Is it possible? Sure. But it's extremely unlikely given everything we know about their past, the offense they run, and the offensive production they have shown this year. All of the B10 West relies on the run as the strength of their offense.
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Is it possible? Sure. But it's extremely unlikely given everything we know about their past, the offense they run, and the offensive production they have shown this year. All of the B10 West relies on the run as the strength of their offense.
Look man, I think you can do a little better than these lame personal insults. We have a difference of opinion on some football play, I don't think it needs to devolve to that kind of ridiculousness. Have a good one.
Nah. They just call everyone "dumb," "stupid," or imply that you are an infant. My favorite is the "tard" references, considering the age of some of these posters. That's what we're dealing with here...Cool
They will try no doubt. Everybody will. Our freshmen and walkons need to get better fast at linebacker because no matter how much people bitch about the secondary, they are getting no help from our backers.
Bringing in or firing a DC is not grounded in reality? Wow. Keep trying to piece Humpty back together then, Arch.
No. Head coaches want to bring their own staff. So that is a non-starter.
No. Show me examples at this level where a HC fires his most trusted coaching colleague after four games during a transition, with a mashed roster, and major in juries to key positions. Non-starter.
So..yeah..it was a dumb comment from you.
Our linebackers have been getting burned for years. I wish we had 7 Nate Gerrys.
What if he's saying Banker should've never been brought in in the first place?
Non-starter. Coaches want to bring in their own staff. Period. You'd never get an experienced head coach to campus if you forced their hand on staffing issues.
You are absolutely right because he could play backer if he had to. Jimmies and Joes. Scheme isn't our biggest problem right now. We miss Zaire more than I would have imagined and man would it be nice to have Love still here right now. I wonder how far Ferguson is from being able to play?
I wish I could be as mature and thought-provoking as you in the way you constantly bitch and moan. You are the light.
The fact that MR trusts Banker is troublesome in and of itself. Banker never should've been hired in the first place. Just like everyone here ignored Riley's coaching stats, they ignored Banker's coaching stats. His defenses have been bad, statistically-speaking.
Not considering the possibility of getting a new DC or at the very least sharing the duties with another...is only going to lead to more of the same. After conference play, I guarantee you Nebraska's rushing D is going to plummet. And our total D really has little room to go but up.
As opposed to sticking my head in the sand? Apologies for pointing out the obvious...
My constant negativity pales in comparison to the amount of justification going on in all these "positive threads."
Why are you posting stats to me? I am the one who quoted your stat first thing this morning...at 7:39am to be exact. You tried trolling me in a thread and you were 100% incorrect in saying that this didn't get posted by me. 100% incorrect.
Then you keep going with your nonsense instead of saying, "I'm sorry. I feel like a fool."
At least you admit to your "constant negativity". I bet you're a treat to be around on a daily basis.
Because were 127th out of 127 in pass d and 109th in total d...it doesnt matter if you stop the run if they get the yards elsewhere...I understand wanting to focus on the run but there has to be a balance here.
That's hilarious considering how deep your head was in the sand during the Pelini years. And that lasted 7 years. You were his most staunch supporter Homercles.
Ahhhh now that makes sense.....
You're the best at ferreting out recycled posters. Actually his head wasn't in the sand. It was in a much warmer moister darker place.
Whatever you say to make yourself feel better. You're pretty good at doing just that.
I'm sorry, Tom. I honestly didn't see your post. Appreciate you correcting the record.
Awesome. So we shouldn't of hired any of these guys. Got it.
Predicting we go from first in the B10 to something lower when other teams in the B10 have also done great against the run? Careful now. You don't want to go out on a limb too far.
I agree Archie, we all know the passing defense sucks right now but I think the coaches can correct the pass defense enough to be competitive in the BIG.
The positives on the team right now is the offense and running defense are ahead of where I expected them. If we can somehow improve the pass defense and keep improving on what we do good we will be a good team.
Nah, just pointing out the truth Homercles. You made excuses for Pelini for 7 years....you even attended the Wisconsin beat down last year and for awhile It appeared you had finally given up on Mark but that didn't last very long. Can't imagine how deep your head was in the sand after Wisconsin once again put on a clinic.
It's great that the run defense has done well to this point! It's a huge improvement over previous seasons. With that said, now it's up to the coaching staff and players to improve upon the weakness of the pass defense.
Fortunately there's not a murderer's row of elite QB or even above average QBs residing in the Big 10 west so there are opportunities for improvement. Keep playing great run defense and limit the damage through the air and the team is still in solid shape.
What concerns me more than anything though is Banker's track record does not give me hope that we'll see such an improvement. I hope we see it but some of the same things that plagued Oregon St (penalties, slow starts to the season, defensive issues) have made the journey to Lincoln. Let's hope these get rectified but I remain as skeptical as I did when the hire was first announced. I just do not have a good feeling about Banker's defense but I hope I'm wrong.
Fortunately there's not a murderer's row of elite QB or even above average QBs residing in the Big 10 west so there are opportunities for improvement. Keep playing great run defense and limit the damage through the air and the team is still in solid shape.
What concerns me more than anything though is Banker's track record does not give me hope that we'll see such an improvement. I hope we see it but some of the same things that plagued Oregon St (penalties, slow starts to the season, defensive issues) have made the journey to Lincoln. Let's hope these get rectified but I remain as skeptical as I did when the hire was first announced. I just do not have a good feeling about Banker's defense but I hope I'm wrong.
Constant negativity and blaming others? Hmmm, let's see, where have I seen this before, kind of feels like it lasted for seven years, I can't put my thumb, er, finger on it.
Good post. We are banking on getting better talent and depth on defense with better recruiting. It will most certainly happen but the question is how good can we be with Banker's scheme and better talent? We won't know for a couple years. For now I hope we see some improvement this year as we struggle through a horrendous roster and key injuries.
Agreed. I don't think that the defense can even be evaluated at this point because of all the injuries that have occurred. When we got blown out by Wisconsin in prior years there were also injuries that affected play against the run. The 1st blowout to Wisconsin occurred when we had no DT's because they were injured. It couldn't be an excuse then because Pelini had been recruiting for 4 years or so and should have had the depth needed to deal with the injuries. This year Banker doesn't have the depth needed at DE and LB which is not his fault.
The fact that so many freshman are playing (over upperclassmen) is already a testament to what Riley will bring to the recruiting front. He has been known as an excellent evaluator of talent and should upgrade our talent overall and provide Nebraska with the needed depth with the next couple of recruiting classes.
The offense (with the exception of a dominant rb) looks much better IMO and will be more explosive with the eventual (hopefully this year) return of DPE. I am looking forward to the games ahead and am optimistic that the offense will be able to score enough points to offset the problems exhibited by the defense.
Some of what we are seeing is technique failures, e.g., allowing a receiver to release inside when you scheme should force him outside to make the throw much more difficult. That can be fixed. We are also about to start facing run-first teams that don't have great passing games or athletes in many of the passing skills positions. This should also allow things to slow down a bit.
Why do you keep calling me Homercles? And, yes, I did go to the game last year. And, no, I am not defending Pelini nor was I ever a defender of him. Certainly not after last year.
Either way, what does Banker's ineptitude have to do with Pelini? He's a Penguin now, remember?
I don't see many people out of position. I don't know what your watching. We re just being out athleted. Our corners are there and so are are lbers but they are losing one to one battles. We have only one De that can do anything. Give us some solutions on how to how scheme people with this hand that banker is dealt.
Clueless as usual. We are in position nearly every play and we are just simply getting beat We lack speed and athletes on defense. How hard is that to admit. Banker is doing fine with what he has right now. I haven't seen timeouts wasted every game because we couldn't even line up right and that wasn't cosgrove that was pelini. How was our def any better than under Pelini. The only thing that is different is we take away the run which opens the pass and bo liked to take away the pass but was killed with the run The talent is not there and actually a little worse this year due to the injuries and less depth due to graduation
Until that translates into actual statistics, i.e., it works, I don't care what's happening. Without those statistics becoming reality, you're simply guessing and hoping you're correct.
Because there's nowhere to go but up!
In all seriousness though, scheme changes take time and I'd prefer to be skeptical yet optimistic on the future of the team. It's why I thought it would be closer to a 7-5 or 6-6 season simply because transition years are not usually pretty. Callahan's first year should've been evidence of that.
With that said, hopefully Riley figures out whether his DC is the right man for the job going forward quicker than Callahan.
Because there's nowhere to go but up!
In all seriousness though, scheme changes take time and I'd prefer to be skeptical yet optimistic on the future of the team. It's why I thought it would be closer to a 7-5 or 6-6 season simply because transition years are not usually pretty. Callahan's first year should've been evidence of that.
With that said, hopefully Riley figures out whether his DC is the right man for the job going forward quicker than Callahan.
Comes down to rest on loyalty. Does Riley give up for a change if he see's that is nesassary
I think of all the issues a football may have not giving up pass plays over 20 yards should be somewhat correctable.
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