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I regards to the recruiting rankings, many of those kids are gone. They were either run off or ran away on their own. Frost talks about culture improvement. It hasn't translated into what everybody cares about. Wins. Under Riley, we would hardly compete, eh? Riley was 9-4 his second season. Things were going the right way. Then some boosters cut Riley's legs off and forced him to fire Banker while they hired Diaco. Diaco. The defensive coordinator that made Frost look competent last week. People like to rip Riley because he didn't win right away and wasn't the name brand they wanted. So we heard BS about weightlifting, etc to make excuses for the brand going the wrong way. Today's reality is Urban isn't walking through that door. Maybe some retread, but not a name brand who has recently been successful. Frost isn't getting fired. He's owed too much money. Period. The issue down the road is who are we going to hire? An up and coming coach who will leave once they've achieved some success? Nebraska has some very big issues. No in-state recruiting base to speak of. No real recruiting base nearby. Nice facilities but everybody has nice facilities these days.

They're not? I don't seem to remember too many teams stacking 8 in the box. I didn't see it today. Did you? The point that I tried to make is you have to take an occasional shot while doing what Nebraska does best which is running the football. If you don't throw the ball down the field, the defense will put 8 in the box and the running game will be moot. BTW, those passes were completed last week against Slump Buster: Bob Diaco.

Excellent post overall. #8 is painful.

You'd think Arizona would be better. Great weather. A few good high school players in Arizona with California right next door. They have advantages Nebraska does not.

The ship was sailing the right way the second half of season 1. It's been sinking since.

I didn't know this until just now, but Minnesota's run D ranks 111 in the nation when healthy. Did anybody ask Scott why he didn't run the ball down their throats given their ranking and player issues? Seems like a no-brainer given those facts and the weather.

You don't necessarily have to complete those throws to keep them honest. Today, Martinez ran at will on runs that went north/south. Not so well on east/west runs. Unfortunately Frost is hardheaded and continues to run and throw the ball sideways leaving us behind the chains...especially with runs with Mills Being behind the chains forces us to pass and you've explained how that worked. Needing to complete passes and keeping the defense honest are two different things. Now imagine us running what Minnesota did today. Spread the field and run Martinez. Run Wondale. Run Luke. Throw the occasional bomb, but also throw slants and crossing/rub routes. Throw balls off of play action to the tightends. That would have been much more successful than Frost's usual gameplan of running east/west and putting our guys in a position where they have to complete a 9-10 yard pass just to get first down.

Minnesota had a good gameplan. They went with 4 and 5 wide and spread the defense. Then they threw slants and crosses against our zone for nice gains. Had we played man, they would have had bigger gains with the pass. That's what the modern passing game looks like and it's successful when done right. It doesn't help that our guys are 10 yards off of the LOS giving away easy yards. It doesn't help that being 10 yards off the LOS also doesn't disrupt their timing or throw them off of their routes. It doesn't help that our DC rushed four guys ad nauseam and didn't put pressure on the QB via twists, blitzes, dogs, etc. Then with the defense spread out, that created running lanes and empty space for their backs. On the other side, we didn't do any of that. The defense didn't lose today's game. Nobody wins a lot of games with 17 points and barely over 300 yards of offense. Wanna take pressure off of our QB? Do what Minnesota did with what Nebraska does well. Spread the field and run Martinez. Mix in a few throws DOWNFIELD to keep them honest. Give Wondale and McCaffrey the ball with room to operate. Why McCaffrey is on the bench is beyond me. We have two playmakers on the team and leaving one on the bench is nuts. Put him in the slot. Put him in at wideout. Get him on the field and give him the damn ball.

That takes self-reflection and maturity. He's not there yet. He may never get there.

On my Directv guide, FS1 has Wisconsin/Iowa at 9 AM Pacific time and also at 12:30. Wisconsin/Iowa actually kicks off at 12:30 our time so I'm going to assume the Nebraska game is on at 9 on FS1.

"(8) Our red zone offense was effective today. How come? Who was actually calling the plays? Keep doing that." Bob Diaco: Slump Buster.

"@Anyone else trying to talk about how Adrian is worse then he was in 2018. The word is REGRESSED. Please learn what the word digress means. It's what I am doing right now in this post." Hmmmm.

Guys needs to get over this better talent garbage. We don't have better talent. If we did, we'd win. We'd put guys in the NFL. Your only argument is recruiting services rankings while forgetting four stars keep quitting. Does that RB room look stock with talent? How about the WR room? We have a center who can't even snap the ball. Our team is devoid of talent and lacking in coaching and that's why our boys are the bottom dweller in what many consider the weakest division in the Power 5. Welcome to reality.

Are you still working for the same company you did when you got your first job at 16? These kids have five years to play four and I have no problem with them doing what is best for them. Their career is short.

The same ones Raiola is referring to. He won't throw the ball down the field unless his receiver sits down in the zone and waits. His freshman year, he threw the ball down the field and let his receivers make a play. It's what successful QB's do in both college and the NFL.

It would certainly be an upswing and build confidence going into next season. Beats the alternative.

Martinez didn't have the handcuffs on his freshman year and I was pretty happy with him. He made mistakes, but the offense was better then than it is now.

Gebbia threw for 90 more yards and got the W. Martinez should throw for a higher percentage because he's constantly throwing the ball to his backs. As for iowa's pass defense, who in the West has a high octane passing offense? That's a silly stat to include.

He was terrible against WAZZU and U-Dub. He started slow against Cal and picked it up in the second half. He played well last night. Let's not give him too much credit yet.

They weren't supposed to. It was part of Diaco's strain.

He's played well his last two games. Before that, I wanted to wring his neck for throwing into triple coverage instead of throwing the ball out of bounds. The kid learns from his mistakes. He's learned to throw the ball out of bounds instead of forcing it. No doubt in my mind he'd run Frost's offense better than anybody on the roster.

Nice Joe Dirty reference.

I stuck up for you.

Hell, Frost had his hand in that too.

He had upperclassmen with speed and experience. Unfortunately, he got rid of kids who would be upperclassmen today.