We should all agree the Univ. is paying coaches enough to set reasonable and proper expectations or goals.
The “Chasing 3” goal that Rhule set is nothing close. “We just need those 3 points to win those close games and turn this thing around. Just make one more play.”
Well what would 3 pts really look like?

2023-2024: We ranked 120th with 18 points per game.
Additional 3 pts per game = 21 which would have ranked 102nd last year.

2024-2025: We currently rank 95th in points per game with 24, exceeding Rhule/Satt’s expectation at +5 pts per game.
"Chasing 3" additional points now = 27 which would only rank us at 77th.

Sound familiar?
Satt's admission of no goal or awareness of the very basic measure yards per play left him “guessing” numbers that would rank similarly.
He and Rhule seem ok with the very low standard or expectation.

This is frankly infuriating. Having a proper goal isn't rocket science.
Why were we not “chasing 11” pts per game to get us at least into the top 50 of scoring offenses? Or just imagine “chasing 14” pts per game to get us around the top 25. But we were good with taking slow baby steps to only make one more play or “chase 3.”

I’d pair this with what we pay coaches, and how we’ve recruited athletes ranked collectively between 15th and 39th the last 5 years.
Yet our results that exceed the coach’s own goal ranks us in the 90’s.

B1G has tough defenses, I get it, but our schedule has not been a crazy guantlet so far. Top 20 type of athletes and well paid coaches should at least get us into the top 50 for results before we start making excuses.

GBR

but this was one.

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Not totally convinced its sustainable without two top 10 picks, but he’s certainly exceeded pretty much everyone’s expectations

Looking at their schedule, I’d say there’s at least an even chance they finish 10-2.

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2018 Adrian Martinez
22-33 266 yards 1 TD 0 INT
72 yards rushing 2 TDs

2024 Dylan Raiola
21-32 152 yards 0 TD 1 INT
31 yards rushing

Needed more than a game manager today

As I stated after the blocked kick debacles, Hohl is legit. They weren't on him. The freshman has a legit leg. 56 yarder on the road. Money.

The website works fine, but when I click on a story it tries to open the story on the app… the app doesn’t open, just sits there and thinks. I hate the app or however this site does it

We have: Northern Iowa, Illinois, Purdue, Rutgers, Indiana, Ohio State, UCLA, USC, Wisconsin, Iowa.

I'm thinking of it mostly from who's going to be the toughest win:

1. Ohio St
2. USC (Not sold on Moss, but they've got a ton of talent)
3. Rutgers (Schiano just is able to work magic with these guys)
4. Illinois (playing well so far)
5. Indiana (Colorado of the B1G this year)
6. Iowa (That defense)
7. Wisconsin (Just barely better than Purdue)
8. Purdue (Last three are pretty interchangeable)
9. UCLA
10. Northern Iowa

With Nebraska's final preseason action this Sunday with an exhibition against Grand Valley State University, the season-opener against Texas Rio Grande Valley on Nov. 4 is within sight.

Here's a quick look at Fred Hoiberg's new-look roster:

In no particular order:

1. FG kicking. If I woke up tomorrow with my head sewn to the carpet, I wouldn't be more surprised than I am right now.

2. Defense, especially vs the run. The line realty did control the line of scrimmage.

3. Raiola’s legs. Definitely added an element to our offense we haven’t seen since Colorado. Hope he keeps it up (and doesn’t get hurt, of course)

All in all, much improved from last Saturday and hopefully a tone setting game for the rest of the season.

As we have seen for years the officiating not only in the Big Ten but across the country SUCKS

What recourse do schools actually have.
If I had the money like Rhule I world be calling out the blatant crappy calls and misses.
So what fine me. I got the money.
Call out each penalty one by one.

Just went through treatment for leukemia. Nevraska. Chubba should like him as his OC.

Let’s be honest this extends past Nebraska. Officiating has become a huge problem. The question is how do you fix it? Is it having penalties reviewed? Is it paying full time officials a fair wage instead of part time? I don’t know what the answer is but the bottle throwing is a sad reality of where this is heading.

When will that dip spit realize it isn’t working? Our WRs can’t block. Geebus.

With the final 4 games ahead of us, wonder if Malachi gets some run. We all know he can block DBs. Would love to see him get involved if he can.

It seems the officials this year, and to some degree, last couple of years, have interjected themselves into the games and are deciding the outcomes of the games. Last night I watched the officials give the shaft to VT by having to 2 TD's nullified, taken off the board that kept VT from winning. One on a bogus holding call, the second on overturning a TD catch. The officials in the Wash, Rutgers game made many calls favoring Rutgers and stopping Washington drives. I have lost count on how TD's have been called back this year on penalties everytime a team scores on a long play. If the favored team is behind the 8 Ball, the officials bail them out on a regular basis.

One last rant: When will college football and the NFL adopt the XFL's process for reviewing plays? The XFL had two LARGE screens, and officials reviewing every play live in a booth. If there was a problem, they would stop play, have the decision in about 15 seconds, and play would resume. It was interesting listening to the reviewers talk through the process and explain it to the field judge. The officials on the field DO NOT need to be behind the microscopic screen watching reviews (probably porn clips) taking 5-10 minutes to make an effin decision. The game flowed smoother and faster, if they needed more time to view a play they would stop play until a decision was made, but that happened rarely. The NCAA and NFL are prehistoric in making changes to improve the quality of play. Personally, I think instant replay needs to be removed unless a flag is thrown and then you have 45 seconds to decide the outcome. If it takes longer than that, the play stands.

I'm done for now, thanks.

I can't believe he wants to go back out there. He's lucky he's not a vegetable already. I've seen all three of his concussions. He's nuts if he would risk his brain any further.

Funny how much the running game magically improved when he came in. I get he's a douche, but he makes our football team better.

Win against UCLA will be a springboard to the first good season in a decade, lose the huskers will be scrambling for 6. Proud of the team today after the meltdown last week. GBR

Moral victories all around, better L than Georgia and getting swept by Oklahoma in 2019

Huskers lose set 1. 28-26

I HOPE I'm watching the 2nd half but if the game gets way out of our grasp it's too painful for me to watch live.

I'll probably switch to watching another, hopefully more competitive, game and check in on the Huskers occasionally.

I have some leaf screens in my gutter that blew out during the last high wind we had in Lincoln. It's about time I fixed those.

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