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Initially I wonder how much was post Pelini protest and how much was Banker rubbing the players the wrong way like coarse sand paper. I believe along with others that the four DLine that left early tanked that season. Yet McMullen who was a high Character guy said "F--- that guy" in regards to Banker. Plus Banker and Gerry supposedly clashed. Time to bring in someone to restore the player/coach chemistry.

It is like the same % as Riley...He also had a sweet 1-11 record What the numbers don't tell you is he inherited a complete mess. Recruited a bunch of kids and played a ton of them in that 1-11 season as freshmen. Look where they ended up as seniors. The 13-1 season is not a fluke. He built the team his way, in his vision, and created a culture the kids believed in and the community believes in. Trust me, I've lived in Kalamazoo for 25 years, and I am a WMU alum. He has done amazing things with the program in a very short time.The community loves him there, don't they?They really do, he really embraced the community and got them totally involved in his culture. It has been a really cool thing to watch evolve. Riley at OSU was very similar to Snyder at Kansas State. Programs with horrible histories that each built up and coached through their best stretches ever.Except that Dennis Erickson led Oregon State to their 2 best years when Riley was coaching in the NFL. Look at their history as a whole and Riley was responsible for a majority of the better seasons Riley went 3-8 and 5-6 in '97 and '98 in his 2 years at Oregon State before getting the Chargers job. Erickson then had 3 winning seasons in 4 years, including a 11-1 season in 2000. Riley came back to Oregon State after Erickson left for the NFL, and did a good job of maintaining the winning at Oregon State, but still never reached the heights Erickson did. Riley was 1-2 years away from being fired at Oregon State if NU hadn't hired him The comparison to Bill Snyder is laughable. Listen to an OSU grad. That 5-6 season was the best we had in years. We were excited as hell. Erickson came in and won with Riley's recruits. He also won with very questionable juco players and embarrassed the program. That Fiesta Bowl win over Notre Dame was embarrassing. I forget the number, but there were double digit personal foul penalties in that game. Riley came back and kept us happy. Your assertion that Riley was going to get fired is totally bogus. Even if they wanted to fire him, they couldn't buy out his contract. This was well known. Were we ticked with Riley? Absolutely. He had a lot of years on his contract and it felt like he stopped trying. He also wouldn't fire Banker which was a bone of contention with the fan base. I went to OSU from 1989-1992. We went 4-7, 1-10, 1-10, 1-9. After that, we went 4-7, 4-7, 1-10, and 2-9. Then Riley took over. I'd say comparing Riley to Snyder is legit. BTW, Erickson went 5-6 the season after winning the Fiesta Bowl. All was not roses for him. Exactly, the great Erickson went 5-6 one season after going 11-1 showcasing how difficult it can be to win there. This isn't a one to one comparison of the two coaches. It was grouping two coaches that coached their teams through the best stretches in their respective program histories.

It is like the same % as Riley...He also had a sweet 1-11 record What the numbers don't tell you is he inherited a complete mess. Recruited a bunch of kids and played a ton of them in that 1-11 season as freshmen. Look where they ended up as seniors. The 13-1 season is not a fluke. He built the team his way, in his vision, and created a culture the kids believed in and the community believes in. Trust me, I've lived in Kalamazoo for 25 years, and I am a WMU alum. He has done amazing things with the program in a very short time.The community loves him there, don't they?They really do, he really embraced the community and got them totally involved in his culture. It has been a really cool thing to watch evolve. Riley at OSU was very similar to Snyder at Kansas State. Programs with horrible histories that each built up and coached through their best stretches ever.Except that Dennis Erickson led Oregon State to their 2 best years when Riley was coaching in the NFL. Look at their history as a whole and Riley was responsible for a majority of the better seasons Riley went 3-8 and 5-6 in '97 and '98 in his 2 years at Oregon State before getting the Chargers job. Erickson then had 3 winning seasons in 4 years, including a 11-1 season in 2000. Riley came back to Oregon State after Erickson left for the NFL, and did a good job of maintaining the winning at Oregon State, but still never reached the heights Erickson did. Riley was 1-2 years away from being fired at Oregon State if NU hadn't hired him The comparison to Bill Snyder is laughable. I'll use small words. Not laughable. Of the 13 seasons of 8 wins or better in Oregon State history Riley had 6 of them. They only had 24 seasons of 7 wins or more in their entire history and he had 8 of them. That is not deniable even if you dislike Riley. Point is both Snyder and Riley coached their programs in the glory days. True Snyder has had more success in his two stints with the Wildcats. Similar but not exact. True Dennis Erickson had a level of success nearly everywhere he coached in college.

It is like the same % as Riley...He also had a sweet 1-11 record What the numbers don't tell you is he inherited a complete mess. Recruited a bunch of kids and played a ton of them in that 1-11 season as freshmen. Look where they ended up as seniors. The 13-1 season is not a fluke. He built the team his way, in his vision, and created a culture the kids believed in and the community believes in. Trust me, I've lived in Kalamazoo for 25 years, and I am a WMU alum. He has done amazing things with the program in a very short time.The community loves him there, don't they?They really do, he really embraced the community and got them totally involved in his culture. It has been a really cool thing to watch evolve. Riley at OSU was very similar to Snyder at Kansas State. Programs with horrible histories that each built up and coached through their best stretches ever. Except that Dennis Erickson led Oregon State to their 2 best years when Riley was coaching in the NFL. Look at their history as a whole and Riley was responsible for a majority of the better seasons

Appears to be semantics regarding the rehab. He checked into a rehab facility in July and got out in September. The Cowboys organization said he may always be in rehab similar to going to AA meetings. Then while still under suspension he failed his 6th drug test in November. If they haven't already the Cowboys should hire a permanent baby sitter for Gregory like Pacman Jones had.

Big fan of Fleck. Think Minnesota caught a rising star.

It is like the same % as Riley...He also had a sweet 1-11 record What the numbers don't tell you is he inherited a complete mess. Recruited a bunch of kids and played a ton of them in that 1-11 season as freshmen. Look where they ended up as seniors. The 13-1 season is not a fluke. He built the team his way, in his vision, and created a culture the kids believed in and the community believes in. Trust me, I've lived in Kalamazoo for 25 years, and I am a WMU alum. He has done amazing things with the program in a very short time.The community loves him there, don't they? They really do, he really embraced the community and got them totally involved in his culture. It has been a really cool thing to watch evolve. Riley at OSU was very similar to Snyder at Kansas State. Programs with horrible histories that each built up and coached through their best stretches ever.

Agree that he will be a steal. He had some video game runs in the state champhionship game.

Nice to see Steve Pederson still follows the Huskers

Wasn't the team already down like 31 - 3 with wheels coming off in all directions when Tommy got hurt? No actually they were driving to bring it within striking distance. After Tommy got hurt around tOSU 20 yard line. We were stopped on a 4th down, and tOSU drove the field and went up another TD. It was a 14 point swing in about 2 minutes of gametime. It was a crusher in multiple ways. Then halftime, and tOSU had the ball to start at halftime and the rest is history. No. They were already down four touchdowns. Tommy stays healthy and the game is perhaps 55 - 10. 48 - 17 at best. The ass-kicking was well in progress. We were in a similar "striking distance" scenario against Iowa, and the odds against Ohio State were worse. Nebraska had little margin of error to begin with, and went downhill quick. Also, Ohio State was having a perfect storm of a game, coming off a wake-up call and a loss and totally dialed in at every level. Not true. They were driving to potentially make it 24-10, and have some momentum. Would they have won the game with Tommy, no. But they wouldn't have lost by 60 points. That was a back breaker of all back breakers. To be driving to potentially bring the game within reach, to losing your starting QB and leader, to not making a 4th and short, to tOSU driving and scoring just before half. It was about 5 minutes of game time that broke their will. Agree with you. The team came out mentally/emotionally flat possibly a result of the tough Wisconsin loss. As Ohio State jumped out quickly they started to lose more "air" and the near loss of Tommy almost deflated them totally.

Did the Huskers ever replace Dr Jack Stark?

True. Young, talented team going through growing pains. After seeing those games I thought we had a chance too.

If only he would've been interested in playing for us... If only Beck would have offered him a scholly to come to NU. Beck master plan unfolding. Ran off Burrows from Nebraska into the arms of Ohio State. Urban rewarded Beck with position on his staff. Beck smiles as Burrows scored TD against Huskers. Bwahahaha!!!!

Tommy got hurt when team down 24-3. D made zero stops. Offense managed 3 points after getting inside 5 twice. 2 pick six hurt.

D made zero stops which resulted in the score. Tackling should be a priority in drills this week.

Link Obvious Watt impeded Westercamp's path to a catchable ball

ESPN Projections are giving the Huskers a 2.1% chance of running the table and a 6.0% change of winning the next two games. Where is Lloyd Christmas with our rebuttal?

That's where I pulled it from. Check for yourself. Apparently I'm not finding those stats on there. Perhaps you could point me to the right spot. Either way, they're under 50% the last several years which means they aren't good at math. Here's Oregon's page: http://www.cfbstats.com/2016/team/529/index.html

That's where I pulled it from. Check for yourself.

Coincidence?! "Larry" is an Omaha native

Today was abnormal even for Oregon. Coming into the game they had been successfull on 3 of 6 2 point conversion attempts after 13 TDs scored. 2015 they were 0 for 4 after 70 TDs scored 2014 they were 4 for 7 after 88 TDs scored 2013 they were 2 for 6 after 80 TDs scored 2012 they were 4 for 6 after 89 TDs scored 2011 they were 5 for 7 after 88 TDs scored 2010 they were 7 for 8 after 80 TDs scored

He's been an assistant at Omaha North the past few seasons. Before that he was head coach at Omaha Northwest but they thought bringing back a star alum would be enough to turn water into wine.

Keyshawn Jr as much a lock as Anchrum?

The first turn of the faucet to open the Calabasas pipeline!!

He and Grim could be a special tandem. Lane Hovey saw the writing on the wall.