Why not Nebraska, Why not now?

It’s not often that you want a Husker season to end.  I find myself not wanting the season to end. When you get old enough, you realize that you won’t be around to watch football forever.  The way this season has been going, I hate to see it be over, even if it has been a huge disappointment.

You see some glimpses that the Huskers could have had a decent season if a few breaks had went there way.  Maybe if Chris Jones doesn’t get hurt last summer, the defense plays a little better and you win against Northern Illinois and things go a little different.

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Maybe doesn’t cut it around Lincoln though.  The entirety of Mike Riley’s tenure at Nebraska has been what if's, maybe's, could have beens or unrealized potential.  This last weekend against Penn State was that in a small window…surprise, again.  Nebraska gets posterized in the first half, makes a heart warming comeback in the second half when Tanner Lee gets hot, and yet they were so far behind, it didn’t matter.  You see it time and time again, Nebraska can’t get out of their own way.  They are young, they don’t have a lot of talent in the upper classes.  That can’t be an excuse though.  Teams are supposed to improve during the season.  Unfortunately, any improvement to this team has been offset by unbelievable bad play at the absolute worst times.

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All of this, and Iowa sucks too.  Why can’t Nebraska pull something together, for what will probably be Mike Riley’s last game at Memorial Stadium?  Do they have it in them to play hard in front of the home crowd for an entire game this season?  Nebraska has had some glimpses where they have really played well, but it has almost been at the antithesis of what Mike Riley has wanted on offense and they have played the best when they scratched the 3-4 and ran a 4-3 on defense.  On offense, they have done the best when they go at an upped tempo and spread the ball out, get the ball out of Tanner Lee’s hands and let the playmakers make plays. J.D. Spielman and Stanley Morgan are good football players. From the looks of it, Jalyn Bradley is going to be pretty good too.  Why can’t Nebraska get those guys the ball early and often on Friday?

We all know that Riley is probably going to be finished after this weekend.  Let’s just hope that he is able to rally the Huskers one more time.

Why not beat Iowa?  We all want to.  Let’s see if the players can summon the energy and stamina to knock the Hawkeyes into a lower bowl.  Make us all appreciate one more game this season.

ON WITH THE REWIND…

Our previous score prediction for the Penn State game was Nebraska 10 – Penn State 49.  The actual score was Penn State 56 Nebraska 44.

When you take a look at this game, sure it was a great scoring binge in the second half, but the first half was so bad, it’s hard to take much good from the game

Quick Notes:

The Season is almost over…. There will be no bowl game for the Huskers.  I hope that Nebraska treats this game like a bowl.  You get an opponent that you don’t like and get a chance to salvage a small bit of pride in this season.

What comes next?  There is enough speculation rolling across the plains about what happens when and if Mike Riley is let go this weekend.  I don’t have any inside information, but I have had some brief interaction with Scott Frost before, I know in the past he really wanted to be the Husker head coach at one time.  That has been years ago, but I have to think the chance to come home and lead the Huskers back to prominence has to be a draw.  I’d put it at about 70% that he returns.  I hope he does, he would be a great fit and I think having a young offensive mind would be a nice turn from what we have had recently.

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Score Prediction: Nebraska 34 – Iowa 30

I don’t like Iowa.  You don’t either.  I have no idea if the Huskers will win, but by golly, it’s my prediction and I say we come out and play well and shock them. Why not? Nothing else this season has made sense.  GBR!!