C-4

23 hours ago, Crusader Husker said:

It is just too easy to get Iowa people going.  Thanks for playing...

We, Nebraska, have been s#!tting the bed for a quarter of a century. We get our high off flinging it at others.

How about instead of flinging it, we get our s#!t together?

Seriously, just the fold this sad program. 

Been watching the entirety of the 2001-current downslide.

Can we just fold our football program?

51 minutes ago, krc1995 said:

I’m thinking the only fault in the Sims thing is the lack of a QB specific coach. Easily the most important skill specific position. But yet we have a TE coach. I feel for Sims to come in to a highly scrutinized position at a high profile school without a Shepard to guide him. So I guess that’s Rhule fault. But that’s ok-just a misstep in a rebuild season.  

He was in his fourth year of college football. Countless schools don't have a QB specific coach. He should not have been so reckless relative to all other QB's in Division I. He shoulders plenty of blame.

4 hours ago, admo said:

No this team does not need a lot of help.  We are just a few pieces away.

 

With just a little bit better QB play, we beat Minnesota, MSU and Maryland.  That's a fact.  And that's 8 wins with a bowl game coming up. 

 

Plus we took Wisc to OT and were tied 10-10 with Iowa with a few minutes left in the game.  

 

Even in the CU game the defense was holding it down while the QB play was beyond horrible.  We gifted them 13 points right before halftime.  

 

This team doesn't need a lot of help.  Just a few pieces away.  QB & WR come to mind.  A better punter.  And better punt return efforts.

This is all assuming we play every year with this schedule. And in the worst P5 division.

Starting next year, the B1G adds multiple schools with better outulooks than us. Our division will be harder than it is now for the foreseeable future. Our schedule will probably never be easier. 

This team needs a s#!t ton to just be relevant. 

2 hours ago, presidentjlh said:

There is an honest to goodness curse on this program. I am convinced.

Everyone says this about their programs, up to the second best in any sport. Stop it.

As a team, we (and any losing team) must admit what we’re doing is ineffective, put in the work to understand why, and put in the work to fix it.

No one else is to blame. No mysterious force against any team exists. There is luck, but it will meet the mean over time. At the end of the day, long term, you are what you make yourself. Twenty years of poor play leaves us no one to blame.

4 minutes ago, PaulCrewe said:

I'm man enough to stand by calling for Sims.  And still will.  

 

You have to protect the ball.  And right now neither makes me confident with that 

Kudos, but it was easy to predict a Sims’ turnover. His rate has been much higher than even HH’s. 
 

It was a fair second chance, but we need to clean our hands of him.

Just now, mwj98 said:

I don’t wanna hear anymore talk about sims playing. Not one word. The guy is garbage. 

This. I will smack those words back into people’s mouths with a corncob.

Dude, all of you talking about Sims, sit down. He should be the 106th player we put in at QB.

Sims sucked worse than anyone we’ve had in a long time. If need be, should’ve put in Purdy.

Man these refs have been s#!t.

2 hours ago, Red Five said:

I’ve also watched the last 5 games of HH. It’s not pretty.  We’d have the exact same record if Sims didn’t get hurt IMO.

 

Our offense needs a spark.  Maybe trying Sims for a drive or 2 would provide that.

Sims’ play was without a doubt the worst QB play I’ve seen from Nebraska. I want us to stick with HH, but I’m gladly go to Chubba or anyone before Sims.

Is that Prince Amukamara doing Omaha 7  weather forecast?

2 hours ago, huskerfan92 said:

You guys do remember the last time we saw Sims he couldn’t even field a snap? I mean what are we talking about here. We got the win, embrace it for goodness sakes 

This. The Sims experiment was ungodly hard to watch... I think some of you blocked it out of your memory. 

Edit: nvm due to injury

Just now, McGuillotine said:

He was FAR from erratic, his inaccuracies were more misran routes or miscommunication. He was very very accurate.

Perhaps you're correct; I wasn't watching close enough at Colorado to determine why a number of his ball placements were far from the target (if it was inaccuracy or if it was misran routes/micommunication). But without knowing said passes were due to the latter, I greatly question his accuracy moving forward against talented secondaries.

5 minutes ago, SouthLincoln Husker said:

You can't resurrect a dumpster fire in 1 year.  Sims is not the answer, but we have the same tackles who are bad & a thin wr group.  I'm disappointed, but I'm not going jump off a cliff like a few posters on this board.

 

Colorado went from a bottom ten team to being ranked in the top 20 next week. There are likewise turnarounds every year in CFB.  

Just now, secretasianman said:

So we’re giving up more than 36 per game the rest of the way ?

better offenses /= more points given up.

We play in the B1G, so the ppg will go down just because of slower offensive pacing.

That said, if we continue turning the ball over at least once a quarter, then yeah... the ppg will be ugly.

2 minutes ago, Lunchbucket said:

Like the announcers said Sanders if rebuilding from outside in which is quick. Rhule is rebuilding from the inside out which takes longer. Sanders brought in a ton of people to play now. Rhule brought in a lot of freshman to grow. 

Is this even a viable option in 2023? So many of our (and every college's) freshman will transfer at some point. So many will not develop. By the time said freshman make their mark down the road, we'll already have been decimated on the field due to not bringing in quick starters that the future recruiting classes will just get worse.

7 minutes ago, gossamorharpy said:

Lol, what? We don’t face another team this year with the collection of qb and wr/ rb speed and talent Colorado has. Michigan included.

 

ppl overlooking the biggest reason Deion is pulling this off, his son is an electric qb who selectively runs and has a quick throw with zip. I love the way he plays, reminds me of a slimmer/quicker jt Barrett 

Sanders is erratic with his accuracy and that stunted multiple Colorado drives today. Their run game was non-existent for the majority of the game. I expect the majority of our opponents to have better all-around offensive play.

1 minute ago, walksalone said:

so next year we’ll win 4-5 games as opposed to possibly 2-3 this year?

I'm with you. Improvement isn't even a given from year 1 to year 2 of a coaching regime (look how our offense went backward under Frost; we technically lost our minimum number of games with Pelini in his first year, etc). Let's stop with the cliche and look at what, if anything, is being built for a better 2024+. 

This 0-2 start is going to hurt recruiting, especially QB recruiting.  It's going to hurt our momentum for the rest of the current schedule. Rhule is losing fan support. 

So what is currently being developed for next year+? Are we as fans supposed to just believe that it's stuff we can't see and are we supposed to just go with the "it takes time to rebuild" cliche?

Note: I'm not saying we fire Rhule. Obviously that's stupid at this point and for the forseeable future. I just expect more out of a coach at this point. 

• If Sims is the prototype, Rhule prioritizes the wrong aspects at QB (i.e., athleticism over being a QB).
• There has been no tailoring of the offense to Sims' skillset by Satterfield. Sims is our biggest issue right now, but even when we move on from him, Satterfield will continue to dampen the O.
• Our defense showed moxie, but Colorado and especially Minnesota are two of the worst offenses we'll face this year (and Colorado still had several offensive TD's). I can't say we've learned yet that they're very good.

8 minutes ago, Dr. Strangelove said:

For the love of God, you're witness a team that rebuilt in a single offseason completely blowout and embarass Matt Rhule.

 

Fans need to demand more. I don't understand. 

People said the same thing with Riley and Frost. "This is a rebuild, wait until their second year."

Then in their second year onward, they would lose to first-year head coaches.

10 minutes ago, TGHusker said:

Agreed.  Needs time to rebuild with his players 

Sims is his most "his player" guy on the roster, lol.

I know Rhules' track record at Temple and Baylor. I don't see development or priority in the right areas. No one can say how his tenure will ultimately go, but an analysis of how this team plays, Rhules' decision to bring in Sims, and being 0-2 in two of our easiest games points a very bleak trajectory. 

Just now, huskerfan702 said:

We’ve got some coded racism. Knew that was coming lol

Yup. He seems self-centered and to act in his own self interest... but that's the worst I can say of him objectively, and that describes most athletes and coaches. It seems most don't like his loud personality, and that's a general cultural difference.