Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah. Broken record listening to you bitch about anything college football. So uninformed and making up lies to support your convoluted opinion.
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Losing My Religion
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Reminds me of the Joke--How many Nebraska Football fans does it take to change a lightbulb? Five--one to actually change the bulb, and four to stand around and talk about how good the old bulb used to be!
I hate what College Football has become, but I will always be a Husker fan
I hate what College Football has become, but I will always be a Husker fan
Anyone who thinks the money/NIL/portal genie is going back in the bottle is going to be disappointed. The basketball team had a multi-millionaire dollar payroll and our best player came out of the portal. I didn’t hear a lot of bitching about the death of college basketball.
I had more fun watching the Vandy game at a Denver Husker bar than I’ve had watching any Nebraska men’s game since the 2008 B12 football championship.
Winning cures everything.
I had more fun watching the Vandy game at a Denver Husker bar than I’ve had watching any Nebraska men’s game since the 2008 B12 football championship.
Winning cures everything.
It's true. incandescent > LED.
What lies? I’ll wait.
For me... the loss of interest is mostly in that, I cant have favorite players anymore. The chances of a player leaving in the portal are too high. It use to be, youd watch a kid from highschool recruitment through his Redshirt Senior year. You knew everything about them. You bought thier jersey. You had pics of them as your screensaver. You just cant do that nowadays, save for a VERY few homegrown kids that wont leave for more money because playing at Nebraska is their dream. But those guys are generally 2nd or 3rd stringers and dont play much or make much of an impact. Ill always be a Husker fan and root them on..... but... if they lose??? Meh, oh well. Gotten use to it. Its hard to be excited about players that are on their 3rd or 4th team. They dont really care about Nebraska football. Makes it hard for me to care.
Gonna get killed for this. I still love Husker football. I think Rhule could be the answer, but I need to see tangible proof of turning the corner. This year that will be competitive in every game and knock off 2 of the so-called tough teams.
Where I am different is I do not have anywhere near the faith I once had we will come back from adversity when things go sideways. And games get turned off faster. I really hope Rhule can fix this. I have seen glimpses but not enough. Our team finally appears to have serviceable depth at QB. I am hopeful this offensive line looks like anything compared to our late 2000s or early 2010s lines. Once I see that, with consistency, I know we are on our way back. It probably has been 15 years since I saw an average or above average o line. This is our biggest issue that keeps us average or below average.
We have not been a team I will stay in it come hell or high water since the first 2-3 years of Bo. And I pray we can at least get back to that. The last season of Riley, all of the Frost tenure and the way the seasons ended these first 3 years under Rhule make me somewhat sick.
Where I am different is I do not have anywhere near the faith I once had we will come back from adversity when things go sideways. And games get turned off faster. I really hope Rhule can fix this. I have seen glimpses but not enough. Our team finally appears to have serviceable depth at QB. I am hopeful this offensive line looks like anything compared to our late 2000s or early 2010s lines. Once I see that, with consistency, I know we are on our way back. It probably has been 15 years since I saw an average or above average o line. This is our biggest issue that keeps us average or below average.
We have not been a team I will stay in it come hell or high water since the first 2-3 years of Bo. And I pray we can at least get back to that. The last season of Riley, all of the Frost tenure and the way the seasons ended these first 3 years under Rhule make me somewhat sick.
That is probably the most worrisome stat I've seen since watching Nebraska football in the early 90s. The Spring Game was usually 80-90 percent capacity, if not a sell-out.
Wow.
It’s eye opening for sure.
60,450 in 2024, I'd say the interest is waning for sure. The longer we get away from the glory years, the more folks are losing interest. Sad but true. GBR.
Truthfully, what is there to get excited about? Its all just marketing. Trying to convince you that a mediocre program is going to be anything but. Recruiting is the same way. NIL has definitely made it harder because there is so much roster turnover from year to year. I thought NIL could improve Nebraska's fortunes, but I'm not sure we have the money to compete at the top of the food chain. So, now we are fighting both terrible geography and money. I'm just sick of the constant hype. Get hopes up. Hopes get dashed. That's the cycle for the past 10 years and most of the last 20 years.
I agree that NIL is unsustainable. I don't know how boosters keep flushing money down the toilet especially if the end product is not there. I think about AJ Dybantsa for BYU (basketball, I know). Somebody coughed up millons for him to play there. Are they going to continue to cough up millions for a 6 seed and first round NCAA loss? I can't see how that happens.
I have no problems with the players getting paid. Put them on two year contracts. Give the teams a salary cap. Problem is, of course, there may be "NIL" money funneling in from outside the school.
I do think if the product on the field was better, we would be more likely to look past NIL. NIL just makes a bad product look worse
I agree that NIL is unsustainable. I don't know how boosters keep flushing money down the toilet especially if the end product is not there. I think about AJ Dybantsa for BYU (basketball, I know). Somebody coughed up millons for him to play there. Are they going to continue to cough up millions for a 6 seed and first round NCAA loss? I can't see how that happens.
I have no problems with the players getting paid. Put them on two year contracts. Give the teams a salary cap. Problem is, of course, there may be "NIL" money funneling in from outside the school.
I do think if the product on the field was better, we would be more likely to look past NIL. NIL just makes a bad product look worse
I lived in Nebraska during the '90s, but could never afford to get to a game. Managed to get to a handful of games in the intervening years after leaving Nebraska, a couple of times in Lincoln, and a couple of times when they traveled.
Finally returned to Nebraska in 2021, and finally at a place in life where I could afford season tickets, which still felt like acquiring a Holy Grail when I made the plunge to get them for the 2023 season. I don't think I have missed a single home game since then. I live only 45 minutes away from the stadium.
Last year, at the USC game, was the first time that I questioned the investment. Season tickets, with the donation, are not cheap. I don't have to travel too far, but it is still expensive to do all of the things, and it basically consumes an entire day even as a local, it is a physical and emotional investment, takes a couple of days to recover from. The team did not put out a product that made it worth attending, and for the first time I felt like seriously reconsidering if the investment was worth it. Sitting there in the stands with one of my sons, thinking about any of the variety of other things we could have done that day that would have given us better memories. I don't mind the team losing a game, I mind when the effort is mediocre, like why are any of us bothering to pay and come watch this when I could have just had it on at home.
Then we ended the home series by getting stomped by Iowa, another mediocre product game. I used to look upon people leaving the stadium early with a little contempt, but on that day, we joined them. I had never left a game early before.
I renewed my season tickets for this fall, but I'm not going to lie, it isn't going to take very many additional events where I feel like product is not worth the expense, and I will be done. Not saying I will never go to a game again, but I would pick and choose. Sitting in my climate controlled home with access to the fridge and the beer and the comfy recliner -- for no additional money -- is pretty appealing.
We are coming up on 20 years of this year is going to be the year where we return to competitive relevance, it's an awfully long time to keep getting rugpulled. It sure does not help that the players come and go, and we are no longer in a college environment with commitments and longevity that promotes investment in the players and their stories.
So I guess I wrote this very long essay just to say that I get where you are coming from.
Finally returned to Nebraska in 2021, and finally at a place in life where I could afford season tickets, which still felt like acquiring a Holy Grail when I made the plunge to get them for the 2023 season. I don't think I have missed a single home game since then. I live only 45 minutes away from the stadium.
Last year, at the USC game, was the first time that I questioned the investment. Season tickets, with the donation, are not cheap. I don't have to travel too far, but it is still expensive to do all of the things, and it basically consumes an entire day even as a local, it is a physical and emotional investment, takes a couple of days to recover from. The team did not put out a product that made it worth attending, and for the first time I felt like seriously reconsidering if the investment was worth it. Sitting there in the stands with one of my sons, thinking about any of the variety of other things we could have done that day that would have given us better memories. I don't mind the team losing a game, I mind when the effort is mediocre, like why are any of us bothering to pay and come watch this when I could have just had it on at home.
Then we ended the home series by getting stomped by Iowa, another mediocre product game. I used to look upon people leaving the stadium early with a little contempt, but on that day, we joined them. I had never left a game early before.
I renewed my season tickets for this fall, but I'm not going to lie, it isn't going to take very many additional events where I feel like product is not worth the expense, and I will be done. Not saying I will never go to a game again, but I would pick and choose. Sitting in my climate controlled home with access to the fridge and the beer and the comfy recliner -- for no additional money -- is pretty appealing.
We are coming up on 20 years of this year is going to be the year where we return to competitive relevance, it's an awfully long time to keep getting rugpulled. It sure does not help that the players come and go, and we are no longer in a college environment with commitments and longevity that promotes investment in the players and their stories.
So I guess I wrote this very long essay just to say that I get where you are coming from.
And the problem is not just current or long-time fans losing interest-- it is getting new folks interested, particularly the young kids. Many, if not most of us here have been die-hard fans for decades and from when we were young kids (during the good times). How attractive is Nebraska football to kids now or anyone looking for a team to follow? That is the bigger problem, if you ask me. We old coots can fade away.... but there really needs to be some replacements.
And yet there are days ...
This team is capable. Love to see what they can make of themselves.
This team is capable. Love to see what they can make of themselves.
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