interesting comment Nicki. Have been a second tier Husker fan for 60 years. OU guy but loved the Switzer-Osborne rivalry and all the great games for so many years. Not like the UT hate. But Rhule did a great job with the Baylor guys. Might bring them back. You folks just need a a QB.
When's the last time you felt good about a NU team in season.
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And starting to wonder if this happens to OU in the SEC. Get the desire for an extra $20 million. But are the Huskers better off after taking the extra Big 10 bucks? Get your school can hire more DEI admins. Just being an old wise guy.
I think one of the things that really hurt the program was leaving the Big 12. We had a long history with most of the conference members, sans the Texas based schools.
When we came into the Big Ten, there was no history to fall back on, and a lack of identity. Everyone in the conference took their shots and we had problems recruiting too (some blame Bo, probably rightfully).
I hope your move to the SEC goes smoother, but realize that the new conference teams don't have a history of getting their butts kicked by OU year after year.. so they are all going to believe that they have a shot.
Hope Rhule figures it out, but I'm not impressed so far. Defensively we are ok it seems.
Oh there is a growing list of people, (still small though), that want out of this conference. We are not a cultural fit with the B1G in my opinion. What good is the money if you destroy the golden goose?
Last time I felt great about a Husker team in-season? 2013, and it was short lived. I really thought Taylor Martinez was going to light it up that year and get us to the Rose Bowl at the very least. Then the UCLA game happened and that was it.
2016 was fun at first, but we all knew that fast start and ranking was smoke and mirrors.
I never had confidence in a Frost team in-season. Not once.
2016 was fun at first, but we all knew that fast start and ranking was smoke and mirrors.
I never had confidence in a Frost team in-season. Not once.
He never turned the defense over to anyone. Period.
People figured out the defense. From what I remember, he didn't change it up much, and people knew exactly how to beat it.
100%. I felt really great about NU in 2010 until the Texas game happened. Just sucked. Once Martinez got his legs taken away we lost our shot at everything that year. If we beat Texas and Martinez doesn't get hurt.... Coulda woulda shoulda.
It was definitely during Pelini's tenure. For all his faults, I went into every season feeling the team had a legit shot at winning a conference title. I haven't had that same level of confidence in the team since.
True, but for me, it felt like we were paper tigers. I never had any expectation that the team would win anything of significance.
Looking back it sounds insane, but after Frost started 0-6 I went to the Minnesota game and watched NU take the Gophers apart. At 1-6 I as thinking, "Okay, now it's clicking. Frost is going to win a lot of games." Everyone in the country was like, "How the hell is this team 1-6?"
It was a mirage. A very, very brief one.
It was a mirage. A very, very brief one.
Feeling pretty good about currently leading the nation in sacks and top ten rushing defense.
Just wish we could be excited about our offense to go along with that... Because we'd be glad to be 2-0 now if it were
Just wish we could be excited about our offense to go along with that... Because we'd be glad to be 2-0 now if it were
are you sure? Then why did he have a defensive coordinator?
If I recall correctly, Bo was being groomed on how to be a better head coach, and part of that was some anger management, but also letting his assistants do their jobs and not micro managing.
I think he was being told to give up those things, and as he did, we also moved into the B1G, which is built a little different.. those two things culminated in the defense not being able to stop the run in that late part of his time here.
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