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Jesus Christ

1. Bringing this team back from the dead would add to his impressive list of miracles.

2. The depictions of his abs are evidence of his strength training knowledge.

3. Fans are already used to yelling his name during games at this point.

St. George says it best

Loom

 

 

 

 

 

That could be true if you truly believe Coach Pelini was fired for failure to win games. I don't believe it had a lot to do with it. Some still forget that at Nebraska it is more than just wins and losses, or at least that is what we have stated for years.

you can't say statistics played a part in firing someone and then have their replacement do no better.

Yes you can.

 

Let's say Riley has an identical record to Pelini after his 7th year here and everything else with the games won and lost is identical (cept he needs more 10 win seasons to make up for his record last year).

 

In that case, Riley should get more time than Pelini had, because Riley doesn't have the other negatives that Pelini had.

 

Record being a factor doesn't mean having the same record gets him fired, because there are other factors that put Riley above Pelini. Where record being a factor matters is if Riley's is more than marginally worse than Pelini's. Then the W-L record would outweigh the positives with Riley.

 

there is the other thing, like let's not make the same mistake twice and wait another 7 long miserable yrs if that is the way it is going.

 

If Mike Riley somehow wins 9/10 games every year, and doesn't ever have any "Pelini" moments, he'll be here as long as he wants and I'll be happy with that.

 

Mike Riley will probably never have any "Pelini" moments so for him to be relieved of his coaching duties, it will be about the W/L record.

 

well that explains alot! You do remember this all started long ago about getting back to championships right?

 

"I will not let Nebraska gravitate into mediocrity," - Steve Pederson after firing head coach Frank Solich in 2003

 

We'll put this in the Siggestion Box.

How about changing the box to the "Suggestion Box"?

 

That's a good siggestion

 

We "learned" it is physically possible to run the ball two/three times in a row and move the chains.

Oh wait, most of us knew that.

Hopefully Langsdorf and Riley were paying attention though. This one could pay off huge if it sinks in with them.

 

D@mn straight we saw a running game last night!!

 

I slept through the game this last week.

Looks like you slept through maybe more than just last weeks game. Looks like you might have missed entire seasons, possibly part of junior high school too.

 

Yeah we are supposed to listen to someone who starts out with "I slept through the game this last week".

 

 

 

Much of the toxicity is caused by Riley's poor coaching. He's already had too much time to screw things up. He's clearly in over his head and has no idea how to fix anything.

 

I wouldn't say that much of the toxicity is caused by poor coaching, and I do think we're underestimating the effect of the "attitude problem" that exists in this program and on this team. But that doesn't absolve Riley of any blame because I'm willing to bet there would be less of this stuff going on if the Huskers were 6-3 instead of 3-6 (ouch).

 

Basically, he's inherited a problem and hasn't done much to fix it. But to say the toxicity is caused by Riley is a bit of a stretch; the toxicity existed long before Riley's name came up for the Nebraska job.

 

Most of the players had bought in early. Through spring ball, we heard lots of good reports.

 

But how do you expect players to stay motivated when their coach repeatedly makes bonehead moves, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory? How do you expect 2nd string OL to feel when they have no chance of seeing the field? How do you think excellent running backs feel when they have no chance of running the ball due to their pass blocking abilities? How do you think any defensive players feel when they're stuck with Banker?

 

How do you think they feel when they know they would likely be 9-0 if Pelini was still here?

 

I don't think the record would be much, if any, better if Bo were still here. I am tired of hearing about him. He did his damage throughout the years. He is history. It's over and done. bo is NO MORE.

I personally feel like he and his 'contribution' needs to be forgotten and disregarded. We know he did some positive things but he did many negative things which for most fans and the University administration outweighed them. Move on from the Bo stuff. It is past and done. There is nothing positive left. Just damage repair and moving forward.

 

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it"

Callahan 2.0 - he's a nice guy

With as many bowl games as there are I thought it was pretty reasonable a bowl appearance would be attainable. That's the minimum criteria to give them the benefit of the doubt in my mind.

With our schedule it's tragic to see that we won't be playing in a bowl for the first time since Callahan.

 

 

7. Every single loss has been due to player execution and the defense being unable to stop the winning score. This is not debatable because there is no possible way I can defend my point of view. All the play calls were the right calls. They have to execute the call. Ifs and buts candy and nuts.

 

 

Fixed that for ya

 

Holy crap, that's the best joke I've heard all day.

 

There are actually people that are so uneducated and clueless that they actually believe Bo Pelini is a better coach than Mike Riley. That one has me rolling pretty good. Thanks for that.

 

I wonder what it would be like to be so simple minded that you'd believe that just because one coach won 9 games and one coach has 3 wins, that that automatically means the 9 win coach is the better football coach. Oh, the bliss that comes with absolute ignorance. I wish I could step back in time to a place where I was once immature and didn' t have to use my brain.

It'd be a small step for some.

 

Oh, and while you're back there, go ahead check out past records.

And maybe learn gazintas using 3 and 9.

 

That step has already been taken.

 

 

 

 

 

Almost losing to South Dakota State one year, Wyoming another year, and McNeese State last year. You cannot possibly tell me that those are more talented teams than Nebraska.

 

 

 

In case you missed it, Riley actually did lose to Illinois.

 

Illinois.

 

 

Who's to say that Pelini wouldn't have?

 

Harold the old man that hangs out over by Joe's crab shack told me he traveled to our Earth from a dimension where Pelini was still head coach and he said we didn't lose to Illinois. He also said before he got to this dimension he stopped off at a world where chickens evolved as the dominant species. They played football still and Nebraska's chicken team did not lose to Illinois.

 

 

Pelini's firing was far overdue, and it wasn't *just* about on field performance.

 

If Riley turns this program into a Top 15 team in year 2 or year 3, nobody remembers this year. Similarly, if he had somehow escaped all those close games to turn in a 10-win year 1, and craps the bed in year 3, nobody will care.

 

Programs take some time to be defined under a coach. Once that time is given, they have to produce fairly consistently, on and off the field.

If "ifs" and "buts" were candy and nuts, we'd all have a merry xmas.

 

Here's one that's a lot more believable: If Pelini were still here we would be 7-0. The only thing that kept games close this year was our players. The poor coaching decisions are so obvious you have to be blind to not see them.

 

Riley won't be turning any team into a top 15 team. I'm sorry. He and his staff are simply in over their heads. They are sub-mediocre coaches. There is no switch that can be flipped to suddenly make them understand how to properly coach football.

 

 

Bo lost his first game to Northwestern, too. Bo also lost to Wisconsin by about 120 points (including one to a 7 and god damn 6 Wisconsin team).

 

Bo would most certainly not be 7-0 if he were here. Probably better than 3-5, but definitely not 7-0. Also, if Bo were still here we'd be running the same system and there'd be less of these "growing pains".

 

But seriously, why the f#*k do we give a single sh#t about Pelini?

 

"Growing pains" is a nice way to say sucking @$$

5 losses by 13 points. all in the last few seconds/minutes of the game.

 

We have yet to be dominated in a game like we were in several losses while Pelini was at NU. This is a young team that will benefit from these close games and will have a lot of experience and hunger in the future.

We have yet to play an opponent of the caliber that dominated Pelini.

 

Pap never gets old in that gif.

 

One of the few times Papuchis doesn't look like he's lost.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We all knew it would take time for the team to gel, and yesterday they did. They won on the road as an underdog, against a team that had beaten NU 2 straight years. Two years ago we were embarrassed and resoundingly beaten, by a team coached by an asst. coach that had no coaching experience. Not yesterday by seasoned coach that everyone respects.

Yesterday, we witnessed a coaching staff that put together a great gameplan and a team that finally bought in. Maybe part of it was the speech that Lewis gave the team earlier this week. (If so, it proves that Riley handled the matter with him correctly) But the team and coaching staff played to win and put a team away yesterday. They did everything we thought they could do coming into the season. They got everything out of the talent that they had. Its on to bigger and better things.

Lets look at what they did.

 

Put together a great gameplan - A+

Playcalling - A+

Game management - A

Special Teams - B

D-line - A+

Linebackers - A

D-backs - B-

O-line - B+

Qb - A-

Receiver's - A

 

So, if not a contract extension, then maybe a raise! Hip Hip Hooray!

 

Do you smoke crack?

 

The real question is "do BUGS smoke crack"???????????

 

I think ndobney asked a legitimate question that you are avoiding answering. I, for one, would like to know the answer. And please, for the sake of everyone here on the board, make your answer a genuine yes or no so we don't have to repeat the question.

 

Do you smoke Crack????? you should answer that! Another good question would be, "Why are you a BUG"???

 

Mike Riley is that you? I thought you were never going to figure out how to use that internets thing.

 

can I do that internet thingy on my flip phone??

 

 

That looks nothing like my Nokia flip phone.... How does it work?

 

I thought you had more resources than you did at Oregon - why are you still on a flip phone?

 

 

 

 

 

 

We all knew it would take time for the team to gel, and yesterday they did. They won on the road as an underdog, against a team that had beaten NU 2 straight years. Two years ago we were embarrassed and resoundingly beaten, by a team coached by an asst. coach that had no coaching experience. Not yesterday by seasoned coach that everyone respects.

Yesterday, we witnessed a coaching staff that put together a great gameplan and a team that finally bought in. Maybe part of it was the speech that Lewis gave the team earlier this week. (If so, it proves that Riley handled the matter with him correctly) But the team and coaching staff played to win and put a team away yesterday. They did everything we thought they could do coming into the season. They got everything out of the talent that they had. Its on to bigger and better things.

Lets look at what they did.

 

Put together a great gameplan - A+

Playcalling - A+

Game management - A

Special Teams - B

D-line - A+

Linebackers - A

D-backs - B-

O-line - B+

Qb - A-

Receiver's - A

 

So, if not a contract extension, then maybe a raise! Hip Hip Hooray!

 

Do you smoke crack?

 

The real question is "do BUGS smoke crack"???????????

 

I think ndobney asked a legitimate question that you are avoiding answering. I, for one, would like to know the answer. And please, for the sake of everyone here on the board, make your answer a genuine yes or no so we don't have to repeat the question.

 

Do you smoke Crack????? you should answer that! Another good question would be, "Why are you a BUG"???

 

Mike Riley is that you? I thought you were never going to figure out how to use that internets thing.

 

can I do that internet thingy on my flip phone??

 

 

 

 

 

We all knew it would take time for the team to gel, and yesterday they did. They won on the road as an underdog, against a team that had beaten NU 2 straight years. Two years ago we were embarrassed and resoundingly beaten, by a team coached by an asst. coach that had no coaching experience. Not yesterday by seasoned coach that everyone respects.

Yesterday, we witnessed a coaching staff that put together a great gameplan and a team that finally bought in. Maybe part of it was the speech that Lewis gave the team earlier this week. (If so, it proves that Riley handled the matter with him correctly) But the team and coaching staff played to win and put a team away yesterday. They did everything we thought they could do coming into the season. They got everything out of the talent that they had. Its on to bigger and better things.

Lets look at what they did.

 

Put together a great gameplan - A+

Playcalling - A+

Game management - A

Special Teams - B

D-line - A+

Linebackers - A

D-backs - B-

O-line - B+

Qb - A-

Receiver's - A

 

So, if not a contract extension, then maybe a raise! Hip Hip Hooray!

 

Do you smoke crack?

 

The real question is "do BUGS smoke crack"???????????

 

I think ndobney asked a legitimate question that you are avoiding answering. I, for one, would like to know the answer. And please, for the sake of everyone here on the board, make your answer a genuine yes or no so we don't have to repeat the question.

 

Do you smoke Crack????? you should answer that! Another good question would be, "Why are you a BUG"???

 

Mike Riley is that you? I thought you were never going to figure out how to use that internets thing.

It wouldnt surprise me at all if they didn't win another game. Not trying to be a downer but just about everything is going wrong right now.

I hope this is a defense mechanism to protect from further disappointment. They should win 2 more games at least.

And to think our tax dollars are going towards the NSA monitoring posts such as this

Simply put, Riley was hired because he was the exact opposite of Bo. He was experienced, older, well-spoken, and a NICE guy. He also wouldn't require a large paycheck, which had to help.

This is the only explanation that makes sense to me

 

Can I have more choices?

No, it would cloud the results of my experiment :-)

 

My recent investment in the pitchfork emporium is taking off

How does everyone feel if we somehow beat Wiscy?? Very unlikely but does it give us a glimpse of hope..? The fire MR notion needs to go, we got him for at least one more year so stfu already

The rules of why people get to chose when someone else is allowed to have an opinion are always confusing.

Wisconsin is one game. So was Illinois. A season is a string of games which right now is unimpressive.