Jump to content


Frustrated

Banned
  • Posts

    593
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Everything posted by Frustrated

  1. At least they don't run around bragging about sh!t that happened decades ago like it was last year At least they don't talk like they are superior in every way as a fanbase, claiming to be such good sports, then utterly failing to live that way. Let's face it. We suck. We are frustrated. But until our team shows up against a decent opponent, on the road, I think we should tone down the Iowa sucks talk. It just isn't true.
  2. Seriously? There is nothing I am more sick of hearing than the defeatist crap of "who are we going to get?" SERIOUSLY!? Here are some reasons why this would be a very interesting job to coaches: 1 - $3million plus starting salary. More experienced guys would drive it higher. Hell, our basketball coach makes more than when we lowballed for Pelini in '07. 2 - Assistant salaries. We won't lowball the assistant pay pool (the reason why Beilima went to Arkansas) 3 - Facilities and resources. Pelini has said that everything he has asked for, he has received. Most programs do not have the deep pockets that Nebraska does. 4 - Rabid fan support. This is a big part of what drives the SEC, and a giant part of what is lacking at many B1G schools. Any coach worth hiring views what is here as more than enough of a foundation to build a winner. No worthwhile coach looks at this and thinks "Well, he only had 7 years to win something, I can't win a conference title in 7 years with that foundation" Don't sit here in a pity party with a hangover of the Petersen/Callahan mess and think this is as good as it gets. That mentality is the worst kind of poison. Minnesota is playing for the division next week. Minnesota. Your attitude is so bad that somehow, this is acceptable? If Missouri can win the SEC East, if Baylor can be a top 10 team, if TCU can be a top 10 team, if Wisconsin can be win the conference repeatedly, if Michigan State can be in the top 10, THEN HOW THE HELL IS IT UNREALISTIC THAT WE DO THE SAME?! We have more advantages than any of those schools. The losing has so damaged members of this fanbase that things that would have gotten any coach fired in the last half century are not acceptable. Pathetic. Part of the problem is this mentality. Maybe we weren't looking during the facilities arm's race...everyone has great facilities today. What once was our advantage is now a much more level playing field. How can we join a new conference and suddenly know everything? People hate us because of our arrogance. It's unrealistic to think that we are going to win a championship solely based on the most recent 15 years' history. Until we can win in November - it just isn't going to happen. Did you read the ESPN.com article parroting Griese's "new normal" comment. That is where we are.
  3. Its basketball, bad games happen! Relax, as I do not want to hear rants this early in the season. Yes, bad games happen early. I get that. My point was that people hate Nebraska fans because we are arrogant. Maybe we could try a little humility for a change. Our football team is a joke and we have literally no history in basketball. Just sayin'
  4. Shouldn't we collectively tip our hats to the Gophers? They came into our house and hit us in the mouth. In the end, they beat us. We should respect that.
  5. Oldest programs in the nation? WTF?
  6. I disagree completely. None of the current recruits were born when we were awesome. We need to dial it back. We have awesome history, but nothing recent. Nothing. Maybe, asking the current/future players to EARN something is the answer??? How can you dismiss that? What we are doing is definitely NOT working! You don't get to simply call yourself a champion and make it so. We ran away from the Big Twelve to get away from big bad* Texas...is this really better? Bob Greise saying that we are a mediocre Big Ten team and that is our normal!? Really?! We built our foundation on class and doing things the right way. How is giving black shirts to a defense that gets depantsed by one guy fostering that tradition? One guy. The only guy on the offense in question. Western Kentucky could stop him. We could not. I submit that we are not doing things the right way anymore. We are lost.
  7. Can we please stop calling it "Nebrasketball" like we invented it? We lost to Rhode Island. Rhode Island. We have never, ever won a tournament game. Let's pretend like we know our place. Yes, we have a fantastic arena and a great coach. Yes, things are getting better and we are winning tough games, but let's act like we have been there before. Even if we haven't.
  8. I disagree. Not that we are proud and passionate, that's a given. But the focus on the past is holding us up. We can't seem to get past the "glory days." that makes us Michigan. Think about that for a minute, does anyone think Michigan is relevant? We ARE Michigan (figuratively). We aren't any different. We like to talk the talk about how awesome we are to opposing fans, and teams and all that. But, does that matter? (is it even true anymore?) We, as a fan base are starving for success, for attention, to be perceived as an elite program, one that does things "the right way." (ahem, Lawrence Phillips). We need to get back to basics, to Nebraska football. We need to be someone that gets circled on opponents' schedule...for the right reasons...now, we may be circled, but because they think we are an easy win.
  9. That's a long time ago. 408, that's a lot of yards. 0 conference championships since 1999. 0 National relevance. Something has to change. I think it is our perception and support. GBR
  10. I think we need to remove the "excellence" patches from the front of the jerseys, remove the names from the back and also paint over the NC trophy pictures on the Big Red equipment truck and elsewhere. In fact, I think we should remove references to the old conference championships as well. My point is simple, if we want to act like champions, we need to actually be champions again. Of something, anything. We aren't champions anymore. Blackshirts...ick. Forget that tradition for a bit. Our players and coaches need to realize that they have to earn our respect and those traditions. They haven't done that ON THE FIELD since the 1990s. Fifteen years of suck. Traditions are gone. We need a fresh start.
  11. Who is Nebraska gonna get? We are stuck with Bo. Nobody is going to come to Lincoln and successfully recruit. Nobody. Griese said it...this is the new normal. Nebraska is a mediocre Big Ten team, that's it. We couldn't beat Texas so we ran away from them and now...well...we can beat the bottom-dwellers but when it comes to playing decent Big Ten teams in November, we cower like scared kids.
  12. Eichorst is a Wisconsin guy. UW-Whitewater and even worked for the AD at madison. He's probably having a Leinie's and watching tv.
  13. We need to stop bashing Pelini. He is successful as hell. The Nebraska tradition is to be excellent and support our team. We have lost our way.
  14. Gordon hit 2,109 in just 241 carries. Broke the NCAA record. Wisconsin has twice as many 2,000 rushers as we do. I don't think we should be talking trash. We really need to act like we have been there...how long has it been? Any who, Gordon is a stud, he made us look like idiots. Give credit. Respect.
  15. We should totally leave the Big Ten and join the MAC. We could still play Big Ten teams and have a legitimate chance at winning a conference championship again. I am so sick of losing. Sick of not winning championships, I would do anything to be able to say we are champions again.
  16. Tim Miles...wait, he lost today too. Poop.
×
×
  • Create New...