The Whale

I'm not trolling. Are you trolling?

Deion has no coaching mentors, he hasn't put in the grind. Where was he an assistant coach? High school doesn't count. I believe Deion will get a HC job at a Division I program after this season, and odds are that he will fail spectacularly. MJ would be and is, at least twice as qualified as Deion for this particular job, and MJ isn't even a fit.

Frost's hire was a huge deal at the time, and we got TONS of media. Show me where the "gold" from that event is being stored.

His well established persona isn't a fit for this program (Full Stop).

Agreed. Mickey has less than a 2% chance at getting the HC job at this point. Meyer or Bielema would have this program completely turned around by the 2nd year.

Credit to MJ and staff. This is what effective coaching looks like.

Officially GLAD I didn't double my $2K bet on IL, and am regretting betting this game at all. Ugh, but Yay...LOL !!!

Lack of a functioning OL severely limits the OC's options.

I thought about doubling my $2K bet on IL yesterday, but chickened out. Damn it.

YES!

Don't kid yourself - he wins, he's in...he loses, he's out -- and the new incoming HC in that case would NOT be forced to retain him (no HC worth his mettle would agree to a requirement like that).

45 - 20 IL

I suspect he will get sacked 3+ times, hurried 6+ times, and will throw 2-3 int's. This season's IL defense is simply that stout, and this combined with Huskers' dismal OL talent spells disaster for Thompson passing today.

I disagree. If MJ wins-out rest of season including bowl game - the job is his with no debate.

MJ has a LOT of positives as an assistant coach and recruiter, but will not be the Huskers’ next fulltime HC. Less than a 10% chance at this point. He would probably need to win the rest of games this season, and win the bowl game to get the job. Seriously, that is what he will need to do to make up for the lack of the right resume.

I live in NE so pretty sure it wouldn’t be legal.

Agreed.

Huskers win by 20+ this season.

Not much mention of Urban Meyer on HB lately. Ya'll do know he's being seriously considered, don't ya'?

This is shocking! Iowa has no offense!

This year will probably be worse -- IL has too many offensive playmakers for our beloved Huskers D, and the IL defense is stout and getting better every game.

MJ will stay on as Asst. HC and will probably get a FAT bump in salary -- he's exactly the type of assistant coach that thrives on an Urban Meyer staff.

I stopped by the Horseshoe in CB earlier today and placed $2K on Illinois at -7.5 points. This is the first bet I've placed this season on a Huskers game.

Collegiate Sports Associates is the same search firm that conducted the Nebraska AD search that ended up with Trev getting hired. Perhaps Trev is showing loyalty to this company for him getting the AD job? https://collegiatesportsassociates.com/previous-placements/ (Trev's picture is in the 2nd row from the top)

Fixed it.