The Rantings of a Madman
To burn or not to burn?
Last Saturday, against Kansas State, the unthinkable happened; Zac Taylor went down with a mild concusion. This led to the hardest decision that Bill Calahan has had to make all season – to bring in Ganz or Beck? Ganz started the season as the number two back behind Taylor and was praised by the coaching staff for the improvements he had made. Beck is the much heralded “future” of Husker football. Neither had played a snap all season and with the game, and probably a bowl bid, on the line late in the game a decision had to be made.
Callahan decided to go with the true frosh Beck, a move that I will admit that even I questioned, but the more I look back at it the more I agree that it was the correct move to make. Nebraska’s coaching staff has been praising Beck’s improvement through the media in past weeks and with the game and the season on the line you have to go with your best guy. That is exactly what Callahan did and even with a miscue that gave KSU the lead Beck regrouped and lead Nebraska on the game winning drive, showing his moxy and skills all at the same time. Hmmm, Callahan sacrificing the future for the now, so much for a lack of sense of urgency, huh?
A rare shout out
I hate to say this, but I have to give major props to the Mizzou Volleyball team. Mizzou came to Nebraska, a place no one but Nebraska had won at in nearly 2 years, and immediatly went up 2 games to 0 against the #1 ranked Husker ladies. The game was playing at the bar during my weekly Poker tournament and even I was getting a little nervous. The Volleyball team has been the silent pride of the state of Nebraska this season, destroying opponents and thanks to a Washington loss the night before the ‘Huskers were the only undefeated team in the nation. Long story short the lady ‘Skers pulled off an amazing turnaround and swept the next 3 games to take the match.
Bowl Season
Its just about time for the greatest season of the year, Bowl Season. The Big 12 to date has 7 teams bowl eligable and a chance to have 8 or 9. With a full Big 12 bowl slate it is time for the boys of the Midwest to step up and prove the critics wrong about the Big 12. A +.500 bowl season will go a long ways to silencing the talking heads in the media who week in and week out love to point out how bad the Big 12 is this year. A Longhorn win in the Rose Bowl and 3-4 more wins will prove that the Big 12 is still alive and kicking and set the table for an even better year next year.
Zach Ocken was born and raised in small town Nebraska but now hails from Lincoln. He is a huge Husker fan and college football in general. There is nothing better to him than a Saturday morning in front of the TV.
Zach is a staff writer for http://www.Big12-fans.com.
