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Unless Micky gets it done this season, a new coach in 2023 will be a rebuild year and write-off for playing for titles.

as much as i like Adrian, i don't recall him ever leading a "receiver open".  He threw into tight coverages or slightly behind receiver, over their head and bounced a bunch...  I was watching Casey's 2021 games at Texas and saw he regularly led the receiver into open field.  Now maybe that is the pores defenses in the Big 12 but I look forward to seeing that happen next season.   If the big 12 defenses are on par (meaning defense optional) with 2021, then Adrian might do well.  

No way should Scott get canned if he wins 7 or more.  This university has a horrible history (tradition) of firing coaches after winning seasons.  Let's hope the admin and fans realize that and learn from being quick on the fire trigger.  if you want to can a coach wait until they have a losing season!  A bad season will show up if the coach is truly bad.  Firing a winning coach after a winning season will create further problems in hiring a new coach...  "coach goes 7-5 and they fire him??  I am not working for that guy!"  we've heard something like that before (Solich).  

3 hours ago, Born N Bled Red said:

And Alabama, has never had one of its 500 analysts do any of this.. RIGHTTT.

Sabine is smart enough to not get caught...  but i suspect that all power five teams live life on the edge of this rule....

On 1/26/2022 at 2:11 PM, knapplc said:

And then the Big Ten can give us OSU as a "random" crossover seven out of ten years.

hum, was thinking8 or 9 out of 10 myself. and then only seeing Indiana twice in that time frame.

I'm telling you this is the curse of Bo, if they fire me they will never win anything again...  not sure when he said it, i think it was after the big12 CG or right before SE fired him for being a hot head and a good coach at the same time (who would love 8-9 wins a season right now?).  The best improvement to NU's athletic programs was firing (um, sorry... retiring) of Harvey Pearlman...

42 minutes ago, BigRedN said:

 

I might advocate that AM will play a tougher schedule at K State than at Nebraska next year.  It's certainly debatable.  Our schedule is rather easy as my eyes see it.

I don't know about KSU having a rougher schedule lol..  We still have to play Illinois...  P).  

1 hour ago, lo country said:

Can't disagree.  Just his comments seemed to shade NU.  I don't think anyone is pulling against him.

AM lost his position coach, someone AM was very close to.  I can only imagine the uproar in the locker room at NU after the cannings especially on offense.  Scott has more work to do in the locker room then he probably has to do on the field.  Five years into his program and most of the offensive line are Fr thru Sophomores with what, one senior?  It is hard to win games when Fr-So are going up against 5-6 year seniors week in and week out.  This will be a good OL in a year or two when most are Seniors and Juniors.  

5 hours ago, VectorVictor said:

 

Um...campus was Pepsi exclusive during our run of National Championships in 1994, 1995, and 1997 IIRC...so I'm not sure what good old days you're referring to. 

 

I'm pretty sure when people mention the good old days around here, they're talking 1990s. 

same for Omaha airport, last time i went through there you couldn't get a Coke to save one's life, only Pepsi.  Does Pepsi have a monopoly in eastern NE?

On 11/11/2021 at 10:43 AM, hunter49 said:

the guy has been a no show since he arrived.

There was a piece on him on "Nebraska Football at the voice of CFB" where Greg Peterson from Rivals said Gates had some personal/mental issues and needed to work through them during Covid 2020 season and has worked his way back.  I think the link below is the correct one with this information.  They put out daily snipits so if I get this wrong, my apologies..  go 14 minutes into video.

7 minutes ago, ColoradoHusk said:

Tommie Frazier was one of the cockiest players and biggest a-holes Nebraska football has ever seen. Many of his teammates couldn't stand the guy. But, he got the best out of his teammates, and he backed up everything he said. If Thompson ends up being anywhere close to what Frazier was like for NU, I will take it. 

The new OC did say the best QB's are pricks...  They are not hear to win "best bud" awards.  i agree with you, if we get anything near TF from this QB, life will be much improved at deal ol' NU.

to add to my above comment, 

if you use NIL and the portal in a really good way, it may be possible to short-cut the traditional way of winning the conference title.  We live in a strange new NIL/Portal world so hold onto your hats...  it's going to be an interesting ride from now on.

1 hour ago, The Dude said:

 

Georgia was never nearly as far gone as Nebraska is.  Georgia posts double digit wins far more often than they post losing records.  Going from regularly winning 10-13 games a year to a national championship is not as much of a jump as it would be to go from posting a losing season every year to winning a national championship.

 

I don't think building an elite program is an all of a sudden venture.  It certainly wasn't for Georgia.  There's zero good reason to think it would be for Nebraska.  That's what I would call a ridiculous line of thought.

 

To me Nebraska is much more comparable to a program like Tennessee.  I think we can go from 3 wins to 7 wins in one year's time like they did.  That's a realistic expectation.

I suspect you would need several years of winning records and building off of those to get back into the national championship picture at NU.  for now, the goal should be winning records, then confernce (west) titles, they BIG titles.   Doubt that will happen in a single season,  probably need 2-3 winning seasons and good recruiting to get a BIG title game/win.

1 hour ago, GlobalHusker said:

Me too on high hopes. But found it peculiar that his name was never mentioned about players coming up the ranks, especially for his rating. Best of luck to him and hope they can pull out that potential.

I suspect he ends up at Oregon with Tuioti (sp?).   but maybe at other school that has several Islander players.

10 minutes ago, VectorVictor said:

So are there any Offensive Linemen or Defensive Linemen (that we can convert to Offensive Linemen) that are still in the portal worth looking at (and that Nebraska is in on)?

 

I mean, I'm happy to hear about all of the skill position success we've had, and I'm happy we have a new O-Line coach, but if he doesn't have anything to work with...then aren't these efforts all for naught?

 

 

issue with NU is that we have talented youth, we're sending freshman to redshirt sophomores up against 6th year seniors!   I'm thinking we need to get some juniors/Seniors that have lots of game experience to work the line.  the freshman to sophomores will be really good in 2-3 years when they are seniors.  Unfortunately, these coaches may not be around to see that... 

On 1/5/2022 at 12:30 PM, Husker03 said:

Nah, he will go to the Raiders. He fits much better in the NFL, he distains the babysitting at the college level. Also, he has connections all through that program and he loves those California winters.

Wonder how he feels about Vegas summers?  lol..

On 1/4/2022 at 1:12 PM, All Hail Herbie said:

No doubt we paid for Coach Frost, but the reality is that it was a marriage of expediency.

 

He fit in so many ways (professionally, culturally, and personally) that we all knew his tenure would bring about a return of the program.  There was no need to look elsewhere for a new hire as this was going to be the perfect union. 

 

Now that we know his tenure will not revive the program, we need to get serious about putting real money on the table for a proven commodity in this business, and it is a business.  Watching USC and LSU assert their positions aggressively with coaches that were seemingly settled in elite jobs illustrates the lengths to which we need to go.  

 

No more experiment or learn on the job candidates.  Let's go get "the guy" that will finally return us to the elite of this game.  

no matter who we got, i suspect in 3-4 years you will be singing the same song again...  one would think that 3-4 year coaching carousels  don't get it done..  Not defending Frost, just tired of fire'em.  We had an excellent coach who needed anger management classes and won a min 9 games a year... but the fire'em now guys won and we are 1 and 6 winning season since then.  

2 minutes ago, ColoradoHusk said:

I think the recruitment of McCaffrey and Smothers were athletes first, and QB's second. I could be wrong, but to me, Purdy and the kid from Wichita are QB's first, while also being athletic enough to be considered "dual threat".

that is true but you need to add Adrien Martinez to this group.  all three are great athlete's first QB second.  

7 hours ago, BigRedBuster said:

I don't have a problem with beer.  It's not a huge priority though.  It will be something like $10 per glass and sold at the concession stands.  So, nobody is going to sit there and drink a 12 pack and get sloshed.  

depends on how big the glasses/cups are and how many they chugged down out in the parking lot. 

17 hours ago, In the Deed the Glory said:

I’d take a few more wins, but until then the beer is a must. lol 

something to dull the pain...

5 minutes ago, Hedley Lamarr said:

Busch should have been on staff last year. Better late than never. 

Agreed!

6 hours ago, BigRedBuster said:

So, he didn't commit on the visit like some thought.

Think many schools put them in a Uni and take pics as part of the official visit and marketing ploy.  NU does the same thing.

5 hours ago, 84HuskerLaw said:

I think he will be the best hire, maybe.  I like Joseph and am actually very positive on Whip.  Raiola I know little about so just gotta hope Trev & Co are overseeing this stuff.  
Applewhite likewise.  
As some have asked, why the delay to give him the new title?   Maybe the hoped they’d get a RB/ST combo guy and keep Busch in the skybox?   

In Busch, NU got an excellent recruiter as well!  while most don't want to remember HCBC, Busch landed several commits that went on to the NFL (and at least one went in first round of NFL draft).  he was not retained  by Bo when HCBC got canned.

5 hours ago, SouthLincoln Husker said:

An analyst can not coach and has no control how players are handled on the field.

Plus an analyst cannot be out recruiting players needed to make ST work.  

Hope Maurice has matured (grown up) a bit and appreciates the opportunity that so many others don't get.

https://247sports.com/college/nebraska/Article/Nebraska-Football-Maurice-Washington-will-play-at-Grambling-State-180022487/.