Mierin
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10-3 without a conference championship game is not better than 10-4 with a conference championship loss.
That said this is Riley's 2nd season.
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What Bo Pelini taking YSU to a title game means for NU...
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That said this is Riley's 2nd season.
teachercd
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Redux
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JJ Husker
Donor
Better is a relative term. In this example, is it better to eat a dog turd from Labrador or from a Golden Retriever? 10-3 without a CCG or 10-4 and embarrassingly blown out in CCG.......I might take the 10-3 personally. So Labrador turd it is.
ColoradoHusk
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Yeah, but Bo also had 10-4 seasons with agonizingly close losses in Big 12 championship games. I would say those are both better than the best Riley season so far.
Frustrated
Banned
It means we should have kept him around, that's what it means to me. He's a winner.
Redux
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2009 and 2010 were hands down his best seasons.
Yet, in both years we saw a complete embarassment of a loss to both Iowa State and Texas Tech in 2009, then a complete embarassment of a loss to Texas and Texas A&M and Washington in 2010.
So, are they REALLY better? Yeah, we got to the dance. But at the dance we pissed ourselves on the dance floor both times.
I guess a division title is still a division title even if it is a sh**ty division.
Mavric
Yoda
I mean, here we go with the semantics again. The 2009 game may be kind of embarrassing in hind site. But considering where we were two years previous, I wouldn't go that far. And a one score loss to a Texas team that perpetually has some of the most talent in the country and a one score loss on the road with an injured QB don't really fit the definition of embarrassing in my book. Not even close. Disappointing and maddening probably. But not embarrassing.
Swiv3D
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the a&m game was embarrassing because of his antics. Game-wise there wasn't anything for the players to be ashamed of.
Mavric
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Branno
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Bo had a 10 win season. Are we just going to ignore his success to prop up a coach that hasn't done any better to win an internet argument?
Making Chimichangas
Banned
Bo also had 7 years here and didn't do anything. Yeah, Nebraska went to 3 conference championships while he was here and lost all 3.
Mike Riley has been here 2 seasons. If you're going to be "fair" about comparing the two, then Riley would need to be given 5 more years.
That would be 7 seasons apiece. Then, stack the two side by side and see which one was "better."
Personally, I think Mike Riley will end up surpassing Bo quite easily. Our S&C coach has fixed our players with a much improved S&C program. We're going to start reaping the benefits of this starting next year.
AFhusker
Banned
Bo was just fortunate that Billy C left him nfl talent while Bo left a team of guys who may not get drafted at all. If they do it may be the last day, which also says a lot about the level of coaching we are getting now compared to Bo's staff. Let's see how MR preforms once he raises the talent level to where it should be then compare Bo's best season's with MR's.
NUance
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Winning at YSU demonstrates Bo is a good coach.* But we all knew that, right? Oh sure, people were frustrated with Bo because his teams would get blown out every so often. But it wasn't his coaching prowess that got him fired. He got fired for his childish sideline antics and profanity laced tirades.
* It helps him at YSU that he has a couple of FBS caliber players suiting up there, thanks to NU.
* It helps him at YSU that he has a couple of FBS caliber players suiting up there, thanks to NU.
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I am GLORIOUS
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I liked Bo when he first got here. However, after a few seasons it was apparent that he wasn't the guy to right this ship. That's the same feeling I'm getting now with Riley. I like the guy, but he hasn't shown me anything that makes me think that he's a championship-caliber coach. Next season will be telling.