What's up, buddy. As normal, you have a well thought out post. Good to see you again.
Great hearing from you.
I think there is more than a slight uptick in enthusiasm. This as united as I've seen the fan base since the mid 90's. I wouldn't be shocked to see the spring game attendance at over 85K this year.
You make a good point, it is unfair of the fan base to expect a return to that time. But those of us that are realistic don't expect that. Sure, we have the vocal minority asshats who wanted to fire Osborne prior to Jan 2, 1995 and they will expect the same of Frost.
Those guys suck, and I would have hoped that the last 15 years of less than stellar football would have tempered those expectations.
I absolutely agree.
I guess we'll have to wait and see. I think that the offense will be fine. Once he gets the program on track, it wouldn't shock me to see his offense average 40 points a game. I'm hoping that he tailors the offense more to a power run game between the tackles, but I don't know if he will.
I am pretty apprehensive about the defense. I'm hoping that he will be able to get better quality players in the front 7, so that we can match up better in the B1G. Hopefully that will make a difference. I like his emphasis on speed, but we've got to have the power and toughness to match up. It can be done, not sure that it will be done.
I do agree, we can't give up 500 yards per game and expect to compete for championships. Consistently playing in high scoring game is exciting, but not my idea of championship football.
I believe that he has 4 Florida commits in our 2018 recruiting class (2 committed last night, as well as 2 from Mississippi and 1 from Georgia.
We won't get a ton of guys from there each year, and as his stint at UCF gets further away, those pipelines to FL may dry up.
But Nebraska (even more so than Iowa) has always had to recruit nationally.
Plus it looks like Nebraska has a pretty good group of high schoolers for the 2019 class. He needs to lock the borders down and keep those kids home. Iowa (for one) has gotten far too many good players from our state in the post-Osborne era. It didn't hurt so bad when we were in the Big 12, but it really hurts to have to deal with the Fants and Otts, etc for 3 or 4 years.
It will be fun.....either for Nebraska fans or for those who don't like us.
IMO, the expectations for Nebraska going forward are to essentially replace Wisconsin as the big dog in the B1G West. Be in the top 20 (or better) most years. Get to Indy more often than not. Occasionally win the conference and be in the playoff discussion.
At the very least I expect that Frost will have us in contention for the B1G West annually, and that he will put an end to the ass kickings we've received from the Iowas, Minnesotas, Wisconsins, and Tennessees the past few years.
Anyway, thanks for the shout out, I hope all is well with you and yours!
