Gorillahawk

10 hours ago, admo said:

This is so sad and sudden.  I am glad he decided to bring it up after trying to keep it quiet.

 

I will pray for him and wish him the best.  PanCan is so aggressive.  6 months tops, but typically 3-6 months to live after diagnosis.  At least from what I have always known.  And that time goes quickly and it's no picnic at the same time.  

One of my best friends and my biggest mentor in coaching passed in Oct. 22 from PanCan. He was a rarity and lived for a little over 2 years after diagnosis. They said it is treatable if it is caught early, the problem is that typically once you start having issues that cause Drs to look for it, it is typically too late. It is a terrible way to go, and is extremely hard to watch. He and his family can definitely use all the prayers and support Husker fans can give. 

20 hours ago, Touchdown Tommie said:

i predict that if young QBs look good during spring game, people will start to amp up the expectations for the season.

 

I honestly won't be surprised if the young QBs struggle against the defense in the spring game. Based on last year, the defense is light years ahead of the offense, and returns a lot of production. This offense might as well be in year one again because it won't look anything like it did when HH was QB1. I think the young guys will flash some real potential but overall have an underwhelming performance, which will send the fanbase into a spiral. I expect the offense to look more like a well oiled machine week 1 then it will in the spring game.

Just now, soup said:

Agreed. Carter left to go to that Liberal bastion of Ohio. And Albert’s left for the liberal bastion of Texas. 
 

just stop with that crap. 
 

The length of time to find a President doesn’t seem out of line either. 
 

it is starting to appear that Trev didn’t like who they wanted to hire and left. 

Someone posted earlier and it seems like it was pretty accurate. "People don't quit jobs, they quit bosses"

Frank Solich! Former Husker great, check. Understands the pressure of being the head coach, check. Understands the repercussions of making rash decisions, check. Officially end all chances the curse still exists, check! 

I'd love to get this kid and keep the recent run of highly touted TE recruits going, but I just have a feeling he wont be a Husker

12 minutes ago, Gage County said:

I wonder what the buy out is on the 8 year contract he signed in Nov is.

Somewhere in the neighborhood of 4.12 million according to footballscoop.com

35 minutes ago, skers83 said:

I don't recognize these guys. Were they somehow associated with the program between 2004-2007 and  2015-2017 when Nebraska decided to suspend the program for short periods of time?  

18 hours ago, TGHusker said:

  This What If is a tough one:  What if.... Frank had beaten Texas  in 1999 (lost fumble crossing goal line on what would have been the winning TD) and won the NC, would that have prevented his firing 4 years later?

 

I think it would be pretty difficult for Peterson to have fired Frank in 2003 if he had one the NC in 1999.  If we had not fumbled against Texas, I think we beat either VT or FSU in the NC game.  Perhaps that also elevates Frank's image nationally and we get better recruits and we never experience that 7-7 year in 2002.  And maybe we don't get blown out by Colorado in 2001.   Regardless, Peterson was wrong to have fired Frank when he had a 9-3 team.  Maybe Frank doesn't win another NC but he is able to maintain the program for 8-12 more years and sets up Bo to take over the program without the BC stain on it. 

I don't think Bo would have taken over the program if the bolded happened. I think it really turned away quality coaches when the university showed they weren't willing to be patient or reasonable if a coach had a couple of rough seasons. Who the hell wants to coach for a university that fires a coach after a 9 win season? 

12 hours ago, admo said:

Yeah I think so too.  I heard he's got some baggage dealing with player attitudes that rub players off the wrong way.  And if true, I think it's probably because he old school and wants things to go a certain way only (see Belichick, etc).  I agree this could be a door open for HC opportunity in college football.  Will it work?  Maybe?  Maybe not after a few years.  Who knows.  I just don't agree that he was as smart as advertised with the KC Chiefs.  I mean, he wasn't a hot commodity at Carolina Panthers or a different s#!tty NFL team that suddenly got better.  He had success at KC.  That doesn't give an assistant coach the automatic right to be a head coach anyway or everywhere.  So that's my opinion on that.  

It'll definitely be an interesting situation to watch. There has to be a legit reason why he struggled to get hired as a HC anywhere in the NFL, and ended up as an one year OC for the commanders. Some of the reason was because everyone believes Reid actually calls the offense, but there has to be more to it than that.

12 hours ago, TGHusker said:

Hey Dan,

Meet Scott Frost - he would like to have a word with you.

 

Oregon doesn't know the buzzsaw they are about to jump into. 

I think you’re spot on. The difference between the BIG and PAC 12 is that every conference team you play has the talent to beat you. It’s a lot harder grind then what they’re used to

With the talent Notre Dame brings in year after year it's crazy that they haven't won a natty in 36 years. They honestly don't have the excuse of "it's hard to recruit to Notre Dame". Honestly Nebraska is the only team on that list that can say it's somewhat difficult to recruit kids to come play there

17 minutes ago, teachercd said:

I agree BUT AD's always talk about that "list" they have of coaches.

 

Also, if Saban gave zero heads up to his AD, he is a d!(k.  

I have a hard time believing that Saban did not at least tell the AD that he was strongly considering retirement earlier in the year. I'm sure that the AD has a list of people but as we Nebraska fans know, it's not as easy to fill the job after an unbelievable run of success. Nobody wants to be remembered as the guy who killed the dynasty so to speak

I'll do it for two years at 1/10th Saban's salary. If they need that sacrificial lamb so to speak so nobody has to replace the legend, then I'll step up!

1 minute ago, MyBloodIsRed16 said:

what are we up to like 50 guys coming in next year? 

It'll be really interesting to see how many guys on the roster next year are on NIL scholarships vs. athletic scholarships. With as many guys that are coming in, you'd have to think several guys are going to get pushed out. 

This staff is freaking killing it!

I'm all for staff continuity I just fear that Satt will be the weakest link in this coaching staff. I don't think this year was all his fault. You can put lipstick on a pig and it's still a pig. This years offense was going to struggle no matter who was calling the plays. But his offenses at South Carolina were decent and did show some improvement from year 1 to year 2 but they lacked much consistency. He'd call an unbelievable game (like when they beat Clemson or Tennessee) and then an absolute stinker (like against Florida or Mizzou). I hope I'm wrong, but I never really like the hire and idk if he was really the best option then, or is the best guy for the job now. But I am going to trust Rhule because he has forgot more about football then pretty much any of us here know

9 hours ago, Mavric said:

 

Maybe Deion will come in and turnover the roster like it desperately needs. I mean they haven't won the NC in a few years! #wecomin 

3 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said:

 

Time to go shopping! 

IF he is brought on as QB coach or Co-OC then the writing is pretty much on the wall for Satt. If the offense doesnt make an obvious large improvement then we will already have the guy on staff who can take over and is proven to be an offensive stud. Also it may have something to do with contract buyouts and other things that we typically arent in the know about. I'd say that Rhule has a plan, and hopefully that plan is to kick Satterfield to the curb. 

How long does someone have to have been out to be eligible? It seems like Larry Fitzgerald and Randy Moss have been out a long time to just now be getting in

8 minutes ago, Moiraine said:

What if climate change gets so bad by 2300 that the only states not underwater are Colorado, Wyoming, North Dakota, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska?

A guy can sure hope!

41 minutes ago, gossamorharpy said:

Did anyone else have nightmares of Texas getting :01 back yesterday for another attempt?  If you look at the replay, pretty sure a ball dude literally caught the ball and had he not that clock was at :00.  Thank you football gods for not handing those texa$$hats another gift.

Yea that guy definitely caught the ball and gave Texas another shot with 01 seconds left. I sat there and thought there is no way this f'ing program gets another BS win because time was put back on the clock

3 minutes ago, brophog said:

 

Bad QB play AND turnovers.

 

Iowa had arguably an even worse passing game than we did. While their turnover numbers weren't good, they were still over a whole giveaway less per game than ours.

Great point. I didn’t think to add turnovers but they typically go with bad QB play, again except for Iowa 

39 minutes ago, MyBloodIsRed16 said:

Go back and watch the games.  The QBs had more time than Casey did last year.  The problem is they couldn't pull the trigger when they were supposed to and took sacks.  Even when they had time they missed by a mile.  I have a feeling the line is going to look much better with a Qb who can throw 

Youre spot on! Having a good QB is unbelievably important because it’s impossible to have a complete offense without good qb play. It makes the running game more effective and makes the OL look better because they don’t have to block as long or against as much pressure. As we seen this year, bad QB play is almost impossible to overcome. Iowa somehow is the exception to the rule 

8 minutes ago, GlobalHusker said:

I keep clicking on different sites every hour to see if there are any official signing updates. lol I wonder if he’s waiting to tell Kirby in person? Like to pay him some respect??  

I’d venture to say that after Georgia’s home visit last week, they’ve been told what he’s going to do, or at least have a really good idea of what he’s going to do