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I wanted to resist doing Nebraska; it's not so much about the schedule, but rather not having a clue what this team is capable of. On offense, QB Tanner Lee could be a capable game manager — hell, maybe he is a future 5th round draft pick — but who the fuuuuuck knows. Looks like RB by committee, as Terrell Newby has graduated. Six of our 10 leading receivers from last season are gone, too. The line ... will probably be OK, I think. On the other side, Bob Diaco, who I thought was a really good hire, is switching to a 3-4. I don't know if we have the depth up front for a smooth transition; we'll see. We had one of the better secondaries in the B1G before CB Chris Jones tore his meniscus a couple weekends ago. *Deep breath, swig of gin* 9/2 Arkansas State — W, though I doubt it'll be comfortable 9/9 @ Oregon — Tossup, because who the hell knows what Oregon will do this season, too 9/16 N. Illinois — W 9/23 Rutgers — W 9/29 @ Illinois —  FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS Oh who cares, gonna still say W 10/7 Wisconsin — L; even though this one's gone down to the wire the past couple of years, they'll be the better team 10/14 Ohio State — L Ouch 10/28 @ Purdue — W I figure Brohm won't have gotten it figured out by now 11/4 Northwestern — W, keeping the division's coveted second place slot up in the air for another week, maybe 11/11 @ Minnesota — Tossup, speaking of coaches having figured things out by now ... not sure what to make of this team, either. 11/18 @ Penn State — L; I have my doubts they'll be able to recreate last year's magic but still a good team in a lovely place to play 11/24 Iowa — like MV said, we're probably due for a win, but I'm calling tossup depending on what/if we have anything to play for at this point. Best case: 10-2 and a potential backing-into of the CCG, depending on Wisky's season Worst case: Total disarray, 4-8, a new AD and a Scott Frost homecoming. Hold a gun to my head and I'll say: 7-5 Real Name Grover fucked around with this message at 15:19 on Aug 8, 2017 |
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The counter to which has been "Yeah, but it was Tulane." My fear is that he struggles enough in October that the pressure builds to start RS Frosh/almost-but-not-quite-blue-chipper Patrick O'Brien, who couldn't beat out Lee in the spring but has UPSIDE or whatever and we roll with the punches under the guise of building for the future
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MourningView posted:Oh i'm not saying he's definitely bad just because he struggled at Tulane, I just think the certainty that he's an upgrade on Armstrong is odd No doubt, especially with the aforementioned departure of a lot of our skill position guys
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kayakyakr posted:A&M, Tennessee, UCLA, and Nebraska are the other major programs looking for new coaches. Trying to be pragmatic as possible in stating this: It would take a 4-win or worse season or some sort of scandal (the latter seems especially unlikely) for Riley to be shown the door. If he gets fired for performance, it won't be at the order of the current AD, Shawn Eichorst, as he'll be gone as well.
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... We're talking about Mike Riley here, right?
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My reasoning's in the second sentence of that post. I cannot see a scenario in which Shawn Eichorst fires Riley for a lousy 2017 season, nor do I seen one in which Eichorst is also canned and a replacement is named who then subsequently fires Riley. As for the "Yeah, but what about 2007" — Steve Pederson was ousted for other reasons as well (the athletic department was an absolute shitshow by all accounts)
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TIMELINE - Riley fired - Interim HC Bob Diaco coaches team to Foster Farms Bowl victory; earns support of players for full-time gig - AD hires Jeff Fisher as new head coach - Bob Diaco returns to Lincoln as head coach in 2021 ~And such is the circle of life~
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He's not going loving 7-9 in FBS, that's for sure
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Is Nicholls State still not passing the ball, like, ever
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MourningView posted:They were like 50th in FCS in both rushing and passing offense I think they're pretty balanced Ah. Years ago they were a strict AF option offense that threw like five times per game, tops
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R.D. Mangles posted:@Nebraska: Feels like a loss, although Nebraska and Northwestern always win road games Hi, I'm the dimwit who's just now realizing that the road team has won this rivalry (sure, why not) since we joined the B1G in 2011, save for 2013, which we won on a hail fuckin' mary
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Real Name Grover posted:Nebraska WRONG: It was bourbon quote:Worst case: Total disarray, 4-8, a new AD and a Scott Frost homecoming. On track/happened/fingers crossed
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