Making Chimichangas

Now the real question: Can our defense get a stop?

Devine Ozigbo with that SEC SPEED!!!!

If this 0-6 had happened in 2015 the mood wouldn't be nearly as optimistic because Mike Riley was (and still is) a terrible, crappy, football coach who has no idea what it takes to win, let alone be a champion. His lifetime .500 +/- record demstrates his inadequacies. Here is the reality: 1. Scott Frost is a conference and national championship winning QB during his playing days here. 2. He played 7 years in the league. 3. While in the NFL he was coached and learned from: Bill Belichek, Jon Gruden, Mike Tomlin, and others. Not to memtion being coached in college by Bill Walsh and Tom Osborne. 4. Frost took over for an 0-12 team and in two years they were 13-0. Mike Riley NEVER had success even remotely close to that as a sub-par backup player or in 40 years of coaching. That is why Coach Frost is being given far greater latitude than Mike Riley--he's earned it.

Never is a bit of an over-statement don't you think? And let me ask you: From 2011 (our first season in the BIG) to this very moment--whose record would you rather have, Nebraska's or Wisconsin's? The (our) hope is that Coach Frost can take Nebraska to Urban Meyer/Ohio State and Nick Saban/Alabama's level. That is the hope for the future. But in the theoretical meantime, if I could swap Nebraska's W/L record with Wisconsin's these last 8 years...I would do it in a heartbeat as would any other Husker fan.

The bolded... The rest: Mike Riley had three seasons. In season two he managed a 9-4 mark. If he would have maintained 9-4 or even 7-5, in year three, he would have been given a 4th year. Instead he tanked to 4-8 and was canned. Bottom line: he had plenty of time and failed. No idea why you're so vigorously defending him. He is a crappy, sub-standard coach who literally doesn't care if he loses.

I say yes, simply because you don't fire a coach after one season. Mike Riley got 3 seasons to show what he could do and .500 is it.

Yeah, why would we want to be Wisconsin right now???? I mean they've only: 1. Won like 3 conference titles since we've joined the BIG. 2. Were a loss to Ohio St in the CCG away from the playoffs last year. 3. We've beaten them once since we joined the BIG and they've beaten us like a red-headed, immigrant child. Remember back in the day when Tom Osborne would win conference championships, but had trouble winning bowl games? And people said he, "Couldn't win the big one?" That's where Wisconsin is right now. So if you seriously wouldn't "trade places" with Wisconsin right now, then

It sure has. With the way the NU vs NW game played out, all Nebraska had to do was make one play on their final drive (the 99 yard one). Instead, a questionable "roughing" the passer penalty and two 4th down conversions by them--make one more fricking play on defense and we win that game. Nebraska is so close to winning, but it feels like we're a billion miles away.

We didn't let anyone "take it from us." We, for reasons unknown, (or known only to the morons who were in charge at the time) decided to "modernize" the program. It started with Steve Pederson who thought the way Devany, Osborne, and Solich did it was "outdated." We had Athletic Directors and University Administrators who didn't know a damn (bleep) about football and rather than sticking to our roots and what we knew worked, these people decided to take Nebraska a new direction. The hiring of Callahan was about as big of a middle finger to Tom Osborne as Steve Pederson could give. One disastrous coaching hire after another. Outsiders who had no understanding whatsoever of WHY Nebraska was so good for so long. In their hubris, they thought they knew better. The fallacy was, their systems were inadequate because they took away the street fighter mentality that was trademark Nebraska for so long. And when they took away that hard-nosed, physical running game style, the strength and conditioning naturally went by the wayside also. That was the genesis of Nebraska's decline. And Wisconsin and Iowa (and to a lesser degree Minnesota) took what Nebraska did so well and applied to their programs. Peoe think football games are won on the field in the fall. They're not. Football games are won during winter and summer conditioning. Football games are won in the weight room. What we see on the field is merely the by-product of all the work the players put in during winter, spring practice, and summer conditioning--that's when football games are won and lost. Coach Frost has rekindled the fire. Progress has been slow, but it is painly visible to those of us who know what we're looking for. So no, no one took Nebraska's mojo, we just lost it for a while because we had people who didn't understand that mojo or how to harness and use it. Frost does and like Austin Powers, we're about to rediscover our mojo.

This ^^^ 1,000x. It boggles my mind at how many people simply cannot grasp the situation at Nebraska and how dire it is. It is getting better and I am seeing small increments of improvement each week but we're not there yet. The point about these players playing in 3 different schemes in their time here is an excellent one. And actually, the players on defense: Redshirt seniors have played in Pelini, Banker, Diaco, and now Chinander's defense. Four different schemes in five years. True seniors have played in Banker, Diaco, and now Chinander's systems...3 different schemes in 4 years. Good gravy...no wonder our defense is so terrible right now. Great post Clyde.

Iowa isn't worth taking the time to even think about.

Ask Kanye West.

There, fixed it. And yes, yes it would.

Or...and I am just spit-balling here...maybe people realize just how terrible we are, the massive size of the rebuild, and that Coach Frost is 6 games into his first season. And maybe, giving him some time, recognizing the positives, and not over-reacting like spoiled, petulant children is the proper course of action? Ima go wit dat.

F it. I am going for an in the park home run and saying we beat everyone except Ohio State. See you all in the mental hospital.

I don't think think the unis are that bad. Actually, I think the jersey is kinda badass. As others have stated, not too enthralled with the helmet.

@Warrior10 Your post seemed like it l had a tone of oh no what are we going to do?? At least that's what I thought anyway. Apologies.

Man, I really set myself up for that, didn't I?

The sky is falling!!!!

The 2015 alternates were completely badass. I loved going black.

That seems probable.

I checked rivals.com yep, he shows as a 3*.

I didn't say I believe the conspiracy talk, but I also don't dismiss it instantly as impossible. And as far as being hysterical, have you read any of the official game threads and the utter "we suck" hysteria going on there? Read those threads and tell me there isn't hysterical over-reactions going on. It's practically in meltdown mode every week. Just saying.

It's funny...I pointed out in a thread after the NU v NW game that, overall, Nebraska's OL actually played well and got a couple "eyeroll" emoticons for it. I swear, I think there is one or two posters who eyeroll literally everything. The final series where we couldn't get a 1st down and NW used all their timeouts wasn't a great series, but that was more error on Coach Frost's part than anything. I mean Nebraska was trying to run inside zone (if I recall) with 10 or 11 personnel and NW has like 9 defenders in the box. I would have to go back and actually look at what happened though to know for sure. I don't care how good a team is, the probability of 5 OL and 1 TE blocking 8-9 defenders who are selling out to stuff the run is not that high. To the point of the OP though, Devine Ozigbo has become one of my favorite all time Huskers. He's not flashy, he doesn't showboat, he just does his best, works hard, and tries to maximize his reps. Not bad for a "2 star" recruit. Just imagine how good Ozigbo would be if he still had a couple more years to develop under this coaching staff.

Not gonna say it, but dang...I'm thinking it...