What Liberty Adjustment After the Half?

[mikegriz]

My sense was our game plan was to stop the run, keep the play in front of us on passes, keep Liberty between the twenties, and bank on them turning it over a few times. We seemed very confident that they could not score in the red zone.

Seemed like that game plan, if that's indeed what it was, worked pretty well.

But then, I'm a pedestrian fan. Actually, I'm a bike-riding fan.

I'm a pedestrian and bike riding fan, and that seems like a pretty good analysis. I was just wondering if it was something they had done, a matter of us getting young guys playing time, both, or something else

 

[mikegriz]

I have no inside knowledge - however - I am hoping, with a 24 point halftime lead the coaches stayed in their base defense and did not blitz much because they did not see any threat from Liberty. Saving the fun for conference play with really no film to game the Griz on.

So you're thinking no particular adjustment on Liberty's part, but more an adjustment on our part (less blitz)?

No, however, their QB found open receivers when he had more time to throw. Liberty had, I think, 95 yards passing at the half and finished with 321. The Griz shut down the run and had enough confidence in the DB's to keep things in front of them. The 31 yard TD throw by Liberty was a great throw and catch with good coverage. Hats off to them.

That's what I thought I had seen exactly. Agree completely that we saw a great pass and a great catch, in the face of very good coverage. Like I said to others, I was just wondering if what I was seeing more what we were/weren't doing or some adjustment they had made. Thanks for your analysis

 

[Sly Fox]

Based on my LU-tinted view, we abandoned any attempt to rush the ball behind our patchwork line. That allowed us to do what we do best and that is spread the ball around to our playmakers. Coach Gill is a run-first Nebraska guy. The Kansas folks all complained about how stubborn he was about trying to establish a run game when it wasn't working. I was happy to see the adjustments to go to what was available even with a redshirt freshman kid at QB playing his first real college game.