Frankly, until proven otherwise, I think most of us still have little confidence that this team has turned the page on the ability to close out close games. I was fully expecting Rutgers to tie that one up at the end, and even got nervous in the 2nd half of the CU game when we turned turtle and they started scoring points - I started having flashbacks of attending the 2019 game when NU blew the 17-0 halftime lead and lost. They need that signature win to jump start the mental state of mind needed to win the close ones, and the OSU game was yet another squandered golden opportunity.
Huskers return home as 7 favorite over UCLA
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Remember Osborne debut game against UCLA, was a glooming September Saturday and it had rained prior to the game..
Saturday looks to be a gloomy rainy day again with possible on and off showers..
We’ll see how the Bruins handle wet weather..
Saturday looks to be a gloomy rainy day again with possible on and off showers..
We’ll see how the Bruins handle wet weather..
Atleast we're not playing the ducks
We better have our heads screwed on straight. UCLA has played better than their record would seem to indicate. They're a dangerous team right now. We need to jump on them early.
Hopefully with the same result. I remember Tony Davis having a great day running on that day. I think Steve Runty was our QB. Or was it Dave Humm?
I think we will play really well this Saturday against UCLA. I just have a gut feeling that we will win comfortably. We get our sixth win and suddenly the narrative changes to winning our last three to end 9-3 and a good bowl game. And it would be a good bowl if we go 9-3. The bowls will be pissing all over themselves trying to get Nebraska. They know our fans are starved for a bowl and will travel by the tens of thousands.
But if we lose against UCLA? Yikes. Katie bar the door.
I remember Tough Tony scoring a td then punching the fence.
In what way have they played better than their record? How are they dangerous?
I agree, but to be fair there were some missed calls and you can't expect to keep that type of team down the entire time. I wish the D could have pulled through on that drive, but just needed the complementary football on the O to put more pressure on them on that drive.
OSU did NOTHING in the second half...except for that 1 drive, right after NU took the lead.
Then all of a sudden they could easily put together an 80 yard drive with ease.
They have played Oregon, Penn St, LSU, MN and Indiana. None of them looked like the NU IU game. They also handled Rutgers much better (although they did allow Rutgers to score a ton). End of the day, with their schedule NU has the exact same record. So, just going off the 2 wins, they look shitty. Hopefully NU is smarter than that
I think UCLA is a decent team. They have had a tough schedule, and they play hard. But the rest of your post.
They never looked as bad as Nebraska did against Indiana; that is true. They also never looked as good as Nebraska in every other game. Also not sure how they "handled Rutgers much better", winning by 3 and giving up 32 points and 7.2 yards per play. Plus, I think we would have beat Minnesota at home giving us at least one more win than them, with the same schedule.
I guess we will find out on Saturday.
The line at -6.5 is a tad worrisome for how close we just played @ Ohio St. Until Nebraska makes a bowl game we will all hold our breath. It would be nice to just put that to bed, go into the bye week and finish the year strong.
agree with this except the minn bit. they're their typical tough selves this year, it seems.
that would be a good game and they have certain advantages (coaching (barf)) that we have not been able to overcome.
Every B1G game this weekend but one is more than one score spread and that is Oregon is -15 over Michigan, so why is Nebraska spread worrisome?
They are playing better right now than they were early, no doubt about that. But get out of here with that coaching advantage BS.
Rhule absolutely shit down his leg against them last year and cost us that game
until that stops, we are at a disadvantage on the sideline against most B1G teams, not just minn
I'd say this UCLA coach could be an exception, but Rhule's record against HCs in year 1 of their tenure isn't great either
Bullshit. Grant fumbled when we were putting the game away, and we were robbed of a TD right before the half. Rhule coached circles around PJ in his very first game out of the gate.
Rhule put grant in a position to fumble just days after saying he wouldn't.
that's coaching. it cost us the game.
Rhule also insisted on starting our 3rd best QB in that game, FWIW.
I'm no fleck fan. this is just what happened.
Just nonsense. But I am in no way interested in having yet another "Rhule sucks, fill the blank coach, is so awesome because of some random revisionist history reason I came up with" debate. That shit is exhausting.
I am never going to say fleck is good.
what I typed is not my opinion, it's literally what happened.
a better in-game coach wins that game.
Rhule vs coaches in Year 1:
@ CU - L
vs Northwestern - W
vs Purdue - W
vs Mich St - L (interim HC)
@ Wisc - L
vs UTEP - W
@ indiana - L
3-4 so far
if I missed any, please add
@ CU - L
vs Northwestern - W
vs Purdue - W
vs Mich St - L (interim HC)
@ Wisc - L
vs UTEP - W
@ indiana - L
3-4 so far
if I missed any, please add
Because I bet the B10 every week (and usually do well). Vegas is fading the public
Nebraska does not have the same record as UCLA if they played their schedule. That is just ridiculous. UCLA is better than their record, but Nebraska should win. This seems like pre-coping.
They have lost to everyone except Hawaii and Rutgers. How a team "handles" another means little to nothing. The transitive property has never worked in football. Because if we use that property, Nebraska would be in the running for a Big 12 title because they handled Colorado better than Kansas St did.
UCLA rushes for less than 100 yards per game. They give up 3 sacks per game, they have as many Int thrown as TDs thrown. and they are near the bottom in offensive scoring.
It isn't a good match up for them vs Nebraska
Thats fine. I believe we would be 3-4 at best. You dont have to agree with me. you are right though, we SHOULD win.
all I know is that, whatever happens, nobody will ever be able to take away that effort last week in taking the L. I mean, legendary.
Hope so on the Idaho Potato Bowl. Boise is only 7 hours away. Teeny stadium, 36,000 capacity, but nice.
PJ Fleck is 1-0 against Rhule and has multiple wins against ranked B1G teams.
Rhule is 0-4 against Lincoln Riley, PJ Fleck beat him the first time they met.
You and I both want it to be true that Rhule is a better coach, but that doesn't make it so in reality.
"You and I both want it to be true.".. Yeah, sure.
And what a weird cherry-picked bunch of nonsense. Fleck, in his 7th year at Minnesota, managed to beat Rhule in his very first game at Nebraska and needed a miracle to do it. I guess that proves he's a better coach, lulz. Using tiny sample sizes and random coaches is dumb. That's like me saying Fleck has never beaten Ryan Walters, and Rhule is 1-0 against him. And comparing Lincoln Riley's playoff teams at OU to his 4-4 USC team this year is also pretty disingenuous, but that seems to be what you are going for.
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Our starting QB David Humm was injured and back up Steve Runty started against UCLA's famed QB Mark Harmon and All American running back James McAllister. We were a 7 pt. dog at home and thanks to Runty and tough Tony Davis we took them to the woodshed. Let's hope it can happen again.
It would be nice to see one of our running backs make it to the end zone from more than 5 yards out.
Fleck didn’t need a miracle to beat Nebraska last year, all he needed was Jeff Sims.
to me this game, iowa and wisconsin is not an option to lose, the main reason for that is to make up for the indiana game...
I get it, we lose one to Belima by choking in overtime..and we lose one to the most talented team ever assembled in the universe.
but the indiana game, well, God bless indiana and all, but only 3 wins can make things right..
the USC game, personally if I was coach I would have moss laying on his back most the game..but thats just me...
I guess there will be excuses like the wind, or laces, or refs, or someones parking in the wrong spot, or, or, or..
so win the 3 games mentioned and that will be all till the bowl game.
Sample size 😆
Okay let’s look at their entire sample size:
Rhule’s winning %: 0.518
Fleck’s winning %: 0.591
Rhule’s bowl record: 1-2
Fleck’s bowl record: 6-2
What’s funny is they both had their best year in 2019. The obvious difference being that Fleck had multiple ranked wins and Rhule had 0.
You get extra pissy when Rhule isn’t praised as the second coming of TO. Maybe if you took his dick out of your ass you’d regain some clarity, you silly bitch 😆
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