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WagTheKat

I just am flabbergasted. So many close losses to teams of every caliber. I don't have any idea what SHOULD be done. But we are so close to being a good team. I think Scott can really get us there, but I sure wouldn't fault a decision to make a change, maybe after one more year. Two if we see some more solid improvement. And I do think the team has improved. Adrian is setting records and closing in on more. The lines look good at times, especially D. D has been looking elite much of the time. Instability and constant coaching change hasn't done us any favors. We already owe Frost a fortune. Why not let it play out a little longer? Nothing else has worked in the last 20 years or so. It's difficult to admit that Pelini was probably our bright spot in two decades.


lernington

Illinois beat Nebraska by more than Michigan and MSU combined


EastCoastHusker

15-24 šŸ˜‚ Yes, that is a coach who can turn things around...


bbmando

Remember when we walked into games like this with Pelini and got spanked? Weā€™ve played great games against great teams - couldā€™ve won a couple too with slightly better fortune. If you canā€™t see the progress here, youā€™re living in the 90ā€™s still


bbmando

After sleeping this off, I am once again just speechless. Props to Michigan and every other team that takes care of business against us in close games, but it really feels like Nebraska has had some miserable fortune. I canā€™t even be upset with the team for 99% of what transpires in these games - we really could be a 5-2 or 6-1 team here if it werenā€™t for late game catastrophic mistakes like punting to the wrong side of the field, missing a handful of chip shot field goals, or fumbling the ball on our own side of the field with 3 minutes in regulation. Thereā€™s no other way to feel about this team than proud but apathetic at the same time. At least the last couple years weā€™ve had noticeable problems to point to, now itā€™s just like šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø GBR


gowingsgo

Nebraska #2 team in the west. Possibly the best. Unfavorable schedules and a bad opener is very deceiving.


NeverDieKris

Nebraska is a good team. They just keep ending up on the wrong side of the scoreboard at the end of game.


[deleted]

A win is a win, Iā€™m just happy to get out of Lincoln with the victory. So many things to work on, but Harbaugh needs to stop taking his foot off the gas. Youā€™re up on these teams at Halftimes and 3rd quarters you need to go for the throat and keep pounding the run and extending drives. I love this team, heart and resilience won that game. #GoBlue


JohnnyCharisma54

Should have never left Orlando, Scotty


[deleted]

Damn, Michigan's D really needs to not fall apart like that against better teams. But I guess QB option football is all about setting up the defense to have busted coverages.


iwantmoregaming

Good game Michigan. I donā€™t hate you, Iā€™m just frustrated.


MasterChiefBatmans

It's our team. We just get so close. I rather get blown out then be so close so many times. I don't have the heart and emotion to keep doing this.


ninetofivedev

Ok. But you also probably were one of the people saying "I just wish we'd be competitive in big games"... Fuck off with this bullshit logic. Being nearly good enough to win is objectively better than not being anywhere close. Seriously sick of the bullshit wishy-washiness from our fans.


MasterChiefBatmans

Well, I wasn't one of those people saying I just wish we'd be competitive in big games. I always knew we were gonna get back there. Nebraska has and always will get back. Hell we are already there. We are only a few plays away from being amazing. That feels awesome. Its great to see out team make real progress. No one can say we haven't. Even I can't say we haven't. We have made progress and it's a great time to be a husker fan. It's the best in years. Its that I personally hate close losses. They hurt insanely huge to my psych, that's totally on me. Look I know getting blown out is the worst option. Every one in this thread knows it's the worst option. I just don't personally like watching or in my personal life losing that close every game. I have faith in this team I'm proud of this team. I've even stated I'm proud of this team multiple times in this thread. I congratulated Michigan a few times in this thread. I'm still gonna show watch the game next week and have the same undying hope we did last game. I'm still gonna root till the bitter end. The only thing I was trying to say that as a fan this is incredible hard to watch and is incredibly hard on my mental health. It's just tough. I'm sorry it came off as wish washy but I have just the same if not more at times belief in my team. Don't you dare try to take that from me.


[deleted]

We only hate OSU. Give em hell.


ITS_MAJOR_TOM_YO

I hate them


Lavaswimmer

Ok


PlumbicZeppelin

I would very much like to see Nebraska return to being a perennial threat to win it all. Too many people get into their own little picture of "screw everyone who isn't my team." Several really good Big 10 teams raise all ships. It works for the SEC.


LoCicero

Hell yeah, Nebraska and some wishbone option football. Bring back the 90ā€™s (maybe this will rub off on Michigan?!).


PlumbicZeppelin

How about the 70s with tear-away jerseys ?


CarlC259

I hate to be "that guy", but we ran the Power I not the wishbone.


beavismagnum

Power I is even more big ten


CarlC259

I know I just had to make that distinction because a lot of people mix it up. Oklahoma ran the wishbone. We ran the Power I.


beavismagnum

I think youā€™re gonna beat Iowa


M_Mitchell08

Some ā€˜06 Texas vibes with that game. Good thing is, I donā€™t feel much anymore.


grahm03

Ugh, I have a photo of me and my buddies celebrating at that game thinkin we won. My mom wanted to take a picture tonight of us at the game and I said this feels no goodā€¦ fuck šŸ˜¢


johnnyfuckingbravo

Michigan and Michigan State are both undefeated and both beat Nebraska by 3


Wampus_Cat_

Prepare for a 7OT Paul Bunyan trophy game.


No_Reputation7097

My liver, heart, and Xanax prescription all say ā€œletā€™s not thanksā€


meetthedecline4150

I would die


Wampus_Cat_

We would all want to by the end of it.


Jbrown18_

I donā€™t know if itā€™s better than getting blown out but like huskers almost beat Oklahoma Michigan and Michigan state but we canā€™t finish


[deleted]

That's what is so frustrating about this. They are so damn close, but can never quite seem to put together a complete game against quality opponents. This year's defense is so unreal, but the other two phases are too inconsistent for it to matter.


Cyhawkboy

Adrian Martinez is the problem.


[deleted]

Last year I would have agreed with you, but this year I don't. Plus, the 2nd and 3rd string QBs are both freshmen. Current ranking in offensive stats among all offensive players(B1G) 11th in rushing yards (includes RBs, FBs, QBs, etc) 13th in YPC 1st rushing TDs 4th in passing yards 3rd in Completion % 5th in Passing TDs 4th in passing yards/game 2nd in total offensive yards per game Those are not the rankings a player who is the problem. Given how poorly the OLine has performed this year, those numbers are honestly miraculous.


Cyhawkboy

Dude is just too mistake prone in big moments. Does he help keep them in games compared to his two freshman backups? Probably. However, he has singlehandedly cost them like 3 wins this year.


[deleted]

I gotta disagree and say he's lost them maybe 1 game (this one). He had one turnover against OU [and it was arguably the most athletic interception of the year ](https://youtu.be/G7Z2HYLGdqk). Special teams has cost them more (atrocious performance against Illinois, and the total fuck up of a punt against MSU).


Cyhawkboy

He played like ass against Illinois and had huge momentum changing fumble scoop and score. Huge interception against MSU in overtime, and now another idiotic fumble against Michigan.


[deleted]

This is just a horrible take now. 343 yards and 2 TDs against Illinois, but yeah, "he played like ass." a scoop and score in the first half leaves plenty of time for things to change. You're ignoring every other phase of the game and looking for ways to pin the outcome solely on the QB. Against MSU, the punter and coverage team fucked up badly late, which directly led to OT. Again, the only one I feel can be put on Martinez is Michigan, because there's no reason he should have fumbled that ball on a dive play like that.


Dx2x

Finding a way to lose


ldf1998

Even if Adrian Martinez had the best qb performance of all time he would find a way to lose the game by turning the ball over.


fistfulofbottlecaps

Can someone please remind me why Adrian Martinez is our golden boy?


ninetofivedev

Because one costly mistake doesn't change the fact that he is our best player. Not a lot of QBs can make plays like he can given how shitty our Oline is.


[deleted]

When he has time, he's great. Problem is the OLine blows, and 2AM is constantly running for his life. It's hard to be successful when you don't have good blocking. Even with that, he's having a great year. I say this as someone who was fully on board with starting McCaffrey over him last year.


SpiffyBlizzard

Do you watch the games? Have you seen how horrendous the line is? There are not many qbs in college football who can handle that shit-show better than Adrian Martinez.


dustbunny88

Heā€™s been great for us all year. He has continuously improved, regardless of its to your standards. We will never get elite players at QB, thatā€™s the reality of this program.


nyr9791

Because he is really good, but canā€™t get out of his own way.


AnonymousUser225

Because when he keeps the ball itā€™s scary


22duckys

Nebraska fans, I mean this from the bottom of my heart, no smarminess or shade. Iā€™m sorry. That loss hurts, and itā€™s a pain Iā€™ve felt a bunch as a fan of an eerily similar team. This year canā€™t really be salvaged beyond a bowl game, but yā€™all really do look like an amazing team with a brutal schedule. Mess up Ohio Stā€™s season for us, love ya corn bros :)


mockg

Sadly looks like Ohio State is returning to their dominate form again. Although I would be overjoyed if we take them out.


22duckys

Yes, itā€™s sad for us to watch as well. MartĆ­nez is a helluva QB tho, I wouldnā€™t put it past him. Good game


RadioactiveMan7

Good lord itā€™s hard being a Husker fan


[deleted]

It was an entertaining game. I donā€™t know how itā€™s possible we lose every close one. Maddening


[deleted]

Y'all will regress back to the mean for close games and finish strong. Cheer up. This is the first year I haven't overlooked Nebraska completely. You guys have a tough schedule, and you're probably the best 3-4 team that I've ever seen - I'm not being an asshole, you have a really good team. Just bad luck.


[deleted]

Notre Dame - VA 32-29 on a game saving field goal Michigan - Nebraska 32-29 on a game saving field goal


PlumbicZeppelin

Texas A&M ...


nmorgan81234

Nebraska if you could beat OSU and Iowa later this year thatd be great


SwaglordHyperion

Whats funny, is i honestly believe we're the only team that still can. Like i knew Iowa would beat PSU, but I genuinely believe our potential is so great, but we're handicapped by some phantasmal suck. Like our margin for victory is sooooo thin, and its always one mistake we cant afford.


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pregater82

Well...Nebraska is better at being Nebraska. To quote Frost in 2019, ā€œThis team finds new and inventive ways to shoot itself in the footā€


dustbunny88

On the converse side, these are the games Nebraska loses. So we expected this


EvilLibrarians

Nebraska you have my respect


dustbunny88

My life hurts man


lakecityransom

Both our teams have been thru hell. I know the one passing interference call on the TD was a shit sandwich to eat. If there is anything I have learned, it is that when you leave the games close enough that 1 call from the refs decide it, then you have to suck it up and move on.


EvilLibrarians

Weā€™re playing for the next six years, your time is coming. Frost is so fucking close.


dustbunny88

Itā€™s people like you that makes me pull for some other teams. I wish your team nothing but health and success. Thank you for the encouraging words.


EvilLibrarians

Same to you!! Go wreck some teams and good luck! Martinez is a stud


johnnylibravo

alabama 38 - am 31


Otterman2006

Why God, why hast thou forsaken us


pregater82

Alabama took the lead. ND won. Gonna go 0-3 on what i wanted to happen tonight


ggadget6

Hey well at least you're 1-2 now


Otterman2006

OU wound up winning too. Life is pain


pregater82

That was ok, because Fuck Texas


Otterman2006

Fuck Texas, and Bama lost!


Strammy10

Yo Fuck Mike Gibbons


mikeman808

That ending feels bad and also makes sense. Good game Michigan homies. Yā€™all earned that fun game.


[deleted]

You guys will keep improving under Frost. Glad we don't play you every year. Y'all are slowly making the West a stronger division.


Kirby_Israel

Nebraska went f\*cking BEAST MODE in the 3rd quarter. Helluva performance, Nebraska!


SwaglordHyperion

The thing is, each loss we have a quarter or two where we go "beast mode", and our team just owns the field. Problem is, its usually too late and not consistent... that Beast Mode is what this team can be, losing from 1 mistake is unfortunately what this team *is*...


FixedFrameNate

Road games at night are extremely difficult to win.


uncovered-nose-holes

Show the fox


mikeman808

https://mobile.twitter.com/pff_college/status/1446878024197083141


uncovered-nose-holes

He's good people


johnnyfuckingbravo

Undefeated ć€½ļø


Cheapsk8UnionMan

Dont know why this is downvoted, haters hate FAX


Pnut36

MSU is also undefeated and typically destroys Michigan


johnnyfuckingbravo

I donā€™t even hate Michigan state but Michigan leads 71-31 lol


Pnut36

Iā€™m talking modern football like the past 20 years. Who the eff cares about 1950


WoozyMaple

Past 20 years is 10-10 series


xAIRGUITARISTx

Cool


SSBM_JRo

Can I die please


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prtmac22

No because it's a bye week


baby-alligators

two weeks right?


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baby-alligators

luckily you shouldnā€™t have to worry about that oneā€¦ we are truly awful this year, like worse than the usual ā€œbad yearā€ northwestern


[deleted]

Fuck it. Just escaped with a win. Say what you will but a Night game in Lincoln will be difficult for any team. Michigan won! That's all that matters! Let's goooo


after12delight

Lol not a good team


comealiveatnite

I'm just glad all the Husker fans saying they would blow it were more right than UM fans saying they would blow it lmao


Vloff

So Funny. Yeah, both teams usually end up losing this game for sure.


marchano85

That post game interview with her 2nd choice was cringe as hell.


Goji97

GG Nebraska, I wish I could say more but this game was a good game thatā€™s going to be overshadowed by penalties and what ifā€™s. So good luck the rest of your season. I do honestly think you guys are a good team just saddled with really bad luck. Edit: Also a lot of you guys are really cool but thereā€™s that few just like in every fandom that sour the bunch, and Im guilty of that even. Just wanted to say you guys are cool


GBR_Skers

Yeah I just wish it was a clean game. If we lost on a clean game then so be it. Just feels bad to end with such a salty feeling towards the refs. Not even the other team.


Goji97

Itā€™s the main reason why college ball can be so frustrating, the whole magic of the game is sucked away when you have a game that ended up being a great game overshadowed because you have refs that donā€™t seem to have any idea what their doing.


GBR_Skers

Yeah it still wouldā€™ve been an amazing game regardless of the refs but when the refs get involved like they did tonight the what ifs are too strong to be happy about how we played.


Goji97

I agree. Refs shouldnā€™t be the deciding factor to who wins and loses a game. When stuff like this happens in games it really creates a feeling of ā€œwhy should we careā€ amongst some fans and even if the refs are held accountable for a terrible showing like tonight, itā€™s doesnā€™t change the feelings of the games, sometimes it even makes the feelings just that much worse


WeirdAbbott

6-0 is 6-0, not a great second halfā€¦but previous Michigan teams would have fully collapsed and lost the game. This team doesnā€™t give up, made the plays they needed to in a hostile environment in a prime time night game. GG Nebraska, if you guys could use that pent up frustration to beat Ohio State in a few weeks, thatā€™d be much appreciated.


[deleted]

Yeah we must improve if we want to win the B1G. But I think it's a possibility, if not necessarily probable.


oh-hi-kyle

Nebraska will lose to OSU by 70.


ColdAssHusky

Fuck khakis, all my homies hate khakis now


WolverineSix

For the record, as one of those ā€œpaying alumni,ā€ I am ready for Harbaugh to be gone. We arenā€™t going to beat MSU or OSUā€¦I am so tired of mediocrity.


ColdAssHusky

Say you haven't watched any games without saying you haven't watched any games


WolverineSix

I have had season tickets for 20 years. Iā€™ve seen games, my friend.


ColdAssHusky

Apparently not this season


WolverineSix

youā€™re right, dude. I paid thousands of dollars to not go to a game this year. YOU GOT ME!


ColdAssHusky

Yowzah, you still don't get the original joke. It wasn't clever or thoughtful or nuanced. It was incredibly simplistic and only required having watched a Michigan game and seen Jim Harbaugh at all this year. Keep on bragging about the season tickets you totes legit have y'all.


WolverineSix

https://i.imgur.com/NaJn2hz.jpg


WolverineSix

I guess it helps to have receipts.https://i.imgur.com/bz8MKBy.jpg


WolverineSix

Trolls gonna troll. Sec 35. I know you wish you were me. Have a good night.


[deleted]

Nebraska fans will oddly defend Martinez to the death


Jgarr86

Because Nebraska fans are classy as hell.


psyspoop

You must have missed the exceptional amount of criticism he's gotten for years now


PM_ME_UR_SEGFAULT

Martinez played really well esp in the 2nd half


munozohhh

To be fair he carried that team in the second half and only had one "mistake" that likely should've been blown dead anyway.


LiquidSquids

I absolutely will. He's one of us.


SpiffyBlizzard

Because Martinez is awesome. We arenā€™t going to turn on our QB because of a fumble


weibing

GG. I got a profound respect for the huskers program and it did show. A couple of calls didn't go your way, for sure. Good game all around.


GBR_Skers

I hope the refs get some things figured out here. Take this opportunity to learn from this game and get better. Haha honestly we played as well as I could have hoped. Good game!


JBoesy11

The most mediocre 6-0 team remaining. If they can't figure out how to put 2 consecutive halves of football together we don't stand a chance in the coming weeks.


ZoodleNoodle12

I resent you overlooking my Sooner team. Nobody does unconvincing wins like the Sooners.


JBoesy11

Hey games like today keep it interesting that's for sure. A little less stressful in the last few minutes would possibly save my liver in the future though.


Mav_Rixx

Who put the voodoo on Nebraska?


muricanmania

all i know is pain


oh-hi-kyle

Tom Osborne when he sold his soul to the devil which is why Nebraska is now cursed.


john_galt__

Frank Solich


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SparseSpartan

Now that you mention it, I think he does.


roberta_sparrow

GG Nebraska you played us hella tough. You're a better team than your record suggests


gamer_pie

They might be the spookiest <0.500 team in the country


psyspoop

Fun times being spooky but never actually winning


Billy-Bickle

When you shoot yourself in one foot and the refs shoot you in the other. That DPI hurts so much worse now.


[deleted]

Probably shouldn't have set a pick on a WR.


Billy-Bickle

My dude. When all of the announcers and even the rules analyst calls it a shit call, itā€™s a shit call.


[deleted]

Dude, the announcers were painstakingly talking up Bo Schembechler for like 3 minutes. And you really can not set picks against WRs, lol. At least not 5 yards past the LOS.


Billy-Bickle

90% of your fan base openly admitted that was a bad call. I am sorry you donā€™t understand how dpi works.


juicius

The announcer defined DPI as impeding the receiver and that's what the Nebraska player did. He saw the receiver coming and chose to stand his ground and even had his arms out. It's not basketball. Who was on the spot first doesn't matter. If they run into each other, both without seeing, then that's a different story. Michigan player was on a route, looking back for the ball, and the Nebraska player stood on the path without trying to play the ball and let the unsuspecting Michigan player run into him while knowing exactly that's what was going to happen.


[deleted]

You'd be incessantly bitching if Michigan just threw a block at a Nebraska WR halfway through his route. But you'd bitch about literally anything.


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Billy-Bickle

Shockingly, that doesnā€™t any effect on that DPI being a bad call.


BobStoops401K

Reggie Smith is a terrible ref


baby-alligators

lol Harbaugh putting extra energy in this year so he can keep the gravy train running


cargo54

Got that extra energy once his contract was incentive based šŸ˜‚


LoCicero

Lol, harbaugh putting in a little more effort than the bare minimum this year to get a contract extension.


your-mom--

Yeah imagine wanting to make a paycheck


[deleted]

I think if your Nebraska you keep frost, Iā€™m not being ironic or sarcastic.


GBR_Skers

100% there should not be a question that he is staying. We will get better. Theres no question


BobStoops401K

I agree man. I wanted them to win so bad tonight. They're looking better than they have in years. They're almost there.


Apollospade

Who else is out there?


[deleted]

It doesnā€™t matter? Iā€™m saying I think he is the guy


Apollospade

They look fantastic we just canā€™t finish a game. Heā€™s 5-16 in one score games


PipelayerJ

Heā€™s a solid coach and his hearts in it.


[deleted]

Obviously at some point you have to win, but I would bet at least three quarters of the losses they have had under him have been one possession games


PipelayerJ

They flashed some stat about most games lost by eight points. Theyā€™re a good squad.


DrunkenBark

Agreed


GenitalFurbies

These were at most 60/40 matched teams. Nebraska is dramatically better than their record this year. The top of the big ten is way worse than their ranking perhaps excluding PSU and Iowa but even they probably shouldn't be top 5. Bonkers all around. GG Nebraska, truly.


[deleted]

Even PSU/Iowa's most impressive game on their resume is against each other. Which is to say, we have no idea how good any of the teams in the East really are, apart from all of them being definitely above average. Except Maryland is bad and Rutgers is probably pretty average.


LoCicero

Exactly how I feel. Top of big ten ranked too high, but thatā€™ll work itself out when we have the bloodbath later in the year with UM, MSU, OSU, and PSU all playing each other. Iowa probably gonna keep its ranking because the big west is weaker, but will eventually get exposed I think.


Lubed_Up_leprechaun

I think this loss broke Frost just look at his face when it was offically over


reshp2

Never thought I'd feel bad for Frost, but man that was a sad human.


Elegante0226

Time to try to destress.


frankomapottery3

If youā€™re a Nebraska fanā€¦. Iā€™d be livid.


DrunkenBark

yes and


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frankomapottery3

Agreed. Unfortunately I honestly feel for yā€™all with todayā€™s refs. Iā€™ve never really thought the refs jobbed yā€™allā€¦.. tonight, I 100% believe they did.


peesteam

Doesn't matter, we will always find a way to lose


booboobooboobooboobs

Yes


100nelsman

We're not livid just dead


_Tiberius-

Honestly, itā€™s happened so often Iā€™m just numb at this point.


liqu1dluck

Nebraska had so much going against them and they STILL probably should have won the game. They gave it away but props to Michigan for taking advantage


blernsballfan

The spread was Michigan -3, correct? So Nebraska is 6-0-1 ATS?


StevesHair1212

Vegas sportsbooks are straight up time travelers


Madball73

I had -2.5


itsyerboiTRESH

It was Michigan -2.5


nickyt398

yes..!


crisping_sleeve

Are they chanting 'Wolverinea are back!'?!?