Complaining about the schedule

[Pennsyhuskers]

So Matt Rhule said the other day that he is tired of hearing about how tough our schedule is this year. I think he understands the reason why so many fans are looking at our schedule with fear. He knows that the fans have no confidence in this staff, have very low expectations for this year’s team, and are generally very cynical about the state of the program. And I think therefore the constant chatter from fans about our schedule being brutal has gotten under his oily skin.
He should just STFU. The fans have damn good reasons for being cynical and pessimistic. Any objective examination of the past three years would conclude that we still can’t beat the teams in the top 8 or 9 in the B1G. We can beat Rutgers and Maryland and MSU and Purdue. But not really anybody else.
Rhule’s criticism of the pessimism surrounding complaints about our schedule is getting him close to being the kind of failed coach who knows he is in hot water and who starts to blame the fans.
I expect as our season implodes we will see more of that.

 

[Redscarlet]

So Matt Rhule said the other day that he is tired of hearing about how tough our schedule is this year. I think he understands the reason why so many fans are looking at our schedule with fear. He knows that the fans have no confidence in this staff, have very low expectations for this year’s team, and are generally very cynical about the state of the program. And I think therefore the constant chatter from fans about our schedule being brutal has gotten under his oily skin.
He should just STFU. The fans have damn good reasons for being cynical and pessimistic. Any objective examination of the past three years would conclude that we still can’t beat the teams in the top 8 or 9 in the B1G. We can beat Rutgers and Maryland and MSU and Purdue. But not really anybody else.
Rhule’s criticism of the pessimism surrounding complaints about our schedule is getting him close to being the kind of failed coach who knows he is in hot water and who starts to blame the fans.
I expect as our season implodes we will see more of that.

It’s the end of April, So I’m gonna be cautiously optimistic for 6-8 win season with limited injuries.

 

[suffocation_]

I will be shocked if we beat MSU.

Fitz is twice the coach Rhule is.

 

[Redscarlet]

I will be shocked if we beat MSU.

Fitz is twice the coach Frost was.

fixed it for ya.

 

[Man Woman & Child]

fixed it for ya.

 

[TDLaww2020]

So Matt Rhule said the other day that he is tired of hearing about how tough our schedule is this year. I think he understands the reason why so many fans are looking at our schedule with fear. He knows that the fans have no confidence in this staff, have very low expectations for this year’s team, and are generally very cynical about the state of the program. And I think therefore the constant chatter from fans about our schedule being brutal has gotten under his oily skin.
He should just STFU. The fans have damn good reasons for being cynical and pessimistic. Any objective examination of the past three years would conclude that we still can’t beat the teams in the top 8 or 9 in the B1G. We can beat Rutgers and Maryland and MSU and Purdue. But not really anybody else.
Rhule’s criticism of the pessimism surrounding complaints about our schedule is getting him close to being the kind of failed coach who knows he is in hot water and who starts to blame the fans.
I expect as our season implodes we will see more of that.

He was doing so well shutting the **** up for the most part this off-season until he began opening his mouth. Christ, he sounds almost like Jerome Tang.

 

[Pennsyhuskers]

It’s the end of April, So I’m gonna be cautiously optimistic for 6-8 win season with limited injuries.

I think we could possibly get to six wins. I think we could start out 5-0, but then go 1-6 after that, with our only win being Rutgers. And some of those losses are going to be very ugly, And this is best case thinking. When has that panned out for us in the past 10 years. We always seem to lose a game to a team we should not lose to. I could see us losing to Maryland. That would put us at 5-7.
We will have a very average defensive line. Very average running backs. Very average QB. Hopefully the offensive line will improve but there is no guarantee there.
So Matt Rhule needs to shut up about folks pointing out that we have a ton of teams on our schedule this year that we will most likely not beat. He has not beaten them to this point so why will he beat the better teams this year?
And here is an idea Mr. Rhule: maybe this year you can field a coaching staff you don't end up firing and/or losing at the end of the year. That is another source of fan pessimism about our chances for this year. The coaching turnover screams out incompetence on the front end.

 

[Redscarlet]

I think we could possibly get to six wins. I think we could start out 5-0, but then go 1-6 after that, with our only win being Rutgers. And some of those losses are going to be very ugly, And this is best case thinking. When has that panned out for us in the past 10 years. We always seem to lose a game to a team we should not lose to. I could see us losing to Maryland. That would put us at 5-7.
We will have a very average defensive line. Very average running backs. Very average QB. Hopefully the offensive line will improve but there is no guarantee there.
So Matt Rhule needs to shut up about folks pointing out that we have a ton of teams on our schedule this year that we will most likely not beat. He has not beaten them to this point so why will he beat the better teams this year?
And here is an idea Mr. Rhule: maybe this year you can field a coaching staff you don't end of firing and/or losing at the end of the year. That is another source of fan pessimism about our chances for this year. The coaching turnover screams out incompetence on the front end.

I can see laying the blame on him to his starting assistant coaching hires no question, but changes have been made and some should have been after the first year.

My biggest complaint is he never had any quality backup QB’s after the first year and starting a true freshman is very difficult to have a very successful season.

 

[HuskerInCarolina]

When you’re in the Big Ten, the schedule is almost always gonna be tough. It’s 100% always hard when you’re a mediocre team. Unless you are #9 and miraculously only play #10-18, you’re gonna have a tough schedule in this conference.

 

[mgbreeze]

I can see laying the blame on him to his starting assistant coaching hires no question, but changes have been made and some should have been after the first year.

My biggest complaint is he never had any quality backup QB’s after the first year and starting a true freshman is very difficult to have a very successful season.

Yeah I'm with you. Raiola's injury torpedoed last season and it went down the crapper. I was kinda over the Raiola experience by then, and I'm at least willing to STFU and see what happens with Colandrea this year.

 

[Macho Man]

Dead man walking and he KNOWS it. Plain and simple. He knows that this teams CEILING is 7 wins this year and that will only happen if EVERYTHING goes our way. The most likely outcome is 5-7, but 4-8 is possible and if he’s kept after that is only for financial reasons and he’d be miserable. Hell, I think he’s miserable here as it is just going through the motions until he retires.

 

[Redscarlet]

Dead man walking and he KNOWS it. Plain and simple. He knows that this teams CEILING is 7 wins this year and that will only happen if EVERYTHING goes our way. The most likely outcome is 5-7, but 4-8 is possible and if he’s kept after that is only for financial reasons and he’d be miserable. Hell, I think he’s miserable here as it is just going through the motions until he retires.

Another words Frost 2.0, oh wait SF never won more than 5 games despite Covid year.

 

[Wasker73]

I think we could possibly get to six wins. I think we could start out 5-0, but then go 1-6 after that, with our only win being Rutgers. And some of those losses are going to be very ugly, And this is best case thinking. When has that panned out for us in the past 10 years. We always seem to lose a game to a team we should not lose to. I could see us losing to Maryland. That would put us at 5-7.
We will have a very average defensive line. Very average running backs. Very average QB. Hopefully the offensive line will improve but there is no guarantee there.
So Matt Rhule needs to shut up about folks pointing out that we have a ton of teams on our schedule this year that we will most likely not beat. He has not beaten them to this point so why will he beat the better teams this year?
And here is an idea Mr. Rhule: maybe this year you can field a coaching staff you don't end of firing and/or losing at the end of the year. That is another source of fan pessimism about our chances for this year. The coaching turnover screams out incompetence on the front end.

Matt's Big Ten Record is 10-17. Minn 0-2, Mich 0-2, Ill 1-1, NW 2-0, Pur 2-0, MSU 1-1, Md 1-1, Wis 1-1, IOWA 0-3, Rutgers 1-0, IU 0-1, Ohio St 0-1, UCLA 1-1, USC 0-2 and Penn State 0-1.

I do not see a lot of wins this season.

 

[suffocation_]

Yeah I'm with you. Raiola's injury torpedoed last season and it went down the crapper. I was kinda over the Raiola experience by then, and I'm at least willing to STFU and see what happens with Colandrea this year.

As much as I love the hypothetical, I think we still lose to USC no matter what.

You got the sense Lincoln Riley (who has never lost to Rhule btw) was essentially playing with his food most of that game. When they wanted to move the ball, they did. Quite easily

 

[Bigred2467]

Matt's Big Ten Record is 10-17. Minn 0-2, Mich 0-2, Ill 1-1, NW 2-0, Pur 2-0, MSU 1-1, Md 1-1, Wis 1-1, IOWA 0-3, Rutgers 1-0, IU 0-1, Ohio St 0-1, UCLA 1-1, USC 0-2 and Penn State 0-1.

I do not see a lot of wins this season.

He owns Northwestern and Purdue.

 

[mgbreeze]

As much as I love the hypothetical, I think we still lose to USC no matter what.

You got the sense Lincoln Riley (who has never lost to Rhule btw) was essentially playing with his food most of that game. When they wanted to move the ball, they did. Quite easily

I guess we'll never know. What I do know is that Raiola was a LOT better than TJ, who turned out to be fairly terrible. It's all ultimately Rhule's fault. I think we were all ecstatic to get Raiola and it actually turned out that he was not a great thing for the program. Give me some anonymous guy that plays his *** off and is a football player first and wanna-be celebrity second (or not at all).

 

[K Rod]

My gut says 5-7. I hope I am wrong.

 

[suffocation_]

I guess we'll never know. What I do know is that Raiola was a LOT better than TJ, who turned out to be fairly terrible. It's all ultimately Rhule's fault. I think we were all ecstatic to get Raiola and it actually turned out that he was not a great thing for the program. Give me some anonymous guy that plays his *** off and is a football player first and wanna-be celebrity second (or not at all).

Raiola was undoubtedly the most talent thrower of the football, maybe ever, at Nebraska.

There is going to be, and already has been, a lot of revisionism about his time here.

It's easy to say he punked out, or blame the Dad, but what father wouldn't tell their kid to get off a sinking ship?

 

[RBigredMax1]

Raiola was undoubtedly the most talent thrower of the football, maybe ever, at Nebraska.

There is going to be, and already has been, a lot of revisionism about his time here.

It's easy to say he punked out, or blame the Dad, but what father wouldn't tell their kid to get off a sinking ship?

I always thought the same about his arm. But last year I don’t recall any throws that made me still think that. Never went deep - rarely put it in the window.

 

[Man Woman & Child]

He owns Northwestern and Purdue.

Oh, come on now...he owns Akron and Houston Christian too.

 

[Redscarlet]

Raiola was undoubtedly the most talent thrower of the football, maybe ever, at Nebraska.

There is going to be, and already has been, a lot of revisionism about his time here.

It's easy to say he punked out, or blame the Dad, but what father wouldn't tell their kid to get off a sinking ship?

Ever heard of Humm and Ferragamo?

 

[BugsAreQualityProtein]

Ever heard of Humm and Ferragamo?

Ferragamo started in Super Bowl XIV so that accolade alone would warrant him as being the best pure thrower Nebraska has ever had.

 

[cubsker15]

Maybe we beat USC and more unlikely, win a shootout vs Iowa with Raiola but no chance on PSU or Utah with the no shows from our D.

 

[Cruel Halo]

This is obscene for a team that will be lucky to win 5 games. Another reason Rhule should feel all the pressure in the world.

• Matt Rhule (dead man walking): $8,500,000
• Dana Holgorsen (offensive coordinator): $1,200,000
• Rob Aurich (defensive coordinator): $1,100,000
• Corey Campbell (strength and conditioning): $1,000,000
• Glenn Thomas (co-offensive coordinator, quarterbacks): $824,000
• Geep Wade (offensive line): $700,000
• Addison Williams (secondary): $650,000
• Marcus Satterfield (tight ends): $550,000
• EJ Barthel (running backs): $450,000
• Rob Dvoracek (linebackers): $450,000
• Daikiel Shorts (wide receivers): $450,000
• Roy Manning (defensive edges): $430,000
• Jamar Mozee (senior football assistant): $425,000
• Phil Snow (associate head coach): $416,000
• Phil Simpson (outside linebackers): $375,000
• Miles Taylor (safeties): $300,000
• Corey Brown (defensive line): $250,000
• Lonnie Teasley (run game coordinator): $100,000

 

[TruHusker]

So Matt Rhule said the other day that he is tired of hearing about how tough our schedule is this year. I think he understands the reason why so many fans are looking at our schedule with fear. He knows that the fans have no confidence in this staff, have very low expectations for this year’s team, and are generally very cynical about the state of the program. And I think therefore the constant chatter from fans about our schedule being brutal has gotten under his oily skin.
He should just STFU. The fans have damn good reasons for being cynical and pessimistic. Any objective examination of the past three years would conclude that we still can’t beat the teams in the top 8 or 9 in the B1G. We can beat Rutgers and Maryland and MSU and Purdue. But not really anybody else.
Rhule’s criticism of the pessimism surrounding complaints about our schedule is getting him close to being the kind of failed coach who knows he is in hot water and who starts to blame the fans.
I expect as our season implodes we will see more of that.

Not a big Rhule fan but to be fair, there are a couple ways to look at what he said. First, the fan base, at least on here and some FB sites constantly complain that Nebraska gets ripped by the schedule makers every year since joining the B!G. It is part of some conspiracy and pay back for something we did or said, so there is that. Second, what is Rhule actually complaining about, the fact that fans are complaining about how hard the schedule is this year or how hard its been since we joined the B1G?

Either way, I personally don't care. We are in a league and we eventually play everyone and some teams are better some years and then fall off the cliff. Everyone remembers when playing Indiana was penciled in as "win" every year. I wonder what teams thought back in the hay day when the opposing team schedule came out and Nebraska was on it. I assume they blamed the schedule makers back then too.

Personally, I don't care, you play who you are picked to play and you should expect to win those games. If he is tried about hearing how difficult our schedule is he could just say, "yep, its tough, that doesn't change our approach." Or something to that affect. I have stayed out of the "fire Rhule" chatter, because I don't think it is productive, more important people with the responsibility to do something will decide that. Maybe he will turn things around like Fred did. He knows what the expectations are here, that isn't like a secret that just was discovered by the FBI.

 

[Pennsyhuskers]

This is obscene for a team that will be lucky to win 5 games. Another reason Rhule should feel all the pressure in the world.

• Matt Rhule (dead man walking): $8,500,000
• Dana Holgorsen (offensive coordinator): $1,200,000
• Rob Aurich (defensive coordinator): $1,100,000
• Corey Campbell (strength and conditioning): $1,000,000
• Glenn Thomas (co-offensive coordinator, quarterbacks): $824,000
• Geep Wade (offensive line): $700,000
• Addison Williams (secondary): $650,000
• Marcus Satterfield (tight ends): $550,000
• EJ Barthel (running backs): $450,000
• Rob Dvoracek (linebackers): $450,000
• Daikiel Shorts (wide receivers): $450,000
• Roy Manning (defensive edges): $430,000
• Jamar Mozee (senior football assistant): $425,000
• Phil Snow (associate head coach): $416,000
• Phil Simpson (outside linebackers): $375,000
• Miles Taylor (safeties): $300,000
• Corey Brown (defensive line): $250,000
• Lonnie Teasley (run game coordinator): $100,000

The fact we are paying one million dollars combined for the two worst coaches (Satterfield and Barthel) says all you need to know about Rhule’s incompetence

 

[Bigred2467]

The fact we are paying one million dollars combined for the two worst coaches (Satterfield and Barthel) says all you need to know about Rhule’s incompetence

You can throw Phil Snow's $416,000 in there too. And $1,000,000 to the strength and conditioning coach?

 

[RBigredMax1]

I don’t think it’s fair to project 5 or 6 wins - no one knows how the season will play out. But it’s easy to make the same argument based on the results last year.

Line play improving significantly over last year will do wonders for the entire team.

 

[huskerdude88]

This is obscene for a team that will be lucky to win 5 games. Another reason Rhule should feel all the pressure in the world.

• Matt Rhule (dead man walking): $8,500,000
• Dana Holgorsen (offensive coordinator): $1,200,000
• Rob Aurich (defensive coordinator): $1,100,000
• Corey Campbell (strength and conditioning): $1,000,000
• Glenn Thomas (co-offensive coordinator, quarterbacks): $824,000
• Geep Wade (offensive line): $700,000
• Addison Williams (secondary): $650,000
• Marcus Satterfield (tight ends): $550,000
• EJ Barthel (running backs): $450,000
• Rob Dvoracek (linebackers): $450,000
• Daikiel Shorts (wide receivers): $450,000
• Roy Manning (defensive edges): $430,000
• Jamar Mozee (senior football assistant): $425,000
• Phil Snow (associate head coach): $416,000
• Phil Simpson (outside linebackers): $375,000
• Miles Taylor (safeties): $300,000
• Corey Brown (defensive line): $250,000
• Lonnie Teasley (run game coordinator): $100,000

We are getting ripped off...

 

[red scowl]

The schedule seems tough because the state of the team. They struggled to get to 7 wins with a rather easy schedule last season. So it's fair to reason they'll lose even more games this season with a more difficult schedule. What is he even babbling about? Dumb. Just win hat guy.

 

[dinglefritz]

The schedule seems tough because the state of the team. They struggled to get to 7 wins with a rather easy schedule last season. So it's fair to reason they'll lose even more games this season with a more difficult schedule. What is he even babbling about? Dumb. Just win hat guy.

The schedule is tough this year. Thats no excuse for losing to Minnesota. Coach better. Recruit better. Win the games you should win.

 

[huskernation77]

Betting against Nebraska the past decade has made me so much money.

What I really like doing as of late, Nebraska typically does well on his opening drive and gets a field goal or a touchdown. You live bet and take whoever we are playing and cash in.

I cashed in when we played Iowa of this year. I think the spread shifted to where I was getting Iowa and points. Lol

 

[Truewooper]

Yeah I'm with you. Raiola's injury torpedoed last season and it went down the crapper. I was kinda over the Raiola experience by then, and I'm at least willing to STFU and see what happens with Colandrea this year.

I think Raiola's injury only would have maybe won us the USC game. Otherwise I think the rest of the season is pretty much the same. I don't see how he helps our DL stuff the run.

 

[Truewooper]

I mean think about this. Last year was a fairly easy schedule. And even then we needed comebacks against MSU and Maryland. NW also had some steam too. We had 3 very special, Special teams plays to get us the wins or at least heavily helped our chances in those games. Now we lost the best pieces on offense and the ST coordinator.

Granted we also lost our terrible OL coach and meh DC. I don't think we added enough to be confident going into next year at all. But if Rhule is so confident have the AD go double or nothing on his contract 9 wins he gets double the money anything less we throw his contract in the trash bin.

 

[Big bo fan]

We are getting ripped off...

You can always find another team to root for

 

[huskerdude88]

You can always find another team to root for

Nah I'm good been rooting for this team and this state for 33 years. 15+ years before you became a "Big bo fan"

 

[HUSKERFAN66]

Our schedule goes in cycles. Under Rhule we've had the most generous since joining the b1g. He should have no complaints except Iowa which last year actually had a fair schedule. Why I never liked the b1g conference standings because it should have been against division or like opponents. Iowa always had weak crossover

 

[Hawkmanic23]

Our schedule goes in cycles. Under Rhule we've had the most generous since joining the b1g. He should have no complaints except Iowa which last year actually had a fair schedule. Why I never liked the b1g conference standings because it should have been against division or like opponents. Iowa always had weak crossover

I thought this thread was about Nebraska’s 2026 schedule? I’m predicting a 6-6 record for Neb.

 

[Zeke Husker]

Raiola was undoubtedly the most talent thrower of the football, maybe ever, at Nebraska.

There is going to be, and already has been, a lot of revisionism about his time here.

It's easy to say he punked out, or blame the Dad, but what father wouldn't tell their kid to get off a sinking ship?

He was the most talented thrower since Adrian Martinez. I’d take Tommy Armstrong and Joe Ganz ahead of Raiola.

 

[Zeke Husker]

If he is complaining about the fans, that would make 3 of the last 4 head coaches here that have done so.