ActualCornHusker

To take that a step further, Alabama and Clemson this year not only have a very weak schedule, but they also have looked highly vulnerable at times (Clemson more so than Bama). There's no reason other than pre season polls and last year's performance that either of those teams should be rated above Oklahoma, LSU, or Penn State.

I feel like I'm replying to you a lot today but i promise that's not intentional. I'd say 90,000+ fans supporting these athletes every Saturday is one of the things that sets NU apart. When other teams struggle, so does their attendance. That should be a huge recruiting sell. On the flip side, the players performance shouldn't be tied to how many fans show up. I highly doubt players take fan attendance into account when they decide how hard they're gonna play. Regarding the current situation, i think a fired up crowd that stays loud and positive even if the team is struggling could make a huge difference in the remaining home games this year.

Would people rather have them say that they had a terrible practice and didn't accomplish/fix anything?

I think 7-5, however it happens I'm not sure. Something tells me out of Indiana-Purdue-Maryland we get 2 out of the 3, then close the year with a win vs. Iowa.

Bootle said today was one of the best practices of the year. I can't wait for all the keyboard warriors to blow that out of proportion

I've always been a fan of the all whites myself

He didn't use the word "directly" at all

I'd rank Cam Taylor-Britt as our best defender. Name another player who has performed better this year than Lamar

Bootle used to be our lock-down cover corner. This year, that's Lamar. The one thing I'll say is this: I think Lamar does best in press man coverage, but he struggles when he has to play off and come up to make the play. But he's played really well, and not sure if you saw, but he was recently projected as a 1st rd NFL pick...

Let's not forget that Lamar was a terrible player until this staff got here and made him start playing with discipline. Now he's one of our best defensive players.

I also see Minnesota losing minimum 3 games. Maybe 4. Minn-NW might end up 3-0, maybe 2-0

Ding Ding Ding!

Some ppl on Twitter are saying Washington isn't on the team anymore... Maybe i just missed it, but is there truth to this?

Bill o'Brien deserves a ton of credit for keeping that program respectable during the sanctions.

I know we're not very good this year, but have you watched Iowa play? They're not good either

From what I saw of the game, Wisconsin played pretty flat and conservative. And as we saw when we played Illinois, that's a pretty physical team. They're better than their record showed

Some blame should be placed on Frost & Co. for sure. People forget, Frost is still a young and inexperienced head coach. Fortunately, I think most would agree that it's obvious he has an awareness about what needs to be fixed, works constantly to get better, and most important of all has a passion for this university. But I'll say this: No matter how good the plan is, if the players aren't able or willing to execute their assignments as coached, it's awfully difficult to formulate any type of game plan that will work. I trust Frost when he says they practiced for the exact plays they saw against Minny. Unfortunately, our LBs have a terrible tendency to overrun their gaps... among other problems...

I'll always be optimistic about Nebraska football because if I chose to be pessimistic, that would be absolutely miserable and there'd be no point in even following the team if I were to allow a game that I'm not even personally involved with to negatively effect my life. Seriously, why would anyone choose not to be hopeful that your favorite team(s) can win at the highest level?... that's ridiculous...

Bro, lady, whatever you are... give it a rest...

Nobody is saying that we have had the talent that compares with any top program... your original post was to chastise people for being excited about walk ons... a few of us have pointed out why your statement was wrong and you're a big crybaby... soooooo....

So your claim is that we haven't developed quality players from our walk on program? You realize there are several examples of those types of guys in the NFL right now....