Moving on from the Huskers loss to Virginia Tech…

First, HG tips its hat to Virginia Tech for their great play and hard earned victory on Saturday night.

So we are all a little disappointed by the Huskers loss to Virginia Tech. And while HG does not believe in moral victories,  the dire straits the Huskers were in just 12 months ago calls for a little perspective.

Lets look at the positives:

1. The Huskers lost to a young but tested and talented Virginia Tech team. Example: VT came into the game with East Carolina, Georgia Tech, and North Carolina under their belt. They’ve been tested in the 4th quarter while Nebraska has played far inferior competition.

2. Are you proud of the Huskers performance? Yes, even in a loss, they played much better in the second half than in the first half, something that never really happened in the Callahan Era.

3. Some people are upset that Bo Pelini got an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. Lesson learned. Let’s move on. Every young coach is going to do dumb things. That’s what we got with Bo.  And we know when he gets angry, at least their is a purpose behind it.

4. You really didn’t think the Huskers were going undefeated this year, did you?

5. You think the Huskers had a bad weekend, just go ask a Georgia, Florida, or USC fan how their weekend went. This is college football in 2008.

6. Even though the Huskers lost, I’m still optimistic because VT is going to prove to better than most people made them out to be. VT is now 9-0 with Tyrod Taylor at QB and with their favorable schedule the rest of the way, they are still a dark horse for the National Title.

Figure this: Frank Beamer knew the Nebraska game was extremely important. They play Western Kentucky next week and then have a week off. So Beamer wanted to go all out since he knew they didn’t have a challenging game until 10/18 against BC. With the way college football has been, it’s not unreasonable to think VT will be in the Top 10 by 10/18.

7. Yes, we got screwed by the officials, but we also made too many mistakes and stupid penalties. Let’s move on to Missouri.

8. You thought Nebraska was going to be 8-4 this year, right. That’s still very obtainable. I think VT will ultimately prove to be a better team than Mizzou or Texas Tech.

9. Frank Beamer has been coaching with his system and his players for 20 years. Bo Pelini has been coaching for 4 games with Callahan’s players. End result: We lost by 5 points. Just saying…