Athlon Sports: Big Ten Coaches Talk Anonymously About Conference Foes for 2026
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That softball coach has been at NU for like 30 plus years. So, Rhule should get 30 plus years then?
Do you guys that love Rhule not get it? They are expending the playoffs to 24 teams and even at that number...he won't make it.
Why not? Since Fred had one okay season (and it was just okay) in basketball and some old lady has an occasional one in softball, then all you have to do is give our head football coach all the time in the world and he too will eventually stumble into one okay season. Makes all the sense in the world.
Not giving a sh*t about something is not the same thing as being against something.
Good lord you sound like a teenage girl.
That is totally how the Rhulers think!
Trust me (and you know this too) the LAST thing that old lady softball coach wanted was a season that made them get a lot of coverage and new expectations. For 30+ years she got to coach without any expectations at all and zero coverage, making nice money and living a great life. Now lame fans are posting about the softball team and are already "worried" about next years team.
People are acting like coaches are lying when praising Raiola and dissing Nebraska for his departure. But they are just echoing what they are telling recruits. And the recruits are inclined to believe it. Why didn’t a 5 star QB develop better and decide to leave so that he can? How many Nebraska players get drafted? These are easy questions to plant doubt on the recruiting trail.
I judge women in sports (and therefore women's sports in general) by their sex appeal. Period
1. Is she sexy
2. See #1
1. Is she sexy
2. See #1
A lot of excuses when it’s easy to look at Rhules records and see that he is an average to below average coach
This is so true.
Same goes for women that act. No one is like "That Kathy Bates sure does get me hard" even though she is one of the best female actors of all time. But Sydney Sweeney will make more money than Bates will have made in her entire career, just in this year alone.
Of course now we have to get ready for the "I don't get what the big deal is about Sydney Sweeney is...my wife is hotter than her" posts.
..i want to do unspeakable things to sydney!!! ...and then speak about them to all my bro's!!!
It's because the B1G hates us...or so I've been told.
I find it interesting how some of these coaches that had average success and now they are kicking *** get a pass for be average for a number of years but the football coach has different standards, look I don’t love coach Rhule but I don’t hate him like a number of posters, if he fails then fire his ***. If he turns the corner and starts winning 9-11 games a year then get behind the team or become a Iowa fan
That's all well and good, but the question is, how long does he get? 7 years like Fred, right? Or is it 30 years like Rhonda now?
Really you're going to use Fred and Rhonda for example’s to use for the football program.
Good Grief.
Can't tell if you're being serious. It was sarcasm. As that's what @Baxter48 and several others seem to think. There was a whole thread aimed at @king_kong__ for calling for Fred to be fired and see see see we need to give Rhule more time.
If you're a BIG10 coach and truly think Rhule sucks, wouldn't you want him to stick around at Nebraska as long as possible?
Why **** talk him when you could just lie and say he's doing a great job, the situation he walked into was super tough and he's so close to turning things around. He just needs a bit more time.
Help the man keep his job so you can continue to kick his *** and help yourself.
WTF. He had a 72% completion percentage, a 3/1 TD/INT ratio, and was looking to have the best passing season in Nebraska history. Talk about living in denial. He was a true top 5 talent who went to a school that was completely incapable to develop his talents, and even then he was by far the best player on the field. Teenagers aren't supposed to come to a school that has 12 million tied up in coach salaries and do everything on their own, he was supposed to be developed, and if he wasn't you can't blame the teenager when the grown men are raking in millions to do nothing.
I kind of wish we could have local or state funded NIL so the government could take over when things go as badly as they are...like have a referendum on the coaching staff on the next ballot. If fans are funding the program, they should have a say in its decisions.
I totally get that but I would not really say any of those quotes were all that bad.
This was like when T-Mart was voted offensive players of the year in the conference and our fans still **** on him.
The answer (as usual) is in the middle.
Raiola is a quality quarterback and could definitely flourish with a better OL and WR's. He was not terrible like some believe.
But the 72% completion percentage? I laugh because I knew this would be brought up every time he dink and dunked his way to that percentage. He was the master of the 4 yard dump pass, the 6 yard easy pass. I will never prove it nor try to - but he sure looked like a "safety first, pad the stats" guy on many occasions. Is that true? Shrug. No idea, but that was just my gut. I was like "Dude, USE that arm of yours." I was so pumped to get him in that December and I have no ill will toward him. But he did not play like a true 5-star top QB in the nation IMO.
Anyway - most agree he wasn't a great fit. And his Uncle was the #1 culprit in stunting his growth.
Raiola is a quality quarterback and could definitely flourish with a better OL and WR's. He was not terrible like some believe.
But the 72% completion percentage? I laugh because I knew this would be brought up every time he dink and dunked his way to that percentage. He was the master of the 4 yard dump pass, the 6 yard easy pass. I will never prove it nor try to - but he sure looked like a "safety first, pad the stats" guy on many occasions. Is that true? Shrug. No idea, but that was just my gut. I was like "Dude, USE that arm of yours." I was so pumped to get him in that December and I have no ill will toward him. But he did not play like a true 5-star top QB in the nation IMO.
Anyway - most agree he wasn't a great fit. And his Uncle was the #1 culprit in stunting his growth.
If he finishes the season he likely has 24-26 TDs and 3000 yards passing, as a true sophomore. No qb is a good fit for the situation in Nebraska...Rhule burned through so many qbs in his first year, they all progressively got worse. Dylan had two OCs in two years, no protection, and a lot of turnover at WR and still played well.
He was an above average B1G passer. Dan Marino would smoke him in the 40, and Marino is 64. There were times when he just wouldn't pull the trigger. A LOT of yards were left on the field.
I agree with you , Rhule is not a good coach.A lot of excuses when it’s easy to look at Rhules records and see that he is an average to below average coach
No. I think Raiola set the offense back. We will probably never have the tackles to protect a qb who's 40 is measured with a sun dial. We need our qb to be an actual threat to move out of the pocket. He was pretty good within 20 yards.
I don't want our QB's having to run. I think Dana could have helped out Dylan rather than having him run for life.
You'll see how average our offense will be this year.
In quite a few cases, Dylan needed to help himself by hitting wide open receivers on the deep balls.
I dont recall a starting QB at Nebraska missing so many deep guys.
Average sounds fantastic compared to what they have been under Rhule!