Nebraska’s schedule too difficult for Scott Frost

[HFCS]

It's easy to be fooled by bad teams showing signs of life.

I feel some ISU wisdom/pain in this post.

 

[isutrevman]

Frost's mistake is thinking the fast-paced spread offense he used at Oregon and UCF would work at Nebraska. I can't think of any cold weather team that uses that system effectively.

 

[awd4cy]

They've been below average now for 5 seasons. They fired Pelini who consistently won 8-9 games and have struggled with bowl eligibility since. It is glorious.

Heck, he only had 9 and 10 win seasons all 7 years.

 

[CloneGuy8]

Players were probably wearing hoodies in warmups...

 

[CloneGuy8]

Frost's mistake is thinking the fast-paced spread offense he used at Oregon and UCF would work at Nebraska. I can't think of any cold weather team that uses that system effectively.

Washington State is the only one I can think of, and its because they have the Godfather of the spread offense.

 

[deadeyededric]

If they were going to hire a former player it probably should have been Craig Bohl.

 

[Cyclones_R_GR8]

 

[Cyched]

 

[awd4cy]

Nebraska could get relegated to FCS, and even then I’m not convinced they would make the playoffs next year.

 

[KennyPratt42]

9-4
10-4
10-4
9-4
10-4
9-4
9-3

Following a coach that missed bowl games 2 out of 4 years. Bo Pelini is likely to go down as their best coach in the 21st century.

 

[awd4cy]

9-4
10-4
10-4
9-4
10-4
9-4
9-3

Following a coach that missed bowl games 2 out of 4 years. Bo Pelini is likely to go down as their best coach in the 21st century.

And after he was fired, the AD stated “Pelini hadn’t won the games that really mattered against top tier opponents.” Man, that sounds eerily similar to the current situation at another Big 10 school. That coach also has pretty much exactly the same yearly records as Bo did.

 

[Cyclones_R_GR8]

So I had to break this out of retirement and tweet this out to Husker fans

 

[mattyheiden]

Washington State is the only one I can think of, and its because they have the Godfather of the spread offense.

Frost doesn’t have the interior linemen to run anything else. You also need a stout defense to run a ball control offense. They both fit together scheme-wise. Ohio State can because they can recruit 5* athletes to every position, including the defensive side of the ball. They had 3 WRs drafted last spring too and they just reload at that position.

 

[Prone2Clone]

I watched a fair amount of this game. Purdue is bad. Nebraska is worse. Martinez -- woof.

 

[mattyheiden]

If Plummer stays healthy, he’s going to be a PITA to play against, especially with those talented young WRs. The rest of the team, not so much.

 

[BoxsterCy]

9-4
10-4
10-4
9-4
10-4
9-4
9-3

Following a coach that missed bowl games 2 out of 4 years. Bo Pelini is likely to go down as their best coach in the 21st century.

If Campbell could do that at ISU we would build him a statue at the entrance to Jack Trice.

 

[Sparkplug]

Brother in law that’s an Astros and Nebraska fan blocked our texts

 

[wgleason]

Hoping they are 5-6 coming into the Iowa game hungry for a bowl game berth.

I hope they come in 4-7 and end up with 7 loses

 

[KnappShack]

So I was curious. Looked at the Bugeater coaching records since Solich wasn't allowed to let the program slide into mediocrity

121-81 60% (ish) winning percentage
Solich was 58-19 75.3%

Somehow with a level playing field Nebraska turned into a cold weather school in a mostly rural state

**** Nebraska

 

[jsb]

I hope they come in 4-7 and end up with 7 loses

No way, it would be fantastic if they beat Iowa.

Growing up in Eastern Iowa, I don't have quite the hatred of Nebraska that some of you do. Hell, I actually liked Mike Riley and wanted him to succeed. I dislike them now mainly because Scott Frost is like Tom Herman who is like Matt Rhule which means they are arrogant ********. And it is fun watching a train wreck.