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Yeah it sucked worse than normal because we were coming off a stretch where we were 36-1 or something, and ASU had not at that point been that great. Literally the mood of the Husker fans pre-game was 'are we gonna win by 21 or 50?'. Everyone after that game was basically in shock. I remember bubble screen after bubble screen that our guys literally had no answer for and Scott Frost looking like a deer in the headlights (obviously that didn't last too long down the stretch - thankfully) but at the time I was convinced something WRONG had happened and our team had been replaced with dopplegangers or something. Who knew that Jake the Snake was a legit NFL QB threat and that ASU team had defensive backs like Pat Tillman on it? So in hindsight it doesn't look so bad but at the time it was like getting sucker punched. Of course I was younger then and stupidly had a bigger portion of my self esteem tied to the team. Older and wiser now...and of course 16 years of godawful results has helped as well :0

I agree, but that didn't make walking down the street in my Nebraska gear next to the goalpost the ASU fans had torn down any funner at the time.

This is really good stuff and to be honest I was assuming part of our problems were exactly the things he mentions (the accountability, going easy on players, etc), but it is good to hear it from someone who knows what it takes and what it should look like vs. what it is.

This is looking more and more like a probable loss....

The TO loss to ASU in 1996 - a year after what was probably the best team to ever play college football was pretty bad... speaking from someone who was unlucky enough to be there....

Yeah that's because their AD didn't stupidly hire a career .500 coach.

More like the $2.9M question.... http://www.dailynebraskan.com/sports/mike-riley-signs--year-contract-extension-will-coach-through/article_c3449f90-980f-11e7-9db8-876a66cd8dda.html

FWIW, I agree. Anything can happen and usually does That's why the games can be fun to watch even if you are pretty sure you know who is going to win... and heck, if I could predict with 100% certainty I'd be in Vegas making a killing...

You realize the chance of us winning the B1G is 0.1%.... we have to win out from here on out basically. Against tOSU and PSU and Wisky and Purdue (and then likely Michigan)... theoretically possible, but it is also theoretically possible that you will win the lottery too...

Rutgers is coming of a shellacking of Morgan State, and keeping it close with Washington, so they are feeling good about themselves. Without significant changes (which doesn't seem to be happening), I think Rutgers beats us this weekend. Not sure why everyone seems to think Rutgers is an easy (or even likely) win.

Not if the team is 4-8... at least not if the administration has half a brain cell left.

100% agree. Briles made MULTIPLE QUESTIONABLE moral decisions while at Baylor. They may have sent him a letter telling him he didn't technically do anything wrong, but anyone who has looked into this knows he is far from lily white innocent. Heck no. I'd rather have Bo back.

I'm pretty sure neither tOSU or PSU is even slightly worried at this point. Our 1/20 calculated chance of beating them is not high enough to worry about (not even if it is 2x better than that and we have a 1/10 chance of winning). Wisky might be a bit worried, but if I was them I'd just prepare for what I've seen so far from Nebraska and know that since we don't adjust until halftime (if then), you can probably keep doing whatever is working for 1/2 the game if not longer.

Your point about sample size is merited, but this is 3 games, not 1.... and while the scores were all relatively close, the other data is really, really bad. #97/130 in total defense #114/130 in passing defense (yds/gm allowed) #46/130 in rushing defense (yds/gm) - so we've got that going for us, but no one will run when the pass makes them hundreds of yards per game #60/130 in total offense #92/130 in rushing offense (yds/gm) #47/130 in passing offense (yds/gm) - and given that we are throwing 40-50+ times per game, this is not nearly as good as it looks So we can hope that this is an aberration, but the fact that this is 3 games of data points (almost 1/4 of the season) means that is looking less and less likely. But again, anything can happen, that's why they play the games, so I guess we will see.

He was definitely worth looking into in 2014.. he was Urban's OC when he won 2 NCs. Him as OC and Charlie Strong as DC.

Nice! That WOULD be fitting... but hopefully the reason for Pellini vengeance will be gone soon.

He'd be awesome but I don't see him leaving Miss St for UNL... but I could be wrong.

If Frost comes here, isn't the offense he runs a version of the spread offense? Lots of option in many spread offenses. Heck Urban Meyer had a lot of option in his spread originally. I was in Gainesville watching some of his first games with Chris Leak and he was running some option with Leak (and Leak could throw the ball like it was on a rope). I'd be good with some spread + option...

This is how Husker Football dies. Not with a scream, but with a whimper. I used to always make sure I could watch the game, was very excited for every game, got really upset when we lost, etc. Now I watch the game if I have nothing else to do but I've gotten so used to us losing that it no longer really even bothers me that much... that saddens me beyond words... but maybe that just means I have matured. But it looks like I'm not the only one.

It's worth noting that the stats say we have less of a chance to beat PSU than we do to beat tOSU.... 4% vs. PSU vs. 5% for tOSU...

At this point I wouldn't trust SE to pick the right dog sitter to hire, much less HC. Is anyone else at a different spot than this?

So, the latest power rankings now have us (best case) predicted to be 4-8 (with likely wins only over Rutgers and Illinois). And that is using the best possible methods of calculating the odds. Realistically we could be 3-9 or even worse. Best case seems to be maybe 5-7, but the team would have to get significantly better. You can play with the math but things don't look good... Oh and their estimate is a 0.1% chance of winning the division....

If Les Miles was our coach it's a virtual certainty we don't lose to NIU.... so happier for sure.

The smart thing to do is fire SE immediately. Leave MR in as coach and make it clear to SF that if he is interested at the end of the season we are interested in him. Fire MR in November when it is clear that the season is beyond salvaging. That way SF gets to finish his second season at UCF and everyone (except SE) gets to hang on to a modicum of dignity. If SF isn't interested in November then take either the best winning HC from P5 or the HC with the best trajectory coming out of the non-P5 conferences.

Turner Gill is 60–74 as a head coach. That is even worse than MR at 0.45 win/loss record (MR in college is 0.54). Frost is currently 7-7 at UCF but that team started off godawful and he is on a positive upward trend. Also he was the OC for the Ducks when they were very good and if you include their wins from 2013-2015 (which is reasonable since he was a large part of those), then his win loss % is 0.73. He is also younger and if he works out would potentially be a long term solution for the Huskers.... longer than TG anyway. Add to that that TG was 5-24 at Kansas.... So, 0.73 vs. 0.45... I know which one I choose.