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4 hours ago, hagg said:

 

Well, unless we're going to root for our sandhill cranes or chimney rock, the Huskers is about it.  Maybe carhenge. 

I was just out in that area this summer. Went through Chadron to the Black Hills. Beautiful areas.

I only lived in Nebraska near Lincoln for four years in the 80s and have been a Husker fan since. Go back to visit school friends or game once in awhile. But everywhere I go, if I have Husker gear on, I find fans, even in other countries.

I heard on a sports radio show a few weeks ago that he was a really good DT QB. Hadn't heard of him or seen any film.

Adrian could ask to Oline "Do you realyy want to hurt me?" by Culture Club

31 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said:

You must have missed all the "IF we win this weekend...." comments.

at least it's not  "when we lose this game". So that is an improvement.

40 minutes ago, TGHusker said:

Mid season grades for each coach by Dave Feit.   No surprise on what units he rates as worst.

 

 

https://www.si.com/college/nebraska/football/nebraska-football-midterm-coaching-grades-2021

Seems about right.

7 minutes ago, Bigred_inSD said:

Primetime on ABC.  Can Nebraska shake the big stage follies

I better have another kool-aide just in case.

2 minutes ago, Hedley Lamarr said:

Huskers win in a blowout and we carry Tom Osborne across the field chanting 97 world champs. 

I'll have what he's having.

I'm not saying AM will be in the NFL or good/great in the NFL, but remember Kordel Stewart. He wasn't a good passer, decent runner, and he played quite awhile in the pros.

17 hours ago, BigRedBuster said:

I don't know.  They said they did more 1s vs 1s in fall camp.  I don't know if that has carried over to the season.  But....even if they do do it, it's a day the D can make the O feel pretty crappy about their poor play.

https://tenor.com/view/beavis-and-butt-head-laughing-gif-19758205

you said.....

I'm with Dogs In A Pile and Hilltop. ST will be better, but that's not a high bar. OL will be more disciplined which means better. Johnson will have the majority of carries, but others will contribute. 

With these small improvements, the Huskers win by double digits.  

Barring a complete melt down this year. I agree with Undone. There have been improvements on the offense and defense (more here). Just clean up special teams and the dumb penalties and this could be a really good team.

Remember, some wanted Chin gone last year,. Most wanted him gone prior to that. I still think Frost can be a good coach, just have to be patient.

Others have posted his attitude coming here, and that probably did hamper his coaching. It does appear (albeit slower than we want/like) that he is making improvements. 

3 hours ago, VectorVictor said:

 

Yup. If we can fix special teams (or find a workaround for the season--like Martinez pooch punting on 4th)...

I was thinking the same thing. It might be the best option?

2 minutes ago, Stumpy1 said:

I like how people disregard AM's turnovers and say they don't really mean much or had no impact on the game.  

I'm not completely writing off his mistakes, but AM is not the reason the team lost. He does make questionable decisions from time to time though. The fumble, he should have thrown it away or turned up field and ran. The OT interception was on 3rd and 3, he definitely should have just ran for 3 or more on that one.  If this team was 5-0 or 4-1 people would be talking about what a Hypesman candidate he is.

The O-line played better in the second half (for the most part). After Sichterman made his second false start, Frost chewed him on the sideline. He played better afterwards. The right tackle (can't think of his name) kept getting beat though. But no more penalties. This game game down to the punter(s), who didn't due their job. 

Now I admit that I am an eternal optimist, but i see marked improvement from everywhere except special teams. Although Culp was making his kicks Saturday. 

2 hours ago, Undone said:

 

Do you happen to remember which quarter that was?

No, but the announcers even made a comment about it. 2nd or 3rd, leaning towards 2nd.

6 minutes ago, Undone said:

 

Here's my subjective take on the four biggest things that prevented us from beating Illinois, in order:

 

1. Adrian coughing up the ball and then having an unlucky bounce to let them recover it and run it in for six points.

2. Tannor's penalty, which negates a key interception.

3. All around garbage special teams play.

4. Poor run blocking and frankly some relatively lackluster running by Ervin that led us to do practically jack squat in our base running game.

 

One of those things has to do with Adrian's ability to hold onto the football while being tackled. None of them have to do with his decision making nor his passing ability.

 

Others will of course have complete license to disagree that the four things on my list above were why the Illini beat us. Adrian overthrowing Liewer by 10 inches in the endzone doesn't make the list for me because we lost the game by 8 points, but completing that play gives us 4 more points than we scored (as we got a FG on that drive).

Special teams cost them 4 more points. two on CTB and two on the FGs. That ties the game. I'm not bashing AM, but he threw a bad pass to Stepp I believe on the left side where there was no one in front of him. Most likely a TD, at least another FG on that drive (they didn't score on the drive). That puts the good guys in the lead and changes everyone's opinion of the season.

For the record I still have hope for the season (I'm always optimistic).

2 hours ago, Husker in WI said:

 

There are plenty of legitimate reasons to be losing faith, an opposing kid playing out of his mind is not one of them. Some pretty poor block attempts, and second what @Undone said - the OL did not climb up to him very well. But we ran the ball 65 times and had 95 total plays - there were tackles to be had. 

The bold portion is what I saw a lot of. Watching the video, Greenhagen was "blocked". I put it in quotes because they barely touched him most of the time. Once Juergens went for a low chip block, but the paly hadn't gotten there yet and Greenhagen just went around him. In defense of the line (don't be angry with me) they did block, just very poor blocks.

2 hours ago, BigRedBuster said:

I bet ISU has a bigger loyal following than CU.

. ISU doesn't bring a new market. CU would bring the Denver market and that would overshadow the ISU following.

You could also say that you (Scarlet) didn't achieve those high marks right away. It took time (a decade) and finished with different students than you started with. I've been teaching for 20+ years and you always try to improve, but you don't achieve greatness overnight. You try things, notice where you have improvement and where it is lacking. Then you make changes and try to improve. Each player (student) is different and will respond to methods differently. It takes everyone to make it, even the  low achievers. You also have to make cuts to the staff when necessary to improve, Frost has done this to some degree, but you also have to give them a chance to grow and improve. especially when you started where they did.

If the offense improves, the defense will automatically improve. They won't be on the field as much, give our better players more rest, and  the opponent will become more predictable in their schemes. I'm not saying the defense hasn't improved, but if the offense can be somewhat better, we will see an even better defense.

2 hours ago, knapplc said:

"Did Colorado’s 2001 upset of Nebraska start the dismantling of the Huskers dynasty?"

 

No.

 

It was a coaching staff that was unwilling or unable to recruit to the level of the Osborne Era. It was the elimination of Prop 48. It was an offense whose time had passed. It was the slow erosion of a championship attitude in the locker room. It was the fact that Solich wasn't half the coach Osborne was. It was an AD that meddled without understanding. 

 

It was a thousand little things that led to the demise of Nebraska football. 

 

But that wouldn't make a compelling narrative so let's pin it on this game for this content I have to produce every week. 

This was ultimately what caused the demise. The coaches didn't know how to recruit fully eligible talent. Everything else just steam rolled from here.

My biggest concern for him is his size (weight). QBs in the BIG, especially for Neb take lots of hits. If he does come to here, I hope he can pass well.

I thought Who played baseball.

10 minutes ago, Born N Bled Red said:

 

Depending on how old BigRedN is, his kid, may not be a child. 

That's me. Not thinking of the possibilities.