One was a football coach, the other was a Wal-Mart greeter…do the math.
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Next up… Michigan State
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Riley’s pinnacle claim to fame at NU was upsetting a ranked MSU team.
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Michigan State is better than Oklahoma. If the Huskers go into this game thinking they must be good because of what happened in Norman it will be a blowout.
The schedule is brutal but that is normal for the big ten. Every team is good with good athletes. Like the NFL the differences between teams is coaching and Frost gets out coached more often than not.
Way too much blame out on the B1G for scheduling. The biggest problem with the schedule is we have been so poor that EVERY team looks tough to us. Tired of blaming the B1G for making us lose to Illinois
All this talk about tough schedules, Big is better than Okie etc, you'd think the head coach would be telling his players each game is like the Big championship....
and to take each game one at a time.....
and to not look at rankings....
and to work on yourselves, your team....
and each opponent is a nameless faceless one....
and to take each game one at a time.....
and to not look at rankings....
and to work on yourselves, your team....
and each opponent is a nameless faceless one....
So four years after he left Riley is responsible for our current special teams fiasco, laughable O-line play and the cavalcade of penalties and miscues?
Got it.
Very much agree with this take.
We'll see what happens on Saturday and beyond, but I'm not sold on the D's ability to stop/limit a power rushing offense. And nobody's sold on our offense's ability to sustain such a thing. That means trouble in the B1G, it seems to me.
Run the ball. Stop the run. Win the game.
Hip hip hooray!!!
Need to shut down their top WR and manage their RB.
I look to see improvement in our run game some, and they can be thrown on.
Hopefully Martins back and we dont miss a Stepp in our run game with Gabe out.
I look to see improvement in our run game some, and they can be thrown on.
Hopefully Martins back and we dont miss a Stepp in our run game with Gabe out.
This defense, starting with the last half of last season, and for the most part this year, has done a good job stopping the run. There was the one bad drive against Illinois, and then the OU game. I think the OU game was more a byproduct of playing soft zone to limit big plays, and then some missed tackles. But Gray and Brooks are also REALLY good RBs that will get their yards on anyone.
I'm not that concerned about stopping the run. Now actually running the ball is another story......
2021 run defense: 76th nationally in yards allowed per game, 71st in rushing yards allowed per attempt.
2020 run defense: 66th nationally in yards allowed per game, 71st in rushing yards allowed per attempt.
Michigan State will be a good test.
As long as the offense doesn't put them in terrible spots, I'm not concerned with stopping the run.
I agree with you that we have been poor, so it makes every team seem tough. But seriously, there really is something funny going on with the scheduling in the conference. I think Nebraska gets used because they draw eyeballs to the tv and buy a lot of tickets. I do feel like Ohio State and Wisky have been given preferential treatment in scheduling over the years.
I am not advocating any of that. However changing a culture that is fowled up vice merely a coaching change to move a program forward are 2 different scenarios. That is what I'm getting at.
