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I'd definitely love for Frost to be the guy, but I don't know if he is (or if his staff is). One thing that sticks with me about the team is development of players and I don't feel like we've seen a lot of progress overall since he's been the HC. For example, I don't feel like Adrian Martinez has gotten better with his experience and coaching so is that on the QB coach or is he simply at his ceiling? I tend to equate Frost to Gus Malzahn in that he doesn't seem to develop the players we have over their time in the program. If you watch Auburn at all, for example, you'll probably notice that Bo Nix doesn't look any better than he did his first year at Auburn and I think that is a huge key to winning that we don't seem to have in the last few years. All of that said, if we were to go 6-6 this season and finish strong with a bowl game, I'd like to see Frost get his 5th year but maybe shake up the staff where it's needed.

Beating South Alabama at home by 2 TDs with 1 of those TDs being in the 4th quarter and then blowing the 2nd half against Colorado doesn't give me warm and fuzzies for the rest of the season. I'd love to be full of hope and positivity, but we're a 7-5 team at best the way I see it. And we may eat 3-4 embarrassing losses if the same team comes out that has been out in games 1 and 2. Here's to hoping we find a FG and we find a way to play a full 4 quarters.

I'm pretty sure this kid will end up at Alabama. I live in the same area where he goes to high school and the word on the street is Alabama.

Lol, Knapp, that's awesome.

Maybe I'm in the minority here but losing to NIU at home is not what I consider a "slow start". We should have won the game on talent alone so I feel like it comes down to coaching. He wasn't a splash hire and I think he needs to go. The program needs a coach that can launch it back into the top 25 where it belongs. It pains me when I look at the top 25 now and see teams like San Diego State in it and we're sitting at 1-2.

I'm hopeful they make the Outback bowl myself. Being from Florida, I rarely get to see them play live. The last time I had the option was 2014/2015 (iirc) when they were supposed to play So. Miss on the road but then the game was changed to a home game instead.

At this point, I don't see us going 6-6. With the games remaining, I see it like this: Wisconsin - L Minnesota - L Northwestern - L Purdue - W Mich St - L Rutgers - W Iowa - L So, being 2-3 now I see us being 4-8 or maybe 5-7. It's going to be a long season.

Kirk Herbstreit ‏@KirkHerbstreit 9s10 seconds ago If it's done...great hire by @Huskers getting Mike Riley from Oregon State!!

Cody Mosel ‏@CodyMosel 3m3 minutes ago Sources tell me that it is indeed Santa Clause who will take over as head coach for the #huskers. The Easter Bunny will join staff as OC

I hope it's Whittingham. I think he's the best case scenario right now.

I highly doubt it will be Tressel. He's not "eligible" until 2016 unless the hiring team can "show cause" as to why he should be hired. Not to mention, if he is hired, he has to sit out at least the first 5 games (and he's 62). That doesn't sound like a good hire if it does happen.

Somebody on 247 sports saying Mullen but I can't imagine he'd leave Miss St. I just wanna know!

Here's why he SHOULD be fired: • The Huskers have lost three of their past four November home games. • They’re 10-6 in November since joining the Big Ten in 2011, and that includes a 4-0 month in 2012. • They’ve lost 10 games by 20-plus points since 2008. • Here’s one more: Forgetting even the now-ancient history of the “Blackshirts,” Pelini’s background is as a defensive-oriented coach. But in Nebraska’s 15 losses since the 2011 season, it has allowed an average of 42.2 points in those defeats. Per: http://insider.espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post?id=111575

This is a tough read but I think it shows that we need big changes. Link: http://pregame.com/pregame-forums/f/14/t/1092134.aspx Item: Melvin Gordon was sensational* (but…) Gordon’s stat line from Saturday was one for the ages, 25 rush attempts for an almost incomprehensible 408 yards, and four TDs (yes, he did lose two fumbles, but that can be excused in this instance). And that is without a single carry in the fourth quarter, which makes one shudder to think what he might have done when the Nebraska defense wore down. Except, of course, that it may not have made any difference whether the Cornhuskers were tired or not. Because the * that goes with Gordon’s performance is one that does matter as you compile takeaways from the game – it was not all about him. Pelini likes to consider himself a defensive specialist, and he has taken on that Wisconsin ground game four times since joining the Big 10. The results have been remarkable – how about losing SU by 102 points, and to the spread by a nearly identical 102.5? The first encounter was a 48-17 drubbing in Madison in 2011, when Montee Ball ran for 151 yards and four TDs. The Cornhuskers did get revenge at home in 2012, rallying from 27-10 down to win 30-27, but they did not sniff the -9 spread. But then came the last two. The teams had a rematch in the 2012 Big 10 Championship game at Indianapolis, with Nebraska favored by -3, and it was a 70-31 Badger demolition. They ran the ball 50 times for 539 yards, including what seemed, at the time, like an astonishing nine carries for 216 yards from Gordon. And it was even better than the bottom line, with two kneel-downs for (-3) at the end of the game doing the defense a statistical favor. So let’s add up the rushing totals for last two meetings, with kneel-downs removed (there were also two at the end of Saturday’s game): Points Rushing 2012 Big 10 Title Game 70 48-542 Saturday 59 51-583 Totals 129 99-1,125 That bottom line is outside the realm of anything that traditional football measurements can allow for. Wisconsin vs. Eastern Michigan would not produce 11.4 yards per carry over eight quarters. The 2014 Nebraska defense had not allowed more than 31 points, or 188 rushing yards, to any other opponent. And while Gordon’s 34 carries for 624 yards over those two games is something that we will not see the likes of again, consider that all other Wisconsin runners amassed 501 at a 7.7 per carry clip in those drubbings. It wasn't just Gordon's abilities in play here. This is not a bad Cornhusker defense – there is plenty of talent on that roster - but they did not have a schematic clue as to how to get in the path of Wisconsin ball carriers. And that was with the revenge motive from that debacle at Indianapolis as both a motivator, and something that gave them plenty of film study. The number of times that Gordon scampered downfield without any contact at all was an indication of what may have been the worst defensive game plan I have seen all season. Which raises questions in Lincoln – although this has been a successful campaign for the Nebraska program, it has never been a warm and cozy relationship with Pelini. How the Cornhuskers respond from that shellacking could well determine whether he ever gets another chance to figure out how to defend the Badgers, and one has to particularly question the psyche of that defense as they take on Minnesota and Iowa teams that can also get physical with their overland attacks. It is worth noting that Nebraska was 0-2 SU and ATS against those two LY, losing to the spread by 44.5 in the process.

Going 10-2 is great but I'd love to see those 2 losses be meaningful rather than getting beaten by 35 (and giving up all-time records). Also, sure, Minnesota is an improved team but if our goal is to beat an improved Minnesota team, get comfortable in mediocrity. Also, let's breakdown this "good" Minnesota team: They got blown out by TCU, lost to a 4-6 Illinois team, almost lost to 3-7 Purdue and gave up 500 yards to tOSU last weekend (who's playing with a frosh QB). I guess I would like to see us back in the top 10 relevance but we seem to be a bottom 20-25 team and I think under Pelini, we'll remain that. I really think the reason Saban is so good and Alabama stays so good (aside from unlimited resources), is that Saban always has them ready to play. They never seem to be in a situation they aren't prepared for and whether they're up by 10 or down by 10, he seems to be keeping them in the game. We went from being up 17-3 and having a few breaks in a must-win game to getting blown out and mocked by nearly every analyst/sports outlet. That said, I'm still very hopeful we can win out and play in a decent bowl but if we do, it'll mean we keep the current staff (for the most part) and we'll be 9-3/10-2 next year without that big game win that gets us over the hump.