Steven M. Sipple: Spare me the 'It's just Northwestern' talk

So assume we beat Wisconsin and Iowa like this (13-10)? Do people b!tch about those wins to? My answer is yes.

And before anyone comes after me for saying we aren't b!tching we are judging, then that's fine. I understand this season hasn't gone how we thought it has, but let's take it one game at a time, and our bye weeks couldn't of come at a better time.

Beat Minny, then OOOOOHHHH BOY I'm excited!

 
hskrfan4life said:
Beat Minny, then OOOOOHHHH BOY I'm excited!
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MN is an important game for bowl eligibility.  A win makes it possible to get bowl eligible since we should be able to win one more against Indiana or Purdue.  A loss would require us to beat both which would be difficult.  The next 3 games are important.

If MN is our last win then at least we improved from 4-8.  If we lose to MN we can still get another win against Indiana or Purdue and also improve.  Win or lose to MN, we can still improve from last season.

 
4skers89 said:
MN is an important game for bowl eligibility.  A win makes it possible to get bowl eligible since we should be able to win one more against Indiana or Purdue.  A loss would require us to beat both which would be difficult.  The next 3 games are important.

If MN is our last win then at least we improved from 4-8.  If we lose to MN we can still get another win against Indiana or Purdue and also improve.  Win or lose to MN, we can still improve from last season.
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CapoValley said:
Mike Riley was by no means a success here, but I guess I’d like you to tell me why he’s behind the two biggest problems on this team, Adrian Martinez, his regression and the errant snaps. 
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We should have an upperclassman playing at every position on the line so that takes care of the high snaps and if you don't think that AM regression has to do with a line that has been mostly dominated through 6 games then i don't know what to tell you.

 
Landlord said:
Other than the most important stat for judging coaches by? Haha. That's a pretty big one don't ya think? 

I was mainly thinking about how Riley went to and won a bowl game, had a huge win over a top 10 opponent, and at this point in season 2 was undefeated and ranked #10. 

I'm also not making an actual point about Riley or anything - just remarking on how expectations and results and stuff are weird and hard to predict and very subjective. 
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End product of:

BP > MR

 
GBRFAN said:
We should have an upperclassman playing at every position on the line so that takes care of the high snaps and if you don't think that AM regression has to do with a line that has been mostly dominated through 6 games then i don't know what to tell you.
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With the exception of our center, which I agree shouldn’t see the field. Our starting line has people in the program for three years 

 
CapoValley said:
With the exception of our center, which I agree shouldn’t see the field. Our starting line has people in the program for three years 
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I hear you - most solid programs have 4 or 5 starters and 3+ 2nd string that are Jr/Sr - NU has zero starters that are SR and possibly 0 2nd stringers. 

That doesn't work in the BIG - MR is to blame and SF is fixing it but we are 2 years away from being close in the trenches

 
GBRFAN said:
I hear you - most solid programs have 4 or 5 starters and 3+ 2nd string that are Jr/Sr - NU has zero starters that are SR and possibly 0 2nd stringers. 

That doesn't work in the BIG - MR is to blame and SF is fixing it but we are 2 years away from being close in the trenches
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If that’s true, fine but the hubris coming from the staff about how jurgens is the next rimington needs to be turned down by at least half. 

 
CapoValley said:
If that’s true, fine but the hubris coming from the staff about how jurgens is the next rimington needs to be turned down by at least half. 
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Unless you have a tape from several weeks ago - i doubt it has been heard recently

The kid also has 3 more years to become a finished product

 
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GBRFAN said:
Unless you have a tape from several weeks ago - i doubt it has been heard recently
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Frost did say the snaps have gotten "progressively better" just today, go doesn't seem entirely true. I have not looked at the exact numbers, but there has been a step back the past couple weeks after a decent stretch. 

 
CapoValley said:
If that’s true, fine but the hubris coming from the staff about how jurgens is the next rimington needs to be turned down by at least half. 
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I honestly think at the end of the day Jurgens is going to be All Conf...dude has a serious case of the yips right now but that will pass........eventually

 
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