What did we learn UCLA edition

We needed to build with top lineman, not a 5 star QB or flash receiver.  While that is important, one player is not winning games in Big 10 play.  The fact we really do not put OL in the NFL says it all.  Go get the coaches that put lineman in the NFL and are still hungry to compete.  We lack identity and that can be an equalizer if we recruit for a system, not well we got a few guys on each side of the ball. 

 
Moiraine said:
Same here. Maybe the perfect age for it except possibly being a student at UNL 94-97.
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Was a student at UNL from 96 to 2003. Witnessed the high and the feeling of invincibility and then the start of the free fall to mediocrity. Never imagined it would last two plus decades with no end in sight and 8 years of no bowl appearances.

 
I wish someone would explain to me how 5 coaching staffs later, we are still getting Top 25 talent recruited each season and still losing after 20 years of hiring and firing coaches.  Read between the lines, this program is not attracting talent and the rankings are not being completely telling.  It has to be or how could we not hit on at least one coaching staff in the last 20 years.  We keep blaming all the coaches for the same ineptness and being bad coaches, while I think that is with some truth, but our recruiting rankings are inflated to a point that leads this towards failure more.  I have not seen a talented team here for years.  If we truly were getting Even Top 50 talent, surely winning 6 games in a season would not be that hard.  K-State and Kansas never hardly reach above Top 40 for classes and they can each make bowl games in back to back seasons on occasion.  Do you see the same type of players on the field as you see on either one of those teams from A to Z?  Eye test should tell you something.........Banks and Neyor haven't seen the end zone or ball that much since Big 10 play started?  Dowdell is a beast and our staff won't give him the ball unless were down 3 scores?  He was not good enough to play at Oregon?  Talent is the biggest issue with this program.

 
Before the season started I definitely said on this board that "we should do less of the big sets and line up in 11 man more because that'll fit with Raiola's passing ability and give us more big play capability."

We proceeded to actually do that down the stretch here, and it seems like Raiola wasn't ready for it. It just hasn't looked good in the past several games.

And then the staff waits until we're down 13 points to consistently line up with a lead blocker in the run game and try to grind out first downs with the run. I'm honestly just really confused about what the staff sees during the week that leads them to line up in the shotgun and throw without trying to establish the run first.

I was wrong about multiple things heading into this one. We just can't run well with Dowdell unless he has a lead blocker a lot of the time.

 
krc1995 said:
Incorrect. He was OC  2018-22
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He didn’t call plays lol. Reid calls the plays. This is common knowledge. He taught the offensive scheme..yes. But he did not call plays. You know maybe the most massive thing the OC does lol

 
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chamrocck said:
We needed to build with top lineman, not a 5 star QB or flash receiver.  While that is important, one player is not winning games in Big 10 play.  The fact we really do not put OL in the NFL says it all.  Go get the coaches that put lineman in the NFL and are still hungry to compete.  We lack identity and that can be an equalizer if we recruit for a system, not well we got a few guys on each side of the ball. 
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Amen!  That's what built this program in the early years.  We had NFL linemen on both sides of the ball.  We had on occasion some great skill position players that made NFL careers, but overall we had talent that fit our program.  We had great running backs that fit our program.  We had TE's that fit our program and on occasion were good enough to play NFL.  Rarely  did we have NFL Qb's.  College football is about program and how the program does.  Saban built a dynasty at Bama based on the same prinicipals as Osborns Huskers had.  Sure he had some great QB's but really none of them were elite NFL players in the early stages.  Build the lines and the players will come.......

 
Cobra Kai said:
It's interesting listening to this coaching staff, since they arrived always talking about how these big ten games go.  They always say things like, "we prepare for it to be a one score game", or "whoever has the ball last." Some sort of coach speak to infer that they are expecting every game to go down to the wire. 

While I know that isn't the only problem we have, it just dawned on me tonight...and I'm a little ashamed I didn't see it sooner.  We play offense to get to the fourth quarter in a close game...ahead or behind.  We are not aggressive, we don't play to win offensively.  We play to keep the game close, because that's big ten football. 

How about for the next 3 games, don't have offensive gameplans trying to get to the fourth quarter with a chance to win...call the game offensively, trying to attack...idk we are just so predictable and conservative...it makes so much sense now that this light bulb went off in my brain. 
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I complained about this after Colorado.  The inability to score  in the 2nd half. Some on the board said it wasn't an issue.  We were winning, developing etc....Rhule said some coach speak about teaching the guys to win, protecting the lead etc....Then I quickly realized what I was seeing was what I was seeing.  This O can't score in the 2nd half.  Satt can't adjust after the half.  We didn't play aggressive or put our foot on their throat because this staff is incapable of doing this.....They don't know how to crush a team..  And it shows.  No killer instinct.  No fire.  No urgency.  It sucks.  We got sold a bill of goods with this coach and staff.  I'll support Rhule if he lets some people go after the end of the year, if not forget it.

 
Satterfield called fewer screens & swing passes in this one. We had a pass to the flat that looked great when Raiola rolled out on the play because it drew in a defender. We another complete dud of a swing pass to Fidone (that has hardly worked all year).

They asked Raiola to air it out in this one and he just wasn't finding the open man off the snap.

It's crazy how bad we are on offense down the stretch.

 
lo country said:
I complained about this after Colorado.  The inability to score  in the 2nd half. Some on the board said it wasn't an issue.  We were winning, developing etc....Rhule said some coach speak about teaching the guys to win, protecting the lead etc....Then I quickly realized what I was seeing was what I was seeing.  This O can't score in the 2nd half.  Satt can't adjust after the half.  We didn't play aggressive or put our foot on their throat because this staff is incapable of doing this.....They don't know how to crush a team..  And it shows.  No killer instinct.  No fire.  No urgency.  It sucks.  We got sold a bill of goods with this coach and staff.  I'll support Rhule if he lets some people go after the end of the year, if not forget it.
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It’s not even about crushing.  To me it’s just about street fighting.  Scrapping.  They don’t.

Great speeches.  Awesome videos.  No bowl.

 
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