gossamorharpy

21 hours ago, ZRod said:

I don't think you deserved a warning, but, I mean, you basically just s#!t all over a thread that is explicitly dedicated to positivity... 

 

I was just pointing out how the team was in almost every single game despite 3rd stringers playing important positions, and even with the horrible turnovers we still had a chance to win every game but 1.

 

 

 

Lol, fair.  In my defense, I did immediately add a post on what my positives for the year were.  I think its ok to acknowledge that there were some really good things that we can build on but also some really bad things that need to be fixed asap.  Perhaps our november collapse will be a good thing in the long run; while the upperclassmen have grown to be accustomed to the season ending in november, i hope the younger players use this feeling as motivation to not repeat this experience.  Every goal this team had in front of them was attainable, and largely due to our own doing, we didnt meet said goals.

If we clean up a few unforced mistakes and become more efficient, this 5-7 record quickly turns into a 8-4/9-3...

20 hours ago, huskerfan74 said:

It is sad when you realize that over the span of two decades we went from kings of the big 12 to doormats of the big ten. This happens when we learn to settle for mediocre and give piss poor performance excuses. It is the QB, no it is the refs, no it is the injuries, no it is the coaches first year here, no it is that previous coach left cupboard empty, no it is the OC, no it is the special teams, no it is recruiting, no it’s adidas. No matter what, it is always something we can point at to excuse the fact that we have become a get rich scheme for incompetent coaches who give nice speeches but never do anything to fix the issues. For a decade now, we have had the worst special teams play, worst penalty record, worst turnover record, yet every coach we hired have not been able to fix these glaring issues. Instead, we give excuses, wait for another year full of hope, only to be back here again watching so many other teams with worst talent than us get bowl eligible and we end our season listening to more BS of how next year things will be better. If that is not a football equivalent of a hell loop, I don’t know what is. 

To be fair, I don’t think there’s many teams we played this year that would voluntarily switch “talent” with us and prefer to have our roster on gameday.  Offensively, this was one of the least talented, if not the least, I’ve witnessed for Nebraska in my life. 09 Zac lee would’ve looked like a savior compared to this year 

15 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said:

 

Imagine if we can land a semi competent QB....  There were quite a few instances Lloyd and malachi couldve had even more but were never seen.  You look back at a lot of the tape and you'll see wide open routes frequently missed.  

27 minutes ago, lo country said:

Other than the increase in revenue, it did the program no favors.  Thats a poor record.  And I am guessing look even worse without Bo's seasons...

The scary part is there’s a solid chance we would’ve fared even worse had we remained in the big12

1 minute ago, M.A. said:

 

Is it possible that there was an error or something unintentional occurred? Contacting one of the moderators in a message to inquire about it is what I'd suggest. I'm sure that they'd provide an explanation if a warning was indeed intended.

They said I got point for being too negative… lol, I even had an additional post giving my thoughts on positives 

5 hours ago, gossamorharpy said:

lol, what?  The team didn’t implode?

 

man- we were sitting at 5-3 and here’s how we showed up:

 

- come out flat and lifeless with no urgency against one of the worst teams in the big10 in MSU with a disaster of a coaching situation and lose

 

- 5 turnovers from our QBs against a Maryland squad that was literally imploding after a 5-0 start and we lose, at home, largely due to zero offense and a late turnover 

 

- we go up 14-0 against wiscy. We want to be a smash mouth team who wins with defense and clock control. We couldn’t run for s#!t- basically get shut out the remaining 51 mins of the game and lose to the weakest wiscy team in 20 years- a team who has an identity crisis, up until playing us

 

-we lose to Iowa. Which in and of itself is fine. But for it to happen when we finally get a critical INT with 30 seconds left… and we somehow still find a way in those 30 seconds to not only give the ball right back but to then get gashed on a simple run up the middle and lose on a FG

I honestly can’t think of a better word than implosion.  
 

 

 

Wow, somehow my post above warranted a point from the mods of this board. Lol, what kind of place is this now

zero personal attack, simply stating facts. And I get issued a warning point 

To answer the question-

1. d Line, sounds like everyone is back next year. Could be a force if cam and Princewill progress 

2. our secondary should be solid again

3. we have some young guys at wideout and EJ that got great experience. Hopefully it springboards next year with added talent

4. the season is over and hopefully I’ll never have to witness another husker squad this inept at the qb position in my life. Most critical position on the field and it was an abject failure 

3 hours ago, ZRod said:

The fact that we could plug in so many young guys as well as backups on offense and the team didn't implode, but competed and had chance to win every game outside of one is a really good sign for the future.

lol, what?  The team didn’t implode?

man- we were sitting at 5-3 and here’s how we showed up:

- come out flat and lifeless with no urgency against one of the worst teams in the big10 in MSU with a disaster of a coaching situation and lose

- 5 turnovers from our QBs against a Maryland squad that was literally imploding after a 5-0 start and we lose, at home, largely due to zero offense and a late turnover 

- we go up 14-0 against wiscy. We want to be a smash mouth team who wins with defense and clock control. We couldn’t run for s#!t- basically get shut out the remaining 51 mins of the game and lose to the weakest wiscy team in 20 years- a team who has an identity crisis, up until playing us

-we lose to Iowa. Which in and of itself is fine. But for it to happen when we finally get a critical INT with 30 seconds left… and we somehow still find a way in those 30 seconds to not only give the ball right back but to then get gashed on a simple run up the middle and lose on a FG

I honestly can’t think of a better word than implosion.  
 

1 hour ago, commando said:

long shot at best...but if offered...yeah.   accept the offer.  only concern i have is the off season surgery that purdy needs.    if he waits till after a bowl game will he be ready for spring practice?  our starter being injured for spring practice was how we ended up with sims.

Surgery or no surgery we are 100% bringing another QB in. Purdy doesn’t deserve to be crowned starter. He’s now thrown 2 ghastly pics in late game scenarios that cost his team W’s. Sure, he might be the best option out of the qb room as it stands today but that’s more of a byproduct of how crappy his peers are

If we somehow get a bowl invite, which we won’t, you take it for the betterment of the team. Zero consideration should be paid as to how it’ll impact your 2nd string qb next year 

1 minute ago, huskerfan74 said:

This is what I said earlier. I have never ever seen 3 games in one season with a 10-13 score and walk-off FGs. Football Gods flipping us the bird. It has been gut wrenching season once more and listening to Rhule’s pressers afterwards even more painful.

It’s not the football gods. It’s just a game of pick your poison between 3 quarterbacks that are in over their heads in the big ten.

2 minutes ago, DevoHusker said:

 

 

It’s pretty embarrassing.

i hate using the word cursed because it insinuates this isn’t our fault. At the end of the day, it’s a systemic issue- we don’t have any difference makers on any side of the ball. Just below average to unready players forced in big time situations- typically when players r outmatched they rush and press and you get things like horrendous penalties and ridiculous turnovers. 
 

aka Nebraska football for 10 years now 

2 minutes ago, The Duke said:

I learned that Iowa in the 2nd half had:

• 0 points
• 0 First Downs
• 0 Passing Yards
• 24 Rushing Yards

Nebraska had the ball with 31 seconds left, and still lost in regulation. 

 

Definitely time to look for a cold beer. 

Cheers to you for being able to hold out that long for a cold beer. I had to reach for one when we fumbled the punt return lol

10 minutes ago, huskerfan74 said:

Rhule is Frost 2.0. We will be here next year discussing the same exact problems and issues. Rhule will not fire Satt. We might lose coach white who has been the one bright spot this season. Our QBs are awful and talented players on offense are inconsistent. Our players body language coming out of the gates was that of a scared bunch who did not believe they can win. I remember pelini’s teams coming out of the gates. They had emotion. This team is dead. Rhule said last week that the players were crushed and hurt. If that were true, they should have come out today with fire and passion. Instead, they came out knowing that they were going to lose. Failure of success is a real thing and this team reeks of that.

I think you’re being a bit dramatic. Your description of the players body language sounds like 2017 Mike Riley team- were not that

disappointing end to the season for sure. We’ll look back and question y we came out so flat against msu and wondering if chubba in Maryland earlier might have changed things 

we saw little drop off on the o line with younger guys playing. Hopefully they progress next year- coupled with a healthy RB room and a half way competent qb and we’re a 7-5;8-4 squad easily.  Can’t underscore enough how a simply upgrade at qb would change so many things for this team

6 minutes ago, huskerfan333157 said:

You also shouldn't have to use two timeouts in the final game of the season due to your team not being ready. Falls on coaching.

Don’t disagree. Rhule didn’t seem to pleased about it himself when it occurred 

Just now, ndobney said:

You are hell bent in running off the last few people that are willing to discuss Husker football so be it have fun talking to yourself and the mods. It’s been heading that direction for years

Couldn’t agree more 

2 minutes ago, HuskerNation1 said:

1. Alberts should not have gotten a contract extension until the football team makes a bowl game.

2. Rhule is the worst HC at game management I have ever seen.

3. Satterfield still sucks and needs to be fired.

4. Alvano made one big kick in high school to be named a starter. He is not good and we need a new kicker. 

Pretty hard to manage a game with confidence when the QB room has a collective IQ of 22

1 minute ago, DefenderAO said:

The kids from the Frost era are not winners. They just aren’t. And they were Captains. 
 

Now take an offensive coordinator that is bad, and has a conflicting style of the head coach (no identity vs Husker Power), you’re positioned for a nightmare. 
 

Throw in a HC who is atrocious at game management and talent identification, you have this season right here. 
 

Pathetic. 
 

But Rhule will get paid and feel sorry for the Seniors. 

Bingo- this progrum isn’t doing anything soon until the leaders and captains actually show up on the field when it matters. 

Our starting QB next year isn’t on the roster

our o line doesn’t move anything and still finds ways to get penalties in bad situations 

posters last week complaining about clock management from Rhule… just stop it- chubba’s pick is a prime example of the lose lose decision these coaches have every week. Greatest coaching in the world isn’t gonna stop stupidity from showing itself 

well, the starting qb next year isn’t on the roster. Injuries and all, I can’t recall a team letdown by an entire QB room like this

6 hours ago, runningblind said:

I'll throw out a hot take and say Iowa is the worst 9-2 team of all time.  I'm willing to be no other 9-2 team in history has the worst ranked offense in college football. 

U crazy man, 2016 Nebraska Huskers sitting at 9-2 far worse

1 hour ago, Hilltop said:

Big picture, I like what I see and agree with the OP.  Right now of course I would love to see a win on Friday.  However, I don't think winning Friday changes where we are going as a program very much.   

I think a bowl game would be an immense boost to this progrum.

Massive boost to fan morale and optimism to finally have a game to look forward to again around the holidays

Great boost to the young guys who get an added 3 weeks of reps/practice

A bowl game would mean beating a #20 ranked Iowa for the 2nd year in a row.  Ending our winless streak against ranked teams would be a massive springboard heading into next year

Quite the hot take by me, i know, lol.  But making a bowl vs finishing 5-7 is such a massive swing in perception of this year and momentum heading into next

15 minutes ago, Undone said:

He's good at saying things in pressers. He also seems to be fairly good at motivating the players. And his defensive coordinator has to be one of the 10 best in the country.

 

But it's in the zip code at least of "s***ing the bed" as a program if we lose this game to make it four straight losses to end the season. I think that can be true and also "we're at least slightly better than we ever were in the last six years" at the same time if we lose to Iowa.

 

Need to win this game.

1000% need to win this game.  There are def clear signs of progress but I don't know how you refute the MSU/Maryland disasters that put us in this position.  

I've seen clear progress in the intensity and fundamental play of this team.  It's also come against a schedule that is the easiest we've seen in some time and probably won't see a schedule this favorable in a very long time, if ever.

21 minutes ago, tmfr15 said:

 

Coach Rhule gave his last game week presser yesterday ahead of the Iowa game and I left it feeling pretty good about the leadership we have and what that could mean for the future despite a season where Nebraska could finish short of a bowl game for the seventh consecutive year. 

 

We had game management issues and we've had play calling issues and blah blah blah. We have had only five wins. We've lost one score games and I am tired of watching that crap time after time. It's frustrating and I get it.

 

But I am excited about our young players. Chubba looked fantastic early on last week. I really hope he is the future. The running back position, starting with EJ, looks good. And the defense has been really nice this year, not only production but also from a development standpoint and from a tackling standpoint. I liked the fact that Chubba got the chance after sitting out and I am glad he wasn't forced into the lineup when he still wasn't 100 percent. That probably took restraint from the coach when Sims fizzled, and Heinrich struggled at times. Rhule waited for the right timing and with Heinrich still dinged up physically and SIms dinged up mentally, it was the right time.

 

I like how he talked about Iowa too. The Iowa rivalry stuff is just lame as heck really. I have never considered Iowa as a rival. They're not very good. We haven't been very good either. This is as high of stakes as they ever get, a fight for bowl eligibility on one side and a lame trophy. Last year, NU spoiled the Hawks from going to the title game where they would have gotten blasted anyway. We probably did them a favor.

 

Rhule signaled respect toward Iowa and the Ferentz family and I liked the spirit of it. They got some wins. Good for them. We just want to go out there and get No. 6 and get to a bowl. 

 

That leadership makes me believe in Rhule. It makes me want to cheer for him. It makes it easier to have the mentality of focusing on Nebraska and the work towards an improved product over hating any school, be it Iowa or Wisky or the Bucks or whoever. 

 

Respect your opponent. Go get wins. And go from there.

 

Good job Coach Rhule. I hope we beat Iowa and get this bowl business behind us. Regardless though, I am hopeful for the future and glad we have a good HC.

Great post.  I haven't had a chance to listen to Rhule's presser today, hopefully will during a walk later.  

Regardless of how Friday plays out, its refreshing to finally have an adult at the helm of the progrum who can both be a positive ambassador while also connecting with today's youth.  We haven't had this combo since Solich.

2 minutes ago, knapplc said:

 

I get you're cherry-picking stats, which is why your argument doesn't hold up. 

 

I was being sarcastic.  Given he's the most tenured position coach working with arguably the most tenured players on the team in terms of college playing experience and games played at nebraska- im not thrilled at all about what I've seen this year.  

Spell out how my argument doesnt work?  As pitiful as our offense is, it looks even worse when you take out the outliners, aka the massive qb runs we've had on broken plays by all 3 of our qbs.  I get our RB room is injured- but we havent moved the line against any one with a pulse and its gotten worse as the season has progressed.  Sure, the line play has cleaned up a bit- but by no means has our o line imposed its will on any big10 team with a pulse defensively.

Our lack of passing attack makes it tougher, for sure, but I've seen us get stuffed 1 too many times on 3rd and 4th and short.  And as I said in a previous post, we dont move anything in the redzone. 

3 minutes ago, JJ Husker said:

I’d say Frost’s offenses were indirectly the problem. Yes they scored more but it was not complimentary. Often they would go 3 and out in the matter of about 20 some seconds and then we’d have to put our gassed D right back out there.

So true on the lack of complimentary football.

Let's also not forget that we had so many games under frost where we're down by more than 1 possession in the 4th and we put some late scores up.  Yardage was never an issue for frost- penalities, 3 and outs, and a miserable redzone % was that offenses' downfall.