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Bo inherited a 5-7 team and went 9-4 Scott is inheriting a 4-8 team and everyone seems to think 6-6 would be a massive improvement It's not. We will be winning more than 6 games this year.

"Handy"...real nice, Mav.

Bo played Virginia Tech , #4 Missouri, #7 Texas Tech and @ #4 Oklahoma. This is the apathy I'm talking about, if you look at 2018 and see for sure 6 losses I don't know what to tell you.

So, I still don't really know for sure how the brackets work. But people keep talking about us being the 11th or 12th seed. On bracket matrix the 12th seeded teams look very unfamiliar to me so I'm just ignoring them. Anyhow, I looked at which opponents the 10th (I don't know if that's possible for us?) and 11th seeded teams have left. And also some of the bubble teams. Some of them have tough schedules coming up, although that gives them a better chance to make it in if they can win. Also, there are a few games where they can knock each other down. I've highlighted those. I got a little bored and didn't finish the bubble teams. And I'm guessing someone will tell me this has already been made.

Is this your first time watching Tim draw a play?

17 different U.S. intelligence agencies (and Facebook) unanimously confirm Russian interference in the U.S. election. Donald Trump goes with Vladimir Putin's explanation instead. And an entire generation of conservative anti-Russia hawks abandons all evidence and principle to back the President. That's all there is to say on this subject.

This is basically how I see it going. Which is a realistic expectation IMO. I think they probably win these games and then you hope they can sneak in and win 1 more over those teams.

Nebraska Home & Away Records Since PBA opened in 2013: Home: Won 56/80 = 70% 2013-14: 15-1 (only loss was by 1 to Michigan) 2014-15: 10-6 2015-16: 10-8 2016-17: 8-8 2017-18: 13-1 (3 remaining) - (only loss was by 1 to Kansas) Away/Neutral: 23/75 = 30.7% 2013-14: 4-12 2014-15: 3-12 2015-16: 6-10 2016-17: 4-11 2017-18: 6-7 (1 remaining) I think it's safe to say Nebraska is much better at home, which is true for most teams, but this is a large gap.

Fans, don't lower your expectations because of Riley. Raise your expectations because of Frost. That crap-show that was Riley almost won 6 games last year...think about that.

For the first time in 16 years, the entire program is turning in the right direction. We have a chancellor & president combo that actually seems to care about the sports program, and an AD that 1.) isn't an egomaniac, or 2.) actively trying to sandbag people in his department. Personally, I think 6-6 is a worst case scenario this season.

I would rather see Minnesota step up and take Wisconsin's place while Iowa and Wisconsin fight to not finish last because screw both of them.

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I don't disagree with the comment, but I think Frost as many Florida kids in 1 year than Riley did from California in 3 years.

I know that turned out well, but how the hell was that the play they came up with?

I will be happy if we end up anywhere between 5-7 and 13-0.

James Palmer is....

I reported it but I got told a Mod cant get slapped with a vacation over such things. Its hands down BS.

Missed this the other day but Will Barton wore a Nebraska shirt to his game:

Pretty simple, listen closely. 6-6 would be disappointing and is a pretty weak goal to frame a team after even though we went 4-8 and face an ugly on paper schedule. Got all that? Well if he's so great they should beat us in 2019 too then! It's Purdue. They should never beat us, plain and simple.

I mean, sure Purdue could win, but they also couldn't beat the worst Nebraska team in nearly 50 years last season. Do you think they'll improve more than Nebraska does this season, and win in Lincoln? Because I don't.

If Taggart improves by 13 spots he will have the best recruiting class of all time at -2

That's my bet for a vegas number. Either 6.5 or 7. The team clearly had mailed it in down the stretch last year, and weren't performing as well as they could. That said... probable wins in bold. 09/01 - Akron 09/08 - Colorado 09/15 - Troy 09/22 - @ Michigan 09/29 - Purdue 10/06 - @ Wisconsin 10/13 - @ Northwestern 10/20 - Minnesota 11/03 - @ Ohio State 11/10 - Illinois 11/17 - Michigan State 11/23 - @ Iowa First 3 don't really scare me, Purdue will hold serve, maybe step back in year 2 when people aren't surprised. Illinois is trash, Minnesota is blah, and NW is going to go backwards this season without JJ. That's not exactly a hard stretch to say we win those games, and that puts you at 7. Then you steal 1 from Michigan, Wisconsin, MSU, or Iowa (OSU ain't happening), and you can get to 8.

Alabama made a massive coaching upgrade following the 06' season where they went 6-7. Even with a massive coaching upgrade, Bama went 7-6 in the 07' season. It takes time for everything to unfold. McKenzie Milton was quite a bit different in the 17' season than he was in the 16' season. In 16', he averaged getting sacked 2.5 times per game. In 17', he was sacked on average less than once per game. His completion percentage jumped nearly ten percent from 16' to 17'. Whether this was based strictly on him or his OL doesn't really matter. What matters is that it took either him, his OL, or a combination of the two more than one season to really get things figured out. I expect a much better performance from the team in 18' over 17'. However, I don't know right now how this translates in the W/L record. We lost by 21 points to Wisconsin. We lost by 42 points to Ohio State. We lost by 33 points to Minnesota. We lost by 42 points to Iowa. We may very well lose to all of those teams in 18', but I expect the margin of loss to be considerably less than it was last year. If we play hard to the final whistle and are down by a score, I will consider this a much better performance.

According to knapp's Vox article, they only have until Thursday to get a new map agreed to or the Pennsylvania Supreme Court takes over & implements their own. It's good to see the bad guys lose.

This is great and all, but this edit probably took all of 3 minutes to make. I know they have a ton of these to get out, so they can't put a lot of time into each one. I've seen some good edits by the new staff, and some that leave me wondering if they are letting some kids learn graphic design during "bring your pre-schooler to work day". I realize it's not overly important in the scheme of things, but these days this is one way to get the attention of some recruits as well.

No Uno means 1

Guaranteed losses ... I'll bet you right now we win at least one of those games

6 wins is so realistic it hurts. 7 wins? You might as well believe aliens are taking over tomorrow.

UCF went 0-12 the year before Frost, Nebraska went 4-8 the year prior. UCF, during their greatest season ever, couldn't sfill their stadium. Nebraska sold out their spring game. We just signed the #21 class after 2 months on the job. We are in a better situation.

"Pieces" could mean anything, and wile we may not be exactly where Frost wants roster wise, we are in better shape than UCF was to start. I think the players will grasp the system enough and I do think we have enough pieces to make the system succesful. It won't be as good as year 2, year 3 ect. But it will be enough other teams will take notice

1.) Suh was... not good in 2007. He was developed into a monster. 2.) Source? Our SOS in 2008 was top 20 in multiple metrics, with 3 top 10 teams on the schedule.

You're just looking for reasons to be pessamistic. We have alot of talent on the roster. No one knew Suh was a game changer to that extent until Pelini came along. Riley did not let the talent level slip so I guarentee there are some undiscovered gamechangers on the roster.

The schedule next year isn't twice as hard. The teams played this year went 93-59 (61.2%) - the teams played next year went 98-56 (63.6%).

i don't expect 6-6...but i it happens i won't be calling for scott to be fired. does that make me apethetic? so if 6-6 happens and if it is totally unacceptable...you will be leading the charge to have scott fired?

2003 Solich 10-3 (5-3) Bowl 2004 Cally 5-6 (3-5) 2005 Cally 8-4 (4-4) Bowl 2006 Cally 9-5 (6-2) Div Champs/ Bowl 2007 Cally 5-7 (2-6) 2008 Pelini 9-4 (5-3) Bowl vs. 2014 Pelini 9-4 (5-3) Bowl 2015 Riley 6-7 (3-5) Bowl 2016 Riley 9-4 (6-3) Bowl 2017 Riley 4-8 (3-6) 2018 Frost Just from a win-loss perspective, the Callahan and Riley eras look more similar than different to me. Take out 2005 and they are just about identical. As far as talent level on the roster, by many different measures we have seen it shown that the talent level has not drastically changed much over the last 15 years. So I agree with those that think 6-6 is possible, but we should expect more than that in 2018.

I wish I could use that math while doing my taxes.

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT APATHY IS

These two posts don't compute?

Assuming you're speaking of records only: Almost no one "aims" for something like that, but I'm betting 8-4 is in a range of realistic records in Frost's mind (if he thinks in those terms). Frost said himself we would lose games. And hearing 8-4 is "nowhere near" what they aim to accomplish is just ludicrous. They would have to aim to go 11-1 or 12-0 to be "nowhere near" 8-4. So you're basically saying their aim in season 1 is to get to the playoffs. I'm sure they'll try their hardest to win every game but getting to the playoffs this season is probably not going to be something they talk to the players about. You can have a national championship as an aim every season. That doesn't mean you realistically think you'll go undefeated every season, even as the coach. You can have a conference championship as an aim every season. That doesn't mean you realistically think you'll win the conference every season (until you start setting a precedent of doing so consistently). You're confusing Osborne era based expectations (in season 1, even) with reality. The reality, as Frost has stated many times, is there is a lot of work to do. He's also said the goal is to get better every day. I don't think he's mentioned winning any championships in season 1, and I doubt he will to the players either.

Mike? Is that you?

Since he didn't make RB, I'll nominate @In the Deed the Glory

6-6 is acceptable whether anyone admits it or not. People would still be excited for 2019 and expecting big things to come, as long as our losses weren't awful. I don't think we'll go 6-6 though.

Besides buy in, the conditioning is also very important. Have to change the body type to go with the will to play hard. Based on early reports, I think strides will be made, but the team is a fair bit away from where the staff would like.

This might sound depressing ... agreed. I believe that has lost her way. It will take more time to clear out the foundational issues in the program. For me, 6-6 is realistic, especially given the more difficult schedule. No one believe that standard of 6-6 is the goal or ever should be the goal. It's far better for the program, for Husker fans, for recruiting and overall perception in this transition if we set realistic goals and then meet and/or surpass them. It is apparent that Scott & Company are the right folks. It's all good here for me.

I don't want them to finish 5th. I'd rather they finish 2nd, losing to us every time.

Short term expectations? It's pretty simple Mr. Sports Illustrated man! Step 1: Hire Scott Frost Step 2: Expand trophy room Step 3: Start filling trophy room with all the new trophies!

*inserts California, rewinds 3 years*

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