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8 hours ago, I am I said:

so far so fine…I don’t even want to pay attention to it until 2030. 
I’ll be 53 by then. 

back story….got into a heated argument on the way to the Mich v N game when Robinson was their QB.  So quite a while ago. We won that game when Robinson got hurt. I think Pelini was the coach. 
my dad and brother were on the side of paying players, playoffs, “who cares bowl games” etc…

got 3 more sentences from physical. Stopped for gas in York from Denver and we all cooled off. I maintained college football specifically would never be the same…errrrr ummmm 
now they kinda are like…all the NIL, playoff stuff, 4-8-12,, playoff stuff progression. They see it now.  

 

you know what, doesn’t even matter. The 120 yrs of college pageantry is gone and the regional rivalries has been gone and the idea of conferences is gone and the important bowl games are gone.  Everything that kinda sorta mattered is gone. 
it’s new and it’s exciting and it’ll move on. But the tradition is gone.  And that stings to me. 
 

whatever comes next just won’t have the same feeling to me. Win or lose. Success or failure. The feeling of doing of we do and the way way we do it is gone. 
I hope we win a lot and get to bowls and compete. Hit it just doesn’t feel the same if we don’t beat OU and CU and Iowa,-‘and KState and Wisc. Instead we gotta beat USC and Oregon and and Washington. Just weird and sad 

 

 

 100% agree with the bolded part.

5 hours ago, Slow yer Roll said:

 

 

Chihuahuas have 5 or 6 genes in common with artic wolves. How are they not a wolf?

Domestic dogs and wolfs are the same species. FYI

I predicted 7 for the season at the beginning. So, I say they win 2 of the 3. Most likely MD and IA.

Sims is the better runner, but not by a lot. If he can manage his passing better (more like HH), than he would be the better choice going forward.

The Big 10 has had an eye out for NC and Virginia I believe. If Clemson and FSU join the SEC, I could definitely see the Big 10 going after NC and ND. Honestly, I could see them going after Clemson and FSU

5 minutes ago, Guy Chamberlin said:

 

Well we kinda know. Bo left Nebraska for his hometown school Youngstown State, and his very forgiving and supportive ally Jim Tressell as his University President. Bo went 33-28 at YSU, ripped the fans, lost a game by arguing with the refs, recruited and played a convicted rapist against the wishes of almost everyone, including Tressell, and was gone after 5 seasons in an awkward mutual parting and cloud of recruiting violations. Bo then landed back at another friendly confine, his former position as DC at LSU, where he put together one of the worst defensive seasons in LSU history and was quickly chased out of town. At age 56, Bo Pelini is no longer coaching anywhere. If Nebraska made a mistake, not a single college was able to take advantage of it.

 

Bo Pelini also got contract extensions, increased recruiting budgets, and a big PR push at Nebraska. In addition to blaming the administration, Bo also blamed the fans and the media whenever things went south. He wanted out of Nebraska as early as 2011. For some reason loyalty only worked in one direction for him. He could have shut everyone up by winning the big games --- he had complete control over that -- but in his seventh year at Nebraska, only two P5 schools had worse records against ranked teams than Bo Pelini's Nebraska. At some point you can't keep making this a Perleman and Eichorst hissy fit. 

 

Transport yourself back to 2014 and declare yourself fine with 9-4 seasons, second tier conference status and no relevance in national college football for the foreseeable future because 9 win seasons are hard to come by. You'd be really lonely in that assessment. As it should be. 

 

 

I'm not saying we should have kept Bo. He burned the bridges on his own. I just remember that most people thought anyone could win 9 games a year at Nebraska (I thought it was easier than it seems). Ruhle was not my first choice for the new coach, but I'm not disappointed by the hire. He was near the top when he became available. I have a better feeling about him than SF. just my two cents.

On 2/19/2023 at 11:30 AM, Lorewarn said:

Winning 9 games a year and getting a top 25 class at Nebraska is probably sleepwalking easy.

If the former is the case, then why has it only been done once since Bo was fired? Legitimate question.

10 hours ago, teachercd said:

I know kindergarten teachers that make 6 figures..

Where? I've been teaching for 26 years in three different states, K-12 and college. The only teachers that ever made that were professors at universities (and this is only bigger institutions) or administrators (not teaching).

As for only working 9 months. Many teacher work on professional development (have to to stay certified), plan, and prep for fall classes during the summer. Most teachers have to get second jobs during the summer to help make ends meet. They don't get paid for the summer or any holidays/breaks.

3 minutes ago, admo said:

I don't like 12.

 

8 game scenario is the most accurate way to have a bracket.  

 

1-8

2-7

3-6

4-5

 

Meaning, if we are up in arms about determining who is 1-4, we can still be that way with 12 team playoffs - because the top 4 selection will receive a bye week.  The other 8 teams are playing "win or go home" games, and we are right back into that top 4 dilemma again.

 

Aren't we trying to avoid that confusion and just settle it on the field?

 

Playoffs should be 8 games, kick it off, and no preferential treatment of bye weeks.  

And the higher ranked team hosts the first round.

6 minutes ago, Caliborn72 said:

Felt like a good recruiting win for our staff at the time, just didn’t pan out.

Probably more on the (former) coaches 

UCF just had a QB enter the Portal. He sat out Saturday's game to preserve a redshirt season. Started last year. Don't know much about him or which QB it is exactly.

The last good RB coach was Ron Brown.

42 minutes ago, gorp512 said:

 

 

Get my guy some new shoes. 

Damn!!! He definitely needs new shoes. 

16 minutes ago, NM11046 said:

is the impact really just driven by who was killed?

unfortunately yes.

1 minute ago, TGHusker said:

I think that Wisc RB is still raking up yards against Bo's D.  - jet sweep anyone

If Bo would have gotten a real DC, he would probably still be here(maybe). People might have put up with his anger issues if he had performed better on D.

Or the "anyone can win 9 games a year here"

On 11/12/2022 at 5:47 PM, TGHusker said:

Michigan's patience with Coach H has paid off.  He has developed a good offensive line that allows them to play smashmouth football.

Michigan got better when Harbaugh started focusing on running the ball. Last year, they hardly threw the ball early. They REALLY focused on running, then later started working in some passes as the season went on. They basically did the same thing this year. Establish the run and the rest will/should fall into place. To Harbaugh's credit, he realized that this is what he needs to do. It's how he was successful at Stanford.

I believe Neb's run/pass ratio favors the run, but they haven't established the run. I'm not trying to say why or how, just that they need to establish the run game. I'm not really concerned with the run/pass ratio. I think this is what all the run first people mean.

20 minutes ago, runningblind said:

If you hire an athletic director, then immediately tie his hands, that is major dysfunction.  Systemic dysfunction.  To think this is magically all going to be fine with one hire is wishful thinking with that type of thing occurring. 

 

Boosters and everyone else need to get their hands out of  the cookie jar and let people do their jobs.  That's how good organizations run, they hire good people and they let them do their jobs without micro management. 

This is the thing that scares me the most about hiring a new coach.

4 minutes ago, ColoradoHusk said:

It has just turned out to be a wasted season.

Unfortunately, most people thought that it would be when SF was retained. I know I was worried that it would be. Hoped that SF would turn it around, but still worried that it would be wasted.

13 hours ago, BaytownHusker said:

Why would you not want Prime Here?

My best and honest answer is his personality. I kind of put him in the same category as L Kiffin.  I didn't like him when he was in college or the pros. He was a great player, but that's not enough for me. Maybe I'm getting to old. I have done some recent research on him and he does advocate for players and coaches. Maybe he could be good at Nebraska and if he was to come here I would support him. Hell, I supported BC and MR and I didn't want either one of them either.

18 hours ago, TheSker said:

The right coach can flip recruits in a short amount of time.

Urban is the only "available" coach that could do this. sure, a few other established coaches could do it, but they definitely are not leaving they're jobs. Do i think Urban is coming here, no. Prime might be able to get some recruits here, but i would not want him here. Just my opinion. 

If the offense can get going again, three wins is definitely a possibility. 

1 minute ago, BIG ERN said:

If we had a competent DC

This is how i have been feeling. 

6 minutes ago, TGHusker said:

 

The Solich Curse is hereby lifted.  We now have the Frost Curse on our opposition!

I'll drink to that.

We could hire him and be like Urban and Fickell at OSU.