SouthAfricanHusker

Thanks BRB. I have received a lot of info from UNL. Sometimes people who have been through it on this side have more practical info that's all I was hoping for.

I am close to making a decision to start an online MBA through UNL but I have some questions that I was hoping someone on the board could answer. I am looking for more of the logistics of doing the program. If I decide to start the program at least the beginning will be while I am in South Africa - I could end up in another overseas location or back in the States. Are most of the "lectures" available to download and listen/watch later? Internet and power reliability are terrible here so I really can't expect to be able to stream data on demand. My hope is to utilize my 2 hours of daily commute to listen to the lectures. I know I may have to go back and listen to specific parts but I could at least get the gist of the lecture through my ride. How much time is spent each week per class? With 2 hours of driving, 10 hour days, family, etc I don't have a ton of time free. I'm willing to sacrifice and I know there will never be a "good" time. Being in ZA there there is a 7-8 hour time difference from Lincoln depending on the time of year. Are there any "required" live events that I would need to log into at odd hours of the night? I'm not opposed to this, hell I am used to waking up for Husker and Royals games but I usually try to push those to weekends. If anyone else has general advice I am all ears. Thanks for the assistance.

Richie was a friend of mine back in the day. Great physical specimen but you could tell it wasn't going to end well at NU for him. He seemed to lose his fire for football during his junior year of high school. There were also other issues. From what I hear many in the class were similar in that they peaked early and got offers based on hype. They also didn't have the benefit of great leaders beating them into shape.

Bush isn't going to TE. With Cethan and Snyder we will have enough productivity from TE. Assuming Cotton stays we will have a great blocker too. TE is about 5th on my concerns lists. 1. QB 2. OT 3. RB 4. WR 5. TE 6. C 7. OG.

I struggle to understand why people are so worried about our recruiting class ranking. When you look over the losses Bo had its hard to find too many that we were out classed in talent. As weird as that was to type after 40+ point losses its true. Most of the big losses came from scheme issues or not playing the most talented player. Look at Wisconsin this past year. Plenty of teams with far less talent than us contained their running game better than we did. We, for whatever reason, decided to protect against Wisky airing it out on us while Gordon ran by us time after time. Riley also had a good track record of beating highly ranked teams. For whatever reason that was a major issue with Bo. Let's let him get his people in place and let them coach up the talent we already have.

If he wants it he could be here for 10+ years. If he is really successful (conf titles BCS wins) I see him doing that. If not then likely 5-8 and hang it up.

A few points here.... Chip Brown isn't a complete liar. He is just a mouthpiece for UT. So this could easily be something UT wants to get out to tarnish A&M or something that is actually true. The other is the SEC does not play anyone outside of the southeast in the non-conference. They will play neutral site games in Dallas or Atlanta sometimes. Even other Power 5 teams in a home and home series as long as they are from the southeast (ACC usually is the benefactor). So this seems totally believable. The SEC is like most "tyrants". They are completely insecure. They want to think they are the best in the world but they are not willing to put that to the test because they might find out they aren't (as we have found out the last few days).

Almost all offenses that are successful are "option" of sorts. The zone read and most spread offenses focus on one player that they leave unblocked to make an option of. What NU ran most of the Beck era was option and I never heard many people wanting to implement that across the nation. Hell even iso football utilizes some option with WR motion and end arounds off of it at times. Ultimately there are countless offenses that will work, including Riley's style, it just depends on what the coach likes most and what talent he can get to support it.

And 12 of those 13-14 games each year were against mighty Utah State and similar ilk. Bosie has long lived off of playing 1-2 teams each year. One reason I wasn't too high on Peterson for replacing Bo last year.

Reminds me of the stories from Urban in Florida. Star players were able to get away with murder (as in the saying, not like Aaron Hernandez). By the time Urban left there was near mutiny. Jimbo will likely go down in similar fashion but will be regarded as a "great coach" because he has a championship.

My complaint as well. Bo also seemed to honor his word too much. Take this year with Bussey. He honored his word with him even though he was taking trip after trip. It isn't even sure the Bussey would have stayed if Bo was still coaching. A real head coach will understand that they need to look out for the team. Who cares if someone else wants to be the "only" at whatever position. Tell them frankly and honestly that you will continue to recruit others because it is a position of need and you need as much talent as you can get. If a player doesn't want to compete against other players that should be a huge red flag about his make-up.

You must be right, only 2 schools understand that speed is king. Surely Florida State, Bama, Auburn, Ohio State, Baylor, and several others have never thought of that. What used to separate the SEC was the speed AND size of their Dline. Now that isn't the case. Everyone is getting bigger and faster DTs and DEs. Also the spread offense has broken the SEC defensive puzzle. But speed ALONE is not a high priority for the superiority of Oregon. Talent, football sense, size combined with speed or speed combine with size, etc etc etc.

agree, osu, um and msu are all going to recruit ahead of us for now.... Because with (what we are now finding out was) the worst coaching mentality in history we were 5 points away from beating MSU, at their crib at night. And we beat UM in their crib last year. We have the talent. We just need the coaching to get us over the hump. One plus side down the road is that it appears that Mike Riley is a better recruiter than Bo dreamed of.

No matter what happens in the future its hard to argue that every coach on the new staff isn't better than the same position on the old staff. Banker may not be the answer... Pap (I mean Bo) wasn't anything great. Pap was basically a wasted coaching position because Bo overruled anything he said. Bo didn't have his hand in the O as much but as we know he liked to force play calls (like the pass on 2nd and 1 vs Minn) or dictate starters (Taylor, M Pelini, et al). Let's give Riley a chance... he already has more wins vs. top 10 opponents than NU does in this millenium. But save your remarks about how you can't recruit at Nebraska... blah blah. Really, that's hard to argue? You know nothing about how these new coaches will perform. Won't you be ripping into them if we lose to BYU? Tell me where I'm wrong. Riley vs Bo Banker vs Pap/Bo Bray vs Els Warren vs Warren (plus a year experience and no micromanagement. ) Cavanaugh vs Garrison or Barney (with Bo meddling with starters) Read vs Els (special teams) It seems that Riley's staff is both more experienced and organized better than Bo's was. From what I have seen the only place we won't be better is at RB coach. But that's thr least important position (RBs either have talent or they don't for the most part) on the staff and should be a great recruiter. Brown didn't put as much into recruiting as he used to. All that being said coaching improvements alone may not have measurable results. If we lose to BYU then I will place blame where it is deserved.

No matter what happens in the future its hard to argue that every coach on the new staff isn't better than the same position on the old staff. Banker may not be the answer... Pap (I mean Bo) wasn't anything great. Pap was basically a wasted coaching position because Bo overruled anything he said. Bo didn't have his hand in the O as much but as we know he liked to force play calls (like the pass on 2nd and 1 vs Minn) or dictate starters (Taylor, M Pelini, et al). Let's give Riley a chance... he already has more wins vs. top 10 opponents than NU does in this millenium. But save your remarks about how you can't recruit at Nebraska... blah blah.