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GeorgeFlippin

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Nebraska rebuild under Matt Rhule looks stuck in neutral despite Ohio win.​


Nebraska managed to avoid pulling a “Rutgers” to win the Frank Solich Bowl in the school's season-opening home tilt.

But as the Cornhuskers enter their fourth season under Matt Rhule, they didn’t appear much closer than Greg Schiano’s Rutgers program to even contending for a Big Ten title.

There's more to the article but I think we all know Nebraska probably won't get to the conference title game, that's ok, today's win was a game that Nebraska might have lost last year or the year before. I hope they can keep building and get better, not to look ahead, but the games leading up to Mich State will be interesting. Defense has to get better as well as penalties.

Solid effort in the 4th quarter to close out strong.
 

Scoop123

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Nebraska rebuild under Matt Rhule looks stuck in neutral despite Ohio win.​


Nebraska managed to avoid pulling a “Rutgers” to win the Frank Solich Bowl in the school's season-opening home tilt.

But as the Cornhuskers enter their fourth season under Matt Rhule, they didn’t appear much closer than Greg Schiano’s Rutgers program to even contending for a Big Ten title.

There's more to the article but I think we all know Nebraska probably won't get to the conference title game, that's ok, today's win was a game that Nebraska might have lost last year or the year before. I hope they can keep building and get better, not to look ahead, but the games leading up to Mich State will be interesting. Defense has to get better as well as penalties.

Solid effort in the 4th quarter to close out strong.

I think the writer walked must've away after the first quarter or two. It felt stuck for awhile. But nah... we showed improvement.
 

orclover11

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I think the writer walked must've away after the first quarter or two. It felt stuck for awhile. But nah... we showed improvement.
TEAM A
Head Coach in 4th Year
Head Coach paid 10 million
NIL payroll= 25 million
Entire Program Expenses= 100 million
At Home, First game
Veteran QB

TEAM B
Head Coach= 1st year
Entire Program Expenses is 10 million < Nebraska head coach
Paid 1.5 million to Play Nebraska
Returns 5 starters, 1 on offense

This is not competitive football. This game accounted for 10-15% of Ohio's entire football revenue and there is some doubt whether it would even be worth winning the game, especially if other teams stop scheduling them. Their program will literally die on the vine without these games. Yes, I thought the defense adjusted after a bad start, yes the offense found a set of plays that worked against an overwhelmed defense. But is was a one score game in the 4th quarter, in a game that was not designed in anyway to be competitive.
 

steinek11

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It’s a big and talented conference. We are not going to be contending for any titles. But we can still have a great year and overachieve.

USA today is what you find in the stalls at the airport. Entirely worthless fish wrap.
 
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Dumb article. One team is 1-0 and the other is 0-1. Neither team was expected preseason to challenge for the Big-10 title anyways. Not all Big-10 teams looked great in their openers (Oregon-Boise St game was closer than expected and definitely Michigan was helped in the win over Western Michigan).
 

TheHiker

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Nebraska rebuild under Matt Rhule looks stuck in neutral despite Ohio win.​


Nebraska managed to avoid pulling a “Rutgers” to win the Frank Solich Bowl in the school's season-opening home tilt.

But as the Cornhuskers enter their fourth season under Matt Rhule, they didn’t appear much closer than Greg Schiano’s Rutgers program to even contending for a Big Ten title.

There's more to the article but I think we all know Nebraska probably won't get to the conference title game, that's ok, today's win was a game that Nebraska might have lost last year or the year before. I hope they can keep building and get better, not to look ahead, but the games leading up to Mich State will be interesting. Defense has to get better as well as penalties.

Solid effort in the 4th quarter to close out strong.

It sure wasn’t a perfect game, but it does feel like the media has a slight agenda. This site’s game article title of “sloppy uncomfortable blow out win” also felt that way and not exactly accurate. Maybe it’s all the years of expecting the worst, but the team came out in the second half and controlled the rest of the game.
 
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orclover11

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It sure wasn’t a perfect game, but it does feel like the media has a slight agenda. This site’s game article title of “sloppy uncomfortable blow out win” also felt that way and not exactly accurate. Maybe it’s all the years of expecting the worst, but the team came out in the second half and controlled the rest of the game.
The blame is on the consumers. Consumers want to see and hear what they believe. This is baseline of all media decisions, and headlines need to be emotional and judgmental to get clicks. Nebraska wins 49-21 is a dead headline. Media will not write stuff that people ignore, so people decide what they want and the media follows.

I am as anti-rhule as it gets but I thought the HO headline was ********. We won by 28 and met the betting line. Whether Ohio gave up, or wore out, or we ran up the score doesn't matter. That has to be calculated in when setting expectations in a game. Everybody expects a team with 10% the resources to eventually get beat...whether out of exhaustion, on purpose, or cheating. But following 3 blowout losses, a bad transfer portal, losing our preferred qb, and overpaying for a backup option it seems most people are down on the program. Throw in the ******* at AD and the scammer at head coach and the vibe is skewed negative. This team will have to earn a flip in fan sentiment, as it should be.

A better article would be... "another ******** non-competitive game ended in a blowout for a power conference team just paying for wins".
 

dinglefritz

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It’s a big and talented conference. We are not going to be contending for any titles. But we can still have a great year and overachieve.

USA today is what you find in the stalls at the airport. Entirely worthless fish wrap.
They have dozens of online writers and contributors making up stories to grab clicks. It’s a worthless opinion rag. I
 
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RedCap

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Did anyone ever think Indiana would have the kind of season they had last year? It can be done, Nebraska just hasn't done it for a long time now. In the end coaching is the key IMO.
 
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TEAM A
Head Coach in 4th Year
Head Coach paid 10 million
NIL payroll= 25 million
Entire Program Expenses= 100 million
At Home, First game
Veteran QB

TEAM B
Head Coach= 1st year
Entire Program Expenses is 10 million < Nebraska head coach
Paid 1.5 million to Play Nebraska
Returns 5 starters, 1 on offense

This is not competitive football. This game accounted for 10-15% of Ohio's entire football revenue and there is some doubt whether it would even be worth winning the game, especially if other teams stop scheduling them. Their program will literally die on the vine without these games. Yes, I thought the defense adjusted after a bad start, yes the offense found a set of plays that worked against an overwhelmed defense. But is was a one score game in the 4th quarter, in a game that was not designed in anyway to be competitive.
You’re an idiot and the only like you get is another idiot. Not surprised
 
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steinek11

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Did anyone ever think Indiana would have the kind of season they had last year? It can be done, Nebraska just hasn't done it for a long time now. In the end coaching is the key IMO.
It can be done (but only when you have an elite alpha for a coach) which we do not have.
 

RoryMurray

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The blame is on the consumers. Consumers want to see and hear what they believe. This is baseline of all media decisions, and headlines need to be emotional and judgmental to get clicks. Nebraska wins 49-21 is a dead headline. Media will not write stuff that people ignore, so people decide what they want and the media follows.

I am as anti-rhule as it gets but I thought the HO headline was ********. We won by 28 and met the betting line. Whether Ohio gave up, or wore out, or we ran up the score doesn't matter. That has to be calculated in when setting expectations in a game. Everybody expects a team with 10% the resources to eventually get beat...whether out of exhaustion, on purpose, or cheating. But following 3 blowout losses, a bad transfer portal, losing our preferred qb, and overpaying for a backup option it seems most people are down on the program. Throw in the ******* at AD and the scammer at head coach and the vibe is skewed negative. This team will have to earn a flip in fan sentiment, as it should be.

A better article would be... "another ******** non-competitive game ended in a blowout for a power conference team just paying for wins".
You really are a miserable human being.
 
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Rcnut223

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I think the writer walked must've away after the first quarter or two. It felt stuck for awhile. But nah... we showed improvement.
You are kidding, Right? well I hope you are , .....kidding I mean. Cause if you aren't kidding , you should be. Kidding I mean...
 
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