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The START of this Husker Season is CRITICAL!

Let's not kid ourselves, Akron would have kicked the crap out of us that first year under Frost.
 
DrFumblerooski said:
As we look back over our lack of success these past four years of the Scott Frost era, there are A LOT of things we could discuss: mindnumbing mistakes, turnovers and penalties...the Blackshirts on third-and-long situations....not finishing games...yadda, yadda, yadda. But one thing we haven't talked much about is our horrid starts to each season.

College football is a game of momentum and instead of building up some early momentum, we've started each season with mojo-sapping losses. Over the years, I've seen how a good Husker team has 'picked up steam' and gotten better-and-better each week as the early season wins kept coming. One of the things that has made Nebraska football special over the years is that when the team starts off well -- the fans respond big-time!!! The enthusiasm and momentum from players and fans just keeps building upon itself. By the time mid-season rolls around LOOK OUT! But that has yet to ever happen during the Frost era.

  • 2018: Frost's first game as the Husker's Head Man -- Akron the opponent. It's a night game with one of -- The Most Electrically-Charged Atmospheres I've ever experienced inside Memorial Stadium.....then--ugh!--the game's canceled. On to our new 'first' game where dumb mistakes lead to a heartbreaking loss to CU. :banghead:
  • 2019: After a tune-up game against South Alabama, the team travels to Boulder for revenge against the Buffs. After dominating the first half, 17-0...we blow our lead in the fourth quarter and lose to those guys again??!?. WTF? :banghead: We lost our Mojo in that game and, IMHO, never got it back.
  • 2020: We start the season at Ohio State and, after an encouraging first quarter, get our butts stomped. After our home game with Wisconsin game is cancelled...WTF? Why no Badger forfeit?... :banghead: ...we go back on the road and lose to Northwestern. Combine these events with the Covid virus and we're talking about another depressing start to the season.
  • 2021: We start off the season with high hopes...only to experience a mojo-shattering loss to Illinois!!! WTF? How does a poor team with a new coaching staff beat us??!? :banghead:
In a sport that's wired for momentum swings, could we have had ANY WORSE starts to a season??!? This history is why our game against Northwestern is so much more important than a typical season opener. We've GOT to come out swinging and get a Big W in Ireland.
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That CU game in Colorado just makes me wanna shake my head, even today after all this time. CU was not a good team either.
 
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MadRat said:
Let's not kid ourselves, Akron would have kicked the crap out of us that first year under Frost.
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I dont think so , that was the best team thus far , well at least best qb play . I think we have gotten way better on D
But also was the the best at wr across all the spots ….that will be a big difference this year .. i truly think MJ will change that sh1t over 1 off season
Our WR’s could not get off jams, could not make good cuts on routs and could not get open to save a life . That change will be huge . My hope and prayer is that our O line coach can make the position at least 3 spots better then it was in the conference
 
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I think we would've kicked the crap out of Akron and had some momentum going into Colorado
which I think we would've won. Momentum is huge for the psyche... but it didn't happen and we
stunk it up. The snowball effect has been real for Frosty during his Husker coaching career.
I just hope the new offensive system has gained enough traction to get out of the gate the first
couple of games. If so, then the Huskers should be a load for any team they play.
Of course, there isn't any telling until they play the games.

I predict they destroy Northwestern easily covering the 12.5 points.
 
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Akron was salty for over half their season. Then some injuries and a scandal undid their mojo. They definitely had a better team that day. We were fortunate it rained out.
 
DrFumblerooski said:
As we look back over our lack of success these past four years of the Scott Frost era, there are A LOT of things we could discuss: mindnumbing mistakes, turnovers and penalties...the Blackshirts on third-and-long situations....not finishing games...yadda, yadda, yadda. But one thing we haven't talked much about is our horrid starts to each season.

College football is a game of momentum and instead of building up some early momentum, we've started each season with mojo-sapping losses. Over the years, I've seen how a good Husker team has 'picked up steam' and gotten better-and-better each week as the early season wins kept coming. One of the things that has made Nebraska football special over the years is that when the team starts off well -- the fans respond big-time!!! The enthusiasm and momentum from players and fans just keeps building upon itself. By the time mid-season rolls around LOOK OUT! But that has yet to ever happen during the Frost era.

  • 2018: Frost's first game as the Husker's Head Man -- Akron the opponent. It's a night game with one of -- The Most Electrically-Charged Atmospheres I've ever experienced inside Memorial Stadium.....then--ugh!--the game's canceled. On to our new 'first' game where dumb mistakes lead to a heartbreaking loss to CU. :banghead:
  • 2019: After a tune-up game against South Alabama, the team travels to Boulder for revenge against the Buffs. After dominating the first half, 17-0...we blow our lead in the fourth quarter and lose to those guys again??!?. WTF? :banghead: We lost our Mojo in that game and, IMHO, never got it back.
  • 2020: We start the season at Ohio State and, after an encouraging first quarter, get our butts stomped. After our home game with Wisconsin game is cancelled...WTF? Why no Badger forfeit?... :banghead: ...we go back on the road and lose to Northwestern. Combine these events with the Covid virus and we're talking about another depressing start to the season.
  • 2021: We start off the season with high hopes...only to experience a mojo-shattering loss to Illinois!!! WTF? How does a poor team with a new coaching staff beat us??!? :banghead:
In a sport that's wired for momentum swings, could we have had ANY WORSE starts to a season??!? This history is why our game against Northwestern is so much more important than a typical season opener. We've GOT to come out swinging and get a Big W in Ireland.
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Similar to what I posted a year ago— and we all know how that came out
GBR
 
Neither result would shock me, but I hope they're better than 3-9.
 
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