Mad Dog

Ha ha! Last week when Langsdorf tried to be creative with a QB bootleg which went awry Husker fans almost strung him up at the nearest cottonwood. This week he calls three established running plays and Husker fans are again eyeing that cottonwood. It's so freaking stupid it makes me want to literally smack the dumb f'ers that do this. These coaches have no chance of pleasing these people, not a chance. It's not anything to do with what happens on the field. They've got their mind made up already, they probably already had their minds made up in December when their beloved BoBo got canned and they pledged allegiance that they would hate whoever replaced him, as a display of respect and jock-riding love for their beloved nostril flaring jackass. A lot of peoples' opinions on play calling has to do with the results. At Illinois, if Tommy leads Ozigbo on that pass and he makes the first down off of it, people would have been praising the guts of Riley and Langsdorf. Against Wisconsin, if the blocking were more favorable and Cross/Jano punch the ball for a first down, everyone would have praised them then as well. It all depends on results, and when the results aren't favorable, all the armchair coaches emerge with the "If I was coach, we'd have..." garbage.

Some might call this "Broken Spirit Week"...at least here in Nebraska.

Translation: Your constant bitching is frustrating people. Wow. You guys are good. My guess wasn't even close! Take your medication

Agreed...Mediocrity is our new reality - embrace it.

Either that, or we're one reliable Head Coach away from being 6-0...hmm...maybe the university shouldn't have fired Pelini?

Utah has been a power for quite a while depending on how one views things. They have been good for a couple of decades. In 08', they were the only team to go undefeated that year and probably should have at least had a share of the NC. They've benefitted from some pretty darn good coaching. Baylor and TCU are located in the state of Texas. With football recruits galore, it's actually quite amazing they weren't good a long time ago. All I can say about Michigan State is they have one heck of a football coach. It's the only explanation I have for them. Of the four you mention, I'd bet that Utah and Michigan State over the past five years haven't ranked very high in terms of recruiting. This kind of negates your recruiting statement. The average rating per rivals over the past five years has Nebraska@24, Utah@43.4, and Michigan State@31.2. They aren't exactly getting elite talent either. They just have great coaches. I'm not sure Nebraska was even a very desirable job 20 years ago. When TO retired, the search was basically Frank Solich or Bob Stoops. Nothing against Stoops, but he wasn't some proven head coach with an outstanding resume then. Rather, his resume looked pretty comparable to Bo Pelini's who most on here from time to time have said was in way over his head. TO pulled rank and got Frank the job. We didn't exactly have top candidates banging down the door then. The same limitations we're faced with today are the same they were back then. Even if we offer the largest salary in college football, we're not going to retain a coach. If a coach is worth giving this large sum of money, he'll bolt for the first job at a more desirable place offering similar money. We literally will become nothing more than a coaching carousel if we start paying coaches record breaking salaries. I just have to disagree with much of this really. Nebraska was in fact THE job or certainly one of the top 3 or 4 jobs in the country in 1997. This can't be debated. When TO retired, there was NO search whatsoever. Tom announced his retirement and the hire of Frank in the same 30 minute press conference! Today, the Nebraska job is one of the twenty best in the country although it is also one of the toughest in the country. It will be that way for the foreseeable, UNLESS we as fans are willing to come to accept mediocre and or losing seasons on a regular basis. Top 20? No. Top 40? Yes, with potential to someday move back into the Top 20. Due to parity, location, growth in smaller programs, and mass-media, we will quite possibly never see the Top 10 again (regardless of our Win / Loss record).

I see this Minnesota game being the catalyst that sends TA to the bench for the rest of the season. I predict 3-4 INT's this game, and maybe a fumble from TA - the Gophers have a much stouter D than many realize. Blowout loss: Minnesota 38 Nebraska 6

Personally, I no longer believe the money is there...not for a big-name coach anyway. It is not always about money. These guys wives have more money than they can spend anyway. If it was only about money Nick Sabin would be coaching at Texas right now and Les Miles would have taken the job at Michigan, the school he played football at, before Brady Hoke got the job. Do you really think that if Urban Meyer had his choice between OSU and Nebraska and NU offered him 2 million more he would jump at it and come to Nebraska? I agree, money isn't the only factor, but it is a big factor. Would Meyer have come to NU if we would have offered $2 million more that OSU? I don't know - and we didn't try...I wish we would have (if we could afford that kind of salary).

Not only that but it uses being in the SEC as a trump card. Like Florida trumps FSU in terms of desireability because SEC. I agree (conference affiliation makes a difference).

A shiny turd is still a turd.

Personally, I no longer believe the money is there...not for a big-name coach anyway.

Our football team would likely lose to all three of those schools you mentioned, and academically, all three of those schools are a tier ABOVE Nebraska...just a dose of reality for ya' although I'm sure you'll ignore it.

Several previous commits are rumored to be close to flipping...this is mainstream news now, buddy!

Radio

Please lock and delete this thread. We've seen this crap in at least 10 other threads over the past week.

Great presser...and BTW, that coach in the Vid? He's a Leader...things will turn around, just wait and see.

The university signed a contract with him and should see the contract through, regardless of our W/L record. Look at Kirk Ferenz at Iowa (he had a few bad to average seasons and now they're undefeated and ranked #17)