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It’s raining recruits!

It’s funny. Apparently have a top 10 class going and they aren’t happy. Maybe players don’t want to play for a team that has morons for fans

You can tell IU has better players but we are playing good team ball to compensate. Got to get the rebounding figured out and maybe they've put some effort into improving free throws. I like the surprise double teams on defense that got some turnovers. This Drago guy needs to be more aggressive going to the rim.

My New Years resolution will be to watch the first three games next season. If it's the same weak stuff then I'll resolve not to watch the rest of the season and do something productive on football Saturdays. I used to enjoy watching any competitive CFB game but without a team in contention for anything, even that is starting to lose its appeal.

The other possibility is if the water isn't deep enough and a muddy bottom slurps him up and unable to get free, he drowns. A bridge construction worker died that way. Easy to remember: splat or slurp bad, splash good.

It seems to be a recurring theme. Nebraska, where talent flounders

No and they don't help with flexibility. Got to get those hamstrings loosened up by doing full squats.

If we are a top 20 team the schedule isn't tough. If we are top 40 program, the schedule is tough. We need to be a top 20 team, if not better.

I was fine with my 7-5 prediction up until a week or two before the season started when I bought into the hype and thought maybe 9 wins was possible. My gut said the cumulative effect of Pelini and Reliy would not be a short turnaround so 7 wins would be a good season. A lot of the "hype" was from listening to what the coaches were saying. I would feel a lot less disappointment now if I had stuck with the lower prediction. Starting next season I'll expect similar disasters as the last two until the team shows that they are capable of a lot more.

I got to the point where I wanted the offense off the field so we had a chance to score some points, by the defense.

Our 5 wins were against the 5 worst offenses which were all very bad. Not sure what to make of that other than our defense wasn't good enough to win games by itself. In other words, we weren't a team where even with an anemic offense the defense was good enough to still win.

Wasn't it Minny that had half the team literally quit or threaten to quit because one of their players got suspended over some allegation? Here it is: https://www.cnn.com/2016/12/16/us/minnesota-gophers-football-boycott/index.html

I have to agree with Jason. These guys made the sacrifices required to take the program to the top so I respect them. I don't have to agree with them but they deserve my attention when they voice an opinion. I don't feel the need to take potshots at them if I disagree.

I thought he went into the dredge.

Either this is a typo or Lamar is talking nonsense too.

LOL. I know what you are saying since nothing irritates me more than seeing us give up, but reread your last sentence. This season has really messed with our heads when we are expressing our preferences in losing

I believe there is some evidence of this. Frost inherited a team with a lot of problems. I think there are a couple of basic things that the coaches focused on this season- penalties and turnovers. We beat Northwestern simply by playing NW ball better than they did. It sounded like we were good with penalties until late in today's game. I believe some of Martinez's hesitancy this year is the desire to avoid INTs. With a more disciplined team maybe they can get the players to execute plays correctly and do the little things that make them more successful. The playbook is probably limited simply because they can't execute the basics. It seems like baby steps but nothing seems to improve fast with Nebraska football.

But it is. I remember Trey Neal last year talking about how much emphasis the staff puts on special teams and how he wanted to play on them. The coaches talked about special teams a lot last year and how important it was to get playing time on them. I got the feeling special teams were a point of pride at UCF. Somehow it hasn't transferred over to Nebraska which I guess shouldn't be surprising since we don't play with much pride. We're losers and its obviously taking a long time to break out of that mindset. Losers leave 1/2 of the field undefended on kickoffs.

NICE! I was outside working so it was super awesome NOT seeing it live. See, this is the thing about special teams. What seems more likely - Dewitt is coaching them to not defend a whole side of the field OR our players are playing like idiots?

I saw the highlights and Iowa had a TD on a kickoff return, WTH? Our special team play is the most concerning. I haven't paid attention to who is playing on special teams but kickoffs and punts are usually full of hungry young players trying to show that they deserve playing time. It doesn't bode well for the future. I'm giving Dewitt the benefit of the doubt because I believe he is smart and is able to point out what the problems are with special teams. Players need to make plays. As you say, special teams is for another thread.