Why not? They had a bad game but clawed out a win anyway. It’s not like Nebraska deserved it more. Look at Frost’s record in close games. Lack of discipline and boneheaded plays make all the difference in those games.
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Gosh, I really enjoy his confused face. I’m finding myself enjoying every Nebraska loss just a little bit more. It should be at a point where I don’t even notice — but UN-L football remains the gift that keeps on giving.
A half the teams on our schedule are Jekyll and Hyde on offense.
Sometimes they look like world beaters and then sometimes they look like a MAC team can beat them.
All depends on what version we face.
Still a decent shot for us to go bowling this year in my opinion.
Nebraska has played tough past couple of games but made boneheaded errors at times (as they always have under Frost).
Minnesota, Purdue, and Illinois look very beatable but who knows what version of those teams we'll face. Rutgers defense looks stout but offense can be hit or miss for them.
Sometimes they look like world beaters and then sometimes they look like a MAC team can beat them.
All depends on what version we face.
Still a decent shot for us to go bowling this year in my opinion.
Nebraska has played tough past couple of games but made boneheaded errors at times (as they always have under Frost).
Minnesota, Purdue, and Illinois look very beatable but who knows what version of those teams we'll face. Rutgers defense looks stout but offense can be hit or miss for them.
And is this not why Fitz is being aid $5,000,000 per year? For that, I bet I could figure it out.
liaten if all you want to do is bitch and moan about something, then I can’t stop you. We are not very good right now, the quarterback position unfortunately is again a problem but what I think FItz is focused on and what I think we should all be focused on this s how this team can get better and win as many games as possible. We can talk about all that other stuff in the off season.
You are missing the point. for $5,000,000 per year you do not get mediocre, or even very mediocre.
I am not missing the point. You are not understanding that I don’t give a shit about how much money FItz is making, which coach everyone thinks should be fired this week or wether Hank can come back as a consultant. None of this has any bearing on this team and how to get it to win as many games as possible this year.
You make a good point. Is this the nature of football, that it is incrementally good or bad dependent on very subtle factors?
Here's the problem that I have with your critique; it's way too simplistic and it's based off a roughly 3 year sample size for what this era looks like:
We've gotten 3 of the most highly coveted transfer QBs in the last 3 years when you consider HJ, Ramsey, and Hilinski.
Obviously, 1 of those was a home run, 1 hasn't worked, and the jury is out on the 3rd as of yet.
There will be times where we have a clear cut 3 or 4 year starter that gets the reins early and gives us clarity for a long period of time.
But there will also be times where we cycle through QBs like one and dones and they're going to be very hit or miss depending on how good they are and whether they can pick up the playbook fast and fit into how our offense works.
It feels like every program is going through the same progression cycle and it's very hard to find the "next 3-4 year guy" to bridge a longer term.
Just look across college football; even just look at the Big Ten and look at the level of offensive play these past 2-3 years. It's much more uneven and much more hit or miss.
Finally to your last question, due to the very nature of the new transfer (free agent) kind of system, it's going to be very hard to stockpile a stable of good QBs for the future. If you have a guy on the roster that can be a Big Ten starter and he's not playing... then he'll go somewhere else to be a Big Ten starter.
Most programs will only ever be able to hold one quality QB starter at a time if that. And that makes it very hard to transition to the next guy or to have depth at that position in particular.
Even programs like Clemson and Ohio State are seeing that in real time.
Only one thing... Maryland's uniforms. They're not ugly... they're hideous. Could be the worst in CFB history.
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.... and its probably going to give us an ass-kicking next week, so enjoy this weekend while you can.
But the Maryland unis incorporate the state flag. Maryland and New Mexico have the coolest state flags; all the other state flags are dull as dishrags.
Huh, so you would rather have NU be “very” bad like 2-9 versus “very” mediocre like 6-5?
As a New Mexico resident, you are correct Sir. Everybody here in NM loves the Zia symbol and you see it everywhere.
Carr is not an uncommon name in that part of the country.
A pretty good place for romance. For scenery, skiiing, art galleries and NM cuisine, Taos rocks.
The Las Cruces area is beautiful in December. Pecan-infused beer, why the heck not? And you want New Mexico green chile (sp?) on your burger. Accept no substitutes!
Yes Sir. Not sure how I got through the first 50 years of my life without eating green chile on most everything. And that would be HATCH green chile.... to the chagrin of those pretenders in Colorado (or just across the Mexican border if you're the former president) who think THEY know how to grow green chile. OK!
Definitely the Land of Enchantment..,
Saw the biggest rainbow trout ever pulled from the San Juan River just below Navajo Dam years ago.
Have always wanted to float the Chama from El Vado down to Abiquiu.
Will never forget gassing up in Coyote just outside the Jemez Mountains, and helping a very young boy carry a Hefty bag full of soaking wet laundry across the road to his house from a washer behind the gas station.
Chaco Canyon at sunset
Saw the biggest rainbow trout ever pulled from the San Juan River just below Navajo Dam years ago.
Have always wanted to float the Chama from El Vado down to Abiquiu.
Will never forget gassing up in Coyote just outside the Jemez Mountains, and helping a very young boy carry a Hefty bag full of soaking wet laundry across the road to his house from a washer behind the gas station.
Chaco Canyon at sunset
Not sure how I got to scrolling in a week 4 other games thread but, being that it’s that time of year, I’d like to nominate this for
WR FOOTBALL POST OF THE YEAR
It’s pretty impressive to identify the one team that did not beat the pants off of NU in a post identifying them as a team that definitely will. Congrats.
(Good call on Mich in the same thread, but, well…)
Aw.... come on. It wasn't such an outlandish post at the time. Rutgers had just played MSU and Michigan really tough. They dominated the playoff-bound Michigan team in the second half of that game.
I've posted way dumber stuff on here.
If TheC were in the Army, they could have used him as a forward observer to sniff for nerve agent.
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Willy, please don't torment Corbi at this time, he's obviously in a very delicate state from trying to keep the trash from storming the gates of the kingdom. Wait until after the holidays when there's less stress.
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Replace Rutgers with Illinois and we would consider you to be a savant
One of best shows I ever went to was seeing Buckley at Uncommon Ground in Wrigleyville during crazy snowstorm.
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