Yours Truly

With my second question to Tim Griffin of ESPN, I finally got him to field one of my questions, which he posted in his mailbag:

Jordan Magrath of Lynden, Wash., writes: Hey Tim! I love your blog, it is the main reason I visit ESPN. I have a question about my Cornhuskers. I watched the entire Virginia Tech game game, and was as frustrated as any Big Red fan that we couldn't put it away. But with that being said, I feel like we can play with any team on our schedule. Do you think it is unreasonable to say that the Huskers will finish 10-2 (before the Big 12 championship game)?

Tim Griffin: Jordan, I was impressed with the Cornhuskers’ performance on Saturday, although I would have liked to have seen a little bit better production in the red zone and better defensive execution in key situations. Those ills ultimately cost them the game.

But in the Big 12, I think the Cornhuskers are going to have to have a more potent offensive attack to stick with teams like Oklahoma, Texas Tech, Kansas, Missouri and Baylor. The drives we saw that were finished off by Henery field goals are going to need to be touchdowns for the Cornhuskers to finish 10-2, or even to win the Big 12 North with a couple of conference losses.

I still think they could get there. But they are going to have to show some offensive improvement to accomplish it.

Everybody, thanks for the questions and the patience. Keep the e-mails coming. I'll be back with more on Friday afternoon.