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Well, it's not often that you score the first TD and the last TD. We got that going for us.

The announcers make OU into an "all-world" team. Nope. I don't think OU is necessarily this "all-world" team. We just make other teams look great ... because we have had five years of the "Frost Effect".

Man, I'm tickled to only be down 35-7. OU is playing well and we are just deficient. It was a good half. Hope we keep up our energy and we might keep it to getting beat by 40.

Great pushoff and no call on Palmer there for sure.

Enjoyed your thoughts and contribution. If you look at this last video that you see him blocking, I see a good TE type blocking there. He also seemed to have been "all IN" on that blocking. It's just my eye, but I can see him at TE, OLB [because he doesn't have that great speed in my opinion, it takes him a while to get up to speed] or at DE. He would of course get slower at DE with another 40 pounds on him, but I think he would be able to keep a bit of quickness. In it all ... yes, as you said, he will need good coaching and a mentality to be IN on every play. Love to have him ... just not sure at this stage if he is a WR that gets open or could stretch the field. He has a lot of growth in route running as I see it.

Really to all of it ... He's gone. He was what he was. Good riddance. Go Mickey!

My hope would be that we secure Malachi. The more and more I watch his WR vids I just don't see the type of separation from what is perceived as inferior that would be needed/necessary at the next level. Presently, it just seems to be his size that gets him a "window of opportunity". Ya, we see that he for his size he is fast. Yet, I don't really see the necessary speed to get open. He may be fast in the 100 but he seems to lack the speed to really manufacture the opening [even at the high school level]. If it sounds critical, okay. Yet, my thought is he might seem better suited at TE in college or as a DE or OLB. I just don't think he is ever gonna have the quickness or speed to really create the space as a WR. I think he could be a possession receiver type but again, I just don' t know if he could ever get open enough for the smaller window he would have in college. I don't want to lose him as a prospect but for me he's got to be at another position other than WR if he is really gonna be productive. By the way, I don't just think that would be true at Nebraska. Really, wherever he commits I think it will be the same thing. You can look at these past two videos, the prior one he's got a little guy on him and he throws a few moves on that kid and it's pretty obvious that he doesn't shake away that inferior kid at all. He has the height and arm length to try to make the catch, yes, but he really doesn't create any sort of space. In this last video he is just wide open and it isn't until after he gets running where you see how he might get a bit dangerous in open space.

Nice word.

This was grand. Having gone through a divorce, it's amazing what "stuff" gets spewed. I've got all the anniversary cards and Facebook posts saved of what a great Husband and Dad I was. 5 years later I'm a narcissist and my sons express it was a living hell to live under me and still don't talk to me. It's fascinating to see how and what others see/remember. Good luck to Scott. Enjoy your life.

Ding, ding, ding!

Yep. It would be very unfair for MJ to be judged, weighed and measured by Chins inadequacy. Still, he will. He is there because it's tough to replace him this week. Like Scott, it's probably best to get from out and underneath Chins ASAP. I hope that happens after the OU game. I don't even care if we win that game ... Chins is not the guy to move forward with after his 4.5 years of work. I'm with another poster, his brother would be an intriguing choice if MJ secures the head coach position long term. It's all before him and us. I'll be more than curious how and when our beloved Huskers get out from under this train wreck.

That was enjoyable. Thanks for the share.

I so relate. So much of life and football are "all the small things" that can add up to more negative then you think. In the end, like myself, you thought the "things" weren't big but to others they were. The "kicker" is that you also knew they were important but because of your own selfishness and self-centeredness you be/do what you want and then when your stuff hits the fan it's someone else's fault. As a fan, all I can with is all the times I was given the "coachspeak" where Scott said all the right things but then in games the person most inept or missing on the details was him. And yet, as in in Shawshank Redemption, "he's innocent [a lawyer screwed me]". We were always one play away, one recruit away ... and everyone was always improving and getting better. 4.5 years later he has all his guys in the right coaching spots, all his players of choice, the easiest of schedules ... and all the same culture issues. Scott abused me as a fan. I don't really care to bash him ... but I also have no need to enable or protect him. He was 16-31 and got a two-year extension at 8-13 [what coach deserves that or gets enabled by a fan base in that way?]. He should feel grateful as one given all the entitlement from his past accomplishments from Husker Nation. The "greatest fans" will still welcome him and receive him as a son, regardless of his shenanigans. He's very fortunate ... and got paid top dollar for doing only a portion of what was expected from his character as our coach. He will be just fine. Go Mickey and Big Red!

Ya, Scott sure was ... along with a good measure of the fans who supported it all.

It didn't matter that after going 8-13, Scott was given a two-year extension ... so regardless of what we hear, it really shouldn't matter. Scott was privileged and given every opportunity. That same entitlement will not be given to MJ. Scott is very fortunate indeed regardless of what story ever comes to light. Scott would go on to an 8-18 completion to his career after that "necessary" extension. I won't really "ditch" on him ... God help the soul that feels any need to protect him. He always abused me with his coachspeak. I'll choose to remember him by his playing days ... all the rest of it can die and leave my memory. :-)

I would love this. Unfortunately, since Iowa sucks most fans could probably not stomach him as a coach here.

... I bolded this ... as it should be. Yet again, the standard for MJ can't be anything higher than what Frost was under. So, allow me to play the devil's advocate. There is really absolutely no reason whatsoever that Nebraska should not be 3-0. None. Indulge me for a moment ... if Scott were our coach presently and we were 3-0, then went on to go 6-3 or 7-2 ... and we were 10-2 or 9-3 ... everyone in the world would say that we had our coach going forward. So, to then [or now] state that if MJ doesn't go 6-3 or 7-2 after taking over a 1-2 team who is horrid on D and has obvious issues in the OL, it just doesn't seem like a fair "bar" or "standard" for MJ to have to go 8-4 or 7-5 to be the coach. If so, I'd be all ears to hear who thinks could come in today and starting on Tuesday could take this current team under these circumstances and go do that? If Scott can get five years and contract extensions amidst such poor performance ... how is it fair to MJ [another Nebraska player/coach] to get such a strict/difficult/high bar? That is just crazy to me. If anyone deserves a dose of mercy and a bit of grace ... I would think it is MJ. Scott got "grace upon grace" ... and really just wet the bed the whole time. People actually believe there is injustice in how he was treated and let go. Baffling. I think I'm willing to now give MJ just a little bit of space to give it a go.

I can't say that MJ would had been on my list last winter [he is now]. MJ seems to have a tough mindset and doesn't bloviate really any coachspeak as I see it. It's a real big difference between him and Frost. Frost was "just words". I agree with you, MJ brings some unknowns. For me, I'd take the "unknowns" over these next nine games and let him have a full audition, before I'd be willing to select another. There is a reason TA brought him in with his particular title. He now auditions to be considered. I don't like or agree with your view that MJ has to go 6-3 or 7-2. That is absolutely crazy to my mind. If Frost gets five years and to establish all his coaches and players, how is that MJ has to take all of Frost's "best" and produce twice what Frost would do? It's crazy! Plus, Frost has to put up with Chins and all of him and his creation. TA will be looking at MJ's intangibles, leadership and coaching decisions, amidst the fire he brings and the kids response. He could very well win 4-5 games despite the "Frost Effect". That would be amazing to me. But to say he has to go 6-3 ?means he can only lost to OU, Michigan and one of Wisky, Minni and Iowa ... crazy. In the end, I think TA will know what he has with Mickey in the time he needs to. He will also be in full search mode. FYI, I didn't say or imply "limiting ourselves to one candidate". TA will do his full-out search for the best candidate and amidst it all he has MJ with all the full resources at MJ's disposal ... as it should be. I feel sorry that MJ has to deal with Chins. He probably has to keep him but there is so much he has to pinch his nose and stomach. Chins could ruin any coach working toward being our next coach. I am sure he will be talking to his brother, sure would be fun to be a fly on the wall. Maybe even folks like Suh chime in and help with something substantial. I see "the faithful" coming in to really try to redeem and rescue . This year just got very exciting. I'll close my thought by expressing that MJ has impressed me. So, I'm allowing him to be the possible coach who is already on staff who can be "the man". We have a Nebraska man at the top who I will be in full support and hopeful that he will do what Frost never did. Let's not "pass" on him unless he proves unworthy and another substantial coach surfaces.

The highlights in various articles are his production in developing the OL. https://appstatesports.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/shawn-clark/1145 "Overseeing talented, hard-working offensive lines, he followed a December 2018 coaching change involving college teammate Scott Satterfield’s departure for Louisville by excelling as an aggressive offensive play-caller in a 45-13 bowl victory against Middle Tennessee. With valuable experience at his disposal, Clark was promoted to assistant head coach before the 2019 season with Eliah Drinkwitz in his first year as a college head coach. In each of Clark’s four seasons coaching App State’s offensive line, with the Mountaineers earning four straight Sun Belt Conference titles while compiling a 43-10 record in that span, the line ranked in the top 25 nationally in both rushing yards per game and fewest sacks allowed. The unit was recognized by the Joe Moore Award as one of the nation’s top 15 offensive lines in 2018 and 2019, and all five starters on the 2019 line received All-Sun Belt Conference recognition."

I've compiled my list a good 4-5 times. The more I mull it over, the more my list looks like this: 1. Mickey Joseph 2. Mickey Joseph 3. Mickey Joseph 4. Mickey Joseph 5. Mickey Joseph Sure, do your "due diligence". My hope will be that a former Husker QB great will bring us back to prominence ... it just wasn't "the Golden Child". I'd be good with seeing what MJ can do over this season and the next before other options at this point. I like the person of MJ and think that there is more "good" within his character and coaching that is worth exploring over any other current option. Thankfully, we get another nine games to see what he can do. As one who thought we could finish 5-7 all of it is still out in front of us and we can actually still have our best season yet ... with Frost out. I'm excited. OU was always the first game of the season and even if 3-0, I felt we wouldn't know if Scott had accomplished anything. It was always going to be what we did with those last four games. So, MJ is my next coach and my guy moving forward. In him I trust. I'm just thankful I can now take the "K" out of Nebraska again.

Yes, this is so "spot on", it's why I can't stomach Chins as any type of solution. It's just his D.N.A. Longer term, the best option is to get away from Chins. He's like an assistant QB coach for the other team who builds up the opposite QB to his best version. Chins does not strike any fear into any opponent/QB.

You really need to get on staff. If it's as easy as you state we should get you on staff as a GA and fix this. It sounds like there is no reason to paying any big dollars to fix this, you've got the answer to get the player to either make a hole or fill it. We were always told we were just one player away. Now, it's just breakdowns that are all fixable. These guys were all-world in the off-season, now they can't make any improvements against lessor opponents then they practiced against for months. Man, Scott really did get screwed. Poor fella. Wonder what the hell TA was doing getting rid of Frost now. Geez. It's just a gap thing.

Sorry man, you lost your voice here.

It's not that I disagree ... it's just that the only OL I can point to worth anything only gave us one decent season before he moved on. Scott got his OL coach, and we heard all sorts of new coachspeak about really firing off the ball finally. Still, even with his choices for players and for coach, through the three easiest games we looked at a minimum adequate in the OL. I don't think that the OL is fixed yet, but perhaps there are a few "tricks" to mask the deficiency. We are all waiting. If you've got "immediate dividends", please contact the coaches and get your expertise to them. They could use that about now.

The OL and DL need built. Outside of that, it is just culture. My view is that Frost never got those two areas ever recruited or developed.