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<blockquote data-quote="BZuppke" data-source="post: 1193480" data-attributes="member: 12358"><p>Re-watch the Nebraska game. We should have beat them handily. We'd run Vaughn for a nice gain. Then we'd run the same play 4 more times in a row because it worked once, but the next four times we got stuffed and had to punt. Or at the end of the game we threw 374 passes to the corner of the end zone all of which failed but one for the winning TD. We only got that many chances because of two pass interference calls. Or we threw 3 sideline passes in a row, one of which was caught and two of which were overthrown - net result another punt. Did Cubit ever hear of mixing it up? Also, when we were backed up to our endzone in the 3rd Qtr, Cubit ran Vaughn 3 straight times for virtually no gain, then punted setting up a Nebraska FG. When you have Wes Lunt, don't you try to pass once in there to get out of the hole? Not Cubit. Let's just give them 3. Or how about when we were in the redzone and he lines up Crouch in the wildcat to run the ball (same play we would run for Aaron Bailey), and of course everyone in the stadium including the Nebraska D knew what was coming and sure enough he's stuffed so we settle for a missed FG. Wisconsin game when it was still close we had a crucial 3rd and 1, in our own territory. The Wisky D has 9 guys in the box, I say out loud, please don't run Vaughn up the middle here. Guess what Cubit did and yes we had to punt. None of this has to do with injuries or dropped passes. He is just about as bad a play caller we've had since the OC Tepper had at the end (Tom Beck?).</p><p> </p><p> Did you ever watch Mackovic call plays? The great Dick Vermeil once said of Mackovic (and Vermeil was a pretty smart coach) - "he runs when you think he'll pass and pass when you think he should run". That was play calling.</p><p> </p><p> As for FGs, we missed at least 2 in that game. May not have anything to do with play calling but how can we be that bad at FGs? Cost us a few games.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BZuppke, post: 1193480, member: 12358"] Re-watch the Nebraska game. We should have beat them handily. We'd run Vaughn for a nice gain. Then we'd run the same play 4 more times in a row because it worked once, but the next four times we got stuffed and had to punt. Or at the end of the game we threw 374 passes to the corner of the end zone all of which failed but one for the winning TD. We only got that many chances because of two pass interference calls. Or we threw 3 sideline passes in a row, one of which was caught and two of which were overthrown - net result another punt. Did Cubit ever hear of mixing it up? Also, when we were backed up to our endzone in the 3rd Qtr, Cubit ran Vaughn 3 straight times for virtually no gain, then punted setting up a Nebraska FG. When you have Wes Lunt, don't you try to pass once in there to get out of the hole? Not Cubit. Let's just give them 3. Or how about when we were in the redzone and he lines up Crouch in the wildcat to run the ball (same play we would run for Aaron Bailey), and of course everyone in the stadium including the Nebraska D knew what was coming and sure enough he's stuffed so we settle for a missed FG. Wisconsin game when it was still close we had a crucial 3rd and 1, in our own territory. The Wisky D has 9 guys in the box, I say out loud, please don't run Vaughn up the middle here. Guess what Cubit did and yes we had to punt. None of this has to do with injuries or dropped passes. He is just about as bad a play caller we've had since the OC Tepper had at the end (Tom Beck?). Did you ever watch Mackovic call plays? The great Dick Vermeil once said of Mackovic (and Vermeil was a pretty smart coach) - "he runs when you think he'll pass and pass when you think he should run". That was play calling. As for FGs, we missed at least 2 in that game. May not have anything to do with play calling but how can we be that bad at FGs? Cost us a few games. [/QUOTE]
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