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If a HS athlete signs, what’s their window to backout? Could be a nice way for Raiola to help NU lock in some dudes with the buzz this is creating. 

Maybe I’m too hopefully optimistic, but I thought there were many glimpses of what kind of success could transpire with the right individual. With QB being the most important position on the team, ours were in the bottom 5%? Find someone with higher skill and the offense looks much different. While I distrust Satterfield because I don’t believe he pushes the right buttons in right situations. With Rhule sticking with him, I hope I’m wrong.

On 11/29/2023 at 12:29 PM, kchusker_chris said:

I still remember the Russel Wilson thread...washed up baseball player that wasn't worth a sniff out of NC State.  LOL...good ol' Nebraska fans....smh

Russ beat us because he could scramble, he spin out of many many sacks, he is a terrible pocket passer otherwise.

But overall, to your point, yeah he found ways to win and was a good enough QB.

Does michigan have a WR who could take the top off a secondary? 

1 hour ago, BigRedBuster said:

Found this interesting pertaining to this conversation. 
 

 

Missoula was such a fun town to get drunk in. Serving baby faced minors was my favorite thing about visiting that state. 

I’m not expressing this to be an a$$, but I disagree with this Net revenue commentary. It’s a catch-22 because this isn’t a “business,” but it really is a business. Look at the list of athletic departments spending across the nation and then who the top teams year in year out are.

I’ll eat crow on this one, but how does our volleyball program rank (in spending) across the nation against other programs? Honest question.

edit: in parentheses  

Just now, runningblind said:

Those numbers are expected outcomes based on probable win percentages during games.  Basically it is saying with how we performed, the numbers/probabilities say we should have won 8.1 games, but we managed to snatch defeat from victory with our late game antics.

I see now. Kinda funny to compare analytics expectations vs recent history and fan expectations are

When were we expected to win 8 games?

4 hours ago, MLB 51 said:

Doubtful. Things didn't work out too well with his last son playing here.

Seemed more of a previous head coach issue more than anything. IIRC, Kurt took a passive parting a shot at Frost

Wisconsin could potentially face two B1G with wins against them.

Would make sense to move one SEC into the Wisconsin regional and one to Stanford, and B1G to another Pittsburgh. Also, Pitt and Louisville in the same regional is tough draw for ACC.

Inexact science and not going to please anyone, but just win baby

Considering the history of Rhule and the program, on a weighted curve I give it a B but would be closer B- to C+, if I could.

MSU was a bull s#!te TD and only game the defense was a let down in a game they could/should have won.

The two games I blame coaches are Maryland and Wisconsin for being too aggressive and then not aggressive enough. Situational awareness was lacking offensively. Another fault of Satt or Rhule was not finding a better QB than Sims and/or not retaining CT. I don’t know why we didn’t take more shots downfield. If Rhule wants to run the ball or run more option, then Satterfield definitely has to go - there is just something missing.

The coaches didn’t fumble and throw interceptions against Minnesota. They didn’t drop INTs either. That TD by Minny WR was OMG unreal. Losing Marcus Washington was huge. The OL truly wasn’t the liability many moan about (it’s not good either). It’s actually a young team and if all we lose are either players out of eligibility or those not cracking 2-deep, then I gotta buy into the culture being created.

GBR

edit: for disclosure - meh, I no longer live or die off a weekend of Husker football  

B overall

A for Defense

C for Offense and ST

6 hours ago, Mavric said:

"I know people always think you fix things by, like, 'Hey, let's go get this player or that player.' We've got a lot of really good players here.  And part of fixing these close losses is just asking each player to get half a point better and learn from these things and understand situational football."

 

"We'll get back to work.  Too often people complain and whine and talk and all those things. We're going to work. I think we've got the young players to do it, so we'll be back."

 

- Rhule

That’s true and love to hear that outta Rhule, it’s also true they need to retain said players before they jump ship and develop elsewhere. It’s also true they need to upgrade talent too, you avoid slipping into mediocrity by recruiting better players.

I won’t forget the former OSU baseball player, who coached my rival school, tell us how at the end of the season Pat Casey told the returners how it’s their job to bust their a$$ in the offseason and improve because it’s his job to find someone to replace them. 
 

Different school, but I recommend reading up on Pat Murphy with Ian Kinsler and Dustin Pedroia - at the very least, it’s an interesting story.

Get that kid Cam Ward from Wazzu

13 minutes ago, chamrocck said:

Yep there is a lot of stuff that I and many other fans have seen for years. We need accountability, development, identity. And I’ll call out our NIL. It should be one of the best in CFB and I haven’t seen squat. 

https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-state-athletics/2023/06/139191/ohio-state-athletics-ranks-no-1-in-athletics-revenue-and-expenses-for-2022-fiscal-year

I’m not going to pretend I know how to go about fixing this program, but it takes money to make money, and currently Nebraska is sustaining annual profits by operating like the Seattle Mariners or Oakland Athletics.

1 minute ago, lo country said:

No idea tbh.  I know Rhule talked about the physicality, but unsure if that was 1's v 1's.  Hard to imagine they didn't have the same issues at practice. Even our #2 D got a lot of  live game reps.  Maybe they just went against the scout D?  If not, I can imagine Rhule and Co wondering why they practice well with no TO's and then give the ball away 6-10 plays in games....

Right. I don’t know whether they do or not either, but I hope they do at least once a week for a bit. Need to stay sharp

We have more wins vs winning teams than Colorado. Except we still suck

3 hours ago, lo country said:

I wonder if our D generated this many INT's and fumbles during practice as opponents have in games.  I can't imagine that the TO issue only showed itself 1 day per week...

Good thought, do we know whether the 1s scrimmaged much after fall camp?

15 minutes ago, Undone said:

 

The staff obviously was married to the idea of running option & zone read a fair bit and that's why we got Sims. Really funny to think about what was paid for him in NIL just to have him tank games.

 

When I watched what was supposedly his "highlight reels" on YouTube back in March I was like "this guy can't really throw the ball." He wound up even screwing up snaps and turning the wrong way (multiple times) on running back hand-offs.

 

I have a feeling Tony White either zipped his mouth or had an “I told you so” moment with Rhule and Satt.

2 minutes ago, Mavric said:

 

Just a feeling.  Seems like he's had nothing but bad luck since he got here.  And when he finally got on the field we could barely make an effort to get him the ball.

 

It just wouldn't surprise me if he'd like the chance to play in a different offense.

Could he move to WR?

1 minute ago, chamrocck said:

Agree. I don’t see any coaches like this either. Rhule is fine as the sober voice at the top but I see no coaches getting after it. It’s the same crap week in, week out. 

Yeah, that’s a good point. I think Rhule is the right guy for the job, but it’s not on the head coach to be that guy (that’s why people didn’t like Bo). That should be the role of a position coach.

Ending Oh for November is painful.
 

Seems they don’t hate losing enough because losing close is the identity of this program as it stands.
 

3-4 players on each side of the ball need to become junkyard dogs and chew some a$$, rip each other up, and hold each other accountable. 

Defense is gonna be gassed, but they gotta lock it up and quit allowing big gainers. They need a big takeaway for a score. Fortunate for the 2 blocked FGs to bailout the offense and defense. Offense needs to create 2-3 big plays, I don’t see a >10-play drive getting them into scoring territory.

How is this not lack of institutional control?

Langsdorf did similar with Tommy and that did him in too.

Rhule either chose to let Satterfield hang himself to leave no doubt or Pete Carroll’d it and swallowed a meaningless timeout.