knapplc
International Man of Mystery
The last thread (HERE) stopped being updated almost three years ago, before Bo's final season and the advent of the Riley Era.
We have more excuses now. We need to list them here, so we're all current on why/how we're good enough/not good enough, what we're doing right/wrong, and why it is/isn't our fault.
The list is updated with #95, which I just put on there today.
Excuse 1 - It's Bill Callahan's Fault
Excuse 2 - :01 second
Excuse 3 - We should have stayed in the Big XII.
Excuse 4 - Bo Pelini inherited a wrecked ship, Osborne inherited a team that had won two national championships.
Excuse 5 - The cameras always focus on Bo.
Excuse 6 - The tape was released.
Excuse 7 - The OTHER tape was released.
Excuse 8 - Bill Callahan didn't wear Nebraska gear to a presser once.
Excuse 9 - Aaron Green didn't get a fair chance. Neither did Cody Green. It's not easy being Green.
Excuse 10 - #9wins
Excuse 11 - Harvey Perlman meddles in the program too much.
Excuse 12 - Taylor Martinez is the best quarterback to ever play for Nebraska.
Excuse 13 - It's the defense.
Excuse 14 - Too many 11am games.
Excuse 15 - Tim Miles is better at social media than Bo.
Excuse 16 - Hire Scott Frost.
Excuse 17 - Barney Cotton is the root of all our woes.
Excuse 18 - A player said something on twitter.
Excuse 19 - We're not the greatest fans.
Excuse 20 - Shawn Eichorst doesn't support Bo.
Excuse 21 - That booster said something once.
Excuse 22 - Bo only hires his friends
Excuse 23 - Stars don't matter.
Excuse 24 - The backups don't get enough playing time.
Excuse 25 - ESPN sucks and/or hates us.
Excuse 26 - The Media hates us.
Excuse 27 - Signing small classes hurt your rankings
Excuse 28 - Large recruiting classes have more lower-ranked players and hurts your rankings
Excuse 29 - We need to run the Option more.
Excuse 30 - We need to pass it more.
Excuse 31 - We need to run it more.
Excuse 32 - Tim Beck!!!!!!
Excuse 33 - We don't use the Fullback anymore
Excuse 34 - Callahan killed the Walk-On program
Excuse 35 - Does Bo ever take a good picture?
Excuse 36 - We should have kept Shawn Watson
Excuse 37 - Bring back Marvin Sanders!
Excuse 38 - That Penn State player was out of bounds.
Excuse 39 - Suh got robbed of the Heisman
Excuse 40 - Tommie Frazier got robbed of the Heisman
Excuse 41 - That Florida State player fumbled at the goal line.
Excuse 42 - We play more games now
Excuse 43 - We don't have enough night games
Excuse 44 - Our schedule is too weak.
Excuse 45 - The southern schools never play in the cold
Excuse 46 - All our bowl games are played in the opponents' home stadiums
Excuse 47 - The SEC oversigns
Excuse 48 - Our Offensive Coordinator/Defensive Coordinator is terrible
Excuse 49 - Our linebackers coach is terrible
Excuse 50 - Our offensive line coach is terrible
Excuse 51 - Other teams have a quarterbacks coach. Why don't we have a quarterbacks coach?
Excuse 52 - I'd rather do things the right way with quality guys and lose a few than be like the SEC
Excuse 53 - It's hard to recruit southern kids to a cold-weather school
Excuse 54 - Nebraska doesn't have an ocean/beaches
Excuse 55 - Too far from home (or anything actually)
Excuse 56 - The Administration doesn't support Bo so we can't land big-time recruits
Excuse 57 - We don't spend enough on recruiting so we can't land big-time recruits
Excuse 58 - We need a bigger recruiting staff to land big-time recruits
Excuse 59 - We can't recruit in Texas because we moved to the Big Ten
Excuse 60 - Missouri, Kansas and/or Kansas State are better therefore we can't steal as many recruits from those areas
Excuse 61 - Nebraska talent is not what it once was
Excuse 62 - Nebraska HS offenses no longer fit the Huskers scheme which hurts our numbers
Excuse 63 - We suck at basketball, so there's not a big game for visiting recruits in January
Excuse 64 - Omaha is the closest major airport, so flights in are a logistical nightmare
Excuse 65 - We don't cheat/oversign/pay the players
Excuse 66 - It's easier to get into another school academically
Excuse 67 - There is too much pressure from the fans' unrealistic expectations!
Excuse 68 - The top of the student section is empty.
Excuse 69 - The blue hairs don't stand up and cheer.
Excuse 70 - The stadium sound system sucks.
Excuse 71 - Callahan left the cupboard bare for Bo in 2008
Excuse 72 - Dirk Chatelain wrote a trolling article
Excuse 73 - Our Strength & Conditioning / Dobson is subpar
Excuse 74 - The players read these boards and our negativity affects them
Excuse 75 - Coach Brown is too preachy
Excuse 76 - We lose when we wear alternate uniforms
Excuse 77 - If you think/say/do/don't do ___________ you aren't a true fan.
Excuse 78 - Steve Pederson
Excuse 79 - The Refs hate us
Excuse 80 - The Defense / Offense / whole team gave up
Excuse 81 - They came to win, not to play the game
Excuse 82 - Callahan closed the door to former players
Excuse 83 - We can't / won't / don't make adjustments
Excuse 84 - Bo's dog house
Excuse 85 - The refs won't call holding on our opponents
Excuse 86 - It isn't the 90s anymore
Excuse 87 - The announcers/analysts have no clue what they're talking about / are biased (against us)
Excuse 88 - Brent Musburger's open container ticket cost us votes in a poll
Excuse 89 - Huskerboard/social media isn't serious enough nor supportive of the players
Excuse 90 - We never play well on National TV
Excuse 91 - We always play down to the level of competition
Excuse 92 - Lawrence Phillips made our team look like a bunch of thugs
Excuse 93 - Bo never plays Freshman
Excuse 94 - The players won't play for Bo
Excuse 95 - Ed Cunningham always wants targeting called against our players
Excuse 96 - We aren't tough enough
Excuse 97 - Our locker room is too showy
Excuse 98 - We need old rusty weights and a dirt floor in the Strength & Conditioning area
Excuse 99 - We aren't big enough
Excuse 100 - Our linemen are jelly
Excuse 101 - We are not quick enough
Excuse 102 - We waste our time on home visits if a recruit doesn't commit
Excuse 103 - We lose when we wear "Surrender Whites"
Excuse 104 - Our starting talent lags behind the 2nd string level of top 15 programs
Excuse 105 - We have no depth
Excuse 106 - Our O line is terrible
Excuse 107 - Our D line is terrible
Excuse 108 - Our current offensive scheme won't work in the B1G conference
Excuse 109 - We are slow and weak compared to top 15 programs
Excuse 110 - Our defensive scheme isn't aggressive enough
Excuse 111 - All of our players are injured.
Excuse 112 - Pelini's players are brainwashed and won't buy into what Riley and his staff are teaching
Excuse 113 - We don't spend enough on coaches, otherwise (Insert coach here) would be at Nebraska
Excuse 114 - The Big XII/Texas axed the Prop 48 rule
Excuse 115 - Shawn Eichorst fired Bo, another 9-win coach, and now we're in this situation
Excuse 116 - Mike Riley is a .500 career coach and can't win a championship (ignoring the Grey Cup championship he won)
Excuse 117 - Nebraska winters are too cold - recruits won't come here
Excuse 118 - It was much easier to win the Big 8 than the Big Ten
Excuse 119 - Wisconsin fans are drunk and obnoxious
Excuse 120 - Only three things can happen when you pass, and two of them are bad
Excuse 121 - No #PolySwag
Excuse 122 - Our true freshman QB who is redshirting didn't show that he is an absolute stud so our QB recruiting sucks
Excuse 123 - There are a lot of young players in key positions and a new QB starting
Excuse 124 - Riley is too nice!
We have more excuses now. We need to list them here, so we're all current on why/how we're good enough/not good enough, what we're doing right/wrong, and why it is/isn't our fault.
The list is updated with #95, which I just put on there today.
Excuse 1 - It's Bill Callahan's Fault
Excuse 2 - :01 second
Excuse 3 - We should have stayed in the Big XII.
Excuse 4 - Bo Pelini inherited a wrecked ship, Osborne inherited a team that had won two national championships.
Excuse 5 - The cameras always focus on Bo.
Excuse 6 - The tape was released.
Excuse 7 - The OTHER tape was released.
Excuse 8 - Bill Callahan didn't wear Nebraska gear to a presser once.
Excuse 9 - Aaron Green didn't get a fair chance. Neither did Cody Green. It's not easy being Green.
Excuse 10 - #9wins
Excuse 11 - Harvey Perlman meddles in the program too much.
Excuse 12 - Taylor Martinez is the best quarterback to ever play for Nebraska.
Excuse 13 - It's the defense.
Excuse 14 - Too many 11am games.
Excuse 15 - Tim Miles is better at social media than Bo.
Excuse 16 - Hire Scott Frost.
Excuse 17 - Barney Cotton is the root of all our woes.
Excuse 18 - A player said something on twitter.
Excuse 19 - We're not the greatest fans.
Excuse 20 - Shawn Eichorst doesn't support Bo.
Excuse 21 - That booster said something once.
Excuse 22 - Bo only hires his friends
Excuse 23 - Stars don't matter.
Excuse 24 - The backups don't get enough playing time.
Excuse 25 - ESPN sucks and/or hates us.
Excuse 26 - The Media hates us.
Excuse 27 - Signing small classes hurt your rankings
Excuse 28 - Large recruiting classes have more lower-ranked players and hurts your rankings
Excuse 29 - We need to run the Option more.
Excuse 30 - We need to pass it more.
Excuse 31 - We need to run it more.
Excuse 32 - Tim Beck!!!!!!
Excuse 33 - We don't use the Fullback anymore
Excuse 34 - Callahan killed the Walk-On program
Excuse 35 - Does Bo ever take a good picture?
Excuse 36 - We should have kept Shawn Watson
Excuse 37 - Bring back Marvin Sanders!
Excuse 38 - That Penn State player was out of bounds.
Excuse 39 - Suh got robbed of the Heisman
Excuse 40 - Tommie Frazier got robbed of the Heisman
Excuse 41 - That Florida State player fumbled at the goal line.
Excuse 42 - We play more games now
Excuse 43 - We don't have enough night games
Excuse 44 - Our schedule is too weak.
Excuse 45 - The southern schools never play in the cold
Excuse 46 - All our bowl games are played in the opponents' home stadiums
Excuse 47 - The SEC oversigns
Excuse 48 - Our Offensive Coordinator/Defensive Coordinator is terrible
Excuse 49 - Our linebackers coach is terrible
Excuse 50 - Our offensive line coach is terrible
Excuse 51 - Other teams have a quarterbacks coach. Why don't we have a quarterbacks coach?
Excuse 52 - I'd rather do things the right way with quality guys and lose a few than be like the SEC
Excuse 53 - It's hard to recruit southern kids to a cold-weather school
Excuse 54 - Nebraska doesn't have an ocean/beaches
Excuse 55 - Too far from home (or anything actually)
Excuse 56 - The Administration doesn't support Bo so we can't land big-time recruits
Excuse 57 - We don't spend enough on recruiting so we can't land big-time recruits
Excuse 58 - We need a bigger recruiting staff to land big-time recruits
Excuse 59 - We can't recruit in Texas because we moved to the Big Ten
Excuse 60 - Missouri, Kansas and/or Kansas State are better therefore we can't steal as many recruits from those areas
Excuse 61 - Nebraska talent is not what it once was
Excuse 62 - Nebraska HS offenses no longer fit the Huskers scheme which hurts our numbers
Excuse 63 - We suck at basketball, so there's not a big game for visiting recruits in January
Excuse 64 - Omaha is the closest major airport, so flights in are a logistical nightmare
Excuse 65 - We don't cheat/oversign/pay the players
Excuse 66 - It's easier to get into another school academically
Excuse 67 - There is too much pressure from the fans' unrealistic expectations!
Excuse 68 - The top of the student section is empty.
Excuse 69 - The blue hairs don't stand up and cheer.
Excuse 70 - The stadium sound system sucks.
Excuse 71 - Callahan left the cupboard bare for Bo in 2008
Excuse 72 - Dirk Chatelain wrote a trolling article
Excuse 73 - Our Strength & Conditioning / Dobson is subpar
Excuse 74 - The players read these boards and our negativity affects them
Excuse 75 - Coach Brown is too preachy
Excuse 76 - We lose when we wear alternate uniforms
Excuse 77 - If you think/say/do/don't do ___________ you aren't a true fan.
Excuse 78 - Steve Pederson
Excuse 79 - The Refs hate us
Excuse 80 - The Defense / Offense / whole team gave up
Excuse 81 - They came to win, not to play the game
Excuse 82 - Callahan closed the door to former players
Excuse 83 - We can't / won't / don't make adjustments
Excuse 84 - Bo's dog house
Excuse 85 - The refs won't call holding on our opponents
Excuse 86 - It isn't the 90s anymore
Excuse 87 - The announcers/analysts have no clue what they're talking about / are biased (against us)
Excuse 88 - Brent Musburger's open container ticket cost us votes in a poll
Excuse 89 - Huskerboard/social media isn't serious enough nor supportive of the players
Excuse 90 - We never play well on National TV
Excuse 91 - We always play down to the level of competition
Excuse 92 - Lawrence Phillips made our team look like a bunch of thugs
Excuse 93 - Bo never plays Freshman
Excuse 94 - The players won't play for Bo
Excuse 95 - Ed Cunningham always wants targeting called against our players
Excuse 96 - We aren't tough enough
Excuse 97 - Our locker room is too showy
Excuse 98 - We need old rusty weights and a dirt floor in the Strength & Conditioning area
Excuse 99 - We aren't big enough
Excuse 100 - Our linemen are jelly
Excuse 101 - We are not quick enough
Excuse 102 - We waste our time on home visits if a recruit doesn't commit
Excuse 103 - We lose when we wear "Surrender Whites"
Excuse 104 - Our starting talent lags behind the 2nd string level of top 15 programs
Excuse 105 - We have no depth
Excuse 106 - Our O line is terrible
Excuse 107 - Our D line is terrible
Excuse 108 - Our current offensive scheme won't work in the B1G conference
Excuse 109 - We are slow and weak compared to top 15 programs
Excuse 110 - Our defensive scheme isn't aggressive enough
Excuse 111 - All of our players are injured.
Excuse 112 - Pelini's players are brainwashed and won't buy into what Riley and his staff are teaching
Excuse 113 - We don't spend enough on coaches, otherwise (Insert coach here) would be at Nebraska
Excuse 114 - The Big XII/Texas axed the Prop 48 rule
Excuse 115 - Shawn Eichorst fired Bo, another 9-win coach, and now we're in this situation
Excuse 116 - Mike Riley is a .500 career coach and can't win a championship (ignoring the Grey Cup championship he won)
Excuse 117 - Nebraska winters are too cold - recruits won't come here
Excuse 118 - It was much easier to win the Big 8 than the Big Ten
Excuse 119 - Wisconsin fans are drunk and obnoxious
Excuse 120 - Only three things can happen when you pass, and two of them are bad
Excuse 121 - No #PolySwag
Excuse 122 - Our true freshman QB who is redshirting didn't show that he is an absolute stud so our QB recruiting sucks
Excuse 123 - There are a lot of young players in key positions and a new QB starting
Excuse 124 - Riley is too nice!
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