Have you watched the last couple of games? We can actually win in less than 1 score games. These kids are starting to believe.
Midway Point: What will be Nebraska’s final regular season record be?
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Not ready yet to put the ‘L’ out there for the USC game. How motivated will USC be as I see them no better than .500 over the next 4. Also would not surprise me that a key skill player or two shuts it down if they are no better than 5-4 before they welcome us.
Part of DR problem yesterday was they had a different defense than what they prepared for. There was some parts they expected but not everything. This was according to Rhule. A true freshman will struggle with this
I said 8-4. I think we win 3 of 4 against IU, UCLA, Wisconsin, and Iowa.
If Minnesota can beat USC, I’m not ruling out NU going out there and winning.
If Minnesota can beat USC, I’m not ruling out NU going out there and winning.
I am still not sold on Lincoln Riley. He left for the PAC 12 because it was an easy conference to win in... NOT. He is in over his head in the B1G.
One of two things can be true about the B1G.
1) It is not as crappy as you and others say it is. Or,
2) Penn State, Nebraska, USC, UCLA and Washington are just as crappy as everyone else in the league not named OSU.
The fact is, every team that has joined the conference in the modern era has struggled. And each thought they were going to make the B1G “adjust to them.” Maybe they will in time. But it hasn’t been the case yet.
The jury is still out on Oregon.
That’s exactly right. It’s been hard to take all the losses we have because Illinois, Purdue, Northwestern, Iowa, Minnesota etc are not good programs. Yet for several years we were our own worst enemy and repeatedly lost to them. I’m hopeful we’ve stopped the part of being our own worst enemy and start to beat those guys all the time.
I think the new teams turn into the programs they keep company with. We’ve become just like all the teams not named Michigan or Ohio State or Penn State. Though I hope we are at a place where we can separate from the homogenous bottom 2/3 of the conference and routinely finish top 5
Midway Point and The Huskers have not allowed a Rushing TD.
I haven't . I'm still torn between 6-6 and 7-5 like I was during preseason.
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Yeah that's probably true but this team being a top 10-15 team would be extremely over rated right now. We are not a top 10-15 team even if we were undefeated imo.
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There is definitely some truth in here. I'm not ready to say Sat is sub par YET but so far I'll say he's been average at best AND like I said when he was hired we could have done better. Until I see more I'll stand by that .
No arguments whatsoever on your Foley thoughts. He's stealing and should show up with a ski mask and a pistol to pick up his checks lol
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9-3
...and Rhule will have his pick of good OC's who should, I'd think, want to hitch their wagon to DR for next season. Probs is 9-3 makes it somewhat hard(er) to can Satt...but it needs to happen or there will be zero improvement on offense next year and we'll be in the exact same boat.
...and Rhule will have his pick of good OC's who should, I'd think, want to hitch their wagon to DR for next season. Probs is 9-3 makes it somewhat hard(er) to can Satt...but it needs to happen or there will be zero improvement on offense next year and we'll be in the exact same boat.
I was @7.5 preseason and still there. Voted 7-5 with guessing losses to Indiana/Ohio/USC/and 1 of Wisky or Iowa. Hope they can win 2 of the IU/UW/UI trio for 8-4
Man, the season is already half way done. Amazing how fast it goes.
Amazing how good, yet how bad the defense can look from game to game regardless of opponent.
Amazing to see how sharp the offense was against Colorado and yet how flat they've played most of the other time.
The team is a real enigma, never for sure what we're gonna see on game day other than the one constant and that is piss poor ST play.
I see 2 keys to staying on track to have a winning season:
1) Can't have any more games where we are good in only one aspect and bad in the other two (offense, defense and special teams)
2) Have to continue to win the turnover margin battle. If we have to continue to rely on the defense to carry the team with a shaky/inconsistent offense and terrible special teams, and turnovers start rearing their head again, we may be hard pressed to win another game.
1) Can't have any more games where we are good in only one aspect and bad in the other two (offense, defense and special teams)
2) Have to continue to win the turnover margin battle. If we have to continue to rely on the defense to carry the team with a shaky/inconsistent offense and terrible special teams, and turnovers start rearing their head again, we may be hard pressed to win another game.
Lot of optimism, I just don’t see it. They’ll beat UCLA and that’s about all I see. Until they can beat Wisconsin I don’t know how you can pick a W in that game. They rarely beat Iowa. Buckeyes and Trojans are L’s. 6-6 final record
They kind of blew their load during the first half of Colorado. If they can keep that intensity for all 4 quarters rest of the way they can beat every team on their schedule outside of osu.
The thing is, OSU and Oregon play Saturday and I hope, and think they will win. We don't want to catch OSU in Columbus coming off a loss and a bye week cause we will really catch a top effort from them.
Now, if they beat Oregon, I think they could overlook NU and we could sneak up on them and make things interesting for awhile. It that were the case, it could prove to be a fantastic confidence builder for NU down the stretch.
Not a fan of OSU, but it is in our best interest, I think, for them to get out of Eugene with a win. I expect a 24-14 type game. Oregon has had trouble protecting the QB and they also haven't scored many points this year, all signs point to the Buckeyes winning. IMO
The big dogs rarely lose in big upset fashion at home, it’s usually always on the road. Were any of those big upsets over the weekend on the favorites home field? You have to catch them at home, hostile crowd, the refs will get caught up in that underdog energy and help out. It’s so damn hard to knock off these top 5 type teams in their building
Great post Easy. I’m anxious to see how the “two time zone difference” applies to a team like OSU.
I agree mostly, but do you think OSU will spend all their bye week focus and energy on NU, or their next game against Penn State who they play on the road the following week? And do you think, unless needed, OSU will totally empty the tank against NU and be less empty the next week in what they likely feel is a much bigger game?
There are things that do line up for NU in this matchup that give me hope.
I mean, a good staff has their team solely focused on their next opponent but I hear you, everyone peaks a ahead with bigger games coming. I’m just saying that knocking off a team like that in the Shoe is almost impossible. I mean, I don’t think they’ve lost to a team in the Big ten not named Michigan in about 6 years, let alone lose at home. Now, if it were in Lincoln at night, much better chance
I revised down to 8-4 vs 10-2 earlier and might be 7-5. Until we can put together 4 qtrs of football we're going to be limited
Or the shortcoming is a very average offense. We are average on the line, we are average at rb, those two factors take away from what a good QB and receiving core can do. I do think our playcalling, especially in terms of patience running the ball is a factor too.
I’m mainly referring to the staff on the offensive side of the ball. We have Doogie Howser coaching our WRs, who is at most a couple years older than the players he’s coaching. I don’t know about you but I’d think there would be a lack of respect if your position coach is in the same age group as you. Satterfield may have a playbook as thick as the Iliad, but he can’t seem to find just a handful of plays to pick up a 1st down consistently. And special teams I don’t even think is worth getting into.
Listen, I’m glad we’re 5-1 but there’s a good chance the bottom might fall out in the second half of the season, especially if things don’t improve during the bye week.
Has IU played any good teams? They have played W Illinois, UCLA, Charlotte, Maryland and Northwestern. Maryland YTD is probably their best win and Maryland lost to Michigan State but beat Virginia for Virgina's only loss. (UVA is getting into the meat of their schedule, now). I give them credit for beating all their opponents, but I think Nebraska has better players than what they have played so far.
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I get it.. but in the last decade the strength of schedule was irrelevant. We would have a losing record. If this is an argument to say we aren’t going 10-2 simply because we’re 5-1 now, I’m sure 96% of fans agree. It’s just nice to see the progress of us winning the “games we should” when we haven’t in a long time
