Recapping

--Nebraska somehow slipped by Okie State Saturday, as its WRs 'redeemed' themselves by doing what they're supposed to do. Shawn Twatson cemented himself in his own mind as Bill Walsh II and had Taylor Martinez throw the ball 35 times. Sure, it worked (this time), against the pathetic Cowboy defense. However, Martinez nearly threw a couple crushing INTs, as he forced the ball into double & triple coverage. PYB just knows the Wise Watson will be slinging it all over the field against Missouri. Just like last year in the driving rain, as he continually ran 15-yard outs on a slick field. Against OSU, Roy Helu and Rex Burkhead got 25 touches. Not even close to enough.

The standard run game will be needed against good teams, and the Tigers are good. They aren't great, though every media outlet will make them out to be because they beat a mediocre Oklahoma team. What the Tigers are great at, however, is throwing four-yard passes. Blaine Gabbert is, and always will be, a pussy who racks up passing yardage because he throws 40-50 times a game. He had 308 on 42 attempts against the Sooners and 1899 yards on 269 attempts for the season. At seven yards per attempt, those are Joe Dailey-esque numbers. Cover well and tackle surely, and the Huskers win this game.

The lesson here, as always, is that Watson is an idiot and looks great against shitty defenses but can't find a bread & butter against good units.

So let's examine the goods & bads as we head into the battle for the B12 North Saturday:

Good
-Big play offensive ability (except against UT when it counted)
-Ability to run and pass
-Fewer penalties
-Fewer offensive line mistakes
-Just one fumble

Bad
-Watson wavering between running the read 50 times or passing 35 times. Duh.
-Shitty fucking tackling
-No pressure from the front four (will kill vs. Missouri)
-Shitty blitz selection
-Shitty blitz timing
-NU whining about sucking at home after 40 years of being invincible in Lincoln.
-Offensive line not blowing other D-Lines off the ball

As for a prediction, who the hell knows. This team is bipolar, and so are we after watching them. Just another day in the shit world of watered-down college football.

--On that note, Auburn is the top-ranked team in the BCS. PYB thought Oklahoma was the worst top-ranked team of any sort in CFB history. Well, Auburn takes that honor now, hands down. Poor Boise can't crack the top two because of their schedule, but Auburn wrangles away the top slot with non-conference opponents of Arkansas State, Louisiana-Monroe and Chattanooga? If the Eagles/Tigers do make it through the next three games undefeated, we cannot wait to see them piss the bed against Alabama.

--Speaking of pissing the bed: How 'Bout them Cowgirls??!!!!!

--Apparently rigging two Super Bowls for Pittsburgh wasn't enough, as the NFL added another travesty to its list of undeserved Steeler wins. Ben Rapelisberger fumbles into the endzone, but the replay cannot rightfully give possession to the Dolphins because the referees quit paying attention to who recovered the ball because they had incorrectly ruled the play a touchdown? Somehow, four Miami players jumping on the ball isn't conclusive enough to determine who recovered the fumble because one Steeler jumped on top of them? The hits keep coming.

--Will NU lock this recruit down, or will it be another in the litany of ones that got away? If so, oh well....PYB remembers Niles Paul playing in the US Army All-American Bowl and he is terrible.