Incandenza

2 hours ago, BigRedBuster said:

Lane is started to use the speech patterns, bob his head, move his hands, and find things to complain about the same way as Saban. Count me in.

this is not a commentary on anything that has happened since Bo got fired. Separate issues to me. But this interview confirmed everything I didn’t like about Bo and why I think he sucks at being in charge of things in general. Glad he’ll never come back. 
 

21 minutes ago, ColoradoHusk said:

That would make sense, because I expect UCF to hire their current DC as head coach, if Frost leaves.  I also wouldn't be shocked if Troy Walters sticks around as OC, so he can actually call plays at UCF.

I guess I should have read this before I posted, but I actually thought it would be the other way around, with Walters taking over as HC. Either way, if Frost comes it's not surprising if they both stay in Orlando.

21 minutes ago, epocSoN said:

EDIT: The Rumor is that Scott is showing interest in hiring him as DC if he were to accept the NEB job.

That is interesting since his current DC Erik Chinander has a very good reputation and came with Frost from Oregon. He also spent some time coaching in Iowa. Maybe he's staying. I was definitely cool with Chinander coming along as DC, but I'll take Grinch in a heartbeat over him.

Double

The Sock done messed up. Day late n' dollar short on Parrella hire. Little Socks had a swim meet this weekend and The Sock was away from the magic box. The Source sent up the signal at 7:30 on Feb 20, but the Sock done whiffed. Anyway, The Source sayin' that Parrella was the #1 man on the wish list for Coach Riley.

 

Also, KeyshawN

Jr. or Sr?

Rumor in Eugene is that Scott Frost would be OC @ Oregon if Chip Kelly leaves. Take that FWIW.

 

More concerned with DC, DL than anything offensive.

Wait, wut? If Chip Kelly leaves the whole staff will likely be fired by the new head coach, and Frost will move on to some other program. Do you mean if Mark Helfrich the Oregon OC leaves? Or are you saying that a new head coach would fire Helfrich and promote Frost to OC? I guess it *could* happen. But who could possibly know that? lol

 

I can believe that's a rumor there in Duckland. But I doubt it would actually play out that way.

Ha ha. I used to live next to that art piece.

Work somewhere else

This video is bogus. It's against Michigan the year we were both tops in the B1G and the winner likely going to the NC. The amount of smack talk and build up before that game between fans was epic... Of course it was a hostile environment.

 

We have no history good or bad with NU so I don't think you will see anything like this.

Actually, I shot this video. It was on a Tuesday morning in early March.

Ganz also threw a lot of INT's. Most of his yards he got against KU came against a prevent defense. In BC's tenure, we had to bring bandaid QB's because BC couldn't develop one.

 

That's not true, he developed two. Ganz and Taylor were both products of his system.

 

Beck bolting was all about Harrison Beck. Gabbert decommitted when Callahan's job security became 0. Freeman ... was classless in his decommittment.

 

I don't know if I would say Suh would have been a 4th round pick. He probably was going to be a beast regardless! Maybe not top 2, but still a first rounder or second rounder, would be likely. I mean, Adam Carriker's only years of significance came under Callahan's tenure (three years: 04-06). Is that to say Carriker blossomed under his coaching staff? Or he was just that good and a physical specimen who was going to have a high chance at success no matter what.

 

Taylor was not a product of the system. He was a bandaid we brought in from JuCo until Beck was supposedly ready to take over. Ganz was a product of the system that BC had little to no faith. This is why he brought in another bandaid QB Sam Keller.

Product of the system or bandaid or whatever. Taylor still won Big XII player of the year his senior year.

Zac Taylor is one of my all time favorite Huskers. He might be on of the top two or three toughest QBs we've ever had (not that I go back all that far).

What kind of bogus made-up stat is 10-7 in the last 17 games? How does this season and the last four games of last season become some benchmark? Talk about arbitrarily choosing a time frame to support some bogus point.

 

We went 10-4 last year, 9-4 this year. That's 19-8 over our last 27 games. That's a real time frame to look at, not something arbitrarily contrived to produce a point.

yeah, but you've got 7-8 built in wins there w/ our cup-cake non-con schedule. (i know every team does as well). but when you look at the games that actually matter, we're sitting at like 12-8ish.

And recently those losses have been getting worse and worse. Fine we played Texas close over two years ago. This year our losses to good opponents were not competitive. Last year we lost in a crappy bowl game, imploded in the second half against OU, lost embarrassingly to A&M (possibly the turning point to the negative for Bo's career), and the Texas game was crap.

Really the last time we could say "it sucks we lost, but I applaud our effort" was the Texas championship game.

It might not be fair to just look at the losses in the past two years, but it's looking an awful lot like a bad trend that needs to be cut off before it gets even worse.

What's your problem 97? Anyone who knows jacks**t about college football knows that Bo is one of the best defensive mind in the game.

 

, lol. Bo knows one type of defense extremely well, but can't adjust it to defend different kinds of offenses. In addition, Bo is on of the best defensive minds in the game only when he has All Americans like Glenn Dorsey, Patrick Peterson, Suh, and Amukamara- none of whom he recruited. I will give him credit for Lavonte, but he really had nowhere else to go.

Checkmate

no way. you forgot rook to queen seven, or something.

 

BO does know defense, what he does not know, what no one knows, is how to tailor a defense to completely stop a type of offense in a particular conference and then tailor the exact same defense in one off season to stop a completely different offense in a completely different conference. give him some time to adjust to the new conference and some credit for what he did this year. i would guess it will be easier for him the stop the B1G offenses when he has the personnel and time than it was to stop the Big 12 offenses, which were just lighting up defenses.

 

it is unfair to criticize him for only being able to stop the spread, and silly. he effectively stopped the spread and when he had all the personnel he needed on the field, he has to drastically adjust for a completely different style of play.

I don't like the "new conference" argument. Northwestern runs the spread as does Michigan (for a little while longer) as does Purdue. NW is not Michigan is not Wisconsin is not Ohio St and on.

I don't think there is such a thing as "conference offenses". Each school is going to have their own style. NW has been a spread for many years now. Michigan doesn't want to be spread anymore, but they are able to adapt to their personnel. MSU and Iowa are "traditional" offenses. Most schools get the best athletes they can and adjust accordingly, which is something Bo has not fully done yet.

What's your problem 97? Anyone who knows jacks**t about college football knows that Bo is one of the best defensive mind in the game.

 

, lol. Bo knows one type of defense extremely well, but can't adjust it to defend different kinds of offenses. In addition, Bo is on of the best defensive minds in the game only when he has All Americans like Glenn Dorsey, Patrick Peterson, Suh, and Amukamara- none of whom he recruited. I will give him credit for Lavonte, but he really had nowhere else to go.

 

Bo didn't have Patrick Peterson. Doesn't make a huge difference in your overall point, but I'm just correcting that.

You're right. I meant Laron Landry, who Bo had for a brief time.

What's your problem 97? Anyone who knows jacks**t about college football knows that Bo is one of the best defensive mind in the game.

, lol. Bo knows one type of defense extremely well, but can't adjust it to defend different kinds of offenses. In addition, Bo is on of the best defensive minds in the game only when he has All Americans like Glenn Dorsey, Patrick Peterson, Suh, and Amukamara- none of whom he recruited. I will give him credit for Lavonte, but he really had nowhere else to go.

I don't know about Shaw. He went to Stanford and basically grew up there. I figured he was like a Pat Fitzgerald type who will never leave his school.

seriously?

 

its on the entire program....

Starting at the very top.

OU's Nike ProCombat uniforms from last year:

http://friendsoftheprogram.net/2009/11/16/a-closer-look-at-nike-pro-combat-oklahoma/

Not bad in my opinion.

He's projected to be a 6th or 7th round NFL pick. I've even seen him listed as the #10 QB in next year's draft.

Busch? If he's so great why is he stuck at Utah State? Why did a coach under him move into a staff role at an AQ school in Raymond?

Busch was great. Urban Meyer thought so too. That's a good enough endorsement for me. Raymond had better connections to this staff which is why he got hired here. We technically hired Raymond away from Indiana anyway.

Kenny Bell returning kicks instead of Marlowe was encouraging. Other than Martinez playing awesome, that was the one positive I took from the game. It was a sign of athletes being put in a position to succeed by their coaches. Yeah Bell had his drops and that sucks, but at least it's not "What happened to __(insert athlete here)__?" "He must be in Bo's doghouse."

With the possible exception of last Saturday vs NW I don't see any evidence at all that says they've been "poorly managed". We won a lot games with our offense carrying the load & Rex is our best rb. With games on the line you're simply not going dive into your depth chart.

You make a good argument for the idea that Green or Heard or both should have been redshirted this year, but weren't.

 

In short be disappointed in the loss, express concerns about the o-line or the defense. But support the damn team win or loss or go cheer for Mizzou, Okie-lite, Auburn, or any of those other teams with no history of greatness, and a bandwagon fan base that vanishes after the first loss of any season.

 

 

I did not say you could not be critical. In fact in my post I encouraged it. The defense played porously, the offensive line couldn't get a push. Rex looked tired, probably due in part to the offensive line, Memorial stadium for as rocking as it was last week was completely dead this week. Discussions like those are the ones I come to read. I was incredibly disappointed in the game and the way much of the team played. I came on within minutes of the game to read discussion on that, or maybe even Martinez's excellent play and the fact that he took the team on his shoulders a nearly willed it to a win in the 2nd half. However as disappointed as I was in the game, I was even more disappointed in the the threads started by some "fans" such as "Get Ready for another Decade of Mediocrity," "Bo Needs to Go," and other extreme threads of that nature were the embarrassment.

 

Criticize, have good discussion, express disappointments, thoughts and concerns. JUST. DON'T. BE. STUPID.

In other words it's ok to criticize the players and fans, but not Bo.

Lack of play by the triplets....mind boggling. Turner...can't get better if you don't play, game reps are extremely valuable for development imo. I wonder what the game plan is for Saturday considering the opposing D will be better and Rex won't be any more rested than he was this week.

Abdullah has made some clear and significant contributions this year. He actually sees the field, so I can understand not redshirting him. Heard is a Y'town guy and he worked hard to get here, so he's probably not leaving. I'd bet if nothing changes Green is out the door. Which really sucks.

Meanwhile, Bo is quoted as saying we are thin at DL, yet there are three highly recruited freshman who should be playing. If they don't understand the D by now, adjust the D. It's getting to the point where they might be the only bodies you have left.