1. I think Riley gets one more year, probably two, unless he only wins 2 or 3 games total this year. The University is on the hook for a TON of money for Bo and SE. Add Riley to that and the assistant coaches (they might be one year contracts, not sure) and THEN try to lure a top name coach and staff just doesn't make any sort of financial sense.
2. I can't believe that I am worried about a game with Rutgers. There is a non-zero chance of losing this game. RUTGERS at home. RUTGERS. They have a good D-line and we are in trouble on the OL. It is unbelievable if you think that I remember years ago we won games with Monte Christo and Matt Turman at QB. The rest of our team was that good. We bounced KSU in Kansas with a 3rd stringer. I am more worried about this game than I was about that one. I do not have a good feeling about today and it is made worse by point 3.
3. We need Bryant. Wilbon looked so average last week and he looked lost on a few of the plays where N.ILL brought pressure and he was either supposed to block or become an outlet pass. He stumbled around on a few plays I remember. Again, Rutgers has a good D-line and this spells trouble.
4. Recruiting had fallen off a cliff before the SE firing. Any momentum we had was dead at the halftime of the Ducks game. Now with the turmoil I bet that we take some nut shots in recruiting before signing day. Not sure how we can recover this situation outside of winning some damn ball games.
5. The best thing any of us can do is just sit back and realize that this is going to be a long, long haul for us to get back to being a good team......I said good team.....not dominant. We might never get back to dominant if we stay on our current reset loop every few years. The first step is to get to being competitive. That should be the goal. One step at a time.
2. I can't believe that I am worried about a game with Rutgers. There is a non-zero chance of losing this game. RUTGERS at home. RUTGERS. They have a good D-line and we are in trouble on the OL. It is unbelievable if you think that I remember years ago we won games with Monte Christo and Matt Turman at QB. The rest of our team was that good. We bounced KSU in Kansas with a 3rd stringer. I am more worried about this game than I was about that one. I do not have a good feeling about today and it is made worse by point 3.
3. We need Bryant. Wilbon looked so average last week and he looked lost on a few of the plays where N.ILL brought pressure and he was either supposed to block or become an outlet pass. He stumbled around on a few plays I remember. Again, Rutgers has a good D-line and this spells trouble.
4. Recruiting had fallen off a cliff before the SE firing. Any momentum we had was dead at the halftime of the Ducks game. Now with the turmoil I bet that we take some nut shots in recruiting before signing day. Not sure how we can recover this situation outside of winning some damn ball games.
5. The best thing any of us can do is just sit back and realize that this is going to be a long, long haul for us to get back to being a good team......I said good team.....not dominant. We might never get back to dominant if we stay on our current reset loop every few years. The first step is to get to being competitive. That should be the goal. One step at a time.
