In my opinion has to be the mass number of injuries. It seems these guys can't go a week without another injury. What changes do they make in the Strength and Conditioning program to fix that next year? Or did Nebraska just have bad luck with them this year? I know all teams go through them but it seems this team was snake bitten this year? Last year it was the bad luck at the end of games and this year it is the injuries. What brings us out of this funk for next season?
Most disappointing thing about this season....
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I think the injury thing affected the team more this year because we didn't have any available depth. It almost seemed as if half the team was redshirting this year, so every injury we had, put us in a tight spot.
The blowout losses, if we did not get blown out so bad in 2 games the feeling about this season would be so much different.
Can't answer this yet. The season is not over, and that includes recruiting. The blowout losses were disappointing, but given our depth and just plain ol' lack of talent at some spots (DE), the blowouts are understandable.
To me, if our recruiting ends with a whimper, after such a strong start, and we end up with a class ranked 25-30, then that will be the most disappointing thing about this season.
To me, if our recruiting ends with a whimper, after such a strong start, and we end up with a class ranked 25-30, then that will be the most disappointing thing about this season.
I would say the most disappointing thing is since Dr. Tom left, the head of Nebraska football seems to have been lost. I'v seen us flip flop thru different offenses since. and what makes it tie into this season, is everything was gun-ho pass happy, but we had a classic run/pass qb.
So this season to me is a prime example a complete failure of the powers that be to make a decision and stick with it. we can rifle thru head coaches left and right and become the mirror image of k-state in the 80's. but Nebraska football will never be great again until we make a plan and stick with it.
So this season to me is a prime example a complete failure of the powers that be to make a decision and stick with it. we can rifle thru head coaches left and right and become the mirror image of k-state in the 80's. but Nebraska football will never be great again until we make a plan and stick with it.
Blow outs, recruiting (yet to be finalized but the vibe I get is not overly optimistic), and like redwine stated the failure of the powers to be (including Tom Osborne) to choose head coaches.... they chose poorly
I know this is getting off subject but I do think Bo was the smartest newly hired coach. He retained the OC which is by far the hardest to teach.
I didnt think the blowouts were all that disappointing. Im kind of used to them now. I guess I am more shocked if we dont get blown out once a year at least.
I didnt think the blowouts were all that disappointing. Im kind of used to them now. I guess I am more shocked if we dont get blown out once a year at least.
I laugh at those who say Osborne picked poor hires. If you want to say they weren't good enough for Nebraska standards fine, but most programs would be happy with the win percentage Solich and Pelini had here. Callahan was a poor hire with two losing seasons in four. I would characterize Solich and Pelini as solid coaches who couldn't get some of the Nebraska fans back where they think they deserve to be. I don't see that success occuring anytime soon.
I didn't really mean to cast aspurtions on anyone, except maybe the pass happy skybox crowd.lol... we win 3 NC's in 4 years, and everyone says you can't win running the ball anymore. Solich had nowhere to go but down, but I do think he slipped in recruiting, dan and buck were not lp and green. so then solich gives the hiesmen to crouch by running crouch right left forever, cause buck and dan fumble like machines. but we became one dimensional.
you can't win being one dimensional in the run game. Sure Dr.Tom ran the I back a lot, but the full back chipped in, and the qb, and we would always burn folks with the tight end.
so me being anti pass happy, made this year especially bitter..lol
because as I said we had all these receivers running around but can't hit the broad side of a barn with a pass.
but what really disturbs me is, the fact that now we are recruiting against everyone else for the pass happy players, and we might not be able to get what we need.
don't get me wrong, Im saying riley gets 5 years regardless. but if we don't win 1 big ten championship. I'd like to see us go back to the DR. Tom type offense, because I think we can recruit better that way. Remember 3 of the 5 o-line players on the 95 team lived within 50 miles of lincoln.
you can't win being one dimensional in the run game. Sure Dr.Tom ran the I back a lot, but the full back chipped in, and the qb, and we would always burn folks with the tight end.
so me being anti pass happy, made this year especially bitter..lol
because as I said we had all these receivers running around but can't hit the broad side of a barn with a pass.
but what really disturbs me is, the fact that now we are recruiting against everyone else for the pass happy players, and we might not be able to get what we need.
don't get me wrong, Im saying riley gets 5 years regardless. but if we don't win 1 big ten championship. I'd like to see us go back to the DR. Tom type offense, because I think we can recruit better that way. Remember 3 of the 5 o-line players on the 95 team lived within 50 miles of lincoln.
Most disappointing thing was the last game. The team mailed it in, didn't compete and didn't seem to care. That lack of effort and desire will always stay with me.
Not hiring the OC he wanted set his program back. He didn't let the WCO OC coach a WCO. It was some sort of mixed bag. It was the same problem Solich had. They allowed Osborne to dictate which coaches remained and which were let go.
This year was difficult because of the run/pass qb while having a passing backup, so any time TA was injured, they couldn't just go in with their gameplan because Fyfe couldn't run like TA.
Next year should be better because all QBs will be the same style, so the coaches can actually make a decision and stick with it on offense.
This was my impulse also; and spot on. Also imo, T O had no way to know the character issues and how badly hiring cronies would hurt the program.
Look how quickly HCMR pulls the carpet on some assistants - could be A D directed.
This why certain leaders aren't playing in the bowl game or just reflective ? Or o-line responsible to keep N from shoving N ? No need to respond; thanks for all you do. Feel sorry for these coaches and the effects on recruiting and day to day living. Should be a great team going forward - there is leadership at the top. GBR
Although I knew it probably wouldn't happen, I was most disappointed that TA didn't develop into a better QB (reading defenses, checking down, more accuracy, higher completion %) in his second season with Riley and Langsdorf.
I say that I knew it probably wouldn't happen, not because of Riley and Langs, but because TA was a run first QB that had a hell of a long ways to go in his mechanics and consistency.
I really expected his completion % to go up this year, not down (55.2 vs 51.4). If you would have told me that his INTs were cut in half (16 down to 8), I would have bet the offense would have been better and had more success.
I did like how they ran him more this year, but he had only 15 more attempts overall in one fewer game.
If he would have improved more in his reading defenses, checking down, accuracy, and completion %, imo the season would have been much better with a win over UW, not such a bad loss to OSU, a closer game vs Iowa (defense lost that game more than 30% healthy Tommy), and an appearance in the conference championship game.
I say that I knew it probably wouldn't happen, not because of Riley and Langs, but because TA was a run first QB that had a hell of a long ways to go in his mechanics and consistency.
I really expected his completion % to go up this year, not down (55.2 vs 51.4). If you would have told me that his INTs were cut in half (16 down to 8), I would have bet the offense would have been better and had more success.
I did like how they ran him more this year, but he had only 15 more attempts overall in one fewer game.
If he would have improved more in his reading defenses, checking down, accuracy, and completion %, imo the season would have been much better with a win over UW, not such a bad loss to OSU, a closer game vs Iowa (defense lost that game more than 30% healthy Tommy), and an appearance in the conference championship game.
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One play. TA not keeping on the ZR in overtime against Wisky. If we get a first down there, maybe we score. Assuming Brown kicks the PAT, we win. Then maybe the game against OSU would have been a respectable loss, and maybe the IA game would have been different. And then I liked our chances against PSU. One first down a season made.
yes, and thats seems to be because we flip flopped on offense, I think armstrong was recruiting to be more of a running qb. he wasn't recruited to run riley's offense. and we never get ahead of teams much anymore to give the second string meanful playing time to develop, the only playing time fife seemed to get was being throw to the wolfs and looking like a deer in the headlights.
Next year, we have that qb transfer who has had some playing time, hopefully that will work out, otherwise it will be a qb who need a training wheels year. and I think next years games are supposed to get a lot harder.
then that puts us into riley's 5th year. by then they should all be his players, and we will see.
but I still wonder if we will constantly be able to recruit against everyone else. for the same type players. not being by mountains or oceans, or big cities.
I liked when we could develop a lot of our players, get some run/pass qb's, then fight everyone else for the other players at skilled positions.
I was very disappointed with that (lack of) effort. Like it or not, Iowa is our biggest rival, yet we played like we just wanted to go home.
Was it coaching, players? IDK, but that game left a very sour taste in my mouth. Made me angry actually. OSU I could handle, most people saw that coming a mile away, I didn't see them quitting against Iowa, especially with how we gutted out so many games/wins, this season. Weird.
This. I was actually angry as hell after the Iowa game. Angry at the players and the coaches. That was one of the worst NU games I have ever watched. Never thought I would see a Nebraska football team play in a big game as if they really did not give a shit
I'm not angry at anybody or really particularly disappointed about anything this season. Sure, I'd like to have done better, but to me 9-3 is a good step forward after 6-7 last year. Blowout losses don't really make me any more angry than close losses. They both show up the same in the loss column and that's the bottom line. Give me two blowout losses over twice as many close losses any day.
This hurts incredibly. I keep telling my friends with a healthy TA and JW, we could handle PSU giving us their best game. If OSU or UM played a B+ game they would still take down us down. Playing PSU gave us our best chance to win a conference title in such a long time. We couldn't even get in.
I am not really disappointed. Before the season I predicted an 8-4 season with losses to Oregon, Wisconsin, Ohio State and Iowa. I did not expect to lose 62-3 to Ohio State, though I did think we would lose by about 3 touchdowns, nor did I expect a 30 point loss to Iowa. The season played out pretty much the way I thought it would.
But this is why I am hopeful for next year. With a real QB we would have beaten Wisconsin. It would not even have gone to overtime. And we would have had a very good chance of beating PSU. With a real QB in other words, we just might damn well have been B1G champs this year. And that is NOT an exaggeration.
That is why the only real disappointment for me from this season is recruiting... assuming we do not finish strong. But if we do finish strong then the future is very bright. And even if we don't, I like what I see for next year, despite our brutal schedule.
I laugh at those that think Pelini is a "solid coach". The dude was an embarrassment on the sidelines-- and he created a toxic program. There is a reason he went from the big time to a D 1-AA Penguin.
Most disappointing thing is that it's over. It's a long wait until September after the bowl game.
Armstrong was a good qb for you guys and it will be interesting to see how things go for you guys next year. I think you will miss him more than you realize.
Concerning the Iowa loss, if you guys had a healthy TA, it would of been a much tighter game. No way you beat PSU if everything went your way this year. The three teams you lost to this year were beat by PSU!
The fact that we even have this thread is disappointing. I'm not dissing the OP - I completely agree this season was once again disapponinting.
Ah from the dumb logic dept. if you play a team that beat teams you lost to, the. You too shall lose.
Well you all lost to Northwestern who lost to 2 teams you beat this year, in Nebraska and Minnesota. So consider that theory debunked
Exactly. Furthermore, I never claimed that we WOULD beat PSU, but that with a real QB we would have had a good chance to beat PSU. And that is true. I live in PA. I watched almost every PSU game. They really got better as the year wore on. But they got very lucky against OSU. They got wiped by Michigan. Their best games of the year were against Iowa and Wisconsin. But they limped their way past several other lesser teams. In short... they were beatable. Very much so. Much more so than OSU or Michigan would have been for us had we made it to the title game.
For the last time, the transitive property does not apply.
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we were the 3rd best team in the division ... there is no way that the 3rd place team in one division is going to beat the champion in other division in the CCG. The next thing you are going to tell me is that we would run jet sweep against them relentlessly and hang 70 on them
You guys crack me up. If only you had a real qb, maybe you win the B1G this year.
If ifs and buts were candy and nuts......and my all time classic, if my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle.
Some of you are just plan delusional. Cooter Ray would be proud of your thought processes.
If ifs and buts were candy and nuts......and my all time classic, if my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle.
Some of you are just plan delusional. Cooter Ray would be proud of your thought processes.
Wow , so social and using your own name and all. My 8 year old niece is sharper than you. So clever, golly gee - your all time favorite because you keep them in your cheeks ?- aw shucks, trying to relate, heehaw; thanks for stoping by with the holiday spirit.
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