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5 hours ago, BigRedBuster said:

What is going to be the QB situation next year?

Exactly

6 minutes ago, RedDenver said:

Strong disagree. RB easier to find talent than probably any other position. It'd be great to get this guy, but way down the list of ones we absolutely need.

Meh, agree to disagree. We have now resorted to hoping to flip a 3 star from boise state or some such place because their coach got fired. Don’t know maybe he will be great but hearing that doesn’t scream we are killing it on the recruiting trail for that position 

On 11/21/2023 at 10:59 PM, FearAmeer said:

Emmett Johnson has come along and we still have Ervin if he can stay healthy. Definitely need to keep up at the position so still a loss but we can afford it this time around

This is actually one of the ones we HAD to get and keep. What happens if EJ gets hurt?  Ervin staying healthy is unlikely.

And with the QB situation we will lean more on the run than ever next year. He  is going to be a star wherever he goes, sucks big time it won’t be here. 

15 minutes ago, runningblind said:

I'll throw out a hot take and say Iowa is the worst 9-2 team of all time.  I'm willing to be no other 9-2 team in history has the worst ranked offense in college football. 

I don’t disagree at all, and how sad is it we will prob lose

7 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said:

You assume the starters wouldn’t have improved as the season went on like some of the guys playing now have.  

I see where you are coming from but I will counter with; EJ came in and hit the ground running, Purdy hit the ground running except for one bad decision in the Maryland game. The left side of the line has become markedly more serviceable since Corcoran and Piper went down. My point is the replacements haven’t needed time to get better than who they were replacing and no amount of time was going to make that left side of the line better.

44 minutes ago, HANC said:

While I am as disappointed as much as anyone and agree with your assessment…. We can’t ignore the fact that we have played many many games with 75-85% back ups (some cases 3rd string guys) that 

1. aren’t as good as the starters

2. weren’t ready for Big 10 competition 

3.  Probably didn’t get rep ( in season)

 

I understand, and am embarrassed by our inept offense, but I truly believe that we pull out a few of those close losses (MSU, Maryland, Wiscy) if we were remotely playing the number 1 guys. If we just pull out 1 game ( even with depleted offense) the tone and mood on here is completely different!

I agree it would be a whole new world if we went 6-6. That means they overcame some adversity, I don’t really know if our starters being healthy changes that. Washington maybe our one loss that really hurt this team. Everyone else,  their replacements have done just fine or better than they were

Edit: you are probably right if the guys starting now had more reps in camp it may be a completely better team, which begs the question what were the coaches looking at that made these guys so low in the depth chart? 

45 minutes ago, Gorillahawk said:

I understand what you are saying. I would be willingly to bet that Temple and Baylor fans said the same thing in Rhule's first couple years in both places. 

Sure we are “ahead of schedule” but it still feels like business as usual when it comes to HOW we are losing these games. Too much to rehash in one post but we are still masters at shooting ourselves in the foot and that does not bode well.

1 hour ago, Guy Chamberlin said:

 

Would have loved to see more immediate results, but never dreamed of judging the condition of the program for at least a couple more seasons.

 

You should join me. 

 

(be honest, you'll still be complaining if we finish 6-6)

I will be honest. I would be eh ok with 6-6 and a bowl. That’s measurable progress… I’ll explain…

that means we beat a 9-2 Iowa. That means they are able to pull themselves up from a 3 game skid and beat a team with a winning record. That means we have don’t have a losing record for the first time since Riley.   Thats just off the top of my head without looking up all of the mind numbing stats from the last decade or so that make a 6-6 record feel like going to the B1G championship. 
 

23 minutes ago, Toe said:

 

This year is the easiest schedule we've had in ages. Frankly, if we can't even make a bowl game with this schedule, I would consider it a step backwards overall compared to the Frost era.

Agreed, we have taken steps back in every facet except defense.

We finish 5-7 and this program is in no better condition than what frost left it. I would say worse as the offense is not only boring and anemic, it’s gut wrenchingly cringe. 

I mean Matt Canada needs a job 

2 hours ago, LennynSquiggy said:

Satterfield isn't going anywhere.

I don’t disagree, but he should

This program has become Billy bob thortons character from tombstone. Somebody needs to come in and Wyatt Earp the s#!t out of it. Looks like Rhules nepotism is keeping him from doing his job. 
 

Satterfield had ALL off season and this season to do something with the qb room. He’s hot garbage

20 minutes ago, gossamorharpy said:

Fully agree.  Here's my list in order of priority:

 

1.QB- Already covered, 1 week ago i said no one in this years' qb room should be on the depth chart next year.  If chubba plays well again this week I'll change that.  Still think we need at least 1 qb transfer, potentially 2

 

2. O line improvement- its been cleaner than past years and there is improvement to speak of.  Still dont feel great of our ability to really run on anyone consistently.  You take away the long qb runs we've had on broken plays and our run game looks pitiful.

 

3. Find a DUDE on the d line- perhaps he's already in house and needs another year (lenhart).  Nash has progressed tremendously, we''re still missing that one guy who commands a double every single play and can single handily wreck a team on any given day. 

 

4. Continued depth at WR & big body receiver- I expected kemp to be a much bigger factor and a lot of it, outside of injuries, is probably more due to our qb situation.  That being said, we sorely miss a big bodied receiver- I dont want another 5'8 wide out, go get a guy who can go over the middled or win a jump ball in the end zone.  

 

5. Find a god damn punter who is somewhat accurate and at least consistent with distance and hang time, something our punters have been incapable of for years now

That is a really good list dude. 
 

I would add, Rhule having a sit down with Satt and saying you have the Iowa game to show me something different with HOW you call plays in certain SITUATIONS or you’re gone. 

2 hours ago, gossamorharpy said:

I’m not sure how you can say that in the bold when we lost against Maryland because our QBs had 5 turnovers.

 

we lost to Michigan st because our qb was overthrowing and throwing pics all day

 

we lost to minny largely due to 3 ints from our qb, one of which took 3 points off the board and the last one setup minny for game winning fg

 

who knows what would’ve happened against Colorado but surely our qb getting the yips and dropping the snap multiple times and throwing a horrendous pick at our 30 did not do the team a favor.

 

it’s not just qb play, injuries certainly have impacted us, as have embarrassingly poor special teams and general year 1 transition issues. But if you look at any one position group, qb, by far shoulders more blame than any other group 

Sure qb play has been out front. It’s tough to ignore how bad they’ve been. 
 

I just found it interesting with GOOD not just ok qb play we are systematically broken as a program…still. Finding a qb in the portal won’t right this ship as people have been saying. That is all. 

3 minutes ago, Guy Chamberlin said:

 

Well if the program is an abortion, it's never even given a chance. 

 

When it comes to the Huskers, I still lean Pro-Life. 

I hope I’m wrong. I really do. I’ve been watching this team for a long time. And it isn’t a stretch to say this program hasn’t been given a chance by the people running the show. 
 

Rhule has made some critical errors and they all seem to center around Satterfield, his buddy. Who else did this? nepotism and fans buying the hype hook line and sinker every regime change will be the death of this program if it’s not already dead. 

1 hour ago, Guy Chamberlin said:

 

Yeah, we went up 14 pretty quick. Our third string quarterback caught everyone by surprise, including the Wisconsin defense. Then they did what defenses are supposed to do and adjust. Did you honestly think we were going to roll 56-0 against Wisconsin at Camp Randall? Like, come on man!

 

While we almost laid an egg point wise, the defense had a couple great third and fourth down stands, and the offense clicked well enough to move down the field at the end of both halves for what could have been game deciding field goals. You do know that Wisconsin was favored in this game, right? 

 

And while it might seem foolish to defend this offensive line, it would also be crazy to ignore that the Huskers rushed for 200 yards, leads the conference in rushing, and  Chubba Purdy had enough time to go 15-23 for 195 yards. Sacks did not seem to be an issue. Neither were turnovers. 

 

Abortion? Dude. 

Yes I used some inflammatory language, but I stand by it. 
 

This team may be showing improvement in some aspects but have taken giant leaps back in others. 
 

we will more than likely, barring a miracle, end up 5-7. We are not as embarrassing as Frosts team but we just found other ways to lose close games. 
 

on a losing streak? play the Huskers. Want to put up madden like numbers and break some record? play the Huskers. Hell Allen didn’t even know if he was going to stick with football  then decided after he ran all over us a couple years back that this football thing is kinda neat. 

We suck!! And it prob won’t change in our lifetime. 

This game showed me that in the end it isn’t qb play that has been hampering us. Obviously Sims and HH have not helped the situation but Purdy played a clean game with really pretty good stats and we still lost, like terribly. Go up 14 then lay an egg the rest of the game?? Like come on man!

100 percent in play calling, clock management, special teams (anyone else blocks that punt and our guy totally holds up and bails??) and of course crappy Oline play. 
 

unfortunately a portal qb is not going to save this abortion of a program

53 minutes ago, deedsker said:

By all means yes, but a freshman from Sioux City doesn't exactly scream confidence either. Sims could succeed. It just isn't likely at this point. 

 

Sounds like Purdy practiced, so he might as well get first crack at it. He did have one good drive. 

Fair, I guess at this point the qbs have been so bad I’d rather take the devil we don’t know then the devil we do. 
 

when it comes to Purdy he had a really good drive. “Right up to the point he left his wingman” by trying to play hero.
 

I’d be ok with either him or a complete unknown at this point and hope and pray the defense can bail them out yet again

11 minutes ago, deedsker said:

I mean, Sims does have the raw athleticism to give our offense a chance to be productive. He just can't get past the basics. HH is worth playing if he isn't 100% and Purdy is struggling with injury as well. If Longval is actually #4, if he can take a snap without fumbling and hand it to EJ he might be needed before halftime.

I don’t care if Sims is Lamar Jackson reincarnated, if he can’t protect the ball he should never sniff the offensive side of the ball. 
 

The fact that the only thing consistent about him is that he WILL fumble or throw ints and they STILL insist on playing him makes them clinically insane (doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results) or culpable and intentionally throwing games. 

that said I agree if they want to show some semblance of trying to win they may need to turn to Longval sooner than later

10 minutes ago, Husker in WI said:

 

Gonna be tough to put Woche in when he's not traveling, they're bringing Longval. Who will not see the field unless the 3 others are all hurt.

 

My guess is Sims with a quick hook to Purdy if necessary - which will almost certainly be necessary. But Sims is the only healthy QB we have, so unless they've just decided Purdy is healthy enough and gave him the reps all week I'm thinking Sims starts. Would love to be wrong, I'd rather see Purdy get a shot from the start. It is possible practice Sims finally shows up, but he's had a lot of opportunities and screwed it up each time.

I will personally pay for Woches plane ticket if it means the 3 we’ve seen don’t stsrt

also if Sims gets the start it confirms Sat and Rhule are clinically insane

2 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said:

Sure...there are the rare times when a local kid, who was committed to a coach that got fired comes back after he gains a good relationship with the new staff.  But, Lacy is not a local kid and we aren't having a coaching change.

Agreed. Maybe Lacy knows something we don’t about a coaching change with the offense. Ha, kidding 

On 11/13/2023 at 7:18 PM, BigRedBuster said:

I agree about the Alabama offer….but when a kid decommits, they aren’t coming back. 

Didn’t Malachi Coleman decommit after the Mickey Joseph mess

7 minutes ago, Mavric said:

Also from 247:

 

 

Any other power five team is 8-2 or better with this defense. Keeping opponents under 20 points is winning football

HH nothing doing. Sims has a couple scoring drives then the turnover bug bit him…again. Purdy has a really solid drive and Coleman gives up on the route and turnover…

Purdy should get the start but I would be interested to see what Woche can do at this point. Can’t get any worse…

Fidone should do nothing but work on blocking this week in practice and McGuire needs to get in Coleman’s ear and teach him how to toughen up when he gets jammed. 

Satt calls plays like he is playing Madden with the All Madden team. I’ve given him the benefit of the doubt but Rhule needs to make a change otherwise he is culpable as well. 

Lol this is manic