Is this the most important game?

[Ewooc]

Wondering do you think the CU game is the most important game for Frost and the husker thus far?
I think back to last years games one could argue the MN as it was the first win. Maybe the Ohio St game since we actually didn't get blown out.
In my opinion this is the most important game to this point. We are in year 2, going on the road to play a heated rival. We had a horrible game 1. More than at any time last year this team needs a confidence boost. This team and coaching staff need to prove not only that they can win, but win on the road. I fear if we lose this game it may start that all to familiar spiral downward again.

 

[SkerInCo]

In terms of seeing what kind of team we have it is. If we come out flat again and lose I think we'll be in a dog fight for a bowl game the remainder of the season. Come out inspired and leave with a win I think the west is still there for the taking.

 

[RedCap_rivals330392]

The NEXT upcoming game should always be the most important game no matter who we are playing. So yes, right now, Colorado is the most important game. That needs to be the entire focus of the team this week.

 

[jlb321_rivals110621]

As I have said numerous times - this game is very big

You can’t explain away a 4-8 inaugural season to growing pains, as has been done by the fan base, and then lose to a program in almost the same situation we were in last year with the exception of their coaching staff being extremely green

No prior head coach experience

Off and Def coordinators are promoted analysts for quality the last couple of years.

 

[Ewooc]

The NEXT upcoming game should always be the most important game no matter who we are playing. So yes, right now, Colorado is the most important game. That needs to be the entire focus of the team this week.

Agree, Every game is important. After what has happened the last 4 year, 2 years for sure, we need to have a game like this where we go out and win. Hopefully win big. In the past these type of game have usually been losses. We need to show not only to the players, but the fans that Frost has this gaining ground and heading in a different direction from MR. The first game did not show that. The results here may guide what happens the rest of the year.

 

[John_J_Rambo]

In terms of seeing what kind of team we have it is. If we come out flat again and lose I think we'll be in a dog fight for a bowl game the remainder of the season. Come out inspired and leave with a win I think the west is still there for the taking.

this makes little to no sense.

as many have referenced, Northwestern, not 12 months ago, lost every non-con game on their schedule only to go on and win the West.

so, with that in mind, this game is big in that it will either make us 2-0 with a national ranking or 1-1 and drop out of the top 25. that's all.

 

[Ewooc]

As I have said numerous times - this game is very big

You can’t explain away a 4-8 inaugural season to growing pains, as has been done by the fan base, and then lose to a program in almost the same situation we were in last year with the exception of their coaching staff being extremely green

No prior head coach experience

Off and Def coordinators are promoted analysts for quality the last couple of years.

Right, that is my thought as well. If Frost has this rolling the right way this is a game that we should win. They are where we were last year. With less experienced HC and less overall talent on their roster. At the very least we should improve over last year, if we lose this game. To me that says we have gained no ground or they have a better HC

 

[jarens]

Yes it is Frost's most important game to date. A win Saturday could springboard the team to 4-0 and bring College GameDay to Lincoln for a showdown with Bucky. It would be the most nationally-relevant the Huskers have been since their Big 10 debut in Madison. A loss on Saturday though, could ruin all of that.

 

[Truehuskerfan]

In terms of seeing what kind of team we have it is. If we come out flat again and lose I think we'll be in a dog fight for a bowl game the remainder of the season. Come out inspired and leave with a win I think the west is still there for the taking.

A dogfight for a bowl game if we lose? That's going a little(OK, a lot) overboard. It's important, but it's not that important. Let's not overdo it on the head coaching thing either. If they beat us, it doesn't prove Mel Tucker is a better head coach. Many coaches lose to inferior head coaches.

 

[Huskred01]

In terms of seeing what kind of team we have it is. If we come out flat again and lose I think we'll be in a dog fight for a bowl game the remainder of the season. Come out inspired and leave with a win I think the west is still there for the taking.

I completely agree. If we win this we could be looking at 8-4 or 9-3.

If we lose, I think we could be heading for a 5-7 season.

Huge game for this year & for Frost’s tenure imo.

 

[Huskred01]

A dogfight for a bowl game if we lose? That's going a little(OK, a lot) overboard. It's important, but it's not that important.

If we can’t beat a bad CU team it will be a dogfight for a bowl game.

 

[jlb321_rivals110621]

A Colorado win this week would mean that CUs rag tag staff will have accomplished in the first 2 games what it took us 10 games to accomplish last year - beat 2 FCS opponents.

They are in the same situation as we were in last year only with a far less experienced and ballyhooed coaching staff.

We have the 2nd highest paid coach in the BIG - a loss would certainly be grounds for a lot of WTF questioning

If even a fraction of the accolades that were showered on Frost were valid I can’t fathom losing this game

 

[o_Hit]

Every game is important

 

[Truehuskerfan]

I completely agree. If we win this we could be looking at 8-4 or 9-3.

If we lose, I think we could be heading for a 5-7 season.

Huge game for this year & for Frost’s tenure imo.

Nonsense. I guess that's what happened to Northwestern last year when they started 1-3, right?

 

[mgbreeze]

It's really important because I'd rather not listen to all the bitching around here if we lose. Oh who am I kidding? There's gonna be a lot of bitching even if we win.

Seriously though, every win is important to help accelerate the process. But Frost is my guy no matter what, because I believe if he can't solve this funk then we're basically screwed. So if we lose, I'm moving on to next week and I plan to see the team continue to develop.

 

[corndogfan0120]

To start 4-0 and have game day at tOSU yes.

Most important all season no, that would be tOSU.

 

[GeorgeFlippin]

It’s the most important game for Nebraska, this week.

 

[The_Glove_Man_rivals300278]

Especially if the offense sputters again, there will be grumbling about Martinez, grumbling about Frost. CU is going to get some points Saturday. We aren't going to win if the O only gets in the end zone twice. And we'll lose all the media love, which means we will lose recruiting momentum...

Need to win, need video game offensive stats.

 

[barney44]

Nope...

We’re not chasing a national title and this game plays no role in our division race...

 

[mgbreeze]

If you really want me to say something is "do or die" this year, we NEED to go to a bowl game. So, let's get win #2 in the bank.

 

[HuskerBlueDevil]

Nonsense. I guess that's what happened to Northwestern last year when they started 1-3, right?

I would disagree to this extent. NW had a senior and junior dominated team that had seen previous success. OTOH, NU has a team dominated by underclassmen with no real history of recent success. I would suggest that the NU team is much more fragile than NW was last year. A loss to CU could (and I say COULD) be much more devastating to the NU psyche then NW's losses OOC last year.

 

[John_J_Rambo]

love all the sunday morning QBs also doubling as sports psychologists in this thread

Laughing

 

[huskerssalts]

Wondering do you think the CU game is the most important game for Frost and the husker thus far?
I think back to last years games one could argue the MN as it was the first win. Maybe the Ohio St game since we actually didn't get blown out.
In my opinion this is the most important game to this point. We are in year 2, going on the road to play a heated rival. We had a horrible game 1. More than at any time last year this team needs a confidence boost. This team and coaching staff need to prove not only that they can win, but win on the road. I fear if we lose this game it may start that all to familiar spiral downward again.

Definitely not the most important game of the season (because we could lose this game and still win the BIG 10 West) but it will definitely set the tone for the rest of the season. Colorado last year shouldn’t have beaten us. Even the Colorado “Expert” on the front page of our Huskersonline.com (in the “Ask the Expert” article) admits the Huskers lost the game more so then Colorado won the game. So this year, year 2 in Frost and Chins system, the Huskers should take a step forward and play even better against Colorado then we did last year (Colorado has a brand new coaching staff in year 1)...with that said, we should NOT lose this game. And if some how we do...it could and will kill momentum and confidence the players have or would have if we won. Win this game...and our Huskers should be on cloud 9 and flying high after getting revenge on a dirty Colorado team...GBR

 

[c3o]

emotionally, this game is important. logically, it's a non-conference game that only has bearing on our overall record.

I am getting so caught up in what this team is that emotionally, I'm scared to lose. I need to remind myself that we're in a process of a rebuild. Frost losing this game would hurt, but he's still our coach. I'm under the impression he still has a lot of learning to do too.

I've learned not to be short-sighted at work and it's helped me tremendously. It can help in all aspects of life. The bigger picture is that we improve each week and fight hard in every game. I really don't want to lose to CU. But, I need to remind myself that this team is a back to back 4 win team.

 

[huskerssalts]

emotionally, this game is important. logically, it's a non-conference game that only has bearing on our overall record.

I am getting so caught up in what this team is that emotionally, I'm scared to lose. I need to remind myself that we're in a process of a rebuild. Frost losing this game would hurt, but he's still our coach. I'm under the impression he still has a lot of learning to do too.

I've learned not to be short-sighted at work and it's helped me tremendously. It can help in all aspects of life. The bigger picture is that we improve each week and fight hard in every game. I really don't want to lose to CU. But, I need to remind myself that this team is a back to back 4 win team.

Exactly...if we lose, oh trust me it will more then suck. BUT we all have to remember this is year 2 of a rebuild after Mike Riley pretty much ruined our Huskers and threw us into a massive dumpster fire. This will take time, regardless how badly we want to speed things up.

 

[John_J_Rambo]

Exactly...if we lose, oh trust me it will more then suck. BUT we all have to remember this is year 2 of a rebuild after Mike Riley pretty much ruined our Huskers and threw us into a massive dumpster fire. This will take time, regardless how badly we want to speed things up.

not just Riley, literally 20 years of program disemboweling by numerous clueless individuals. every one of them is accountable to our precipitous tumble from national relevance.

 

[huskerssalts]

not just Riley, literally 20 years of program disemboweling by numerous clueless individuals. every one of them is accountable to our precipitous tumble from national relevance.

Agreed there. Only thing Callahan did was show we CAN recruit the top talent. Outside that, once Tom Osborne retired, it was a slide down wards. Now Scott Frost has to build us back up.

 

[Truehuskerfan]

I would disagree to this extent. NW had a senior and junior dominated team that had seen previous success. OTOH, NU has a team dominated by underclassmen with no real history of recent success. I would suggest that the NU team is much more fragile than NW was last year. A loss to CU could (and I say COULD) be much more devastating to the NU psyche then NW's losses OOC last year.

That was just one example. There are many others one could come up with. I don't think losses are really as damaging to a team's psyche as people think. How many times have we seen somebody lose a game in disappointing fashion and then come back the next week and win big. Heck, look at the loss to Northwestern last year. If losing any game should affect a team's psyche, that was it with the way we blew a game we should have won. Yet it didn't send the team into a tailspin-on the contrary, they played the best they had all season after that. So I think people are overdoing it on assuming that a loss would affect the team's psyche.

 

[Husker Hambone]

Progress and moving the program in the right direction would be winning the game.

Losing would really suck, but wouldn’t be surprising. They’ve lost their last 7 games on the road.

I don’t think they need this game to make a bowl.

But lord if they miss a bowl with this dog crap schedule... welp I’d say the honeymoon is over for Frost.

 

[jlb321_rivals110621]

not just Riley, literally 20 years of program disemboweling by numerous clueless individuals. every one of them is accountable to our precipitous tumble from national relevance.

no one is expecting a playoff title run this year ... but it is now year 2 and Frost owns the record - every loss and every win.
We understand this isn't likely a top 10 team ... but all the media outlets and all summer most have had this team ranked and one of the favorites to win the west. There are expectations that go along with this job and those expectations - year 2 or not, shouldn't be continually dampened just because the head coach is Scott Frost, in fact he has been granted a tremendous amount of grace for a year one showing that didn't improve the win total at all of the coach he replaced. Had our coach been PJ Fleck with a 4-8 1st year and a shaky initial game in 2019 there would already been a lot more criticism. There is already some caution being thrown out about this Colorado game to give this staff some cover in case we lose which is ridiculous. Take care of business this weekend - no excuses

"In life there is a scoreboard"

 

[John_J_Rambo]

no one is expecting a playoff title run this year ... but it is now year 2 and Frost owns the record - every loss and every win.
We understand this isn't likely a top 10 team ... but all the media outlets and all summer most have had this team ranked and one of the favorites to win the west. Their are expectations that go along with this job and those expectations - year 2 or not, shouldn't be continually dampened just because the head coach is Scott Frost, in fact he has been granted a tremendous amount of grace for a year one showing that didn't improve the win total at all of the coach he replaced. Had our coach been PJ Fleck with a 4-8 1st year and a shaky initial game in 2019 there would already been a lot of criticism. There is already some caution being thrown out about this Colorado game to give this staff some cover in case we lose which is ridiculous. Take care of business this weekend - no excuses

"In life there is a scoreboard"

I made no excuse by stating that fact. Sorry if you read too much into it.

I fully expect us to win this game.

 

[Pennsyhusker_rivals246774]

I think this game is huge. We need this win. We need the momentum.

 

[HuskerBruce81]

love all the sunday morning QBs also doubling as sports psychologists in this thread

Laughing

Why are you even on a message board? Just admit this isn't your thing and go enjoy nature

 

[Ewooc]

Why are you even on a message board? Just admit this isn't your thing and go enjoy nature

I will take my 4,000+ posts and almost 3000 likes to your 500 and strongly disagree. Thanks for playing.

 

[Solana Beach Husker]

Wondering do you think the CU game is the most important game for Frost and the husker thus far?
I think back to last years games one could argue the MN as it was the first win. Maybe the Ohio St game since we actually didn't get blown out.
In my opinion this is the most important game to this point. We are in year 2, going on the road to play a heated rival. We had a horrible game 1. More than at any time last year this team needs a confidence boost. This team and coaching staff need to prove not only that they can win, but win on the road. I fear if we lose this game it may start that all to familiar spiral downward again.

Naw, I would say Wisky, after the bye, will be a bigger game. We could lose this game 100-0 and still end the season by winning the west and challenging to go to a BCS bowl. This team is going to struggle for a while...and Ohio state could be pretty ugly...but by wisky I see us being a much more complete team. We are super young on offense with too many transfers, and freshman being relied upon to be consistent. Now if we had a defense driven head coach who respected the defensive side of the ball and protected those guys I would say we could really have a great season. Frosty is committed to running the team through the offense, and our offense if going to be inconsistent at best. But in a month and half or so we should be much better.

 

[c3o]

no one is expecting a playoff title run this year ... but it is now year 2 and Frost owns the record - every loss and every win.
We understand this isn't likely a top 10 team ... but all the media outlets and all summer most have had this team ranked and one of the favorites to win the west. There are expectations that go along with this job and those expectations - year 2 or not, shouldn't be continually dampened just because the head coach is Scott Frost, in fact he has been granted a tremendous amount of grace for a year one showing that didn't improve the win total at all of the coach he replaced. Had our coach been PJ Fleck with a 4-8 1st year and a shaky initial game in 2019 there would already been a lot more criticism. There is already some caution being thrown out about this Colorado game to give this staff some cover in case we lose which is ridiculous. Take care of business this weekend - no excuses

"In life there is a scoreboard"

Your bias is showing

 

[cubsker_rivals142943]

For as dogshit as we've been, colorado has been more dogshit. No excuses.

 

[BayAreaBigRed]

Frost has yet to win a road game at Nebraska, so yeah huge

 

[BeautifulDayintheNeighborhood]

The most important game is the cfp seminal final against Bama

 

[HuskerBruce81]

I will take my 4,000+ posts and almost 3000 likes to your 500 and strongly disagree. Thanks for playing.

Congrats