I think

that's pretty apparent at this point. And again, there's nobody on the roster to, you know

provide a spark at the quarterback position. And it's not just a Harvard thing. It's not just a

Sims thing. It's a collective quarterback room thing. You know, I don't

Purdy, I don't think he would be able to, you know, provide that spark

that we need. It's just, you know, we have no quarterbacks that are game changers on the roster right now

and that's just the fact of life and, you know, that's the way it is

and it's going to be interesting to see how these final three games play out

because we are so close and yet after Saturday we kind of seem so far away Yeah it Well the sixth win is going to be it not going to be easy no matter who we can hopefully get it against

But in terms of a team looking for their first win, let's talk about some Husker Hoops really quick here

As we've got the Lindenwood Lions coming into the bank tonight, Pinnacle Bank Arena

It's been 10 years now since they opened the vault, which has been great, you know

It's been a great home court advantage. Tonight's going to be interesting

You know, Nebraska's got a lot of guys that have been hurt. You know, K. Seitoma Naga's got the ankle injury

I don't think he's going to play tonight. I'm guessing it looks like Sam Hoyberg might take his spot in the starting lineup

I know Jim Marcus Lawrence is probably going to start. Bryce Williams, probably CJ Wilcher, and then Ranked Mass, I believe, is going to play

But there's some other guys that are dealing with some injuries. as far as Lyndon would, you know, they're one of the bottom ranked teams in the

in the Ken Palm rankings, Nebraska's 56th. I think they're like 351

They shoot a lot of threes. They won, I think they were like 12 and 22 last year

They graduated four of their top five players, but a lot of transfers in. So, you know, definitely a team that's going to be shooting a lot of threes, which, I mean

that's kind of what, you know, Nebraska kind of likes to do that too, I guess. But it should be an interesting matchup

What's kind of a bummer, obviously, is that it's on Big Ten BTN Plus

So you're going to have to subscribe to the BTN Plus if you want to watch the game

although you can always listen on, you know, huskers.com. That's probably what I will do

One name to note for Lyndon Wood Keyon Cole was a preseason second team Ohio Valley Conference

He's kind of he averaged 12 points per game last year. He's the one returning guy that, you know, really started and was effective

in his back, you know, everybody else essentially is transfers, which isn't new

I mean, Nebraska has quite a few transfers coming in here, too. So it'll be interesting to see how Fred Hoyberg can meld all that together starting tonight

Yeah, and these are why you have these games to see, you know, how much you can, you know

kind of meld your roster together, as you said, get everybody in sync, get everybody

ready to go. And quite honestly, this is one of Fred Hoyberg's better rosters

And so, you know, I'm going to be really interested to see, you know, what the

style of this team is and what each of these players bring to the table

I think this is, you know, I think last year at times we thought of, you know

Casey as our only scorer and he was the go-to guy and he's still going to be that

but there's definitely complimentary players around him that, you know, that type of scoring

and that type of, you know, complimentary play we didn't have at times last year and I think that's

going to change this year. So I'm curious to see how all the pieces kind of fit together and how they kind of

complement each other. And, you know, because it's not easy necessarily assembling a team full of transfers

and new faces. So, I mean, it all starts tonight. And I hope it starts off on the right foot

Nebraska, yeah, 22 point favorite. Yeah, it's going to be interesting. One thing, I just am looking at this first month schedule

And basically, so you got Lyndon Wood, Florida A&M on Thursday, Ryder next Monday

Stony Brook next Wednesday, then at Oregon State, home against Duquesne, and then home against

Cal State Fullerton. So basically, you're looking at, so you're that seven games for the month

of November. So five of those games are on BTN Plus, folks. So I don't know if you're interested

in all in that. This might be a month to subscribe to it because that's where most of these games

are going to be. The Oregon State game is on Peacock. Duques is going to be on Big Ten Network. So, I mean

It's really kind of a bummer that basically six of the seven, you can't even, by subscribing to the Big Ten Network

you can't watch six of the seven, you know, opening games this season for Nebraska basketball

which I find to be, frankly, quite disappointing from the Big Ten conference

Well, I find out, like, even, you know, Saturday's game, not to switch sports, but, you know, against Maryland's on Peacock

and I have Peacock, so it's not a big deal for me, a little humble brag there, but, I mean, it is frustrating that, like

we're already paying like $75,000 a month for TV and now we got to pay for you know and that's the thing not to get off into a tangent but you know by the time you subscribe to all these streaming services they're almost as much as cable yeah so yeah so it's really a pain in the neck and I'm glad there's not any marquee match up this month for Nebraska basketball and you know because I don't want to miss out on it on any of the action but I refuse to subscribe and

Because after basketball season, I probably won't use Big Ten Network plus again, you know

or I'll just forget about it, and that it'll be a waste of money. So I don't know. It's annoying

Like, make it accessible for the fans. And it's just a money grab, and I get it

Everybody wants to make money. But, man, it's annoying. Well, and it's like, yeah, I think you can sign up for, like, basketball only games

but it's still like $10. And it's like, dude, that's more than Peacock. You want me to pay more than Peacock to watch

It's just. To watch, like, four games. So many less games, yeah

Yeah. And it's like, I mean, yeah, it's just not, it's stupid

I'll, I'll listen to the guys on the husker.com network. I'll probably see, I'll probably see how much it costs, honestly

But it does get crazy because it's like, you're asking, I mean, like, have, have, okay, people are already subscribing to Peacock

Just stream these games on peak. Like, it just drives me crazy that they're doing this extra, you know, so we have to sign up for, for two extra streaming services for the big 10

I mean, come on, man. And, like, just, that's just getting to be too much. And baseball had this problem, too, didn't they

Was it, was it baseball or volleyball? Or was it? Um, yeah, base, I think it was baseball and, uh, women's basketball, I think

Yeah, women's basketball. Yeah, a lot of their games are on BTN plus, a lot of them

So, which is kind of annoying too. Um, but. Yeah. So that's my, I guess

That's my old man, Yels at Cloud Rant for the day. You'll probably get more of those as I get more agitated with these streaming services

but yeah so at least i'm not missing any of our key matchups i'm glad i'll be able to see at least

one because i refuse to subscribe to btn plus and um yeah so if any uh if any people at the big

ten network listen to this uh take all your games off btn plus because i want to watch them and so

many others do too yeah yeah you're screwing the little guy so please stop it um but i'm

going to say Nebraska's going to win tonight i'm going to say that they'll cover the spread win by about 25 points

So that's my prediction. As far as that, about wrap us up for today

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