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Good Signs from the Offense · Husker Buzz

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  Speaker 1: Now, Sean, as you know, we're very discriminating customers here
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  Speaker 1: at NewsRadio 1110K.
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  Speaker 2: We expect perfection.
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  Speaker 1: But Dana Holgerson had to be pretty pleased with the
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  Speaker 1: way the offense played the other day. Yeah, Indiana made
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  Speaker 1: some great adjustments in the second half. They have the
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  Speaker 1: best coaching staff. But, boy, you have 80-some snaps. You
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  Speaker 1: hit 55% on third down. That was a really impressive
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  Speaker 1: offensive game against a good defense, I thought.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, there's just three or four moments Dan
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  Speaker 3: talked about he wanted back. I mean, early in the game,
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  Speaker 3: I think when they kicked the first field goal to
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  Speaker 3: make it 3-0, their first down play on the 10
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  Speaker 3: first and goal, he called a base run play, and
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  Speaker 3: they got nothing on it. And they're in second and 10.
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  Speaker 3: He's like, man, I'd love to have that back. You know,
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  Speaker 3: some of the sacks that happened, you know, only one
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  Speaker 3: was on the O-line, but just Calandra getting the ball
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  Speaker 3: out quicker because the sacks were– in terms of drive
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  Speaker 3: killers and point killers, but the way they held the ball,
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  Speaker 3: the way they moved the ball. I mean, it was
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  Speaker 3: really masterful at times, the time of possession, the way
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  Speaker 3: they managed the wind, the way they played the wind.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, they had the win for the fourth quarter
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  Speaker 3: with a 17-6 lead. It was teed up to perfection.
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  Speaker 3: They just weren't able to finish it off.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, so this week you got Oregon.
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  Speaker 1: Now, Dante Moore, their outstanding quarterback, Heisman Trophy candidate, the
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  Speaker 1: guy is projected as the top five overall pick in
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  Speaker 1: the NFL draft next spring, was at practice yesterday apparently
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  Speaker 1: in pads. What does that say to you?
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  Speaker 3: I still would be disappointed. surprised if he plays. I
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  Speaker 3: don't think he did anything in practice is my understanding.
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  Speaker 3: So we'll see where that all plays out in the end.
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  Speaker 3: But it just, just the reports we've heard from folks
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  Speaker 3: in Eugene, it would be surprising if he came back
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  Speaker 3: and played. I mean, a lot of people think he
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  Speaker 3: could be done for the season because another concussion, something
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  Speaker 3: else could really just sideline everything for Dante Moore and
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  Speaker 3: He was a shoo-in first-round draft pick at this point,
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  Speaker 3: and he had not been playing well, and then he
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  Speaker 3: gets the injury. So it is something to watch. So
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  Speaker 3: we'll see where it goes as the week moves on.
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  Speaker 2: A lot of people are worried about, well, worried.
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  Speaker 1: A lot of people are surprised at how badly Oregon
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  Speaker 1: has executed on offense. Now, remember, they lost their offensive coordinator,
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  Speaker 1: Will Stein, who went to be head coach at Kentucky.
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  Speaker 1: And the guy they have replacing him has not exactly
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  Speaker 1: won over the fans in Eugene.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, so their previous two offensive coordinators were Kenny Dillingham,
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  Speaker 3: who's now the head coach at Arizona State, and then
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  Speaker 3: Will Stein, the Kentucky head coach. They've had some really
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  Speaker 3: good ones. And Dan Lanning has continued to promote from within.
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  Speaker 3: And this one hasn't worked out as well. A lot
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  Speaker 3: of it's up front. Their offensive line has been kind
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  Speaker 3: of the real weak spot for them. They can't run
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  Speaker 3: the ball. Now, they have elite receivers and playmakers, but
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  Speaker 3: they have not been able to do much. The strength
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  Speaker 3: of this Oregon team is their defense. I mean, they
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  Speaker 3: are loaded on the D-line at corner. I mean, they
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  Speaker 3: have Coy Parrish, former Minnesota Gopher, who was their best player.
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  Speaker 3: They are loaded across the board on this defense, and
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  Speaker 3: that will keep them in a lot of games. Their
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  Speaker 3: offensive line, though, has kind of been, to me, the
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  Speaker 3: real problem, along with, obviously, quarterback.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, they did have a lot of guys drafted.
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  Speaker 1: But it's Oregon, and every year they're in the top
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  Speaker 1: five in the recruiting rankings, and they have unlimited money
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  Speaker 1: to go get transfers. It may be a situation where
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  Speaker 1: their guys are just not gelling. You bring in a
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  Speaker 1: bunch of people and they don't necessarily work well together,
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  Speaker 1: it shows.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, offensive line is one of those ones where you
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  Speaker 3: want to build it in-house as much as possible and
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  Speaker 3: then plug in transfers here and there. It is really
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  Speaker 3: tough to just bring in transfer alignment every year and
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  Speaker 3: expect it to be kind of a connected unit situation.
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  Speaker 3: I'm not saying it can't happen, but it's not an ideal,
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  Speaker 3: sustainable way to do it year in and year out.
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  Speaker 1: All right, that's Sean Callahan, KFB Husker Info Strongman. With
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  Speaker 1: the injury report coming out tonight, that'll be front and
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  Speaker 1: center on the Husker Buzz report tomorrow morning. And remember,
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  Speaker 1: the Husker online pregame show is at 6 o'clock Friday
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  Speaker 1: night
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