not me

There isn't a special teams coach, so the buck stops with Frost. 

I listen to the GM shuffle podcast and Michael Lombardi talks a lot about the middle 8 minutes of the game. The 4 minutes before and after half time. These really matter for setting the tone and can win games. It's all about either lining up two scoring opportunities for your team or preventing the other team from getting those two in a row if you aren't receiving in the second half. 

I don't agree with him on everything, but I do think this matters. We just slopped our way through the first 4 and if the offense doesn't come out and score in the 3rd quarter, we'll have 100% lost the middle 8. 

O-line is definitely worse than last year.

1 hour ago, ColoradoHusk said:

I don't think NU is in any danger of being kicked out of the Big Ten.  Yes, NU could be performing better on the athletic fields, but they bring the Big Ten eyeballs across the country (and world) from alumni and NU fans watching NU sports.  Yes, UNL isn't great academically, but the school and research $ have improved significantly since joining the Big Ten.

 

I don't think conferences are in a habit of kicking members schools out of their leagues, despite what Desmond Howard tells everyone.

I don't either because of the reasons you stated. I was just saying it could be a risk if we didn't bring the eyeballs.

34 minutes ago, JJ Husker said:

Because of their track record of kicking out teams like Illinois, Indiana, Northwestern, Rutgers, Maryland etc.?

We are at the bottom academically too by the rankings they use. That's where the risk would come from.

20 minutes ago, Husker03 said:

Won't be an issue thanks to the sellout streak.. But for serious.. People want to pretend that things like that don't matter and are silly, but its the fanbase and the high level of program support across the country that keeps NU in the conversation. The brand still generates plenty of money for the major "leagues" to want a bite.

This is a good point. I could see the B1G kicking us out if we weren't bringing in solid athletics money.