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1 minute ago, Decked said:

He sucks but at least he could be a TE. He is also a native son. 

I feel like the native son stuff leads to more chances than should be given, but I do agree he'd be a good utility player for the offense like in week one

10 hours ago, Hooked on Huskers said:

 

... and joined Alabama, Georgia, Clemson, OU, Ohio State (proposed changing to natural grass in 2024 or 2025 off-season), etc. plus NFL Arrowhead, Mile High, Soldiers, Lambeau Field, etc.

 

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/34892255/rams-wr-cooper-kupp-all-nfl-games-played-grass

Give it a rest. This isnt the 80s, 90s, early 2000s of field turf and grass up in the north absolutely sucks to play on

I don't have an awesome beer palate, and idk if it's been talked about on here before, but Confluence brewing is pretty great from here in Des Moines. Did a lot of electrical work for the brewery and their taproom. The owner's pretty cool too 

10 minutes ago, The Dude said:

 

They aren't playing solely against other military academies either.  They're playing D1 football teams.  Remember the talent deficiencies. 

 

They're beating D1 teams with talent deficiencies AND a terrible system.  Amazing.

 

I didn't know NDSU ran the flexbone now.  They were a pro-style smashmouth team last I watched them.

 

They're playing the D1 teams that we'd be throwing a fit over losing to. And I never said NDSU ran flexbone, I know they don't. What I'm saying is what they do at their competition level doesn't translate well unless they straight up have better athletes than the competition. They do have good athletes, which us how they pull those upsets, but they are not good enough to play a full schedule of those teams (like Frosts UCF beating Auburn). At the top level everyone is good and can beat anyone so relying on 1 way to win doesn't work (overpowering vs. outsmarting) you have to be able to adjust and be creative in how you find ways to win.

This team we had this year is a prime example of that. We always had the talent to win games and at times looked really good on offense, but when good coaches made adjustments with equal opposing talent our system held us back from making any adjustments ourselves. We looked great against teams like Buffalo, Fordham, and overpowered a really bad NW purely on talent. Against better teams that resisted, Frost would fall back on bread and butter plays and it wouldn't work. Worked at the lower because he could cheese the team speed compared to the rest of the aac but not here. Defense got worn out since it's out on the field all the time and poof -> 3-9

Just now, The Dude said:

 

If they have talent deficiencies it implies they're playing above their level.

And again they aren't playing a p5 schedule. NDSU can win games against mediocre p5 teams, but against a full slate of p5 they'd get their s#!t rocked. It's a good system AT THEIR LEVEL of competition

21 minutes ago, The Dude said:

 

If it's terrible how do they use it to overcome talent deficiencies?

 

If it was terrible, given the talent deficiencies, you'd think they'd only win a couple games a year at most.

Because they aren't playing at the top level... exactly like I said. If they played a p5 schedule they would get wrecked because of how much smaller they are. It's an offense that requires absolute discipline and no mistakes by the entire unit, perfect for military academys. As we saw at GT, if you can manage to get the horses, you can keep up and win games against less disciplined teams but it does not attract the offensive players needed for P5 and isn't a good long term option

On 11/25/2021 at 11:13 AM, nupowr said:

godam, why does Paul Johnson keep getting brought up as if his stupid option offense was even anything close to what Nebraska used to do?  It just like bringing up a damn Dodge Neon and comparing it to a Supra because they both have front bumpers.   Starting to piss me off.   Go watch an old  Husker game and please tell me if it looks anything at all like that stupid crap Johnson was running.  

Because people are lazy and don't understand that those offenses are actually built to try to overcome talent deficiencies and size differences due to military academies being naturally smaller. Run well it can be effective because of all the eyewash but it's extremely limited and can be adjusted to pretty quick. Anybody who played hs football in Iowa and played Ankeny up until their split knows it's an offense that's tricky, but once you figure out the motions and your keys it's becomes super easy to guess the desired hole. Blow the play up from the start and it's even more screwed. That's why teams that run it need a good defense too. It is not designed for scoring explosions. It's designed to maintain control of the game and make you out think yourself. It's a terrible offense for this level of football

11 hours ago, gorp512 said:

 

He couldn't snap the ball for two years

And then it was magically fixed once a real coach from outside memorial stadium was able to work with him.

4 minutes ago, Ulty said:

You know what? Meeting between the coaches and the players should be contentious at this point. You just finished the worst season in generations, and none of the players or coaches have won jack $h!t since they got to campus 4 years ago. Hell yes, they should all be pissed off at each other.

The problem is it sounds like the players leaving are the pissed off ones lol

2 minutes ago, SouthLincoln Husker said:

This is funny, as last year this board wanted to hang Chin.  Some posters will find something else to b!^@h at.

I'll admit at times this year I was bracing for 3rd and Chinander to strike even though I knew damn well the defense had been way better lol

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14 minutes ago, TGHusker said:

who said he is looking??  If he is, he's doing the smart thing.  Our ability to hang wt all of the teams this year was mostly because of his D.  He needs to strike while his image is somewhat hot.  It will suck to see what our D would look like next year wt a new DC if he leaves.  If he does leave, then there will be little chance SF will succeed next year.

 

Heard through the grape vine he's at least keeping options open. Our defense will simply not be as good next year. Losing too many important pieces. If he has a step up job offer now would be the time to take it

So how we all feeling about Chins maybe looking around?

I was irritated after going to the Illinois game, and not thrilled after going to the Oklahoma game because the same issues as the last 4 years were the reason why we lost. Since then I've been totally meh about it. Went to the Iowa Knotfest instead of watching Michigan State. Watched the rest of the games but didn't feel much after because they felt status quo. My dad didn't buy the season tickets we'd since 2001 again this year and we're glad we didn't.

Wanted Frost gone but he's back for one more year so I'm not gonna waste time fretting over what I can't control. I'll still root for this team and probably watch most of the games next year but I've got more important things to worry about in my life than Husker football

Seatgeek this morning was showing $26 pre fees

2 hours ago, gorp512 said:

 

Yes. 

 

 

"I can connect to this experience" ::pause::

 

 

He thinks he's so much smarter than he is that it's embarrassing to listen to. 

Then why do you listen to him?

6 minutes ago, Kentmick said:

I love this team. It is heartbreaking to see that it is worse than it was 4 years ago.

I wouldn't say it's worse than it was 4 years ago. That team was something else, mentally. This team at least looks like they could win games... unfortunately they play for the worst coaching staff in the country

36 minutes ago, IUHusker said:

It’s a great interview.  

Yeah it was entertaining. I was glad we fired Bo and wanted him gone (until we hired Riley) but he was fun to listen to here. My only real interaction with him was back at a high school football camp in Lincoln where I was hurt and hanging out on the sideline. He stopped by me to see what was going on. Turned out not to be a good fit here but he was cool to me personally 

2 minutes ago, Born N Bled Red said:

 

I'm not blaming anyone. Just saying it's certainly not helping. When people want to go off the deep end on a decommit of a 3 star recruit, I'm going to point out fans certainly have a role in that. You bet your but if my boys are interested in playing college sports I'm going to be on that teams message boards figuring out whats up. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? STANLEY MORGAN'S MOM WAS ON THE BOARD AND A REGULAR POSTER during his recruitment. 

 

Recruits have cited fan interactions even liscense plates seen on commitment day as to why they have or have not chosen Nebraska. The idea that fan negativity has no impact is "tiring." Honestly, recruiting is probably the one place in a college program that fans do collectively make an impact.

 

My brother shares a story about one of his friends spouting off about Riley in a Lincoln bar and how much Riley sucked, then turned around and guess what Riley was seated not far behind them hosting a huge recruiting prospect. Needless to say that prospect did not commit to Riley.

 

Firing Frost now would be like cutting off a wounded limb just as it starts to heal because it is taking too long. I'm tired of Nebraska football gimping around too, but I'm not ready to cut our legs off.

So... Mike Riley... was in a Lincoln Bar... with a high school football prospect... yeah ok

On 10/7/2021 at 3:50 PM, Lorewarn said:

Man, why hasn't the stadium been playing "Hurt" by Johnny Cash for every game I've watched over the last 5 years?

I prefer the original version of that song by NIN

Guys stop blaming Austin, the next O-line coach would be teaching the exact same scheme that frost wants, and it would go just as badly. Replacing any of the offensive assistant coaches isn't going to fix the scheme issues

2 hours ago, BoNeyard said:

Pass blocking was there most of the game. Martinez had 4-6 seconds in the pocket to make a decision. He either ended up taking a sack, or over throwing his intended target by 15 yards. 

 

The WR's have been criticized for 4 years for not being able to get open. It should be clear now that this hasn't been the fault of the WR's getting open, it's Martinez needing 10-15 seconds of a comfortable pocket to make a decision and even then it is uncertain if he can actually make the throw.

 

Wandale likely left because he was tired of burning his opponents ankles and never getting the ball and then the scrutiny falling on his positional group for not being able to get open. Due to the television broadcast, we rarely see what is happening downfield, but i have a hard time believing no wr is open after 4-6 seconds. 

Trust me, I was at the game, they were open. All the Illinois fans around me kept asking why we didn't bench martinez

8 hours ago, krc1995 said:

If Adrian hadn’t had that fumble, would the perception of his performance be different? 
 

 

No, his missed throws were fricken terrible. Being at the game those receivers he missed looked even more wide open. Same thing as the last 3 years. He's not a good quarterback.