With hard part in the past, Nebraska football expects bright future

Good stuff. The transition year is complete, now time to see what Riley can do going forward.

I have no problem with a bumpy transition year if what follows is good. Hopefully the foundation for the program has been laid.

 
ColoradoHusk said:
7 losses, no matter how close is a colossal failure. Yes, the blowout losses sucked, but I would rather have the 9 other wins in those seasons.
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I think zoogs brings up a pretty good point here:

zoogs said:
9-4 lends itself far too easily to defensive posturing. 6-7 means swallowing hard truths and looking in the mirror. Something NU hasn't had to do in a long time.
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I said the following before Bo got fired and I stick to it to this day - I'm willing to go through change, including change that isn't good, if it means getting away from the status quo of 9 wins and no conference titles. I know some people believe you never fire a 9 win coach under any circumstance, unless it's for something bad like a criminal issue. I don't think it's that black and white. Showing no real progression, or regression, may work in some parts of life but I don't think it works that well in football sometimes.

While good graduation rates, minimal off the field problems and consistent winning seasons are, on the whole, a good thing, I think anybody is kidding themselves if they believe that that status quo would've been acceptable long term.

 
I think now that he and his staff have had time to step back and take a look at things, they have noticed a lot of the things the fans have been complaining about this year. I'm encouraged hearing the coaches handle themselves in a really open and calm manner. It's a nice change for sure.

 
Hunter94 said:
Stumpy1 said:
I will gladly take 7 loses of 10 points or less over 2-3 complete woodshed beatings. There is a big perception difference between the 2 IMO.
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then you are OK not going to any bowl games most years?
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Did I say it would happen every or most years? I must have missed that part in my statement. Also, last I checked, we went to a bowl game just a week ago with 7 loses.

I am trying to say that we were competitive in every game we played and lost, couldn't say the same about the last few years.

 
TheSker said:
Hunter94 said:
the highlight of the season?.......we didn't lose by more than 10 points to anyone............wow
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It's the new standard that was decided upon in place of 9/10 wins.

The "best" part is how the article relates not losing any games by more than 10 points to our last conference championship year. You da man, Riley!
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I am shocked you feel that way.
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cm husker said:
I like Riley's last quote, though I don't really understand what he means by "self-indicating." If he means that NU shouldn't have been in that many close games that could come down to a final drive, I agree with him. I like a lot of the quotes from Riley in that article. I just wish he wasn't married to Langs as his OC, because I don't see that system of offense ever producing a championship at Nebraska. And it certainly doesn't lend itself to consistent results over a period of seasons.
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He is admitting failure to an extent.

 
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