More or less confident in team after Cincinnati?

Ext. 55 · Friday at 6:08 PM

Seth Meyers Idk GIF by Late Night with Seth Meyers

Milo-of-Croton · Friday at 6:15 PM

The pieces are all there. If you are as good game 1 as you are the final game, there is a huge coaching problem. We know where our weaknesses are. Now it is time to fix what’s broke. I have confidence this is going to be a team nobody wants to play by end of September.

TampaBaySkers · Friday at 6:26 PM

Ext. 55 said:

All these panicans are the same people that cashed in their 401ks back in April.

Ext. 55 · Friday at 6:31 PM

TampaBaySkers said:
All these panicans are the same people that cashed in their 401ks back in April.

I love a portfolio (not to be overly specific here) that is up 28.71% this year.

And if I’m honest, I’ve made two dumb moves too.

TampaBaySkers · Friday at 6:33 PM

Ext. 55 said:
I love a portfolio (not to be overly specific here) that is up 28.71% this year.

And if I’m honest, I’ve made two dumb moves too.

Is that you Nancy? Didn’t know you were a husker fan. Throw some coin at 1890

Huskers633 · Friday at 8:54 PM

I don't feel as good. I thought going in our run defense would be a concern, and yesterday confirmed it. But it was the first game, and they've got a couple weeks to get better. We won't know anything until the Michigan game.

kaz36 · Friday at 9:08 PM

I’m pretty even. Except the DL. I didn’t think they would be very good, but they’re worse than I thought. I’m scared they will get their shit pushed in against Big Ten teams.

Quint · Friday at 9:37 PM

Ext. 55 said:

For the record, potential gets people fired.

We have to produce.

Now.

MaxHuskers34 · Friday at 9:43 PM

@park_neb bringing the heat as usual

greybeardedchild · 2025-08-30T08:44:38-0500

TampaBaySkers said:
Of course it’s possible. My advanced ai model has Nebraska going 9-3. Steal just one of those games and Nebraska is in the playoff

Good for you. My advanced ai model has a big ol heifer pregnant from someone else's stud bull.

betsch · 2025-08-30T08:47:48-0500

Ext. 55 said:
Sure all valid things to look at and understand that we need to clean up.

And we didn’t fold and WON through it all. That says a lot about culture and playing through each play without panic and making a big play (as a team with a winning mentality and culture should) at the end to WIN.

If anyone thinks a game 1 away game versus a P4 opponent doesn’t come with errors, they are irrational.

A team with a ton of new players playing their first offical ball game together gets room for error in my eyes.

What I look for is how did they respond? I saw a team that responded well to every negative, played through that with the right mindset and make the next play.

That is a sign of a winner.

Oh yes, there are plenty of positives to take away from this game. Special teams isn't getting enough run IMO. They have been sooooo bad the last decade, and they arguably were the difference Thursday.

Mavsker · 2025-08-30T08:56:18-0500

betsch said:
Oh yes, there are plenty of positives to take away from this game. Special teams isn't getting enough run IMO. They have been sooooo bad the last decade, and they arguably were the difference Thursday.

The return game was still weak but the kicking game was a huge improvement
Think about Cincinnati's last drive if they only had to go 75 yards vs 91 yards. Archie was a huge part of that win.

herbsinator · 2025-08-30T09:07:03-0500

Mavsker said:
The return game was still weak but the kicking game was a huge improvement
Think about Cincinnati's last drive if they only had to go 75 yards vs 91 yards. Archie was a huge part of that win.

KR wasn’t great, but Barney actually catching punts probably saved us at least 50 yards over the course of the night.

Irv · 2025-08-30T09:47:30-0500

betsch said:
Oh yes, there are plenty of positives to take away from this game. Special teams isn't getting enough run IMO. They have been sooooo bad the last decade, and they arguably were the difference Thursday.

We lose the game without Cunanan. Never would’ve made that field goal last year.

betsch · 2025-08-30T10:05:17-0500

Irv said:
We lose the game without Cunanan. Never would’ve made that field goal last year.

Ext. 55 · 2025-08-30T10:30:46-0500

betsch said:
Oh yes, there are plenty of positives to take away from this game. Special teams isn't getting enough run IMO. They have been sooooo bad the last decade, and they arguably were the difference Thursday.

Seriously! Should be getting a bunch more run than they are!!!

Turn Down for What · 2025-08-31T07:35:11-0500

I’d be lying if I didn’t say I’m worried about the DL.

That group could be rough.

ChocaEgg · 2025-08-31T07:44:58-0500

Turn Down for What said:
I’d be lying if I didn’t say I’m worried about the DL.

That group could be rough.

They suck.

Juro · 2025-08-31T08:51:11-0500

So when you looked at our performance on Thursday, but watched other teams this weekend and even last weekend (week 0) of CFB, I'm more confident. Here's why:

We controlled the game. Yes, their running game and QB scrambled like fuck, but we controlled the game. We took what they gave us and while we should have scored more points, we held a very good offensive team to 17 points.
Special teams didn't lose us the game. They were good.
Game management was better. Not great, but a whole lot better than last year.
For the most part, a clean game. A few bonehead items like false starts and holdings, but all teams had those issues yesterday.

Ultimately, teams on week 1 have a lot more time to get prepared for their first opponent. And Cincinnati came prepared with a good plan. We took what they gave us. We do have some holes to fill like the defensive line and RB depth, but we found that out on game 1 with game 2 and 3 are warm-ups for the season to get those fixed.

Gman1228 · 2025-08-31T09:18:59-0500

Juro said:
So when you looked at our performance on Thursday, but watched other teams this weekend and even last weekend (week 0) of CFB, I'm more confident. Here's why:

We controlled the game. Yes, their running game and QB scrambled like fuck, but we controlled the game. We took what they gave us and while we should have scored more points, we held a very good offensive team to 17 points.

Special teams didn't lose us the game. They were good.

Game management was better. Not great, but a whole lot better than last year.

For the most part, a clean game. A few bonehead items like false starts and holdings, but all teams had those issues yesterday.

Ultimately, teams on week 1 have a lot more time to get prepared for their first opponent. And Cincinnati came prepared with a good plan. We took what they gave us. We do have some holes to fill like the defensive line and RB depth, but we found that out on game 1 with game 2 and 3 are warm-ups for the season to get those fixed.

I don’t think we controlled the game as much as you think. This suggests we were extremely lucky to win.

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