John Butler Hired as Secondary Coach/Defensive Passing Game Coordinator
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teachercd
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HAHAHA!
Oh my god!
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE WEATHER!
And we take you LIVE to Lincoln, Ne for their game vs UCLA
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Lol the troll factor is funny, Mav. I think Butler can be very effective and hope our guys can be aggressive to cause more turnovers. FWIW, interestingly only three Big Ten teams were in the Top 70 of passing last season based on passing yards per game:
Maryland at 279 ypg- 22nd in the nation
Ohio State at 269 - 31st
Illinois at 265 - 36th
For reference, the Pac-12 had 6 in the top 16 including four of the top five. Oregon (1st), Washington (2nd), USC (5th) led the way with Colorado at 16th (UCLA at 60th). Nebraska finished just below Minnesota, Rutgers, and Ball State at 129th followed by Iowa and the service academies.
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“The biggest thing I learned — and I’d heard about it, but until you feel it, especially with our stadium — was the weather,” Rhule said when asked about winning in the Big Ten. “You talk about that.” Link
What a silly quote by Rhule. @teachercd & @Mavric assured me that the weather was essentially a non-factor
. Nice to see Rhule not overlook the things that can make a difference when all else is pretty equal. Hopefully the lessons can help add up to us turning a corner this year.
What a silly quote by Rhule. @teachercd & @Mavric assured me that the weather was essentially a non-factor
. Nice to see Rhule not overlook the things that can make a difference when all else is pretty equal. Hopefully the lessons can help add up to us turning a corner this year.
“The biggest thing I learned — and I’d heard about it, but until you feel it, especially with our stadium — was the weather,” Rhule said when asked about winning in the Big Ten. “You talk about that.” Link
What a silly quote by Rhule. @teachercd & @Mavric assured me that the weather was essentially a non-factor
Very good job of you of finding a quote that isn't the same thing that we were talking about and then acting like it contradicts what we said.
Even then, in the games we lost last year the wind was:
Minnesota - 13 mph
Colorado - 4 mph
Michigan- 22 mph
Michigan State - 2 mph
Maryland - 16 mph
Wisconsin - 6 mph
Iowa - 13 mph
One game where the wind was more than would barely be noticeable by an average Nebraskan and we lost that game by 38.
Pretty sure the wind is well down the list of things we need to be worried about.
teachercd
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The thing we were talking about, was weather conditions which does include wind. The Coach Rhule quote above was the from an OWH article from this morning... not exactly a deep dive to find. Like my argument from the start, the quote does not say that weather was the only cause for our losses. Smart decisions, ball security, efficient tackling, etc. are huge factors and the obvious reasons teams can win or lose games. Funny enough, many of the key reasons I mentioned can be affected by the weather
. However, weather was apparently impactful enough for him to mention it again as his biggest learning lesson from last year.All that said, I am glad to see that Rhule has recognized some of the more subtle things that can impact outcomes. Hopefully we won't have to get into too many close calls this year, but should we find ourselves in some, it is nice to know that Rhule is searching for any sort of advantage that can help set us up for success.
If ever there was a sign that football season needs to get here is a mid-July back-and-forth about whether weather conditions can have a significant impact on the outcomes of games. :ahhhhhhhh
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The thing we were talking about, was weather conditions which does include wind. The Coach Rhule quote above was the from an OWH article from this morning... not exactly a deep dive to find. Like my argument from the start, the quote does not say that weather was the only cause for our losses. Smart decisions, ball security, efficient tackling, etc. are huge factors and the obvious reasons teams can win or lose games. Funny enough, many of the key reasons I mentioned can be affected by the weather
All that said, I am glad to see that Rhule has recognized some of the more subtle things that can impact outcomes. Hopefully we won't have to get into too many close calls this year, but should we find ourselves in some, it is nice to know that Rhule is searching for any sort of advantage that can help set us up for success.
If ever there was a sign that football season needs to get here is a mid-July back-and-forth about whether weather conditions can have a significant impact on the outcomes of games. :ahhhhhhhh
And my argument was that Rhule is making more of it than is there. Posting another quote of him saying the same thing doesn't exactly disprove that.
teachercd
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If Rhule LITERALLY just found out last season that sometimes the weather changes...
It was a huge mistake to hire him.
Coach is giving cliche answers to boring questions. Just like how he said Nebraska is the best place to live...I mean, it is nice and stuff but come on.
It was a huge mistake to hire him.
Coach is giving cliche answers to boring questions. Just like how he said Nebraska is the best place to live...I mean, it is nice and stuff but come on.
teachercd
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I coached FB for 20 years...Baseball for 2.
With the exception of super cold FB games where players wanted to wear long sleeves but we would not let them if they were going to touch the ball (fumbles), it was just never that big of a concern.
It is harder to throw if it is windy, sure! But that is not some new thing to deal with.
This. Do they not have weather in Pennsylvania? He never had to play in the cold at Penn State?
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I'm all for you two patting each other's back, but neither of you are disproving the point being made.
I assume neither of you read the article where Rhule points to the Iowa game as an example where Ferentz chose to have the wind at his back in the fourth quarter in a tight game. This is not to say that other factors play an important part, just that when all else is seemingly equal, searching for seemingly small advantages can have a big impact.
I assume neither of you read the article where Rhule points to the Iowa game as an example where Ferentz chose to have the wind at his back in the fourth quarter in a tight game. This is not to say that other factors play an important part, just that when all else is seemingly equal, searching for seemingly small advantages can have a big impact.
You're all about the non-seqquiturs today.
No one ever said the weather wasn't a factor. Then you point to a quote where Rhule said it was a factor and claim that refutes the argument.
No one is trying to disprove what Rhule said. But then you claim what we're saying doesn't disprove it.
What was said was the guy being quoted is making too much of the issue. Then you post more posts from the same guy as proof that he's right.
You're really trying too hard on this.
teachercd
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I mean, that is every single game...you do the coin toss and you pick your side.
If you are saying that Matt picked the wrong side because he knew his team would pick off a pass to win the game and then his team would toss a pick to Iowa and then let up a 25 yard run and then Iowa would use some lame a$$ walk on kicker to kick the FG that won the game...with the wind. You win, I can't argue that.