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Weird how these threads didn't pop up last year when Minnesota was 7-6 and we beat them by four scores.

We had a fiery coach who won a lot of games. We fired him.

Why does it bother you to look at other schools in similar situations as Nebraska but are doing better? I look at it to say ok so does the excuses we hear about why we suck if other programs and coaches are making progress hold any water.

You’re right. There’s absolutely no chance of improvement

Is this board going to go thru every school that has changed coaches recently and create a thread on how they are doing so well while Nebraska is sucking?

Which unfortunately isn't very often

Things really changed for them when Fleck fired his DC. Now they have a chance to compete in the B10.

I will be happy when all the Riley players are gone. I'm so tired of hearing about culture. I wonder if fans of other teams with new coaches talk about culture as much as we do.

Vodka, pjfleck, old a$$ tv

Fair weather fans....

How is this not a bannable offense? Someone eff this thread up with ads so we can't read it....

I see them week in week out playing toe to toe with the best teams the BIG 12 has to offer. It’s year 1 for the new regime, you can’t tell me they have better talent than us. Any insight?

Minny and Illinois are really hating the idea of rebuilding a culture by throwing their young pups to the wolves the last two years. So have plenty of other teams.

Their leaders bought in.

Just watched Wisconsin vs Iowa. We ain’t beating either team. We are getting clobbered by both in our own house.

Didn't say anything about signing them.

I think you forgot ‘recruit a fullback’

Here’s a model Check your fancy play calling...when you can put a team away. Manage the clock properly. Run a 4-3 Defense Get off the field on 3rd and long. Stop someone on their final possession. Start there! Then worry about culture.

We look plenty lively on the sidelines when we're winning.

Keep in mind that EVERY party and candidate platform is stuffed with lofty ideology that is more aspirational than achievable. You aim high and prepare for the forces of moderation to whittle you down. If you aim high enough, the compromise might still be worth something. Starting at the center is the recipe for defeat. I think the understandable but inaccurate assumption of many Americans is that these Big Left ideas are taxpayer giveaways. They aren't. They're pretty smart investments that could have large returns across the board. Even Big Business could benefit directly from Free Tuition, renewable energy and immigration reform. They'd have to suck it up and endure some regulatory and corporate tax loophole reform, but they've been there before and managed to profit nicely. It's kinda crazy that the Green New Deal doesn't make the list. Almost nothing on the list matters if the climate continues to change at this rate. Gen Z and the Millennials will be asked to live through this, and they are genuinely pissed at the Boomer's priorities.

It’s called 3rd and Chinander

GIFs? Did somebody say GIFs? b

Riley was a half-assed career .500 coach. His only specialties were being a nice guy and creating ten-ply soft ball players. What on God’s green earth makes you think giving him more time would’ve helped jack sh#t? He had about 50 friggin years in the profession and never amounted to sh#t. One year was too much time. He should’ve never been allowed to coach at Nebraska, Oregon State fine, but not here.

Hmmm. So now lack of talent is the issue, not leadership or being bought in? It's true Farniok is a G and not a tackle. He admits as much himself (couldn't another true tackle have been developed by now). Daniel's appears to do his job very well (a Frost guy). AM doesn't appear to instill any confidence in me as a leader. By his body language or passion during the game (a Frost guy). That leaves Mo.....A passionate guy who is a step or too late or misses reads...Great motor though...odd that for lack of talent he leads the team in tackles..... I'm just tired of the culture issue. Is there one? Sure. The team isn't playing to the "eye test standard". Unfortunately, this is year 2 of the same song and verse. I thought culture had flipped after game 6 last year. Obviously Frost, teams and fans were wrong....Culture was the culprit for Bo (Cally's guys too soft), then Bo was too mean and angry and the kids took on the FTW culture..The Riley was like Mr Rogers....Culture has been the stickman for the past 15 years.... The question is, what is FROST doing to change it? What is the culture he envisions? What is his vision? A tougher team? A team that can come out ready in the 3rd quarter? He says he has never faced these issues before as a coach.....What does he do? I really ask as I have no answer....Not sure he does either. NOT A KNOCK, just a thought he might need to get some outside advice from someone not associated with the program.

You are coming to the crux of the issue. Frost literally can’t play anyone else besides the starters in most positions, because the only players behind them are freshmen who are not physically or mentally ready to play. You think it’s the easy move to just play someone else, but there isn’t someone else at this time.

I remember when NU consistently won 9 games

A lot of quitters here

Fair weather fan

I think this is the most noticeable difference between us and Minny right now.

Time is the most precious thing we have and no one knows how much of it we have. Id like to see good quality football in my lifetime again.

Both Fleck and Frost are great coaches. Why did we beat nearly the same Minnesota team by 4 scores last year? Buying in to a culture mean everything. PJ and Scott would both tell you the same thing. For those seeking instant gratification - get lost. Nobody wants your whining a$$ on the board anyway. This is going to take time.

Frost just needs a better slogan. No fear of failure has back fired.

This team isnt winning another game. I'm hoping to see a lot of attrition in the off season

Fleck has turned things around in Minnesota in his third year. His cupboards were as empty as ours if not emptier. Will Frost and his incompetent supporting cast led by chin be able to do the same in year 3? The next three games will tell us.

Back during the time after we fired Pelini. I was all on the Fleck train, with every goofy antic he has. He's a players coach. Plus building Western Michigan is 100 times more impressive than UCF, considering the geographics. That statement is by no means ill will toward Frost. I think he's the right guy as I was all about him coming home too, but i'd like to see him bring energy by changing up the assistants some. I'd also like to see him go out and get some analysts like other schools do by bringing in former head coaches. I mean Butch Jones is at Alabama! Schiano is at OSU. I get the sense that Frost is a control guy though, and that he doesn't want others opinion. (totally unfounded comment and completely non factual opinion)

They used to be called blackshirts back when they could get a stop.

You're obviously entitled to your opinion, but I stand by what I said. UNL would be in better shape today had Diaco not been hired. Riley would have "his" kids. We'd have the depth we don't have now because kids left or were jettisoned. We'd have an identity with a pro style offense and players recruited to play it. Instead, we're staring at our third straight 4-8 season with no real reason to think things will improve except for hope. Hope isn't something concrete to build on.

Hmm... Sagarin, FPI, and SP+ have Nebraska at 60, 59, and 50, respectively, and Oregon State at 64, 63, and 59, respectively. I think it would be more accurate to say that both teams are in a Riley-esque place, and trying to escape.

I know Mike Riley didn't work out at Nebraska, but he remains the winningest coach in OSU history,. He went 6-2 in bowl games at Oregon State, doubling the bowl appearances in the schools' 100+ year history. OSU hasn't gone to a bowl game since Riley left. Pretty sure Beaver fans would take the 8, 9, and 10 win seasons of Riley's modest heyday. Riley isn't missed. Frost will get his chance. Probably should let the poor guy go.

Sometimes it is abundantly clear, and quickly so, why the ignore/block function is so necessary.

I don't think it's stupid at all. Had the boosters left things alone, Diaco would never have lived in Lincoln. Think of the 2017 season, what was the biggest problem? Riley or Diaco's matador defense? That team would have gone bowling with Banker as the DC IMHO. Last season would have been Gebbia throwing to Spielman, Tyjon Lindsey and probably Isiah Hodgins and Jamire Calvin. The hiring of Diaco set a lot of things in motion. None of them good.

Hahaha. I loved this GIF when it first came out. I still had hope back then.

The entire front 7 is garbage.

Welcome to the NCAA who has no idea what they are doing.