*** Official Illinois Game Thread ***

[SouthLincoln Husker]

Can we hire Bret today and get it over?

Absolutely not!

 

[HuskerInLostWages]

Farmer screwed up on that score.

Just remove "on that score" and we have the story of Farmer and his time here.

 

[huskerfan74]

We had all the momentum and then our lil girls playing OL let our QB get pummeled and now it is 20-9. End of story

 

[ColoradoHusk]

I think a game ball should go to Bret's super stretch elastic waistband, damn, that thing don't give up no matter the pressure

That’s where El Straino is. 

 

[The Scarlet Pimpernel]

As a potential candidate, does this game give you confidence to take the NU job or run away from it?

doesn't matter if the deal is already made

 

[SouthLincoln Husker]

We have absolutely no depth.  OL & LB backups are horrible 

 

[NebraskaHarry]

We had all the momentum and then our lil girls playing OL let our QB get pummeled and now it is 20-9. End of story

Dude, Whipple gotta be more creative with the scheme than this crap he's throwing out there. 

 

[Cornbred]

Do you think that Mickey has a "win one for the Gipper" speech at halftime?

 

[The Scarlet Pimpernel]

I've said from the start that there's a reason why MJ has never been mentioned in any HC searches. He's a great position coach, great recruiter, but just not HC material.

 

[Jason Sitoke]

Do you think that Mickey has a "win one for the Gipper" speech at halftime?

How about just a ‘win one’ speech for the remainder of the season. 

 

[chamrocck]

As a potential candidate, does this game give you confidence to take the NU job or run away from it?

It’s all about recruiting and player development. Whoever does that best gets the job. It has to be a well known P5 coach that can recruit. I like Chadwell as a person but he is a 6 ceiling win in the BIG unless you want to give him a decade to rebuild.

If it was Deion though I’d be along for the ride. It would not be due to lack of recruiting. 

 

[knapplc]

The switch flipped when Rahmir dropped that ball. Zero offense after that, missed blocks resulting in injuries to our QB & RB, and the defense became stupid. 

These teams are so mentally fragile. One thing goes wrong and it all comes crashing down.

 

[Packerhuskerfan]

Same old, same old which is why we need a whole new coaching staff. Mickey can be the WR coach, but the rest need to go.

 

[knapplc]

As a potential candidate, does this game give you confidence to take the NU job or run away from it?

Zero change. Bielema took over an Illinois team that hadn't had a winning season in 11 years, and look what he's done.

There's absolutely no reason the right coach can't do that here at Nebraska. 

 

[BIGREDIOWAN]

doesn't matter if the deal is already made

With who?