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3 hours ago, VectorVictor said:

Agreed. The only “Debbie Downer” part would be how many runs our starter and relief pitching did give up down the stretch. I’ve already voiced my concerns on this going into the season.

Hard to judge. A nearly ¾-hour, 11-run 1st inning changed the script on the mound. You don't have to get cute at that point nor use your top relievers. Free passes would have made the comeback easier for Baylor so you play it safe not getting too fancy trying to paint corners etc. There was some slick defense behind the pitchers, too, though. But it's only one (very good) game. I'll save my complaints for year 3 if necessary 

Edit: SL beat me to it :p

I think USC is in a weird place with the coaching change rumors and subsequent retaining of Helton, with a lot of backlash that followed.  But that's not to take away too much from Iowa.

Awesome!  

Didn't beat Purdue last year

I now have diabetes but who cares?  More Kool-Aid!

7 hours ago, It'sNotAFakeID said:

This is a team with no returning starters with zero chemistry and familiarity with each other before the start of the year.

Which is just about how it would have been with Miles anyway.  Maybe marginally better this season, but we all saw what the ceiling was after 7 years (1 NIT win ).

But no moral victories, this year is going to blow chunks record-wise.  Oh well, scorched earth rebuilds are our thing as a university now.

22 minutes ago, BigPeterJ said:

They've been solid for a while though.....but never great.  Have they ever made a BCS bowl?

 

Edit: Looked it up, only looked back 30 or 40 years, but not 1 BCS bowl....they did go undefeated in 94' with 1 tie, but didnt go to a bowl.  Not sure how that happens?

In the first year of the BCS (1998), A&M won the Big 12 and lost to Ohio State in the Sugar Bowl.  But all in all I agree, they're a middle-class P5 program at best.

Milt Tenopir called Frost the best QB he saw in terms of understanding and implementing T.O.'s offense on the field.  Frost knows what to do, and the priorities now are fixing the OL depth chart (no offense to the starting 5 but they need to be pushed in practice by guys who could actually get PT), getting the right mix of WRs (one or two reliable big-bodied threats, cross your fingers that Betts and Manning qualify), and having 3+ running backs to rely on.  None of those things were there in 2019, all look better on paper for 2020 (for what that's worth).  Frost is limited only by his roster.

Nice hard-fought win, Hawai'i played tough.

I'm sure he has said the word "put" at least once in his life, don't worry.

It's a throwaway year unfortunately, it will be interesting to see what a full recruiting cycle or two looks like.  The scrambling roster overhaul (largely necessary) obviously didn't work out great.

1 hour ago, Mavric said:

I'm assuming this is a walk-on offer

 

 

https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/2020/jaquez-yant-206666

Has some interest from Ole Miss, So Miss, UAB, and maybe Florida (well, it says HE'S interested in them anyway).

13 minutes ago, gossamorharpy said:

Uhhh, mo ain’t a deep threat brah

He went for 102 receiving against them last year including a 28-yard TD.  He was a home-run threat.

What if Maurice Washington didn't go full idiot and get himself kicked off the team?  Could have made a big difference today, and in a few other games down the stretch.  Would have given Nebraska a deep receiving threat.

Also note Kade Warner was injured most of the year.

4 minutes ago, dspanther05 said:

Yes he went three and out the next possession. He then handed the ball off all the way down the field and hit a dude wide open. 

False, play-by-play is available here https://huskers.com/sports/football/stats/2019/iowa/boxscore/12380 Nebraska scored on back-to-back drives.  Starting the drives at the 9 and 2 yard line in the 4th quarter were more informative to Nebraska's lack of success.  Doubt McCaffrey would have been called to take any crazy risks, either.  The next drive that started at the 20 was immediately boned by a false start by Austin Allen.

Just now, Archy1221 said:

No but it prevented Nebraska from winning the game because he did nothing else the rest of the game and ran out bounds with roughly 40 seconds left giving the other team time that they would not have otherwise

Well that was pretty much the point that was made: the crowd was "groaning" when Martinez came back in.  And Nebraska scored, so it's completely moot.  No guarantees McCaffrey does much better later on given the field position given in the 4th quarter, kind of hard to justify putting your freshman in against a top 5 defense nationally inside your own ten yard line.  If they didn't call a bogus blindside block penalty, it's quite possible McCaffrey was left in the game, but we'll never know.  Martinez did screw up on that play, but leaving McCaffrey in if you're not playing to win is not that egregious an error IMO.

Just now, Archy1221 said:

Warner was wide open and he almost waited too long, but I guess that’s clutch nowadays. 

Did reinserting Martinez prevent Nebraska from scoring their next drive?

7 minutes ago, 10_point_buck said:

After Luke led us to a TD, anyone with a brain figures he comes back in a rides the momentum.  Nope, Mr. Ego Scotty Frosty, could never be wrong so deer in the headlights Martinez comes back in to again lead us to defeat.  The very audible collective groan of the stadium when #2 came back in said it all.  

Luke entered in the middle of that drive and ran, what, two plays?  Threw a nice ball for sure.  Immediately after that, Mr Deer in the Headlights engineered a 13 play 60 yard touchdown drive including a clutch throw to Kade Warner on 4th and 6.  But by all means, carry on.

The official Huskers app has the radio stream.

5 wins feels slightly better than 4 

OP has a point, some of the Juniors are pretty bad at football, too.

You can lead a horse to water but horses are not eligible to play football so my analogy is already falling apart.  I think better players would probably make him look smarter, but if Frost makes a change I also won't be sad 

1 hour ago, Stone Cold said:

The day we beat the s#!t out of all our cup cake teams ill know were heading in the right direction.

Yeah, something like that.  I think it'll happen gradually and there won't necessarily be a watershed moment.  But we'll know it if/when we see it.

3 sets to 1, good win over a ranked B1G team.