The #1 reason why I am ALL-IN with Matt Rhule and the #1 reason why you should be as well
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Mike Riley was way better than Matt Rhule. Don’t disrespect Mike like that.
Which doesn't bode well for a team that was short on talent to begin with.
He's not a football coach. Concerning, since we hired him to be our football coach.
But uncle donnie itself concerns me. Either M.R. believes in the college game that a freshman 5 star qb is worth tanking your entire offense around. Not realizing that qb is just a piece of the the whole picture.
Or: He thought the first several years that Raiola was the answer at OL. Either way its concerning form a coaching standpoint.
He would have been majorly crucified if he didn't take Raiola, sort of like the whole Joe Burrow thing.. kind of a no win situation. I think Rhule has to move on eventually.. we're just having to put up with him for a couple more years due to the contract. I still like our team this year in spite of Matt.
Well, it's definitely the former (despite him standing at the podium when he announced he was keeping uncle Donnie and lying through his teeth about it). That said, he also most certainly didn't know he was "tanking the offense" by keeping him. I have no doubt he thought the upside of adding Dylan would offset the downside of keeping Donovan. And I'm not one to defend Rhule, but I'm not sure 10 out of 10 other coaches at Rhule's level, in the exact same scenario wouldn't have done the exact same thing.
If by "posting facts" you mean "slobbering all over the knobs of all of our opponents in the B1G" with just about every post, then yeah, you're just posting facts.
You're in a very small exclusive club with 4platebencher. Think about that for a second.
The only slobbing on here is you on King Wrong.If by "posting facts" you mean "slobbering all over the knobs of all of our opponents in the B1G" with just about every post, then yeah, you're just posting facts.
You're in a very small exclusive club with 4platebencher. Think about that for a second.
Still sad over the Big 10 winning the Natty?
Why would I be sad? We're in the best and most profitable conference in the country. You on the other hand? Keep those Big 12 dreams alive.
It’s hilarious that all these faggoty B1G posts only get likes from Iowa fansWhy would I be sad? We're in the best and most profitable conference in the country. You on the other hand? Keep those Big 12 dreams alive.
what an absolute cuck you’ve become
add you to the list of pathetic pussies I have mentally destroyed on this board
Nothing will ever be funnier than you going full blown cuck for Michigan only to be posterized by the one Mich fan who posts hereHang in there.
absolute all-time humiliating emasculation
Almost as funny as you saying "Its the Big 12 and everyone else".Then the mighty Big 12 doesn't make the title game? Now that was hilarious.
Oh right. Forgot about your weird obsession with that dude too.
Just posting facts. Sorry you cant handle it. Your lack of self-awareness is on a whole other level
This is where we beat K-State at their own game and nix both Dannen and Rhule at the same time, avoiding the buyout. Guaranteed, or your money wasted!
(sarcasm)
everyone has decided that Matt is not a good football coach, but that we cannot afford to buy him out, so we have to put up with him for the next couple of years.. I think we will have a good football team in spite of Matt, but most of the fan base disagrees. I am at the point where I don't really care anymore.
fair enough.. the other element that I think gets lost here, is the NIL budget was absolutely not what it should be, as boosters are holding back now that they know they have this huge Matt Rhule buyout on the horizon... I think we only had 20 million to spend on the portal this year, and yes I wanted a legit RB portal target, but I felt they got the offensive line addressed, the best QB for us in the portal as well as as a few stud players at various other positions. I guess I am wrong on the recruiting thing, but that doesn't seem possible if this turns out to be the best team Rhule has fielded to date. I dislike Matt Rhule as much as the next guy when it comes to football decision making, but I do feel like he's a great bullsh itter / err I mean recruiter .. and he does have those skills.. his contract alone is proof.
Yeah we packed all the softest Nebraska fans in here in one thread. Love to see it.
King_WRONG AKA "The Preacher" and his choir are all in here complaining. They picked the back-to-back 7 win seasons to start the low-T doom-and-gloom pouting. Wonder where their signed Scotch Lost comics are after 5 futile seasons that buried the program. Look at them still cling to their precious Scotch Lost recruits. Let's go back to 3-win seasons guys!
King_WRONG AKA "The Preacher" and his choir are all in here complaining. They picked the back-to-back 7 win seasons to start the low-T doom-and-gloom pouting. Wonder where their signed Scotch Lost comics are after 5 futile seasons that buried the program. Look at them still cling to their precious Scotch Lost recruits. Let's go back to 3-win seasons guys!
So, I do not look like I am piling on Mat the Hat at the end of this upcoming season I am going to write this now. I do not think anything changes. The first 5 games the Huskers "should" be competitive, and I won't be surprised if they are the favorites in every one of these games. If the Huskers find success in these games all the pro-Rhule fans will use this as validation that their faith in Rhule is correct and they will contend all Matt ever needed was a better staff and more time. Then October 10 rolls around and this is when I believe the season starts to fall apart. Indiana wins by 25-30 points or more. Followed by losses to Oregon, Washington, Illinois, Ohio State and Iowa. If my prediction comes true, I am not so sure the Huskers will have enough confidence to beat Rutgers on November 14 in Piscataway.
While you are busy telling us how we think, could you update your rules for your poor wife?
Matt Rhule is a poor coach and you beat your wife and have told us all about it. You are also an insufferable racist and got banned as such for 6 months.
Why you even show your face here at all is the mystery.
I would think the shame of either incident would be sufficient, but here you are pretending we all have forgotten.
This isn't true. Nobody thought we were getting Raiola, and most people didn't care. He jumped a bunch of schools, probably would get beat out by slightly better qbs at Georgia or OSU and transfer, maybe to Nebraska, or another lesser school. His uncle was an obvious weak point of a really bad offense at the end of Mickey's tenure. There were strong coaches on the staff that were not even considered to be retained, but arguably the weakest coach of the weakest position group was retained. Still, it was a long shot to get Dylan and he had to promise no competition and millions of dollars, and his uncle a sustained position to get him to NU. That being said, Rhule put together such a terrible offense and qb room in his first year that most people were happy to sell their soul for a real qb.
I think we might have won a decent number of games in 2024 despite Rhule's incapability to call close games. I would take Kyle Mccord's 66% completion 4,779 yards and 34-12 TD to INT.
Don't forget, the d-line Geerp and his boys went against in the spring was our below average d-line.
Quinn Clark. Shavers. Emmitt Johnson. Donovan Jones. Barney. Guthrie. There is six for you.
How are you defining that? My understanding of the original premise of your post was that there were 5 players who were Rhule's recruits who have showed marked improvement since they got here.
Clark - only played one full season, hard to say how much he's really improved beyond normal just getting older and more experienced
Johnson - not a Rhule recruit and really hard to include him when, if anything, his talent was squandered by Rhule
Jones - see Clark
Guthrie - see Clark and Jones
Sorry, I'm with @Ben_Dover on this one. Really hard to come up with 5 for me. At least up to this point. Unless you're just counting anyone who's worked their way up the depth chart since they came in as freshmen? But again, see Clark, Jones and Guthrie. There's going to automatically be a lot of players (most) who "improve" to some extent just by getting older.
Emmett Johnson was the best RB on our roster the past 3 years. Rhule gave a fat NIL check to Oregon's 4th string rb and force fed him instead of playing the superior athlete.
This is a perfect example of Rhule's inability to lead and develop a high level football program.
The players I have mentioned have played well when they had the chance. Clark would have produced a lot more if he got on the field more. Since all but EJ are underclassmen, it is understandable that they did not see the field a lot. But when they played they more than held their own. I am giving the staff some credit for at least getting these guys up to speed where they could contribute. Jones and Guthrie we able to step in play pretty well when needed.