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Lol. Talk about an over reaction and a bad take. He’s outpaced his prior turnarounds. Been hella frustrating but there’s plenty to be optimistic about.

I learned that, despite largely wanting to give Satterfield the benefit of the doubt, he completely corked that game late with his playcalling. What in God's name were you doing calling a pass play with your third string QB at the 5-yard line, when you could've run the ball three times and at worst kicked a field goal? Obviously the general QB play in the program is atrocious, but that's not anything new.

Ty Robinson announced today he is coming back

It’s time. Guy is f’ing horrible. He was bad at SC, as a HC (6-16 at Tenn. Tech), & here. Hope he knows a good real estate agent.

Coach Rhule gave his last game week presser yesterday ahead of the Iowa game and I left it feeling pretty good about the leadership we have and what that could mean for the future despite a season where Nebraska could finish short of a bowl game for the seventh consecutive year. We had game management issues and we've had play calling issues and blah blah blah. We have had only five wins. We've lost one score games and I am tired of watching that crap time after time. It's frustrating and I get it. But I am excited about our young players. Chubba looked fantastic early on last week. I really hope he is the future. The running back position, starting with EJ, looks good. And the defense has been really nice this year, not only production but also from a development standpoint and from a tackling standpoint. I liked the fact that Chubba got the chance after sitting out and I am glad he wasn't forced into the lineup when he still wasn't 100 percent. That probably took restraint from the coach when Sims fizzled, and Heinrich struggled at times. Rhule waited for the right timing and with Heinrich still dinged up physically and SIms dinged up mentally, it was the right time. I like how he talked about Iowa too. The Iowa rivalry stuff is just lame as heck really. I have never considered Iowa as a rival. They're not very good. We haven't been very good either. This is as high of stakes as they ever get, a fight for bowl eligibility on one side and a lame trophy. Last year, NU spoiled the Hawks from going to the title game where they would have gotten blasted anyway. We probably did them a favor. Rhule signaled respect toward Iowa and the Ferentz family and I liked the spirit of it. They got some wins. Good for them. We just want to go out there and get No. 6 and get to a bowl. That leadership makes me believe in Rhule. It makes me want to cheer for him. It makes it easier to have the mentality of focusing on Nebraska and the work towards an improved product over hating any school, be it Iowa or Wisky or the Bucks or whoever. Respect your opponent. Go get wins. And go from there. Good job Coach Rhule. I hope we beat Iowa and get this bowl business behind us. Regardless though, I am hopeful for the future and glad we have a good HC.

Wait. What? I can't watch tomorrow's game unless I subscribe to Peacock? I don't want to "stream" I want to watch football. And I already paid for the Big10 Network. I also pay for Hulu, which is also a subsidiary of NBC, which apparently struck the deal between the Big10 and Peacock. I'm going to boycott everything Peacock does and probably the bird itself. I also want to see us use our fullback more. Now get off my lawn.

The nebraska fan base never disappoints lol. We hire a coach who we all know takes a few years to rebuild, and then b!^@h and demand staff changes when he had his best first year ever. I'm beginning to believe our fan base is the curse. Seriously guys, I get the disappointment but the results were pretty good considering injuries, and turnovers out of coaches hands in year one. As I said before, I'm not convinced our staff is perfect but all deserve more time imo.

No doubt we left some W’s on the table this year. We aren’t the only fanbase complaining. So what do we do about it? What are the coaches and players we need? I’m ready to grab Willy Korn (great name for NU) and his QB Salter from Liberty. I also add Paul Chryst. Satterfield and Raiola are out. Transform this offense now. And protect Coach White. If he gets poached then we may again have a defensive mess on our hands. Teams will be coming for him so be smart and let’s continue to rebuild the Blackshirts as that side of the ball has played well.

He's not what we all had hoped he would be, and we all know it. Hell, even Rhule has to know it by now. It is what it is.

Did Donovan Raiola cut you off in traffic or something? This obsession is getting out of hand.

we leavin’!!

South Carolina must have made a huge jump on offense and won more games this year once they dumped Satt. Oh wait they scored 6 less points per game and also missed a bowl this year. Welp those fans were certainly validated.

You can just about set your watch to these threads.

I don't want Willy Korn at Nebraska. I don't want to prioritize the speed option & option variants. I want to bring in an actual QB who is good at actual QB things. You know, like reading a defense and throwing the ball? And honestly that player is probably Kaelin. Let's start there. Willy Korn just gets you another Jeff Sims in here because you're prioritizing a track star QB who likely can't hit the broadside of Lancaster county in the passing game. Definitely tired of that stuff. Husker football needs to let go of the option, IMO.

Weird this thread pops up when someone's angry we lost a couple of games. Didn't see this prediction when we won five of six, did we?

Here's a crazy thought I have for the board. How about we keep this thread about actual portal information and argue about the current/former roster QBs in one of the thousands of other threads about that topic? Just sayin...

Just to piss you off

The main cause of Nebraska's demise is Husker message boards allowing new accounts to create threads before they've reached 250 posts.

You guys gonna start a new thread for every QB entering the portal?

Cool. Stop posting here then

It’s an awful take in regular or bold.

Holy hyperbole. We throw the ball less than everybody in the entire United States except the military academies, and the passing concepts are about as simple as they possibly can be on the exceedingly rare times we actually throw it. What are you talking about?

this is apparently a play in the Nebraska offensive playbook

Why not add in HH? Injury or not, he blows too

Bannable offense, imo.

Even Deion's fiancee is entering the portal. https://www.wbrc.com/2023/12/04/deion-sanders-fiancee-tracey-edmonds-split-after-nearly-12-years-together/

Word is that Hutmacher is probably coming back as well. And Benhart leaning towards coming back, but still on the fence.

Don't think Henrich will be back... Man, some of the idiotic comments about Fidone (including a couple right on this page). The guy is basically playing his first year of college ball after having to take two years off, and they're apparently pissed that he didn't make the Heisman finals or something?

1. Matt Rhule is just as bad if not worse than Frost at game management. Playing for a tie at the end of the game when we could have won it is inexcusable and lost my trust in Rhule. 2. Purdy played the cleanest game at QB all season with no turnovers in regulation. 3. Brian Buschini needs to be benched. He is not a D1 punter. 4. The defense is solid against the run but struggles to make big plays. They really needed to get a turnover to help the offense.

Satterfield staked Tony White to a two score lead. Where are the "Fire Tony White" threads? It's just so arbitrary. There's so little thought put into these knee-jerk reactions.

Man, you might want to get your memory checked, just saying. That or you're trying way to hard and making crap up trying to defend your position. Either way You could argue Casey made Palmer look good. "He (Palmer) was limited to one catch against No. 17 Illinois - which entered the game with the nation's No. 1 pass defense - as Nebraska struggled after starting quarterback Casey Thompson was knocked out of the game in the first half. Thompson also missed the Minnesota game, when Palmer caught five passes for 37 yards. With Thompson still out, Palmer caught five passes at No. 3 Michigan but was limited to 12 yards. Thompson returned against Wisconsin, when Palmer caught four passes for 47 yards, including a pair of touchdowns." https://huskers.com/sports/football/roster/season/2022/player/trey-palmer And surely Casey's low rushing numbers had nothing to do with the fact he was sacked 24 times behind the worst offensive line in modern Nebraska History. Fun fact, he only had 56 total carries on the year. That means sacks accounted for 43 percent of his carries. But yeah, rushing is the way to judge his QB talent. . https://huskers.com/sports/football/roster/season/2022/player/casey-thompson Casey Thompson battled through injuries to start 10 of 12 games at quarterback in his first season at Nebraska in 2022, missing the Minnesota and Michigan games due to injury. He completed 63 percent of his passes (173-of-274) for 2,407 yards and 17 touchdowns, while adding five rushing touchdowns. Thompson had three 300-yard passing games this season, becoming only the fifth quarterback in Husker history with three 300-yard passing games in a season. He has also threw at least one touchdown pass in each of his 10 games. Thompson's 2,407 passing yards ranked seventh in school history while his 17 touchdown passes tied for 10th on Nebraska's season chart. Thompson ranked 12th nationally in passing yards per completion (13.9) in 2022, 14th in passing yards per attempt (8.8) and 29th in passing efficiency (150.1). Thompson completed 25-of-42 passes for 355 yards and one touchdown in his debut against Northwestern. His 355 passing yards led the nation in Week 0 and were the most passing yards by a Husker in his debut and the most passing yards in a season opener in school history. Against North Dakota, Thompson threw for 193 yards and two touchdowns. He accounted for four total touchdowns against Georgia Southern, throwing for 318 yards and one score while setting a career high with three rushing touchdowns. He passed for 129 yards and one touchdown against No. 6 Oklahoma. Thompson completed 18-of-27 passes for 270 yards and two touchdowns against Indiana, while adding a one-yard rushing touchdown. Thompson led Nebraska's comeback win at Rutgers. He completed 24-of-36 passes for 232 yards with two second-half touchdown passes as the Huskers overcame a 13-point halftime deficit. The next week at Rutgers, Thompson threw for 354 yards and two touchdowns, averaging a whopping 22.1 yards per completion. Thompson threw for 172 yards and one touchdown in less than a half while facing the nation's No. 1 pass defense against No. 17 Illinois, but an injury kept him out for the final series of the first half and the entire second half. The injury also kept him out of the Minnesota and Michigan games. He returned to start against Wisconsin and was Nebraska's leading rusher and passer, throwing for 120 yards and two touchdowns while rushing for 33 yards. In the season finale at Iowa, Thompson led Nebraska to a win by completing 20-of-30 passes for 278 yards and three touchdowns.

It's too early in the day to be this drunk

He appeared to be a good teammate, even after his benching. Horrid play by the young man all year, but I wish him well. I wonder what he’s getting his degree in. I think he is certainly going to need to lean on that here in a couple years.

Please expand on how and why we won because of HH instead of winning despite HH. I'm assuming you'll fail to mention his 49% passing completion percentage and the way he regressed through the season. But I know your schtick is to nitpick single pieces of a larger statement to try and get a rise out of others. If that gives you your jollies, so be it. My comment was answering the question of whether Sims earned the starting spot at the beginning of the season versus being handed the position. I did not hear a peep from others suggesting that Purdy or Haarberg should be the starter so I tend to assume that neither of them earned the starting spot. Sims' performances did not justify the starting spot and consequently he was benched.

Kinda wish Huskerboard worked like that

*The NCAA quietly enters the chat*

Terms agreed upon in principle. 10 years for $100 million plus incentives that could bring contract’s value to $130 million. $75 million of contract guaranteed. Assistant pool to be highest in college football.

I'd be willing to bet that the majority of our fans that constantly say "we don't have an offensive identity" don't actually know what they'd change if given the chance. One thing I noticed was that starting in the Wisconsin game, we kind of opened up the field. Seems to me that was because Purdy can actually: A) Hit receivers as they're breaking open with nice, crisp throws. B) Make his reads faster and then scrambles for yards if the pass play isn't there. There was almost nothing I didn't like about what we tried to do against Wisconsin & Iowa...we just turned the ball over when we shouldn't have, and our run blocking was poor against Iowa. How does an offensive overhaul change the turnovers? That's really just a basic "between the ears" thing. I think it's actually largely psychological; these guys just feel so much pressure. The pressure comes from many directions. It comes from being recognized and asked for autographs while you're waiting in line for your Chipotle burrito at 13th & 'Q.' It comes from so many interviews after just a Tuesday practice. It comes from being expected every season to be "a part of something big in turning this historic program around." Rhule is going to have to sort out the psychological aspect of this, IMO.

Why would this be Rhule's decision if it's confirmed that he's going to aTm?

Also, I'm genuinely baffled by people accusing Rhule of over-playing for the tie. The playcalls I saw got Nebraska in position for a game-tying field goal, and the following playcalls were the recommended mix of end zone shots, middle of the field opportunities, and avoiding the risks that would prevent the field goal -- the very thing last week's hand-wringing was all about. The announcers even wondered why Fickell wasn't taking time outs in order to give his offense a last shot, suggesting the time management was designed for a couple legit shots at the touchdown while protecting the field goal while allowing Wisconsin no time to respond. Looked pretty much SOP for most coaches in the same position, though many would have QBs who could throw lasers to an overload of talented receivers operating in tight windows in the end zone, where it's either a touchdown, a stopped clock, or an interception. I saw a team come out with its third quarterback of the season and suddenly look efficient and reenergized. Then it seemed to come crashing back to Earth as the favored and probably more talented Wisconsin team playing at Camp Randall reasserted itself. But then the Huskers responded with a crisp 2 minute drill to end the half with what should have been a field goal. Then when momentum totally seemed to shift in the third quarter, the Huskers offense and defense put together some ballsy moments to right the ship and force overtime. We're a transitional team playing with a third string quarterback, an inherited OL we already considered disastrous, minus our top two running backs and top three receivers. Sad we didn't win. Glad we gave ourselves a chance.

I think that second statement deserves some unpacking. No, you're not going to win a national championship and you're not going to beat Michigan or Ohio State in a conference title game "keeping it simple" with the athletes we have right now. That's a true statement. But he's creating a false dichotomy there. A critical late 4th quarter situation is not equal to a conversation about the bigger picture. The program has to stop screwing up late in the 4th quarter to even be in the conversation about winning at a high level. And he's had two games where this happened on his watch. I know he said over and over that he took blame for not getting points on that last drive and I love that, but that second statement in the quote is a big deflection.

If you are paying $6 for over the air NBC, that’s on you.

I love a mobile QB and the QB-run game as much as anyone, but I don’t think it’s smart to depend on it, especially in the Big Ten. The QB run game creates fumbles and injured QB’s, which we have seen this year and under Frost. I don’t like statue QB’s, but I am leaning towards a system that uses pass-first QB’s who are mobile enough to keep defenses honest.

I guess when Rhule stated last week that a good portal QB would cost $1M-$2M he was advertising that Nebraska is willing to pay in that range for a QB.