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Best win: getting Frost. /end thread.

When you have Wyoming as one of the options to choose from is all you need to know about the Mike Riley Era hahaha

2015 Michigan State won the B1G and made it to the CFB Playoff.

Your anecdotal opinion doesn't matter - they were a premiere team, who beat the #4, #9, #11, and #19 teams in the nation, won their conference, and made the playoff. That's a great team, period. Please. Sparty has outperformed Michigan in every capacity possibly imaginable over the last decade, including 8-2 head to head.

I have a nice radio face, too.

The fact one of the others is Purdue says a lot as well.

DoNU fan after upsetting Sparty in 2015: Man, this is awesome! Maybe we're gonna start pulling our heads out of our butts and get things rolling! Things are gonna be ok! Narrator: But things were not ok, and heads were not pulled out of butts...

I would almost put the MSU game as the "worst win" because all that did was get the RiledUppers all riled up..."See...this is what Riley does, he does more with less, he takes an underdog team and beats the big dog"

Huh? He's saying it's easy to say in May that your QBs are good. They're not actually playing actual games. We heard all spring and summer that Lee was going to be really good. It was easy for people to say it then. Much harder when he was throwing pick sixes. Obviously something could change in what you're saying, as soon as September, if our QBs play horribly. Then I'd wager the coaches and players wouldn't be happy with the QB room. Much harder to say you're happy with the QBs when they're playing badly in games.

Gonna try something new for the offseason: let's find out which win of the Mike Riley era (error?) is considered the best by the board. I've gone through each season's schedule and pulled 5 games that could be considered the best wins of Riley's tenure. We can debate for a week, put it to a vote and decide. If there is a game that isn't listed, vote for "other", and explain your choice. Note 1: I'm planning on doing a "Worst Loss" thread as well Note 2: The Riley era was so bad, I originally had two losses in the "Best Win" column. Game 1: 2015 Michigan State http://www.espn.com/college-football/game?gameId=400763560 - This game was marked by a wonderful drive by Tommy Armstrong at the end of the game, driving the offense down and scoring with less than a minute left on a controversial TD pass to Brandon Reilly. Game 2: 2015 UCLA http://www.espn.com/college-football/game?gameId=400852720 - This game was RtDB guy's wet dream. Armstrong, Ozigbo and Cross pounded the UCLA defense, with 46 carries between the three. Also marked by a controversial ejection of Nate Gerry on a pitch-perfect tackle in the second quarter. Game 3: 2016 Wyoming http://www.espn.com/college-football/game?gameId=400869187 - Most points scored in the Riley era. Armstrong throws for almost 400 yards, and the defense picks future first rounder Josh Allen off 5 times. Game 4: 2016 Oregon http://www.espn.com/college-football/game?gameId=400869113 - Riley finally gets a win over Oregon. Marked by another gusty performance by Armstrong, scoring the go-ahead TD from 34 yards out with roughly 2 minutes left. Game 5: 2017 Purdue http://www.espn.com/college-football/game?gameId=400935395 - The final win of 2017 was punctuated by a comeback led by Tanner Lee with under one minute left.

Here is Gabrielle Union talking about her beloved Cornhuskers on Late Night with James Corden. Great shout outs. http://journalstar.com/entertainment/misc/video-on-late-night-tv-gabrielle-union-talks-about-how/youtube_d99414a8-fe72-56c1-a019-5621504024df.html

I picked 2016 Oregon because, at the time, it felt like a turning point. It felt like a huge win.

Any best win he had probably happened in the summertime and offseason. 1. Calibraska 2. Donte Williams #Moneyteam 3. Kendrick Lamar concert 4. Sprinkles

My only concern is we felt that way after our tournament season and the wheels fell off. Teams adjust and get tape on teams. While we dont lose any massive pieces, we do lose some depth. I hope we can fill the last scholly opening with a grad transfer who can play right away down low.

Griffin was a 6'1 - 205 DB before Frost showed up at UCF. After a spring and summer with Frost's staff he weighed in at 213, was moved to LB and finished the season with 11.5 sacks and 20 tackles for loss. I don't think anybody is saying Dixon will put up those numbers, but there are certainly similarities to their past positions and body types. Dixon is the type of player the staff wants at the outside linebacker position.

It's possible, but I would assume he will take more visits. Referring to the other posts he would primarily be OLB rushing the passer, maybe a few plays with his hand in the dirt. In our defense most WDEs will be OLBs for us depending on size/agility

At least we know he intends to give it another go. All you can do is moderate the hell out of his reps and see how it goes.

Tbf elite 11 is kind of a joke and Dilfer seems like a doofus.

This. He is a situational player. Any situation the other team has the ball and is trying to score he will be playing.

Wanting to start doesn't make him a prima donna. And just because he wants to start doesn't mean he's going to demand that a coach promise him the starting job.

Welcome back, JJ. BUMP

Ya know how the song Shots starts? That’s me now...

For the reasons I stated before that game.

So I voted and it was a really close call between 2015 Michigan State and 2016 Oregon. I went with 2016 Oregon because, at that time, it really REALLY did feel like Nebraska had finally broken through and that we were finally coming out of the proverbial darkness. Little did we know.... But as has been mentioned...it was Riley's immense failure that allowed the opening for Frost to come home.

That was awesome. Gabrielle Union is so hot--hubba hubba hubba. James Corden also does a segment on this show called Drop The Mic and it is usually pretty awesome.

They were.

Another thought: If fan expectations bother you, there are plenty of schools you can play for that don't have them. If Lee didn't want to be at a place that has them, he could have stayed at Tulane. I don't see how recruits can visit here (where recruits have said fans already know their names) or know anything about the school and not realize this might happen. Especially as a QB.

Committed to Georgetown

^ This sounds like a guy who knows what he's talking about. He also wants to deregulate, but the only way that would help is if regulations were the reason drug costs are high, and I find that unlikely. I honestly think regulating drug prices would do a lot more good than making it cheaper to manufacture drugs (and easier to create drugs that harm people).

Signed with Kentucky

Looks like Dixon will likely be able to play. Great news for the linebacking corps. https://247sports.com/college/nebraska/Article/BREAKING-Shea-Patterson-to-be-granted-immediate-eligibility-by-NCAA-117718437

I see comments similar to this on twitter and I dismiss them as trolls and bots. Then later in the day on a talk radio show I hear how the conservative host is very upset because a bunch of people are texting in these same kinds of comments. What a bunch of s#!tty people.

Your posts.

Here's the brainwashing in action. "THEM DARN LIBRULS WON'T GIVE TRUMP CREDIT FOR ANYTHING!" The accusation is that THEY are so biased that But here's just one angle of counterpoint to that.

Every sport has unwritten rules, and unwritten allowance of rules that are written. I think it'd be great if the NBA called more proper travels or amended the rulebook to match how they currently call them. But that has 0% bearing on whether the NBA is still the sport of basketball or not.

Except, performance wise, he's a low level athlete. He hasn't done jack squat in his athletic career post high school to warrant such an absurd self-aggrandizing ego.

So a sophomore OLB who is 206 lbs will play every down? I’ll take that wager.

He won't leave the field.

That didn't explain the why. It only explained the the.

Good point about his value in coverage. He was a safety at Ole Miss, so he is used to being in coverage. My guess is that he will be a hybrid backer who blitzes some times and stays out in coverage at times. His amount of PT will also depend on the opponent, like you mention.

Or Kenny Bell!

It's those helmets they stole from Princeton. It's a B1G thing going way back (that we used to complain about until we joined). It's the same reason we have to play at a whore named Ann Arbor three times before we get a second home game. p.s. - http://www.spartanjerseys.com/michigan-state-football-jersey-helmet/winged-helmet/

This writer bumps Frost all the way up to # 6. Says Frost would by his 6th pick for a coach right now. https://247sports.com/college/nebraska/Bolt/Barton-Simmons-Scott-Frost-is-going-to-be-a-star-118119114

I think the real problem is people thinking that "N" on the helmet is magical (when it comes to the issue of people having to recognize there are kids with limits wearing them). Haven't you heard things like, "We should be destroying <insert team with comparable talent here>!"? It might be fair to add, "Just run the damn ball!" Once we can see we have the ability, thanks to a lot of ingredients we write about all the time, these statements will hopefully be realistic again.

Remember when Martinez was here, and every thread turned into a Taylor Martinez argument?