Mike Riley the new Nebraska coach.

[Used 2 B Hu]

I am happy that MR get's his chance with talent now...upgrade in pay as well.

Braska done good...their fans will learn soon enough.

Yeah MR could coach easily for another ten years...healthy 61 yr old for sure.

I like the guy, but they just fired a dude for not winning conference titles and not getting to BCS games. In order for him to stay longer, he's going to have to average 10.5 wins per season, win the Division 2 of every 3 years, and play in the playoffs every other year.

Nebraska's days of doing all that stuff, they're gone.

 

[Team Mookie]

Great news... I thought they were going to hire Herman away from TOSU.

This is just a status quo move to help Nebraska not lose anymore recruits. At 61 years old, dude is past his youthful dreams of glory. Have fun with more 9-3 seasons.

Nothing to get excited about. Strange as hell!

Michigan is looking a lot smarter slowing their search down. With Nebraska and Florida making quick moves. Meatchicken might be able to hit a home run.

 

[BigRedMoe]

One Nebraska fan in this entire thread.
Are they down in their room trying to agree on if this was a good hire and come out all unified or something???

My brethren are having extreme and differing reactions currently. They'll settle down by spring.

 

[WhiteMamba]

Add BRM and Tom to being on board.

 

[BigRedMoe]

I'm cornfused by this hire. I wonder what Faux Pelini thinks?

He may have committed Twitter-cide... or he may have started a Faux Mike Riley account. Of which there are already a ton of.

 

[WizardHawk]

The confusing part of it is he is an offensive minded coach and lives in the west coast, or at least heavy passing part of it and that doesn't seem to fit in with at least the traditional Nebraska smash mouth ground and pound kind of game.

 

[TigerBait1971]

I'm cornfused by this hire. I wonder what Faux Pelini thinks?

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

Idk if this will be a good hire or not for another 2-3 years.

But on the bright side, you can change your motto under your screen name!

 

[TigerBait1971]

 

[WhiteMamba]

One thing Riley will never do is call Nebraska fans delusional fucking idiots like Bo and Callahan did.

There is always that.

 

[jayfan]

Are they rioting in Lincoln? Very uninspired hire.

 

[Yapp14]

Guy is very well respected. Since 1950, 2 coaches have a winning career record at Oregon State. The guy had 88 wins prior to this year in 13 seasons, OSU shad 77 in the 25 years prior. Thinking this guy cant coach is a failure of understanding the history of OSU. It is easy to pick apart a coach with a long history and over-estimate coaches with short tenures.

Unlike you, I know about Riley's background

CFL Record 87-90:
40-32

NFL 99-01:
14-34

Oregon St
93-80


He has lost 4 or more games every year since 2003
Oregon St went 5-7 this year
4-21 against top ten teams
14-41 against top 25 teams

 

[WizardHawk]

I mean he's not a defense guy at all. No more black shirts... A lot more 50 shades of grey shirts...

 

[BigRedMoe]

I mean he's not a defense guy at all. No more black shirts... A lot more 50 shades of grey shirts...

Kinky

 

[oaknightshockey1]

Add BRM and Tom to being on board.

I am as well...just been busy digesting it all.

 

[outofyourmind]

Just went down to the Basement to check on the Nebraska guys.
They're all pissed, at least 95% of them anyway.


That's why we aren't seeing them up here in the big boy room.


One thread said that Jim Tressel was pissed. And I wonder if they fucked him over and could have had him instead of, you know, whatshisname.

 

[Inquisitor95]

I am going to start cheering for the fucking longhorns, that is how much this sucks.

FIRE EICHORST!!!

FIRE EICHORST!!!

FIRE EICHORST!!!

FIRE EICHORST!!!

FIRE EICHORST!!!

FIRE EICHORST!!!

FIRE EICHORST!!!

FIRE EICHORST!!!

FIRE EICHORST!!!

FIRE EICHORST!!!

FIRE EICHORST!!!

FIRE EICHORST!!!

FIRE EICHORST!!!

 

[Hornsstampede2.0]

Why are Florida and Nebraska in such a hurry?


Was there a huge demand for Mike Riley and McElwain?


Those are elite destinations. They should have waited for bowl season to end and NFL as well.


Make all the top guys say no. Ask them and force them to say no thanks.


I understand recruiting timing of it, but these seem like boring safe mediocre hires.

 

[Wild Turkey]

It's not a reload when you are moving away from a guy like Pelini. You are turning the truck around and trying to do so fast.

Don't screw with the Husker Nation they will stalk you day and night...just let it be.

 

[Wild Turkey]

Just went down to the Basement to check on the Nebraska guys.
They're all pissed, at least 95% of them anyway.


That's why we aren't seeing them up here in the big boy room.

You're now public enemy number one.