wow ...out-played and terribly out-coached.

Fed-Up

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How disappointing...I had to turn it off. Year three and he hasn't proven anything (except that he can get a contract extension). Yes...7 wins (which will be the ceiling for this team). This schedule was as easy as it could be and Nebraska still has managed to look unprepared....uncoached....unready to play.
 
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Based on your username; I can guess you have no interest in an honest conversation where you admit that Penn state had an overwhelming talent advantage.
So after all the bloviating about how Rhule absolutely kills it in Year 3, this is all well and good because it’s just due to a lack of talent? How many times does the goal post get moved for this guy?
 

Shimmer003

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So after all the bloviating about how Rhule absolutely kills it in Year 3, this is all well and good because it’s just due to a lack of talent? How many times does the goal post get moved for this guy?
None of those are things I’ve asserted. Don’t ascribe other peoples expectations to me.
 

cHUCK001

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Husker Matt's 99th ranked and currently dead last in the BIG 2026 recruiting class should lead to a promising future for the program. You go get em Temple Matt. Dude was a turd since day 1. One more damn year of this. The Sunday after black friday 2026 cannot come fast enough.
 
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WTFMatt

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Husker Matt's 99th ranked and currently dead last in the BIG 2026 recruiting class should lead to a promising future for the program. You go get em Temple Matt. Dude was a turd since day 1. One more damn year of this. The Sunday after black friday 2026 cannot come fast enough.
The good news is we extended his contract so that he wouldn't leave for PSU.

The university is as much at fault as any coach has been for the last 20 years.
 

Kakdawg

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How were we outcoached and not outmatched?

Not gonna lie and ro me it felt like the more talented better team won. Only problem I had coaching wise was I felt they should've took the handcuffs off of TJ after the second drive when we showed that our defense couldn't stop them. Other than that I seen a front seven on their team that COMPLETELY dominated a clearly outmatched front 7 on our defense. Thank God Singelton was there or they would've put a 50 burger up.


They were the better team. Simply put their OL and their DL was better than our DL and OL
It's rare that u win those games when that's the case. Coaching didn't cause that...





Holla
 

Shimmer003

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Not gonna lie and ro me it felt like the more talented better team won. Only problem I had coaching wise was I felt they should've took the handcuffs off of TJ after the second drive when we showed that our defense couldn't stop them. Other than that I seen a front seven on their team that COMPLETELY dominated a clearly outmatched front 7 on our defense. Thank God Singelton was there or they would've put a 50 burger up.


They were the better team. Simply put their OL and their DL was better than our DL and OL
It's rare that u win those games when that's the case. Coaching didn't cause that...





Holla
Careful. Rational, objective posts like this aren’t going over well tonight.

If someone told us in August we would lose 37-10 to Penn state, no one would have thought twice about it. But because Penn state underachieved this year, everyone is mad. It’s absurd. Everyone knows Penn state had more talent than us. Everyone knows Penn state wants to run the ball. Everyone knows Nebraska can’t stop the run this year. And now everyone is mad we lost. So emotional.
 

Spinner4

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Husker Matt's 99th ranked and currently dead last in the BIG 2026 recruiting class should lead to a promising future for the program. You go get em Temple Matt. Dude was a turd since day 1. One more damn year of this. The Sunday after black friday 2026 cannot come fast enough.
But next year. Next year. Until its the next year

Matt Rhule is Little orphan Annie. Tomorrow you’ll love him and how dare you question anything else
 

broken record

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Not gonna lie and ro me it felt like the more talented better team won. Only problem I had coaching wise was I felt they should've took the handcuffs off of TJ after the second drive when we showed that our defense couldn't stop them. Other than that I seen a front seven on their team that COMPLETELY dominated a clearly outmatched front 7 on our defense. Thank God Singelton was there or they would've put a 50 burger up.


They were the better team. Simply put their OL and their DL was better than our DL and OL
It's rare that u win those games when that's the case. Coaching didn't cause that...





Holla
The DL is just not good. Watching them get moved like toys every snap is just insane. I noticed some younger guys getting reps late in the game and honestly they were playing pretty well.
This was who PSU always was and it's only now coming together. They'll still be bowl eligible after beating Rutgers.
 

broken record

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Careful. Rational, objective posts like this aren’t going over well tonight.

If someone told us in August we would lose 37-10 to Penn state, no one would have thought twice about it. But because Penn state underachieved this year, everyone is mad. It’s absurd. Everyone knows Penn state had more talent than us. Everyone knows Penn state wants to run the ball. Everyone knows Nebraska can’t stop the run this year. And now everyone is mad we lost. So emotional.
Yeah. People don't accept that in college you look at a team in terms of their last four games. That's what the odds makers do. That is why PSU was a heavy favorite. They played tough against OSU until they caved late. They had Indiana beaten except for a miracle catch. They easily beat Mich St away from home. They will blast Rutgers and be bowl eligible.
Nebraska has given up tons of yards on the ground against basically everyone. We gutted out some wins against teams like Maryland, UCLA, and Northwestern. We lost to USC and Michigan at home and could't stop the run at all. We were dominated by Minnesota.
So yeah, what is the surprise here?
 

Kakdawg

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30-3 outmatched? Come on. Give an effing break. UCLA beat this team. We beat UCLA. This is all on coaching.
I wish it were that simple. This PSU team was different than the team that UCLA beat. You can complain about coaching if you like. But if my OL and DL is better than your DL/OL you are gonna catch hell trying to beat them...


Holla
 

Frostontheegrass

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Not gonna lie and ro me it felt like the more talented better team won. Only problem I had coaching wise was I felt they should've took the handcuffs off of TJ after the second drive when we showed that our defense couldn't stop them. Other than that I seen a front seven on their team that COMPLETELY dominated a clearly outmatched front 7 on our defense. Thank God Singelton was there or they would've put a 50 burger up.


They were the better team. Simply put their OL and their DL was better than our DL and OL
It's rare that u win those games when that's the case. Coaching didn't cause that...





Holla
Coaching has done NOTHING for Corcoran's 'technique'....you cannot tell me that is the product of elite coaching. Just one example, awful
 

MacDiddly

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This IS Nebraska football. The critics were correct that after TO left, Nebraska would never again have championship football. They were 100% correct.
But Indiana can? A weak mindset is why we are not good. Holgersen said we had to play up to our competition this week. That’s such a loser mentality and it permeates throughout the whole team
 

Anon1750875978

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Husker Matt's 99th ranked and currently dead last in the BIG 2026 recruiting class should lead to a promising future for the program. You go get em Temple Matt. Dude was a turd since day 1. One more damn year of this. The Sunday after black friday 2026 cannot come fast enough.
HCMR has a huge checkbook.

High school recruiting hardly matters anymore.
 

Kakdawg

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So after all the bloviating about how Rhule absolutely kills it in Year 3, this is all well and good because it’s just due to a lack of talent? How many times does the goal post get moved for this guy?
Just watch the games. Trust your eyes . Don't listen to those people. Did your eyes tell you that Nebraska was the better team with better talent? Or did you buy into the hype?

I'm different I guess but i simply watch the game and know what I'm looking at. If you thought this was a good matchup for Nebraska I'm not sure what you been watching all year. Iowa I a horrible matchup as well. Simply put this conference REQUIRES u to have good line play if you wanna win at a high level.




Holla
 

WTFMatt

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Careful. Rational, objective posts like this aren’t going over well tonight.

If someone told us in August we would lose 37-10 to Penn state, no one would have thought twice about it. But because Penn state underachieved this year, everyone is mad. It’s absurd. Everyone knows Penn state had more talent than us. Everyone knows Penn state wants to run the ball. Everyone knows Nebraska can’t stop the run this year. And now everyone is mad we lost. So emotional.

BS. Nobody would have accepted that we would lose 37-10 to Penn State. This team was supposed to be the year 3 Matt Rhule turnaround. At this point in his tenure, we should be expecting wins and competitive losses.
 

Zeke Husker

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Careful. Rational, objective posts like this aren’t going over well tonight.

If someone told us in August we would lose 37-10 to Penn state, no one would have thought twice about it. But because Penn state underachieved this year, everyone is mad. It’s absurd. Everyone knows Penn state had more talent than us. Everyone knows Penn state wants to run the ball. Everyone knows Nebraska can’t stop the run this year. And now everyone is mad we lost. So emotional.
You are correct, 99% of Nebraska fans at the start of the season figured we would lose this game, just that all expected Penn State to have more than 4 wins.
 
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Man Woman & Child

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Yeah. People don't accept that in college you look at a team in terms of their last four games. That's what the odds makers do. That is why PSU was a heavy favorite. They played tough against OSU until they caved late. They had Indiana beaten except for a miracle catch. They easily beat Mich St away from home. They will blast Rutgers and be bowl eligible.
Nebraska has given up tons of yards on the ground against basically everyone. We gutted out some wins against teams like Maryland, UCLA, and Northwestern. We lost to USC and Michigan at home and could't stop the run at all. We were dominated by Minnesota.
So yeah, what is the surprise here?

So what did the oddsmakers think we should have gotten beat by? I mean clearly, any rational person with half a brain knew we were a 27 point less talented team.

Oh wait, another horrible take. And using Vegas as your argument might be the worst take yet. Good lord
 

Shimmer003

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You are correct, 99% of Nebraska fans at the start of the season figured we would lose this game, just that all expected Penn State to have more than 4 wins.
Penn state underachieved. They’re still super talented. Particularly up front. Yeah…4 wins. That doesn’t mean anything after kickoff and we need our guys to be better than their guys.
 

CubHawk1237

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Maybe Rhule should spend less time on McAfee and any other TV show that will allow him on and more time coaching...then maybe they could beat an average football team. The guy is a creepy bastard and average at best football coach
 
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Maybe Rhule should spend less time on McAfee and any other TV show that will allow him on and more time coaching...then maybe they could beat an average football team. The guy is a creepy bastard and average at best football coach
But Rhule is really good at pretending to be a buddy to fans who are into that sort of thing.

And he must have the greatest agent who ever walked the Earth.
 

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So what did the oddsmakers think we should have gotten beat by? I mean clearly, any rational person with half a brain knew we were a 27 point less talented team.

Oh wait, another horrible take. And using Vegas as your argument might be the worst take yet. Good lord
The line was 9.5. Vegas assumed we'd be avle to make them punt more than once. But they also expected us to get run over. And we did.