We will not be favored in a single game going forward I wouldn't worry about winning the West
Nebraska path to the West
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No Iowa need to lose to us and Wisc. I see the confusion I said "they need to lose at min wisc and Neb. I didn't mean as in the team. I mean at bare min.
Interesting this is even being talked about. Winning the West was never in the cards this year but fans wanted to believe it so now we are angry that it didn’t happen... Moos said from the beginning that bowl eligibility was the goal and that has not changed. 6 wins is achievable so anything beyond is gravy.. Will get a good look on Frost’s leadership skills this weekend. GBR...
Uh, we were picked to win the West. You can’t blame the fans for being angry with Frost when we were the favorites & we’ll probably end up in 4th place instead.
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Did Frost say we will win the West this year? If no then why are we mad at him for the unrealistic expectations the media and fans put on him? Hell is own AD said 6-6 was acceptable at the start of the year.
I don’t think you want to start an argument based on what Frost said & didn’t say.
There was just a big article in the OWH about this very topic.
I used to occasionally bet the long shots at greyhound dog races. Once it paid off. I laid $20 on an 18-1 dog named "Pistol Grip" to win because I was down $$ and he was sniffing the ass of the dog ahead of him during the procession. In the race for the West, Nebraska has longer odds and is not exhibiting similar behavior.
But what about the big 12 North, can we still win that?
Saying "get us while you can" and "year 2 we could be really good" and whatever else he said. He NEVER said we will win the West this year. He said
“We’ll be competing for our side in Year 2. I don’t know if we’ll win it. Then it just goes up from there.” — Frost, July 2018
As of right now we are still in contention for the West. Now I agree, Frost talks to much, but he is trying to give confidence to a team that has had zero for 3 years. What the hell is he suppose to say? We suck and have no talent? I would much rather have him over hype things and be confident than have MR "Oh golly gee guys, we have a heck of team that tries really hard"
I admit Frost has made his fair share of mistakes and is not blameless in this this mess. I put much of the blame on him in fact. I agree this team should probably be farther ahead. But being pissed because us fans took his words and went to crazy town is insane.
If you focus only on Minnesota's close non-conference wins, they don't seem too impressive. But all 4 B1G wins were by blowout. (MN was up 38-17 at Purdue late...PU scored and then got a fluke onside-kick and scored again to make it look close. The other 3 games were obvious blowouts.). And with basically the same team, MN closed-out last year by beating PU 41-10, losing to NW 24-14, winning @Wisconsin 37-15 (37-7 til WI scored with 1 min left), and beating Georgia Tech in a Bowl 34-10.
Under Fleck, they seem to improve as the season goes on.
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even before his court issue appeared, a red flag went up last season for me. loose cannon. i just hope the "light bulb" comes on for him----soon.
sigh. I remember when I was a kid and Nebraska was sitting near the top of the national rankings heading in to their bowl game. I would try to figure out a scenario where we could be ranked #1 when it was all over......
This too will pass. Just have to give it time. Just like waiting for Osborne to get over the OU hump back in the day. It just takes time. We've got the head coach now.
We aren't winning the West. We are not a very good football team and have numerous issues to clean up. Unless we see a huge jump this week.... I don't know if we win another game.
Wisconsin and Iowa will both beat Minnesota and the winner of Iowa/Wisconsin will win the West.
Interstate 80 is our only path to the west this year
I don't know. Iowa can't score and Minny did beat Wisconsin last year. That's why we play the games. I hope that is the case because I can't stand Fleck, but he is currently getting it done.
1995 had the greatest defense,Michael Booker,Doug Colman,Jay Foreman,Mike Minter,Christian Peter,Jason Peter,Mike Rucker,Jared Tomich,Eric Warfield,Jamel Williams,Tyrome Williams,Grant Wistrom.
Had we had a top 50 offense that year we would have been playing for the ship. Our passing game was essentially nonexistent that entire year.
Very true. Iowa is atleast moving the ball and getting yards. They just can’t cross the goal line once past the 30. Id like to think that’s gotta change. Wisconsin has owned Iowa so I don’t expect to win that game. Stanley hasn’t been good on the road.
No denying that. Just saying it’s the last great defense we will possibly ever see at Nebraska
