Huskerchief

Guys it’s not fake lol

Mickey won’t be staying on staff, because he is going to jail for domestic violence. My connections have told me Mickey is in jail right now, story coming soon! Wow

1 minute ago, RedDenver said:

I can just as easily say spending $7.5 million to gain 3 weeks before firing a coach isn't the smart financial decision you think it is.

 

How much did the Huskers spend on NIL this last season? Was it even $7.5 million? Or how much on assistant coaches? Claiming that $7.5 million doesn't matter seems pretty unfounded.

 

I'm open to how gaining 3 weeks was worth $7.5 million. How did that help the program moving forward vs spending that money on new coaches or NIL?

Is the $7.5 million coming out of your pocket? No. Stop worrying about the money and realize that the money doesn’t matter. The money is always there. This is what needed to happen. 

I don’t understand why we spend so much time worrying about the money. Is the extra  7 mil coming out of your pocket? No. Get over the money aspect of things because this is what needed to happen and Trev got it done. I don’t understand the mentality of people wanting to save some money at the expense of continuing to drive the program into the ground. Trust me. You find the right guy and Nebraska becomes relevant again… the money comes. But once again, we are the fans and it’s not our money so stop using the firing before Oct. 1 as a way to be angry about Frost being fired, which frankly should’ve happened after we lost to Illinois last year. 

I think Trev just gave us a subliminal message about who he wants for our new head coach. “I think they’re grinders” -Trev

I learned that the O line is in fact, terrible. The only reason we started to get any push in the second half was because North Dakota was getting worn out. We won’t be so fortunate with our opponents in the B1G. I’m especially worried about our O line and their ability to cover the ends. This makes me look down the schedule and having watched Indiana’s Cam Jones play I’m now way more concerned that we lose that game at home. 
 

As for the defense, I learned that our tackling is downright pitiful (though I kinda already knew this). They stepped up in the second half, but again… we were playing a school projected to finish 7th in the Missouri Valley conference. There were so many instances where their runners were turning what should normally only be a 2-3 yard gain into 7-8 yards, and runs that normally would result in a tackle for a loss, into yards gained. This, combined with not being able to tackle in open space, is going to absolutely kill us when we get to conference play. 
 

Overall, this game solidified to me that our football program is so far off the rails from where we want to be. I really feel like this is going to be a long year for us and I would be shocked to see us make a bowl game. Scott Frost will be fired and we will have to start over once again, hopefully for the better. On the bright side, I do think we have a decent chance to beat Iowa this year. 

14 minutes ago, Nebhawk said:

I would feel better if we scheduled USC or Ohio St or Michigan the first game of the year so when we lost it at least made some sense and would be expected.  Last two seasons we have played a cellular dweller and lost.  Come on Big 10, give us Ohio St next season in Paris.!

Bro WE are the cellar dweller lol

16 hours ago, Huskerchief said:

I see most of us are drinking the kool-aid again. I don’t want to be pessimistic, but does anyone remember last year when we played against Illinois’s third string QB and a brand new head coach and lost with our fourth year starter. I think we’ll beat Northwestern, but after that happened last year and Frost being 1-3 in season openers. I wouldn’t count Northwestern out of it at all! 

This post has aged…

I see most of us are drinking the kool-aid again. I don’t want to be pessimistic, but does anyone remember last year when we played against Illinois’s third string QB and a brand new head coach and lost with our fourth year starter. I think we’ll beat Northwestern, but after that happened last year and Frost being 1-3 in season openers. I wouldn’t count Northwestern out of it at all! 

Guys, we are fine!!! Its only year three of the minimum five year rebuild! 

1 minute ago, funhusker said:

2023 will not be a harder schedule.  Assuming the staff gets some new, and hopefully better, faces it should be better than 2022.

 

NU switches Oklahoma for Colorado

And they get Mich, MSU, and Maryland as crossovers instead of Rutgers, Ind, Mich in 2022.

 

If the "new" coaches are truly upgrades, the 2023 schedule should not be considered daunting with the chance to work for another 12 months with the staff/players.

 

Of course, all of this hinges on Frost being back next year.

 

If Frost comes back, next year should be an easy litmus test if he deserves more chances.  2023, as it stands now, is not an intimidating schedule for a new coach.  It's pretty favorable in terms of B1G scheduling.

 

Hopefully the needed changes are made, OL makes some strides, and the Huskers finish with 10+ wins next year.

 

Hopefully....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crossovers with 4-5 Rutgers, 2-7 Indiana, and 8-1 Michigan is better than crossovers with a 8-1 MSU, 8-1 Mich, and 5-4 Maryland. It will be easier that Oklahoma is off the schedule, but still more difficult than the 2022 schedule. The irony of talking about this though is that if you had an elite coach and a team you could rely on, you wouldn't need to worry about what the schedule looks like, you just go and get wins. But here we are...  

Given Frost's history, im worried that if we keep him next year, he manages to squeak out and get to a bowl game due to an "easier" schedule. This allows him to come back in 2023 with a harder schedule and we see similar outcomes to this year leading to him being fired. That puts us two years behind. I think you give a new coach a shot this year and they can come into the "easier" schedule to get on the right foot and move forward with their own style/methods. 

I learned that this team has more motivation than any 3-7 team I've ever seen. Proud they haven't checked out. 

My knowledge has been reinforced that:

1. Scott Frost is not the man for Nebraska. He proves time and time again that he can be outcoached regardless of which team has momentum and no matter how many mistakes an opposing side makes.

2. I will have to continue to explain to people why being "close enough" and "almost there" is a load of crap, especially when you drop games to Illinois, Minnesota, and Purdue. 

3. There is no such thing as moral victories.

4. Frost needs to go. 

Ohio State left a lot of points off the board against Penn State. They could've easily scored over 50+ last week. I don't like being pessimistic, but Ohio State needs style points to continue to impress the CFP committee and I won't be surprised if they put up 50 or more and slaughter us. I'm getting 2017 Ohio State at Nebraska vibes  

We ask for a chance that's fair 

I posted this in another thread as well, but in my opinion this board really underestimates how hard it is to be a QB with bad line play. We have few comparisons of what Vedral and McCaffrey have done when AM is sitting out. I bet if either Vedral or McCaffery played the majority of the season they would be looking just like AM. It's almost like we forget that we have coaches that do this for a living. They see things that we dont. The issue is the O-line, and it will make a great QB look average. We have freshman on the line, a tight-end playing center, and a tackle out of position. Anyone that has played football will know how hard it is to be a QB with bad line play. Everything is more stressful, nothing coms easy, there is no rhythm, and you end up relying way to much on the playmakers. Unfortunately our average/good playmakers can't overcome this all the time. How many times this year did we actually drive the ball, a true football drive? I don't have the stats but based on what I saw, a lot of times we would score because we would rely on big plays. This is because of the play-makers. We won't be good again until we establish the O-line. Do you remember the drive Wisconsin had against us in the 3rd quarter where they marched all the way down the field with 10+ plays, 7-8 yards here and there, mostly runs, and burned clock. Thats what an o-line can give you. Given that we are Nebraska, if we can establish the O-line play, alongside our playmakers we will be really really good. Until then... any QB will struggle.

This board really underestimates how hard it is to be a QB with bad line play. We have few comparisons of what Vedral and McCaffrey have done when AM is sitting out. I bet if either Vedral or McCaffery played the majority of the season they would be looking just like AM. It's almost like we forget that we have coaches that do this for a living. They see things that we dont. The issue is the O-line, and it will make a great QB look average. We have freshman on the line, a tight-end playing center, and a tackle out of position. Anyone that has played football will know how hard it is to be a QB with bad line play. Everything is more stressful, nothing coms easy, there is no rhythm, and you end up relying way to much on the playmakers. Unfortunately our average/good playmakers can't overcome this all the time. How many times this year did we actually drive the ball, a true football drive? I don't have the stats but based on what I saw, a lot of times we would score because we would rely on big plays. This is because of the play-makers. We won't be good again until we establish the O-line. Do you remember the drive Wisconsin had against us in the 3rd quarter where they marched all the way down the field with 10+ plays, 7-8 yards here and there, mostly runs, and burned clock. Thats what an o-line can give you. Given that we are Nebraska, if we can establish the O-line play, alongside our playmakers we will be really really good. Until then... any QB will struggle. 

I’m really enjoying the adjustments from last week and this week by running the ball just outside the tackles instead of in between, it’s allowed Mills to go beast mode. 

8 minutes ago, RedSavage said:

Why can’t Nebraska have nice things besides vb?

And bowling... excuse you. 

Okay, where is he? I know he is here in PBA. Where is he? Tim miles where are you, I know you are secretly coaching.

My hope this year is we prove the BIG ten analysts wrong and finish above Rutgers. Everyone should finish above Rutgers.

I didn't know I had taken drugs this morning until I watched that video... woah.

I agree with both you, Nebfanatic and Husker in WI. I don't know, I just feel that with an ELITE coach you should see higher jumps in defensive improvement when giving up that many points given the competition we are facing. I know he has only seen 21 games and a lot of this stems from me being impatient and yelling at my TV every-time I see our guys miss tackles, over-run tackles, and miss reads. He will definitely have another year and probably a fourth given his tie with Scott, but like all of us.. I just hope we see a lot of improvement. 

4 minutes ago, Nebfanatic said:

Chinander has shaved more points off our point per game average than Venables did in his first 2 years so I don't know what point is trying to be made

Well for one the number of points overall....

I think its a little easier to lower some PPG when you are giving up 30 every-game as opposed to 10-20

3 minutes ago, Husker in WI said:

 

And Steele's defenses at Auburn have done this:

 

2016 - 17.1

2017 - 18.5

2018 - 19.2

2019 - 17.4

 

He hasn't exactly been a slouch, so you could argue given more time and Clemson's improved recruiting they would  still be fine. Chins numbers are currently going down, and I don't know who the Brent Venables would be this year. Notice the biggest improvement is in Venables' 3rd year - lets see what Chins 3rd year is like.

Yeah I agree with you. Chin would be easier to analyze but he hasn't been anywhere more than two years 

2014 Oregon- 23

2015 Oregon- 37.2

2016 UCF- 26.7

2017 UCF- 24.7

2018 NEB- 33.3 

2019 NEB- 29.1

I hope year three has a dramatic flip somehow but its just hard too see..