We should accept a bowl given the chance

presidentjlh said:
I don’t know, but they clearly did something we didn’t. Again, the season one excuse only goes so far. Look if we just got beat in each of the final four losses, fine. I’ll grant Wisconsin, we didn’t turn it over. But Maryland, MSU, Iowa? Inexcusable. Inexcusable to lose like that, shooting ourselves in the foot. Those are not losses that happen with good coaching. Now maybe Rhule does turn it around. Great. But right now, my confidence isn’t there because I saw a team that made zero improvement in the mental department. Good our defense was good. That’s great. I wanted most of all to see a team that STOPS BEATING ITSELF EVERY GAME. Hell, win just one of MSU, MD, Iowa, Minnesota. It’s not even the losing season. It’s the way we lose. It’s been years of this. Decades of this.
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Something should be fixed in day one, but you don’t have any idea how.

got it.  I’m sure to value your posts.  I’m sure it isn’t just empty whining born out of frustration…

:sarcasm

 
There is no excuse for any season where you have the worst turnover margin in the nation. That’s never excusable. It’s ridiculous to be hopeful in light of that. 

 
funhusker said:
How would you fix those issues in one day?

Seriously.  What should the first practice of the year be structured like to fix those issues?
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Can't fix them immediately, but I would have hoped to see improvement as the year went on with turnovers and terrible mental breakdowns to end games. It felt the same, or worse, in November as early in the year. That is a bit concerning given our history. I'm not panicking, but it could totally end up being a "we should have seen it earlier" moment come 2-3 years from now.

 
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runningblind said:
Can't fix them immediately, but I would have hoped to see improvement as the year went on with turnovers and terrible mental breakdowns to end games. It felt the same, or worse, in November as early in the year. That is a bit concerning given our history. I'm not panicking, but it could total end up being a "we should have seen it earlier" moment come 2-3 years from now.
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I’m certainly not going to panic, yes. If we fired Rhule, that would be madness, and there’s zero chance that happens anyways. But the honeymoon is well and truly over, and I feel it is very justified to be very concerned at what we saw.

edit: and absolutely, if we even saw some improvement, I would have been good with that. It seemed to get WORSE.

 
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presidentjlh said:
I think that’s not fair. I get the thinking, but a bowl is a privilege, and I don’t think losing teams should have such a privilege. Six wins is all it takes now, and if you can’t even achieve that, you don’t deserve a bowl.
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which bowls would you say shouldn't be played if there are not enough 6 win teams?

 
commando said:
which bowls would you say shouldn't be played if there are not enough 6 win teams?
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I’ll be frank I am of the mindset that there are way too many bowls right now anyways. So if there’s not enough, I’d say yes get rid of the Car Care Turd Bowl or Mowers.com Mediocrity Bowl.

 
presidentjlh said:
I’ll be frank I am of the mindset that there are way too many bowls right now anyways. So if there’s not enough, I’d say yes get rid of the Car Care Turd Bowl or Mowers.com Mediocrity Bowl.
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go get yourself elected grand poohbah of college football and make it happen.   

 
runningblind said:
Can't fix them immediately, but I would have hoped to see improvement as the year went on with turnovers and terrible mental breakdowns to end games. It felt the same, or worse, in November as early in the year. That is a bit concerning given our history. I'm not panicking, but it could totally end up being a "we should have seen it earlier" moment come 2-3 years from now.
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RBs did improve in turnovers.  Actually Purdy was better too.  Penalties were much better this years than in previous.

But young/inexperienced players do tend to make more mistakes.

 
82 teams play in a bowl game. The bar is set at 6 wins. 6-6. That's not a high bar. I think anyone that suggests there aren't too many bowl games is not being honest about it. There are. Objectively that seems to be fact, proven by an entire methodology for letting losing teams in because of sponsors and advertisers.

Most teams lose a lot of money on the lesser bowls due to mandatory ticket buys. They have to sell travel packages to recover their "nut" and often dont, but they still have to buy a set amount of tickets regardless.

 
Only four teams are playing for the NC.  The rest are just playing one more game for the players and fans.

if the Huskers were 0-12 and invited to play in a bowl, I think most of us would still watch.  So yes, if they get invited they should go.

 
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