No he didn't.
He hired Rhule because he was the cheapest of the "big" names and he knew it would placate the fanbase while he was job-hunting in Texas.
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He hired Rhule because he was the cheapest of the "big" names and he knew it would placate the fanbase while he was job-hunting in Texas.
Man, the more I look at that the more they can start off 5-0...hosting 5-0 Indiana. ******* crazy.
By the way...just to show of upside down it is...tickets for Indiana vs OSU (At Indiana) are going for over 200 dollars. 3 years ago those would have been 10 dollars.
By the way...just to show of upside down it is...tickets for Indiana vs OSU (At Indiana) are going for over 200 dollars. 3 years ago those would have been 10 dollars.
A brutal schedule to boot. Wouldn't be surprised if we went 4-8.
Nice assumption with your imagination.
I can see this team starting 5-0 to finish 6-6 or 5-7.
For the 4th year in a row, Nebraska looks to have a poor 2nd half of the season.
2023: 5-3 to 5-7
2024: 5-1 to 6-6
2025: 5-1 to 7-5
leipold is overall 27-35/16-29 in b12 play
rhule is 19-19/10-17 in b10 play
N taking leipold likely would have produced similar results.
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Nope, I just paid better attention than you.
Alberts gave himself multiple backpats because he knew retarded fans like you would be excited about the hire, months before he himself would take a different job.
"I’ve always felt that my job is to be a steward of the resources of the state of Nebraska. That’s a responsibility I don’t take lightly. When you make an investment like this, it’s not just about a coach; it’s about the long-term health of an institution that means so much to so many people."
Hilariously, he still has you tricked into sucking his dick over an obviously terrible hire.
Leipold has more ranked wins in his losing seasons than Rhule does in his entire career.
How well will Coleandra play? How well will our defense play? Those are the two keys to our season.
I see a 4-8 or 5-7 year. We are just not one of the big boy programs anymore. Oh well, there are always YouTube videos to watch of when we were. As a Lincoln boy who grew up bleeding Husker red it is almost too painful to watch the pathetic demise of our program.
Rhule is a complete fraud.
I see a 4-8 or 5-7 year. We are just not one of the big boy programs anymore. Oh well, there are always YouTube videos to watch of when we were. As a Lincoln boy who grew up bleeding Husker red it is almost too painful to watch the pathetic demise of our program.
Rhule is a complete fraud.
Although I agree with your overall premise, I do not agree that it had anything to do with Rhule being the "cheapest of the big name coaches." If anything, Rhule was the most expensive available with all that Carolina money. I mean, the guy makes top 15 in the country money. That's far from cheap.
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Our boosters would have to be so frustrated if this happens. How can they continue to throw so much money away year and year and year?IMO, Nebraska would have to win 3 games or less in order for Matt Rhule to lose his job AND there would have to be a significantly reduced turnout for games. If we win 3 games and its still packed house, he's safe. But Troy Dannen HAS to be fired if he fires Matt Rhule before 2027 season is finished. He added $22.5 mil to his buyout for arguably no good reason (he had 5 years remaining on contract!!). If you wanted to fire Rhule after 2026, you will be paying him $63.9 mil instead of $41.4 mil. Oh, you also have to buyout the rest of his staff. Then you have to pay for a whole new staff after that. For an athletic department that netted a $7 mil profit, it would be an insanely poor financial decision to fire Rhule a calendar year after extending him. Unless boosters/donors came forward saying they aren't contributing significantly to NIL unless there's a new coach, I just can't see Rhule being fired.
New report details finances of Nebraska Athletics' $200 million operation
Husker Athletics turned a $7 million profit, generating $215 million.www.ketv.com
Seriously, are they so loaded that these buyouts are a drop in the bucket for them or does it actually sting for them a bit?
He said a little of the right things. I think that goes a long ways. Also, we thought his track record of "year 3" would continue. I mean, why wouldn't it for us?
Because of Baylor's weak schedule? Sure, but was their schedule that much weaker than our last year's schedule?
Also, what Rhule had to start with at Baylor was 10000% worse than what he had to start with at Nebraska.
It made sense that with an easier start at Nebraska + how the schedule was, he'd easily be able to repeat what he did at Baylor come Year 3.
Why is everyone figuring we’ll lose to Indiana? My cig loses control and the players become arrogant. I’m in a minority but i think most tough games except OSU is 50/50, eventually things begin to even out. If Rhule craps out thus season then so be it he’ll get fired and most of the posters will be happy, what happens if we win 8 or 9 games? I’m looking forward to the season to see what the team is like without Dylan and the drama from inside
What about Scott frost? Did you support him? He is the biggest fraud and probably we are in the hole we are in! Yeah I’m disappointed in coach Rhule but he sure heck isn’t as disappointing as frost who should have been fired after year 3 instead of going 3 games into year 5
Probably we are the mirror opposite of Indiana. Great history, huge fanbase, lots of money always overhyped but soft as a baby, and terrible in big games. Media wants us to be good because we travel so well and spend money, they tried all they could to act like Indiana didn't exist. Cignetti is real, Rhule is fake...he can basically call the score any time he plays Rhule going forward.
When you look at 2019 Baylor, it was one of the most mediocre big 12 seasons for the conference. Only 2 teams in the conference finished with above 9 wins, and that’s after bowl season. He went 0-3 against ranked teams, needed 3OT to beat 5-7 TCU, 2OT to beat 4-8 TTU. The best Big 12 defense that year (Rhule's Baylor) would have finished 10th in the conference this year in terms of points allowed. Their OOC schedule was weaker than ours last year.
I'm not saying it was a horrible year. I would LOVE to have an 11-win season with Rhule even if we played 7 teams with a losing record like Baylor did. Nebraska played 6 teams with a losing record, but finished 7-6. It's no secret that the Big Ten is significantly tougher than the Big 12. All I'm saying is that 11-win season is not as impressive as people make it out to be. It's kinda like Boise St's 11-win seasons all these years. Bravo beating Fresno State and Wyoming. (though, they have some nice signature wins, Rhule's Baylor does not)
Too many unknowns. How good will our defense be in year one of a new system? Can our O line run block or were the early reports about them struggling accurate? How good will Rule be? 4-8 or 5-7 seems realistic. I am not sure we can get to 6 wins but who knows. Beating Iowa better happen though. And it is about time Rule got a signature win. If Ruhle dips below .500 in year 4 and we see the kinds of meltdowns we saw last year, then it will be time to see if we can somehow arrange a settlement on a lower cash buyout. But that would set the program back financially at a time when we need every dollar for the stadium project.
Only foolish people would vote Nebraska in the top 25 much less top 15 with our early season schedule. Perhaps IF we dominate these opponents then maybe but what have we seen recently that would suggest such an outcome? It is very likely we will get destroyed by Indiana whether on not it is on TV, we have not shown the ability to play with them so until we do along with everyone else in the country, we have a good idea of the outcome. Hoping for the best from the two QB's but neither has proven anything yet at this level so there is a long ways to go. Not be negative but reality sometimes stinks.
3-0… Matt Rhule claims we have the best team in the nation. Says that NFL GM calling him about jobs
finish 4-8, blames everyone but him. Fires 3 more guys. Fires fat Pat
worst TV ratings in 30 years.
finish 4-8, blames everyone but him. Fires 3 more guys. Fires fat Pat
worst TV ratings in 30 years.
I support all of our coaches until they give me reason not too. I even had hope for Mike Riley until the year 3 collapse. I supported Frost for three years but realized in year 4 he was a disaster. I supported Rhule until we got blown out by Minnesota. All three coaches — Riley, Frost, Rhule — were shite hires in hindsight. Pelini was our last decent coach but he was his own worst enemy. His temper and his open disgust for Nebraska fans were awful. But like Solich, you don’t fire a coach who goes 9-3 or 10-2 on average and expect good coaches to line up for the job.
We should have never fired Solich. But even so, we pulled the plug too soon on Callahan. His 2007 recruiting class was shaping up to be a top ten class. Osborne should have forced him to fire Cosgrove but kept Callahan on. But Osborne was still pissed at the Solich firing and as soon as he became AD it was clear Callahan was toast.
I would say 6-6 with that schedule. The only reason we go bowling is because we get to play WVU. Also, a classic tallest midget match between Rhule and Frost would be epic!
The Callahan rose colored glasses that happens on message boards is silly. He completely lost control of the team/program/fanbase and there was zero reason to keep him another season. Maybe if the 2007 season happened NOW it would make sense to keep him with a new DC, but we were still brand new to embarrassing pathetic losses at that point. It was an incredibly steep downfall for a program that was in the national championship 3 years before he got the job, and had been in 5 national championship games out of the previous 11 at the time he was hired. He was not the man for the job, no matter who his DC was.
This is all ancient history at this point I guess so who cares haha.
So, pretty much, at the end of the day, the results would be similar, only we'd have a real rivalry game with Colorado plus better locations for road games, so the season would overall be more fun.
Well, fun for most fans. Not so much for @HBK4life_rivals100467 because he wouldn't have any opponents to suck off when they win championships.
PossibleOhio
Bowling Green
North Dakota
Michigan State
Maryland
Illinois
Rutgers
the schedules look similar to me. ohio state being the outlier. way better than any other. maybe illinois with matt campbell having raped iowa state. but otherwise, not a lot to differentiate other than N being back to its home conference with texas now gone. interestingly, N would play neither kansas school.
4-6 wins. Im guessing 5. Gave up my tickets this year. My family has had season tickets in South End since they were built in I think 1964? Havent missed many games since 1970. Been to lots of bowl games etc. Took the tickets over in 2000, Im just tired, exhausted of seeing bad football. Add to it the terrible leg room, WWI era bathrooms etc- just not worth it anymore to go in person. The University takes advantage of loyal NU football fans, Im done going in person- 4 tickets. Was for the Rhule hire- now Im really more of a disappointed doubter. Not a fan of his coaching hires, clock management, game management, player evals etc Supporting from my easy chair.
Yeah, we just suck all around. We would struggle to push into the upper echelons of any P4 conference.