Husker In Oklahoma

I don't think the coaching is nearly as bad as many people think. We simply don't have the talent to compete with the Ohio St's and Alambama's of college football and our offensive line is really banged up. It's hard to win games when your line is trashed. I guarantee you a GREAT coach doesn't get rolled like that. Rileys offense has been inconsistent everywhere he's been. Good 1 qtr, bad for 2, that's not winning football. I'm not sure that will ever change under him. It's why he's a .500 coach.

Osborne routinely did this. They are trying to win a championship. No problem here. GET BETTER.

Exactly. I could not agree more.

IMO, there is nothing they can change, except lots of winning, to make me truly like these coaches. I think his schemes, stink. They are just not conducive to consistent, winning football. It's so sporadic and always has been with Riley teams, that's why he is a .500 coach, long term. I'm not expecting much from these guys. We'll see!

It's total incompetence......again.

The older you get, the faster they go........

All of those offenses sucked balls when they were ever forced to do anything. They were S T U F F E D by every good defense it saw. The 2008 offense sucked as well. It was nothing when it had to be. Hate to be negative, but none of those offense were any good whatsoever!

I can only base things on what I see, and outside OSU, the Big 10 is slow on overall team speed. Hell, Wisconsin's TB's are high 4.5 to 4.6 guys, just bruiser type backs. Your not gonna get the edge on the fast teams, period.

Those NU teams in the 90's were as fast as anyone. Once we moved away from the big slow concept starting in 1993, no one was claiming we couldnt run. We ran a punishing style of offense with fast athletes and an attacking, agressive style of defense with smaller, faster athletes. I'm way old enough to remember those teams, trust me. Also, I never said NU was gonna win each and every game in the Big 101112, it probably wont, but it will have an an overall speed advantage in team speed over just about anyone it plays. Wisconsin's defense doesnt run like NU's does, neither does Iowa, or Michigan, or Michigan State, or Penn State. Ohio State may be the lone exception.

Oh common man, TCU played a schedule full of cream puffs. Lets not make TCU out to be some world beater, they aren't. Wisconsin was by far and away the best team they played. Those two teams have comparable athletes, it was a close game, just like it should have been. Its fair to say we disagree on this issue. I have always thought the Big 10 was a slow confrence as a whole, and I stand by that. The Big 10 does not run like the SEC or the Big 12 or even the Pac 12. There are exceptions, but they are far few in between.

Well, if you were paying attention, Alberts was playing rush end at 235lbs in 1993 and was an all-american and Butkus award winner and led the team and confrence in sacks.

Feel free to come off however you want to, I can take it. I stand by what I said about Wisconsin being an overall slow team. It goes for the entire Big 10. Watch them play. I mean, most of the teams in the Big 10 lack overall team speed and it really shows in Bowl season every year. They prefer a bruising, grinding style of play, which is fine, but come time to play a team that can really run, they have serious issues. Ohio State is probably the fastest team in the Big 10, and they even look a bit slow at times. Just because you put in a 200lb LB, doesnt mean he can run. It's a HUGE reason why the Big 10 has 2 NC's in over 40+ years (and both of those were flukes). They just cannot run. These teams are gonna have trouble with the team speed NU presents. Sorry, the truth cuts deep at times!

No different than last year when it faced KSU, Texas, Oklahoma State, and Mizzou.

It will. NU is on the fast track to greatness, trust me. It is getting healthier and healthier day by day. It's just a matter of time, and it will not be long!

Let me give you a simple thing to smoke in your little 10 pipe. National Championships in the past 16 years in the big 12, three (3). National Championships in the last 40+, FORTY years in the little 10, two, (2), and both were questionable. Ohio State needed a phantom pass interference penalty just to get to overtime and Michigna would have been CRUSHED, smoked, obliterated by NU in 1997 had they been part of the "great games" alliance series back in 1997. If you want the Big 8 to go back 40 years, its extremely lopsided, 12-2, 12-2 . It would be 12-4 if you counted Penn States 2, but they were an independent and not part of the little 10. At any rate, still, completely lopsided nonetheless. Hmmmmmmm, which confrence has been better? I guess i'm not so "dumb" after all. The BIG just got better by adding Nebraska to it, and the Big 12 just got weaker losing CU and NU. Nebraska is just about back to health after the catostrophic hire of Clownahanbergervicblake.

NU was big and slow, although faster than what Wisconsin is now up until 1993, when the staff made a change for the better and installed speed and smaller LB's and DE's. I'm not stupid. Keep on livin your Wisconsin dream. They are average. And yea, OU or Okla State would have laid the wood to them last year. Pointless to argue this. I believe the entire Big 10 in fairly weak on a regular basis, less OSU, its why they constantly get rolled in bowl games. Nebraska has not been great, we all know as much. They have the potential to be great and IMO, Wisconsin does not. Wisconsin gets as much as possible out of the talent they have. Credit them for that, but they are nothing special.

TCU was a nice team, they beat no one, except Wisconsin. There were no GREAT teams last year, none. Wisconsin has a lack of team speed. Yes, they do a nice job of running down hill. After the first quarter of the OSU game, OSU outplayed them. Wisconsin got off to a good start. ASU missed 2 extra points, yes they should have lost that game. The Big 10 has been weak for decades. I give you Wisconsin has a good home field advantage, but they are nothing special. And yes, NU used to be big and slow, just like most everyone else, notw, that is just in the Big 10, thats why they get smoked every year in bowl games. Rivals ratings are not the end all, but your not gonna win a National Championship with an average star rating around 2.90 and a 4 year ranking in the mid to upper 40's. Wisconsin would have NOT beat OU last year, and they would have had there hands completely full with A&M. They are slow on defense and quite simple on offense. I dont take them lightly, but they are nothing special, period. Suggesting they are some terrefic powerhouse is nonsense!

Again, Wisconsin won their conference last year, and they went to a BCS game. Nebraska has done neither in 10 years. So can we please stop acting like we're going to "roll" them? We lost even more players than they did to the NFL draft. If you're not worried about the Wisconsin game, then what are you worried about? That's the toughest game on the schedule, no matter what anybody says about Ohio State. We'll see. I think they are nothing more than an average team playing in a horrid confrence. Thier average rivals rating the past 4 years is in the mid to upper 40's. They do NOT have a roster chock full of talent. They have a new qb, 3/5 of an OL, and only return 10 starters overall. They are also big, slow and lack overall team speed. They have a nice home field advantage, and they are coached well. I give them that. They also should have lost to ASU, and Iowa and were beaten by freakin TCU. Again, I fail to see the love, but whatever. If Wisconsin is the toughest team in the Big 101112, NU will own this confrense soon!

There a "nice" team, nothing more. Who cares if they won the confrence last year, its irrelevant to this year. They lost thier QB, 3/5 of the OL, and 2 NFL draft choices on the defense. They are a big, slow, bruising team. Like I said, I just dont see all the love for Wisconsin. I think NU rolls them! Husker in Oklahoma.......is this the same dude from years ago on HP? If so, GREETINGS old friend! I hope things are well you ...... GBR!! Yes sir. Things are well bshirt. Hope your doing well to my friend. You should come on over and check out huskermax. Its all good. Dont post here much, but do read the board from time to time. I really do not understand all this Wisconsin love. It makes me laugh.

There a "nice" team, nothing more. Who cares if they won the confrence last year, its irrelevant to this year. They lost thier QB, 3/5 of the OL, and 2 NFL draft choices on the defense. They are a big, slow, bruising team. Like I said, I just dont see all the love for Wisconsin. I think NU rolls them!

Personally, I dont get all the Wisconsin stuff. I mean, this is the most overated, slow team ever. These guys havent seen speed like NU will bring. I think Wisconsin is a win, maybe handily. I dont get the MSU stuff either. State won 4 or 5 games last year they could have easily lost, they got all the breaks last year. It wont happen 2 years running. I see NU winning the Big 101112. Ohio State is in chaos, and thier chemistry will most definately be affected. Nebraska will have a defense that is really, really good. Probably be hard for teams to score much, and with what the O has been the past several years, in can only go North IMO. I'd say the record is anywhere between undefeated and 2 losses. I think this could be a special season. Most probable losses will be Michigan (they will be much better by playing better defense alone) and Penn State.

The ou program just reeks of second rate trash. The OU brass, along with Deloss Dodds, pretty much caused this whole mess. Screw the cheating bastards and thier probation riddled program. I hope they fall into the big black hole they deserve. Once again, never did understand all the "lovefest" for OU with NU fans. Makes no sense.

Uhhhh, no she's not dude, you would not want her, trust me. She is a loner.

Edmond. I wouldnt worry about OU. There fans are just like thier program. Riddled with cheating. Never understood NU fans pulling for OU in football. They have been on probation more times than one can count, and then they name buildings after cheaters (Switzer Center) as if, oh well, we know he cheated, but who cares, we are OU. So, the real motivation for your post comes out: you don't know or likely care what the real consensus is among most OU fans, but simply don't like OU, consider them "cheaters," etc., etc., and decided to take a cheap shot. That is a concession to my points above, of a backhanded sort. My discussion with you is concluded. To all the rest of the Husker fans: it's going to be a great game, and I look forward to watching it with you in Jerryworld. Our two schools have some of the greatest tradition, and best fans anywhere. Since when is a cheapshot the truth? I mean, OU fans pull all this crap out of thier butts and they ALL forget thier cheating past. You guys (factually) have more probations than just about anyone other that Alabama. OU doesnt even acknowledge thier cheating past, thay embrace it, for that, yea, I don't have a bunch of respect for the OU program.