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That would be pretty tough to put on a t-shirt though

And Frank because...wait, I don't have anything

And when Riley was here, they were doing poorly because Bo left his toxic culture.

And Bo. Bo's culture was toxic. Riley's culture was too nice. Now we have a toxic, too nice culture

Yes, because I'm tired of everything being blamed on the players not buying into the culture

Which unfortunately isn't very often

I will be happy when all the Riley players are gone. I'm so tired of hearing about culture. I wonder if fans of other teams with new coaches talk about culture as much as we do.

I don't know. The line is decent. I think they would look pretty good if the linebackers would do their damn job. Oh, and if we had an OLB or two that could get after the QB in one vs one situations.

Agreed. Man, that 2009 defense was elite. Offense was on the other end of the spectrum that year. What could have been...

This GIF was pretty good!

No, because the main goal is to stop the passing game. I will say, if we had the players we had in 2009, it wouldn't really matter what defense was being run, they would have been good. Bo got messed up moving to the Big Ten. He used this defense specifically to stop spread teams like Missouri. For some reason, he never adjusted.

Didn't Bo use a variation of the 4-2-5? The tweener position you are talking about he referred to as the Peso

I would say linebacker play in a 3-4 is the most important in order for it to be successful. (and perhaps the NT). The linebackers have to have great eye discipline. We have seen what happens every week when they don't. In addition, the outside linebackers need to be able to get after the QB. There is no one currently on the team (that I know of) at that position capable of doing this. Again, we have seen the results every week. Maybe it's coaching. Maybe it's the linebackers wanting to work outside the system to make a play. Honestly, I'm not really sure what it is at this point.

Oh no, I read it. It was just difficult to read the the whole thing with blurry vision from laughing and crying so hard after I saw, "I'm so incredibly fearful that next year will be like Mike Riley's 2nd season. We start hot and get to 7-0 only to get slammed back to reality." I mean, I wish that was my only fear for next year's team. Going 7-0 to begin the season. Hell, even getting 7 wins total. I think of all the things to be fearful of, going 7-0 to start the season, and then getting "slammed back to reality" is probably one of the last things on my list.

Based on what we have seen the last two seasons, why is anyone thinking we will start 7-0 next season? Wishful thinking?

I don't think people understand the 3-4 all that well. The d-line shouldn't be making plays right and left. They are there to eat up blockers. The linebackers should be making the plays, but they are always so far out of position, it makes the d-line look horrible. In addition, we have no pass rushers at the OLB position, so this makes the pass defense look horrible too. It's so frustrating to watch.

If the things in this article are true, Dirk has some serious issues. Wow!

I'm so tired of people saying this team needs to get more talent. Yes, every team needs more talent, but not to beat Indiana and Purdue. Nebraska has more talent at the starting positions than either of these teams. Scheme and coaching matter

You mean the same tackle that has looked like that all year long? It wasn't shocking to me to see such horrible execution from him. He has been consistently horrible all year.

My honest reaction was "meh". I honestly don't think it can get much worse. We might be looking at three 4-8 seasons in a row: two of them under Frost

Thank you

And the game would still not have even been close if the Martinez could hit open receivers

If the players can't perform what is being asked, is it really that good schematically? And the play calling was just horrible. Frost was trying to prove how smart he was instead of just calling simple plays to score.

The Purdue game should not have even been close going into the half. I didn't hear anyone saying the defense was going to be amazing this year. All I read is hopefully they improve a little bit. They are playing at about the level I thought they would. The defense did their job for two quarters. The offense failed. Again. Four drives started in Purdue territory and only three points. Are you kidding me? This offense is garbage