Wins to have a good end to the year?
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this season has been a step back regardless
losing is for losers
losing is for losers
Not the goal but the game. Not the victory but the action. In the deed, the glory.
Gotta win out to claim any success really. Do I think it happens though? Sadly no, but I'm cheering for being proven wrong. Go get Milton though in the meantime.
I honestly don't know what would be best for the long term prospects of the program -- losing out and facing reality sooner rather than later or winning out and limping along in limbo where a .444 winning percentage is somehow thought of as something noteworthy
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It’s year 3 and virtually nothing has been fixed.
Offensive line? Trash, and has been since Pelini/Cotton.
Crippling penalties? Still a huge problem.
Execution? Not even close to being good.
Proper football mindset? Lol!!! Getting smoked by Illinois and fold like a cheap deck of cards once a penalty/mistake occurs (which is nearly all the time).
Turnover margin? 73rd
Defense? 84th in the nation.
Offense? Also 84th in the nation.
Penalty yards per game? 85th.
I can keep going and going, but everyone gets the idea.
These aren’t talent issues. It takes zero talent to execute a play properly, line up properly, get to the proper gap, show basic football fundamentals, not get a false start penalty, or to actually even want to put forth average effort and not get blown out by one of the worst programs in the country.
Talent comes into play, when you face off against teams that play proper, fundamentally sound football. You need more talent than them *AND* to also play fundamentally sound, mistake free football as well.
USC under Lane Kiffin and Florida under Muschamp, were beyond talented. Didn’t matter though, as their crap coaching negated it.
Offensive line? Trash, and has been since Pelini/Cotton.
Crippling penalties? Still a huge problem.
Execution? Not even close to being good.
Proper football mindset? Lol!!! Getting smoked by Illinois and fold like a cheap deck of cards once a penalty/mistake occurs (which is nearly all the time).
Turnover margin? 73rd
Defense? 84th in the nation.
Offense? Also 84th in the nation.
Penalty yards per game? 85th.
I can keep going and going, but everyone gets the idea.
These aren’t talent issues. It takes zero talent to execute a play properly, line up properly, get to the proper gap, show basic football fundamentals, not get a false start penalty, or to actually even want to put forth average effort and not get blown out by one of the worst programs in the country.
Talent comes into play, when you face off against teams that play proper, fundamentally sound football. You need more talent than them *AND* to also play fundamentally sound, mistake free football as well.
USC under Lane Kiffin and Florida under Muschamp, were beyond talented. Didn’t matter though, as their crap coaching negated it.
Hey I'm as upset as you. But if they somehow win out (not likely at all) then that says a lot about character.
Baby steps. Still need to do something to finish this year. But doing so would get us our bowl game.
If we have 3 games remaining against average competition we need to win all 3. No excuses, get er done.
I voted for both 2 and Year Can’t Be Successful.
Winning 2 out of 3 would be a “good ending”, which is what you asked. I say that because it’s better than I expect. Let’s be real... we’re underdogs to Purdue tomorrow.
But this year is still a failure. Let’s not forget we’ve already lost 5 prized freshmen too.
Winning 2 out of 3 would be a “good ending”, which is what you asked. I say that because it’s better than I expect. Let’s be real... we’re underdogs to Purdue tomorrow.
But this year is still a failure. Let’s not forget we’ve already lost 5 prized freshmen too.
Purdue and Minnesota are both undergoing dumpster fire situations right now. Barely squeaking by them isn't going to change much for me. If we put the hurt on them like we should, maybe that would start to alleviate some concerns. But the season is already a failure in my eyes. Can't have 4 losing seasons in a row and consider that any kind of success.
Looking back, I for one didn't expect a comment such as this would be made hours before Frost's 30th game at the helm of the Cornhusker football program. How much time?
Over time, every team regresses to some degree. It has happened at Notre Dame, at Texas, at Ohio State, at Alabama..... every team, including Nebraska, and it will happen again. The key is to limit the slide then bounce back stronger, longer.
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