Jordon Riley

[KidsSeeGhosts]

Maybe we make it interesting if we score on that drive, but it was pretty clear where things sat from the first snap. Farniok had no chance against Chase Young.

 

[Pipe Line]

Maybe we make it interesting if we score on that drive, but it was pretty clear where things sat from the first snap. Farniok had no chance against Chase Young.

Looking back now after seeing some clips of it on highlights, it's pretty funny how badly Chase Young made Farniok look a lot of times. If that doesn't show a talent gap then I don't know what does.

 

[...TrueColors...]

Looking back now after seeing some clips of it on highlights, it's pretty funny how badly Chase Young made Farniok look a lot of times. If that doesn't show a talent gap then I don't know what does.

In fairness to Farniok, from a dude who’s not a Farniok defender by any means, there weren’t many OTs that had a shot against CY.

 

[KidsSeeGhosts]

Yeah, I think it says more about Chase Young than anything. Dude was the most dominating DL in college since Suh.

Too bad we pissed down our legs down the stretch against OSU last year because there was a lot of improvement in that match-up from 2019->2020 that gets missed.

 

[...TrueColors...]

Yeah, I think it says more about Chase Young than anything. Dude was the most dominating DL in college since Suh.

Too bad we pissed down our legs down the stretch against OSU last year because there was a lot of improvement in that match-up from 2019->2020 that gets missed.

Don’t turn the ball over and catch easy touchdowns and there we are. We also were victim to a pretty awful PI call at the end of the first half.

 

[Pipe Line]

Don’t turn the ball over and catch easy touchdowns and there we are. We also were victim to a pretty awful PI call at the end of the first half.

Why RSS drives me nuts sometimes saying there's been 0 improvement since Frost has been hire and that we're not even close.......we are in fact close.

 

[Pepe Silvia]

Side note, my troll comment the other day about Yant playing FB was confirmed through the HOL practice that was dropped last night. Goal line package, Adrian under center, Yant at FB, Stepp at RB. Instantly husked.

I would pay good money to see Frost break this out at a home game at the 1 yard line only to call a swing pass for a loss. the crowd reaction would be amazing

 

[...TrueColors...]

Why RSS drives me nuts sometimes saying there's been 0 improvement since Frost has been hire and that we're not even close.......we are in fact close.

Theres not a team on the schedule this year that should be able to out-muscle us at the LOS. There might be plays we get beat, but I watched a team in 2016-2018 that we’d have to mitigate issues at the LOS because our teams were really out of shape. Notice Pelini’s old S&C guy has a P5 job now? Where is Riley’s?

 

[huskerj12]

Why RSS drives me nuts sometimes saying there's been 0 improvement since Frost has been hire and that we're not even close.......we are in fact close.

My heart says you're right... but it still feels very wrong to me that being "close" still leaves us with losing records. You would think that by being "close" that would mean we were starting to put puzzle pieces together and the larger picture was becoming clear, leading to hard fought clean games where we come out on top against bad/mediocre teams and come up just short against good teams. Instead it feels more like yanking the pullstring on a lawnmower a hundred times hoping for it all to fire up at once.

But I do agree that it seems possible for a bunch of the frustrating small things to finally fall into place and we suddenly come out blazing... it'll be very fun if that's the case!

 

[Pipe Line]

My heart says you're right... but it still feels very wrong to me that being "close" still leaves us with losing records. You would think that by being "close" that would mean we were starting to put puzzle pieces together and the larger picture was becoming clear, leading to hard fought clean games where we come out on top against bad/mediocre teams and come up just short against good teams. Instead it feels more like yanking the pullstring on a lawnmower a hundred times hoping for it all to fire up at once.

But I do agree that it seems possible for a bunch of the frustrating small things to finally fall into place and we suddenly come out blazing... it'll be very fun if that's the case!

I think context matters as well. Being "close" means we're close to winning the West in my opinion. Not "close" to what we all want, national power. Much more work to be done to get there, but "close" to winning the West. I've said this a million times on here and also RSS but if you go back and watch games the last 3 years, excluding the blowouts against the national powers, we're literally a major mistake or two at the wrong times away from winning games. That's what is difficult for me. Because that's not coaching in my opinion, that is players failing to execute at the worst times. I've watched them enough to where it's now boring and uneventful for me to watch. We're close to winning the West. I'm confident in that much.

 

[Pipe Line]

I would pay good money to see Frost break this out at a home game at the 1 yard line only to call a swing pass for a loss. the crowd reaction would be amazing

haha to be honest I'm not quite sure what I'd do if I was in the stands for that. It'd be the perfect "Frost trying to be too smart" play call trying to fool the defense. Probably say fuck really loud. Did that at the Wisconsin game in 2019 and my buddy's dad told me to be more respectful around women.

 

[Pipe Line]

Theres not a team on the schedule this year that should be able to out-muscle us at the LOS. There might be plays we get beat, but I watched a team in 2016-2018 that we’d have to mitigate issues at the LOS because our teams were really out of shape. Notice Pelini’s old S&C guy has a P5 job now? Where is Riley’s?

This is Riley's. Hasn't led his own program since being fired with Riley in 2017. I've seen him at work. Not exactly someone you'd be proud to have an N on their chest representing our football team.

 

[BIGSTICK67]

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This is Riley's. Hasn't led his own program since being fired with Riley in 2017. I've seen him at work. Not exactly someone you'd be proud to have an N on their chest representing our football team.

Was he just lazy, another Chris Doyle (Cockeye), or at Gate 25 most nights?

 

[Pipe Line]

Was he just lazy, another Chris Doyle (Cockeyes), or at Gate 25 most nights?

His philosophies just don't work here or somewhere where hard nosed football is expected. He's better suited for out West honestly where it's a little more pretty football, like Stepp mentioned in his interview, rather than hard nosed shit. It's been documented publicly and also on some message boards but he was big into like actual Olympic Weightlifting and Front squats and really trying hard to never injure someone, instead of more of the old school hard nosed heavy ass weights of Husker Power. Not that Zach isn't into athlete's health or anything but if you have the choice of hitting a 3 rep PR in squats at the end of winter, even though it's heavy and injuries are also possible with that kind of weight, Zach is going to professionally call you a pussy if you don't smash that PR, while Marc would give you the option for safety reasons. Just different style at the wrong school. There's an interview and some weight room footage of him on Youtube. It's just undesirable if you're a Nebraska Football fan, and it showed on Saturdays during the Riley era as far as S&C goes.

 

[BIGSTICK67]

His philosophies just don't work here or somewhere where hard nosed football is expected. He's better suited for out West honestly where it's a little more pretty football, like Stepp mentioned in his interview, rather than hard nosed shit. It's been documented publicly and also on some message boards but he was big into like actual Olympic Weightlifting and Front squats and really trying hard to never injure someone, instead of more of the old school hard nosed heavy ass weights of Husker Power. Not that Zach isn't into athlete's health or anything but if you have the choice of hitting a 3 rep PR in squats at the end of winter, even though it's heavy and injuries are also possible with that kind of weight, Zach is going to professionally call you a pussy if you don't smash that PR, while Marc would give you the option for safety reasons. Just different style at the wrong school. There's an interview and some weight room footage of him on Youtube. It's just undesirable if you're a Nebraska Football fan, and it showed on Saturdays during the Riley era as far as S&C goes.

Great post. Thanks!

 

[alt f4]

His philosophies just don't work here or somewhere where hard nosed football is expected. He's better suited for out West honestly where it's a little more pretty football, like Stepp mentioned in his interview, rather than hard nosed shit. It's been documented publicly and also on some message boards but he was big into like actual Olympic Weightlifting and Front squats and really trying hard to never injure someone, instead of more of the old school hard nosed heavy ass weights of Husker Power. Not that Zach isn't into athlete's health or anything but if you have the choice of hitting a 3 rep PR in squats at the end of winter, even though it's heavy and injuries are also possible with that kind of weight, Zach is going to professionally call you a pussy if you don't smash that PR, while Marc would give you the option for safety reasons. Just different style at the wrong school. There's an interview and some weight room footage of him on Youtube. It's just undesirable if you're a Nebraska Football fan, and it showed on Saturdays during the Riley era as far as S&C goes.

I believe his hands were tied by someone. I had several conversations with him and he enjoyed talking about maxing out and talked powerlifting in general. We got into one conversation where he mentioned he wished he could do it here [squat maxes] and he would never get away with it here. Seemed like he was micro-managed into the programming they did in the weight room, not by his choice.

 

[jaihawk]

I believe his hands were tied by someone. I had several conversations with him and he enjoyed talking about maxing out and talked powerlifting in general. We got into one conversation where he mentioned he wished he could do it here [squat maxes] and he would never get away with it here. Seemed like he was micro-managed into the programming they did in the weight room, not by his choice.

If I recall right, I believe that Eichorst was responsible for a lot of that, as he was trying to minimize any basis for lawsuits against the University. You want to talk about someone that was paranoid as can be. That guy was scared his own shadow was going to sue him...

 

[KidsSeeGhosts]

If I recall right, I believe that Eichorst was responsible for a lot of that, as he was trying to minimize any basis for lawsuits against the University. You want to talk about someone that was paranoid as can be. That guy was scared his own shadow was going to sue him...

Shouldn't be surprised putting a lawyer in charge of the athletic department.

 

[Pipe Line]

I believe his hands were tied by someone. I had several conversations with him and he enjoyed talking about maxing out and talked powerlifting in general. We got into one conversation where he mentioned he wished he could do it here [squat maxes] and he would never get away with it here. Seemed like he was micro-managed into the programming they did in the weight room, not by his choice.

Well shit that might change my opinion in that case. Was he an intense guy that you remember? The footage I saw of him was less than intense, and a lot of standing around doing a lot of basic stuff with the players

 

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Well shit that might change my opinion in that case. Was he an intense guy that you remember? The footage I saw of him was less than intense, and a lot of standing around doing a lot of basic stuff with the players

He was probably one of the more energetic guys I've seen at practice, not the whole practice but for his prepractice segments and team work. Duval sticks around on the side and not too involved. Philipp was always a hype man on defensive sideline. Which is why our conversations started. I about ran into a few defensive guys and just told him to make sure they stay back, I don't want to embarrass them by getting trucked. Then he told his players to get back and guaranteed I probably put in more work than them in the weight room. Which was a conversation a few weeks later about how a large part of the team would skip workouts and nothing would be done about it.

I've never seen his training sessions so I can't comment on those, including intensity. I'm guessing he was walking a fine line in what he did.