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9 hours ago, GoDucks349 said:

In my opinion the Huskers should start the season either 6-1 or 7-0. Plus a later win against UCLA gives you a 7-8 win season if you don't win a tough game. If you win 2 out of 3 vs Wisc, Iowa and USC, you've got a 9-10 win season. I don't think you beat the Buckeyes. 

I would say welcome to the board, but I see you joined two weeks before I did!   Welcome back anyway.  I think most of us agree Nebraska SHOULD start that well, but after 7 straight losing seasons I will believe it when I see it.  This team loves to drop a couple it shouldn't, and we will have a 2 freshman depth chart at QB most likely so a lot of things are possible.  

Looking forward to getting out to Eugene for a game soon.  I for one am excited for new places to go and have a trip planned to LA this fall already. 

1 hour ago, teachercd said:

This 12 team playoff is going to be so much fun.

Hell yeah it will!  Since when do we have a fire emoji?!

55 minutes ago, Xmas32 said:

Probably a dog at Iowa, otherwise agree.

I think Iowa is due for a step back.  They cannot bank on the defense and special teams being top 5 every single year.  When Kirk doubled down on "we don't want any offense beyond hold the ball for as long as possible" yet again with his OC hire, I became bearish on them moving forward in an expanded and slightly more competitive B1G.  They no longer have the luxury of playing the same patsies in the West year after year.  Kirk should have retired last year as my guy tells me that was the peak and they will struggle to get to 7/8 wins moving forward with the same old offensive crap being rolled out. 

44 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said:

Yes, the program needs to prove they can win these games before I have tons of confidence in them.

 

The first game is going to be huge.  Can Dylan come out and play well enough to win the game and get into a groove?  Then, how much of a step can he take between the first and second game.  This is where I think them being home games are so important.  Be in a comfortable environment and grow as a team.

Agree on the home games being a huge factor.  That was an unforntunate start to Rhule's tenure with 2 P5 road games out of the gate. 

1 hour ago, BigRedBuster said:

In no way am I believing wholeheartedly that we beat them this year.  But, combine your post with Mavric's.  They were horrible last year, and it turns out, our QB couldn't catch a snap and stop throwing INTs.  Meanwhile, it was a second road game to start the year after playing another D1 team on the road.  It was a perfect trap for us.

 

Now....look at this year, we have what should be, a much easier HOME game before CU.  We play CU at home.  Our QB room has changed a lot.  Most other players have now been in the system a year.

 

Yes....CU might be improved over last year too.  But, I firmly believe there's still some major problems in that locker room with Prime and his sons.  Along with, it will be another year of them starting another crop of new transfers.  Our locker room seems way more all on one page.

 

I'm not guaranteeing a win.  But, I like our chances.

Oh I agree, it is easier for sure.  You both are being reasonable, I was more poking fun at those who verge on hyperbole when it comes to the ease of some of our games.  I look at the schedule and see that we open with the easiest 7 games on the schedule, but we also will be starting a freshman at QB most likely.  Lots of unknowns to start the year again, so largely wait and see. 

59 minutes ago, Mavric said:

 

I don't know that many really underestimated CU last year.  They were the #77 team in the country according to ESPN's FPI, didn't beat a team with a winning record, finished #130 in total defense and were DFL in the Pac-12.

 

We mainly over-estimated our own QBs ability to catch snaps and throw passes to guys wearing the same color jersey.

 

There were also plenty of posters tripping over themselves to proclaim Deion as the second-coming of Saban for the first month of the season.

I mainly saw it as the second game on the road in a new coaches first year, and it's all about when you play a team.  People underestimated that fact maybe more.  I hear what you're saying though and think we beat them if we played in November instead.  I do think both teams will be better in 24, and expect a close game. Huskers should be favored and win, but I think it will be in doubt late still.

The CU hate will still flow, nothing wrong with that. Rivalries and objectiveness don't mesh well ever.

2 hours ago, Comish said:

Surprised so many are penciling in Colorado as a guaranted "W"....?

I hate to say it, but I think they will be improved.

Folks here will always underestimate CU. Love it, but it's also silly at the same time.

25 minutes ago, admo said:

Stay the course and we are in. 

 

I think we would all love to win in round one, and then have hope to play well in round 2.

 

After looking at the projected tourney bracket, it looks like we would be better off being #12 or #13 seed.   

 

They currently have us at #11.

 

That path seems more challenging as the #11 seed. 

 

And more challenging than if we were #12 or #10 seed.

 

For example...

 

The 11th seed plays the 6th seed.  Winner plays 3rd seed.

The 12th seed plays the 5th seed.  Winner plays 4th seed.

The 13th seeds plays the 4th seed.  Winner plays 5th seed.

 

Right now, the Huskers are projected #11th seed and would play against #6 seed Texas Tech, Kentucky, South Carolina, Florida Atlantic. 

 

And then if you win you play the #3 seed - 

Baylor, Alabama, Iowa State, Auburn

 

If Huskers were #12th seed, they would play against the #5 seed - 

BYU, San Diego State, Dayton, Clemson.

 

If you win then you play against the #4 seed - 

Creighton, Wisconsin, Illinois, Duke

 

My point is, the #11 seed is a difficult path.

 

I mean, even if the Huskers got the #10th seed, they play the projected #7 seed - Utah State, Oklahoma, Colorado State, Michigan State

 

Any matchup as #11 looks awfully hard IMHO.

I just want in and a chance to win a game for the first time in history.  I watched with rapt attention in 2014 and it's already been a decade since our last opportunity. Don't care at all what seed.

10 minutes ago, Head Coach Scott Frost said:

I'm coming around to the 12 team model.

-more teams make it so best players don't feel as compelled to go to same schools

-regular season games still critical as bye/ home game is so powerful

-players are paid so feel better about extra games

-I actually liked that college football was different than all other sports and really it still is pretty unique.

 

-other bowl games will continue to be diminished unfortunately

 

The lower tier bowls being not cared about is nothing new, and doesn't change here. Nice for the school's fans but that's it. The major bowls were always the goal.

1 hour ago, MyBloodIsRed16 said:

I doubt he takes it... this year.  Just a hunch.  He's a defensive coordinator and he's trying to bring back the black shirts.  If he can do that this year he's taking the next HC job he's offered 

Depends how much he loves his alma mater.

28 minutes ago, Decked said:

Losing white pretty much kills the momentum into the season. 

Seriously.  That would be a major buzz kill. No guarantee replacement could reproduce as good of results and the guys might have to learn yet another system.  Kills growth if you don't stick to what you're doing for long.

32 minutes ago, Toe said:

247 has Tony White on their hot board for the UCLA head coaching job, noting that he played for the Bruins.

 

 

https://247sports.com/college/ucla/longformarticle/ucla-football-chip-kelly-david-shaw-tony-white-tom-herman-226911235/

 

PJ Fleck is also getting some mentions as a candidate. IDK if UCLA is even an upgrade over Minnesota these days.

I just saw this, did not realize Tony is a UCLA alum. s#!te.

3 hours ago, GSG said:

 

But are you a BMTH fan or just liked the Kool-Aid man?

BMTH fan, but I also feel like it sums up all the kool-aid drinking and subsequent recent disappointment around here perfectly with the skeleton vibe .

34 minutes ago, GSG said:

I don't know who we choose, but just don't get the person that made the Colt McCoy statue to make it

 

 

Can we actually just move that one to NU and build a Suh one chasing it?

6 minutes ago, Husker in WI said:

 

Hey, Isaiah Neyor was Wyoming's leading receiver in the 2021 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl!

Go Pokes! (Born and raised in Wyoming myself)

16 minutes ago, Guy Chamberlin said:

 

Of this I am 100% sure: if Nebraska had hired anyone other than Scott Frost in 2017, we would have spent every season believing Scott Frost would have done better. 

Of course, but we would have been dead wrong.  In my scenario note that I said he turned us down, instead of we hired someone instead of him. I was among those wanting to hire him, not trying to say I wasn't after the fact.

47 minutes ago, Guy Chamberlin said:

I always thought that if the 2018 Opener against Akron had not been canceled, we get the win and get the jitters out, allowing us to beat Colorado and Troy on the way to a 6 win bowl season in Frost's first year, changing the whole narrative moving forward.

 

Now I'm thinking Frost gets fired in the middle of his fifth season regardless. 

 

Sometimes I wonder about the two plays in the 2009 Virginia Tech and Texas games that could have had Nebraska 11-2, with one of the worst offenses in recent history.

 

Which makes me wonder what that 2009 team would have done if they's saved a season of eligibility for Joe Ganz. 

Frost had no $%&%$!# clue what he was doing.  He was going to be fired regardless. The only what if I wonder about is if he'd have turned us down, and if we'd actually be in a better spot because we had to hire literally anyone else.

16 minutes ago, TGHusker said:

I want to address this one.  In various GOAT surveys, Tom has been rated in the top 3-5 .  Saban, Bear Bryan being consensus 1 & 2. 

If his 93 team had won the NC game vs FSU he would have played in 4 NC and won 4 NC within 5 years.  Would that have been enough to move him up to # 1 or # 2 on the GOAT list?

 

There is no shame for Husker fans to have Tom ranked anywhere in the top 5.  We can be proud as fans of his standing.  With that said, I think he would move to # 2 if he had won 1 more NC.  If we combined that with 82 & 83 - He'd be a clear # 1 IMHO.  Alternatively, he may not have stayed until 1997 if he had won the NCs in the 1980s.  

I argue this every time, but you can't just jump from made FG in 93 to 4 titles in 5 years.  That changes a lot, including motivation levels going into 94/95.  Maybe they remain that high and they do win 2 or 3 in a row, but TO probably retired in 95 then and that removes 97.  I think changing one year from a crushing loss to a W changes a LOT of things moving forward and it is highly unlikely it would have turned out with 4 out of 5. 

IF 4 out of 5 happened, I think he is in the conversation for #2, but still not #1 with being 2/3 titles less overall. 

I don't think they get in at 20-11 (winning all home games and losing all road games).  Really need to tie the shoe laces a little tighter and get a couple road wins here. This trend of being so much worse on the road is bizarre.

2 hours ago, BigRedBuster said:

These are high school players being paid to play in high school?

 

there are some really dumb rich people in this world. 

Fifteen four- and five-star recruits disclosed to 247Sports either exactly what they’ll receive or around what they’ll earn at their school of choice.

They are HS recruits, not being paid while in high school.  As opposed to transfers from colleges. 

20 minutes ago, Lorewarn said:

 

 

Cosgrove only had one actual bad year, and two really good ones here. Bo getting hired in 2003 is an interesting what if, for sure, especially because our talent level had fallen off a cliff, and a huge part of Bo's eventual immediate success here was that Callahan had stacked the cupboards with a massive amount of talent. 

 

Bo never cared enough about recruiting for me to believe that he would have been able to maintain or do as well as he did if he started in 2004 with a very subpar roster.

The talent on the roster is what got Bo going yes.  Callahan left talent, and Bo knew how to use it.  For him it was always an issue of restocking, and that led to his downfall.  He was a good coach who could beat similarly talented and worse teams all the time, but when he ran into a superiorly talented team he got his doors blown off because of the dudes on the field in his last 2-3 years. 

23 minutes ago, Wistrom Disciple said:

Lifetime contract is a little tongue in cheek. I think it was a huge step the past year and a half with Fred leaving his ego and preferred playing style to change the program's identity. Although I think this year might be a little lightning in a bottle (several upperclassmen and complementary transfers), the style is admirable and keeps us in most games where we don't have the best players on the floor. Probably a little foolish to assume we'll knock of Top 10 teams multiple times every season, but this style works and recruiting players to it seems more reasonable than trying to be in the 5-star sweepstakes every season. 

 

All that said, if Fred can lead us to an NCAA tourney win, he may get the longest leash of a contract in the country. 

Bingo.  Different standards for basketball when we have literally been the worst power 5 team for decades. 

On 1/31/2024 at 7:04 AM, BigRedBuster said:

I just bought my first Toyota.  It's a Tundra 1794 edition TDR Off Road.  I love it.  I hope it goes a lot of miles.

Nice!  I got my first truck last April, a platinum Tundra.   I plan to drive it until it dies also hopefully. 

What if Osborne had not promised the job to Frank, and let the AD hire Bob Stoops as he was interested in doing?  I still feel like we would have continued being pretty good the last 20 years if not for that change.  Hiring Frank was the beginning of the downward trend. 

6 hours ago, hskrpwr13 said:

 

If he wins one tourney game?

If he wins one tourney game, build him a statue, then keep him for life.  We have been the worst power 5 basketball program overall for decades.