I somewhat agree. Talent vs. what is done on the field is a lot different. I think if you really looked at it we have more talented RB's, LB's, a more talented TE, and I think our QB has more talent than Iowas. With that said, they were very well coached this year and didn't make mistakes. We were the polar opposite. Just my take. Iowa was the better team, but I still think talent wise we are superior.
Oh my lol
Facts:
- BYU - If the coaches had properly trained the players how to defend a hail mary most likely the hail mary does not happen - win
- Illinois - If Langsdorf calls a running play the clock runs out and we win
- Purdue - If we do not throw the ball 45 times with a backup QB against the worst rush defense in the conference - we win
Fact is that just in these three games better decisions or more attention to detail by the coaching staff would have resulted in 3 more wins and a first year record of 8-4. Then we could be discussing the positives and what could have been
Didn't see many UNL RB's, LB's, TE's or QB's on the All Big Ten teams voted on by coaches and media. Armstrong more talented than Beathard? Certainly not talented enough to win any meaningful games. "Superior talent" that is so laughable. If so, then your coaches must really be horrible. Either you are not paying attention or not too bright.
Oh, look there a Hawkeye fan with his chest all puffed out and cocky, that's cute. I'll love to see how you guys are if you ever win anything meaningful. Give it 3 seasons and you guys will all look like the kid in the store aisle throwinga tantrum and all wanting Ferentz's head on a platter.
Just the facts. Speaking of tantrums, did you listen to or read posts on this board from the UNL fan base after games this year? I did and it wast great comedy. Thank you.
Your team is better than ours right now and we may never get back to where we were, so I'll let you have your moment. But your team has never been where the Huskers have been and you should just resign yourself to the fact that they will never reach the pinnacle the Huskers have. 5 Time National Champions and I've been alive for them all. Let that roll around on your tongue for a while and see how it taste, because that's as close as you will ever come.
Your right man, I didn't think of that. Remember when the Herks were champions? Yeah, me neither!
Losing record against daddy, deal with it.You must be really old. You might want to quit watching ESPN classics. 28-20
You must be really old. You might want to quit watching ESPN classics. 28-20
Didn't see many UNL RB's, LB's, TE's or QB's on the All Big Ten teams voted on by coaches and media. Armstrong more talented than Beathard? Certainly not talented enough to win any meaningful games. "Superior talent" that is so laughable. If so, then your coaches must really be horrible. Either you are not paying attention or not too bright.
Maybe it isn't some great conspiracy theory or some "narrative" being forced on the masses. Maybe it just is what it is, we are not very athletic across the board.
Yes Riley does share in the blame. It isn't one or the other, it's a combination of things. Many on here have said this very thing. The coaches could do better for sure. And to run the systems they want to run on both sides of the ball the talent needs to improve, and be more tailor made to suit our offense and defense.Bo was far from being a great game time coach. I don't think he liked to recruit. With that stated why was he able to win 9 games every year with the lack of talent that so many on this board write about. How did he do It? The majority of us are in agreement that Bo was a bad coach and recruiter so why wasn't Riley able to match or exceed the number of wins Bo got every year. Don't give me that it was AA's talent as that is too simple. Ameer wasn't a factor every year Bo was at Nebraska. Doesn't Riley have to share some of the blame for the losses. It can't be just the players.
I agree it's a combination of things but when you can beat a playoff team and hang with the team going to the Rose Bowl, talent isn't an issue.Yes Riley does share in the blame. It isn't one or the other, it's a combination of things. Many on here have said this very thing. The coaches could do better for sure. And to run the systems they want to run on both sides of the ball the talent needs to improve, and be more tailor made to suit our offense and defense.
We need to get away from its one thing or another. That's where we fight too much.
So if talent isn't an issue then what is the combination of things you are talking about? If talent is off the table, what's left?I agree it's a combination of things but when you can beat a playoff team and hang with the team going to the Rose Bowl, talent isn't an issue.
I agree it's a combination of things but when you can beat a playoff team and hang with the team going to the Rose Bowl, talent isn't an issue.
16 years in a culture and system make a difference. If you watch NU play and can't see the decline in talent, nobody can help you.Our talent level is so bad, where is Iowa's talent level with their current 12-1 team?
Game management, play selection, lack of buy-in, lack of motivation and team psychology just to name a few. Are we where we were in the 90's from a talent perspective? Absolutely not but we had enough talent to beat every team on our schedule.So if talent isn't an issue then what is the combination of things you are talking about? If talent is off the table, what's left?
Keep in mind, I'm also talking about the right talent to fit the systems we are running. When Tommy is playing well his talent is evident. But he isn't always playing well. And even then, we still hung with Iowa.
I still believe talent is an issue. But again, it is far from the only issue. If what you say is right then Bethune cookman doesn't have a problem with talent since they hung in there with Florida (or whatever no name school it was that kept things close, I think overtime, even, with Florida early in the season). You can lack talent and execute a plan the other team wasn't expecting. Or catch the other team when they were flat or overconfident.
We ha enough talent but not for the entire season due to injuries, and poor coaching/execution at times. If we get the right signal caller (or if Tommy improves dramatically) it does make our offensive talent better. Defense is another story. You will be hard-pressed to convince me that we had enough talent up-and-down our defense this season.Game management, play selection, lack of buy-in, lack of motivation and team psychology just to name a few. Are we where we were in the 90's from a talent perspective? Absolutely not but we had enough talent to beat every team on our schedule.
False.JHball said:we had enough talent to beat every team on our schedule.
Game management, play selection, lack of buy-in, lack of motivation and team psychology just to name a few. Are we where we were in the 90's from a talent perspective? Absolutely not but we had enough talent to beat every team on our schedule.
IT WAS NOT A RUNNING PLAY! IT WAS A PLAY ACTION PASS/run! A pee wee coach would have called a simple FB trap. That one play makes me believe that MR/DL will never "get it"It was a running play.
False.
So when 3–8 Iowa State beat a Tommie Frazier led husker team in 1992, that automatically means they had enough talent. Makes sense.So we had enough talent to beat #3 Michigan State, but not enough talent to beat the mediocre teams we lost to? Makes sense.
Lmao, didn't you know Iowa State had more talent! Or, they had better coaching!So when 3–8 Iowa State beat a Tommie Frazier led husker team in 1992, that automatically means they had enough talent. Makes sense.
Or maybe we went into that game flat. That makes sense too.
Responses stand, plus some.The statement was "enough talent" not "more"...huge difference
Any Riley apologist should be able to see the Purdue game was on coaching. Purdue had one of the worst run defenses this year, and we passed it 48 times with a backup qb. You can blame Fyfe all you want, but any smart game plan would have been to run the ball and get out with a win, but like I said we we did the opposite. You can tell yourself Purdue had the same talent level as Nebraska all day, but anyone with half a brain knows it's false. Average coaching would have beat Purdue.Actually there was some analysis done of at least the star ranking of the starters of Purdue versus the starters of Nebraska for that game. Purdue's players had an average star ranking higher than NU's in large part due to all of NU's injuries on defense and at QB. On top of that our WALK ON backup QB threw 4 ints and their scholarship QB played well. So in fact at least on that day, Purdue had at least equal talent on the field and we turned the ball over FIVE times.
Says the blotard.
Ah yes, we beat Sparty on talent alone. Geezus christ you blotards are something else.
I'm not a Bo fan and you know that. Tell me which of the teams we lost to, did we not have enough talent to beat? We were competitive in every game, had leads in the last minute of several of those games, but weren't talented enough to win them. Again, great logic.
I gave you an argument which you have ignored. So you continue to bang this drum... Whenever a team beats another team they automatically have enough talent, according to your argument. That is asinine... Waiting for a logical argument detailing how Iowa State had enough talent to beat Nebraska in 1992.Still waiting for a logical argument detailing how we did not have enough talent to beat any of the teams we lost to.
Even though the whole argument for hiring Riley was that he is able to win with less talent because he's such a great coach.
I love having these conversations with you because of how often you show that you're not only an idiot and wanna-be insider but just a bad person in general. Why don't you use more epithets for mentally handicapped people because obviously that makes you feel better. What a tiny, tiny man you areSays the blotard.
Ah yes, we beat Sparty on talent alone. Geezus christ you blotards are something else.