ranch boy

You're right. Following this team and coach is a waste of time.

I know there is nothing Rhule could say right now to make this better, but Rhule did not say anything that made this better.

I get that the teams we play have an extra week to prepare for us, but like can't we look at our offense and scout ourselves and anticipate how they might adjust and attack? Isn't that coaching? Not to mention we played Indiana after a bye and that did not prove to be much of an issue for Indiana.

I don't blame Rhule for not having a great answer prepared here. Who could have guessed someone would have asked such an odd question out of left field as "why isn't your terrible offense not working?"

This is why you hire an experienced rebuilder: to hire outside help to figure it out because the rebuild is harder than you expected even though that was your whole pitch.

I would love someone to follow-up why he thought it would be better and why it isn't.

Given the current trend lines, are we sure the extra practices afforded by a bowl game wouldn't be counterproductive at this point.

Got to believe there's a talented OC willing to take that risk for $1.4 mil. a year

Rhule could have hired someone based off resume rather than relationship. Coaches do that all the time.

I guess we now know why Satt wasn't good enough to be Rhule's OC at Baylor or Carolina, just wonder why Rhule thought he was good enough to be the OC at Nebraska.

I am starting to worry that Rhule forgot to plug in the crock pot.

I just wanted to point out that no Big Ten West team averaged more than 25 points last year. So maybe we had a good defense, but we were definitely not playing against elite offenses.

I have no problem losing to Illinois, Indiana, or Purdue. Nothing wrong with a 5-2 record with this schedule. I do have a problem looking like we don't even belong on the same field as those teams.

See, this is exactly why I hate this rebuilder narrative. Why does that make it acceptable now? And, why didn't he learn how to avoid that? And it obfuscates a very simple fact, with our talent in year two vs Indiana in year one, we should at least look like we are playing the same game.

Can't imagine a more damning admission. Isn't this exactly why he was hired? 19 games in and we are still dealing with this? You only fix this by winning games, which isn't something that you just hope eventually happens. I need someone to explain to me what it means to be a builder and why it has to include terrible losses in year 2.