Alabama Husker Watcher

Nebraska has a lot to be proud of. They kept this game really close and did much better than everyone expected, including me. The errors have to be fixed, though.

I think Frost's problems are indicative of a larger problem in college football. Everyone is looking to hire the next big time head coach, so schools jump on coaches the instant they do anything impressive and become the next big name. Texas hired Tom Herman after he had one excellent season with Houston. Herman had only been head coach for two seasons and was given the reigns of the Texas football program. Sound familiar? Frost had been head coach for all of two seasons before he was hired at Nebraska. He had one excellent season and one average season. He had not proven himself yet and he was not ready to take on such a challenge on such a level. He's like a boxer who was put in the championship bout too soon.

So, it sounds like you are talking about teams needing to have an identity and stick to that identity. Is that right? Wisconsin knows that they are a power-running team and they stick to that. All of their players are selected to play in that system and they do well with this system. I'm not sure that I could pinpoint what Nebraska's identity is or what system they are trying to run.

I'm not sure I know the difference between what a top 5 program is doing and what a top 25 program is doing. Aren't they both just trying to be as good as they can be?

I'm new here. I've been watching Nebraska football for many years, though I'm not a fan of the team. I like Nebraska and I remember watching those dominant Husker teams from the 1990's. I'll never forget the greatness of Tommie Frazier. College football is better when Nebraska is playing well. I've heard so many times that Nebraska cannot compete anymore because they don't recruit as well as the top teams anymore. The people who say this must not be paying attention to recruiting. Nebraska has averaged a national recruiting ranking of 20th and a Big Ten recruiting ranking of 4th over the last 6 years. Sure, the team doesn't recruit like Ohio State or Alabama, but not many schools do. Nebraska has had the talent level over the last 6 years to have 8-10 win seasons and to be ranked in the top 25 each year.