ttheKid1*18 Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 I was thinking the same thing Bennychico11. both of them joined today, only a few hours apart, and both have roughly the same number of posts in the same threads. Good points Chico. Quote Link to comment
huskerjack23 Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 In the recent years of nebraska... solich era/callahan era the public eye of nebraska football has become average... 'We' (the public fanbase) stoop to think that players like ruud, grixby, shanle, and coaches like cosgrove are "good enough" to get us by. when we play teams like ku and get stomped last year and this year blow a lead to ku and osu because we cannot defend a spread style offense when is enough enough? When will nebraska become nebraska again enriched with pride and teams that want to or should i say can win a national title or at least contend for one. I agree with everything you said. Bill Callahan and staff may be great, but I'm not seeing it thus far. I think Callahan takes an NFL approach and thinks it's ok to lose one or two games, but that's not how it works in college. Every game counts and instead of playing to minimize a loss, lets play hard, lets play to win every single time! That's what I liked about Bo Pelini. I think he took the talent he had an motivated. Sorry to sort of get off topic with the Pelini comment, but even with the win over Mizzou I'm frustrated. I want our program to be one of the best in the nation again and I'm not seeing it happen. "Winning" the north is setting our sights kind of low in my opinion. Where have we been? Nebraska has not won the north division since 1999. That is seven years without even making the title game. Colorado and Kansas State have both won the division and the ccg since we last won it. IOWA STATE twice had a shot at it, if they could take care of business. Mediocre is where we were. Callahan took it one step at a time and in only three years got us back to within a win of the division title. I hate it when people question the heart of the program. The fans that are displeased with a conference player of the week performance question why the player was played in the first place. The mere fact that we have someone directly behind Ruud on the depth chart that can potentially start, shows how talented he is. It's not mediocre. Missouri losing to the big programs, OU and Nebraska, shows that THEY are mediocre. Iowa State never winning the division when they controlled their destiny, is mediocre. And, we need to realize the south is better than our division. It includes Okie St. now. They have four teams bowl eligible, we have two. We could potentially lose all the games to south teams we play this year. We buried the north teams this year. Improvements we need are: (1) killer instinct on the road, (2) new d coordinator, preferably one who makes in-game adjustments, (3) a johnny-on-the spot safety like mike brown and josh bullocks, and (4) a PLAYmaker. A lot of our guys have that potential, but nobody can take that position. Quote Link to comment
95huskers Posted November 6, 2006 Author Share Posted November 6, 2006 In the recent years of nebraska... solich era/callahan era the public eye of nebraska football has become average... 'We' (the public fanbase) stoop to think that players like ruud, grixby, shanle, and coaches like cosgrove are "good enough" to get us by. when we play teams like ku and get stomped last year and this year blow a lead to ku and osu because we cannot defend a spread style offense when is enough enough? When will nebraska become nebraska again enriched with pride and teams that want to or should i say can win a national title or at least contend for one. I agree with everything you said. Bill Callahan and staff may be great, but I'm not seeing it thus far. I think Callahan takes an NFL approach and thinks it's ok to lose one or two games, but that's not how it works in college. Every game counts and instead of playing to minimize a loss, lets play hard, lets play to win every single time! That's what I liked about Bo Pelini. I think he took the talent he had an motivated. Sorry to sort of get off topic with the Pelini comment, but even with the win over Mizzou I'm frustrated. I want our program to be one of the best in the nation again and I'm not seeing it happen. "Winning" the north is setting our sights kind of low in my opinion. Where have we been? Nebraska has not won the north division since 1999. That is seven years without even making the title game. Colorado and Kansas State have both won the division and the ccg since we last won it. IOWA STATE twice had a shot at it, if they could take care of business. Mediocre is where we were. Callahan took it one step at a time and in only three years got us back to within a win of the division title. I hate it when people question the heart of the program. The fans that are displeased with a conference player of the week performance question why the player was played in the first place. The mere fact that we have someone directly behind Ruud on the depth chart that can potentially start, shows how talented he is. It's not mediocre. Missouri losing to the big programs, OU and Nebraska, shows that THEY are mediocre. Iowa State never winning the division when they controlled their destiny, is mediocre. And, we need to realize the south is better than our division. It includes Okie St. now. They have four teams bowl eligible, we have two. We could potentially lose all the games to south teams we play this year. We buried the north teams this year. Improvements we need are: (1) killer instinct on the road, (2) new d coordinator, preferably one who makes in-game adjustments, (3) a johnny-on-the spot safety like mike brown and josh bullocks, and (4) a PLAYmaker. A lot of our guys have that potential, but nobody can take that position. You are exactly right. When are players going to step up? Doesnt anyone want to become an impact player and get recognized nationally? Win sum awards? I think there is potential but when or who is it going to be? We controll our destiny now. We can still make something of this season, as for the big picture i agree that we need ne d-coord. i dont think that we can do any Big things with him here.. his track record exposes that. Is callahan to good of a friend to let him go or will petersen step in and get things done Quote Link to comment
huskerjack23 Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 so hazer1mike, when is average not good enough anymore? what are your thoughts? Quote Link to comment
eliot1171 Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 Agree with Everything except your problems with Ruud. He makes open field tackles, and is easily our best Coverage Linebacker. We need him for 3rd and long when we know they are passing, Because all Octavian can do is inflict pain to everything in his way on a blitz. As much as i love that style of play, its not what we need on 3rd and long, unless we are positive he can split the gaps and make a play. Coverage is as important as blitzing being a LB, believe it or not. Totally correct!!! With the weakness we have in the corner position, we need him in there. Quote Link to comment
HUSKERJIMMY Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 Quit picking on Ruuuuuuuuud!,He is a kid trying his best this is not 94, 95, OR 97............quit picking on the kid, he played a hell of a game. Quote Link to comment
Pedro Guerrero Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 both of them joined today, only a few hours apart, and both have roughly the same number of posts in the same threads. They always seem to respond directly after the other one. Kind of like Mr. Perfect, HuskerfanTLS, and Bernard. You never saw them in the same room at the same time. Quote Link to comment
HuskerJosh82 Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 In the recent years of nebraska... solich era/callahan era the public eye of nebraska football has become average... 'We' (the public fanbase) stoop to think that players like ruud, grixby, shanle, and coaches like cosgrove are "good enough" to get us by. when we play teams like ku and get stomped last year and this year blow a lead to ku and osu because we cannot defend a spread style offense when is enough enough? When will nebraska become nebraska again enriched with pride and teams that want to or should i say can win a national title or at least contend for one. Agree to disagree. Most of the people in here will say they are not content at this point and neither are the coaches or players. I can assure you that we have never lost our pride. You must realize that a team can never stay at the top every year. It's a cycle, and it just so happens that we are at beginning of the restoration. What would you propose we do with the team/coaches/anything? Great point. Nebraska cant make it to the National championship every year. Every good program has had the off years. I.E. Oklahoma, Miami, Florida St, Texas, USC. All these teams cant always win all the time. The order has been restored, that dosent mean that they can go out win the big one. Quote Link to comment
NUpolo8 Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 I am very confused Quote Link to comment
Huskrz65 Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 Actually the Order has not been completely Restored when we drop a 16 point lead to OSU. When NU becomes a regular contender at the Big XII Championship and returns to prominent bowl games, the Norm will be Restored. IMO. Quote Link to comment
huskerfaninbuckeyehell Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 both of them joined today, only a few hours apart, and both have roughly the same number of posts in the same threads. They always seem to respond directly after the other one. Kind of like Mr. Perfect, HuskerfanTLS, and Bernard. You never saw them in the same room at the same time. Sounds like we have a scooby doo mystery on our hands Quote Link to comment
Redman Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 And they would have gotten away with it, if it wasn't for you darn kids. I had to say it.. Quote Link to comment
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