What is your level of engagement?

[Truewooper]

I shut myself off pretty hard after the iowa game. Watched pieces of the Utah game. I've tuned back in for the season to start.

Rhule is another person who can't say I messed up always has to play mind games. Like this is a tweak not a complete program reset.

But I'll support them in case Rhule fixed enough holes. In his staff to overcome his time management issues and how his teams start hot but either get out adjusted or pulls back after a lead.

Does make me worried that the "CEO" coach people wanted is really bad at hiring and retaining his staff.

OL coach 1:... OL coach 2: May have found one.
Wr coach 1: hired a kid. Wr coach 2: jury still out
RB: Might be ok at coaching not great at recruiting.
TE coach 1: Never made it to campus. TE coach 2: Failed OC that ur overpaying
QB: Will find out this year.
OC 1 Almost tanked year 2 had to be demoted to TE coach. OC 2: Might be washed up.

DL 1: Great get. left. DL 2: So bad he didn't make it through the bowl game. DL 3: Backwards hat RHULE

LB 1: Good until last year likely DL 2's fault.
DB 1: Good left for reasons. DB 2 terrible but fell up. DB 3: actually good.
DC 1: SUPER GOOD but left because of hc. DC 2: guy who had only been DC 1 time and was bad that year. Breaks it and gets canned before bowl game.

ST 1: SO TERRIBLE THERE SHOULD BE A BOOK.
ST 2: Amazing should be thanking him for 2 wins. Leaves on his own accord.

 

[SuperBigFan69]

I shut myself off pretty hard after the iowa game. Watched pieces of the Utah game. I've tuned back in for the season to start.

Rhule is another person who can't say I messed up always has to play mind games. Like this is a tweak not a complete program reset.

But I'll support them in case Rhule fixed enough holes. In his staff to overcome his time management issues and how his teams start hot but either get out adjusted or pulls back after a lead.

Does make me worried that the "CEO" coach people wanted is really bad at hiring and retaining his staff.

OL coach 1:... OL coach 2: May have found one.
Wr coach 1: hired a kid. Wr coach 2: jury still out
RB: Might be ok at coaching not great at recruiting.
TE coach 1: Never made it to campus. TE coach 2: Failed OC that ur overpaying
QB: Will find out this year.
OC 1 Almost tanked year 2 had to be demoted to TE coach. OC 2: Might be washed up.

DL 1: Great get. left. DL 2: So bad he didn't make it through the bowl game. DL 3: Backwards hat RHULE

LB 1: Good until last year likely DL 2's fault.
DB 1: Good left for reasons. DB 2 terrible but fell up. DB 3: actually good.
DC 1: SUPER GOOD but left because of hc. DC 2: guy who had only been DC 1 time and was bad that year. Breaks it and gets canned before bowl game.

ST 1: SO TERRIBLE THERE SHOULD BE A BOOK.
ST 2: Amazing should be thanking him for 2 wins. Leaves on his own accord.

When you see it broken down like this...it is hard for even the Rhule Lovers to think "Yeah, this guy totally deserves more time"

The best coach he hired is Ekler and he clearly hired him because his first hire was horrible...

Rhule came here for tons of money (I don't blame him at all for that) and thinking that lame bowl games were going to make this fan base happy (I blame him for thinking that). He needs to be gone.

 

[Truewooper]

When you see it broken down like this...it is hard for even the Rhule Lovers to think "Yeah, this guy totally deserves more time"

The best coach he hired is Ekler and he clearly hired him because his first hire was horrible...

Rhule came here for tons of money (I don't blame him at all for that) and thinking that lame bowl games were going to make this fan base happy (I blame him for thinking that). He needs to be gone.

I was a pretty big Rhule supporter. But the way he sold himself and this program to the Riaola family is wild.

Plus, I don't think making bowl games with those schedules is that impressive. Better coaching could have gotten us to a bowl game in 2023, At least 2 more wins in 2024. 1 possibly 2 more wins in 2025. Ekler was his best hire and he ran him out cause he wanted to help coach some LB's and chest bump the coach a little. Without those 2 big returns I don't think we win those games. Then we're talking about a 5 - 7 year.

 

[SuperBigFan69]

I was a pretty big Rhule supporter. But the way he sold himself and this program to the Riaola family is wild.

Plus, I don't think making bowl games with those schedules is that impressive. Better coaching could have gotten us to a bowl game in 2023, At least 2 more wins in 2024. 1 possibly 2 more wins in 2025. Ekler was his best hire and he ran him out cause he wanted to help coach some LB's and chest bump the coach a little. Without those 2 big returns I don't think we win those games. Then we're talking about a 5 - 7 year.

Making bowl games is a pretty lame accomplishment right now...Rhule has basically done the bare minimum.

 

[litespeedhuskerfan]

Rhule came here for tons of money (I don't blame him at all for that) and thinking that lame bowl games were going to make this fan base happy (I blame him for thinking that). He needs to be gone.

We literally had to throw tens of millions of dollars extra to get him to say yes , after he turned us down. I've said this many times, but it can't just be about the money. Or this is the result you get. On some level, you have to want to be here... and his own wife had to tell him to take the job and we had to throw a bunch of money at him over and above the initial offer, which was huge.

 

[Anon1752071136]

I shut myself off pretty hard after the iowa game. Watched pieces of the Utah game. I've tuned back in for the season to start.

Rhule is another person who can't say I messed up always has to play mind games. Like this is a tweak not a complete program reset.

But I'll support them in case Rhule fixed enough holes. In his staff to overcome his time management issues and how his teams start hot but either get out adjusted or pulls back after a lead.

Does make me worried that the "CEO" coach people wanted is really bad at hiring and retaining his staff.

OL coach 1:... OL coach 2: May have found one.
Wr coach 1: hired a kid. Wr coach 2: jury still out
RB: Might be ok at coaching not great at recruiting.
TE coach 1: Never made it to campus. TE coach 2: Failed OC that ur overpaying
QB: Will find out this year.
OC 1 Almost tanked year 2 had to be demoted to TE coach. OC 2: Might be washed up.

DL 1: Great get. left. DL 2: So bad he didn't make it through the bowl game. DL 3: Backwards hat RHULE

LB 1: Good until last year likely DL 2's fault.
DB 1: Good left for reasons. DB 2 terrible but fell up. DB 3: actually good.
DC 1: SUPER GOOD but left because of hc. DC 2: guy who had only been DC 1 time and was bad that year. Breaks it and gets canned before bowl game.

ST 1: SO TERRIBLE THERE SHOULD BE A BOOK.
ST 2: Amazing should be thanking him for 2 wins. Leaves on his own accord.

This is not a quality CEO record, but then again, Drool sells himself as a CEO and those with a predilection for preaching fall for it. His HR record sucks, and this is not a new development at Nebraska. I was done with him last year but will of course be happy if he pulls a proverbial rabbit out of his arse hat. I'm not banking on it, but will bank on him selling us another bill of goods no matter how this season goes. Selling is what MR does best.

 

[Truewooper]

This is not a quality CEO record, but then again, Drool sells himself as a CEO and those with a predilection for preaching fall for it. His HR record sucks, and this is not a new development at Nebraska. I was done with him last year but will of course be happy if he pulls a proverbial rabbit out of his arse hat. I'm not banking on it, but will bank on him selling us another bill of goods no matter how this season goes. Selling is what MR does best.

I 100 percent agree. If he wins 1 one game he'll talk about how it was the hardest schedule in Nebraska football history.

I was so pissed last year when he said Nebraska was dead when he arrived.

 

[BfrmNC]

I’ve got this gut feeling that Rhule is just running out the clock. All of his rah rah head games fall on deaf ears. It used to work, but now social media is just a bunch of noise, and no one is falling for that trickery. He’s been exposed as a pretty average coach that is outmatched frequently. He’ll win a few games, lose more than he should considering how devoted our fans have been and then he’ll be out of here.

He ain’t him….just a snake oil salesman. Will he ever beat a Top 25 team?? 2-24 against Associated Press Top 25 teams, 0-8 mark during his tenure at Nebraska.

 

[RoryMurray]

My little interaction with the athletic department over the last 25 years tells me there are a lot of lifers doing important day to day tasks for whomever the AD and the coach is...there is a lot of power held in the people who have been at NU for the entirety of our futility since 2001. Nobody in power cares about individual fans, they literally think that we are idiots, with bottomless wallets who will shill out to keep stupid things intact like the "sell-out" streak, or "best fans in america". Some of the big donors have power but they have the same non-pragmatic hang-ups of some fans...like "he isn't a fit", or "doesn't do things like T.O". The one "revolutionary" thing that Cignetti did was either clean house of the lifers at Indiana or lit a fire up their *** to wake and do things with competence. This is hard, these people have been making six-figures while the team loses for literally decades, their retirement, happiness are tied to keeping the status quo. Can an AD, or coach really make a difference if the culture of 95% of the place is steeped in mediocrity?

Your lack of financial and emotional involvement in the program makes me scratch my head why you constantly opine on a free message board full of people who clearly don’t really care about the program or college football in general. Just a bunch of over the hill losers yelling at clouds.

The free board makes me laugh. So much “I don’t care anymore” and “everything sucks” and “college football is dead” and on and on and on, yet you all spend an extreme portion of your time bitching about it. Get some hobbies and realize it’s not that bad. GBR.

 

[Fed-Up]

I had season tickets for 20 years. The last 5 seasons I said I was not renewing. I did not renew my tickets for the up coming season and will not attend another game in person. I have spent a lot of money to see poor coaching of bad ...lackadaisical football. I will watch on TV. At least there I can turn the channel when needed.

Hope I am wrong...but I don't see this ending any better. I am not convinced this new recruiting will make a difference in the long run. This "Great" recruiting class has not landed on campus yet. We will see after this potentially brutal year how many of those commits actually show up.

As I said...I hope I am wrong...

 

[Walleye 1]

I had season tickets for 20 years. The last 5 seasons I said I was not renewing. I did not renew my tickets for the up coming season and will not attend another game in person. I have spent a lot of money to see poor coaching of bad ...lackadaisical football. I will watch on TV. At least there I can turn the channel when needed.

Hope I am wrong...but I don't see this ending any better. I am not convinced this new recruiting will make a difference in the long run. This "Great" recruiting class has not landed on campus yet. We will see after this potentially brutal year how many of those commits actually show up.

As I said...I hope I am wrong...

Good for you. What a stand you are taking. My god. You are a modern day Rebelion. Such a bad ***….

 

[SuperBigFan69]

Yeah, I totally don't get the "I am not going to the game" and the "I won't watch" or "I change the station" fan...

You get 12 regular season games a year...and you want to skip some or stop watching or not go to Lincoln because the team lost or fumbled or missed a FG the week before?

Each game is fun in its own way. Do I think NU will suck this upcoming season? Yes.

Have I already started to make plans with my friends for the games...**** YEAH!

 

[orclover11]

Your lack of financial and emotional involvement in the program makes me scratch my head why you constantly opine on a free message board full of people who clearly don’t really care about the program or college football in general. Just a bunch of over the hill losers yelling at clouds.

The free board makes me laugh. So much “I don’t care anymore” and “everything sucks” and “college football is dead” and on and on and on, yet you all spend an extreme portion of your time bitching about it. Get some hobbies and realize it’s not that bad. GBR.

You don't get away with a post like this because you are on a loser football free board bitching about people bitching. This is far worse than being a fan who is just bored with the state of their favorite team. I would get it if we were 12-1 and people were "stressed" about losing two games next year. But people are going to spend real time, and real money, and real emotion to watch us win 5 games and get blown out 3 times with a coach that makes top 10 money. NU are the yankees, lakers, cowboys of this region. You don't just throw that fandom away, which is why we travel so well, have fans in every corner of the world, and have one of the most invested and largest fan bases despite the university being overall meh, and our program being terrible for a long time.

 

[RoryMurray]

You don't get away with a post like this because you are on a loser football free board bitching about people bitching. This is far worse than being a fan who is just bored with the state of their favorite team. I would get it if we were 12-1 and people were "stressed" about losing two games next year. But people are going to spend real time, and real money, and real emotion to watch us win 5 games and get blown out 3 times with a coach that makes top 10 money. NU are the yankees, lakers, cowboys of this region. You don't just throw that fandom away, which is why we travel so well, have fans in every corner of the world, and have one of the most invested and largest fan bases despite the university being overall meh, and our program being terrible for a long time.

So five games is it? If I were you, I’d just skip the entire season and find another hobby. Sad, sad life you live. Then, when you find out Rhule is coach again in 2027, you’ll probably just have to stop being a fan.

 

[king_kong__]

So five games is it? If I were you, I’d just skip the entire season and find another hobby. Sad, sad life you live. Then, when you find out Rhule is coach again in 2027, you’ll probably just have to stop being a fan.

Excited for the “gotcha!” when we go 6-6!

And I’m sure all the soft, clueless, listless pay boarders will be just positive the record doesn’t reflect “rhules best team yet!”

 

[davecisar]

I had season tickets for 20 years. The last 5 seasons I said I was not renewing. I did not renew my tickets for the up coming season and will not attend another game in person. I have spent a lot of money to see poor coaching of bad ...lackadaisical football. I will watch on TV. At least there I can turn the channel when needed.

Hope I am wrong...but I don't see this ending any better. I am not convinced this new recruiting will make a difference in the long run. This "Great" recruiting class has not landed on campus yet. We will see after this potentially brutal year how many of those commits actually show up.

As I said...I hope I am wrong...

Same here- tickets in family since 1963

 

[SuperBigFan69]

I could not imagine NOT watching the Huskers but still posting here...

 

[Scoop123]

I can not imagine telling other fans how they should post on a board or feel about their team. The lecture that this board is full of losers because they aren't positive enough, smart enough or basically the type of poster that the guy requires them to be.

This holier than thou type fan isn't smart enough to realize they look like the biggest tool of them all when they stroll onto any board and tell others how they should post, act and feel about their fav team.

 

[NikkiSixx]

It would take 20 good players to win 7+ games this year...can you name 5 good players?

it's not about a certain number of players or any arbitrary thing like that.. it is about leadership and teamwork. We have a QB that is a leader and that chemistry alone, will foster great teamwork. Tommy Frazier was not successful because of x number of talent on the roster, or even his abismal 50-something completion percentage.. it was about his leadership. That is the number 1 trait you need to be successful. We are going to have that this year, and Trae Taylor is also showing he too is a leader. Your entire premise is wrong and comes from ignorance.

 

[orclover11]

it's not about a certain number of players or any arbitrary thing like that.. it is about leadership and teamwork. We have a QB that is a leader and that chemistry alone, will foster great teamwork. Tommy Frazier was not successful because of x number of talent on the roster, or even his abismal 50-something completion percentage.. it was about his leadership. That is the number 1 trait you need to be successful. We are going to have that this year, and Trae Taylor is also showing he too is a leader. Your entire premise is wrong and comes from ignorance.

Please name our starting qb and his career record as a starter.

 

[orclover11]

So five games is it? If I were you, I’d just skip the entire season and find another hobby. Sad, sad life you live. Then, when you find out Rhule is coach again in 2027, you’ll probably just have to stop being a fan.

Alright, lets talk football.
Give me five reasons we will make a bowl game next year? I will give you 5 reasons we won't.

1. We do not have a returning qb with experience in the system. Historically breaking in a new qb leads to losses. He is experienced but not in power 4 play.
2. Our starting qb has a career record of 15-16 as a starter in a lower conference. He also has a 1 to 1 td/int ratio. He is also going to rely on running which will guarentee he is injured for a portion of the season. We have a backup who showed they could not function, even with the best rb in the conference.
3. We don't have a running back...we lost the best rb in the conference and replaced him with a pregnant woman beater who is not going to play.
4. We have new oline and dline coaches...even if they are good coaches it will take time for them to get the bodies and minds to meet their goals. The dline was so bad last year that the d-coordinator was forced to run a scheme where the dline was predicted to get crushed and the back seven would fill gaps. This is why we were historically bad against the run. Both lines did not add talent from the power 4...mostly lower division guys.
5. The schedule isn't "hard" just extreme. We will almost certainly win 4-5 games... but getting to six is going to be difficult...we will have an injured qb at times, we will get beat down multiple times against OSU, Indiana, and Oregon. Having to beat Rutgers for a sixth win should be guaranteed at this point but it is a later season game, and we know how those go.

So, I think we start 5-1. Loss to Michigan State on the road. Then we have Indiana, Oregon, Washington and Illinois in a row which will leave us at 5-5 with a mentally, and physically beat up team. Colandrea gets hurt in there because we have to run him to get value. But we also won't have a running game, so he gets too high of a load until he breaks. Rutgers is then the superbowl...but on the road. After four consecutive beat downs, and likely a back up qb playing...I think that is a loss, and we get drilled by OSU and Iowa to end the season. 5-7 is enough for Rhule to get another year. Dannon fancies himself a "business man" and not a "football fan". Rhule could easily make it to 2030 as long as the donations keep coming in.

 

[NikkiSixx]

Please name our starting qb and his career record as a starter.

once again, you come at this from an ignorant singular point of view.. not going to entertain you other than to say, everyone sees all the bad stats here and there and is down on this year, and it's precisely why I am positive. Things NEVER go like they are planned. Everyone thinks it will be a **** year. Watch and learn.

 

[Scoop123]

Both lines did not add talent from the power 4...mostly lower division guys.

Seriously? To be a little off is one thing - you went 0-for-6


Offensive Linemen (OL):

• Paul Mubenga: Played at LSU.
• Tree Babalade: Played at South Carolina.
• Brendan Black: Played at Iowa State. [1, 2, 3]

Defensive Linemen (DL):

• Anthony Jones Jr.: Played at UCLA.
• Owen Stoudmire: Played at Boston College.
• Jahsear Whittington: Played at Pittsburgh. [1, 2, 3]

Were you kidding, lying or asleep?

 

[TheRealPeliniTheCrutch]

Alright, lets talk football.
Give me five reasons we will make a bowl game next year? I will give you 5 reasons we won't.

1. We do not have a returning qb with experience in the system. Historically breaking in a new qb leads to losses. He is experienced but not in power 4 play.
2. Our starting qb has a career record of 15-16 as a starter in a lower conference. He also has a 1 to 1 td/int ratio. He is also going to rely on running which will guarentee he is injured for a portion of the season. We have a backup who showed they could not function, even with the best rb in the conference.
3. We don't have a running back...we lost the best rb in the conference and replaced him with a pregnant woman beater who is not going to play.
4. We have new oline and dline coaches...even if they are good coaches it will take time for them to get the bodies and minds to meet their goals. The dline was so bad last year that the d-coordinator was forced to run a scheme where the dline was predicted to get crushed and the back seven would fill gaps. This is why we were historically bad against the run. Both lines did not add talent from the power 4...mostly lower division guys.
5. The schedule isn't "hard" just extreme. We will almost certainly win 4-5 games... but getting to six is going to be difficult...we will have an injured qb at times, we will get beat down multiple times against OSU, Indiana, and Oregon. Having to beat Rutgers for a sixth win should be guaranteed at this point but it is a later season game, and we know how those go.

So, I think we start 5-1. Loss to Michigan State on the road. Then we have Indiana, Oregon, Washington and Illinois in a row which will leave us at 5-5 with a mentally, and physically beat up team. Colandrea gets hurt in there because we have to run him to get value. But we also won't have a running game, so he gets too high of a load until he breaks. Rutgers is then the superbowl...but on the road. After four consecutive beat downs, and likely a back up qb playing...I think that is a loss, and we get drilled by OSU and Iowa to end the season. 5-7 is enough for Rhule to get another year. Dannon fancies himself a "business man" and not a "football fan". Rhule could easily make it to 2030 as long as the donations keep coming in.

I ain’t going into 5 reasons stuff.

However, here’s a few:

the schedule: yes, there are more automatic losses than normal. should still go 5-1 to start at worst, and there are winnable games after that. Illinois won’t be the same Illinois of the last few years IMO.

talent: OL will be much better. DL will be slightly better. WR room is good. DBs are equal to last year IMO. LBs are clearly better. QB is what makes it fun.

coaching: both raiolas are gone which helps the OL and the OC. Rhule obviously still sucks though. DC will be an upgrade. Special teams will take a step back, but nowhere near Foley’s level. HUGE prove-it year for Holgorsen and that will determine this teams trajectory.

 

[FAGA]

Please name our starting qb and his career record as a starter.

The most Nebraska thing ever is to overpay for a QB whose last game was a dogshit performance against the the team he'll see in the season opener.

You cant write this ****.

 

[RoryMurray]

Alright, lets talk football.
Give me five reasons we will make a bowl game next year? I will give you 5 reasons we won't.

1. We do not have a returning qb with experience in the system. Historically breaking in a new qb leads to losses. He is experienced but not in power 4 play.
2. Our starting qb has a career record of 15-16 as a starter in a lower conference. He also has a 1 to 1 td/int ratio. He is also going to rely on running which will guarentee he is injured for a portion of the season. We have a backup who showed they could not function, even with the best rb in the conference.
3. We don't have a running back...we lost the best rb in the conference and replaced him with a pregnant woman beater who is not going to play.
4. We have new oline and dline coaches...even if they are good coaches it will take time for them to get the bodies and minds to meet their goals. The dline was so bad last year that the d-coordinator was forced to run a scheme where the dline was predicted to get crushed and the back seven would fill gaps. This is why we were historically bad against the run. Both lines did not add talent from the power 4...mostly lower division guys.
5. The schedule isn't "hard" just extreme. We will almost certainly win 4-5 games... but getting to six is going to be difficult...we will have an injured qb at times, we will get beat down multiple times against OSU, Indiana, and Oregon. Having to beat Rutgers for a sixth win should be guaranteed at this point but it is a later season game, and we know how those go.

So, I think we start 5-1. Loss to Michigan State on the road. Then we have Indiana, Oregon, Washington and Illinois in a row which will leave us at 5-5 with a mentally, and physically beat up team. Colandrea gets hurt in there because we have to run him to get value. But we also won't have a running game, so he gets too high of a load until he breaks. Rutgers is then the superbowl...but on the road. After four consecutive beat downs, and likely a back up qb playing...I think that is a loss, and we get drilled by OSU and Iowa to end the season. 5-7 is enough for Rhule to get another year. Dannon fancies himself a "business man" and not a "football fan". Rhule could easily make it to 2030 as long as the donations keep coming in.

I don’t have a clue what this season will look like. But, it’s pretty hard to argue with someone that basically speaks in absolutes.

You did just post a bunch of false pieces of information, so I’ll take a swing:

1. Valid point. I can’t really go against the thought process. However, there’s been plenty of recent examples of G5 quarterbacks making the jump to P4 and succeeding at a pretty high level. I think Colandrea is a fit for Dana’s offense, so I wouldn’t be surprised to see it work.

2. First two years at Virginia weren’t good. Can’t argue with that. Had a solid season last year at UNLV, named MWC offensive POY. Looking at #1, just because it was G5 doesn’t automatically mean it won’t translate to P4, especially now as a senior (noted his freshman and sophomore record at Virginia is not good). I don’t know where you’re coming up with the 1:1 TD:INT ratio. He’s thrown a career 49 TDs to 29 INTs.

3. Fair point, yet I wouldn’t sleep on Mozee and Rule appears to be a legit back. Pretty much wait and see, I know, but way too early to claim we don’t have a RB.

4. “Both lines did not add talent from the power 4”. Hmm. OL added Babalade from South Carolina, Mubenga from LSU, and Black from Iowa St. All three come in with starting experience. So you whiffed on that one.

DL additions don’t look as good as OL, yet they all came from P4. Stoudmire from Boston College, Whittingham from Pitt, and Jones from UCLA.

5. Who knows:

Win the three non-conference games

MSU is bad. Like really bad. If you think we lose simply because of Fitzgerald, whatever. The guy lost his luster as a HC quite a while ago.

Maryland should be a win. I think that’s a 5-0 start.

Indiana, Oregon, and OSU -

Washington at home is 50/50 probably at this point

At Illinois is probably 50/50 at this point

At Rutgers - I’ll project a win

At Iowa - historically, it’s been a much closer game than not. I’d say 65/35 at this point leaning towards Iowa just because. But who knows at this point.

That puts me in the 9-3 at best (which I doubt at all happens) to 6-6 at worst crowd.

 

[SuperBigFan69]

Illinois is going to be bad.

 

[Walleye 1]

Alright, lets talk football.
Give me five reasons we will make a bowl game next year? I will give you 5 reasons we won't.

1. We do not have a returning qb with experience in the system. Historically breaking in a new qb leads to losses. He is experienced but not in power 4 play.
2. Our starting qb has a career record of 15-16 as a starter in a lower conference. He also has a 1 to 1 td/int ratio. He is also going to rely on running which will guarentee he is injured for a portion of the season. We have a backup who showed they could not function, even with the best rb in the conference.
3. We don't have a running back...we lost the best rb in the conference and replaced him with a pregnant woman beater who is not going to play.
4. We have new oline and dline coaches...even if they are good coaches it will take time for them to get the bodies and minds to meet their goals. The dline was so bad last year that the d-coordinator was forced to run a scheme where the dline was predicted to get crushed and the back seven would fill gaps. This is why we were historically bad against the run. Both lines did not add talent from the power 4...mostly lower division guys.
5. The schedule isn't "hard" just extreme. We will almost certainly win 4-5 games... but getting to six is going to be difficult...we will have an injured qb at times, we will get beat down multiple times against OSU, Indiana, and Oregon. Having to beat Rutgers for a sixth win should be guaranteed at this point but it is a later season game, and we know how those go.

So, I think we start 5-1. Loss to Michigan State on the road. Then we have Indiana, Oregon, Washington and Illinois in a row which will leave us at 5-5 with a mentally, and physically beat up team. Colandrea gets hurt in there because we have to run him to get value. But we also won't have a running game, so he gets too high of a load until he breaks. Rutgers is then the superbowl...but on the road. After four consecutive beat downs, and likely a back up qb playing...I think that is a loss, and we get drilled by OSU and Iowa to end the season. 5-7 is enough for Rhule to get another year. Dannon fancies himself a "business man" and not a "football fan". Rhule could easily make it to 2030 as long as the donations keep coming in.

A few things I do with on here. But when you either blatantly lie or just that misinformed about the lines only adding lower level transfers. You probably should never start a post with “Alright, let’s talk football” because you clearly have no idea what you are talking about.