What is this team missing?

[ESPY]

Dennis Claridge

Jerry Tagge

Vince Ferragamo

Turner Gill

Scott Frost

Tommie Frazier

 

That's what's missing.

 

Nuff said.

 

T_O_B

 

I miss those QBs so much. What a difference they'd make on this team.

[Haspula]

We could use former Nebraska players especially scott frost and turner gill

[deedsker15]

We could use former Nebraska players especially scott frost and turner gill

someone to remind everyone what a little work can do for you

[huskernumerouno]

When was the last time we bragged how many of these we had in a game??????

 

 

 

PANCAKE BLOCKS

[huskerSoldier321]

An Oline to rival the 95 cornhuskers.

And Motivation the players just didn't want it enough. The mental game ain't there. Washington showed up to WIN Nebraska just showed up to play. This season just leaves a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach. See I'm only 22 I was young the last time NE won a NC. So most of my experience with the cornhuskers are of them always falling short. How long do I have to wait to see are beloved huskers get NC again. New decade, New conference, now we need a new offense. The defense doesn't always play perfect games but they are Damn good. If only are offense match are defense. We need a new O staff the current one isn't getting the job done. We have no identity on offense. The Zone read doesn't play to every players strength. The team just lost it motivation. Made to many mistakes. As far as Tmart goes I think there is something there He just needs to be coached up. I mean when he plays good he plays like a champion. He needs some coaching to develop. I mean earlier in the season when he was on fire breaking records. The thing that went through my mind was Damn he's gunna be a great qb in a couple of seasons. I never thought he was going to be a complete QB this season. This season was a let down.0:01 finsh thats one thing they failed to do.

[Count 'Bility]

Nebraska became a great team in 1991 when the coaches,

after their 6th or 7th consecutive bowl loss, held a secret

closed door session.

 

In that secret meeting, the staff did a brutally honest self assessment.

The radical coaching changes implemented at that meeting led directly to

3 NCs and nearly 2 more.

 

No more alibis, no more Mr. Magoo, no more blaming the players,

no more self-serving BS.

 

That's what it takes to become great.

So far, we haven't seen it under Pelini.

 

1990 was only the 4th consecutive bowl loss. Tho the end of 1990 was disasterous. I do business with a man was with the team from 1990 thru 1994. He pins the 90's success to 3 major happenings.

1) psychology. Osborne, a doctor of psychology, and Jack Stark began the unity council and created the close knit atmosphere that allowed the team to succeed thru all upcoming adversity that had crumbled them in some of the previous years. College sports is all about mentality, cuz there is no motivation from money as in pros. Osborne and Stark knew this and revolutionized the way student athletes were coped with mentally.

 

2) Defense. Starting in 1992, McBride and the D began a transition from the conventional 52 to what was the new fling at the time, 43. It was full go by the end of 93. Basically all they did was make safeties outside backers and outside backers DEs to create speed. It allowed the D compete with the slinging offenses in the big bowls, then dominate them.

 

3) Strenght and conditioning. Boyd Epply (sp?) revolutionized strenght and conditioning in college football, maybe in sports all together. Nobody was at Nebraska's level in this phase all decade. NU was taking walkons and developing them into 5 star caliber talent. How many walkons who played 8 or 6 man in Podunk Nebraska wound up in the NFL.

 

They are trying to get point #1 back on track, and it's working but is does take some time, esp since Bo's first 3 years have been dealing with players left over from Callahan, who obviously knew nothing of the sort. Problem is is its not a secret no more and all programs are doing similar things to create unity.

Point 2, again, I think Bo again is revolutionizing defense in college football. The things he is doing were very rare if not ever done, and it's been successful.

Strenght and Conditioning. It's obvious every one caught up with Nebraska by the end of the decade and now everyone's pretty even in the sort, now it's just a matter of work ethic, who wants to put in the time.

 

One thing i dont recall is any major coaching changes taking place after 1990. For the most part all the main cogs of the staff were there for the run in the 90's.

 

Im not trying to be antoginistic in any way, but this came from someone who was on those teams and his feeling on how the major success was created. The issue is, how much more can you do with these phases to be ahead of the pack again, there's only so much that can be done, they may already be maxed out by everyone. Now it's just a matter of putting in the work and executing. From scholarship limits to equality in money and facilities, the parody of College football is becoming more and more. Everyone's always looking for that style of play that is a step above the rest and every now and then someone finds one that is great for a few years (power T, wishbone, triple option, single back, spread pass, spread option, pistol, no-huddle) then everyone does it, then everyone finds a way to stop it until the next new fling comes around. Bottom line is, you have to have the talent, the coaches, and the willingness to put in the work.

 

 

Thanks for correcting my memory on the number of bowl losses (5) rather then 6 or 7. Those losses came the next two years.

 

My point was showing the courage to make gut wrenching changes rather than making more excuses, especially

when failure is repetitive. I never said there were coaching changes. Thankfully, NU had a solid group of coaches at that time (a decade later that was another story), but they still had to

revamp their entire approach to be successful.

 

The #1 major change was that the Huskers began recruiting speed, from places they had avoided recruiting from in the past. Top to bottom. Offense and defense.

 

Or 4. But as i said, i was not trying to be antagonistic in any way, if anything i was agreeing with your overall thought, but I was just instilling the fact that 1) we had not lost 6 or 7 straight bowl games at the time, but rather 4, and 2) I took "radical coaching changes" as firing/hiring as opposed to overall organizational changes. So i suppose we agree to agree or something of the sort? I also just went on to make points that came from someone who grew up in Nebraska and was a part of the team in those 5 years that were a catapult.

 

Oh, you weren't trying to be a smarta**? Of course you were.

You just wanted to correct the number of losses from 6-7 to 4?

Give me a break.

 

So what? What does that have to do with the point being made?

If you think I stated there were coaches fired, that's your

cognitive reading problem, not mine.

 

 

Those "insider" points you seem to be so very proud of have been published and

are rather well known. I just wanted to set the record straight, not trying to be

antagonistic or anything of the sort.....

 

You say you agree. Fine. Thank you. I'm honored.

 

wow. someone needs a nap.

 

i guess if you dont want someone making corrections, then post the facts, dont just throw numbers out.

[HUSKERCR]

Nebraska became a great team in 1991 when the coaches,

after their 6th or 7th consecutive bowl loss, held a secret

closed door session.

 

In that secret meeting, the staff did a brutally honest self assessment.

The radical coaching changes implemented at that meeting led directly to

3 NCs and nearly 2 more.

 

No more alibis, no more Mr. Magoo, no more blaming the players,

no more self-serving BS.

 

That's what it takes to become great.

So far, we haven't seen it under Pelini.

 

1990 was only the 4th consecutive bowl loss. Tho the end of 1990 was disasterous. I do business with a man was with the team from 1990 thru 1994. He pins the 90's success to 3 major happenings.

1) psychology. Osborne, a doctor of psychology, and Jack Stark began the unity council and created the close knit atmosphere that allowed the team to succeed thru all upcoming adversity that had crumbled them in some of the previous years. College sports is all about mentality, cuz there is no motivation from money as in pros. Osborne and Stark knew this and revolutionized the way student athletes were coped with mentally.

 

2) Defense. Starting in 1992, McBride and the D began a transition from the conventional 52 to what was the new fling at the time, 43. It was full go by the end of 93. Basically all they did was make safeties outside backers and outside backers DEs to create speed. It allowed the D compete with the slinging offenses in the big bowls, then dominate them.

 

3) Strenght and conditioning. Boyd Epply (sp?) revolutionized strenght and conditioning in college football, maybe in sports all together. Nobody was at Nebraska's level in this phase all decade. NU was taking walkons and developing them into 5 star caliber talent. How many walkons who played 8 or 6 man in Podunk Nebraska wound up in the NFL.

 

They are trying to get point #1 back on track, and it's working but is does take some time, esp since Bo's first 3 years have been dealing with players left over from Callahan, who obviously knew nothing of the sort. Problem is is its not a secret no more and all programs are doing similar things to create unity.

Point 2, again, I think Bo again is revolutionizing defense in college football. The things he is doing were very rare if not ever done, and it's been successful.

Strenght and Conditioning. It's obvious every one caught up with Nebraska by the end of the decade and now everyone's pretty even in the sort, now it's just a matter of work ethic, who wants to put in the time.

 

One thing i dont recall is any major coaching changes taking place after 1990. For the most part all the main cogs of the staff were there for the run in the 90's.

 

Im not trying to be antoginistic in any way, but this came from someone who was on those teams and his feeling on how the major success was created. The issue is, how much more can you do with these phases to be ahead of the pack again, there's only so much that can be done, they may already be maxed out by everyone. Now it's just a matter of putting in the work and executing. From scholarship limits to equality in money and facilities, the parody of College football is becoming more and more. Everyone's always looking for that style of play that is a step above the rest and every now and then someone finds one that is great for a few years (power T, wishbone, triple option, single back, spread pass, spread option, pistol, no-huddle) then everyone does it, then everyone finds a way to stop it until the next new fling comes around. Bottom line is, you have to have the talent, the coaches, and the willingness to put in the work.

 

 

Thanks for correcting my memory on the number of bowl losses (5) rather then 6 or 7. Those losses came the next two years.

 

My point was showing the courage to make gut wrenching changes rather than making more excuses, especially

when failure is repetitive. I never said there were coaching changes. Thankfully, NU had a solid group of coaches at that time (a decade later that was another story), but they still had to

revamp their entire approach to be successful.

 

The #1 major change was that the Huskers began recruiting speed, from places they had avoided recruiting from in the past. Top to bottom. Offense and defense.

 

Or 4. But as i said, i was not trying to be antagonistic in any way, if anything i was agreeing with your overall thought, but I was just instilling the fact that 1) we had not lost 6 or 7 straight bowl games at the time, but rather 4, and 2) I took "radical coaching changes" as firing/hiring as opposed to overall organizational changes. So i suppose we agree to agree or something of the sort? I also just went on to make points that came from someone who grew up in Nebraska and was a part of the team in those 5 years that were a catapult.

 

Oh, you weren't trying to be a smarta**? Of course you were.

You just wanted to correct the number of losses from 6-7 to 4?

Give me a break.

 

So what? What does that have to do with the point being made?

If you think I stated there were coaches fired, that's your

cognitive reading problem, not mine.

 

 

Those "insider" points you seem to be so very proud of have been published and

are rather well known. I just wanted to set the record straight, not trying to be

antagonistic or anything of the sort.....

 

You say you agree. Fine. Thank you. I'm honored.

 

wow. someone needs a nap.

 

i guess if you dont want someone making corrections, then post the facts, dont just throw numbers out.

 

 

No, somebody needs to grow up.

You remind me of the self-appointed, self-important

putzes on the Board that spell and grammar check posts

so they can nitpick to prove how superior they are.

They have nothing else to offer.

 

Get a life Junior.

 

P.S.- Sorry to burst the little "ego bubble" on your "Insider Information" that was

published over 15 years ago. LOL!