ESPN: Can Riley Fix Nebraska?

[HuskerInLostWages]

Bo sucked...

Riley sucks...

Let's find someone that doesn't suck!

Straight to the point, no analysis required.  +1 to you good sir.

 

[neepster]

Considering Pelini was fired two months before NSD, I don't think you can count the 2015 class fully toward him.  Or toward Riley.  Those classes are always down for obvious reasons.  Just like the 2008 class.

Ok, another good point   I'll stop now.

 

[KingBlank]

Curious, how many of those 4* transfered out or never made it to campus?

Well 2 of Mike's never made it this year, so we can be as curious as we want, Mike's class this year of kids that actually made it here is closer to being ranked 35 then 20th

 

[Sadie]

No he can't, couldn't do it any other college

 

[KingBlank]

We are all aware of Bo's record.  It was 2 songs on shuffle for 7 seasons.  Are the numbers better?  Absolutely.  Are we better off now?  Debatable.  Will we be better off?  Yet to be determined.

And yes, they are "simple facts" because actually viewing them from a bigger picture would show they aren't as glorious as you want them to be.

It's not debatable, unless we win the West the year we are worse off.

 

[Redux]

It's not debatable, unless we win the West the year we are worse off.

Well, hence why it's debatable.  Obviously not many actually expect that to happen, but it's still early enough we could luck into something.

 

[JJ Husker]

Not that NIU wasn't bad but IMO a couple performances by Pelini teams were worse. A certain Wisconsin game comes to mind. Is Gordon still running.....?

 

[krc1995]

You think games Bo won are worse than Riley's Purdue and NIU losses? Laughable.

When did we lose to Purdue?

 

[Fru]

2015 dude. 

 

[krc1995]

2015 dude. 

OMG

 

[Redux]

Not that NIU wasn't bad but IMO a couple performances by Pelini teams were worse. A certain Wisconsin game comes to mind. Is Gordon still running.....?

All about perspective.  Losing to a MAC team at home sounds worse on paper than losing to Wisconsin in a championship game.  But when you break it down and look at it in depth, obviously the Wisconsin game is worse.

 

[QMany]

All about perspective.  Losing to a MAC team at home sounds worse on paper than losing to Wisconsin in a championship game.  But when you break it down and look at it in depth, obviously the Wisconsin game is worse.

Obviously, that is your bias and perspective.

 

[Redux]

Obviously, that is your bias and perspective.

Yup, sure is.

 

[KingBlank]

Obviously, that is your bias and perspective.

He has to hold on to the his belief that Riley was the correct choice.

 

[Hilltop]

I'm grabbing at straws trying to be positive... and then I just watched a replay of the NIU game.  Our O-line blocking was maybe the worst ever put on a field at Nebraska.  To have hope for the remainder of the season would mean to hope for a Suh like performance out of our D-line.  I was really down on Lee but after re-watching the game, I can't hardly blame the guy.  He got hit almost every play... very few QBs could survive behind that o-line.  

All of that said... The product on the field that Riley is producing is considerable worse than what the standard is here and worse than any I have seen at Nebraska.  I absolutely loathed Pelini but I can say I never saw us look this soft under him.  

To answer the question- not a chance we turn this sinking ship around unless something miraculous happens with the o-line.