Dylan Raiola

Hilltop said:
I get we have been down for a long time but no reason to exaggerate the down period.  Our defense and offense was pretty dang good in 2000.  2008 was also pretty solid.  2009 was awesome until we had an injury at the wrong spot.  Again, in 2010, we were great on both sides of the ball until the injury bug bit again.  Few more examples but the reality is having one terrible side of the ball has only been a theme for the last 7 years.     
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There are 3 sides of the ball, and Bo had some pretty awful defenses at the end/offenses in the early days, so did Callahan.  Frank went .500 and was on the decline at the end.  Did you forget unranked K State beating us 38-9 in 2003?  I sure don't, I was there.  Do you recall Bo giving up 70 points in a conference title game, and NCAA records in rushing a couple years later?  Remember the 2009 offense?  Callahan had teams that gave up 70 to Texas Tech, and 76 to Kansas for goodness sake.   I don't think what I said is a reach at all.  You could argue 20 years instead of 25, but it has been going on a lot longer than 7 years.   2010 I will give you, but that is basically the one example in the last 20-21 years. 

I think you have Husker PTSD and memory loss!  

 
runningblind said:
There are 3 sides of the ball, and Bo had some pretty awful defenses at the end/offenses in the early days, so did Callahan.  Frank went .500 and was on the decline at the end.  Did you forget unranked K State beating us 38-9 in 2003?  I sure don't, I was there.  Do you recall Bo giving up 70 points in a conference title game, and NCAA records in rushing a couple years later?  Remember the 2009 offense?  Callahan had teams that gave up 70 to Texas Tech, and 76 to Kansas for goodness sake.   I don't think what I said is a reach at all.  You could argue 20 years instead of 25, but it has been going on a lot longer than 7 years.   2010 I will give you, but that is basically the one example in the last 20-21 years. 

I think you have Husker PTSD and memory loss!  
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To most fans, there is a lot of middle ground between terrible, decent, good, or elite.  It can't be all or nothing because the standard would then be National Championship or you are "terrible".  Yes, those bad losses happened but so did a lot of good to great performances during those same seasons.  I do remember the 2009 offense that had a very injured QB.  They still put up 49, 38, 55, 31, and 33 in 5 different games.  They weren't terrible but they struggled during key moments- especially against #3 Texas in the championship game.  That was all with our Heisman hopeful QB sidelined for the final 6 games with injuries.

Everyone remembers Callahan for being a really bad coach but he was close during the 2006 season.  On October 21st, we were 6-1 with out only loss at #4 USC.  We played #5 Texas later that day and lost 22-20 in a game that many will remember we should have won.  We were a good football team and certainly not Terrible.

2010 Nebraska was 9-1 on Nov 20th and ranked #9 with a 31-17 top 10 win on our record.  We played at #18 TA&M later that day and lost 9-6 because our QB was playing on a sprained ankle and there was some questionable stuff outside of that.  We were a good football team and certainly not terrible.

2012 we were 10-2 going into December...

2013 was a tough year but we still finished 9-4 and beat top 25 Georgia to end the year...

2014 we start 8-1...

2015 was Riley's first year and it was rough.  We still won a bowl game and beat a top 10 team.  Maybe terrible but arguable.

2016 we started 7-0 before losing to back to back top 10 teams on the road.  we won the next 2 and finished 9-4...

2017 is when the terrible starts....  4-8, 4-8, 5-7, 3-5....etc 

I think you are just remembering the negatives and I think you are suffering from completely unrealistic expectations if you think we have been "terrible" for the last 20 years.  There is no question that we have been terrible recently but even Riley's good year wasn't terrible by most standards.

 
Hilltop said:
To most fans, there is a lot of middle ground between terrible, decent, good, or elite.  It can't be all or nothing because the standard would then be National Championship or you are "terrible".  Yes, those bad losses happened but so did a lot of good to great performances during those same seasons.  I do remember the 2009 offense that had a very injured QB.  They still put up 49, 38, 55, 31, and 33 in 5 different games.  They weren't terrible but they struggled during key moments- especially against #3 Texas in the championship game.  That was all with our Heisman hopeful QB sidelined for the final 6 games with injuries.

Everyone remembers Callahan for being a really bad coach but he was close during the 2006 season.  On October 21st, we were 6-1 with out only loss at #4 USC.  We played #5 Texas later that day and lost 22-20 in a game that many will remember we should have won.  We were a good football team and certainly not Terrible.

2010 Nebraska was 9-1 on Nov 20th and ranked #9 with a 31-17 top 10 win on our record.  We played at #18 TA&M later that day and lost 9-6 because our QB was playing on a sprained ankle and there was some questionable stuff outside of that.  We were a good football team and certainly not terrible.

2012 we were 10-2 going into December...

2013 was a tough year but we still finished 9-4 and beat top 25 Georgia to end the year...

2014 we start 8-1...

2015 was Riley's first year and it was rough.  We still won a bowl game and beat a top 10 team.  Maybe terrible but arguable.

2016 we started 7-0 before losing to back to back top 10 teams on the road.  we won the next 2 and finished 9-4...

2017 is when the terrible starts....  4-8, 4-8, 5-7, 3-5....etc 

I think you are just remembering the negatives and I think you are suffering from completely unrealistic expectations if you think we have been "terrible" for the last 20 years.  There is no question that we have been terrible recently but even Riley's good year wasn't terrible by most standards.
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I don't believe I said we have been terrible, I said we haven't put it together on both sides of the ball, at the same time, for the last 20 years.   Meaning one unit or the other would have completely terrible games.   We have had some decent records and beaten the teams we were (used to at least) supposed to beat.  Then we would lose to top teams, often horrifically.   

You're not wrong, but I am not wrong either.  Your examples of 2012, 2014, 2016 all had games where we gave up 60/70 points or NCAA records to teams.  That qualifies as not putting it together in my book. I already mentioned 70 to TT, and 76 to Kansas in the Callahan years also.  I was at that 2004 loss to #4 USC also, and they could have run us off the field that day had they wanted to.   I was at that Texas game also in the snow, that was a good one. 

We are saying similar things, we have been close, but haven't put it altogether in a very long time.   

None of this means I didn't enjoy those years, or that my expectations are unrealistic at all, that is a leap you are taking to my comments.  Pointing out that we always seem to have let downs on one side of the ball or the other, doesn't mean have to mean anything regarding my expectation level.    That is actually funny to hear, as recently I have been getting chided for defending Iowa and their so called lack of expectations for knowing what they are and being very good at it. 

 
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Hilltop said:
To most fans, there is a lot of middle ground between terrible, decent, good, or elite.  It can't be all or nothing because the standard would then be National Championship or you are "terrible".  Yes, those bad losses happened but so did a lot of good to great performances during those same seasons.  I do remember the 2009 offense that had a very injured QB.  They still put up 49, 38, 55, 31, and 33 in 5 different games.  They weren't terrible but they struggled during key moments- especially against #3 Texas in the championship game.  That was all with our Heisman hopeful QB sidelined for the final 6 games with injuries.
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What Heisman hopeful QB was that? Ganz was the year before and T. Martinez was the year after. Maybe I'm forgetting someone, but I only remember Zac Lee and Cody Green that year.

 
RedDenver said:
What Heisman hopeful QB was that? Ganz was the year before and T. Martinez was the year after. Maybe I'm forgetting someone, but I only remember Zac Lee and Cody Green that year.
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I think @Hilltop is mixing and matching 2010 and 2009. Martinez redshirted in 2009. 

I’ve felt for years if Martinez was born a year earlier or Suh a year later we would have had only 1 loss one of those years. I think TTech blew us out in 2009. 

 
Honestly, '04 and '05 offenses weren't all that good and were held together by defense. Callahan was putting together his offense with option players and Dailey was not it and Taylor's first year was better, but the run game was not there at all. Defense over performed to keep some of those games closer when total yards was well in the other teams favor ('05 TT we got stops despite offensive turnovers and 4th down fails).

'06 flipped on its' head and we were a pretty good team both ways. But this is an exception.

'07 is a bad defense that gets Callahan the door, but the offense is talented even with the backup.

'08 Pelini used the offense from Callahan while attempting to fix the defense.

'09 The defense (one of the best in the nation) carries the offense (worse than a lot of G5 talents). The offense is borderline inept.

'10 Maybe one of the most complete Pelini teams. Defense was great again and the offense was better (but failed to more talented teams i.e. Texas). Another exception.

'11/'12 We have above average offense and inconsistent defense (do well against middle to poor teams, but fail to resist anything with a pulse). Marked by ground out wins or defensive collapses.

'13 The middling defense stays with its' occasional collapse, but is now paired with an injured Martinez. The offense suffers.

'14 More consistency on offense, but overall more defensive lapses. 

'15 Defense is optional. Offense is fine.

'16 Surprisingly bad team with a horrible strength of schedule. Equally mid is still mid.

'17 Defense is optional. Offense is mid.

'18 Same as '17 with a new coach.

'19 First half of the year offense carries the still learning defense. After Martinez gets hurt again, the two swap and the improving defense tries to help a middling offense.

'20 A more experienced defense tries to carry a one dimensional offense.

'21 Very experienced defense holds up team with decent offense. Special teams costs so many games.

'22 Defensive experience graduates and the bottom falls out. Offense is basically Trey Palmer and a prayer.

'23 New staff fixes defense, but offense is offensive (turnovers galore and one dimensional).

'24 Maybe we have a real team???

 
This is pretty dumb after one half of football basically. Let the kid play and be himself without being compared to a future hall of famer. He's gonna make freshman mistakes against tougher opponents.  Will they post comparisons then? Of course not.

 
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runningblind said:
This is pretty dumb after one half of football basically. Let the kid play and be himself without being compared to a future hall of famer. He's gonna make freshman mistakes against tougher opponents.  Will they post comparisons then? Of course not.
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I'm pretty sure it was mostly supposed to be humorous.

 
runningblind said:
This is pretty dumb after one half of football basically. Let the kid play and be himself without being compared to a future hall of famer. He's gonna make freshman mistakes against tougher opponents.  Will they post comparisons then? Of course not.
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Mavric said:
I'm pretty sure it was mostly supposed to be humorous.
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