Wistrom Disciple

Do we go with Sims in the second half at some point? Haarberg makes some decent plays, but looks in over his head too often and doesn't seem to have the spark to create plays for himself. I'd like to see Sims back in the fold He has another nephew, Dayton, who is in Lincoln for today's game.

Sure, but still a good play made by the receiver. Our secondary does well to cover the first few seconds of a play. But unless we get pressure, they can't cover too long. We're getting bullied right now.

Instead of bashing our players, can we acknowledge that it was a heck of an effort by the receiver there? I wish we would've brought someone from the edge or from out wide to disrupt timing, but regardless it was a heck of a play by the receiver. If our secondary could just turn around to look for the ball, it's a pick.

Hopefully we make them earn everything. These time killing drives aren't bad though, so long as we can put together a few of our own.

I believe the plan had been to slide Corcoran inside and have Walter Rouse hold down a tackle spot. If that is the case, Corcoran has been playing at tackle out of necessity, not because the staff intended for him to stay there. Rouse's decision really put us back as he would have undoubtedly made us better along the front line.

Context helps the bigger picture though. The QB spot has not done too much to help our tight ends so far and the QB in the class hasn't yet done a lot to inspire confidence that he will be an improvement. Though I believe Nelson will not be going anywhere else, it isn't unreasonable to believe he would look around if he isn't quite sold.

I HOPE NOT! Sign Ferentz to a lifetime contract. Iowa will never been nationally relevant with the Ferentz family leading the program.

Good chances with Purdue as well. And will depend on which versions of Illinois, Maryland, and Iowa show up. All winnable if (big if) we can cover the basics.

Sad part is even when they line has protected well on the passes, HH has consistently struggled to find receivers. Taking some hard hits on the runs too, wouldn't be the worst thing to get Sims into the mix and work him back a bit.

Injuries or not, he would still be a great addition for the program. It's hard to teach the instinctual stuff and Caleb seems to have a knack for being in the right place at the right time. Would be a great addition and if the coaches can develop some of the instate kids (like they're doing with the Bullocks, Rollins, Lloyd, etc.), that Omaha pipeline becomes much more visible. And if we can get the Omaha and KC pipelines rolling again... look out.

Wut?

Either way, the fact that he's been here three times now indicates that he likes something he's hearing from our staff, coaches and/or fans. In the transfer age now, it gives us an opportunity to sway recruits down the line should things not work out at their school of choice.

Sure, recruiting is important, but developing the talent is more important from my perspective. The Frost era should have taught us that recruiting alone does not mean good coaching. I think looking at wins/losses alone is foolish this early into his tenure. I see signs of improvement and development from Rhule that encourages me that we made a good choice. Some of those include leading the nation in sacks after two games, being top ten in rushing defense (under 2 yards per attempt), and averaging over five yards per rushing attempt. Doing all this with largely the same group of players as last year. I'm excited to see how they continue to develop the players and I'm hopeful that the wins will follow with time.

Haha whatever you say man. Deion is a good recruiter, but recruiting does not equal coaching. And no, I am not yet convinced that he is better at getting his players ready to play nor better at building a program. But I don’t view that based on a single game or month. Again, judging a coach two games in should not be how we determine whether the coach will be successful long-term.

Judging a coach two games into his first season seems like an unreasonable adventure. This goes both ways though, 0-2 start doesn’t mean a coach is bad, nor does 2-0 mean a coach is automatically good. Has Deion brought Colorado back to relevance? Yes. Is the media hyping them more than deserved? Also yes. There is no argument that Deion is an excellent recruiter. I do have to point out that he inherited a 1-11 team on paper, but cleared out 90%? of that team’s roster. So not exactly an apples to apples comparison YoY. His disregard for program culture or team unity works when they’re winning. The true test will be to see how that plays when the team and players face adversity. My perspective is that Rhule is a program builder and an above average college head coach. Given the state of our program since Pelini, I believe Rhule is a better fit in rebuilding our program for sustainable success.

Based on your sarcasm and the six days of analysis you took before the reply, it is possible that both are in fact true. Deion and his high powered offense with "allegedly" two Heisman contenders putting up a zero 25 minutes into the game would not be considered "good." Rhule made it pretty clear that they didn't want to get into a shootout. Having hit the post on a field goal and a fumble on the first possession result in zero points given up, 0-0 seemed like a decent spot to be in for us. < It does helps that we were averaging 4-5 yards per rush at that point despite having nothing on the scoreboard. In the end, yes Colorado won and their offense took advantage of our miscues. They have some talented players and to their credit, they did make some halftime coaching adjustments to help themselves get going in the second half. However, I still do believe that Rhule is the better coach for our program than Deion would have been and strongly believe that using the first two games as the barometer of whether we made the right or wrong choice between the two is foolish.

Reminds me of a DeJon Gomes, Nate Gerry, Gifford-style player. Not the biggest, fastest, strongest, or most heralded recruit. But a darn good player with a knack for being in the right spot at the right time. Seems like he would be a great fit and nice to see Wisconsin fumbling their recruitment of him after it looked like they were the leader for awhile. I hope we are able to get him on board.

He didn’t get them ready to play… they were actually pretty bad until we started giving away turnovers. Nothing about his coaching stood out today at least to me. Yes, I will admit my bias but I do believe Rhule & Co. had a sound strategy until the fumbles started occurring. Recruiting, sure he’s good, but I think you and those who share your mindset look at the end and use it to justify the means. I’ll be very curious if his style of running a program will hold water over the season and years going forward.

That made me chuckle. How many celebrity coaches do you think are out there? And then tell me how many of them have two sons ready to step in and play right away? Good situation for them now, I think Deion is still unproven as a coach.

Yes, but you have to remember that two of them are his sons. He does attract some quality skill players, but as @soup mentions it could quickly become ugly once they face some actual adversity. It was getting that way for the first quarter and a half today as their players were getting frustrated with one another leading to poor possessions. Unfortunately, we gifted them some momentum killers and once they got a two score lead, it was over. Couldn't disagree more. Sanders flipped his roster and it worked to start the year. I'm not so sure his "coaching" is the reason for their success or simply attracting some quality skill players who are exceptional. We stopped ourselves more than Colorado stopped us today.

That scares me, he hasn't been impressive and he's the only QB we have on the line. Likely going to need a transfer QB or two ahead.

Well for one, they seem to play complementary football better. Kill the clock, play good defense is always a good recipe to stay in games. The turnovers however, hurt immensely.

Sims has played poorly, yes. I did like what Satt did at the end of the half by making him go under center. The shotgun snaps were at the center of the fumbles, hopefully we take some lessons from that. We shall see.

I'm not sure we should let one game be the barometer of whether he's the guy or not.

Was just thinking that. Last week's hit changed him, I think he's either hurting or in fear of being dinged up again.