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16 hours ago, brophog said:

 

With play counts of 61, 63, 56 and plus 5 in turnovers. The choice to run in those games was highly contingent on score. 

 

 

Don't you bring those actual football situations into analysis here!  We need arbitrary numbers to come to conclusion that makes no sense. 

1 hour ago, cornhuskers4ever said:

Call it what you want, but I consider it Cornhusker Football Season starting Friday 8/2/19.

The winning attitude has returned, the players have talked about how those who aren't in it to win it are gone.   Too bad they can't be a part of it. Who knows what year 2 under Frost will bring.  The players have bought into the program, and have a greater understanding of the plays. 

I came to work today with my mind buzzing.  This is the Nebraska Football Program we grew up on.  The Nebraska era of Bob Devaney and Tom Osborne.  

Get ready to sit down, naaah, this is Nebraska Football, Get ready to stand up and shout and cheer.  Because this is Nebraska, we've just had some years of identity crisis, but with the help of Frost, it's time to make Nebraska, Nebraska again. 

 

 

Nope 

On 7/17/2019 at 4:08 PM, Moiraine said:

 

 

Go look in the mirror. When you come back, tell me, do any of these people look familiar?

 

 

 

 

<<pretend this is a photo of Carl's kids>>

 

 

If you didn't see any of the above people in the mirror, it should be intuitively obvious to you why it's not beneath Bo to go harass a booster at a hotel before a game who he thinks has slighted him. It sounds exactly like something he would do based on all of the other data. That's why it's a rumor that's not hard for people to believe.

 

As far as the cell phone point, it's a good one. But it doesn't mean it isn't the type of thing Bo is capable of. Again, that's why it makes for a good rumor.

Massive conjecture and completely ridiculous

On 7/17/2019 at 6:56 PM, Landlord said:

Widespread legitimate cameras on phones weren't really a thing in culture before probably 2010. 

 

Even now, lots of things happen all the time that nobody films. That's generally not people's first instinct. 

To film Bo having a meltdown? That literally would be their first instinct 

On 7/17/2019 at 4:08 PM, teachercd said:

 

I just try using common sense with this stuff...so Bo is at a baseball (basketball game?) for his kid...

 

There is a "bad call" and bo starts to lose it...

 

He gets so out of control that he is kicked out of the gym/field by the ref/ump...and no one filmed that s#!t???

 

I mean...when Joe Smith the dad of Tim Smith does that...it ends up on Twitter in 15 seconds...but when Bo Pelini does it NO ONE filmed it?

 

Just like Moos is sprawled out drunk at Lincoln bars and no one filmed it?  Come on.

Exactly

On 7/14/2019 at 3:12 PM, teachercd said:

Oh yeah...in fact he was even "kicked out" by the refs/umps...again it happened to be one of those days where not a single other person had a cell phone with them.

Cell phone comment is really on point with all these stories. It is hilarious what people just want to believe about people they don't like. 

On 7/13/2019 at 10:41 AM, Moiraine said:

The reason the Bo hotel story is believable is because it’s not something that is beneath Bo Pelini to do. That’s probably the best type of rumor. Something you can see the person actually doing but is slightly crazier than normal. 

 

Even though I don’t believe it... I’m only like 60% sure it didn’t happen.

What do you mean beneath Bo to do? Jfc

12 minutes ago, JJ Husker said:

What's wrong with these cops nowadays? Isn't being a Husker player worth just a friendly warning anymore? Buncha ticky tacky stuff. If they're on the team, Barney needs to let it go. Maybe once we start winning it'll carry some clout.

Terrible take

5 hours ago, Huskers93-97 said:

This should take us up to 62 in class rankings.

 

Now I am going to the Iowa State board to watch their meltdown. I am sure right about now they are saying they didnt want him anyway- the coaches started to get cold on him. He wont be that good. 

..... that's exactly what happens here

2 hours ago, The Scarlet Pimpernel said:

With our schedule, anything less than 9 wins and CCG appearance would be a disappointment.

Exactly

On 6/26/2019 at 11:18 AM, teachercd said:

Things I thought had gone the way of the dinosaur...

 

1.  Men seeking autographs

2.  Husker themed rooms with autographs on s#!t

3.  Camo shorts (God I wish those would come back)

4.  Jean shorts for men

 

 

 

You described about 75% of fans of this team

10 hours ago, teachercd said:

Riley ruined so many fans.

Exactly

13 hours ago, Hans Gruber said:

Nebraska is also his #1 most improved team and he said his main set of power ratings have the Huskers going 10-2.

 

I'm honestly worried now that Nebraska could have a pretty good 9-3 season, and then many fans would think it's a letdown season. 

It would be if we aren't in the big 10 title game

On 6/6/2019 at 1:12 PM, huskerfan333157 said:

Hes the third best player on offense, he still averaged 6 yards per carry and 24 receptions for 224.  Anyone that watched the games knows he has a ton of talent and add in a off season of our strength and conditioning and he will be a star.  I like how people act like we will be fine without him-these are usually the same people that thought we would win 8 or 9 games last year 

We would be fine without him.  Running backs are easy to replace, we wouldn't miss a beat.  I'd that's a breakout year, you have an extremely low bar. 

38 minutes ago, huskerfan333157 said:

We have mills who's the most proven and a few freshman.  Mo has already proven hes a game breaker! He can run and catch and we can move him around to create mismatches.  We dont have a proven, reliable wr outside of spielman and we dont have a proven RB outside or Washington.  How is he not that important?  Also, defenses KNOW they have to account for Washington which will open up the passing game more.  I fail to see how people dont think Washington is a critical piece to the offense.

Did I miss something, when did that happen? 

7 hours ago, Danny Bateman said:

 

Probably a little of both.

Moos has done a fantastic job but he's also gotten somewhat lucky in terms of timing on his two previous hires. Our two consensus favorite candidates for each position just happened to have worked their way up the coaching ladder in their respective sports AND in Hoiberg's case, been available (imagine if the Bulls run had worked out?) when we had openings to fill.

 

For example, before we hired Riley, I heard talk of just throwing whatever money it took to lure a top tier coach - i.e., a Saban or luring Jim Tressel out of retirement. Even our ideas about the right coach to fill an opening can get unrealistic.

 

It sucks because memories of the past and a couple decades of mostly irrelevance warps Husker fan's perception of where we are now and what's actually possible here.

BuT wHo wOuld We EveR gEt to Coach HeRe, No oNe wAnts To CoMe to NebrAskA.  

That's all I have heard before Riley, before Fred, before this now, before the other moves in other sports.  You know what makes coaches want to come here, clear cut expectations, support, and big fat checks.  Also knowing the risk of what they are doing.  I don't care if we fire a coach after 3 years of terrible performance, what are you going to do, be worse?  

1 hour ago, DevoHusker said:

 

I would worry less about alcohol and more about streamlining the exit after the game for those of us in the North Stadium...what a nightmare

Water slide, the big red water slide 

16 minutes ago, Enhance said:

All for it, at the very least in the suites and any upgraded seating.

You're either all in or you are all out, they already have booze up there by the way. They just aren't making any money off it.  

Because a bunch of 20 year olds, the target he talks about, sit in the suites.   I'm sure his privileged kids do.

2 hours ago, southernoregonhusker said:

It'll take a few more years.  Andersen absolutely annihilated that program.  

No Riley annihilated it, Anderson the buried it under 35 tons of garbage. 

On 4/4/2019 at 1:10 AM, Guy Chamberlin said:

 

I think Bo had a lot of fan support, or at least fans who weren't ready to fire him in 2014. Those fans were nicer than Bo deserved. Bo was wrong about the crowd at the Ohio State game. Nebraska fans are actually pretty smart about what makes good football. 

 

And the firing was by no means idiotic. Bo did not want to be at Nebraska and had his agent fishing for every college vacancy since 2011. It wasn't that he was mean, or used bad words, or that people were too sensitive. It's that he valued loyalty above all and mistrusted anyone who might challenge him. He circled the wagons and turned his team against their own fans. He was an a$$h@!e in 2003, too.

 

And if firing the coach with the 9 win magic was idiotic, Bo Pelini would have been swept up by another Power 5 school, rather than pulling his same tired schtick at Youngstown State on the way to a 27 - 22 record. 

No he wasn't wrong.

False

8 hours ago, Landlord said:

Forget about Bo's temper. Like pretend that it didn't exist and had nothing to do with his job or firing. Enter a thought experiment where Bo is just a nice pleasant no nonsense kind of coach who puts himself together wrong.

 

Still needed to go. We were further away from competing for championships in year 7 than we were in year 1. SEVEN YEARS of program building with absolutely no progress to show for it. Still losing by 30+ points at least once a year. Still giving up all-time NCAA record performances. Still falling flat on the biggest stage. Still being embarrassed by teams like McNeese State. Still recruiting at a mediocre level. 

 

Yes, he was a good coach. But he wasn't anything more than that. Good isn't good enough. You've gotta try to be great. When someone's had that long to show you what they are, if it's not great or at least showing glimpses of a potential to be great, enough time has been spent.

Yet we lost at home to who last year?   Embarrassed? They won the game, get over that we should win 78 - 0 it isn't happening anymore 

1 hour ago, TheSker said:

Lack of progress is an interesting concept.

 

......oh to have been a fly on Tom Osborne's wall circa 1979.

Who are you?  Can we be best friends? 

57 minutes ago, NUinID said:

 

Bo Pelini is a good defensive coach for the most part.  He was good at creating schemes for stopping offenses if he had the right personnel. I think he was a fairly good motivator and for the most part his players like him.   I  think it is a testament to his abilities as a coach that he always won 9+ games every year he was at Nebraska. I also think his many flaws are what didn't allow him to be more successful at Nebraska.  

 

I am not sure how you would call his temper issues "perceived".  The man had temper issues, they are well documented on video and audio recordings. He was thin skinned beyond disbelief and was terrible dealing with the media.  

 

His downfall started when his brother left Lincoln.  I believe Carl was the only person on the staff that he even halfway listed to.  A good manager/coach has to be willing to listen to other ideas and ways of doing things.  He surrounded himself with yes men.  It doesn't mean those guys couldn't coach, I just think it was a dictatorship.  

 

His defensive schemes were flawed for the B1G conference.  He was always too worried about getting beat deep in the passing game.  His defense was built to stop the pass first.  Which works fairly well when you have really good front 7 guys.  His run fits were too precise if everything worked perfectly it was fine, but things rarely work perfectly.  So against great running teams "Wisconsin" he would give up 408 yards to a back because he didn't want to get beat with the pass.  

 

He wasn't a good enough recruiter to get the linemen he needed to run his defense.  He didn't trust local talent and passed on or slow played guys that would have helped his team defensively. I am talking about Ott, Bazata, and Harrison Phillips. 

 

PB would be a great DC at the Pro level.  He would be able to get the players he needed and not have to deal with the press and other distraction that go with being a HC.  It would suit him.  He is not ever going to be a great HC, but because of his huge ego he won't admit it.  

Collins, Valentine, Davis Brothers, Gregory, Mcmullen, Moss

They would beg to differ, terrible arguement.

On 4/3/2019 at 10:15 PM, TheSker said:

Yep, there was so much "support" that Perlman had to make solo maneuvers to get it done.

My man