Hans Gruber

I was also at that game. The 2007 season sucked, but that game was fun. My favorite moment was when Callahan went for it on 4th and long. No receivers got open and Ganz scrambled for a 1st down. I laughed.

I had a quick look at the rosters of both South Dakota and South Dakota State, both top 25 FCS schools. SDSU has 20 players from Nebraska and USD has eight. I don't know if any of them are starters, but odds are that some of them are. If anything, some of them could probably at least add depth.

I'd love to see Leach constantly poke, prod and make fun of USC.

Well, Dwight was pretty successful. Ran a successful beat farm and worked his way up the corporate ladder. Hopefully some of that Schrute rubbed off on Moos.

Personally, I think it makes it more likely that Leach leaves Washington State ... Just not for Nebraska.

One last note for the anti-Moos crowd, specifically the ones comparing this to the Riley hire. Riley left Oregon State coming off a 5-7 season and had three losing seasons in his last five years at Corvalis. Moos left Montana, Oregon and Washington State all in much better spots than when he found them. And Nebraska currently is in a much better spot than those schools were at the time Moos was hired. Again, I'm not saying this is an A+ hire that will work perfectly. Let's see what Moos does though and give him a shot.

No, but he was the AD when Mike Bellotti hired Kelly as OC.

Hiring an AD isn't the same as hiring a football coach. Just because you haven't heard of an AD doesn't mean it's a bad hire. Here's a challenge to anyone who doesn't like the hire solely because they've never heard of him before today. Without cheating, name 10 current division I ADs.

Not a fair statement. We don't know that. Mike Leach is a top 20 coach and Moos got him to Pullman. I'm not saying Moos is great or bad or anywhere in the middle. He'll be judged by who he hires to replace Riley and how that coach does. Let's at least see who he hires before freaking the f#&$ out.

Welp, he hired Mike Leach, so you know he can make solid football hires. I don't know a great deal about him. Let's be honest though, none of us know much about ADs around the country.

Agreed. I don't think it makes a difference if Nebraska fires Riley now or after the Iowa game. They aren't going to be good this year either way.

I voted for Diaco. With that said, I doubt Nebraska will need an interim coach. I think Nebraska will basically do what Texas did last year with Charlie Strong and Tom Herman. They'll let Riley coach the rest of the regular season. Then they'll fire him that weekend and announce the new head coach a few hours later. That would mean an interim coach is only necessary if Nebraska makes a bowl game. I think it is unlikely they make a bowl based on what we've seen so far.

I knew who he was ahead of time. I was actually woken up with the news when my friend texted me that Riley was hired. Here were my thoughts in order: 1) What? 2) Why?!?! 3) Well, it's tough to win at Oregon State, maybe he'll do better with more resources. 4) Let's see who he hires as his assistants. 5) Well crap.

I don't know if hurt is the right word, but I think the worst/dumbest loss was Purdue in 2015 and it isn't even that close. Nebraska lost by 10 to a team that finished with only one other win that season. And Purdue's other win was against a bad FCS team in Indiana State. Nebraska trailed 42-16 at one point. The game wasn't as close as the score indicated. It's the worst loss in my lifetime. I hope I live a long time and it stays the worst loss. Man, these Ohio State losses are pretty bad too though.

I agree with Nobody. I get that Nebraska hasn't been elite in a while, but some of you are acting like the Nebraska job is Wake Forest or Vanderbilt. Is Nebraska one of the 10 best jobs in college football? No. Is it a top 30 job? Absolutely, and maybe top 20. Nebraska doesn't have great in-state talent or weather. Do you know what it does have though? F$#%ing everything else. Money? Check. Facilities? Yeah. Tradition? You bet. Fans that show up, spend money and care about the program? Affirmative. Play in a major conference? Pretty sure. Play in the more winnable division of the conference? Obviously. A willingness to give coaches what they need to succeed? Yeah. Remember that most schools don't have all of those things, or even most of them. Nebraska just needs to hire a better coach. And if you think Nebraska can't get a good coach then you're just crazy. Minnesota got P.J. Fleck from Western Michigan after he was undefeated for most of the year. Sound familiar? Minnesota isn't a better job than Nebraska. Purdue hired Jeff Brohm from Western Kentucky after consecutive 10 plus win seasons. Purdue definitely isn't a better job than Nebraska. Syracuse got Dino Babers from Bowling Green. All hot-shot young coaches that left for a bigger school. All schools that are worse jobs than Nebraska. Bottom line: The thought that Frost is going to stay in UCF for a long time, or that Nebraska can't get Frost is stupid. Will Nebraska get Frost? Maybe, maybe not. But let's not act like UCF is a great job or that Frost is actually going to be a lifer there. As long as Nebraska is in the Big 10 and UCF is in the AAC, the Nebraska job is better.

I also have no clue who Karen Jennings is. A quick Google search shows she either played basketball for Nebraska in the 90s or is a fictional character on the tv show Gotham. If she knows Batman though, it may change my opinion of her.

This is an interesting point. I don't know how much say, if any, Osborne has in hiring a new AD. It may be a lot or none, I have no idea. If Nebraska was interested in Jeff Long though, Osborne would have better insight through the playoff committee than almost anyone else.

Obviously you still have to recruit as a head coach, but assistants always do the heavy lifting. It's not like Frost would have to be the top recruiter on staff. He'd have to do in-home visits in December and January, but he wouldn't have to recruit outside of Lincoln at any other point if he didn't want to. He'd still have to do stuff when kids visit Nebraska, but that applies to every head coach anyways. Get the right assistants to take care of recruiting.

I disagree. If he wants to be a national title contender, it isn't going to work at UCF. They aren't in a Power Five conference. Fair or not, you need to be at a Power Five school to truly be one of the big boys.

I've seen a lot of people suggest this. Letting Riley or Diaco coach in 2018 solely because the schedule is tough seems like a bad idea to me. I understand the reasoning and logic behind it, but it's just delaying the inevitable. If there's a problem, fix it. Don't wait a year to fix it. We shouldn't just assume that a new head coach in 2018 means Nebraska will go 4-8. If the current coaches are as bad as some claim, then getting rid of them means Nebraska should be better by default.

The sellout streak is fine for this year. Next year? That may be a different story.

I agree that it's unlikely Rike gets fired before the season is over, or at least until the new AD is hired. I also agree that if, big if, Riley was fired, then Diaco would be the interim head coach. But why do you think Diaco would then be the head coach in 2018?

I agree with most of the answers already said. Here's a realistic expectation that's a bit more abstract. Develop an identity and recruit to that identity. Go back to being the best offensive line school. Or become linebacker U like Penn State used to be. Pick something* though and make it a year-in and year-out strength. * - preferably not kicker U or punter U

I agree with this. Riley isn't bad, but he is mediocre. Nebraska doesn't want to be mediocre.

I went with 2-4 to finish 5-7. I've said this season is similar to 2007 and I think it ends the same, more or less. Nebraska enters the final game with Iowa at 5-6, needing a win to reach bowl eligibility. Instead they lose by double digits and the head coach is fired within 72 hours.