SFW

6 hours ago, HUSKER 37 said:

Disappointed in the bowls this season with so many of the top athletes not participating...How about paying the Seniors to play with some of that Bowl Money?

Wrong thread?

8 hours ago, Roundball Shaman said:

(Former) Baylor Coach Matt Rhule is the new Carolina Panthers head coach.

 

He spent three years at Baylor, initially taking a team that was in shambles due to campus scandal. His Baylor team won just one game in his first season, but in his third and just concluded last season, he got Baylor into the Big 12 championship game.

 

Why is this of interest to Husker fans? What if Scott Frost pulls a similar turnaround at Lincoln? What if Frost gets the Huskers very soon to the Big 10 championship game or more? Will the NFL come calling on him? What if he becomes the "hot coach" again?

 

Some Husker fans have expressed doubts about Frost’s approach to offense. Some say it will never work in the Big 10. Maybe his offense is a better fit for the NFL? If the Husker Coach gets the Huskers going like Rhule did, will he find himself coaching on Sundays?

 

Will Coach Frost be watching closely to see if the former Baylor coach will Rhule in the NFL?

I don’t think Rhule had any connection to Baylor other than a job.

Maybe that’s why we got the coaches kid from Baylor.  Dad knew he Rhule would be moving on up.

10 minutes ago, Mavric said:

 

Who exactly figured out how to defend it?  His last year at Oregon they were 12-1 and won the Fiesta Bowl.  His  four years as head coach they were 46-7 with appearances in three New Year's Six games plus the National Championship game.  They were a Top 5 team his last three years.

 

Unless you're talking about NFL teams "figuring it out".  Fortunately I don't see and NFC teams on our schedule any time soon.

Unfortunately we don’t have a time machine or Chip Kelly.  

He isn’t exactly tearing it up a UCLA.  Is he?  
 

Who knows maybe the B10 will adjust to us after all.  Time will tell.

6 minutes ago, gossamorharpy said:

hmmm, seems like ohio state has been able to do that just fine against all those teams u mentioned.  

 

Let's play devils advocate here... u have your way and frost is gone, who are you bringing in thats instilling this culture and performance u want in all of 2 years?  Clearly patience isn't a strong suit of yours, and after you reply, im confident your realistic football expectations probably isnt a strong suit either

You can’t compare NU to OSU we are light tears from them.  Their talent is off the charts.  
 

I hope Frost makes it, I really do.  But what I seen so far has me doubtful he can or will adjust to the B10.  
 

10 minutes ago, Undone said:

 

My post history on this forum is anything but Kool-Aid drinking. So you're arguing with a straw man there. You're right - we didn't play physical defense this year, and we were half a rung away from being a dumpster fire overall.

 

You cherry picked one game (the 2015 title game between Ohio State & Mark Helfrich's Oregon) to solidify your point about Oregon's play style not being physical enough. Nobody is going to argue that you're wrong there. But you'd also be pretty far out in left field to not acknowledge just how good of a program Chip Kelly built.

 

With a good offensive line, you can pretty much run any offensive style you want in any conference at the college level. In the NFL, this isn't a true statement. Did we have a good offensive line this last season? No, we didn't. We're a ways off in that department still.

Your right about Chip Kelly, he built an offense that was different/ tricky/cute, and very hard to stop until coaches eventually figured out how to defend it.

When a team can out physical you...you can’t scheme or defend it.  You just suffer the inevitable.  
 

We will never pass Iowa, Wisconsin, even Minnesota until we can impose our will on them.  Grind the clock and play keep a way.
 

Unfortunately, I see very little that gives me hope Frost and staff get that.

37 minutes ago, Undone said:

 

I think this is a fallacy. Old school Oregon offense would do just fine in any conference. It just has to be matched with a physical defensive style a la the likes of Wisconsin & Iowa.

 

But the crux of our current issue is the offensive line. Maybe people get tired of talking about this point because it's so basic. Our offensive line was nowhere close to the level of, say, the top 6 teams in the conference this season. Both run blocking and pass blocking sucked for the first 3/4 of the year.

 

This is why this is a 4-5 year fix. Once these big, talented, young offensive line recruits are ready to play, the entire outlook changes. It's really hard to say in my opinion how much of a good jump our OL could realistically make by next season - my guess is not that much. But in 2021 I think we have a good chance of winning the West.

To bad we don’t play a physical style of defense.  Also, our d-line will regress next season.   

What happened to Oregon’s best team when they played a B10 team for a title?

They got thrown around like rag dolls.

Please put down the kool-aid.....it’s rat poison!

THIS!

"I don't care where you are, if you can run the football and keep the ball away from somebody else, it's a big deal," Osborne said.

Hello.....Frost it’s Tom on line 1.  Wake up!

2 hours ago, BigRedN said:

 

Geez, looks like you are ready for a new coach already.  So, who is your next head coach sir?

Not many fans are happy with the results so far ... yet, I'm not willing to roast our coach just yet.  

So, be honest ... what was your prediction this year?  Mine was 7-5.  For next year, I'm hopeful for 6-6 but won't be surprised with 5-7.  What do you think our record is gonna be next year?  When are you firing Frost next year?

I predicted 8-4 it was there for the taking, but coaching blunders against; Colorado, Purdue, and Indiana cost us. Add in terrible QB play making.

Next year is all about the Purdue game it’s make or break much like Colorado was.  We must start 6-1 before going to Columbus or no Bowl.  I don’t see that happening.  The ceiling is 7-5 but I think your right 5-7 is most likely.  If we start off with a loss to Purdue it could be a really ugly year. 
 

I’d give Frost one more bad year/ losing season, next year.  If he can’t get a winning record in year 4, 2021 time to move on.  We will know his undefeated season was a fluke.  

If we have another losing season I hope he makes some big staff changes.  He needs help.

18 minutes ago, Nebfanatic said:

Not according to Urban Meyer

He was just trying to motivate his former/ current team.  Maybe he was slipped some bad preseason kool-aid like everyone else.

and he wasn’t speaking about our physicality 

We are just the kind of team other teams want to play.  It’s like a week off.  No real pain.

Bubble screens are us!

2 minutes ago, Nebfanatic said:

Minnesota didn't look that great last year when we beat them by 30. Sometimes it takes time and players 

And new coordinators 

1 hour ago, lo country said:

This is where I am at.  Was really watching that Memphis game to see how their established system would do against a "traditional" B1G team in Penn St......I am hoping that Frost and Co do some soul searching on what they really think will be successful at NU.....I am still not sold on our scheme.  Now if we played it with extreme physicality, it might look like a different team.  Power IMHO, always beats finesse.....

I agree with you.  It’s almost as though Frost has forgotten his days playing for Nebraska.  
 

Our best drive against OSU maybe all season was out of the I formation.  Power physical football.  And we never saw it again the rest of the season.  A real head scratcher.
 

15 minutes ago, PasstheDamnBallGuy said:

 

Why does it matter where he has done it? He proved he can do it. 

One good season as a head coach, that’s it.  In that year he had a soft schedule and some major luck.  That luck covered up his poor clock management, poor play calling, and terrible defensive coordinator.  Which we all now see clearly.

 No more super week schedules and the luck has run out.  Time to figure out how to coach in the B10, or all his good recruiting and program building won’t matter.

3 losing seasons in 4 years as a head coach. Ouch!  

It doesn’t matter how we recruit or develop physically because...

Sideways offense and bend but don’t break defense doesn’t scream physicality.
 

In fact it screams the opposite to our opponents.  
 

Old school Oregon will never survive in the B10.  What Oregon is doing under Chritobol will compete in any league.  That’s what I hoped we would look like under Frost, but we don’t.

Perhaps we should scrap the Oregon speed thing and just become husker power again.  Remember the days when we could run on third and short and consistently pick up first downs.  
 

Did Frost watch any wildcard games?  They all use the fullback and the I formation.  They get physical with play calling.

They had an excellent year of practice. 

We are never losing to Purdue again!

Yes I’m sure that’s what elite level QBs want.   Is to come to Nebraska to run in the wildcat.  

Hello transfer porthole!

I’d like to see him get all the snaps!

If he can’t figure out how to be a good game day coach, nothing else will matter.

32 minutes ago, Gorillahawk said:

That our defense improved but our offense regressed so much that our defensive improvements weren’t what they could have been do to the stupid amount of 3 & out drives our offense had

Ah...there it is more of the same.

Blame and Excuses 

It’s talent...It’s the offense...it’s what we inherited.

23 minutes ago, TheSker said:

Chinander doesn't consume my thoughts about Nebraska football.

 

We get the right Jimmys and Joes on defense, we'll be good......

Said Bill Callahan 

19 minutes ago, Husker in WI said:

...Nothing? 

Clever 

1 hour ago, TheSker said:

You're probably going to have to wait until next summer to know how many of this year's senior defenders make the NFL.

And if so what does that say about Chinander?  

I don’t known about blaming talent...we had 3-5 NFL players on this years D.  We won’t see that again for a while.  
 

Let that sink in.

I prefer a 4-3 in the Big Ten where you need more big bodies on the line.  Stop the run first D!

If we had the LSU or Wisconsin’s DC I’d be ok with 3-4, they are very unpredictable.

The problem with Chinander’s 3-4 it’s very predictable and always has been.