Filiaga announced his final 3
- Thread starter Metalfan
- Start date
When I was racing mountain bikes a few short years ago 3rd place was awesome because it got me on the podium and in the picture when they snapped a shot of all the medal winners. Not sure what it gets you in recruiting, but I'm pretty sure you're not in the picture.
It's nice to be in on top talent. But it's also tough when you're the one team who hasn't really been relevant on the big stage and the other two have.
Say what you want about Mich finishing 3rd in the division,they are the fifth ranked team in the country and are relevant.
But we need these guys to get back there.
Say what you want about Mich finishing 3rd in the division,they are the fifth ranked team in the country and are relevant.
But we need these guys to get back there.
Michigan has only been relevant this year, they just a have a flamboyant coach that draws attention to himself doing often times stupid stuff. That said they are a big factor on the recruiting front especially with impressionable recruits who may not see thru the antics.
Please tell me what big stage Michigan has been on? The Harbaugh Show? They were an utter wreck just a couple of years ago. Now, all Jimbo has done is win recruiting wars. And OU? Didn't they get blown by Ohio State as well? Both those schools are in/near fertile recruiting grounds. Not so sure they are back. Neither is in the CFP.
JH did have them ranked 2nd pretty late into the season this year, and he's recruiting like mad. When he took the job it was widely assumed it would take at least 3 years to get them rolling, he did it in one.
both teams have controlled their own destiny as far as a national championship is concerned going into the final game of the regular season - OU last year and Michigan this year - Iowa was also in that position last year as well
when was the last time nebraska could say that ??
and FYI .. playing OSU in the final game of the season when both are ranked in the top 4 is a big stage ... I suppose when Nebraska and OU played back in the day when both were in the top 5 wasn't a big stage either??
We have a better show at landing Foster Sarrell than Chuck IMO. I'd be surprised if he doesn't end up at Oklahoma.
Just saying that Michigan hasn't done anything yet. 9-3 and 10-2 isn't so far apart. Yes, Michigan has the better team right now.
10-2 and 9-3 aren't but...
40-10 vs 13-14
62-3 vs 27-30
That is the difference in teams. We don't get blown out. No one is complaining
I like it that he appears to be looking at the Husker logo.
But it's partially covered up. That can't be good....I like it that he appears to be looking at the Husker logo.
He must be a smart player because he is looking at the Husker logo in order to increase his Twitter followers and get more votes in online polls!! He has already figured out how to manipulate Husker Nation.
Last edited:
We were also beat up pretty bad at the end of the year. Healthy o-line and TA and the Ohio State game is closer. Same with the Iowa game. Of course, I can't explain the crappy D in that game. Even that had my mother scratching her head. LOL
40-10, and the game wasn't nearly as close as the score made it look.
Did you even read my post? You sure I don't know what a beatdown is? I said it would've have been closer had we had a healthy o-line and TA. Not sure you could/would/should disagree with that.
Or, the score would have even worse because Urban has the talent and coaching edge to pretty much name his score anytime against us, until we catch up. Urban could have scored 70 on us that night, and if TA had been healthy we'd still have been lucky to break 10.
Disagree. We're not as bad as the score indicated. A healthy o-line and TA make a lot of difference. Even with the beat up line, as soon as they knocked out TA things changed. Fyfe can't adjust enough with our porous line to make the plays. TA, warts and all, has the mobility to evade the rush and make more plays. Longer drives keeps OSU off the field and hence less points on the board. Not to mention that the less time the offense is on the field the more time the defense is. Our D was gassed in the second half. I realize that we just don't have the horses/depth to compete with the Buckeyes. But when healthy we can at least be competitive. I'd say healthy it would be more like 45-27 OSU, but we would still make it a game instead of the blowout we witnessed. Same with Iowa, although I still can't understand that D. They were awful.
I respect your opinion and as much as I want to agree with it, because it has to do with my favorite team, I think you're dead wrong. Our team was getting by on smoke and mirrors and luck all year, and struggled against the likes of Fresno State and Wyoming and such. OSU is on a whole other level and I think under no circumstances could we have made it a game. Hope next year is a different story.
You very well might be right about this... On the other hand, regarding, Iowa, I do think a healthy TA and healthier OLine would have made a difference. If the O played better, I think the D would have played better as well. Just my opinion.
I think I'm 1000% right on the OSU issue, I've stayed out of the Iowa part because most Husker fans won't like my opinion on that game and are tired of hearing me say "POB"...But it's my humble opinion (that's worth exactly what you paid for it mind you) that we knew without a legit option at QB, we weren't going to win that game. That with a wounded QB(s), we were dead. Insert POB before the Maryland game, whole different story against Iowa. Whole team just looked defeated very early on and played like it. In fact, I shut it off before halftime and have been saying..."Shoulda gave POB some playing time season, would have really held us down the stretch" ever since. I just find it impossible to believe we couldn't have some packages that a freshman could understand and take advantage of. Instead we trotted Fyfe out, who we all knew wasn't going to get the job done. I said it then, and I'll say it now, failure to put a legit option at QB behind TA was the equivalent of the coaches giving up. However, I'm happy with 9-3 and consider it a great job considering what they had to work with, I just think we could have been 10-2 with a win over our rival, and we blew that opportunity.
I don't know about smoke and mirrors. I think we are better than you think we are. But on talent level, depth and injuries we were just good enough at times to beat the teams we should beat. That's frustrating to me, you and most on this board that want a return to elite. If we're not going to have an "elite" year then at least we better be competitive. That's all I ask. I think in the coming years we will have more than one QB that can run the system so we won't be so "hamstrung" when it comes to playing the hot hand. I also think our o-line's depth will be on the mend next year as well. I'm looking forward to this team's transformation. Think how far it's come from the first half of last year.
Still pisses me off that Pelini tried to sabotage the program on his way out and even after. Lame.
Pisses me off more that it was very obvious to me early last year, and I said it, and got lambasted for it, that several players weren't trying as hard as they could have because they were still loyal to the old staff. It was very obvious there was some unhappy Huskers, Pelini gonna Pelini, but several players who took what looked like a dive should have had more pride, than to let that happen.
What we do agree on here (I think) is that if we had a healthy QB against Iowa we do better... You were looking for POB (which I'm glad he maintained his redshirt, but do agree he would have been better than an injured TA), I was referencing a healthy Tommy. Insert one of these two players in and the Iowa game is a different game. Do we still lose? Maybe so... But it would have been much different.
Well, if his twitter feed is any indication, I'd say that's a pretty safe prediction.
There is no doubt IMO that the way Pelini handled his exit was still affecting us this year.
I am with Lightspeed on this one. To speculate that there was a way for us to hang with rOSU is pure wishful thinking. When you start adding ifs and whats to make your case, you are not holding onto something very solid. There is equally a case to be made we would have done worse because TA would have pressed more.
I wonder (not out loud though) if Riley and Company made the forgone plan to stay with what they had no matter what this year. Red shirts weren't coming off, the record was going to be what it was going to be. It, in some ways, gives Riley a bit of an out. He is clearly building for the future and playing POB didn't fit that. That and he simply might not have been ready. I could apply the same logic as the box's when he thinks we could have played tOSU closer, what is going to say POB doesn't throw 4 int's in the first quarter and we get drilled even worse. The speculation is generally that we have an out (injuries) and other teams don't have them and that we would have done better if ___________ but the reality is we didn't and we don't know so to assume such is nuts.
We struggled all year long to win what we won, no cake walks anywhere with this team. Sometime it would be nice to win a game by 40 pints again and actually dominate a team. Anyone remember how we used to come out and impose our will on teams on both sides of the ball. I often felt sorry for some of the teams we played, they were so beaten up physically and mentally.
I wonder (not out loud though) if Riley and Company made the forgone plan to stay with what they had no matter what this year. Red shirts weren't coming off, the record was going to be what it was going to be. It, in some ways, gives Riley a bit of an out. He is clearly building for the future and playing POB didn't fit that. That and he simply might not have been ready. I could apply the same logic as the box's when he thinks we could have played tOSU closer, what is going to say POB doesn't throw 4 int's in the first quarter and we get drilled even worse. The speculation is generally that we have an out (injuries) and other teams don't have them and that we would have done better if ___________ but the reality is we didn't and we don't know so to assume such is nuts.
We struggled all year long to win what we won, no cake walks anywhere with this team. Sometime it would be nice to win a game by 40 pints again and actually dominate a team. Anyone remember how we used to come out and impose our will on teams on both sides of the ball. I often felt sorry for some of the teams we played, they were so beaten up physically and mentally.
I had a dream of both he and Sarrell coming to Lincoln last night so it shall happen!!
Even if OSU had the same injuries to similar players they also have depth and can plug someone else in. Riley is working on repairing that depth that is needed to make it through the year. And yeah, those shirts were not going to be burned if he could help it.
A
anon_umk0ifu6vj6zi
Guest
Are we even sure he has a meatchix offer? I mean hey, if the local mythigan man who spends all of his time on a Husker board was not in the room, nobody can say he has an offer from them.
Similar threads
Latest posts
-
-
-
Football Troy Dannen announces spring game date but says don't expect a "true game"- Latest: Husker Priapism
