Are we really pretending beating Rutgers was "progress?"
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Exactly. The defense has improved each of the 3 years under Chins. But of course, he still gets the most blame.
+1. Chins serves as a huge meat shield to deflect criticism from Frost. He should have been Frosts best man at his wedding
Disagree. I think they both get plenty of criticism. Are you arguing as we sit here today that Frost is getting less criticism? That's false.
If you listen to the local beat writers and read this board, then yes. If you know sports or anything about football then no. This is an old team that’s very single threaded. Wan’Dale gone after next year. Then a new QB for FIdone for 2 years then he’s gone. The current team is 1 SR away from being the second oldest team in the BIG. Let that sink in.
The most talented kids on the Husker team right now are in Frost's last 2 classes. I don't give a sh## how old those seniors will be next year. We're going to be starting 3 underclassmen on our O line and probably 2 junors. A couple of redshirt freshmen at WR and RB. Underclassmen will litter our back 7 on defense next season as well. The most talented guys who will hopefully raise this team up almost all are very young players. It's how it works when you do a complete rebuild. Think of this. Of the guys who leave this year, who are we going to miss? Jaimes and JoJo. That's about it.
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Look a little deeper, lost 3 starters in the 2nd half. That type of physicality and domintion was the trademark of what the pipeline used to be. They finally physically dominated a team they should've. If we woulda played like this, all year? We win 4 of the 5 we lost. Baby steps, we are slowly getting there. The penalties and TOs need to go way down as we are our own worst enemy.
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Who are the Jr’s on the OL? I think we will most likely start 3 freshmen (Corcoran, Benhart, Piper). And 2 Sophomores (Jurgens and Nouili).
I haven't heard or read a single media rep say anything like this. Who are you talking about?
Rutgers was beaten up, playing without their starting QB and had several injured guys playing on defense. They had an injured guy laying on the field seemingly every 5 defensive snaps. They had won an emotional overtime game against their rival only six days prior.
NU has in a GREAT SPOT to play Rutgers and still only won by 7 due once again to sloppy play by the offense and special teams.
It was nice to end with a win, but nobody thinks it was a "break through".
Wow. So now we are trying to make creative excuses for our opponents. They had injuries in the second half because we physically beat them up, on the way to 360+ yards rushing. And we also played on Friday. It’s like some people afraid of admitting anything positive happened because they are so invested in bitching about and attacking everything related to this team.
Rutgers "was missing it's starting QB" in an academic sense only. Vedral stunk this season. Stats and W/L both back that up.
At one point this season he lost his job to the guy that started against us. Rutgers is a poor team and we should have rolled them, but Vedral would have made zero difference in that game.
At one point this season he lost his job to the guy that started against us. Rutgers is a poor team and we should have rolled them, but Vedral would have made zero difference in that game.
Are we making progress, or what Rutgers a one off?
Total Yardage vs.:
Ohio State- 370
Northwestern- 442
Penn State- 298
Illinois- 392
Iowa- 338
Purdue- 364
Minnesota- 308
Rutgers- 620
Total Yardage vs.:
Ohio State- 370
Northwestern- 442
Penn State- 298
Illinois- 392
Iowa- 338
Purdue- 364
Minnesota- 308
Rutgers- 620
As long as we recognize that there will never be “progress”... we didn’t like Frank at 10-3 and the rhetoric than was no different than it is now. So unless it is magically 1994-1995 or 1997 we absolutely suck and need to fire everyone. (HuskerNation howled in ‘93 and ‘96) So based on reading this board for 20 years, this year is no better or worse than any year over the past 23 years. That is quite encouraging as Frost can realistically say the only opinion that matters is his and Moos.. The rest of us just like to be mad and don’t even watch for the enjoyment I f the game... we like the “fire somebody” over all else...
If Mr Martinez doesn't turn the ball over 5 times, I think we win by more than seven. Let's say he only turns it over three times. We'd probably win by 14 to 17
If it improved we would have more wins.
We beat the worse teams in the conference.
Our defense stil sucks. Be glad Rutgers dropped passes and had their back up.
You are foolish if you think we can win anything with that defense. And they had the upperclassmen.
I agree. And to be honest we probably score on that last drive if we didn’t play good sport by taking a knee.
Are you talking to me? Who are these "some people who are "investing in bitching" and "attacking everything related to this team"? Don't be a drama queen. There was nothing in my previous post that was meant to be a "creative excuse" for Rutgers. Rutgers physically got their *** kicked, but the Huskers made so many mistakes that they were lucky to beat anybody that day.