This Team is Awful

[justino52]

Dude, I was watching this game right along the Nebraska-Kansas border.

Iowa, Kansas, and KSUcks fans were CLOWNING us and hoping that Riley gets more time.

They love the suck he had brought to us.

Kansas doesn't have fans...at least not football ones. Football is just a way to kill an hour on Saturday's while waiting for basketball season.

K-State is praying that Snyder is immortal because that program is done once he's gone.

The only ones I might listen to are the Iowa ones. If anyone knows mediocrity it's Iowa fans.

 

[cornstar]

Funny, none of those three teams would have beaten Purdue tonight. Nebraska did. Now I'm going back to practice my triangle solo.
Boom

Iowa and KSUcks are better and will/ can beat the mighty Boilers.

I just can't fathom how any Nebraska fan can put Riley's employment ahead of the health and viability of the program.

 

[cornstar]

Kansas doesn't have fans...at least not football ones. Football is just a way to kill an hour on Saturday's while waiting for basketball season.

K-State is praying that Snyder is immortal because that program is done once he's gone.

The only ones I might listen to are the Iowa ones. If anyone knows mediocrity it's Iowa fans.

And yet they still clowned Nebraska and hope that Riley is retained by NU.

 

[Hunchback Johnny]

Iowa and KSUcks are better and will/ can beat the mighty Boilers.

I just can't fathom how any Nebraska fan can put Riley's employment ahead of the health and viability of the program.

Riley success is Nebraska success, and verse visa. That's all that matters to me. I'm not hiring the next coach. I'm a fan of the Nebraska Cornhuskers. And right now their coach is Mike Riley.

Back to my triangle solo

Boom

 

[cornstar]

Can I get an Amen....
Moos is on now saying what his intentions are.....

But from Body Language alone Mike Riley just looks beat up....who woulda think it in a million years....the only bright spot for me was seeing the Full back up the gut a couple of times and Jaylin Bradley looks like he is always one step away from busting a big one....they are run blocking like high school freshmen....Ziggy has just not played like himself ( he runs best with a chip on his shoulder) if we loose this game.....the team has spoke loud and clear....cause it's obvious these guys are NOT playing up to their potential and seem to be playing down to the opposition.....watch the body language on the sideline....it may say something we don't know but want to know ?

....this is just sick and not NEBRASKA Football

Doc.

I couldn't hear what Moos was saying, can you give a synopsis?

 

[ramelm]

That’s about the response I expected from you after a win. Thanks for checking our optimism.

 

[cornstar]

Riley success is Nebraska success, and verse visa.

Not true at all. Nebraska has been successful without Riley, yet Riley has never been successful.

 

[Hunchback Johnny]

Not true at all. Nebraska has been successful without Riley, yet Riley has never been successful.

Past, Present, and Future

I live in the present. Mike Riley is currently the head coach of Nebraska. So I wish him success. If next year Scott Frost or Mike Leach or Les Miles is the Nebraska head coach they will be my favorite head coach. Nothing more complicated than that.

Back to triangle solo practice

Boom

 

[cornstar]

That’s about the response I expected from you after a win. Thanks for checking our optimism.

You need to re -read that exchange again.

Are you that impressed with a last second win over one of the worst FBS programs?

Meanwhile, Iowa State is a better program than Nebraska right now.

 

[ramelm]

You need to re -read that exchange again.

No.

Are you that impressed with a last second win over one of the worst FBS programs?

Whether I’m impressed or not doesn’t impact that the boys got a much needed W. I also suspect you don’t care about my answer, and that you’re asking as a launching point for another lecture.

Meanwhile, Iowa State is a better program than Nebraska right now.

Good for them on playing well. As one of the greatest fans on earth, I can acknowledge another team having success.

You may have the last word in this exchange.

 

[Husker94]

I thought they were done, especially not getting into the end zone early. No quit and I saw no cowards. Some bad play but no cowards.
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Hip, hip, hooray! We're on track to finish 9th or 10th in the conference!

So while you obviously don't like my previous comments, they are still true. And oh joy, they didn't quit against Purdue. If they had played Ohio State and Wisconsin tough and lost close, it would be a completely different conversation. This team struggles to beat the likes of Arkansas State, Illinois, Purdue, etc...and they get demolished by good / great teams.

This team plays so far below their talent level.

 

[cornstar]

No.

Then please don't respond to posts (especially mine) that you don't understand.

Good night.

 

[justino52]

Hip, hip, hooray! We're on track to finish 9th or 10th in the conference!

So while you obviously don't like my previous comments, they are still true. And oh joy, they didn't quit against Purdue. If they had played Ohio State and Wisconsin tough and lost close, it would be a completely different conversation. This team struggles to beat the likes of Arkansas State, Illinois, Purdue, etc...and they get demolished by good / great teams.

This team plays so far below their talent level.

I didn't like your one specific comment. I stand by that it was a chickenshit comment.

 

[cornstar]

I'm not sure the decision hasn't already been made. His sideline manner today makes me think he already has been told or knows.

I disagree. Maybe I saw different cuts of Riley tonight than you, but this was the first time I've seen him have his mic down by his mouth and have seen him actively participate and act interested in coaching a game.

 

[OhioHusker]

I disagree. Maybe I saw different cuts of Riley tonight than you, but this was the first time I've seen him have his mic down by his mouth and have seen him actively participate and act interested in coaching a game.

I saw that too. And it made me happy.

 

[Doc Holiday]

Well I will be a suck egg mule.....
I gotta admit at halftime with only 8....that's right folks EIGHT measly yards of rushing.....I was all set to just cash in and play for beer money...

I could have swore that this team was going in the tank and at the half it sure felt familiar.....like we were circling the rim about to get flushed but they could not put us away though they did their best....but Lee, Morgan, Spielman, Hoppes, and a freshman named Jaylin Bradley had other ideas......

On a night where Huskers were dropping like flys dying in the frosty night air these few guys just would not quit.
The offensive line that was playing as if they were in a neighborhood flag or 2 hand touch football game in the first half showed up in the second and did just enough good to allow that handful of guys mentioned above to get the job done and score just 1 more point than the opposition did in the closing roughly 67 seconds and seal the deal.

On a night when Lee put his name in the NEBRASKA record books for the 3rd most passing yards in a single game.....and a true freshman home grown running back gave us a spark we badly needed we scored just one.....1 mind you more point than Purdue to win the game in the final seconds. When Stanley Morgan fell into the end zone for the touchdown that put us ahead by 1 point.....these few guys showed they won't quit on Riley or their teammates....the Diaco D bowed up and played like they should have and did up till Wisconsin came to Lincoln a couple weeks ago now.....the Defense showed up late but in this case better late than never.....and again Ben Stille showed why Nebraska kids do make great football players....I wonder how a kid named Neal feels tonight....??? I wonder how the son of a famous NFL great and member of the Calibraska movement named Johnson feels tonight.....???

Did tonight's game do enough to give pause to AD Moos as he watched the game unfold.....we may never know.

All I do know is a W is a W no matter how many points in front you win by......and this felt good to see and feel.....to watch them March down the field with no timeouts and get in the end zone will stick in my mind for quite some time.
We all know this ain't the way you win the Division or the Conference for that matter.....we know now that Riley's pass happy system can win when it counts but still this ain't Nebraska like in any sense of the word....those questions and problems still have got to be addressed. It's also nice to see the now infamous "Milt Tenopir Full Back Trap" play get used to not only give the Defense something else to think about when we run out of the "I" formation.....and it gave me a tiny glimmer of hope that maybe just maybe there is hope yet for these guys.
Riley looked the part of a Coach who had been told he was gone at seasons end no matter what in the first half so that's food for thought too.
My hope is we win each of the remaining games this year and get a decent bowl bid.....and this was a positive start to that end tonight.
I think this team after tonight's play should call a team meeting at the first of the week and the team leaders should step up and get control of themselves and make a decision to buckle up and work their rears off to play like NEBRASKA should play.
I also think we as fans should let them enjoy this and hear something good and positive from us for a change....We all know what hangs in the balance here....let's give the people who make those decisions the time and right to do their job and quit hashing and re hashing who should get fired and who should replace who till this season is done, concentrate our efforts to getting behind the players and help them instead of posting stuff that can have an ill effect on them post things that will inspire them to do the very best they can and see what happens at the end of the year.....that's what I am gonna do till after the Iowa game or Bowl game or when the decision comes out on this staff.....The players have earned that courtesy from me at least and by all that's good and right in the world I am going to do my best to see they get it. Why not join me ? It takes just as much effort to post good stuff as it does bad so what do you got to loose......
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Go Big Red !

Doc.
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[Bugeaters]

I am starting to think that cornstar and Husker94 want Riley fired. Just a hunch though....

 

[Husker21stb]

We are playing very poorly. We can't tackle and we can't block.

All that said, I expected a 7-5 season. I expected to take a dip, in terms of record, this year. New QB + new D scheme + tough schedule = dip.

I didn't expect us to regress. I didn't expect us to lose to Northern Illinois (I was thinking Oregon, Wisconsin, Ohio State, Penn State and Iowa). I didn't expect us to not wrap up on the ball carrier. I didn't expect our O-line to miss block after block.

In all truthfulness, I haven't felt like we have had a satisfying win since, I don't know, Solich was coach. We have been too mistake-prone and have no identity. I think a bunch of that feeling of emptiness, as Jen mentioned, is the coaching turnover. We are probably going to our seventh offensive system next year since 2003. Coaching changes are like divorces.

In spite of all of that, I still hope Riley is successful. He's our coach and those boys are our team. It's hard to watch them play, but I want them to win.

 

[busticket]

I am glad the kids did not give up. Purdue played with reckless abandon most of the game and we did not match their intensity. They punched us in the mouth and outplayed us most of the night and we just managed to hang around. It was good to see the kids fight back and steal the win. Purdue must feel sick

that said, in the grande scheme of things it would be shocking if there was not a coaching change. The o line and cornerback play is just terrible and it is not acceptable for year 3.

I am am going to cheer the kids on and hope they keep fighting. Maybe we can finish 2nd in the West and get into a mid tier bowl. After that we’ll see what Moos does.

 

[Removed Spleen of Jordan]

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that said, in the grande scheme of things it would be shocking if there was not a coaching change. The o line and cornerback play is just terrible and it is not acceptable for year 3.

This is where I'm at as well. The first 50 minutes of that game gave you all you needed to see to sum up where the team is in year 3. It's hard to understand the regression and ineptitude in the offensive line.