Danny Bateman

Well, it's not that interesting from this perspective... We've played them a total of 4 times under Bo. We've beaten them once by the same score as OSU, and gotten completely skull dragged the other three times. There appeared to be a bit of a trend... And the fact they struggled so bad with those other teams is more of an indictment of the CCG butt whoopin than anything, to me.

What did he say? This has been the thing for us non-tweeterer's to deal with: just actually add what the person said instead of saying "I liked what K Reed said" Kyler said he hoped whatever the offense was going to be, he hoped we threw to the TE's plenty (Riley loves TEs, BTW). Basically a jab at Beck for letting the position disappear. Also, Moudy said he hopes Riley can deliver the championships his teammates so badly deserve. Basically the polar opposite of J-Mitch.

Do you expect him to mail it to every player that has played in the past? Come on man, get real. No, personally visit each one in person There are other ways. OMG WAT A NERD. Jk Nu. It's rather obvious Knapp is a former player. He was Mike Nobler before Mike Nobler was Mike Nobler. Seriously though, the more this sinks in the more I think we made the perfect hire. Apparently Gil Brandt of NFL.com reported Bielema turned down the job before Riley got it. I wonder if there's any truth to that...? Never wanted Bielema anyway... too slimy.

Gonna be another quality over quantity year. Ranking number is irrelevant to me, but very interested to see what unfolds.

Don't go there. Bo didn't make a mess of this program. If you didn't like Bo's personality that's your prerogative, but Bo ran a clean program. The only problem was the disconnect fans felt they had with the team and that isn't a steep hill to overcome. This isn't the Callahan mess. Not even close. Riley's walking into a good thing, an early Christmas present if you will.Bo created some rifts within the program for damn sure....Go listen to Jay Foreman or Damnon Benning...they elude to issues with the culture and how toxic it was.... These guys had contact to players and coaches.... Suh said that there were problems with leadership at NU beyond head FB coach. That seems to point the finger at SE or HP, unless I'm missing someone. What do you think he means?

Riley --> Excellent talent evaluation, player development. Maximizes QB Growth. Great recruiter. Adapts system to pieces instead of forcing pieces into system (i.e., Beck in Bizarro World). Recruiting at NU >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Recruiting at OSU 2012: Wiscy 70, NU 31 Wiscy 7, OSU 10 What's not to like?

This Mitchell thing turned into a dumpster fire pretty quick. He's a senior leaving the program. Clearly a case of a guy committed to his coach and not the program. So he's understandably p***ed off that we fired Bo, who's probably a second father to him. There's no need to start freaking out on here and getting all internet tough guy about it. It ticked me off too. But he's entitled to his opinion. I thought it was low-rent and obviously not taking the high road, but it's how he chose to respond. I'm just thankful for what he gave for the team and honestly don't really care a lick what he thinks about the new hire. If you want an example of taking the high road about Riley, check out Moudy's response in the OWH article on first page. Very classy tweet by Mike. I lol'd at Kyler Reed's not-so-subtle shot at Beck. Beck mismanaged so many things SO much, not the least of which is TE.

Draw the line in the sand and pick a side. Hopefully we get some good debate in here. Mods, feel free to clean this up as you see fit.

Hate to say it, but I really hope Garrison is not retained. His OL simply was not progressing the way I had hoped. Hate to oust a former player, but we can certainly do better.

Wow, everyone's pissed. I'm just shocked. I'd still rather have Riley than Bo. Give the new guy a crack at it.

If it is any sort of solace, he does run a pro-style system and has developed QBs quite nicely. I wonder he's able to lure Frost away from OU as his OC. It'd be pretty funny to see OSU's head coach pluck OU's OC. But he played as and coached DB for most of his position coaching years.

Jaysus. I google "Mike Reilly Oregon State offense" and this was the second article. Mike Riley shares blame for pass-heavy offense in 2013: Oregon State Beavers rundown I think I might throw up.

Mike Riley, new head coach.

I actually like everything about the way Bielema runs his teams. Power running game, always a tough defense, very physical... But it's friggin Bret Bielema. It just feels so damn wrong...

Bielema...?

Omg. One guy said it in another thread.... On HERE. Said ESPN is reporting it. They clearly are not. Obvious troll is obvious.

Don't get the Shaw hate from some. Power running game from I formation. Lots of TE usage and lead blocking. Great defense. This would be awful for Nebraska. Seems legit.

Is it weird that this is who I imagine whenever Socko speaks?

Barney HAS always been a better big picture ugh than anything else. On the other hand, him trying to lead an offense piloted by Tim Beck and a defense coached by Papuchis makes my brain cry.

He is, and I'm sure he probably wanted to head back. He would bring the perfect offense to Lincoln, if it is what he ran while at Bama. Not very realistic, just a personal favorite.