Iowa - What Did We Learn

The Duke said:
If Nebraska wanted to fire Matt Rhule it would have cost $49-million guaranteed.

But because Dannen gave Rhule an extension that guaranteed money now would be $71-million.

Just a really inexcusable extension on Troy Dannen's part. Matt Rhule had not earned that extension yet, and now Nebraska is stuck...again.
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And there it is 💯
 
The Duke said:
If Nebraska wanted to fire Matt Rhule it would have cost $49-million guaranteed.

But because Dannen gave Rhule an extension that guaranteed money now would be $71-million.

Just a really inexcusable extension on Troy Dannen's part. Matt Rhule had not earned that extension yet, and now Nebraska is stuck...again.
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Agree. Dannen needs fired ASAP
 
Our countless number of staffers, analysts, coaches, NIL program, etc... and we still are the worst team in the old B1G west.

New Memorial renovation plans were apparently revealed to big donors today. Bad day for that.

The propped up, fake sellout streak needs to end next season. It's pathetic and embarassing that we are forced to hang our hats on things so meaningless.

It will never happen, but I'd honestly be okay with football going down to D2. Maybe we could better compete with some regional programs in the midwest.
 
PaulCrewe said:
Problem 1a is the OL. Yes one can point at the rush yards today, but once again it is fools gold of EJ generally making guys miss at the LOS and being the back he is afterwards. He made this line look far better than they are in most games.
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This is classic Nebraska fan stuff. I was actually thinking to myself during the game "I can't wait for somebody to point to the offensive line as the biggest problem that the team has."

Letting the other team score 38 points of offense was the biggest problem.
 
The Duke said:


And yet...Dannen gave him an extension.

That money sure could have gone to the stadium renovation that needs to get done.
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To be fair this is a stupid comparison. Comparing going from the Frost era to going from the Bo era is not fair. Rhule has underperformed but just using this metric is being obtuse. Riley started the slide. Frost worsened it.
 
Undone said:
This is classic Nebraska fan stuff. I was actually thinking to myself during the game "I can't wait for somebody to point to the offensive line as the biggest problem that the team has."

Letting the other team score 38 points of offense was the biggest problem.
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When one goes back and look at how points and drives have occurred after 3 and out 3 and out 3 and out so many times, they then can understand this is not a "glory days" rant but common football sense. I mean how many points does a defense give up when it's on the sideline??? It has been that way for years and is still stressed by top programs across all levels.

But I mean after seeing it/being a part of it as a college coach after playing, I'm just obvious spewing nonsense
 
The Duke said:
If Nebraska wanted to fire Matt Rhule it would have cost $49-million guaranteed.

But because Dannen gave Rhule an extension that guaranteed money now would be $71-million.

Just a really inexcusable extension on Troy Dannen's part. Matt Rhule had not earned that extension yet, and now Nebraska is stuck...again.
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Was the extention motivated by Penn State ? were they really interested in him ? I don't see it, why would they want him, on paper he would not be an upgrade from Franklin.
 
The Duke said:


And yet...Dannen gave him an extension.

That money sure could have gone to the stadium renovation that needs to get done.
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Eh .... not sure that really tells the whole story.

Riley started out better when he could benefit from living off Pelini's recruits. He was +65, +34 then -128 in point differential. He was -124 in the B1G his last year.

Rhule hasn't been great by any means. But he's been -3, +53 and now +75. So he's 200 points better than Riley in Year 3. Although he is -48 in the B1G.
 
Mavric said:
Eh .... not sure that really tells the whole story.

Riley started out better when he could benefit from living off Pelini's recruits. He was +65, +34 then -128 in point differential. He was -124 in the B1G his last year.

Rhule hasn't been great by any means. But he's been -3, +53 and now +75. So he's 200 points better than Riley in Year 3. Although he is -48 in the B1G.
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Fair, but that includes the 127-7 two games we had against high school teams this season. Better for sure, but not light years better.
 
At what point does Nebraska acknowledge that moving to the Big Ten was absolutely the right call for the money and for the academics, but it is also slowly killing this once proud football program?

Let's be honest: Just from a football standpoint Nebraska was just a better fit for the Big 12.

If I had to guess the program would probably win 1-or-2 more wins per season by being in that league.
 
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