Frustrated

Talk? Wisconsin embarrassed us, probably was the reason Bo was fired...OSU made Wisconsin look silly. With a 3d string QB and all. Don't count them out.

I think that we need to go out and play hard and put up more points than the Trojans.

This thread is full of the kind of football insight that really says Nebraska fans are the best, most knowledgeble fans ever

This is why the rest of the country mocks us. Seriously. We were better off in the Big 12.

 

We need Ohio State to win right now. An NC game win or lose will bring more recruits into the conference, even some of those lesser teams may pick up a blue chip guy. B1G needs to win some bowl games too, that will help. If the Huskers pull off on Saturday that would be an extra good Christmas bonus!

Ohio State has not won a NC in 11 years and they're working on their 4th top 5 recruiting class in a row. Not sure why a NC is needed for B1G recruiting.

 

Point? How many Bug Ten Championships have they won? How many have WE won? Now, shut up until Nebraska wins something. It's embarrassing.

Relevance is only a term that ESPN and other media types like to use. I do think that the Big 10 move has not helped us in the relevance part. The last time we were a top 10 rated program we were in the Big 12. Big 12 is still solid, even without us, which most thought would really hurt the conference. The thing is relevance is what we make of it. We all know that ESPN doesn't like Nebraska, and really thats Herbstreit and Corso more over than most. Some of that is due to having Trev Alberts on the staff there, and his ego leading to rubbing alot of people in the wrong way.

 

SEC has been held to a higher relevance because ESPN and CBS televise all games nationally for the most part. Tell a Saturday when you flipped thru the channels and didn't see Bama, LSu, Tennessee, Florida orGeorgia on TV..........Ol' Miss as well. I am talking good primetime match ups during the late afternoon and evening. There is why I think alot of the nation is getting a bum rap.

 

 

 

Relevance doesn't bother me. Winning changes that. IF we continue not to win games that matter, then guess what, we are program that doesn't matter as much as it once did. So relevance is hand in hand with winning.

You realize that the B1G has historically played games at 11, right? You also realize that every game is televised, right? ABC, ESPN, BTN. Every game. Bama is on because of their RECENT success. RECENT. Same with several others. Nebraska is a joke nationally. Nobody outside of the state talks about us these days. Maybe a minute when there is a coaching change, but not the detailed break-down you think is happening.

Winning big games gets you relevant

My thought is if the Big 10 doesn't pick it up some, they are headed for what was the Big East in Football. Irrevelant.

 

I was hoping for some other big names to land in the Big 10 coaching landscape, but looks like Michigan is going to get some 2nd tier coach.

 

Riley helps a great deal in name, but has to win and beat some teams like Ohio ST, Michigan ST and Wisconsin to really be taken seriously. Right. Am I thinking in the right frame of mind here?

 

Will the Big 10 ever be what it once was in terms of traditionally a solid football conference?

 

Urban Meyer saw right away he could go and dominate the Big 10 at Ohio St. Will someone step up and match him??

Step away from the kool-aid. Riley isn't a big name hire. hopefully he's the right guy, but he isn't a "splash" hire.

The B1g really needs Michigan to step up and return. PSU also. Wisconsin will stay strong, Iowa will have their ups, Minnesota has a lot of good things happening. Can we win a big game, that matters??? Thats what Nebraska needs. not meaningless non-con wins over McNeese State, or some lesser bowl...but an important game, that matters, against a quality opponent (at the time of the game, not a 1973 quality team)

One reason Huskers might not be relevant is that their fans bring up the topic of how they are still relevant.

This. Exactly.

Its a sign of insecurity.

hurt feelings

Maybe SE just needs a theme song WWE-style...

The snow glows white

On the field tonight,

Not a football to be seen.

Fifteen years of frustration and it looks

Like I’m a weenie.

The wind is howling like this

Swirling storm inside.

Couldn’t keep Bo in, Heaven knows I tried.

Don’t let them in, don’t let them see.

Be the A.D. you always have to be.

Conceal don’t feel, don’t let them know.

Well, now they know!

Let Bo go, Let Bo go!

Tom’s not here anymore.

Let Bo go, Let Bo go!

Turn away and slam the door.

I don’t care what they’re going to say.

Let the storm rage on.

Bo never bothered me anyway.

How 'bout we bring back Johnny Rogers...he could redesign the uniforms. Or Lawrence Phillips, give him the keys to the campus.

Or. Or, we could support our new coach and his decisions in key staffing positions, show up on Saturdays and cheer like hell for our team.

In light of Bo's comments NU needs to bring back Frost. (or another qualified guy ie Minter, Rathman etc)

 

Hear me out. Bo's attitude of how he really feels/felt at NU all came out in that speech. The kids (many) have heard/seen this attitude for 5 years. The kids who are seniors, leaders, captains.......think about that. The new kids come in and hear it from the coach and their "leaders". The us vs them, fans suck, media sucks, school sucks etc....

 

NU needs to bring in someone in a position that is former NU. A guy who bleeds red. A guy who knows the fans and the friggin NU way. Someone who can heal a the fan base NU instill the attitude and live of program that steamrolled guys. A guy who gets them to realize if you aren't winning them all, it doesn't count. A guy who teaches them that 9 wins isn't good enough. That you give 110% and then some. That you'd rather be carried off the field than tap out......

 

A respected NU player is needed in some capacity to right this ship........

Nope. Not even close. This may be the stupidest post I have ever read.

Let it go. Stop dwelling on the past. It's over.

Why can't we just move on? Look forward, not back. Bo is gone and he isn't coming back. Next year is a new season.

and another thing...wasn't Eichorst working in the Wisconsin ADs office when Bielema quit??? Just sayin'

 

I quit. Screw this. Talk about an ultimate F you to the fans if this happens. How the hell are we supposed to be excited about this? The whole point of getting rid of Bo was to escape mediocrity and pursue everyone's aspirations of becoming nationally relevant again. He sure as hell isn't doing that at Arkansas! If this is true, seriously, screw you, Eichorst.

 

70 - 31

 

 

I quit. Screw this. Talk about an ultimate F you to the fans if this happens. How the hell are we supposed to be excited about this? The whole point of getting rid of Bo was to escape mediocrity and pursue everyone's aspirations of becoming nationally relevant again. He sure as hell isn't doing that at Arkansas! If this is true, seriously, screw you, Eichorst.

 

70 - 31

 

I guess I don't understand. Is the pro-Bielema consensus really just to beat Wisconsin as severely as they beat us in the PAST? First, we aren't going to do that. Second, have our standards really dropped so far that instead of seeking championships, we only want to beat Wisconsin?! I am stunned.

Bret Bielema played at Iowa when Bo coached there. He is a midwestern guy who doesn't really fit in well in the SEC. I think he is the one.

Wikipedia already reporting Tressel is the coach!!!!! Let the cheating (oops, I mean winning) begin

Alvarez coached the Big Ten Champion Badgers in the Rose Bowl. Hardly the same as whatever craptastic game the Huskers are headed to. Sadly, it needs to be Beck for one more game.

Bret Bielema. Get him now!

Barry Alvarez doesn't need to concern himself with us. He built Wisconsin from nothing to a team that is always in the discussion for the Big Ten Title. He won 2 Rose Bowls, beat Auburn, led their team to a #4 ranking and went 8-3 in bowl games. SE was at Wisconsin for two more Big Ten Championships and six more bowl games. Maybe, just maybe, Nebraska is trying to get back to where Wisconsin IS and is trying to copy their program.

But, you can put the foil hat away. Barry doesn't think about us anymore.

Tressel? Wow. Consider our program at its worst. That guy has cheated everywhere he has ever been. So much for doing it the right way. Take him off the list. I would pick the field from the rest. Ready for a change.

I have basically never heard that Nebraska fans are known as arrogant and that we are hated. No shame in being excited for your team and hoping they do well. No one is calling us Kentucky, and calling us "Nebrasketball" is nothing more than a fun nickname, not a declaration of our supremacy.

That's the problem. We can't see ourselves. What is your perception of Alabama fans? You probably think they are an arrogant mess. True, but their team is in the NC race every year. That's the difference. They are relevant, we are not. Yet, we act like it is 1994 every year, every game. It makes us look stupid. Maybe if we start behaving like we talk, like we expect, like we do things the right way, we can return our fan base to a proud tradition.

But for now, everything is broken.

Not something I learned during Minnesota, but something I've learned since we've been in the league; this foofoo brand of football isn't going to work in the Big Ten. It might have worked fine in the Big XII. Hell, you could easily argue we were the most physical team in the Big XII, probably still would be. But in this league we're bottom half. Even Minnesota is lining up and beating the piss out of our guys.

Hire a coach that will bring back a smashmouth power offense, and an aggressive, attacking defense. This passive, "read and react" defense, and finesse "take what the defense gives you" offense isn't going to cut the mustard.

We should be able to overpower Minnesota, instead we're trying to outsmart them. It's pitiful.

The schemes dictate the attitude and overall culture of the team. It's no wonder our guys cower and start pissing down their leg when they get punched in the mouth a couple times.

This. ^^^^ (except for the part about being the most physical team in the Big XII...)

 

Isnt this entire next year gonna suck when we get waxed by a bad iowa team and half to hear it from hawkey fans for a year.

 

Why only half? I'm from Des Moines but live in Hawkeye country now and can say that Iowa is just as dissapointed at their season as we are. I haven't heard crap from an Iowa fan since they lost to Iowa State. With that said, Iowa is no Minnesota and we will eat them alive if we can stop the run on first and second down. Either way win or loss I think I'll end up dissapointed in "The final outcome" if you know what I'm getting at.

After the Wisconsin game...what makes you think we can stop anyone from running on us?