olddominionhusker

Well without that part

We appear to be morphing into Iowa

This is a coach that is willing to do what needs to be done. I think if we keep the faith we will be happy in the long run

Fair lol

Ok for a more serious reply than my last. I said this yesterday. I have mixed feelings. I think the team as a whole plays harder than I’ve seen in a while. The Defense is much improved. Special teams not a total dumpster fire anymore. I even see Oline improvement. Look at our ground numbers through two games. Rhule isn’t making excuses and throwing players under the bus like Frost.He sat at that presser yesterday and put the turnovers on himself. I think the kids want to play hard for him. These are all positives. The team is realistically a QB short of being a bowl team this year. The results may be the same but progress is being made IMO. I’m not giving up on Rhule yet. He inherited an ungodly mess and in a lot of areas has already fix things. Unfortunately his one big mistake was going all in on Sims and that’s going to cost him this year.

I didn’t like the all out blitz on third and 10+ when we were still in the game though. That play broke us IMO. We showed all day we could cover their guys. Not sure why that call at that moment

It won’t. This is a pretty thin team with some good skill position players that will get exposed when they play a decent team.

Yeah man how could HH be that much worse. Like what is he even doing here. The fact that Rhule said there was no discussion of replacing Sims at the half is really concerning for a number of reasons. It was unfair to a D that was playing their tail off. It was probably unfair to Sims to continue to allow him to fail on such a catastrophic level as well

I put forward that we use as many additional M’s as he has turnovers each week. One additional M for each turnover. So this week he will be Simmmmms(I putting the Earvin one on him as well)

We have had them. Our coaches weren’t able to develop them or put them in a position to succeed. Adrian was absolutely a good QB and progressively worsened here until going to K state where he played well again. Casey is a good QB. And yes Sims does have a lot of raw ability. The difference IMO is that we just haven’t really put these guys in an offensive scheme to utilize their strengths. Sims can make some really good throws(the one Bullock dropped comes to mind). But if they can’t figure out a way to simplify things to make him more effective it won’t matter. Satterfield was the one staff hire I hated and I’m really concerned I was right but I’m not going to give up on him quite yet. What Sims is doing is unprecedented and I have a hard time believing it will continue like this. I want to at least see the offense when we aren’t continually self immolating

We 100% win Minny game and I think the CU game is a tossup if Casey was QB. I’ve never seen anyone as bad as Sims through two games. Not just the shear volume of TO but when and where they occur. He is a total disaster. I’m all for just starting HH and hoping for the best at this point.

With Sims?? He can’t field a snap or hand the ball off and we want him making option pitch decisions? Nope

That’s just unreal. My friends were giving me s#!t after the game because they only saw the final. I tried to explain how strange the actual game was. This does that perfectly

This is the big danger. The landscape is so different now you almost have to do what Sanders did. Kids have no patience for losing or not playing anymore.

Agreed. My guess is they probably end up in the 6 or 7 win range. Which certainly is t bad after taking over 1-11. But watch the first half and early second half of that game and I don’t think there is any question that not only were we hanging with them, we were better. They will face a lot better teams then us this year. Any teams with good O and D lines will neutralize them IMO.

Exactly. Sims is a miss. The guy does have some talent but clearly can’t be coached out of pissing down his leg in games. Was worth a shot in year one but would probably move on now with an eye toward the future. Defense is much better for sure. ST meh not sure. Coverage is better but still need to make 45 yarders. But I’m not giving up on Rhule yet. As far as comparing him to Deion, I’m not saying s#!t after two games. Nebraska owned the CU offensive line and covered those receivers perfectly until incessant turnovers and the incompetence of Sims kept them on the field to the point where any team would wear down. Anyone who can’t see this is willfully stupid. There will be a lot of money to be made betting against CU this year

I actually totally agree with you. This team is going to be fine if we are patient. They were definitely the better team overall in the first half and were essentially destroyed by one player, Sims. You can’t expect the defense to continue to step up under these circumstances. They actually held out longer than I thought. I would probably start looking to make a change at QB tho. I’m not saying the other two are world beaters but the defense is decent and will keep us in games if we don’t just hand the ball to the other team.

Right. At this point I’m not expecting anything. I think we are all a little shell shocked over the past few years. But I will not be shocked if we scratch out 6 wins on that schedule either. Pleasantly surprised yes but something about this coach gives me confidence that the darkness may be ending

For sure FIGJAM

Jesus dude. Why do you get so nitpicky and s#!tty about stuff? It’s a conversation ffs. Am I on the stand here giving testimony. For the record your honor I could see him going late in the draft or being a contributor as an UDFA. As has been previously mentioned who the hell knows. Other than you of course. You know all. d!(k

Yeah definitely no way he plays edge in the league I agree. But I could see him being converted into like a Robert Spillane type at some point or a special teams contributor somewhere as an UDFA but who knows. I certainly wish him the best. Seems like a good kid

Meh. We’ll see. I could see him getting picked up Day 3

I never thought Nelson would stay. Why hang around for the first year of a rebuild and risk hurting your draft stock or getting injured. He got 2nd team All BIG honors and will get a nice paycheck for the next few years as a likely middle round pick. I would’ve scratched my head if he came back honestly

I’m fine with whoever the staff thinks is best for QB1 but I think Sims is the favorite to start. Staff loves him and I don’t think he transferred to sit. We shall see.