Popular Post It'sNotAFakeID Posted September 29, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted September 29, 2019 I stated before the game that win or lose, the result of this game won't be as instructive as the results of other games this year. As a program, Nebraska is 26-29 in their last 55 games. Ohio State is 53-6 in their last 59 games. Nebraska is trying to pull itself out of a funk created by inept coaching and dismal recruiting. Ohio State is transitioning its program from one of the best coaches and recruiters of all time, but is always supremely-talented. Justin Fields made Ohio State so much better than the team that scraped by Nebraska 36-31 last year. This was a mismatch. Anticipating this game and getting hyped for what it could mean was fun. But, honestly, we had more chance of winning the Powerball than beating Ohio State and thinking of the possibilities of winning was very similar to imagining what you would do with your jackpot winnings. Nebraska didn't win tonight and they looked awful. But they were playing Ohio State - who is going to make a lot of teams look awful. What's more instructive, and what will matter more, is how they play next week against Northwestern, the following week at Minnesota, against Indiana after the bye, and at Purdue the week after that. Those are the teams that, Nebraska will beat if they're as talented and well-coached as we think, and those are the wins that will signal a step forward from last year, albeit not as big a step as we want to take. Then another chance to prove ourselves will come when Wisconsin makes their way to Lincoln. Then another opportunity when Iowa visits on Black Friday. There are a lot of games left to be played, and the West is still left to be won. As a program, Nebraska is no further back than we were at the start of today. 48-7 hurts, as it should, but in the grand scheme, it's virtually meaningless. I hope the coaches and players learn what they can, focus on getting better, and move on to the next game. 12 5 3 1 Quote Link to comment
Popular Post Jack Burton Posted September 29, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted September 29, 2019 The W/L doesn't matter but at one point Nebraska was getting beaten 48-0 while getting outgained 502-79 in the 3rd Q. At home. At night. Very similar to the Mike Riley game vs OSU in 2017. 4 3 3 Quote Link to comment
Nebfanatic Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Season starts next week. A win and we are 2-1 in conference play, alive and well. 2 2 Quote Link to comment
It'sNotAFakeID Posted September 29, 2019 Author Share Posted September 29, 2019 After falling behind 14-0, Nebraska changed it's offensive playcalling and marched deep into Ohio State's territory. It honestly felt like they were going to score and make it 14-7 when Martinez slightly sailed a pass over Wandale's hand, which deflected it into an Ohio State player that was on the ground. Would 14-7 be a lot different than a backbreaking turnover? Absolutely. Psychologically deflating for a still fragile team playing against the #5 and arguably better than that team in the nation. 6 Quote Link to comment
Popular Post ndobney Posted September 29, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted September 29, 2019 We have osu right where we want them. Off our schedule 6 2 5 1 Quote Link to comment
Branno Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 1 minute ago, Jack Burton said: The W/L doesn't matter but at one point Nebraska was getting beaten 48-0 while getting outgained 502-79 in the 3rd Q. At home. At night. Very similar to the Mike Riley game vs OSU in 2017. To be honest it is still partially a Riley team and the rest are underclassmen we’re forced to play because of Roley. With a true Sophomore at QB and RB, a true freshman RB/WR, a redshirt freshman playing his first season for center... what do you expect when we play a team that is most likely heading to the playoffs. The sky isn’t falling, Frost is not Riley. There is still a lot of work to be done. 6 Quote Link to comment
Archy1221 Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 I agree that The team didn’t have much of a chance to win this game, but come on. At least be respectable. Make the game close, make OSU at least break a sweat. Show the recruits that NU is just a few gamebreaking players away from being OSU. Getting slaughters on national TV then winning some close games against NW, Indiana, and Purdue doesn’t do much for the program IMO 2 Quote Link to comment
It'sNotAFakeID Posted September 29, 2019 Author Share Posted September 29, 2019 I think we may have also let last year's game bias our thoughts on this game. I know I did. But last year's Ohio State team wouldn't stand a chance against this year's Ohio State team. 2 Quote Link to comment
Jack Burton Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 5 minutes ago, Branno said: To be honest it is still partially a Riley team and the rest are underclassmen we’re forced to play because of Roley. With a true Sophomore at QB and RB, a true freshman RB/WR, a redshirt freshman playing his first season for center... what do you expect when we play a team that is most likely heading to the playoffs. The sky isn’t falling, Frost is not Riley. There is still a lot of work to be done. I'm still on the Frost train. Just don't want to ignore how ugly it was tonight and frankly the first half of this year. 1 Quote Link to comment
WyoHusker56 Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 11 minutes ago, Jack Burton said: The W/L doesn't matter but at one point Nebraska was getting beaten 48-0 while getting outgained 502-79 in the 3rd Q. At home. At night. Very similar to the Mike Riley game vs OSU in 2017. One big difference this year, we made them punt 1 1 Quote Link to comment
It'sNotAFakeID Posted September 29, 2019 Author Share Posted September 29, 2019 1 minute ago, Archy1221 said: I agree that The team didn’t have much of a chance to win this game, but come on. At least be respectable. Make the game close, make OSU at least break a sweat. Show the recruits that NU is just a few gamebreaking players away from being OSU. Getting slaughters on national TV then winning some close games against NW, Indiana, and Purdue doesn’t do much for the program IMO We may be a few game breaking players away from being OSU. I'm not sure any of us know what really matters to recruits. If national perception mattered as much as we think it did, then why has Frost been able to pull some solid recruiting classes? Why does Nebraska still land several 4-star recruits? Why does Nebraska flip recruits who are committed to other programs? Winning close games against NW, Indiana, and Purdue do matter. Because they keep us in the hunt and set the stage for bigger contests against bigger teams. Wisconsin loses its luster if Nebraska loses 2 of these next 4 games. And winning these games shows the team is taking a step forward from the years before. Yeah, it's not as glamorous, but nothing this program ever did has been glamorous. Nebraska didn't just become good overnight. It scratched and clawed its way there, and it took years, and it took consistently beating the less glamorous teams. 4 Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 11 minutes ago, ndobney said: We have osu right where we want them. Off our schedule Except... What if we win the West? Who would we face in Indianapolis? 5 Quote Link to comment
It'sNotAFakeID Posted September 29, 2019 Author Share Posted September 29, 2019 4 minutes ago, knapplc said: Except... What if we win the West? Who would we face in Indianapolis? Another bite of the apple...or nut. You think this team would kill for a second chance to play Ohio State and show how much of an anomaly the first game was? I do. 3 Quote Link to comment
WildBillMoos Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Yeah recruits totally don’t care about getting s#!t on by a legitimate top ten team. Down size this all you want. It mattered. And it will for a few years. Quote Link to comment
It'sNotAFakeID Posted September 29, 2019 Author Share Posted September 29, 2019 Why would they care about getting s#!t on? They're not getting s#!t on. They can come and make a difference so that their team doesn't get s#!t on. But again, I don't think any of us knows what recruits really want. And the correlation between single game outcomes and recruiting rankings, future game outcomes, national perception, whatever, is illusory. It may look like there's a relationship, but one probably doesn't really exist. Quote Link to comment
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