Bein serious. I think our athletic department is badly mismanaging our football program, and I’m done supporting them monetarily. Guarantee I’m not alone in this sentiment…
Apathy
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Bein serious, I am going to grill Wimmers hot dogs tonight and cover them with chili without beins with grated sharp cheddar cheese. I believe that Nebraska's athletic department is in good hands. Guarantee I'm not alone in this sentiment...
What right do you or anyone have to demand anything from Nebraska athletics? You are owed what?
We all have the right to demand it. They use the fan support as a reason to tout the program, people spend a fortune on traveling and supporting the team, they currently want hundreds of millions of dollars from us, and it's a public university. The people that support it have the right to demand results.
Will you kindly detail all the times Switzer laid “half a hundred” on Osborne in Lincoln (or Norman for that matter)
Thanks. Us youngsters need a history lesson
I hate to say it yet I 100% agree.
Oklahoma state game when 75% of stadium left at half time is the day Callahan got fired
been teetering for years.. I put one foot out a few years ago.. still keep one in, but it's given me a new perspective.. In success circles, you are who you hang out with.. now I'm not sure if the team you root for has a similar effect, but it's also why I have one foot out.
I'm on a way different time zone overseas, but even when I have been in the US, I have missed the first quarter, or first half with a lot of frequency over the years. I missed the first half of Saturdays game just because it started at like 3am my time.
I think we can get to a bowl game, so I'm not too worried about things right now, but my mental investment in the program is a lot less than it used to be. In reality, bowl games don't mean crap either.. but it would just show some progress for the player and staff.
I'm seeing a lot of things going to crap in the country.. so it's not just Nebraska football, and I have to limit exposure to that stuff or it gives me a bad outlook and ruins my day. I think this has been studied and watching the news and stuff is supposed to be bad for your mental and emotional health.
Anyway, I don't like to let outside crap affect me. Control what I can, try to do my best, and to heck with the rest of it, including Nebraska football, if it's effecting me negatively.
Barry never scored 50 on Nebraska but I get the sentiment. They used to kick our butts all over field. Us and everyone else.
Newsflash - Switzer never scored 50 on Nebraska in Lincoln or in Norman. He also never scored 40.
The most he ever scored in Lincoln was 28.
Switzer’s largest margin of victory in Lincoln was 14 pts in a game that was tied going into the 4th quarter. I highly doubt “the stadium emptied out early”
I see we are already at the point where people are flat out making sh*t up to advance a narrative
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Not so fast my friend. Thats myth.
Al Golden had some good things going at Temple, handed off the reigns to Steve Adazio, who continued a Bo Pelini type success before going 4-7 in 2012.
Look up Temple's seasons Pryor to Rhule's short time there. It was not the football wasteland Nebraska fans were led to believe.
Rhule's first year at Baylor was the worst record at that school since the 60's.
No argument with you if Rhule put together an 11-1 season at Baylor. But I don't think that ever happened.
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My apathy started toward the end of the Bo era. It set in fully with Riley. And Frost didn't change a thing. Not even when he was first hired.
The hiring of Rhule actually got me out of it. And it still does. He wasn't my first choice, but he was close. And I still think think he can at least get us back to 9-10 win seasons.
The hiring of Rhule actually got me out of it. And it still does. He wasn't my first choice, but he was close. And I still think think he can at least get us back to 9-10 win seasons.
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We can disagree with Rhules coaching philosophy but give the guy a chance. If he loses half his 24 recruits and fails to adequately replace them, then maybe we have something to complain about. But let’s give him three years and see where we’re at. He’s upgrading the stars and the speed on this class and he’s going for some bigger named players that Frost would never have considered. With the schedule we have remaining if we end up at five wins great, if not just resign Frost and Whipple. We will be okay!!!
That's the thing with this super conference crap. There will be talented teams with great coaching and great fan support that will need to satisfied with going .500 in their conference.
I'd be willing to stay engaged if the athletic department promised to NEVER play that stupid, idiotic Irish song EVER again. I can't even bring myself to speak those innane lyrics. Just mind-numbingly embarrassing.
What more can they do? Hired a coach and paid big bucks for him and his staff. New facilities everyone was sure would make recruitment take off.
They don't coach, they give the coaches support both financially and emotionally.
As I said in an earlier response they need to invest more money in NIL. You don’t develop teams anymore, you buy them.
The new facility is fugly looking. Doesn’t match any of the architecture. Looks like it’s from wish.com
Im not sure if your post is directed to me, but it does not apply to me. This is not a reaction to losing to the number 2 team in the country. This is a feeling of apathy before we even played the game, or games before this one.
I thought wed win as many as 8. New transfer qb is a disaster and clearly worse than what we had, bonehead playcalls and personnel issues, some of this is on rhule year one or not, period. Theres improvements to but apathy.
I also believe part of the apathy is the big ten. I have no desire to watch purdue or maryland, among other teams. Just terrible opponents. Every other conference is better to watch.
Not directed at you, and I should have said that at the start. My beef is a more general one that, IMO, involves moving goalposts.
I dont think its nefarious or intentional.
However, it is mind boggling.
Consider this: when you factor in money spent, brand, resources, amenities, and fan support….Nebraska has gotten the worst output from their input of any college football program the past 10 years and each and every year in those ten years, and its not even close.
Its flabbergasting. Beating Iowa in our worst year ever doesnt make up for that.
I pay nothing and im not on here much. Its not a good feeling or one im proud of.
I didnt mean for this thread to turn into a rhule good or bad thread. As I said in my post I think hes a casualty of the past regarding my apathy. Its all built up so much and obvious we arent going to really get better any time soon so here I am. Like I said I wish rhule had started five years ago but here we are.
Yep. Right after we lost to minnesota and colorado, and after not making bowl games for six consecutive years…
Oh wait.
I cant stand the osborne stuff. Same was said for riley and frost,
The situations cant possibly be any different.
we all knew it'd be a ****** year.
look at his first year at Baylor, got boat-raced by much weaker Oklahoma State & Texas teams.
However, we really need Mickey Joseph back. You need to recruit difference makers that Joseph attracted with teams like USC, Oregon and Washington joining
look at his first year at Baylor, got boat-raced by much weaker Oklahoma State & Texas teams.
However, we really need Mickey Joseph back. You need to recruit difference makers that Joseph attracted with teams like USC, Oregon and Washington joining
How many of them will pan out and be at least decent? 1/3 of them? Maybe 2-3.
It was clear they were only going through the motions. 6 carries by Grant says they were just giving him the week off, so to save him for the rest of the season in games we have a shot at. I can’t say I disagree with the approach.
We are 2-3. I’m not asking for him to be fired you moron. But if I’m critical I should find another team to cheer for? You take this joint too seriously.