Amid all the doom and gloom on this board (and I admit, I am one of the doom and gloomers right now) there are still 3 games left. We can still make a bowl. USC next week is a winnable game if our defense plays like it did against OSU or CU.
Rhule has an opportunity here to stick it to his critics and shut them up. He has an opportunity to show that “here we go again” Nebraska is a thing of the past. He can show the world that he is not just one more failed Nebraska coach.
He can go to LA and beat USC. How sweet would a victory over the Trojans be right now? It might even give us the momentum to win our last two games as well.
Will we? Personally, I think the program is in internal chaos right now. It can’t be in a good place. Lost 3 in a row. Brought in outside analysts to look over the shoulders of our coordinators which cannot sit well with them no matter what they say publicly. Bringing in analysts is a tacit vote of no confidence or, at the very least, a public relations gesture meant to make the coach look good at the expense of his assistants. Or worst of all, it signals to his assistants (especially Satt) that Rhule is slowly moving into place the factors needed to eventually fire him. None of which signals a healthy program.
None of this is lost on the players either. They too read social media. They understand football. They know what is going down. Player morale cannot be very high right now. All the vibe is negative. All the talk is negative. That hurts morale and I don’t care what the sunshine pumpers say.
There is only one way to flip this script. WIN. And we can start with USC. Will we? I doubt it. But who knows? And winning would be huge for this program right now. Nebraska football cannot afford yet another 5-7 season. Rhule needs to put up or shut up.
Rhule has an opportunity here to stick it to his critics and shut them up. He has an opportunity to show that “here we go again” Nebraska is a thing of the past. He can show the world that he is not just one more failed Nebraska coach.
He can go to LA and beat USC. How sweet would a victory over the Trojans be right now? It might even give us the momentum to win our last two games as well.
Will we? Personally, I think the program is in internal chaos right now. It can’t be in a good place. Lost 3 in a row. Brought in outside analysts to look over the shoulders of our coordinators which cannot sit well with them no matter what they say publicly. Bringing in analysts is a tacit vote of no confidence or, at the very least, a public relations gesture meant to make the coach look good at the expense of his assistants. Or worst of all, it signals to his assistants (especially Satt) that Rhule is slowly moving into place the factors needed to eventually fire him. None of which signals a healthy program.
None of this is lost on the players either. They too read social media. They understand football. They know what is going down. Player morale cannot be very high right now. All the vibe is negative. All the talk is negative. That hurts morale and I don’t care what the sunshine pumpers say.
There is only one way to flip this script. WIN. And we can start with USC. Will we? I doubt it. But who knows? And winning would be huge for this program right now. Nebraska football cannot afford yet another 5-7 season. Rhule needs to put up or shut up.
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