Dansker

Nebraska football as we know it began when Bob Devaney rescued Nebraska from the "three yards and a cloud of dust" offense of Bill Jennings. Devaney's first play as coach in 1962 was a forward pass, and Memorial Stadium gave it a standing ovation. TO helped Bob Devaney win Nebraska's first two national championships by introducing MORE passing and indeed more complicated offensive sets to the previously conservative run-heavy scheme. As HC, it took Tom a full nine seasons before he settled into the power option game we remember. It took him 20 years and a perfect set of recruits on both offense and defense to create the 1990s powerhouses we remember -- and to shut up Tom's critics. Tom Osborne is on record as saying that the run-happy offense he once perfected probably wouldn't work in today's game. So there's that. It is increasingly hard to recruit top tier players for a scheme that doesn't prepare them for the NFL. Who is the dream candidate you'd choose to replace Riley? Have you vetted his run/pass ratio? If Riley is pass-happy, then so is everyone in college football. And let me get this straight: you celebrate the appearance of Andy Janovich and cheer the revival of the fullback trap, but withhold all credit for the coach who pulled it out of the mothballs and continues to run it? I've asked this on two other threads and gotten no answer: Assuming he was available (he wasn't) would you have grabbed Paul Johnson and his run-first offense for Nebraska in a heartbeat? Would it change your mind that Johnson is currently 2 - 4 at Georgia Tech, with worse losing margins than Mike Riley at Nebraska? This is a silly comparison considering the fact that Paul Johnson has a career winning record of 167-78, 4 ACC division titles, and an ACC conference championship.

Its easy to say its not all about wins and losses during a time where the team is WINNING on a consistent basis. Now that we know what losing a lot tastes like, it most definitely is about wins and losses.

Sarkisian wasn't fired for football reasons. http://espn.go.com/losangeles/college-football/story/_/id/13873288/steve-sarkisian-fired-usc-trojans-head-coach Things were already on boiling point following the loss to Washington. It was alleged that he would be fired based on record alone until the apparent alcohol problem came to light. That just gave them a better reason to fire him. What I am saying is if we Nebraska don't win another game or finish 3-9, Eichorst' hand will be forced by boosters and fans. Are we seriously going to give him a mulligan after a horrendous year? I doubt it. I hope things work out but the likelihood of that happening at this rate is not good. They would give Riley a mulligan if he made the necessary coaching changes to buy himself time. There are a lot of HCs available that could step in tomorrow in coordinator positions if we wanted to go get them... It won't happen. Riley is one of the most loyal coaches in the business. I'd be surprised if he decided to put friendships aside and his career first but I don't see that happening should Nebraska continue to decline each week.

Sarkisian wasn't fired for football reasons. http://espn.go.com/losangeles/college-football/story/_/id/13873288/steve-sarkisian-fired-usc-trojans-head-coach Things were already on boiling point following the loss to Washington. It was alleged that he would be fired based on record alone until the apparent alcohol problem came to light. That just gave them a better reason to fire him. What I am saying is if we Nebraska don't win another game or finish 3-9, Eichorst' hand will be forced by boosters and fans. Are we seriously going to give him a mulligan after a horrendous year? I doubt it. I hope things work out but the likelihood of that happening at this rate is not good.

He'd make a good OC. Better than Langsdoofus.

If we continue this trend of losing week in and week out, Eichorst will do exactly what Pat Haden did at USC.

Bump. David Shaw. Power run first/smashmouth coach with hard nose defense to boot. Perfect style for us. He is 46-13 overall at Stanford. 2011: 11-2 (8-1 conference) Fiesta Bowl 2012: 12-2 (8-1 conference champs) Rose Bowl 2013: 11-3 (7-2 conference champs) Rose Bowl 2014: 8-5 (5-4 conference 2nd place) 2015: Currently 4-1 (3-0 conference) They're about to play UCLA next Saturday. Should be a good game. He's a proven coach and coached under Harbaugh. It would take a decent amount of money to get him to leave Stanford.

Yeah, he had all the answers. Didn't he take his ball and go home? The last time the defense was consistently good was when Carl was here. But, it was a joke so yeah... you can run with it if you want?

I"m not talking about having a few good years. Utah has never been a consistent top ten team. Boston College had their day too..but they've disappeared. I"m talking about being the "Nebraska" of old...perennial powerhouse, always top ten... Utah has consistently been a better team than Nebraska for the last 15 years. They have also had 2 undefeated seasons during that span. I'm surprised Whittingham is still there. Maybe he is looking to lead a big time program like Urban Meyer when he jumped to Florida.

BS Dunno...Rumorville has something up currently, and I don't see the boosters of substance putting up with this. Frankly, changes need to be made immediately to the internal staff, and I would be fine with keeping Riley on for another year if we can jettison Langsdorf and Banker and replace them with quality coordinator hires. For example, someone mentioned Kevin Steele as DC--that's a good hire that's reasonable and he has had proven success time and again as a DC (hell, one could argue Baylor's current success was originally built on/due to the bones of Steele's efforts as HC to a degree, not unlike Stoops' success at OU on the bones of John Blake's regime). As for OC, I don't know who folks would like to see, but I would presume we'd go for a WC guy to jive with Riley's philosophy...though I would hope we would find one that puts a premium on running the ball successfully. The lack of one currently has cost us at least three games this year...four depending on how you view the Miami game. And a caveat--I want it to be clear that I'm not dogging on the kids--quite the opposite really, as I believe the kids that come to Nebraska deserve the best coaching we can get for them. If it were your son or daughter playing, you'd want them to have one of the best available, and I don't understand why fans are content with substandard coaching for the kids wiling to sign up and represent DoNU. Literally NO ONE is content with our 2-4 record. Show me people who are content with a 2-4 record. I bet you can't find them. Riley is content with it. Ever watch his post game pressers? He just said we have a "good" football team and I "like" our team. Eichorst just said he "likes where we're at." And there have been a few people on here claiming they're willing to give MR a few years. Of what? 3-9, 5-7, 6-6?

No, no. Excuse me but we need a janitor to clean house.

In this day and age, every fanbase is programmed with a "win now" mentality. Many schools have gone through different coaches. Our problem is got a little too greedy and twice fired Coaches that had winning records. Now that we have a nice losing coach, all of a sudden its acceptable and people are willing to put up with mediocrity for the next 2-3 years.

Alabama >> longer, greater tradition than NU...in SEC?Michigan >> longer, greater tradition than NU ... more access to talent .. Notre Dame >>> Notre Dame..what can you say.... Florida State >>> advantage of being in ACC (like when we used to be in the North, Big 8)...access to local talent....sunshine, beaches and bikini babes. All of these programs had ups and downs is what I am saying. Bama had them before Saban, Notre Dame went through I think 3 coaches before Brian Kelly. FSU started to skid with Bowden near the end. Michigan has gone through 2 coaches after Carr who won a natty and 5 B1G titles. It can be done. Yes, Nebraska has to recruit nationally that's one of the things that makes us unique.

No, we use a time machine to warn T.O. of the future and for him to groom Scott Frost to change everything!

Or we can go to the MAC. We seem to dominate that conference.

I keep saying Sparty is overrated. Indeed, they are. They've had this coming for weeks but... I'd trade positions with them at the snap of a finger. And Connor Cook is going to have a career day against our pathetic pass defense.

Yes we can. See Alabama, Michigan, Notre Dame, Florida State.

I think that the future is bright, but this just isn't the year. Doesn't seem to be enough depth yet and while there was definite improvement all around, the players are still learning the system. I don't think we should completely count out a bowl game this year, it just doesn't seem likely from what we've seen at this point through 6 games. Are. You. Serious. Minnesota and Purdue are the only 2 games I can see us winning but in a toss up. No way we go into Rutgers and beat them in that environment. Get ready for 3-9 or 4-8.

The problem was we stopped putting the ball in our playmakers' hands. Westerkamp and DPE disappeared. And we have no run game. We also have a poor undersized offensive line.

Fyfe is probably as close as you get. He throws a nice ball. I remember last year a couple times he got action, the offense seemed to click. Listen, if your QB consistently fails or throws a bad ball eventually guys stop blocking, route running, and get lazy. Essentially they'll give up on the QB. More often than not, I have seen this on occasion this year so far.

We need Carlfense.

There is a lot of work left to be done. He's working hard to get us to 128th place.

TA is not a QB. He's an athlete under center. His mechanics are very poor and so is his decision making. This is a known fact and every single game the commentators talk about his mechanics. I really see nothing to lose by letting the no. 2 QB play. Starters lose their jobs all the time on both sides of the ball. QB should be no different.

Actually it's more realistic than you think. People close to him have said he is ready now more than ever to get back to coaching but the right opportunity has to come. How many storied programs like Nebraska are there? Nebraska can afford a big splash hire.

Beat #1 USC. Wow was that when Oregon State won the Pac-10? And that happened nearly a decade ago before he became a washout. They won a few division titles and beat Oregon a lot too. Hey you asked me to do something that stands out on his resume. You can't move the goalposts because it's convenient. It doesn't stand out to me because he's a .500 career coach and that's a fact. So what... we upset top ranked Sparty but finish 3-9 and that's a good year for you?