If this team wins out, I'll take Riley back because something will have had to dramatically change. Flipped the switch, gelled, got it, bought in, whatever cliche applies. 5-0 down the stretch and he's earned another year.
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If this team wins out, I'll take Riley back because something will have had to dramatically change. Flipped the switch, gelled, got it, bought in, whatever cliche applies. 5-0 down the stretch and he's earned another year.
I agree and think that is reasonable. It does seem like every single thread is a prediction on the season rather than the game at hand which is fine it just gets old . We were having trouble beating Minnesota under the previous staff and Purdue definitely looked much improved before Saturday. I’m looking forward to seeing how the team responds and if there is player development as the year finishes out.
Not me. It would be dumb luck. He can't coach a lick. Pretty evident 20 years ago and very evident now that he coaches the Huskers. Time to move on. That said, we won't have to worry about that happening.
The only person more shocked than either one of us if he finds a way to win out would be Riley himself, but until they lose one I'll say it's a possibility.
Sure it's possible. 4 of the 5 teams NU plays are very similar to NU. Average to bad teams. I guess he could get lucky. Not likely though, but even Riley has found a nut or two.
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Winning out will take more nuts than he's found in his career. It's going to take real improvement that produces results on the field. Seriously. No way NU lucks into a 5-0 finish. No way.
All these teams will "be back soon" cause they are in fertile recruiting grounds. Nebraska will always have an uphill battle in recruiting due to location so it will always be harder for us to get back and stay back.
They aren't beatin Penn State. It will take everything to not get beat by 40.
Just gonna take someone who knows what's going on, and also wins. Plenty of players will travel. Winning will take care of much.
The team that got owned by Ohio State isn't beating Penn State, Iowa and might not beat Northwestern.
Not disagreeing but if "all things are equal" where will MOST prospect go? Nebraska? or Florida, California, Texas, etc? OSU can't even be used as an example of a "cold" state getting great prospects cause they have TONS to pick from. Same with Mechicken, PSU, etc. Nebraska is a cold, bland state with very few local prospects. Nebraska will always be behind the proverbial 8 ball as it come sto location and recruiting. I do agree, a great coach can get them here though.
Seven wins would certainly be enough this year!
We have been historically horrible in the latter part of the season (except the season where we won out with Pelini). We usually have that nasty 2-3 stretch or 1-2 stretch in October/November. We had that at the beginning of the year this year. I'm not sure what to expect now. All I know is that Penn St will be embarrassing....every other game should be a W, anything less is a failure.
Sad... but true
The fact that we have fallen to the point where we even have to worry about classifying certain games as "winnable" speaks volumes. It wasn't all that long ago when every game was "winnable" and the top 2 or 3 opponents on the schedule were simply "difficult" or "challenging". Going into this season, most people had written off the Ohio St. and Penn St. games... and that was before NU's early season implosion.
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