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  1. 1. Perhaps the university shouldnt have dragged its feet with this elongated search for president. Trev had power, money and security; but with like many jobs- people can lose interest under bad leaders, temp leaders or absent leaders. Perhaps trev's interest drifted due to the ongoing uncertainty on who his boss was going to be in and it opened the door for others to swoop in. 2. We 100% need to bring in a guy who prioritizes the health and strength of the football program. I get the AD is the leader for all sports, but nebraska falls in the category that maybe 10 other programs do where its football or bust. We cannot afford to lose matt rhule and take a step back on what is being built. 3. Serious look needs to be done at the regents/higher ups. You just lost a relatively young AD who was doing great things who happened to be a literal nebraska guy. To have him just leave without a trace of suspicion is a bad look on leadership. Sounds like they didn't even have runway to try and see what it would take for trev to stay.
  2. probably a bit of a change and potentially a bit of a drop off. That being said, they have a lot of talent at the skill positions and much of their downfall last year was their inept defense that we simply couldnt take advantage of given we were more inept offensively. Shadeur Sanders alone is a tough challenge for any one- as much as i cant stand his and the broader team's antics- the guy's ability to extend plays, his arm, and the speed around him represents a tough challenge for anyone. they certainly wont suck on offense
  3. 7-0/6-1 start is critical, that back 5 stretch will be fun but I dont wanna enter it at 4-3 needing to win a couple just for .500. Colorado offense wont be bad in the opening stretch- similar to last year they're prolly the 2nd best offense we're gonna face .
  4. I've pretty much switched to podcasts. Mostly the 24/7 crew and occasional Husker online podcast. I used to listen to pick6 but their audio quality coupled with just their overall boring tone and monotonous style turned me off. Cant wait for spring ball to pick up in a month so we have some actual content to run with! luckily the mens team actually has a pulse for once and perhaps a march madness run to fill the gap!
  5. what a shocker, a mediocre personality in the local sports media coming out with a horrendous take. I think Josh spent his monday watching jj reddick go scorched earth for clicks and said "im gonna do the same tomorrow, dammit" Big ten and other conferences were already at a disadvantage against the SEC in playing more conf games and not loading up on cupcakes to the same level SEC did. Unless the playoffs expands to 32 (which I do not want, just so we're clear) it makes zero sense to play a major program early when others do not. Now, if the conferences wanted to some kind of SEC-Bigten challenge where every team has to play a school from the other conf then I can get behind that. But to selectively sign up for a battle early on when you're going to have 4-6, maybe even more battles in conf play with the super conferences is just dumb
  6. a changing of the guard. I hope there's a new Rhuler ready to take what's his
  7. the stars r aligning for us boys and girls. Michigan will surely take a step down, at least a minor dip. Washington could take a major dip. There's a power vacuum occurring in the big ten. Hopefully a new Rhuler stands up and takes what's his. GBR
  8. I assumed he'd be coming here as a part of the coaching staff but this doesn't rule him out from an analyst roll. Gary patterson seems to have found a home on sarks staff in an analyst type position. No recruiting expectations, can focus on gameplan/practice execution. Not bad to get paid pretty good money to do that and be part of a progrum again without having the time commitment an official coaching/staff member would demand
  9. Outside of urban meyer I dont think any candidate has the experience that would meet what you outlined and urban isnt even a candidate
  10. I think this has already been debunked right? Quite a few confirmations yesterday dan lanning was seen in Eugene at a movie theatre with his wife lol.... college football hysteria at its finest... remember when we all thought the Sweater was gonna be our coach in 2014? good times good times
  11. If I'm a bama fan Im not feeling great right now. Still an attractive job but even top candidates have to be a little wary of following in the footsteps of the greatest the sport has ever scene... Literally nearly impossible expectations are waiting for them. The slide at bama already started. NIL+Transfer portal + the impossible task saban had of having a revolving door of assistant coaches being poached and going elsewhere. Its a testament to his legacy as to how he was able to sustain that success at that level for so long. All that said, the bama of the past couple of years did not look to be the same bama both on paper and the eye test that we saw steam roll CFB in the 2010's.
  12. I'm sure if the transfer portal existed back in the 90s/2000s, franks 5 year slide wouldve occured at a much more rapid clip
  13. Wow. End of the greatest coaching era in college football history. Cant wait to see the sharp decline of Bama. I wonder if Big8conferenceforever is gonna question their status as a blue blood in a few years when theyre not in the playoffs anymore
  14. Thats the reason we're all fans of this team in the first place. I'm done with pessimism on this here board, its time we have some measured confidence, optimism and hopeful swagger
  15. Bout time I read a post with a little optimism. Next year might be too big of a jump, but there's a god damn power vacuum occurring in the Big Ten... Ryan Day is slowly running tOSU into the ground, Harbaughs inevitable departure back to the NFL will bring Michigan back down to earth. There's a sleeping giant lurking in the BigTen heartlands that is about to ascend to the top...... Perhaps a new Rhuler on the horizon
  16. lol.... sounds like a great time and also an apt description for browsing this board in the offseason post signing day and before spring ball I also just realized I meant to say wandering, not wondering lolol. I'll chalk it up to not having my first cup of coffee in me
  17. Eh, not that different. Michigan should be a great reminder that you just need the right coaches and a little luck with the players and you can turn things around. Lets not forget it was just a few short years ago that Jim harbaugh restructured his contract to more of a "prove it on the field" contract given the doubts that he couldnt beat tOSU and win the big games. He tweaked his offensive philosophy and now has guys in an OC and DC capacity that will most likely either be his backfill or go on to be a HC elsewhere. Michigan was also wondering in the wilderness with the rich rod, brady hoke experiment and finally got their guy. Perhaps our guy is finally here and we just need to keep building
  18. and this post, right here, is BIG8forever's jump the shark moment
  19. you say this as if 100 years ago the whole nation was following the sport and watching/listening to the title game. No one really gave a s#!t about college sports as a viewable thing to follow until the 60s. if we win the title again the narrative isn’t going to be reentry to the blue blood club, it’ll be the resurgence of a sleeping giant
  20. hot damn, this thread is still going? I guess I'll add on to it. To me a Blue Blood entails the following: -Extended run of dominance/contention -Titles across multiple runs/decades/iterations -Legendary players -Legendary Coaches -Loyal/consistent fanbase -A place where if all things came together, you can absolutely win and win big. Where do we register on this? -Extended Run? Already covered in this thread. Even though the last 7 years have been the lowest of the program, the run from 70-2014 very few programs can match. None of them matched in terms of wins in that time period. -Titles across multiple decades: Check Legendary Players?: Heismans, AA's, we literally have college football position group awards named after Nebraska players Legendary Coaches: Tom Osborne is considered one of the greatest to ever do it- and this is widely acknowledged across CFB, not just husker nation. You can make the argument he'd be on the mt. rushmore of CFB coaches Loyal Fanbase: What other progrum would have the intensity/following after 7 years of humiliation? Can you win?: You most certainly can win at Nebraska. While the past 2 coaches have been subpar- we really haven't been that far off. We just haven't put together a team that has both the offense and defense humming at the same time. If taylor martinez was 1 year older we might've won it all in 09 given the defense and Suh. I can easily poke holes in other progrums qualification as Blue blood.... Texas is considered one- yet we have more titles and have seen greater highs more consistently than they ever have. If it wasnt for the heroics of vince young, they'd still be leaning on their titles from 50-70 years ago. Miami- No fan base, but absolutely a place with history, famous teams, coaches and the right coach can win there. Michigan- Theyre the logo, great players, fan base etc. If it wasnt for their bs split title in 97 you'd have to go all the way back to the 40's and pre WW2 to find them at the top (depending on how tonight goes) This thread is dumb, I'm dumb for continuing it. Go DAWGS tonight but more importantly our march back to the top begins the SECOND this game ends tonight. 2024 is here boys and girls, lets buckle up cause we backkkkkkk
  21. I do think our schedule next year is a bit more challenging. tOSU= michigan this year. Perhaps they can be viewed as a step down from michigan with mccord departure and some of their skill guys going to the league. That being said, until I see ryan day completely run tOSU into the ground I'm going to assume they will remain a top 5-10 team. Despite their lackluster year this year- USC/UCLA seem to be a more formidable opponent compared to Maryland and Michigan st we had this year. Iowa/WISCy are obvi a wash You bring up a great point in the bolded tho. One can easily make the argument that no big ten increased their odds of getting better faster than we have w/ Raiola and some key transfers/guys coming back. Curious what our LB depth chart will look like but the line/secondary should be improved based off assumed growth and progession of our younger guys coupled with vets we have coming back.
  22. How much recruiting is he going to have to realistically do if he’s just the QB coach? Incoming 5 star- perhaps he didn’t like recruiting as a head coach but that demand diminishes greatly if you’re just a sole position coach
  23. I’m just curious- what are you basing this off of? Age? Lol My guess is he’s coming in as QB coach/possibly assistant OC and Satt owns OC and maybe TE’s. as far as grinder goes, don’t think the demands for a sole qb coach are that high recruiting wise when you have an incoming 5 star.
  24. Id say high school recruiting still holds 75% importance and portal other 25%. you gotta develop both buckets. If you're abysmal recruiting high school, no money or famous head coach in the world is going to sustain success from the portal alone. Look at both washington and UM- largely organic rosters but they both hit the jackpot in getting guys from the portal to complete the team. I think we're trending the right direction on player development. We've been bad at it for sure, its also worth pointing out that we went thru a 7 year run of riley & frosty where A LOT of his recruits never even saw the field. We recruited horrendously on the lines and many of our recruiting years were "buoyed" by 4* skill players, many of which transferred in a year or never took a snap
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