Jeremy

Jamie Chadwell Jeff Monken Troy Calhoun Matt Campbell Matt Rhule (If Carolina doesn't work out) Mike Leach? (A true Air Raid offense would be interesting in the B1G...right?)

Hey, I was just trying to find any kind of bright spot. I know I'm digging a lot, but hopefully I'm right about those guys. Bill Walsh had some bad seasons before turning the 9ers around, hopefully Frost will follow that schedule?

The defense held up well in the heat in the 4th quarter after dealing with being put in bad positions by the offense and special teams. Honestly, we looked like the better team in the 4th quarter; just ran out of time, bonehead mistakes and all. The fact that we were down 30-9, and still had a chance (albeit small) to tie it up at the end is a testament to their willingness to fight. Also, not to make excuses, but we're still a very young team. Last season with covid skewed things, but we have a lot of sophomores and a few freshmen out there. Martinez is a veteran (even has another year?), but most everyone else, at least on offense, seems pretty young and inexperienced. Lots of guys seeing their first action in the B1G is concerning, but they mostly held their own, even guys like Reimer and Heinrich We got a lot of kids I think that will make a difference in the coming years: Fidone (remember that recuiting win?), Neville, any of the backs, Manning, Betts, Morrison, Brown, Farmer, Joseph, Ho'ohuli, Pola-Gates, Gunnerson, Kpai, Nelson, Hutmacher, Hardy, Robinson, etc I don't know. I see better days ahead. Just hope Frost and co. can pull their collective heads out.

Yeah, I don't see Freeze coming to Lincoln. He has a good thing going in Liberty.

It's strange. And maddening, because nationally, it's like - 'Ha ha! So many Nebraska fans care so much, but they still suck!' I remember back in '07, some network walked around Boston, not even 10 miles away from Boston College, and asked people if they knew who Matt Ryan was. Keep in mind at the time, he was probably top 3 for the Heisman. Not one person had any clue who he was. 'Does he pitch for the Sawx?' When a kid runs for a touchdown in the Spring Game here, he's already a household name. We travel en masse to Boulder, Evanston, Champaign, even College Park, and most of the time, the Boys in Red just lay a big fat egg. And we drive or fly home with egg in our collective eye. It's just inexplicable.

Interesting name, but does he take on the challenges of recruiting to Lincoln? Things are pretty easy in Alabama and Florida.

Agree somewhat with the OP. I have a feeling Trev isn't going to pull the trigger in November no matter what happens. Well, maybe if we only win 1 or 2. Even if we don't make a bowl, Scott is here for at least another year. One thing I haven't really seen - respect for Illinois. They are actually an experienced and disciplined squad. After we got 3 sacks, they adjusted and protected their QB with different playcalls. Their offensive line is actually no joke with 3 guys already getting legit looks from the NFL. Their defensive line had high motor, and pulled off some stunts and twists very well. Everyone bags on Sitkowski, but Bret has coached this kid up. He made the throws he was supposed to, and even scrambled for a key first down. He dropped that moon ball in the bucket - absolutely a perfect throw against pretty good coverage. Their defensive backs are also coached well. Great man coverage, safety and nickel men were good in run support. I think they'll be a tough out for nearly everyone left on their schedule, good chance of making a bowl game. I hope Scott sees that they've REALLY been pounding a square peg in the proverbial round hole. I hope they simplify and focus on hat-for-hat blocking, because these young guys can't zone block at all. Figure out what we can actually do, and focus on that. I think the special teams issues will work themselves out. Hopefully.

I'm pretty sure Jim Grobe was interviewed, as well. At the time, I still thought Pelini was a better pick.

Chadwell - Love his shotgun triple option looks, creative/different offense. Would it work in the B1G? Hard to say. It'll be interesting to see how things go this year and maybe next as he has to replace skill athletes. They beat a legit BYU squad last year. Jeff Monken - We all know why he would be a good fit, as much as people want to leave the 'traditional' option game behind. We aren't going to out-recruit Ohio State, Penn State, Michigan, etc for the best QB and WR recruits needed to run a pro/spread offense. We NEED to be different. Given the fact that he's at Army right now, it's a good bet he'd run a tight ship. Matt Entz - The NDSU record and their results speak for themselves. Matt Campbell - Very low probability of leaving Ames for Lincoln. If he leaves, it will probably be for the NFL. Matt Rhule - If things don't work out in Carolina, maybe Lincoln would be a good fit. He made Temple a winner, and then turned Baylor around. Scott Frost - Give him more time. NO to Bill O'Brien. I've heard some BAD things about that guy. He would be Callahan 2.0.

I liked the fight. We were down 30-9, still came back to give ourselves a chance. Defense stepped up the last quarter. Also, I get that we've scrapped the bubble screens, but a jailbreak screen or middle screen would have been money the last drive and other times. Especially with guys like Toure, Manning, Oliver, and Betts.

I like Monken or Chadwell. Campbell is a pipe dream.

Don't get me wrong, I'm definitely not saying Osborne wouldn't throw the ball. He absolutely did, but was very careful about when to dial it up. He was the MASTER at setting up play-action. But he did it by establishing the run first- pulling the safeties up, getting them to peek in the backfield, and bam - the tight end runs right past them, wide open for any easy throw. No reading the defense required, just throw it up and let them run underneath it. Keep it simple, no need to reinvent the wheel. Guess how many times we threw against OU in '71? 13, and one of them was a trick play pass from Rodgers. Who scored the last two touchdowns against Warren Sapp and that vaunted Miami defense? Schlesinger, a fullback, on simple Trap plays. 'But that was the 90s, we can't do that now.' . Bullcrap. If anything, the rules for holding are more lax now than back then, making drive blocking that much easier. Come-a-RUNNIN', boys! Run the ball, Scott, for the sake of all that is holy! Run. The. Ball!

Oklahoma had one of the best defenses in the country back then, so we had to throw. Minnesota... does not. We should have ran all over them.

True, Osborne didn't recruit option quarterbacks or run much option until '80, but don't kid yourself about the 'pro' offense they ran. It was the very definition of '3 yards and a cloud of dust,' and they only threw when they needed to. And on a cold, windy December day? Osborne might have called 10 passes, if that. And Devaney ran it more than that. If Osborne wasn't there advising some play action, Devaney would've given the ball to Kinney or Rodgers around the end every play.

Vedral is probably out. A Maryland defender pulled a Colorado and twisted his foot badly after a tackle. The backup doesn't look great, but we'll probably change that like we have with every other backup QB we've faced ...

I agree in part, but it's more about the identity the football team, not the fans, needs to have. Physical, downhill running. Run the clock. Move the chains. Hit them with play action every now and then. Robinson's long run came out of the Pistol, running downhill. I think Frost is just trying to do too much, over-thinking it, trying to scheme his way into the end zone. In P5 football, especially the B1G, you can't scheme for scores. It's about blocking and execution. Make a hole at the defensive line, get a blocker up to the second level at the point of attack, and get what you can. It's how Iowa, Wisconsin, and Michigan State have been successful in the past. It's boring, methodical, but it works.

Good. Trust me, we can DEFINITELY recruit running backs and offensive linemen here to run Power. Even now, Wandale and McCaffrey would EAT if we tossed them the ball and blocked for them. Fidone next year would be WIDE OPEN on play action. Bosworth once said, 'I liked playing Nebraska. They would line up and say, 'okay, let's see who's tougher.' THAT'S identity. We need to get back to that.

I'm 39. It's NOT AN OPTION OFFENSE. The option is part of it, but only as a way to punish defenses for pinching interior gaps. Other plays, like ISO, Counter, Trap, Toss, and Play-Action are just as important. How can you defend what happened yesterday, and most of this 2-5 season? Has recruiting been really THAT great for this 5-points-in-the-second-half Offense? Was throwing the ball 31 times on a cold, windy day against a depleted team that was ran over by everyone EXCEPT US the way to go? Should we keep doing the same things, and expecting different results? Has passing the ball EVER brought wins to Lincoln?

I'm not talking Paul Johnson Flexbone Option. I'm talking I-Formation, Power Run football with Play-action. Hat-for-hat blocking. It's simple, but effective. We would have an identity. We don't have an identity right now. What Frost is trying to do ISN'T WORKING and it NEVER WILL.

This is absolutely true. I supported replacing Riley as much or more than anyone, and I stand by that. We were Charmin soft all over the field, and that wasn't changing under Riley. But Frost has dug his own hole here, made his own numerous mistakes, and Riley has nothing to do with it.

I didn't learn anything I didn't already know. Scott needs to swallow his pride and scrap this spread crap that EVERYONE else is doing. It was new and innovative until about 2012. Now, defensive coordinators have earned their money, schemed/recruited differently, and caught up. 12 of the 14 B1G teams run spread. We need to be different. Go back to our roots, downhill blocking and running. Move the chains, run the clock, help the defense. Of all the people in the world to coach Nebraska football, I would think Scott would understand this more than anyone. But I think he's just being stubborn, trying to prove us all wrong. Run the ball, Scott. Let's be NEBRASKA again.

We don't get blue-chip golden boys in Lincoln that win anything by throwing. We get Crouch, Frazier, Frost. Guys that hand the ball off, run some tough option, and throw it up for a tight end after play-action. We've been trying to throw the ball for 16 years. Enough. It's time to be Nebraska again.

The way he's talking on Twitter, this kid is a bigger Husker fan than we are.

There's zero chance Monken goes 11-20 with FBS athletes. I like Frost, but he's too arrogant, and doesn't understand that what he's doing is a recipe for disaster, and has been since '04. Nebraska will NEVER pass the ball back to relevance. We get there with an offensive line and tough running backs. It's the only way.

Hey, you never know. He's a pretty talented kid...