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20 minutes ago, chamrocck said:

Slovis is a real QB, highly accurate, good mechanics, gets ball out quickly, will get drafted. I have seen him a lot. He is not a runner and would be different direction for us. But he can get dudes the ball. I would go for this.

I don’t know much about Slovis but he doesn’t have to be super fleet of foot. If he is just somewhat of a threat to run the ball it would help get the wideouts and tight ends open in space

6 minutes ago, M.A. said:

I'm leaning toward Decision making under pressure, Passing accuracy. Those two a good place to start anyway. 

I might sound crazy but Smothers might have these qualities. He doesn’t have a huge arm but he was efficient in short throws and played pretty well in his first ever start against a ranked Iowa team. Not saying we couldn’t upgrade but he might surprise everyone 

11 minutes ago, runningblind said:

Iowa doesn't use a dedicated coordinator, every coach has some ST responsibility including Ferentz.

This is the approach Frost should take. Emphasis on should

4 minutes ago, HuskerNation1 said:

You all know I love looking at Flight Tracker.  I see a new flight is arriving from a small airport near Fayetteville, Arkansas.  Perhaps we can get Kendal Briles?

 

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airports/lnk

 

https://www.arkansasrazorbackfootballcamps.com/coaching-staff.cfm

 

 

 

Briles would be awesome, but idk why he'd leave a program trending up to come to Nebraska unless the amount of money is way too much to turn down

I think that Riley will have the best long term success because the Pac 12 is weak.

 Venables is the best fit and I almost put him having the best long term success. I don't think he'll have trouble getting top tier recruits, he will greatly improve their defense and if he can keep their offense humming at a decent pace, then he will be very competitive in the SEC. 

I think Napier will bust at Florida. I was torn between him and Kelly, but I think Kelly will be decently successful just not up to LSU's crazy standard. Napier will be ousted in 2 years.

13 minutes ago, The Scarlet Pimpernel said:

 

The only thing that would motivate Korn is the huge pay increase, but even that might not be enough.

Proving his system can work in a P5 conference and a large bag of money might be enough 

I haven’t seen the name Justin Fuente thrown out yet (it probably has been but I’m not scrolling through the whole thread to look). He has had good offenses in the past and lots of experience coaching QBs as well

Just now, ZRod said:

Who's playing this week? You're answer is probably there somewhere.

I hope it is, that most likely means they’ve been fairly successful scoring 

It’s crazy that a wr coach is announced before the oc. I’m extremely curious about who the oc is going to be 

3 minutes ago, Born N Bled Red said:

Rattler?? 

I think he heads back west, probably somewhere like Arizona St, Oregon, or UCLA. He was a 5 star kid that will be sought after, even if he appears to be a not so great teammate 

10 minutes ago, Born N Bled Red said:

 

Not to quote myself... But this guy would be the homerun hire we're looking for. I would be overjoyed to have him- Probably too good to be true. Our only chance of landing him would be that he doesn't want to leave the midwest for USC. But man, one can dream.

 

https://soonersports.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/bill-bedenbaugh/580

 

 

• Has established himself as one of the country’s top developers of offensive line talent since joining Oklahoma's staff in 2013.

• Was named one of Rivals.com’s top 25 recruiters of 2017, ’18 and ’19, and was a finalist in 2017 and a semifinalist in 2018 for the Broyles Award, given to the nation’s top assistant coach.

• With him on staff over the last eight years, OU ranks first nationally in total offense (521.1 ypg) and pass efficency rating (171.3), second in scoring offense (42.0 ppg) and passing yards per attempt (9.7), third in yards per rush (5.6) and fifth in completion percentage (66.0) and yards per completion (14.6). The Sooners are the only program in the country to rank in the top 10 in rushing offense (10th at 229.8 ypg) and passing offense (ninth at 291.3 ypg) during that span.
 

Would be interesting if we got him, who would be the QB. I assume they'd have to go to the portal to get a guy who could run the offense. 

3 minutes ago, teachercd said:

Dudes...BK will be gone from LSU in 4 seasons...no longer will his schedule include such powerhouses as

 

Navy

Stanford

Purdue

Cincy

GT

UNC

 

Dude took the money, I would have as well...but welcome to 3 easy NC games each year and Vandy...then good teams.

I totally agree! ND never has trouble getting NC caliber talent and yet whenever he has made it to the playoff BK has been out coached. I honestly think LSU has become what Nebraska was in the early 2000s, and they will fall from grace. Probably not quite as far as Nebraska has because they’ll always have unbelievable talent in their backyard but I don’t see them being a NC  challenger year in and year out like they’ve pretty much been for several years now 

18 hours ago, lo country said:

So a lot of talk about who we want.  Who we won't get.    BUT what about when we will get them?  Will there be an announcement after we beat Iowa on Friday?  I'd assume ASAP to allow them to go out and contact potential recruits and before the early signing period.  Maybe a big name hire or 4 would get use some traction/interest.

I would like to see it before the game on Friday. I think it would motivate the guys coming back next year to play hard in order to look good for the new guy coming in. But then again I might be crazy.

16 hours ago, krc1995 said:

What about orange slices?
 

And not the canned ones. 

How about circus peanuts?! I mean it would be unfortunately fitting to represent the state of our program as of late

7 minutes ago, admo said:

Will the OC have extra duties?  OC/QB coach or OC/WR?

 

We need to fill OL, OC, WR, RB, ST

 

I would assume that it would be OC/QB Coach. 

Anyone else think that IF Helfrich is hired, it's because no "big named" OC's wanted to come to Nebraska. Not having much in the way of job security could definitely be a deterrent 

3 hours ago, Toe said:

 

This is an extreme case, but I think back to our 2007 coaching search, when a lot of people wanted Paul Johnson. There was a quote from him, where he said something to the effect that he'd pass more if he had the players for it. Fast forward to the end of his tenure at Georgia Tech, and after more than a decade of coaching there, his passing offenses never finished higher than #112.

Was he the coach there when Calvin Johnson was at GT?

58 minutes ago, Stumpy1 said:

I’m a fan of Kendall Briles at Arkansas.  

Wouldn’t be a bad hire, but we’d have to throw a ton of money at him to make a lateral move from a team that is greatly improved. I’d be willing to bet he’d say no and hedge his bets he’ll be a HC somewhere soon if he stays at Arkansas 

41 minutes ago, Jeremy said:

There is literally no proof that this is what would happen. I can throw out predictions, too: If we keep doing the crap we're doing now, we'll keep winning 3-5 games a season. 

I know I have stated that I don't believe that switching to an offense like the flex bone and running a ton of triple option would be successful and I stand by that. I feel like the proof is in the pudding so to speak. There is a reason why no team in a P5 conference runs it. Georgia Tech with Paul Johnson was the last to do so, and he was never uber successful in the ACC with it. It is a great offense in it's own right, however it is typically used when you are going to be out athleted against just about every team you face, so you hope that you can take advantage of teams potential lack of discipline on defense, and cause them trouble.

And guess what....it works every once in awhile. BUT when you play in a conference like the BIG or SEC where pretty much every team has lots of speed on defense, and are typically coached extremely well it doesn't work. When is the last time Navy beat Notre Dame? It was 2016, before that it was 2010. The service academies are currently 0-3 against P5 conference opponents.                                  

Now I know the argument against what I am saying is that we have better athletes than the schools who currently run that particular offense. And yes you are right, so I can't say for sure that we wouldn't have more success against P5 schools than them. Again I have to continue to go back to there is a reason no P5 schools run it. The offensive scheme Frost has been using isn't terrible, however I agree with the fact that we do indeed need to have more of a power rushing element to what we have been doing, because too many of our drives have stalled out because we can't get 1 or 2 yards when we need it. I am hoping that a new OC, OL Coach and RB coach can remedy that issue.

What is a reasonable timeframe for the search and hiring of the mew staff members? I’d think if they can make legitimately high quality hires soon then they can gain some momentum recruiting. The longer the way the more recruiting potentially suffers

32 minutes ago, Undone said:

 

Here's another chance for you: Should Martinez be benched this week against Minnesota?

I don't think that's the answer. He makes too many plays that bails out or young, inexperienced and at time terrible offensive line. I do think it wouldn't be a bad idea for Frost to occasionally give Smothers a drive or two each game. Especially if the game is obviously in hand by either team. 3 of the last 4 games would not fit that narrative. But I think the next 2 games are games that Smothers can get some quality reps. One thing Frost has to do is develop the backup QBs. If he is still coach at Nebraska next year, he can't guarantee that AM will be the QB, and there is no way that he sticks around for much longer if there isn't another QB that can come in and keep the wheels from falling off

HOW THE F*CK DOES THIS ALWAYS HAPPEN TO US!?

1 hour ago, cornhuskers4ever said:

I hope ABC Sports audio does justice to how loud Memorial Stadium will be tonight. 

 

Is anyone watching the Ole Miss-Arkansas game on ESPNU? It is being broadcasting in SKYCAST and it does a great job of letting you feel the atmosphere