The date was December 5, 2009. The Nebraska Cornhuskers had a gameplan for Colt McCoy and Burnt Orange Nation. Were it not for that one second put back on the clock (and those meddling kids and that dog of theirs), Bo Pelini might resemble your typical coach who simply loathes the media. This dude really cannot stand journalists at any level. Watch his disdain and utter tongue biting which must be necessary as head coaches are required to take questions at the podium. Dumb questions. Ain't that right Coach Pelini's handler? "Bo will NOT be discussing a) the Big 10 b) the Texas game or c) the QB situation." Perhaps it is because he had to watch this last December:
In a defensive slugfest on that December night that many were expecting, the teams mustered only 308 yards of total offense between them, or only 67 more yards than Martinez had rushing against Kansas State last night (that is 241 yards for the mathematically challenged). Now, you just had to know that after the refs put that one second back on the clock after McCoy nearly scrambled his way into the Choke-Job Hall of Fame, Hunter Lawrence was going to drill the 43 yard field goal that would catapult the Horns into the MNC, and Pelini and the Husker faithful would have circled 10/16/2010 on their calendars. It's payback time Tony Soprano style.
That payback was nearly derailed last week as Nebraska was clearly caught looking ahead to Kansas State. Nebraska played an uninspired, sloppy, disinterested game against the vaunted South Dakota State Jackrabbits of the Missouri Valley Conference. After dispelling the...ahem...Jackrabbits 17-3, the Huskers were able to focus on the task at hand last night: a complete curb-stomping of the aforementioned Kansas State Wildcats. The final tally was 48-13 in favor of the Corn, in Manhattan, KS mind you. This boat race was over after 30 minutes of play. Perhaps the Huskers pretended that those uniforms were not of purple and gray, but of white with burnt orange accents. You think NU is ready for UT? Well, they better be as Nebraska has not beaten Texas in Lincoln since 1931 and has lost 6 straight in the series and 9 of the last 10 overall.
But, weird things happen in this series, which is why I am expecting the unexpected next weekend. The nation is expecting Nebraska to commence a revenge oriented annihilation of Texas and rightfully so. This is based on Texas averaging about 10 penalties per contest, the probability of Greg Davis opening the game with two horizontal screen passes, and Texas running the ball to the tune of 0.8 yds per carry. It is quite sane and reasonable to believe and fully expect that the Huskers will destroy Texas based on the abysmal stats reported right here by yours truly. Come to think of it, this just might be the time to expect the unexpected:
24 - 23
Hook'em!
T-Magic was pretty friggin incredible last night. He's brings a style of QB'ing to the game I'm used to seeing in Texas. Unfortunately, he'll be on the wrong side of the ball next week.
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