OTHusker

Yep

so many defended that loser in spite of a mountain of data that proved he had zero interest in ever running the ball 

On 1/13/2019 at 2:04 PM, Mavric said:

But Riley really wanted to run the ball.  He was just using the pass to set up the run.

 

 

I take it you’re joking?

rileys teams consistently passed for 2 to 4 times the yardage they ran for

those are real stats fro his osu days

he never committed to running the ball or developing anything beyond inside and outside zone running plays

and those seemed to be an afterthought when it came to real games

the thought of it makes me sick even today

On 1/24/2019 at 2:52 PM, Hilltop said:

I'm most confident that our team will continue to improve and will produce better results than last year.

 

I'm least confident in our fan base being rational about the time it takes to put out the dumpster fire that Riley created.  

Zero evidence that the fan base won’t be patient with a very hard working and proven college coach like frost and staff

compared to the lazy 9-5 and 500 coach smilin mike was 

9 hours ago, brophog said:

 

Except Nebraska isn’t building its brand, it’s maintaining an already highly valuable one and the athletic department already has boatloads of money.

 

It is way more valuable to allow those that can’t otherwise see a game to do so, to help build and maintain a fan base, which is its most valued commodity.

I absolutely guarantee you you can get them at face value in the south stadium prior to the game

i would be happy to meet you there and you can have mine for free if they aren’t available for face value

face value tickets or below were also available for about half the home games this year

Optimistic

qb- as long as Martinez stays healthy

vedral wasnt impressive, hopefully mccaffrey comes in and learns the system

rb- mo is great in space and catches ball well. Mills looks like a strong every down back, Robinson in the hybrid role will be impressive. The 2 other incoming freshmen probably need a year before contributing a bunch but like their film

Neutral lb 

Barry is a stud

honas will be ok

good talent coming in

oline Optimistic

The coaching and strength program

makes these guys

top rbs a quarterback who can run and great play calling will make these guys look better than they are 

Cb optimistic 

bootle has improved dramatically 

that’s half of the equation nailed down 

neutral

wr- Stanley is huge loss

spielman is stud

importang to keep him healthy

warner is possession by who blocks well but not much of threat 

robinson in hybrid role will shine

need a true big body guy here badly 

need good depth not Warner type depth

like the tight ends too- Allen is stud

Pessimistic

safety

lost a bunch here

not confident here

tough position to learn for incoming freshman

dl- hopefully Daniels can plug middle and Robinson sees the field as advertised 

Burkhead

crouch

suh

abdullah

westercamp 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X6neDRuvLk

Easy 1978 OU/NU the kickoff hit where ball was clearly fumbled- they didnt call it-

VERY impressed with Frosts recruiting prowess

However we wont be #14 when it's all said and done

The only real team we can pass is Notre Dame

If NU lands Parker, Pola Moa and Nioku, they probably gain about 90- 100 or so points as the top 20 kids count and you trade some 4 stars for 3 stars- which gains you anywhere from 15- to 50 or so points per player depending on where the 3 star player bumped down was rated and how high a 4 star the new player is at. Im guessing Notre Dame is probably upgrading a couple spots too. We are 80 points behind them

However- 

FSU is at 19 kids and only 70 points behind us

Auburn is at 17 and only 100 points behind us

Ohio State is at 16 kids and only 200 points behind us

So most likely NU slips 3 spots down to about 17th

Which is great progress for the program- class is big and deep- high ceiling

Start winning and it will get even better

On 1/18/2019 at 8:21 AM, Mavric said:

Sean Callahan expecting Gaylord to move to RT and start out as the #1 guy with Benhart behind him.  Farniok slides inside to RG with Wilson at LG.  Hunter Miller and Cam Jurgens working at center along with Bland (if he gets here).  That would leave Hixon and Sichterman to be backups as they are guys the staff supposedly likes.

 

A starting lineup of Jaimes-Wilson-Hixon-Farniok-Gaylord would be solid - and it won't surprise me if Benhart works his way onto the front line at some point.  But also having Sichterman-Hixon-Jurgens-Benhart on the second line should get closer to having the depth we could use.  Plus Bland (maybe?).

I wouldnt count on Cam Jurgens

He hasnt played an injury free season in football since his Soph year in HS

Great athlete- hope it works out- but history is against him

Im revising my original prediction a tad:

NU should win these fairly comfortably- barring a major catastrophe:

South Alabama

Illinois

Indiana

Northern Illinois

Maryland

Colorado

The following near 50/50 games- NU has a slight advantage over- so should win 2 of 3:

Minnesota

Northwestern

Iowa H

The following are near 50/50 games where NU has a disadvantage- so Im thinking we win 1 of 3:

Purdue 

Wisconsin H

Ohio State H

Im not a foam finger koolaid drinkee- I had us on 6-6 last year

Im feeling really good about 9 wins 10 if we get the right bowl matchup and dont have a bunch of injuries

Very high probabity of winning:

s alabama

illinoid

colorado

n illinois

indiana

maryland

50/50 type games

minnesota

northwestern

iowa

purdue

wisconsin

ohio state

so win the ones your supposed to

win half of the 50/50 type games

and win the bowl game

puts us at 9-10 wins

Well done

I was also wrong about wideout

i didn’t think Linsey was as advertised but thought he would contribute

he was a bust

also thought Riley would have stockpiled receivers for an offense that wanted to pass the vast majority of the time

of course that was wrong too

who would have guessed we had a great running back hidden in plain sight for 3 years

Usually pretty spot on with my husker predictions- not so much this year

what I was wrong about:

didnt think ozigbo would ever see the field because he used to not be able to run zone worth a darn and too slow

didnt think Washington would ever make it to fall camp as eligible

Didn’t think we would have so many untimely penalties 

thought our special teams would be vastly improved/ they were bad early saw some good progress 

had as us on 6 wins

didnt think our guys would be able to compete against Ohio state 

love the direction and improvement-

hes definately got our team moving in right direction 

25 minutes ago, Jeremy said:

I like your optimism, and I hope you're right, but I have learned after Southern Miss 04, SDSU 10, Illinois 15, Northern Illinois 17, and Troy 18 NEVER to put a W down before the boys in Red have the lead with triple zeroes on the clock. And even then it isn't totally sure. (texas 09)

I’m not that guy

i had us on 6 wins this season 

and 5 in 2017 

6 hours ago, Jeremy said:

Callahan had a top 5 class, and we know how that turned out. I hope these kids Frost is bringing in now are studs, but all I'm hoping for is 6 wins and a bowl. 

 

The good news is that history has shown good coaches can turn things around, albeit somewhat slowly in our case. 

 

Saban went 6-6 his 1st year with a home loss to mighty Louisiana Monroe. That gives me hope for future success because I'd like to thank Frost is as good a coach as old nick Saban. 

 

 

Winning helps

nebraska handily beats:

southern alabama

illinois

maryland

northern illinois

nebraska wins with room:

colorado

indiana

minnesota

thats 7 wins 

nebraska wins half of the 50/50 games:

purdue at home

iowa at home

northwestern at home

nebraska wins one where we are the underdog:

wisconsin at home

osu at home

bowl game 50/50 

lots of momentum and a heisman talked about qb in 2020 makes a team with 9-11 wins pretty hot commodity in the recruiting game

easily top 15

I had us at 6-6 regular season

figured Troy /colorado/northwestern / Purdue winning 2 of 4 

2 wins we didn’t get

this coming season

great schedule, sets up really well for us

hard gamex at home

easy ones with weak fan bases away 

H southern Alabama 95 percent win

A colorado 85 percent win new coach

H northern Illinois 80 percent win

A illinois 90 percent win

h Ohio state 35-40 percent win

h northwestern 60 percent win

a Minnesota 90 percent win

A indiana 85 percent win

h Purdue 60 percent win

h Wisconsin 45 percent win

A maryland 85 percent win

h Iowa 50/50

so Nebraska will be favored in most likely 9 or 10 of its games next season

they will be double digit or close to that  favorites most likely in 7 games 

barring major injuries I see no reason why Nebraska shouldn’t be at 9-11 wins next year including the bowl game assuming we win the games we should and go 2/4 on the 50/50 games 

we can compete and beat every team on the schedule

we also could lose to 5 on the schedule 

conservatively 9 wins

most likely 10

get a break or two and win 11

With urban leaving and harbaugh not getting it together offensively

penn state not dominating

wisconsin looking beatable 

 there isn’t any reason Nebraska can’t consistently win the west and challenge Michigan, psu and osu for titles 

What is your definition of success given our equation

For me it means:

Fielding teams that compete

play physical football

play disciplined- don’t beat themselves

play confident

arent being outcoached

developing players 

winning games we should win soundly

consistently winning games against teams we have more talent than

winning 65 percent of games when playing teams of equal talent

winning 33  percent of games against teams that have more talent than us

this means consistently winning 8-10 games a year

competing for division titles almost every year

winning the big 2-3 times a decade

and when all the breaks go our way being in the conversation for top 8 1-2 times a decade

with frost and cos ability to identify recruit and develop players

these are reasonable goals and yes they can be achieved with recruiting classes ranked in the 15-20 range which is doable