You may have a break.

The int was not particularly a great play by their db.  The ball was underthrown.  One of the few weaknesses in TT's game is that he doesn't have a huge arm.  We can hardly compain about that given all that he's done this year.

The ball that LaVon dropped in the endzone was kinda a gift, by the way.  He was basically quite well covered except that he did a nice job of getting to the spot of the ball and/or the db's didn't play the ball well.

Lavon looked to be badly interfered with on that drop. Looked like two guys were tripping him as he went for the ball. Lavon does NOT get the calls that other star receivers in this league get

Sure I'm disappointed.  I'd have to believe that we all are.  I also expected NIU to put up points, more than what they did for that matter.  However, I cannot accept the abandonment of the only part of the game that was working well.  I just watched the replay, and what I saw at the game did not change. 

There were only a handful of good offensive plays in the second half:

• A 3rd and 8 conversion for 9 yards to a Dunlop, 
• A couple scrambles/rushes by Harden and Tettleton

We had less than 80 total yards in the second half, 10 of which came on offside penalties.  I refuse to believe that we couldn't move the ball due to defensive adjustments because that is simply untrue. From what I could see (a.k.a. in my opinion) we were attempting not to lose by changing the team we are (spread option run/slant passes to WR/TE's) to something we aren't (deep threat and power rushing.)   This has happened more than once this year (and in past years) and I believe that someone should be held responsible.  The deep play-action pass on first down after NIU gave us a first down was mind-boggling, but there were other plays called that were just as dumb.

Didn't know where to put this and I hate singling out players, but since Bcat2 brought this up,  I think Curtis Meyers needs to sit for a while. He was really lucky that he wasn't ejected for his takedown on the NIU WR after the false start, but he was also shoving some of the players after the field goal at the end of the game.

On a good note, I believe that the defense played quite well until the final 8 minutes of the game (of which they were out on the field the majority.)

Carpenter is a safety!

Solich won at Nebraska ie 1997.

To fire Albin and or Solich would cause problems. We have a phenomenal qb who has worked for 3 years now with these coaches and this system. And he's played a full season only once.  Yes, we should magnify this game and what went wrong is extremely disappointing. However, when you look long term and what we have for our future it looks promising. Yea, Albin called the pass plays on 1st down when he should have run it in the fourth quarter. But how many times did TT throw into double and triple coverage against NIU and this season for that matter. He's still maturing and he won't make those throws in the future. Late in the season he learned to throw the ball away. I would bet he wanted to make that BIG throw because it was a BIG game. And many times if he didn't see something down field, he would see a lane and take it. Our coaching staff and our players got us to that game and now to the Potato Bowl. And in the next 2 years, we'll have a MAC Championship with Tettleton at the helm.