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8 hours ago, Hilltop said:

So many conclusion will be falsely made this week based on 25 minutes of media availability... humorous.  The media is just really hungry for news because they know we are all clicking everything they put out there right now.  Take it all with a grain of salt and wait for official words from the coaching staff in a about 10 days.    

This is true and yet I still do it.  I read every article and listen to every podcast. Someone help me...

The cadence and tone on these are all very similar. Either they found one coach to go off the record or they are just faking it altogether. Still fun to read, but I’m not buying the idea that multiple coaches made these comments. 

I wonder who put him up to this and why they didn’t tell him what to expect from reddit. That was painful.  Why go to all the trouble of doing an AMA if you aren’t going to give sincere thoughtful answers. 

2 hours ago, Moiraine said:

 

 

Man. People are remembering Armstrong a lot differently than I am.

Agree

It’s all good—just different perspectives but there is a lot more T-Mart on here than I expected. 

I am guessing I am older than many of you, but I’d easily take the old option qb’s like crouch, Frazier, Frost over T-Mart to run Scott’s offense. 

You can can give me completion stats all day, but those guys had a mentality that I think was missing in T-Marts game. If they were in Scott’s system from day one, they would have been amazing in that system as well. 

I like reading and listening to their reports and wish they had more they could report. 

It isnt like like they are installing secret special plays in the spring. Give em a couple practices to watch so I can listen to Sam an co. Tell me who will be a better running back next fall. 

It it doesn’t really matter...it just makes my morning coffee and drive to work a little more entertaining. 

The return to competitiveness worries me a bit. Even really good teams get blown out occasionally. I feel that is just the nature of college football these days. When things tilt against you, sometimes they tilt hard. 

So while i agree, I worry that some will feel like we aren’t competitive if we get blown out a couple games. 

I feel eel like being competitive in most games might be good enough for now. 

Solich had a strong team, but you never want to be the guy following a legend.  

Riley took over a poisoned well. Very hard to overcome in a short time. 

Next coach is is the first one to come in where expectations are a shade lower and as long as he isn’t a global DB and can show that he is making progress in the win  department should have time to do what he wants to do.   While the team may not be as good, the environment is set up for success in a way that hasn’t been seen here since Bob rode in on a train. 

if Anyone in this thread predicts Iowa as a win then you can put them in homer status. 

Im no fan but they have owned us—no reasonable person would just put that down as a husker win unless they just want to believe...

25 minutes ago, jauken said:

Valid point.  But as a coach you have to be decisive and he knows the sooner he states he is staying at UCF the madness is over.  If his intentions were to stay. He would have announced it.  

Not if he wanted to see how much he could make on the market and then have UCF match it.  That would just be smart business. 

4 minutes ago, TonyStalloni said:

Look everyone.  I think we all know Nebraska will struggle to compete or even get first downs today.  Enough of the snarky comments attacking the players.  I have heard "We suck" too many times today.  We suck as fans way more than our football team does.

I get your point. I take exception at the words “way more”. That would be pretty tough. 

Cy, congrats dude. You have been here forever and always adding some humor and fun to the conversation.  Congrats on your big wins. 

Nebraska is special for a few reasons but just like most college programs on most things. Our fans are going to be pissed when the team isn’t very good. Our fans will come together and support a coach that is winning. In many ways it is really that simple.

Hire a winner and all this talk of division within the fan base will disappear. 

Northern Illinois changed the entire trajectory of this season and year. Sad as it is, most people predicted the rest of this season Togo about how it has. That loss magnified all the others and is what really woke up the powers that be to move on Riley. 

2 hours ago, MattyIce said:

Aren't the next 3 games, Wisconsin, Ohio State and @Purdue? Lol no, I won't be happy with 1-2.

Darn. Thought it was penn state.   This is why they never should have gotten rid of NCAA football. It was the best for memorizing players and schedules. 

 I am no Riley apologist, I wanted him fired Last year. 

However, no one picked Nebraska to win all 3 of the next games. Before you get out your pitch forks and torches you have to be pretty ok with Riley if he goes 1-2 over the next 3, right?  Not thrilled, but certainly not disappointed?  

Pass the koolaid

defense is getting good and shows signs of getting better every week. 

Defense can can keep you in games against really good opponents. 

Nebraska has has a legit reason to think they beat Wisconsin and are suddenly in the drivers seat in the west. 

My guess is he has an idea or two that could tweak the walk on program.  You know...improve it a little.  I think that was all he meant.

It is weird but as a guy who was ready to move on from Riley last year, I now find myself cheering for him more than ever before.  Maybe it is the underdog angle, but I kind of hope he catches lightning in a bottle and pulls this off.   If Boyd thinks we are on the right track and that Riley needs more time... well... I'm not going to tell him he is wrong.

Everyone who is pumped about the talk about winning needs to remember that Sean used similar words when firing bo. 

I also like it, but talk is cheap. 

For me, it is an interesting thought experiment to wonder what would have happened if solich stayed on for a while.  

I mean, let's just say that either way we end at this same place. Given that, I guess I wish it was with solich rather than what we got. 

I just can't help but feel that the entire move to the big 10 has just been a disappointment from a fan perspective.  The piles of cash and the stability made it the right choice, but as a dude sitting on my couch who occasionally goes to games it just doesn't feel as fun as it used to.   

Lee did everything I would have expected of him. This team has issues to work out, but Lee is not even in the top 10

I was pissed during the game and am not pumping any sunshine but...

you are are exactly right. Almost everyone not on a husker message board figured we would be 1-1 right now.  The coaches have to feel ok about their next three games which gives them a chance to breathe and figure out how this defense is going to work for them this season.  4-1 sounds pretty good to me. 

So you were saying even though the game is on Fox that they will replay it on BTN2Go?