ColoradoHusk

Bill Belechik was also a complete failure in his first head coaching job. Just sayin'

Shocker, another guy that we went to college with that is more successful than we are. Of course, that is pretty much the entire UNL alumni base from the mid-90s.

I have a feeling Frost will never come back to NU. I know he's said it's his "dream job" in the past, but he also knows the scrutiny that the Nebraska head coach has. I'm not saying he wouldn't be up for the challenge, I just think it would be better for him to not put up with the hassle of being Nebraska's head coach. Either way, good luck to Frosty. He is only one of ~125 FBS Head Coaches in the country. He is already a success by getting to that level.

Nope So it's still Oregon?

Does PowerT have a new favorite team?

False. Or the Cotton boys wouldn't have been on scholly. Here we go with this freaking argument. If he's good enough to have a scholarship, give the kid a scholarship. I felt the same way with the Cotton kids.

Both of our kickers have done very well this season and should be congratulated. Read earned his salary here. But he didn't earn his salary anywhere else. I thought Stevenson did a good job when Read finally got him on the fieldWere you and I watching the same games? I thought Stevenson was an epic failure at kickoff returner.

totally TA. The wide open receiver proves that langsdorf put Tommy in a great position. People can claim that DL needs to know his qb's strengths and weaknesses so he should've justhe ran the ball, but a 3 year starting qb for a power 5 school should have enough common sense to know game situation and that 4th and 1 means you don't need to and shouldn't go for a home run shot, especially when you have a wide open receiver a couple yards past the 1st down. Obviously TA would've still had to get it to carter accurately enough to catch, and carter in turn would've had to make the catch, but the coaches still put them in a position to make the play. Tommy didn't even look at the check down and stared down the fly fade the whole way. But here's the thing....TA has been a 3-year starter and in that time has shown no consistency in being able to make those throws. It's not like him missing that throw was an anomaly. It's what Tommy does, and DL should recognize that. Now if Tommy were a freshman and hadn't shown such inconsistently I would feel better with the call, but DL is not playing to Tommy's strengths. I understand but the biggest thing is that TA didn't even bother looking down at the check down, he just went straight for the low percentage home run ball. It's not like throw was just that bad. It was a decent throw to give the WR an opportunity to either go for the catch or try to I draw a pass interference. The DB just made a better play defensively. My point is as a 3 year starter Tommy should have enough common sense to know he shouldn't throw the home run ball and that he still had over 4 minutes with 3 timeouts, on 4th down. Know the other routes for the play and find someone else that perhaps isn't being covered like a blanket. Maybe we should've just run it, though, since Tommy is barely even able to decipher when to bite the bullet and throw the ball away, let alone find an open check down reciever. I see what you're saying, but at what point do you put more blame on the coaches? TA has lost every single game, or at least the vast majority of games, where he has had to throw more than 40 times. I don't think it's as simple as "Tommy should have enough common sense." It's a coach's job to put his players in the best position to win. By your same reasoning, you could argue that Tom Brady and Tyrod Taylor should always be coached and put in similar positions to convert 4th and 1 because they should just have enough common sense. However, I think we'd both agree how a team might approach a 4th and 1 with Brady is much different than how the Bills would approach 4th and 1 with Taylor. The same principles apply, here, imho. Put him in a position to win like against Illinois when he was told to run the ball and threw it anyway an lost the game? Sometimes you can't fix stupid and I think we found that out against Iowa. You raise a great point I can't really argue with. But, those are two different situations - one was an obvious communication error and the other was TA not reading the defense and throwing a bad ball. TA shouldn't have been asked to throw that ball or put in a position to think that was OK. Is it on him for throwing it? Yes, but, I put blame on the coaches for giving him the choice.Other than the fact that it was a pass play tagged no pass and the entire offense ran it as a pass play.Yep, we want the entire team to run it as a pass play and give the tiniest tag on the play to let the QB know not to pass it, and we should be shocked when it doesn't work out. Sounds perfect.

84HuskerLaw, I don't have the rookie salary scale in front of me, but the days of huge rookie pay days are over. It's better for guys to come out early, establish themselves and get paid fat bank in that 2nd contract. Collins and Suh's situations aren't comparable because Suh was able to get a huge rookie deal by going #2.

Offense team gets named tomorrow. Can't slam Tommy yet.

Like Husk said Collins is still a 1st-2nd round projected pick. Plus with his character, and the way he interviews his stock will only increase during the draft process. I could see him tearing up the combine too. He's one of those guys who could play anywhere along the line. He's a beast. Completely underutilized too. wasn't there one game where he was playing outside and then inside and then in a 2 point? Statistically, that was his best game iirc. Would be nice if we had a staff who could highlight their playmakers on D. I'm sure his shuttle time will be amazing. Scouts are going to drool over his quickness and his hands. His wrestling background helped him so much in that regard.

Like Husk said Collins is still a 1st-2nd round projected pick. Plus with his character, and the way he interviews his stock will only increase during the draft process. Great point about his character and interview process. All the media members that cover NU have nothing but great things to say about Collins. Word is that he does a lot of work with the younger players after practice and he is the true leader of this year's defense.

What rating? The guy is going pro. He's listed with a first round grade by most draft experts. Even if he does slide into round 2, he's smart if he goes to the NFL.

+1 Brown was booming his FG's in conference play and was kicking with a lot of confidence.

Regarding Pinkel, I think it's the best move for Mizzou to decline the bowl invite. This will allow Pinkel to move on, and focus on his health, and it allows Missouri to move forward with their coaching search and hire a coach ASAP. We saw how last year how weird it can be when a new coach and his staff is named, while the old staff is coaching the team in a bowl game. It really just muddies the waters.

I shaved today, because I thought I wouldn't be able to shave on Tuesday, December 1st. It feels so good to be clean shaven again. I will never grow any facial hair ever again.

Who else do you think should have been honored?Lewis for one. I think more HMs would have gone to defenders too. The offense gets named tomorrow. I don't see how more defenders should have been honored, given how craptastic the D was all year. My bad. Should have realized that with westy not getting named. He should be a first teamer I would think. Westy is only 10th in the conference on receiving yards per game, and 6th in receptions per game. I think he's headed towards Honorable Mention. Maybe so... Still, if a coach had to pick a team, what receivers would go ahead of him? I don't watch much Big Ten football, because I think it's terrible to watch. But, Burbridge from Michigan State is a total stud. Jehu Chesson has slightly better stats than Westy, and leads the league in TD receptions. Maybe Westy can sneak in at 2nd team.

Who else do you think should have been honored?Lewis for one. I think more HMs would have gone to defenders too. The offense gets named tomorrow. I don't see how more defenders should have been honored, given how craptastic the D was all year. My bad. Should have realized that with westy not getting named. He should be a first teamer I would think. Westy is only 6th in the conference on receiving yards per game, and 10th in receptions per game. I think he's headed towards Honorable Mention. EDIT - Had the two categories mixed up. Now changed.

Who else do you think should have been honored? Lewis for one. I think more HMs would have gone to defenders too. The offense gets named tomorrow. I don't see how more defenders should have been honored, given how craptastic the D was all year.

The offense teams get named tomorrow.

Who else do you think should have been honored?

Both of our kickers have done very well this season and should be congratulated. Read earned his salary here. But he didn't earn his salary anywhere else.

YOU CAN SAY THAT AGAIN! Poor Sad Horse.

Assuming he is a WCO guy (learned under Cally and Sherman), so he would never be welcome here by a large chunk of our fan base. Ding ding ding...we have a winner. It's also not his fault either. It's more of sour taste in fans' mouth from the Callahan and Riley eras.