USC game. What did we learn

Our plays from the old Osborne/Solich Nebraska playbook still work...for the other team.

USC gashed Nebraska with the counter play, and Riley called very well timed option plays.

Matt Rhule is officially on the hot seat.

  • You can't be sitting at 5 wins each season with multiple chances to get to a bowl game and not make a bowl game.
  • His game/clock management is baffleing.
  • He is now 0-6 in November.

Coach Rhule  has two chances left this season to get Nebraska to a bowl game this year, but he is officially on the hot seat.

The last time Nebraska won its 6th game of a season was October 15th 2016! (Credit to Dirk Chatelain for this info.)

 
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Waldo said:
I thinks it hilarious how many people laugh and troll posts that call Rhule a loser. He is a perennial loser. Look at his record against top 25 teams and his Mike Riley season at Baylor where they didn’t beat anyone with a pulse. Don’t let the Used Car Salesman antics get to you. 
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Yeah but today specifically someone said we only lost because of two luckily bounces by the other team and missed PI.  Apparently other than that, NU played stellar and had a great last defensive series (even though the other team has a 6 minute TD drive at the most crucial time of the game).  

 
The Duke said:
Our plays from the old Osborne/Solich Nebraska playbook still work...for the other team.

USC gashed Nebraska with the counter play, and Riley called very well timed option plays.

Matt Rhule is officially on the hot seat.

  • You can't be sitting at 5 wins each season with multiple chances to get to a bowl game and not make a bowl game.
  • His game/clock management is baffleing.
  • He is now 0-6 in November.

Coach Rhule  has two chances left this season to get Nebraska to a bowl game this year, but he is officially on the hot seat.

The last time Nebraska won its 6th game of a season was October 15th 2016! (Credit to Dirk Chatelain for this info.)
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To me it’s no longer baffling, it’s expected. He and Frost are on the same level.  Game management has become my #1 non-negotiable when selecting a new coach. He must have demonstrated the ability to make the right decisions to win most close games. If that doesn’t exist, next. 

 
We do not have a good staff top to bottom.

Haarberg and Emmit Johnson should be starting.  We have no downfield threat at WR, and TE’s are sporadic.  We need a mobile QB and run a read- option or spread offense. 
Pro style offenses need pro style players.  We don’t have that. 

Raiola can transfer, don’t care.  
I am sick of non-production from overpaid coaches and NIL-funded kids who play without tenacity. 

 
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