In year four to a coach who has pretenses of national championships, this does not happen. Losing close happens. Bad breaks that lead to losses happens. Getting dominated in all phases of the game does not happen. Let's be serious here. The sunshine pumping is a waste of our time.
You think Tom Osborne never got blown out? Heck, his teams got blown out even in the 90s, way beyond year 4 of his coaching career.
He did, but not very often. And they were usually the bowl games in Florida against teams that killed us with speed. The thing is I don't remember any of Tom's teams quitting like we have seen our teams quit on Frank, Bill, and now Bo. It sucks that we didn't have a competent coach to replace Tom from his staff. Or should I say a BCS quality coach. Frank has done fine in the MAC where his lack of recruiting ability is ok and Turner is still a work in progress, but I really hope he can be successful at KU.
I didn't think our team "quit" tonight. I thought that they panicked and that the game got away from them, that they started playing undisciplined and sloppy, but I didn't think they quit.
Anymore, no programs have the kind of continuity that Nebraska once had. Everyone gets blown out here and there. We're going to take it to Wisconsin next year after Russell Wilson is gone, and our offense has a year of experience under its belt. These days, everyone gets blown out every now and then - it's about how you get back up off the mat.