White Flash

just saying smothers probably doesn't turn the ball over the way sims does. the athletic edge that sims has is completely negated by the number t/os. smother isn't chopped liver as an athlete and just using him as an example. agree that keeping thompson would've been the right move. we coulda won 8 game this year with thompson. we've played undisciplined football for quite some time. i will say hats off to the blackshirts. if we don't turn the ball over so much against colorado, the blackshirts don't get worn out in the second half.

i'll hope that sims can cut down the t/os or we find a guy because it's what we have right now. that said, this year doesn't look good and i have to agree that we start over on offense next year. i hope i'm wrong and things get turned around, but if i had to put money on it i agree with you.

rhule dropped the ball by bringing sims in to begin with. there were better options available. also pissed that we didn't just keep logan smothers and casey thompson. we would be 1-1 or 2-0 with smothers at qb right now. he can run too, is a better passer than sims and wouldn't turn the ball over once every quarter and a half. w/o the turnovers we would've been leading colorado in the third quarter and would've beaten minn. also not a fan of his choice for oc. sims can develop into a solid qb if we're only going to throw 15 or so times a game because i believe at some point he can play smarter football, but he'll never have a high ceiling because he isn't naturally accurate and can't see the field. we can't recruit well enough to ever become anything more than a perennial 6-9 win team with that style of football in this day and age. at the moment i would love for that to happen, but we have no potential to be a contender if we're trying to run a power running game without being able to recruit the personnel required to be dominate with that style. need to take a page out of chris petersen's book and have a really good roster every 3 or so years. solid and competitive for a couple years then have a veteran squad with depth and a polished qb every 3 or 4 years. i know it's the age of the portal, but that's where sims came from. even if sims never turned the ball over it takes the top off of our potential as a team. maybe rhule believes that sims can get us 6-8 wins a year for couple years while he builds a roster and finds a qb. that's my hope.

if we can break even in the t/o battle, we'll win this game. should be able to run the ball at will, keep that offense off the field. also a good day for our pass rush to shine. GO BIG RED!

lebby would be a great hire. need someone with accuracy at qb and we'll have to teach the wrs to read a defense.

lsu has actually regressed from last year on offense. i'm not saying that's all on peetz, but he hasn't done anything to make me want him as an oc. qb coach maybe. i'd take joseph for wr coach in a heartbeat.

i wish i could give this more than just +1. will easily be the second most important hire.

helfrich is probably our best realistic option. dude loves to run the ball. he lit it up his four years as a hc at oregon(frost as oc for the first 3 years), but defense suffered under his watch. if he recruited better on defense he'd still be there. no one has done well with colorado or the chicago bears in recent memory. not saying he's a must get oc, but we could do a lot worse.

speedy recovery and good luck on sundays mr. domann.

we would've screwed that up the same way. if we could execute consistently it wouldn't matter what type of offense we have. be it coaching/development, talent or both. doesn't matter right now. we don't execute. we have a dysfunctional passing attack and it would be dysfunctional in any scheme. we're bad at pass blocking, passing and running routes. top to bottom.

i think the scheme we run now is fine. we need MUCH better execution. we don't have any consistent accuracy at qb and our wrs can't read a defense. that's a huge problem, especially going into year 5.

the portal is definitely our friend at the moment.

same here, just wouldn't be shocked if we won 8+ games. happy, yes. suprised, no.

i would be a good turnaround. i'm not putting money on it, but it wouldn't suprise me either.

sad thing is, if frost wins 8+ games next year it wouldn't be a miracle.

that's my take. frost has dropped the ball this year, but the team is playing better. one thing people maybe won't accept is that most other coaches will bounce to greener pastures if they start having success in lincoln. frost will stay. it's a top 20 job because of the pay, but it will always be an uphill climb to compete at the highest level.

definitely seems that way. lol.

Frost should do everything he can to win the special teams battle. we aren't trotting out a buncha 1st round draft picks with a roster full of blue chip recruits. i'll say it LOOKS like we need a dedicated st coach.

agree. a team in Nebraska's situation, wanting to compete with the big boys, should do everything they can to win the special teams and t/o battles every game.

tru dat.

you need big, strong guys on the oline. getting guys who are good, tough football players that have the frame to add enough weight will make better olineman 2 or 3 years down the road vs big guys with marginal ability. people generally get a lot stronger from 18 - 22/23. a LOT.

w/e. for gtech he did outstanding.

paul johnson did a great job at gtech.

i agree. having someone stay in lincoln after becoming successful is also something to consider. i think that has as much to do with giving frost a second chance as anything else.

purdy from fsu is in the portal. 4 years of eligibility remaining.