Nebraska 2018 Season Thread

[847badgerfan]

No shit.

[ELA]

They lost to Butler... a team that has zero football scholarships.   It appears the locals feel his run 2 yrs ago was more about Husker transfers than bo..

SI even ran an article about the upset:   https://www.si.com/college-football/2018/09/06/butler-youngstown-state-upset-fcs-pioneer-league    They called it the biggest upset ever

Learned a lot I didn't know about scholarship rules, and how those impacted the football programs at decent mid-major basketball schools.

[Entropy]

Ed Zachery,unless he's popping off behind the scenes.Hard to imagine he would want to be disagreeable after a second chance in an area he grew up in.Tressell is prolly easy enough to get along with

Bo doesn't like to be told no...  I'm guessing the rumors that he's not getting along with the administration after last years negative press about recruiting of a sex offender are probably true, at least based upon what we know at UNL

[Entropy]

back to UNL...  the defense is going to make mistakes and they're going to gamble in lose.   But they are aggressive and will make plays.   It won't be a D that holds teams to 10 pts.  It will be a D that gets sacks, creates disruption and hopefully turnovers.   It has been years since UNL has had a D that wants to set the tone rather than participate in the game of "how many punches can you take". 

[Entropy]

Steven M. Sipple‏ @HuskerExtraSip 23m23 minutes ago

Luke Gifford says Blackshirts were awarded today. Didn't say exactly which defenders received them. He did say he DID receive one along with fellow backers Mo Barry, Tyrin Ferguson and Dedrick Young. Updates coming.

[Entropy]

hope this is true...

Jim Rose‏ @Jimrosehuskers 5h5 hours ago

.@Sean_Callahan on #KFAB "Martinez was smiling yesterday. I hear he was joking with the training staff. May have dodged a major bullet with his injury." Looks like an #MCLSprain which only requires rest to heal. .@Huskers .@kfabnews

[MarqHusker]

It's gonna be a thin hand to play all season, no offense to Mr. Bunch.

[FearlessF]

Nebraska football defensive end Freedom Akinmoladun was recognized Thursday for his work in the community as he was named to the 2018 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team®.

The 2018 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team®:
Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS)
Clemson University – Sean Pollard
Duke University – Johnathan Lloyd
Kansas State University – Dalton Risner
Syracuse University – Kielan Whitner
University of California, Berkeley – Patrick Laird
University of Georgia – Rodrigo Blankenship
University of Nebraska – Freedom Akinmoladun
University of Notre Dame – Nic Weishar
University of Oklahoma – Caleb Kelly
University of Texas – Chase Moore
University of Wisconsin – D’Cota Dixon

[FearlessF]

[MrNubbz]

Bagman?

[FearlessF]

Quarterback guru

I'd like to play golf with that guy

[MarqHusker]

If only the QB guru could heal the QB.   No offense to Andrew Bunch, but this team isn't going to win 4 games with him.   He wasn't awful per se,  there were too many penalties and mistakes to go around.   The PR was a great athletic feat by the Troy PR, but summed up the day for Nebraska.   The red zone possessions for Nebraska were just sad.   As noted up thread and elsewhere, this team has a thin margin, particularly with Bunch at the helm.   I'm not apathetic, as I clearly see things i like about this team vs previous iterations, but they need a healthy Adrian Martinez if they want to win football games.  

[Hoss]

The OL is atrocious, as I expected. WRs are mediocre, as I expected. 

Martinez can mitigate this to some degree with his athleticism, so when he is in we can field some semblance of an offense. When he's out...its going to be ugly. 

[ELA]

The OL is atrocious, as I expected. WRs are mediocre, as I expected.

Martinez can mitigate this to some degree with his athleticism, so when he is in we can field some semblance of an offense. When he's out...its going to be ugly.

Really?  2 of our 4 preseason all-conference picks were Huskers.  I'd say the WRs have been the biggest disappointment on the team.