Bill Moos is a comedian
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Hardest in the nation? That looks like a pretty typical B1G schedule.
I'm searching toughest schedules in 2021 and I haven't found a complete ranking yet, but I see some top 15 and though I see a number of B1G teams on there I have yet to see Nebraska listed.
Is he trying to get fired? Saying 8 or 9 wins is reasonable looking at their schedule is absolutely absurd.
Huskers need to start small like 5 wins and build from there. Predicting 9 wins is just talking BS for the fans!
9, 12, 10, 11, 7, 10..... Fired in 2003.
2021.... 8 or 9 wins is reasonable.
I see they are scheduling like an SEC team, SE Louisiana in the middle of November
I don't see 9 wins in this schedule. I think it's another 5-7 ish (or worse) season. I have said this before; I think they lose their opening game at Illinois. I think Bulemia is gonna run the ball down their throat and Little Debbie Nation is gonna implode.
Their Full Schedule:
at Illinois
vs Buffalo
at Oklahoma
at Michigan State
vs Northwestern
vs Michigan
at Minnesota
vs Purdue
vs Ohio State
vs Southeastern Louisiana
at Wisconsin
vs Iowa
What a great AD already laying the ground work to make excuses for year 4 of the Frost era. Win 8-9 games makes it seem like a great season (to a fan base that thinks 8-9 wins a years isn't acceptable and mocks Iowa for winning that many) or if they under perform you pull the old trick ISU fans use to play and blame it on the SOS. Which with crossovers OSU is obviously a tough game but you can argue with Michigan and MSU they are 4th and 5th best teams in the east behind PSU and IU who Iowa plays.
Funniest part of all of this you go back after Frost was hired I bet Moos and Frost didn't expect to be where they are now. 3 losing seasons and tempering fans expectations going into year 4. Sure they both thought they'd be winning double digit games and competing to be a playoff team.
Funniest part of all of this you go back after Frost was hired I bet Moos and Frost didn't expect to be where they are now. 3 losing seasons and tempering fans expectations going into year 4. Sure they both thought they'd be winning double digit games and competing to be a playoff team.
Don't sleep on the Buffalo game either. Won't be a walk over game especially for them. According to espn+ pay article of the early MAC season preview they have Buffalo winning their division which they've won 2 of last 3 years. But looking at the schedule and with Moos comments we know why he was really trying to get out of the OU game. Not the excuse of getting an 8th home game to make up for the COVID financial impact as Moos stated.
Yeah Nebraska will be a solid home favorite but HC Lance Leipold is a proven winner. The Bulls acclaimed RB Jarret Patterson (400+yds, 8 TDs vs. Kent State) has left for the NFL draft so that will hurt. If Buffalo is within a TD to start the 4th Quarter there will be a lot of sweaty ass cracks in Husker nation.
Their Full Schedule:
at Illinois
vs Buffalo
at Oklahoma
at Michigan State
vs Northwestern
vs Michigan
at Minnesota
vs Purdue
vs Ohio State
vs Southeastern Louisiana
at Wisconsin
vs Iowa
I think they have 4 wins (green) and 2 losses (red). The other 6 could go either way depending on how the season plays out with regards to injuries and such. If they lose Martinez week one they may end up with 10 losses (giggity-giggity). I could see them losing one of their green games to Minnesota or Purdue, but I think both those schools are taking a major step back from last season.
at Illinois
vs Buffalo
at Oklahoma
at Michigan State
vs Northwestern
vs Michigan
at Minnesota
vs Purdue
vs Ohio State
vs Southeastern Louisiana
at Wisconsin
vs Iowa
I think they have 4 wins (green) and 2 losses (red). The other 6 could go either way depending on how the season plays out with regards to injuries and such. If they lose Martinez week one they may end up with 10 losses (giggity-giggity). I could see them losing one of their green games to Minnesota or Purdue, but I think both those schools are taking a major step back from last season.
I don’t think they beat Minny.
I was being generous. I know Minny beat them last year in a close game, but I guess Minnesota also didn't have Bateman. Who knows. I hope Nebraska loses all their games. Good thing they gave Frosty that contract extension he so deserved.
On paper, they should have an advantage over MSU but that is a dicey road game in East Lansing, a tough environment, right after the trip (and probable loss) at Oklahoma. JR. QB Peyton Thorne lit up Penn State for more than 300 yards and 3 TDs after he replaced Rocky Lombardi midway last season but didn't fair too well the rest of the way so still a question mark. Like Iowa, MSU always has a tough defense. Its way too early but right now, I would rate that game as more of a toss-up.
Yes, every year I think their fan base and/or administration might exercise some humility and just say absolutely nothing in the off-season, but every year they prove me wrong. First, their schedule is not the most difficult in the country. It has some difficult elements (at Oklahoma and home vs OSU). Those two are unwinnable games barring a huge upset. Their other crossovers are MSU and Michigan, both teams were not good last year. They scheduled Buffalo and SE Louisiana as quasi-automatic wins. No shame in that, they are also playing Oklahoma in the non-con.
The rest is just their West schedule. They lost to Illinois, Iowa, Northwestern, Minnesota (didn't play Wisconsin). They did beat Purdue. They seem convinced that they are better than all those West teams they lost to last year (not to mention Wisconsin, who they didn't play). How they arrive at that conclusion I have no idea other than they can't fathom not being as good as Illinois or Minnesota, let alone Iowa.
The entire Nebraska program (coaches, fans, administrators, media) just can't be quiet about anything. At some point, just go win games and the rest of the nonsense takes care of itself. All they do with their bloviating in the off-season ensures that opponents don't overlook them, when otherwise they might have due to the team not being very good.
I think they pull it out. The only coach in the B1G that appears to be worse than Frost might be Mel Tucker.
OR,
is Moss pulling what Barta did to get rid of Alfraud? Making a very public & unreasonable expectation, only to really get Frost to seek another job? Winning any games less than Moss's stated public expectation; therefore, giving Frost the public perception that Frost is a failure. So like Alfraud, Frost saves face & finds another job to avoid being fired and/or being perceived as a failure.
Rather AD Moss saves face for hiring Frost & saves his job. The Frosting, pun intended, on the cake is avoiding an expensive buyout that Moss gave him.
How's that for a theory?
Black and Gold shall fill the stands in Lincoln. I think they will be handing tickets to fill their empty seats.
Some of their fans feel a 4-1 start is realistic. That means they win 3 BIG games (one loss to Oklahoma). I don’t see them getting past Northwestern (it took nearly 1.5 decades for Iowa fans to come to the realization that NW will always be sneaky good with Pat F as the HC — it may take 10 losses in a row to them before Debbie gets that message).
Also to think going into Illinois and walk away with a victory is also foolish, they could be favored but BB is a pain in the ass to his opponents. He can ugly up the game and Frost never wins ugly games.
Then going into East Lansing, never an easy win in their home stadium and their HC has them trending right, IMO… Tucker already beat Frost once with Colorado (or was it twice).
they maybe win 1 out of the three (NW, Ill, Mich St) - possibly 2 of the 3- most likely 1… they beat Buffalo and lose to Oklahoma. 3-2 going into Michigan and then the wheels fall off their season be because it is almost a given that Martinez will be playing with injury by game 6 as much as they run him. It had happened every year.
Also to think going into Illinois and walk away with a victory is also foolish, they could be favored but BB is a pain in the ass to his opponents. He can ugly up the game and Frost never wins ugly games.
Then going into East Lansing, never an easy win in their home stadium and their HC has them trending right, IMO… Tucker already beat Frost once with Colorado (or was it twice).
they maybe win 1 out of the three (NW, Ill, Mich St) - possibly 2 of the 3- most likely 1… they beat Buffalo and lose to Oklahoma. 3-2 going into Michigan and then the wheels fall off their season be because it is almost a given that Martinez will be playing with injury by game 6 as much as they run him. It had happened every year.
Nebraska is a garbage program, so I can't chalk up a single win for them right now.
Could they win games against MSU, Illinois and Minny? Sure. But it'd be dumb to expect them to.
6 wins would be a huge accomplishment for that program right now. Seriously.
All this talk like they're a play or two from 8 wins is straight up delusion.
They have not been remotely good in any of the 3 seasons Frost has been there. He needs to start winning games.
Could they win games against MSU, Illinois and Minny? Sure. But it'd be dumb to expect them to.
6 wins would be a huge accomplishment for that program right now. Seriously.
All this talk like they're a play or two from 8 wins is straight up delusion.
They have not been remotely good in any of the 3 seasons Frost has been there. He needs to start winning games.
ESPN Football Power Index with only SEC and B12 as the top 15.....
Regarding, Moos, idiot, just like their fan base that think Nebraska will win 8 or 9 games this fall with a crappy qb as the only returner in the backfield since their top RB transferred out and the back up qb left as well. The land of delusion is alive and well in the land of Nowledge.
Regarding, Moos, idiot, just like their fan base that think Nebraska will win 8 or 9 games this fall with a crappy qb as the only returner in the backfield since their top RB transferred out and the back up qb left as well. The land of delusion is alive and well in the land of Nowledge.
They've become the new ISU. Where 6 wins and making a bowl game equals a successful season.
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Fairly tough with OSU, Oklahoma, Michigan (sort of?), Wisconsin and Iowa. I think 7-5 is their high water mark. I predict 5-7.
They have a QB who is inaccurate throwing down the field. Their main versatile weapon Wandale Robinson transferred. He had almost 3x as many receptions as the next closest last year. Mills was a solid RB who graduated. They need a whole heck of a lot more than their OL to be improved to be good on offense next year.
It all just comes down to turnovers, penalties, and special teams. If Nebraska could even be average in those categories they probably would have won half the games they lost the past 3 years.
Defense will be good. I dont expect a Top 10 unit, but they are finally are not a liability. They should be a Top 25-35 unit.
Offense, the offensive line should be the best Nebraska has had in years. WRS and TE look to be good, RBs there are a lot of guys, but they need someone to emerge. If Martinez can limit turnovers, he has more to work with in the passing game then he has had in 2 years.
I think 7-9 is fair. Nebraska is going to reschedule the SE Louisiana game and move another cupcake to Week 1, so they have a decent shot to go 4-1 to start before NW.
Defense will be good. I dont expect a Top 10 unit, but they are finally are not a liability. They should be a Top 25-35 unit.
Offense, the offensive line should be the best Nebraska has had in years. WRS and TE look to be good, RBs there are a lot of guys, but they need someone to emerge. If Martinez can limit turnovers, he has more to work with in the passing game then he has had in 2 years.
I think 7-9 is fair. Nebraska is going to reschedule the SE Louisiana game and move another cupcake to Week 1, so they have a decent shot to go 4-1 to start before NW.
You got blown out at home vs Ilini and Minny and you think you’ll win those on the road? Bert is going to open a can on your girls in Champagne this fall that they won’t be able to recover from all year. I say 3-9 to 4-8 is your high water mark with wins vs Buffalo, SE LA, Purdue, and maybe MSU. With a marginal qb returning and your best rb left along with the back up qb, the offense is a gimmick one at best that cannot make up for all those losses that were marginal at best to begin with. Delusion in Lincoln runs deep in you guys. 7 to 9 wins, LoL.
- If you can't beat Illinois.......schedule them at the beginning of the season and hope they aren't as far along in development as you
- MAC attack cash grab.....although Buffalo has been good in recent years
- lolololoss
- scary Michigan State = toughest schedule in the nation
- f*** Northwestern, hope they f***ing tie
- measuring stick game for Husky the Corn Shucked. Hopefully a loss
- toss up game depending on Minnesota's unknowns. Also, road game so maybe not 50/50
- Purdue will be destroyed by injuries by now so probably a win
- lolololololololololololololoss
- cheap win to sneak into a bowl game
- loss unless Wisconsin is in the position where Wisconsin losing somehow f***s over Iowa......because f*** Wisconsin, that's why.
- Iowa > Nebraska
