Frost Advisory Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 Okay, I had to make a post because this is making my blood boil. I am seeing a ton of comments on Facebook from Husker fans who seem perfectly fine with our performance today. Many are even calling to give Riley another year. I am seeing a lot of congratulating for covering the spread and only losing by 12. These people are downplaying the fact that 21 of these points came in the 4th quarter after Penn St was content with the score. I just don't get it. This is making me think this soft culture that is apparent on the field is also infecting many in the fan base. Now people are okay with just not getting blown out. To make things worse, these same people shame others like myself who are critical of the performance. Reading these people's passionless comments just makes me want to throw up. Did anybody else notice a lot of that today? It's highly disturbing. 3 Quote Link to comment
Hedley Lamarr Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 No worries it will all be over soon young grasshopper 1 Quote Link to comment
brophog Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 It's all pointless at this point. Why do you think we spend so much time debating pitchforks. You are a 3 prong guy, right? 1 Quote Link to comment
JJ Husker Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 I’ve noticed next to none of that. The key may be staying away from the idiots on Facebook. It works for me. 5 Quote Link to comment
Landlord Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 Disturbing is not a word I would use. Slightly annoying and understandably indicative of A) lowered expectations in our fanbase and B) the fact that a huge portion of our fanbase only follows the football team very casually and just doesn't actually care all that much? Sure. It's definitely those things. 1 Quote Link to comment
4skers89 Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 It sounds simple but they need new soap. Direct them to Duke Cannon https://dukecannon.com/soaps I haven't been on Facebook since I started showering with Naval Supremacy so it must work. The description on the packages for various products: Productivity He doesn't wear skinny jeans or listen to Coldplay. Duke Cannon could change a tire by the time he was three and was cleaning his own shotgun by the age of seven. Duke Cannon does more by 8 AM than most men accomplish all day. Accomplishment Duke Cannon doesn't wear scarves, and he's never ordered a damn veggie burger. He'd rather be on a John Deere lawn mower than a 3PM conference call. For his senior year shop class, Duke Cannon built a second story addition to his parents' house. He got an A. We commemorate this accomplishment and the others of hard-working men with this superior grade bar soap. Naval Supremacy Duke Cannon doesn't dine with vegans and he could give a damn about your new iPad. Duke Cannon comes from a different era - an era when men had a greater purpose than building spreadsheets and spending their Saturdays shopping for the perfect pair of chinos. Quote Link to comment
Making Chimichangas Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 This thread does two things: 1) makes me laugh and 2) makes me say, "Duh." I saw all this, as did a few others, from the beginning. I posted comments here about how I "hoped" that Mike Riley would have success. I wanted him to succeed. But hopes and wants mean less than a hill of beans when the person you want to succeed is doing things that ultimately guarantee failure. For example, Mike Riley's "running" game. Too often Nebraska is in 10 personnel (4 WRs, 0 TEs, and 1 RB) and trying to run the ball against 6-7 defensive players. This isn't me claiming to be some X's and O's guru, this is me looking at the offensive and defensive formation and being able to count to seven. Mike Riley talks a lot about wanting to run the football, but he's schematically incompetent when it comes to the X's and O's of actually running the ball. Nebraska is currently 4-7 because Mike Riley is doing here in Lincoln, the things that DIDN'T work in Corvallis. Soft, pathetic, weak, pass-first, mentality. 2 Quote Link to comment
brophog Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 7 minutes ago, Making Chimichangas said: This isn't me claiming to be some X's and O's guru, this is me looking at the offensive and defensive formation and being able to count to seven. That's all football is, numbers and leverage. Quote Link to comment
Making Chimichangas Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 6 minutes ago, brophog said: That's all football is, numbers and leverage. Mike Riley is literally (I think anyway) the only head football coach that DOESN'T understand that concept. Quote Link to comment
Nebfanatic Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 3 hours ago, Making Chimichangas said: This thread does two things: 1) makes me laugh and 2) makes me say, "Duh." I saw all this, as did a few others, from the beginning. I posted comments here about how I "hoped" that Mike Riley would have success. I wanted him to succeed. But hopes and wants mean less than a hill of beans when the person you want to succeed is doing things that ultimately guarantee failure. For example, Mike Riley's "running" game. Too often Nebraska is in 10 personnel (4 WRs, 0 TEs, and 1 RB) and trying to run the ball against 6-7 defensive players. This isn't me claiming to be some X's and O's guru, this is me looking at the offensive and defensive formation and being able to count to seven. Mike Riley talks a lot about wanting to run the football, but he's schematically incompetent when it comes to the X's and O's of actually running the ball. Nebraska is currently 4-7 because Mike Riley is doing here in Lincoln, the things that DIDN'T work in Corvallis. Soft, pathetic, weak, pass-first, mentality. We rarely run 4 receivers? Hoppes is on the field a ton of snaps. They run a bunch of 2 tight stuff when we aren't trailing by 30. None of this matters but if you don't like running out of 10 formations you're really not gonna like Scott Frost. He will run a bunch of 3 and 4 WR sets to create space in the middle to run. If anything the opposite of what you are saying is true. when we run the ball we typically run our of 2 tight end sets with a FB and alot of the time motioning a tight end play sidem Something of this variation is almost always done and it draws 8-9 defenders into the box just based on our formation. now if we had a stellar O-line and pro level tight ends, this could end up being an awesome thing as we could still dictate the run game by manhandling the defensive front, then we can use PA and shred the defense with our TEs. Problem is we don't have the personnel, nor a creative play caller. We are very predictable in the run game and make no effort at continuing to establish it even if it is effective. It can be difficult the way our defense is playing, but at the same time, the OC clearly isn't committed to running the ball in general. Quote Link to comment
NM11046 Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 (edited) And I see a bunch of people that know the future has already been decided, and who know that these are 18 year old kids that are doing what they can each Saturday. The guys on the field don't want to underperform. They don't want to lose. I'm seeing fans that recognize that after this season and the beatings they've taken on the field, in the press and by "fans" that those kids still go out there and do their best (for the most part). I see fans that recognize that this is a game, and there are ups & downs. No, I'm not content to lose, and I'm not perfectly fine with their performance this year, but there is a lot more at play than wins and losses, and the public negativity and moaning does absolutely nothing. But hey, maybe the difference is the people I'm friends w/on FB vs. who you are. Edited November 19, 2017 by NM11046 Quote Link to comment
Husker John Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 Russian interference in our coaching selection 4 Quote Link to comment
teachercd Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 There isn't one positive things about this season. Quote Link to comment
3rd and long Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 What I've noticed on my FB is most of the hardcore fans have simply stopped saying anything. And this may be politicalynincorrect, but it's mostly the gals talking about "the boys played hard and didn't quit". Quote Link to comment
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