Yup. The West is a complete s#!tshow from top to bottom. Just disappointing that we are where we are right now. Could’ve easily been an undefeated season with this schedule with even a barely above average offense.
I just don’t think it’s that easy to say that. The defense has been very good, but they could still have blow-up game(s) where they give up a bunch of points. I just don’t get the thought of NU would run away from everyone else if the offense was above average. That’s way too many assumptions on the offense and special teams.
That still makes me mad thinking about the "he needs more time!" nonsense. It was plain as day he had no clue by then unless you simply didn't want to see it.
Trev also didn’t have support of the big boosters (Peed). Trev had to let Frost hang himself in 2022.
Plus, Trev got to observe the program for a year to see what the shortcomings were and how he could communicate that to the coaching candidates, as well as get the entire fan base on board with firing Frost.
I don’t disagree but my comments were based mostly on our opponents and glossed over where NU has been as a program for the last forever. I mean really, with this schedule we wouldn’t need to be world beaters to have only one loss. But, like you point out and I agree with, it’s also not very realistic given where we’ve been and where we are currently. Probably the easiest schedule we’ve had in the B1G thus far and definitely easier than what is on the horizon. As @teachercd put it, an Iowa wet dream schedule.
Oh yeah, I agree that the schedule is going to get much tougher without divisions in the Big Ten. It’s like those crappy North divisions back in the Big 12, and we were disappointed when NU couldn’t manage to be competitive for the division titles.
Gain confidence now, win games, get the attention of new recruits and NC next year! :koolaid2: One step, one game at a time ad Rhule often says & before long we will be where we want to be. :restore2
Funny thing is, so often the conversation around here has been that people don't root for conference foes because.....why? Them being good just hurts us. Well....now it seems like people are rooting for our conference foes to be better.
I want our conference to be better as I hope this forces Nebraska to be better - and I think it will. I think we have the right head coach now, & we have the facilities and the NIL in place - time and patience is all that remains to getting us there.
