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I am glad we showed a pulse at the end, but some of that praise from Herbie and Fowler was induced by the shock of how badly they had just watched us get beaten in every facet of the game for 3 quarters (should clarify I mean offensively here). One of the most memorable plays we had on offense was Cotton falling over for goodness sakes. I'm not sure how much respect we really garnered after that game. To me, it didn't change anything really. We continue to be perceived as a team that can't win the big game, succumbs to pressure on big stages, struggles offensively, and is generally irrelevant on the national stage, perfectly content to languish as a barely ranked team. I'm not saying that only winning generates respect, there are honorable ways to play and there are honorable ways to run a program... but I don't think our performance this past week generated a lot of respect. I would have had a lot more respect for us had we played like that for four quarters rather than just one. You worry too much about what the rest of the country thinks. Guess what the rest of the country really isn't that worried about Nebraska or whoever, they aren't a fan. Talked to 2 of 3 guys that work for me this morning. One is an Oregon St. fan the other is a BSU fan. Guess what they didn't watch the game, because they didn't care it wasn't their team playing. One said it must have been a close game from the looks of the score. That's what the majority of the country sees. A close game because it was a close score. Everyone around the country is not obsessed with what Nebraska is doing. You think Alabama, UCLA, OU, A&M, Oregon and BYU fans are worried about Nebraska? How about the 3 loss S. Carolina fans or the LSU fans or the world? The only teams that are really relevant at the end of the year will be the 4 that make the playoffs. If we would have won on Saturday night, we would have become a lot more relevant, a lot more respected and the country would have actually cared about us. We would have catapulted into the top 10, generated hype for Ameer, and received way more attention from media. Suddenly, those fans from the competitive schools you mention above would be made aware of our existence. But, right now, you're right. Nobody outside of NE and a few in the B1G give two sh!ts. Anyway, my real point is just that a win would have made us the benefactors of a lot more respect than some passing comments about how much "heart" our team has, and how we didn't give up. That's all well and good, but we clearly had the talent to be more competitive in that game - that's the most disappointing thing to me. As Bo said, no moral victories here.

I am glad we showed a pulse at the end, but some of that praise from Herbie and Fowler was induced by the shock of how badly they had just watched us get beaten in every facet of the game for 3 quarters (should clarify I mean offensively here). One of the most memorable plays we had on offense was Cotton falling over for goodness sakes. I'm not sure how much respect we really garnered after that game. To me, it didn't change anything really. We continue to be perceived as a team that can't win the big game, succumbs to pressure on big stages, struggles offensively, and is generally irrelevant on the national stage, perfectly content to languish as a barely ranked team. I'm not saying that only winning generates respect, there are honorable ways to play and there are honorable ways to run a program... but I don't think our performance this past week generated a lot of respect. I would have had a lot more respect for us had we played like that for four quarters rather than just one.

Super bummed we are going to lose like this, but most disappointed for Abdullah. Guy is so deserving. And if he had a fraction of the talent around him that Gurley has, this wouldn't even be question.

Doesn;t matter in college. Ahh thanks. Though that apparently fooled the Herbstreit as well.

Was that catchable?

Give it up. Just pointing out my side of the argument, to those who are saying Fyfe was "clearly better" and all of that rubbish. This guy,

not sure if serious.

Well you all wanted to see our backup. I hope he's ok. And for those that are calling for Stanton… you do know that Fyfe has been the #2 all season, right?

I just hate the way we lose. We play sloppy, we look unprepared, we don't adjust and we generally get embarrassed. As fun and emotional as the Miami game was for history's sake, it was not a "big game" in the same way that this game tonight was. We know Miami was a shell of its former self and we were at home.

That's just because we haven't played them lately.

I'm just so sad.

Competing is a relative term at this point.

Outside of this overrule, I don't think the officials have been that bad tonight. The fair catch call was pretty atrocious.

Yeah, what was that exchange about?

They're actually growing on me. The better we play, the better they look to me.

I like how this team responds to mistakes. It seems like we recover more quickly and confidently. It feels so much different than years past.

Beck doesn't care Honeybadger Beck don't give a f#*k.

Our game plan is Ameer.

Zone keepers, rather than Zone reads? #mindblown

Bo Pelini's playbook name

Luckily, this is still Illinois..... great INTERCEPTION!

We got outcoached on that screen play.