IF Nebraska loses to cu, how upset will you be?
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This team still needs to learn how to win. I am with Rhule, until they win more than 5 games, they are a 5 win team. DR had a good game last week but the receivers were suspect, some jogged through their routes. According to Robinson, the defense used 2-3 calls last week with no blitzes. Let's see what a 4 qtr game looks like against a Power 4 team, then we can judge the progress. A freshman QB with teammates who have not won has nothing to prove, only to build upon. I see some great potential for this year, but I also see a lot of speedbumps.
Maybe I have become numb to the losing and expecting the losses, but I am not geeked or pumped for this game, only a doubting Thomas waiting for the shoe to drop... The game should not close. CU is undisciplined and sloppy. They have 3 game changers that have the potential to make many plays. Tony White should be able to shut this down, but teams like sCUm have a habit of beating Nebraska as of late. The offense for Nebraska should be able to run at will on CU and use DR to take the top off the defense, but you have an offense that has been incapable of doing this due to a lack of discipline and competitive desire. Many lessons still needed to be learned for this team.
Maybe I have become numb to the losing and expecting the losses, but I am not geeked or pumped for this game, only a doubting Thomas waiting for the shoe to drop... The game should not close. CU is undisciplined and sloppy. They have 3 game changers that have the potential to make many plays. Tony White should be able to shut this down, but teams like sCUm have a habit of beating Nebraska as of late. The offense for Nebraska should be able to run at will on CU and use DR to take the top off the defense, but you have an offense that has been incapable of doing this due to a lack of discipline and competitive desire. Many lessons still needed to be learned for this team.
I’d better not be too upset if we lose because i think it is likely. The current team looks to me like it is well equipped to compete against most B1G offenses but possibly not a wide open offense with 2 of the likely top 10 draft picks at qb and wr. Hopefully we can get a superhuman rush effort on their qb and constant noise from the crowd while CU is on offense.
it’s hard to say disappointing would be an understatement for myself. Sure I can handle the last 15-20 years. But now.. I have an 11 year old son playing his second year of football just now getting interested in watching college football.
Obviously I’m showcasing Huskers everywhere around him. So this game is for all the kids, and young adults who haven’t experienced a good product on the field. This isn’t a conference championship, or a playoff game, but it’s deeply important to get some kids excited again.
GBR
Obviously I’m showcasing Huskers everywhere around him. So this game is for all the kids, and young adults who haven’t experienced a good product on the field. This isn’t a conference championship, or a playoff game, but it’s deeply important to get some kids excited again.
GBR
Life cycle of a Husker fan
> way too excited preseason
> “we’re going to be 7-0 going into x game”
> “we’re going to crush [team who beat us last year], just look at the betting odds
> “even though we lost, I still have hope! future is bright and I trust this staff”
> stumble against middling conference foes due to multiple turnovers and penalties
> “if we can clean up the mistakes, we’re going to be really dangerous going down the stretch”
> get blown out by conference titan
> “nobody expected us to be competitive this year, we’re still rebuilding”
> bowl game starts to look unlikely
> lose close games against Wisconsin/Iowa, blame it on refs/injuries
> “if you don’t trust this staff then you’re not a true Husker fan, these things take time, nobody expected us to be good this year anyway”
rinse, repeat
I’ll be fine. It’s not like Colorado is Troy State or Georgia Southern.
Until this team proves otherwise (and at some point they have to) I am chicken little
I bought my first Husker gear in 3 years this pre-season. If we beat Coach No Toes, I’ll order a new hat
I bought my first Husker gear in 3 years this pre-season. If we beat Coach No Toes, I’ll order a new hat
Didn’t we lose to Northern Illinois as well? I don’t remember clearly about all of it
Would not be shocked one bit. Nice game last week, but this is Nebraska. A generation of pathetic football takes more than one game over a cupcake for me to get my hopes up.
Here's the bottom line. The Huskers have been losing for years, after decades of GREAT game. Odds are just that way. Much as I would love to see wins, I just as much want to see good football. I mean tough, hard fought, hard hitting and smart smart smart. Even in the TO years, if we lost the game, we NEVER lost any of the above (well, mostly). Everyone across the country would annually watch NU vs OU, because it was always a showcase of quality, high level, tough, fundamental and class leading football. I miss that SO MUCH! OSU UM is not the same and never will match it. That's an emotional series of braggards. The NU OU game was trend setting and simply top of the line, year in and year out.
CU has some top of the line skill players (we have better depth, but not the high end skill, at least proven yet, and our top talent is still a freshman) and they can pull out wins with talent & determination, especially if NU still has not learned to play disciplined as a team. All the same, if we lost but play tough & well, I will feel better that our good future is in "process". Still will be sick all week.
CU has some top of the line skill players (we have better depth, but not the high end skill, at least proven yet, and our top talent is still a freshman) and they can pull out wins with talent & determination, especially if NU still has not learned to play disciplined as a team. All the same, if we lost but play tough & well, I will feel better that our good future is in "process". Still will be sick all week.
I like the odds too - and do believe they win today. But…I have been fooled by so many Husker teams that should’ve won games that if they lost today, I would feel any different as I have the last decade of this program.
