Rhule vs Frost in 1 score games (not good)

[Cash68847]

We’re going to keep losing close games when the league is working against us. Who does it favor to call a game with no holding or Pass Interference? Who benefited from two calls that could’ve led to more points but the refs ignored obvious DPIs?

U guys remember when Nebraska was called for DPI that handed Wisconsin points at the end of a close game? It’s always chalked up as Nebraska being it’s own worst enemy but other teams don’t face that when playing us. We honestly have to be two scores better than teams to break away from this bs

Losers blame the refs. We have had opportunities to make a play in all of these games and we never do. We also can’t play complimentary football to save our ass. Our badass defense will always fold at crunch time and Raiola isn’t very good at this point. I’m not out on the kid, but he has to get a lot better.

 

[Eaton Beaver]

They are getting well above mac level talent.
But these your coaches on both staffs in that time

Greg Austin
Sean Beckton
Erik Chinander
Mike Dawson x2
Jovan Dewitt (rip?)
Bobby Elliott (RIP)
Ryan Held
Mario Verduzco
Troy Walters
Barrett Ruud
Matt Lubick
Mark Whipple
Bryan Applewhite
Donovan Raiola
Marcus Satterfield
EJ Barthel
Ed Foley
Evan Cooper
Josh Martin
Garrett McGuire
Bob Wager
John Butler
Glenn Thomas


They’ve paid millions to unqualified guys for close to a decade.

Would agree on coaches, but these are the dipshits recruiting this so called talent you're thinking of. The defense today didn't get their ass kicked because of coaching.
The offense didn't get beat because of play calls today right?

 

[CornFed Gregger]

Losers blame the refs. We have had opportunities to make a play in all of these games and we never do. We also can’t play complimentary football to save our ass. Our badass defense will always fold at crunch time and Raiola isn’t very good at this point. I’m not out on the kid, but he has to get a lot better.

We fuck up in a variety of ways. Like I said that factors into it but the refs make calls against some teams that swing points in favor of one or the other,

I’ve seen a lot of losing schools face that obstacle but with Nebraska I bet it is an outlier statistically & not one that is simply “holy cow does Nebraska always choke” but more of “how does the big ten not call holding for 6 straight games which should be statistically impossible”.

Watch the nba playoffs if u want to see the money machine obviously at work. CFB is no different when we consistently see top teams get saved by refs to help a conference that pays its own refs. It would be an easy fix to have the refs paid outside of conferences but they won’t do it cuz no one wants to piss off a school like tOSU

 

[Herbie]

Would agree on coaches, but these are the dipshits recruiting this so called talent you're thinking of. The defense today didn't get their ass kicked because of coaching.
The offense didn't get beat because of play calls today right?

I don’t really buy that Nebraska has the absolute worst hit rate on recruits either. I think coaching has just been absolutely terrible and haven’t developed anyone.
There’s probably only 10-12 players you can look at and say they’ve been developed and improved every year

 

[gtlacey]

Losers blame the refs. We have had opportunities to make a play in all of these games and we never do. We also can’t play complimentary football to save our ass. Our badass defense will always fold at crunch time and Raiola isn’t very good at this point. I’m not out on the kid, but he has to get a lot better.

Do you think the 2018 Saints are losers for blaming the refs in the nfc championship game?

 

[Eaton Beaver]

I don’t really buy that Nebraska has the absolute worst hit rate on recruits either. I think coaching has just been absolutely terrible and haven’t developed anyone.
There’s probably only 10-12 players you can look at and say they’ve been developed and improved every year

I would argue why dont we recruit kids that don't need babysit or a lot of development? Recruits are coming out of high-school better and better each year. Find the ones that have the mentality or brains between the ears to play big boy football.
I'm not talking about our youth on this team now. I'm still talking about the veterans on this team that were passed on to this coaching staff.

 

[Herbie]

I would argue why dont we recruit kids that don't need babysit or a lot of development? Recruits are coming out of high-school better and better each year. Find the ones that have the mentality or brains between the ears to play big boy football.
I'm not talking about our youth on this team now. I'm still talking about the veterans on this team that were passed on to this coaching staff.

How many of those kids grow up wanting to play for Nebraska?
Nebraskas about to miss out on a bowl for the 8ths straight year. Kids nationally don’t give a fuck about Nebraska. Nebraska needs to be a developmental program because they can’t recruit at a high level.

 

[doublewing]

Speaking of talent- Fidone, are his feet in concrete blocks? He does not look like the second best TE coming out of high school. Couldn’t help but think when he caught that pass on the last drive that if that was Carter Nelson we probably get another 15 yards.

Fidone looks like Tyson fighting Paul. We all want to see something that isn’t materializing.

 

[Alcaus]

The fact that we’ve had 8 opportunities to be bowl eligible under Rhule compared to Scoot’s 1 pretty much ends any comparison.

 

[Cornicator]

I still think the #1 reason why Nebraska always loses these games is rather simple:

Special teams.

When almost every team in the league consistently plays better special teams than you, your team is going to lose a lot of close games.

If you go back to each of those close losses, I bet you would find shocking numbers related to field position, net punting, total return yards, and kick/ punt coverage. And we don't even have to discuss the missed FGs or PATs.

 

[BIG TONE SOPRANO]

We’re going to keep losing close games when the league is working against us. Who does it favor to call a game with no holding or Pass Interference? Who benefited from two calls that could’ve led to more points but the refs ignored obvious DPIs?

U guys remember when Nebraska was called for DPI that handed Wisconsin points at the end of a close game? It’s always chalked up as Nebraska being it’s own worst enemy but other teams don’t face that when playing us. We honestly have to be two scores better than teams to break away from this bs

This post makes a lot more sense than some stupid ass stat comparison post. Stats are absolutely useless

 

[gtlacey]

I still think the #1 reason why Nebraska always loses these games is rather simple:

Special teams.

When almost every team in the league consistently plays better special teams than you, your team is going to lose a lot of close games.

If you go back to each of those close losses, I bet you would find shocking numbers related to field position, net punting, total return yards, and kick/ punt coverage. And we don't even have to discuss the missed FGs or PATs.

But today our special teams were pretty good. We made our extra points and field goals and we blocked their fg. Special teams didn’t lose this game today.
But earlier in the year (like Illinois) this was for sure true!

 

[ChocaEgg]

But today our special teams were pretty good. We made our extra points and field goals and we blocked their fg. Special teams didn’t lose this game today.
But earlier in the year (like Illinois) this was for sure true!

Our special teams are awful. Especially in the return game. Kick/punt coverage is pretty ass too

 

[Cornicator]

But today our special teams were pretty good. We made our extra points and field goals and we blocked their fg. Special teams didn’t lose this game today.
But earlier in the year (like Illinois) this was for sure true!

The field position was unequal though. Calling a fair catch inside the 5 yard line remains the dumbest thing in football.

 

[Mavsker]

The fact that we’ve had 8 opportunities to be bowl eligible under Rhule compared to Scoot’s 1 pretty much ends any comparison.

And we've lost all of them lmao
That's also a function of how the schedule lays out.
If you had a team that played five bad, bad teams in weeks 1-5 and won all of them, and then lost the last 7 games, they would have had 7 opportunities to be bowl eligible. If the exact same team played the exact same opponents with the same results, but in reverse order, playing the 7 tough teams first and then the patsies, they'd have 0 opportunities to be bowl eligible.

 

[Cash68847]

Do you think the 2018 Saints are losers for blaming the refs in the nfc championship game?

Let’s use one example. There are shit calls in about every game. The Saints also left plays on the field which could have won the game. Nebraska fans think the refs are always out to get us. These one score losses have barely anything to do with the refs. It’s due to our incompetence which has to do with 99 percent of it. We had chance after chance on offense and defense to make a play yesterday and didn’t get it done again.

 

[gtlacey]

The field position was unequal though. Calling a fair catch inside the 5 yard line remains the dumbest thing in football.

Agreed on the fair catch. That was bad. They had between a 5 and 7 yard advantage in starting field position on us. We actually ended up having a decent drive after the fair catch, Raiola made a bone headed throw that gave the ball back to them. Their best starting field position was the 35.

I agree that most of the time our Special Teams is atrocious. But they probably played better than USC's special teams (we kept three points off the board).

I think our red zone offense was the killer yesterday. Twice we had it within the 10 in the second half and twice we came away with field goals. That's 8 points right there.

 

[gtlacey]

And we've lost all of them lmao
That's also a function of how the schedule lays out.
If you had a team that played five bad, bad teams in weeks 1-5 and won all of them, and then lost the last 7 games, they would have had 7 opportunities to be bowl eligible. If the exact same team played the exact same opponents with the same results, but in reverse order, playing the 7 tough teams first and then the patsies, they'd have 0 opportunities to be bowl eligible.

HCSF had pretty easy opening schedules as well. He just decided to lose to Troy, Georgia Southern, and Northwestern (who would go 1-11) among many other pretty bad teams in his tenure.

 

[gtlacey]

Our special teams are awful. Especially in the return game. Kick/punt coverage is pretty ass too

Our special teams has been bad, but the coverage yesterday was pretty good. Branch is a dangerous return man, so to limit him to 9 yards returning I think is a victory. I'm not saying we're Frank Beamer or Bill Belichick status, but we did pretty well yesterday and the numbers prove it.

 

[CornFed Gregger]

Compare it to other schools & we really should fall into some of these close games being wins but since we’ve joined the big ten the last decade we’re 16-44