Has Been

5 hours ago, gossamorharpy said:

Eh, not convinced on this yet. K state would be Michigan’s toughest opponent yet this year if they played.

 

Had adrian Martinez had a clutch bone in his body while at Nebraska he woulda beaten Michigan last year but decided to cough it up on the last drive for s#!ts and giggles.  
 

Michigan has all the makings of a vastly overrated team who’s gonna get exposed badly later in the year.

I think Michigan is overrated also, but they’re better than OU. It’s a wild card outside the top 3. 

On 9/17/2022 at 3:08 PM, gossamorharpy said:

Our toughest team on the schedule is now behind us? 

Michigan is better than Oklahoma. 

1 hour ago, Husker03 said:

Reading between the lines, I almost wonder if SF expected Adrian to be a leader as in, the HC level leader that SF wasn't, both on and off the field.   He dumped ALL of that at AM's feet. AM tried his damndest to try to carry it all, but ya, it was never supposed to be his burden to bear. It was supposed to be the grown a$$ 'come after me, I'm 40' coach who was too busy scurrying out to find some brews and a$$ to focus.

Amongst other things as well. Incompetence at its finest. And all that talk??  He looks silly nationally. I hope all that cash was worth what once was, a solid reputation, because that’s blown up. It wouldn’t be to me. 

1 hour ago, krc1995 said:

I think the keys to coaching were revealed in Venables’ post game comments

 

Venables added: "They obviously were the better team tonight. I thought they played more physical than us, played with better fundamentals, they played with better precision on both sides of the ball." 

 

42 million and we had no keys. Seems like Frost thought we had to trick and dazzle everyone to win. Then go dormant on defense. The words fundamentals and precision really stick out to me. 

Scott Frost was just, well, lazy. He thought it would be easy. He is the one who has to look in the mirror everyday. The mirror will be looking back. Promise you. No amount of money will make that stop. I’m sure many of the things we have heard are true. Nebraska was in incompetent hands. It shows. Dude should be utterly embarrassed. 

3 hours ago, The Scarlet Pimpernel said:

 

Didn't know that - thanks 

But hey, if he was someone they wanted, throw a bunch of money at him and make him say no? Never hurts to ask. He’s definitely a good coach. He isn’t, a great recruiter though, which is probably why OSU is mostly in that second tier of teams. They haven’t even recruited as well as Nebraska has. Not very close either. 

On 9/13/2022 at 4:23 PM, The Scarlet Pimpernel said:

 

Exactly what I was thinking, and I also think Gundy would listen if Trev called.

No chance. Gundy isn’t leaving OSU. He now has an AD and adm he likes. He will be a lifer there. 

8 hours ago, The Scarlet Pimpernel said:

Oklahoma got beat by KState 
KState got beat by Tulane 
Tulane got beat by USM 
USM got beat by Miami 
Miami got beat by Middle Tennessee 
Middle Tennessee got beat by James Madison 

James Madison is undefeated.
 

HIRE THEIR COACH

Well done! Lol

On 9/22/2022 at 2:41 PM, irafreak said:

Young punks...

Not very smart ones, that’s for sure!

4 minutes ago, Dogs In A Pile said:

I loved his comment after the game saying the culture at KSU is special. Touché Scotty.

Yeah, I agree. Obviously, it’s clear, Nebraska still has a culture issue. They don’t have one, except of losing games. 

I don’t know what’s been said in this thread. IMO, KSU has had the reigns on their offense to unveil in this game. They thought, I’m sure, that they’d have enough vanilla offense against Tulane to win the game. It backfired. Tonight, they fired all their weapons. To me, having watched them several times already, they have only themselves to blame for their lone loss. 

9 hours ago, Cigarman said:

And yet when we hired whipple with a longer and less successful resume we had fans drooling over him. 

IMO, he was a desperate hire, not even a fit for what Scott was doing. Mixing a spread offense with the WCO is laughable. I was pretty disappointed with the hire. I felt like it was throwing darts and hoping you hit something good. Nothing personal towards Whipple, just not really a good fit at all. 

11 hours ago, TGHusker said:

Yep at Mulligans in the Raddison hotel. We’ve had up to 275 show for big games before. YEARS ago

That’s it. I remember it well. I just guessed 100, but figured it was more than that. I met this gal there once, it was a fun day to say the least. A Cornhusker win and a lucky day indeed. Alcohol always makes things a bit more chillax. Lol

On 9/20/2022 at 3:23 PM, TGHusker said:

Yes, I've moved from watching at the Oklahoma Cornhusker Club (got too depressing sitting wt a bunch of guys crying in their beers), to watching from my TV, to last week - just listening while doing something enjoyable - trimming my elm tree with a pole chain saw.  

I used to go watch those game several years back with the Oklahoma Cornhusker club. It was at a hotel. Usually about 100 people or so. I haven’t been since Pelini. Used to be a fun time. Usually drank a bit more that I usually would, but always had fun. 

22 hours ago, VectorVictor said:

Dunno why the hate for Bill Obrien. He does a great job with our salt-water aquarium. 

I saw a poll on Twitter today. 87% of Alabama fans are begging Nebraska, or some else to hire him. This dude has a boring style of football. He’s also very rich. Not sure what his motivation would be. I’d take almost anyone else. His upside is 8-4 at best. No thanks. I can’t stand the guy. 

7 hours ago, Nebfanatic said:

What if we pay Urbs 11 million a year and he comes here and fails spectacularly? This idea that Urban will just come here and flip us around is a very optimistic take imo. He could absolutely have success here, but its also a possibility that he doesn't. 

I have similar thoughts. His NFL flameout, could have damaged his reputation with young people. I’m not sure he’d be able to recruit like he has previously.  While I’m down with giving him a shot, if so, I’d make the contract heavily incentive laden. I’m not sure he wouldn’t be here just to collect 50 mm over 5 years. Flame out after two, get fired, and walk away loaded. I’m just not sure it would be the same Urban Meyer NU would be getting. 

18 hours ago, VectorVictor said:

 

Unfortunately it sounds like the cancer goes all the way to (some of) the Regents who knew of and permitted this stuff. 

 

Wonder if one of those cancers is actively politicking this fall...

I’ve said for years and years it’s terribly disappointing some regents still have their jobs dating back to Pearlman. The things that went on, no wonder the football program sucks. 

On 9/15/2022 at 8:27 PM, ColoradoHusk said:

I think the OU game is a free pass for Mickey. He’s just trying to keep the team afloat this week. If he goes 5-3 in the rest of the Big Ten schedule, he could get a serious look by Trev. 
 

I like Mickey, but he wouldn’t have been a serious candidate for the head coaching job last year. 

Probably not a serious candidate for any HC job last year. He is getting a chance now. This is how he can make his mark. He has a ton of work to do, obviously. 

21 hours ago, mwj98 said:

Never understood the Matt Davison hire. 

It’s the buddy system. I’m not a fan of Matt Davison. Seems like a sheister a little. At least to me. 

Probably 7-2, with 2 close losses. That gets the Huskers to 8 wins. He’d have to take a hard look. I think he has to beat OU to raise eyebrows. 

7 hours ago, jager said:

Never cared for the all red or all white for that matter. Not that my opinion matters. I do like the traditional style of red on white for home and white on red for road.

They’ve only wore all red one time. Against OU in 1986. It’s just a change up, yet original. 

21 hours ago, knapplc said:

I regret to be the one to remind OP that Nebraska lost The Battle For NU, and we cannot be referred to as "NU" until we reclaim the title from NU (Northwestern).

 

It sucks. I know. But rivalries matter.

Not to me they haven’t. 

Hell, just looking at the product on the field, the sloppiness, terrible management, in game decisions, to me, it’s pretty obvious Frost didn’t put in the time necessary to win. It looked like John Blake’s Sooners out there. I’ve heard the rumors of private planes with Scott Strasburger, Matt Davison, and a few other friends. Heavy partying, Las Vegas, alcohol and cocaine. How much is true? Who knows, but something was awry, and it’s quite easy to see, the focus, concentration, and commitment just weren’t there. 

Scarlet shirts, pants, original helmets, and black shoes. Give the team a rare look (1986 OU). Just change it up. Maybe give them a lift. New coach, new look, and underdogs at home. Change it up, yet stay original. Let’s go! I want this game. 

23 hours ago, Hans Gruber said:

 

Bo and Mike Riley each had at least one top 20 class too. I agree that if Nebraska wins games, they can recruit well. 

Bo had several. He got fat and lazy the last 3 years when he was trying to get fired. Yes, I have no doubt Nebraska can recruit well, but they gotta win some damn ballgames. 

10 hours ago, 84HuskerLaw said:

Top 30 s I think.  
but misleading.  Classes should be rated by position groups.  More indicative.  And retention ratings annually.  That would tell s great deal  more.  
 

https://archive.ph/2022.09.14-131438/https://theathletic.com/3593206/2022/09/14/nebraska-scott-frost-transfer-portal-attrition/#selection-2431.0-2431.1
19th actually. 
 

Every program has turnover nowadays, Nebraska has just had more. Scott wasn’t doing his job imo. Too lax, too lazy, too drunk, and unmotivated to work all the hours required to get things going. Imo, this is nearly all coaching, horrible management, and unqualified assistants.