Huskers in 2019....

[jkruse]

We will never win a big ten west championship let alone a big ten championship with the defense coordinator we have now.  Was not good at UCF and won't be here either.  Sorry just being honest, I hope to come back to this thread/blog and eat crow, but I don't think I will have too.

[Moiraine]

1 hour ago, jkruse said:

We will never win a big ten west championship let alone a big ten championship with the defense coordinator we have now.  Was not good at UCF and won't be here either.  Sorry just being honest, I hope to come back to this thread/blog and eat crow, but I don't think I will have too.

 

I think you're just being wrong, and I'm pretty sure you'll be eating crow within the next 2 seasons about not winning the west.

[Mavric]

10 hours ago, WyoHusker56 said:

I know the schedule in Riley's second year was pretty easy but the team honestly improved under him in year 2. 

 

Eh, not so sure.  The record was better.  But I'm not sure we were really that much of a better team.

 

In 2015, Sagarin had us as the #42 team with a rating of 76.55

In 2016, Sagarin had us as the #45 team with a rating of 74.18

 

In 2015, our Football Outsiders S&P+ rating was 74.7

In 2016, our football Outsiders S&P+ rating was 65.4

 

So I think you can make a decent argument that we didn't really improve at all and may have actually been a bit worse.

[runningblind]

2 hours ago, jkruse said:

We will never win a big ten west championship let alone a big ten championship with the defense coordinator we have now.  Was not good at UCF and won't be here either.  Sorry just being honest, I hope to come back to this thread/blog and eat crow, but I don't think I will have too.

[In the Deed the Glory]

12 hours ago, jkruse said:

We will never win a big ten west championship let alone a big ten championship with the defense coordinator we have now.  Was not good at UCF and won't be here either.  Sorry just being honest, I hope to come back to this thread/blog and eat crow, but I don't think I will have too.

 

And yet UCF won their conference last season...

[Cdog923]

12 hours ago, jkruse said:

We will never win a big ten west championship let alone a big ten championship with the defense coordinator we have now.  Was not good at UCF and won't be here either.  Sorry just being honest, I hope to come back to this thread/blog and eat crow, but I don't think I will have too.

 

Solid 1st post.

10 hours ago, Mavric said:

 

Eh, not so sure.  The record was better.  But I'm not sure we were really that much of a better team.

 

In 2015, Sagarin had us as the #42 team with a rating of 76.55

In 2016, Sagarin had us as the #45 team with a rating of 74.18

 

In 2015, our Football Outsiders S&P+ rating was 74.7

In 2016, our football Outsiders S&P+ rating was 65.4

 

So I think you can make a decent argument that we didn't really improve at all and may have actually been a bit worse.

 

2016 rivals 2003 as the biggest "smoke and mirrors" seasons in school history. 

[Moiraine]

16 hours ago, GSG said:

15-0!

 

 

 

My prediction is 12-2. Much more reasonable. 

[Jason Sitoke]

4 hours ago, Cdog923 said:

 

Solid 1st post.

 

2016 rivals 2003 as the biggest "smoke and mirrors" seasons in school history. 

Or as Iowa would call them, the Glory Years

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[jsneb83]

On 11/23/2018 at 9:20 PM, Dogs In A Pile said:

I'm hoping to see improvement next year and the schedule appears to be more favorable but a lock for a preseason top 25? Not sure how that is realistic, especially losing Divine & Stanley on O and seeing the D struggle like they did most of the year. They need upgrades at more positions than you can count. Not to mention, as improved as they were, they still ended up 4-8. I'd have a hard time even thinking about ranking them top 25 preseason.

You could say the same thing about half the SEC in there

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