Sure makes it easier to take our debacle this week. Just weird stuff all over.

Texas, #1 in the country with most likely two first round QBs on the roster and what some have said the best OL in football had 38 yards on 34 plays in the first half.

USC is 3-4 with losses to Michigan, Minnesota, Penn St and Maryland, but has beaten #8 LSU.

Florida State is 1-6 and hasn't scored over 16 points in the last 6 games. They were 13-0 last regular season.

The two teams in the title game last year are both 4-3, Michigan and Washington.

The teams picked 1st Utah, 3rd Okie State, 4th Kansas and 5th Arizona in the Big 12 preseason are 1-3, 0-4, 1-3 and 1-3 in conference.

Indiana is 7-0 and in 1st place in the B1G.

Illinois is 6-1 and has won two games against ranked teams.

Army and Navy are undefeated and ranked.

Alabama is 5-2 and their playoff hopes are hanging on by a thread.

Oklahoma is 4-3 and just got blown out by South Carolina.

Florida was 1-2 and everyone thought that Napier was getting fired, now they are 4-3.

Tennessee scored 69 and 71 points in two of their first 3 games, since then they've scored 25, 14, 23 and 24.

Vanderbilt is ranked 5-2 with a win over Alabama and a loss to 2-4 Georgia State.

UCLA looks lost and hasn't scored over 17 points all season, blows up for 35 points over Schiano's Rutgers team in New Jersey.

Just a lot of weird results so far this year.

Tim Verghese from Rivals just posted this X. He typically doesn't post clickbait. Wonder what it could be?

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Vanderbilt is 5-2 and ranked by the coaches 25th.

It wasn't too long ago we had some guy's hand wringing over him leaving for Pedo U . Laughable. You guys will probably laugh at this too....I would take Big Belly Bret and that Blowpop in Minny over what we got right now.

The shine has come off. Rhule has been too complementary of him.

It’s not my intention to pick on him unfairly because he is probably the best we have at the moment

My critiques are;

1) holds the ball too long. Is no one open.?
2) does not have a great feel for the pocket and tends to throw off his back foot. Scrambles out but way too late and is not a good scrambler. When the play breaks down, more often than not, he’s gonna get sacked
3) kind of slow. No real threat to extend plays with his legs. In college, I like a quarterback that can run the ball a bit. In the NFL, I hate it..

I get it, he’s a true freshman. We have so much room for improvement. Mostly though the coaching is average, below average.

There will be a fundraiser today from 2-6 to help a young lady who tragically lost both her parents.It is at the Rose Cat coffee house if anyone is interested.

besides the game outcome, I hope you were able to take in the town of Bloomington, and enjoy campus before and after. We had a few random Huskers stop by our big set up just south of 17th street, sw of the stadium. Enjoyed chatting with them.

Having traveled to many a blowout loss as a long suffering IU fan, I know the feeling. 59-0 in ‘99 and 62-10 in ‘94 at Wisconsin; and 56-7 at PU in ‘98 all come to mind.

Good luck rest of the way.

How our offense progressively gets worse as the season goes on!! Every other team all season long keeps getting better, except us! It’s a direct reflection of an incompetent offense coordinator!

Stats and videos of the postgame press conferences included:

Deboer’s decision to go for 4th and 22 instead of punting at end of game with 3 timeouts in his pocket. Not sure about that one.

Lot of stats, lot of quotes included in the story below on Dylan Raiola.


Some of the key stats in the story:

On Nebraska's second drive of the game + the first drive of the 2nd half *before* the INT:
>> 12-of-14 (85.7 percent) for 109 yards (including some key, big-time throws to move the chains)

The rest of the game:
>> 16-of-30 (53.3 percent) for 125 yards and 3 INTs

Final stat line:
>> 28-of-44 (63.6 percent) for 234 yards, 0 TDs and 3 INTs

Raiola's first five games:
>> 100-of-142 (70.4 percent) for 1,224 yards, 9 TDs and 2 INTs
>> Averages: 20-of-28 (70.4 percent) for 244.8 yards, 1.8 TDs and 0.4 INTs

Raiola's last two games (Rutgers + Indiana):
>> 41-of-71 (57.8 percent) for 368 yards, 0 TDs and 4 INTs
>> Averages: 20.5-of-35.5 (57.8 percent) for 184 yards, 0 TDs and 2 INTs

Nebraska's OL has given him good protection over the last two games, but this remains a notable stat:
>> In Nebraska's 3 nonconference games + the Purdue game: Raiola was sacked only 2 times in those 4 games (UTEP, Colorado, UNI, Purdue)
>> In Nebraska's other 3 games: Raiola was sacked 12 times in those 3 games vs. Illinois (6), Rutgers (4) and Indiana (2)

I remember a lot of talk in the offseason but nothing came of it?

We ran into a buzzsaw yesterday. Indiana showed how a large effective NIL transfer program can turn your fortunes around immediately. It's the Deion Colorado model of team building for immediate success. Right or wrong... Rhule has not chosen to go that route.

Illinois is our yardstick as they are a development type team that is Rhule's current philosophy. Bielema is doing it the way MR envisions with development and a few transfers to fill spots. Whether this philosophy can translate into persistent success in the NIL era remains to be seen.
For Nebraska to become a developmental program.... It starts with culling the upperclassmen and the "loser mentality" that exists. That also risks a significant team mutiny this year. It also starts with some significant coaching changes. We need people who can recruit, develop, and /or manage a game plan DURING the game. Rhule is in charge to make the right hires .
IF he can't accomplish his plan, then he will be forced to go all in on NIL and hopefully spends the money effectively. But, our recent NIL transfers have also not exactly been game changers for whatever reason. So far those NIL results look average to poor.
This is not the Temple or Baylor era in college football anymore. It will take a few years to see whether his plan can succeed in this new environment.
Still I exspect the misery to continue in the near future if he remains committed to a development type plan, and he doesn't go on a crazy NIL spree which I do not believe he will at this time.
JMO
GBR

If Nebraska doesn’t figure it out with DR at QB over the next couple of years, we go back to power option football. Hire TO and Solich and bring it back.

Tough to watch....

Special teams are terrible. Lack of depth leads to lack of talent on Special Teams.

We can't sustain a running game due to not having a RB threat nor an OL that dominates. But either does IU.

Dylan is good, not great yet but we can't run RPO with him. We either need a QB that can run or a RB.

We are pretty predicable on offense. Dylan can't make certain throws so it limits us. Not having a RB game puts too much pressure on Dylan.

Our WR's can't block for sh^t....weak is being nice.

Our DL got dominated and is why we lost. No pressure killed us. We got out-coached here.

Our LB's didn't fill the right gaps all afternoon. We got out-coached here.

Our DB's had it tough since there was zero QB pressure.

USA Today Coaches Top 25 (10/20)
1. Oregon (51) (7-0)
2. Georgia (2) (6-1)
3. Penn State (6-0)
4. Ohio State (5-1)
5. Miami (FL) (7-0)
6. Texas (6-1)
7. LSU (6-1)
8. Tennessee (6-1)
9. Clemson (6-1)
10. Iowa State (7-0)
11. Notre Dame (6-1)
12. BYU (7-0)
13. Indiana (7-0)
14. Texas A&M (6-1)
15. Alabama (5-2)
16. Kansas State (6-1)
17. Missouri (6-1)
18. Mississippi (5-2)
19. Boise State (5-1)
20. Pittsburgh (6-0)
21. Illinois (6-1)
22. Southern Methodist (6-1)
23. Army (7-0)
24. Navy (6-0)
25. Vanderbilt (5-2)

Dropped Out
Michigan (#22), Nebraska (#25)

Others Receiving Votes
UNLV, Syracuse, Washington State, Duke, Memphis, Liberty, Wisconsin, Tulane, Cincinnati, Nebraska, Arizona State

Maybe a bit lost in all the shuffle of this season is the amazing seasons of Army and Navy

Both of our service academies are undefeated and rolling their opponents. 7-0 and 6-0 and amazingly 12-1 against the spread to boot.

If Army and Navy could beat Notre Dame, we could get both these teams undefeated, and ranked, playing one another December 14th.

What is our offensive identity? What are we trying to do?

It took me one series to see that Indiana is an inside zone rpo team. What do we try to do? So many looks it seems incoherent.

Based on some of the reactions, I see it as a strong possibility.

I would not panic. This was a rotten egg game coming off a bye week. I would wait till the end of the season to evaluate assistant coaches. If he determines Satterfield need replacement, I would consider making Indiana OC Mike Shanahan an offer he cannot refuse.

Wonder what the Bama board is like after their 5-2 start.?

Good morning from Bloomington, Indiana.

Nebraska (5-1, 2-1) takes on undefeated No. 16 Indiana (6-0, 3-0). Kickoff is set for 11 a.m. central, noon local time here. The game will be FOX's Big Noon Kickoff.

Walking up to Memorial Stadium — Indiana's Memorial Stadium — the vibes were great. Indiana fans were out and about tailgating. Was a cool scene. This has to be one of the biggest games in Indiana football history. I know it doesn't have much of one, but still cool nonetheless.

Another crazy topsy-turvy college football weekend in the books, and only 11 teams remain undefeated.

Army
Navy
Miami
Pittsburgh
BYU
Iowa State
Indiana
Oregon
Penn State
Liberty
Texas

Excluding post-season and even Conference Championship games, does anybody see any of these teams finishing the regular season undefeated?