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colorado has a legit offense and we held them scoreless in the 1st half. without some flukey turnovers by martinez, we win this game easily. heck, if our kicker doesn't get hurt (which almost never happens) we probably win this game. i definitely think we're missing some pieces to be a great team, but i still think we're a bowl team this year with a bright future.

I think its sad that some people think that if you debate issues about your team you are "whiny", a "troll" or you're "not a fan"... I guess the way I look at it is if a person doesn't care about the outcome or the way the team plays, then why the heck do they watch or even care..??

I'm not sure many of them are fans at all or that they were on the ship to begin with. All I've seen for the last day around here is a bunch of whiny a$$ petulant children that don't have 5% of the commitment that is required to even play on the team.....and a whole lotta newbie trolls. Lost a lot of respect for some longtime posters as well. Grown men who seem to think 18-21 yo kids owe them something. Sad.

Martinez started the game going 9 for 9. Frost didn't appear to fear the passing game in the first half when Martinez was hot and Martinez didn't really run much either which was my only gripe at the time. The D played really well in the first half too. Frost lost his nerve at the end of the first half and I'm not sure why. He hung the D out to dry which is bad, but moreso considering the altitude. Frost lost a little of my respect in the post game when he didn't point his thumb. How do you defeat a delayed blitz? You leave a back in the backfield to pick it up. I don't remember seeing that. I remember seeing Farniok double teaming d-lineman to his left while the blitzer ran past him on his right hand side a lot. Frost didn't give us a chance to win in overtime. The guy who started 9/9 isn't good enough to throw the ball in OT? Did he get injured? We still lack talent, no doubt. But Frost lacked nerve and that's disappointing.

I have faith that Scott Frost will right this ship. I was at the game yesterday, and it was heartbreaking, frustrating, and a let down. But we must all remember that we have a head coach who cares about this program. I have faith Frost is trying to rebuild this thing the right way. Callahan despised the Osborne legacy, Pelini was not mentally stable to handle the pressure, Riley did not care. I don't even need to get started with the Eichorst. I know we have a coach who bleeds for this program. Frost inherited a team that was not held accountable. It was embarrassing seeing the physical difference between the Huskers and teams like Michigan and Iowa. I believe the hype is part of why we all feel so bad and have lost perspective on where this program was the last few years. It is clear Martinez in not comfortable and the run game is an issue. This team is young, there is a lot of growing that needs to occur, from the players to the head coach, but I have faith that Scott Frost has the programs best interest at heart and will find a way to turn this around. Next week this team will respond in a big way. I expect to see a lot more zone read and designed runs for Martinez. Go Big Red NU 48 NIU 17

We lost it sucks, but remember how much we all wanted the season to start. Theres still plenty of good football to be had. We can still have fun this season, Frost is the man he will get it turned around. Lets try to keep our heads up husker nation.

So here's the thing: Chinander has succeeded in building a front seven designed to stop the run. We have big, strong linemen & linebackers. We are built to stop Wisconsin, Iowa, & Minnesota. If our run blocking improves by the time we play those games we will be contenders to win the West. If we had somehow won in overtime, would you feel like we were a better team than you do now? Probably shouldn't. Our defense got gassed in the thin air mainly because our offense started to sputter (partly due to bad play calling in the third quarter). This team has a good foundation to build on, and I still think our defense is greatly improved.

I admire your ability to drink the kool-aid, but this team won't be winning anything of substance this year. This team has both personnel and systemic issues that won't be solved overnight, or in a week, or in-season. This is going to take longer than any of us hoped.

Just quit f#&%ing hyping us up with all the bulls#!t every f#&%ing year. I can’t stand this anymore. Either we’re worth a s#!t or we aren’t. A little bit of honesty would be much appreciated.

Ya, I've got some ideas what you can do with that finger. FYI- #13 Utah was favored by 22 over NIU and then only beat them by 18, 35-17 at home. I can understand (to some degree) being disillusioned with a game result. But whining that were only favored by so much in an opening line is pretty f#ckin ridiculous. Tells me you just wanna piss and moan.

A bit surprised at the number of fans jumping ship after one frustrating road OT loss.....

Except they had like 10 NFL players and we have....

The fact that you think a 2nd year coach, regardless of the name, would be on the hot seat.. means you have zero credibility. You’re a troll and a clown. Good riddance to you if you were a fan.... we don’t need jokers like you.

Just revisit 2018 Northwestern. Husker offense came out and scored 14 out the gates before cooling off and allowing Northwestern to make it a game. Huskers held the lead through the 4th quarter but have the ball to NW up 31-24, only needing to keep them out of the end zone. Unfortunately, the Wildcats scored with :12 left to the it 31-31 and force OT. In OT, Nebraska did nothing with the ball, Martinez had a costly mistake (INT). NW got it, kicked the GW FG, 34-31. Sound familiar?

Hoping to write out my (our?) Emotions. After settling down, what is the reality of what we witnessed today? After the first half, we had the gane put away. Colorado was down and out, all we had to do was come out and put one more score on the board and it was essentially over. After watching the beginning of the 3rd, i was worried. Where is the killer instinct? Why do we look like we are half asleep? We lost this game right here. This is on our coaches. I dont know what the halftime speech was, but we could have ended the game right here. Put them away. Instead we came out flat. What i observed, is that we were the better team. That is the positive news, we have the personnel to be good. We looked like a top 25 team tbh. So why did we lose to a very average Colorado team, and a bad defense? Coaching. I love Frost, and think he is the best guy for us, but coaching lost us this game. In summary, what we should be most dissapointed in is our lack of offense (specifically in the 3rd). We played scared, what happened to the no fear of failure preached by our coaches? Where is the 2AM running game? Where is the tight end passing game? The playcalling? These last 4 questions are where im upset. And they ALL come down to coaching. Give Frost and staff time, but make no mistake, our players didnt lose this game, it was our coaching, specifically our offensive play caller, specifically Frost. He is a great coach, but he is human, and this game showed us all that fact. Our defense DID NOT lose this game, it was our offense, and specifically the play calling, specifically Frost. Peace and love to our Huskers.

Can I trade for your #1 foam finger?

i mean it's year 2, and we don't have ucf's schedule... so i'm not sure what you were expecting.

Frost opened his press conference by saying I told the team this one is on me. How much more responsibility can he take than the entire loss?

Exactly. I'd rather we lose throwing caution to the wind, than go into a shell like that 2nd half. I will say it again. After our loss to the Game c$%ks, Corey Raymond said look at them and look at us. That was 8 years ago. I watch a lot of college football and I am still "looking at them and looking at us".......

These kids were sperm when we our guys were dominant. Those ghosts don't exist for these kids. Only fans who long for the good ol' days remember them.

You will see them this season. Iowa Wisconsin NW OSu

I like to talk football details after a game like this instead of just dumping out frustration on the team. There was a fair amount of improvement on offense from week 1, specifically: 1. The high snaps were greatly improved. 2. Jurgens blocked better. 3. Mills ran a little better. 4. Adrian didn't throw into double coverage as much. 5. Adrian's completion percentage was better. 6. Adrian threw for more yards. 7. We ran the ball better. 8. We had way more offensive yards. I am really frustrated with Walters & Frost for that third quarter, though. We'd have good first down plays where we'd get the ball outside for 5 yards. On that second down play, stop going empty backfield with five guys wide. Just stop doing that. You need a power run play there on 2nd where we try to smash through for 3 or 4 yards. Also: Adrian does not run that well out of an empty backfield. Stop doing that, also. He runs way better when he has a running back or tight end out front to block for him. Anyway, I like the fact that the offense got serious and fixed almost all of their major mistakes from week 1. That's really important, no matter how mad anyone is about blowing the 17 point lead. We have to have better interior power running in order to put games away; to me that's really the punchline in what happened yesterday.

Well this is my first post here on Huskerboard and hopefully it wont be my last. I have looked at this board for a few years and have enjoyed reading everything up until yesterday. It seems to me that people just want the instant gratification of having a winning season, blowing out opponents by 35 points by half time, and a team that will just dominate right out of the gate. Well safe to say that is not whats going on. It seems to me people have forgotten how long it took Osborne before he got his championship team together. It took 22 years with multiple 9-2, 9-3, 10-2 seasons to get his national champion team and titles that we all know so well and want back so badly myself included. The amount of fair weather fans I am seeing and the comments I have been reading about getting frost fired and replaced are not only making my blood boil but also upsets me. We all just need to calm down let the coaches do there thing. The people who just want the instant gratification should just take a step back and think about all the hard work that Tom Osborne put in. Now for the record I am 32 years old so I was a little guy when everything came together I never saw all the work that went in to get the national championships of the 90s. You know this is Nebraska we are hard working people, we all know what hard work is, and we all know if we work hard toward something that we well get that. It just seems to me that some people have forgotten what hard work is or dont know what hard work is or a goal for that matter and working toward a goal and I think thats the trouble with some people. People need to take a step back and take a deep breath and just enjoy the ride. I had a feeling with all the hype people would get there hopes up way to high then have it come crashing down after a loss like this. Think about last season and think about these first two games and how much of a change there is. I am happy with just about everything and IMO the team is 100% better from last year still rough around the edge but I think we are getting there. Just have patience people and cool your egos we will get there it will just take time. And if you cant then maybe you need to do some self evaluation about your life and were your at.

OP isn't wrong. If literally any other coach came in and did as poorly as Frost in his first 14 games he wouldn't be getting nearly as much leniency as Frost is getting. Saying the seat would be warm is a gross understatement.

To those of you that are saying this is a talent issue...if you honestly think Colorado is more talented than us, then well, you’re wrong. This is not a talent issue. This is like a cloud of self destruct hanging over our program that we can’t get rid of.

I’m as disappointed as the next fan but I also remember so many of us pledging back during the Frost Mega Thread that we would give Scott a chance. So let’s give him a chance.

So Frost takes over a team with really no talent and after 14 games he's a problem? Those who thought we were just going to move into year 2 and win every week are the problem. I never heard players say the let down Riley after a loss. Frost is trying to teach this team how to win. That requires going all out in practice and on game day. The reason the second half went to hell wasn't the play calls. It was effort. The players have to learn to play 60 minutes, not the coaches.

To put this in perspective Colorado State put up 31 points and 505 yards on this defense.

Nebraska OT sounds like my love life.

This is a terrible take.

Eventually you are what your record is. Back to back 4-8 seasons, like 8 straight road loses, haven't beaten a rival in how long? Not saying they can't or wont improve but this team isn't very good.

I'm trying to look at the first half separate from the second. I mean, it happened.... that has to count for something. Obviously the trick is maintaining that amount of focus, intensity, and conditioning for a longer period of time.

I think it's about the fashion in which we lost. We were so dominant in the first half and then seemed like we were lost in the second half. Also the opponent doesn't help the sting of the loss. I'm sure after next week cooler heads will prevail (hopefully).

Ya McCaffrey has looked great in the games he's played this year.

We started last year 0-6 looking pretty bad.......I think Frost is telling the truth when he says we are better across the board than last year. I bet if you compared practice from this time last year and right now they look worlds apart. Give it time we will get better each week.

One could invoke bad karma for Frost playing Washington who is formally charged with a felony. Almost every other university has a rule that playing sports is a privilege, not a right and if charged with a felony the player is suspended until the case works its way through the justice system. Do we want to go back to the days when a player like Phillips was allowed to play after assaulting his girl friend in the most violent way? The university should be more than the football team.

Im pretty sure during the Pelini years we had some teams come out flat but we ended up winning 8 or 9 games those seasons. I think it was the year we lost to VA Tech at home. Im not trying to be mr sunshine here, i just realized last night that the Martinez Heisman Hype machine is done and now we are kicked out of the top 25. We are honestly where a 4-8 team should of been after last years performance. We can still pull it together and have a great year. Maybe not a NC run or even a trip to Indy, but we can still have good season and get these guys some much needed reps. The future is always bleak after the first loss (especially colorado) but there light at the end of the tunnel.

HIs employment as HC isn't anywhere near in question. Those who think it is I am curious what you think the plan would be moving forward? This program was always more than two seasons away from being as competitive as we want (or what was foolishly predicted by some this year).

Yep. Just like they called the game at halftime today and the Huskers won. You’ve done a very good job of convincing me that you’re just here to stir the pot and argue every possible point. I don’t think you’re really here for the discussion. And my trigger finger has been extra itchy this week, as your friends have found out. Just sayin....

Frost and Riley arent even on the same planet regarding coaching or anything else about college football. Lets just get that out of the way.

It seems to me that the Nebraska fans are doing everything in their power to lift this team, which keeps disappointing us week in, week out. The Nebraska fans filled Folsom stadium today and made it feel like a home game yet our team found a way to disappoint these loyal fans. We keep making excuses for the team and Frost. I am sorry but I am tired of all the bullcrap hype before the season only for the team to lay a goose egg when the season starts. Whether the fault lies on the players or the coaches, I don’t care, this fan base deserves better. We have been patient for 20 years now. How long until we get back to being a team that competes for championships! Another decade? Never? It would be nice if we saw improvement...this feels like another 5-7 season if we don’t start showing some grit and passion.

I hope he can too, and I think he will. As brutally tough, and inexcusible as this loss to Colorado is...in the long run it could very well be a blessing in disguise. Two losses like this, and in the way they happened...to an old Big 8 rival...will not sit well with Frost. I have no doubt he will adjust. Many of Scott Frost's spread offensive concepts are brilliant, especially the way he uses RPO's. And I am not advocating that he abandon the spread as Nebraska's base offense. What I am suggesting is that Frost's offense is missing 3 elements: WHAT I THINK FROST'S OFFENSE NEEDS: A few Under Center formations A few power running plays. Misdirection A few under center offensive sets. Not many, but a few. Singleback, I-formation...doesn't matter, but just a small few to help with a more downhill running game. (I'd love to see a balanced 2-Tight End Ace Set with Wandale Robinson & JD Spielman as the outside receivers that you could use on fly sweeps, or motion decoys and have Mills be the bruiser up the middle.) Lead Blocking. Downhill running concepts for 3 yards or less. Go back and look at last year's games, and even this year. Look how Nebraska struggled on many 2nd & 3rd downs where they needed 3 yards. Besides our Empty set, where we have an RPO where Adrian has the option to pass or follow pulling tackle on our QB-Dart play, I can't think of many running plays where we have utlilized a lead blocker for our running backs specifically. It's been mostly inside zone, split-zone, or outside zone. Misdirection. Besides the use of Read-Option plays where the defense has to respect Adrian as a runner, this offense needs the threat of misdirection specifically from running backs. Any kind of Counter play, even as a change up, would help open up our zone running...not to mention also assist in the play-action game as well. Frost will get this turned around. I'm confidant he will. He lost today, and some of his coaching decisions cost us. Dare I say he might have been humbled a little bit. All that said he is still the right man for Nebraska.

I learned that i need to stop caring about nebraska football.

We sat right behind the bench and watched the demeanor of the team the whole game. Here’s what I saw on the sideline: - The focus at the start was perfect. Guys looked great. - Mo Berry was exhausted after the first defensive series. He rarely sat with the rest of the defense. He seemed off. - When Huskers got up 17, multiple guys lost focus. Guys dancing on the sideline, guys telling jokes. Older guys effecting newer guys on both offense and defense alike. - When they came out in the third quarter, most of the DBs were laughing and joking with some guy walking in stands behind bench that knew them well apparently. A bunch of non-game related b/s. Major distraction from the game as the offense was on the field. - More dancing and messing around during timeouts. Especially RBs and DBs. - Start of 4th QTR, defense comes off field complaining of holding after longest play in CU history. DBs looked defeated. - After Huskers score, a lot of relief on their faces more than anything. Acted like they were surprised. - Adrian constantly coming off field frustrated and looking like he was at a loss. - Oline looked gassed after first few series and never seemed to recover. - The coaching staff was all over the place in the 4th. Not organized, coaches running around looking for players, and not huddling with groups as frequently as the first half. The good news: - The younger guys we’ve picked up this last year are way bigger than some of the current juniors/seniors. They just look different. - JoJo Domann, Lee Jr., Garrett Nelson, Ben Stille, Sullivan, Daniels Brothers all focused all the time. - The QBs group was always focused, always trying to learn and talk to teammates. 4 great young men right there! - no pi$$ balloons were thrown our way.

Good comparison. As a fan, I’m just tired that my expectations go to hoping for a bowl game after week 2 or 3.

I love frost, 100% behind him. But we can still criticize. That second half was pathetic play calling and the team seemed unmotivated after halftime. Honestly the D just got worn out after 3 out, 3 out 1 play td etc