*** Matt Rhule Hired as New Husker Head Coach ***

[ColoradoHusk]

Just now, ndobney said:

Yeah and you should see the Hawkeye board geez

I'm sure Iowa fans have to be in full meltdown mode.  They just lost to one of the worst Nebraska teams in recent history, and 3 of their neighboring schools (NU, Wisconsin, and Illinois) have made significant hires to their head coach in the past 2 years.

[Stone Cold]

2 minutes ago, twofittyonred said:

for the record...  Rhule > Fickell...  JMHO

Fhuel is Rickell.......Rickell is Fhuel...........................Both of them, are men

 

[DefenderAO]

With Fickell going to Wisky, and if Rhule is the developer we all want to believe he is, I could see a real rivalry between these two.  I wish it developed into the weightiness of the OU / Neb days of old.  Winner not just gets to a conference bid but is a front seat driver for top seed in the playoff.

 

A man can dream...

[Mavric]

Pretty much this:

 

I can understand if people prefer Fickell to Rhule.  No issue with that.

 

But to say either is significantly better than the other is disingenuous.  And to say Rhule is a bad hire is just being willfully ignorant.

[PasstheDamnBallGuy]

40 minutes ago, Dr. Strangelove said:

Honestly, this article is terrible. It's a borderline template where Nebraska  can be replaced with any team in the country. 

 

I stopped reading when he called the hire racist in the 2nd paragraph. 

[Rhuletheday]

1 hour ago, TiredHuskerFanMWI said:

yeah, we'll see for sure.  Hell, we may get our first "did we make a mistake?" moment just two games in against Deion.

We better not lose to the one win buffs, even if they get Deion.  Scott losing to CU back to back destroyed my confidence in him.

[Mavric]

 

[Rhuletheday]

49 minutes ago, ColoradoHusk said:

I'm sure Iowa fans have to be in full meltdown mode.  They just lost to one of the worst Nebraska teams in recent history, and 3 of their neighboring schools (NU, Wisconsin, and Illinois) have made significant hires to their head coach in the past 2 years.

Iowa is pretty much done for.  They are stuck with Kirk for the long haul and he is never going to fire his son Brian.  Also sounds like the iowa AD and iowa brass are chummy friends.  The iowa ship is going down and nobody is going to do anything to correct it over there. With the new B1G TV money coming in, they have the cash to get a new AD and fire Kirk, but that will never happen.  They elevate Kirk to be some kind of legend for some unknown reason, even though he has never won a championship of any kind.  Just sad.  When you give a Headcoach an unlimited leash, you get what iowa is stuck with. 

[VeloHusker]

Would have preferred Fickell, but Matt should be really good for us.

[Rhuletheday]

It has begun.  All of the big name coaches will be migrating to the two super conferences of the B1G and SEC given the massive pile of TV money.  

 

Thankful TO got us out of the dying Small 12. 

 

[Hayseed]

There’s no way Fickell will leave Ohio, everybody knows that.

What Nebraska needs is a mole in the Wisconsin athletic department….the way they’ve been in ours.

[HuskerNation1]

 

 

 

[Rhuletheday]

7 minutes ago, VeloHusker said:

Would have preferred Fickell, but Matt should be really good for us.

Fickell was also my first choice, but Matt will get the job done, for he knows P5 football.  Fickell on the other hand is going to have a learning curve. 

[caveman99]

23 hours ago, Mavric said:

Rankings and stats with Matt Rhule as HC.  2013-2016 at Temple. 2017-2019 at Baylor.

 

Total Offense: 

2013 - 75th; 399.0 ypg

2014 - 120th; 308.4 ypg

2015 - 96th; 366.7 ypg

2016 - 66th; 413.6 ypg

2017 - 59th; 404.9 ypg

2018 - 22nd; 459.1 ypg

2019 - 52nd; 421.5 ypg

 

Rushing Offense:

2013 - 82nd; 149.33 ypg

2014 - 118th; 107.75 ypg

2015 - 96th; 149.71 ypg

2016 - 61st; 176.14 ypg

2017 - 115th; 117.25 ypg

2018 - 65th; 169.08 ypg

2019 - 61st; 166.43 ypg

 

Passing Offense:

2013 - 46th; 249.7 ypg

2014 - 88th; 200.7 ypg

2015 - 72nd; 217.0 ypg

2016 - 63rd; 237.4 ypg

2017 - 24th; 287.7 ypg

2018 - 19th; 290.0 ypg

2019 - 43rd; 255.1 ypg

 

Scoring Offense: 

2013 - 89th; 24.9 ppg

2014 - 100th; 23.1 ppg

2015 - 60th; 29.8 ppg

2016 - 43rd; 32.4 ppg

2017 - 98th; 24.3 ppg

2018 - 63rd; 29.5 ppg

2019 - 27th; 33.6 ppg

 

23 hours ago, Mavric said:

Rankings and stats with Matt Rhule as HC.  2013-2016 at Temple. 2017-2019 at Baylor.

 

Total Defense: 

2013 - 110th; 474.3 ypg

2014 - 24th; 347.1 ypg

2015 - 20th; 337.0 ypg

2016 - 3rd; 282.5 ypg

2017 - 112th; 456.9 ypg

2018 - 86th; 425.5 ypg

2019 - 39th; 360.4 ypg

 

Rushing Defense:

2013 - 77th; 175.67 ypg

2014 - 54th; 160.17 ypg

2015 - 24th; 127.86 ypg

2016 - 25th; 130.36 ypg

2017 - 92nd; 189.92 ypg

2018 - 84th; 183.46 ypg

2019 - 49th; 142.86 ypg

 

Passing Defense:

2013 - 121st; 298.6 ypg

2014 - 13th; 186.9 ypg

2015 - 43rd ; 209.1 ypg

2016 - 3rd; 152.1 ypg

2017 - 115th; 267.0 ypg

2018 - 83rd; 242.1 ypg

2019 - 49th; 217.6 ypg

 

Scoring Defense: 

2013 - 81st; 29.8 ppg

2014 - 4th; 17.5 ppg

2015 - 17th; 20.1 ppg

2016 - 11th; 18.4 ppg

2017 - 114th; 35.9 ppg

2018 - 91st; 31.7 ppg

2019 - 19th; 19.8 ppg

So it looks like offensively the most important stat, points per game, increased steadily each year despite fluctuations in the rushing and passing numbers. To me that screams better efficiency on offense and not just grabbing empty yards. 
 

What I like better are the defensive stats. Rhules’s defenses definitively got better gear over year at both stops, not to mention his Carolina D was pretty salty also. Great sign to see a focus on building a strong D.

[Crusader Husker]

I was really hoping for Bob Devaney.

 

Come on Nebraska.  With all of that Big 10 money open up the coffers and figure out how to resurrect the dead!