Cardiac Cats are Back

Or at least, so says the headline on the NU sports site. Personally, I did not feel any heart palpitations, but I'll admit to laughing uproariously at the looks on the faces of the Nevada fans. NU initially blew the game by failing to notch a first down needing only one yard in two plays, then got the ball back with one minute to go and drove the length of the field to win. The Nevada fans went from huge, noisy celebration to stunned silence in the space of one minute...you can only imagine the painful flight home, crammed in coach on US Airways in a middle seat with fat people on each side, the seat in front reclining into your forehead, and the knowledge that your team is 0-2, your season is wrecked, and you burned your Mileage Plus points for the priviledge of watching your team go down in flames. Have a nice year, Wolfpack fans!

Ups and downs from the game.

Down: Bacher missed so many timing routes, it was hard to fathom. Either he or Ross Lane or both, had inner ear problems in the first half.

Up: Bacher reminded me of Zak Kustok, the way he performed on the winning drive. There was simply no way he was letting the Cats lose.

Down: Both lines played poorly in my opinion. After Nebraska piled up like 1700 yards rushing on the Wolfpack, the Cats should have done better with the rush. And the Wolfpack QB hit so many sideline outs that I thought maybe the Cats D-line thought the coach said Schlitz.

Up: Kudos to Brandon Roberson who had one monster run and a TD.

Down: Attendance. Down, down, down. The Fishhead and his guppie brother felt lonely all alone in the stands with hardly an alum in sight.

Down: Coverage by the secondary. Sometimes you have to take a chance and actually cover the receiver as opposed to waiting for the opportunity to tackle him.

Next up...the Duke Blue Devils...and remember, 12-0 Here We Come!