Amidst the loss, freshman quarterback TJ Lateef suffered a tear in his hamstring, making him one-dimensional as a player. That led to 9 of 24 passing for an anemic (but nice) 69 yards. Many of TJ’s passes were errant, often overthrown.
This was a cataclysmic failure from top to bottom. Iowa hasn’t changed their style of football since football was invented. There should have been no surprises.
Yet Husker fans were indeed surprised by how non-competitive the game was. The team lost, badly. And it comes down to one of two (or both) reasons.
A) Either e don’t have the personnel to compete with Iowa (IOWA!!!) or
2) We don’t know how to coach up the plyers that we have and get them prepared.
Matt Rhule said after the game that he was “pissed off.” Imagine, Matt, being a lifelong fan and watching this on-field performance. Or even being a fan for the last 20 years. Let the weight of off-season championship after off-season championship hang around your neck for a few decades and then watch as a team that was supposed to “take a leap in year three” win one more regular season game in what was supposed to be among the easiest schedules in the Big Ten.
If you’re “pissed off,” Coach Rhule, how are we supposed to feel?
Anyway…the guys break down the game.
