Live from BugahaWest: It’s 2017, where have I been for the last few years.

Dear Fellow Husker fans,

It’s amazing how sometimes things come together and a person gets a idea to restart something that was once long forgotten.  It happened not too long ago when I had a email and a post on my facebook account bringing me back to my Husker fandom home.  Many of you probably don’t remember me, but from 2008 to 2013 I was a regular/semi-regular blogger here racking up 89 blog posts in that short amount of time.  Anyways, life has a way to get in the way for awhile and it did in more ways than 1.  Then, the email came, the facebook posts followed and a idea started forming in my tiny little brain.  Then I started chatting with guys about the changes in the news cycle from when I started blogging to now and the idea in my brain grew more.  Finally, I looked at my life schedule and there I found it, time to blog, just a hour or so to put down my opinions and maybe, just maybe, show you, my loyal readers why there is a blogger of the year tag on my personal page here (given to me by our benevolent founder Nate aka NEFan4Life). 

So, this is how I am going to try and run this thing for now.  I wont be giving out a rehash of the game because even if I did that on a Sunday afternoon with the way the current news cycle is, that would be old news.  What I will try to do is pick out a couple stats that I think are important from the previous game and expand on those and give an opinion on why I think they are important not only for the previous game but the rest of the year.  Now I want you guys to understand, like Mike Gundy said years ago, “I’m a man, I’m 40.”  I also work the graveyard shift on Saturday nights.  I am going to need my sleep for work so there are games I will be missing.  Also, I don’t have the disposable income to afford the Big 10 Network so what games I do wake up for have to be on regular tv, cable, or I will be listening to on internet radio  (again, please bring Kent Pavelka back to football).  This hurts me as well as helps, because I can stick with being more of a opinion page.  I hope you guys enjoy the reads.

Now, I was reading back on my previous postings and I found I never really explained where my football knowledge came from.  I’ll be honest, beyond playing streetball I never played a down of organized football.  My small amount of football knowledge comes from watching the games.  I try my hardest when watching to figure out where the blitz is coming from and for the most part, I am wrong.  I enjoy the game of football and watching a good close defensive battle (to me) is as much fun if not more than a offensive shootout.  Yes, I love defense and I love the Blackshirts.  Speaking of which…

The talk has been Coach Diaco’s 3-4 defense.  Years ago I called it Pelini’s Dogma of D.  Didn’t work as well as it should so there needs to be a name change.  Maybe Diaco’s 34 will work.  Hey, maybe you, my loyal readers could help me come up with a name for this new version of the defense.  Anways, I want to point out one thing I like about the 3-4 and it’s QB pressure.  The QB has to figure out where that 4th, maybe even 5th guy is coming from.  The great thing is, during that split second of hesitation the play could already be blown up.  The QB confusion could cause loss of yards, incompletion, or even better, a turnover.  The best part is, i the defensive backfield you can have 6, 7, o even 8 dropping back in coverage if the pressure can be established using only the front 3.  Now, again there is the deal with having to stop the run.  Again, with my limited football knowledge, I think in this regards, linebacker play is most important.  Yes, the dline has to keep the oline busy, but the linebackers need to be able to move laterally and shed blocks.  In fact, in my opinion linebacker play, especially from the 2 inside linebackers is the most important.  Those guys have to make stops and if not lead the team in tackles, be in the top 5.