Pulling out all tricks at Nebraska.

First play: Fullback trap@HuskerFBNation opens spring game with a play to honor former FB Frank Solich, who is back in Lincoln and will be honored at halftime. pic.twitter.com/0edpo5ttKc

— Big Ten Network (@BigTenNetwork) April 22, 2023

You have to admit the guy plays the game really really well. I think Nebraska and Colorado will surprise teams this year..

They play each other Week 2

BluesBear said:

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You have to admit the guy plays the game really really well. I think Nebraska and Colorado will surprise teams this year..

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As much as I've disliked Nebraska I wish him nothing but the best and thankful for all he did at Baylor.

BluesBear said:

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You have to admit the guy plays the game really really well. I think Nebraska and Colorado will surprise teams this year..

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Colorado…. very possibly .

Nebraska might need a rebuilding year .

KaiBear said:

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BluesBear said:

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You have to admit the guy plays the game really really well. I think Nebraska and Colorado will surprise teams this year..

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Colorado…. very possibly .

Nebraska might need a rebuilding year .

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LOL!!! Maybe 1-11? Amazes me how many Baylor people give this peckerhead any credibility. The dude definitely is super intelligent and knows how to game the system.

MR is always coaching with one eye on his next million. He said he was called to BU, then interviewed for every possible NFL job, though we know how that ended. He is full of hot air and not to be trusted. Can't recruit because kids know he will NOT be there very long, anywhere. Nope, not thankful. He used BU.

He's a mercenary like every coach. It is funny that he's not using all that Christian-ish language about God calling him to be at Nebraska like he did here. He will always feel God's calling to the intersection of 'most prestigious job' and 'biggest paycheck'. That said, he is a great coach especially for the college level

No Quarterback said:

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He's a mercenary like every coach. It is funny that he's not using all that Christian-ish language about God calling him to be at Nebraska like he did here. He will always feel God's calling to the intersection of 'most prestigious job' and 'biggest paycheck'.

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I suspect, but I do not know, that his wife and family had a very difficult time adjusting to Waco and the Baylor power brokers. They were from the northeast and there is a certain adjustment to Waco if your haven't been there before. Shock may be a better word. As for the God's calling, that gets points in Waco whether or not you are sincere. It is assumed it is necessary.

I think during his first year he was getting pressure to leave. The NFL was his desire and he took it and had horrible luck with injuries and staff. Do I think he would have been great in NFL? Doubtful but I don't blame him for trying.

He was intelligent enough to come to Baylor and immediately hire coaches with experience in statewide recruiting. IF he fails at Nebraska then the naysayers will be correct. But Nebraska is ripe and seemingly a perfect fit for Matt.

That's a tired old trope trotted out when any coach shows an inclination to leave. Attack their family life.were seeing that with Nikki Collen with people saying she's not all in because her kids were still in Georgia (even though the twins appear to be headed to Waco now).

Matt's been nothing but complimentary not just on Baylor but the people of Waco and how they treated his family.

This is a really weird thread.

Colorado does not pass the eye test…Remind me of the talent left for Guy Morris when he arrived.

Prime needs 2 more classes and they'll compete at a high level.

Matt Rhule is (so far) a great college football coach, and he was exactly what Baylor needed when it needed it - moving on from the scandal by holding players accountable and showing that winning at Baylor was possible without Art Briles or any meaningful coaches from that coaching tree. It's always funny when posters pretend like he was anything other than that.

He was an OT away from the playoff in year 3 in a game when QB1 went out early. Not bad

And I suspect that baylor team would have performed better than some other team did this past playoff.

QB1 and QB2...that defense was salty.

Aberzombie1892 said:

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Matt Rhule is (so far) a great college football coach, and he was exactly what Baylor needed when it needed it - moving on from the scandal by holding players accountable and showing that winning at Baylor was possible without Art Briles or any meaningful coaches from that coaching tree. It's always funny when posters pretend like he was anything other than that.

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Agree, He was the right guy for the job and we were lucky to get him when we did. He got the media off our backs. The players ran through walls for him.

BearFan33 said:

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Aberzombie1892 said:

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Matt Rhule is (so far) a great college football coach, and he was exactly what Baylor needed when it needed it - moving on from the scandal by holding players accountable and showing that winning at Baylor was possible without Art Briles or any meaningful coaches from that coaching tree. It's always funny when posters pretend like he was anything other than that.

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Agree, He was the right guy for the job and we were lucky to get him when we did. He got the media off our backs. The players ran threw walls for him.

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Yep, and he laid a really strong and healthy foundation for his successor to build on.

Anyone still bad mouthing Rhule here is most likely a Briles loyalist who can't admit to himself that there's more than one way to win at Baylor -- and they don't all involve running your program like The U or Barry Switzer's Oklahoma.

Nebraska Never should have fired Solich. He would have continued to do well there. He had a very nice career at Ohio and I never understood why bigger schools never gave him another shot. Or perhaps they did and he was happy there with less expectations and pressure.

cowboycwr said:

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Nebraska Never should have fired Solich. He would have continued to do well there. He had a very nice career at Ohio and I never understood why bigger schools never gave him another shot. Or perhaps they did and he was happy there with less expectations and pressure.

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They should have never fired Bo Pelini either

I wish him nothing but the best. He rebuilt Baylor football much faster than any of us expected. Even if it was largely luck, he still did his part.

As for Rhule playing the game, well, as I've gotten older I've come to believe that God feels the same way about football coaches and preachers: they only get called to better paying, more prestigious jobs, and usually to job locations their wives much prefer. Go figure.

Jorkel said:

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cowboycwr said:

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Nebraska Never should have fired Solich. He would have continued to do well there. He had a very nice career at Ohio and I never understood why bigger schools never gave him another shot. Or perhaps they did and he was happy there with less expectations and pressure.

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They should have never fired Bo Pelini either

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He did good in terms of wins and losses, just not good enough for Nebraska fans, but didn't he have other issues that helped contribute like with players and other coaches? Or am I remembering wrong/confusing him with another coach.

No Quarterback said:

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He's a mercenary like every coach. It is funny that he's not using all that Christian-ish language about God calling him to be at Nebraska like he did here. He will always feel God's calling to the intersection of 'most prestigious job' and 'biggest paycheck'. That said, he is a great coach especially for the college level

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Christian talk/speak for Baylor.

Tradition talk/speak for Nebraska.

MR knows how to play to his audience.

cowboycwr said:

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Jorkel said:

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cowboycwr said:

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Nebraska Never should have fired Solich. He would have continued to do well there. He had a very nice career at Ohio and I never understood why bigger schools never gave him another shot. Or perhaps they did and he was happy there with less expectations and pressure.

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They should have never fired Bo Pelini either

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He did good in terms of wins and losses, just not good enough for Nebraska fans, but didn't he have other issues that helped contribute like with players and other coaches? Or am I remembering wrong/confusing him with another coach.

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I mean he yelled and had little tantrums on the sidelines during games, But he never had a season under 9 wins…never had more than 10 either though

Although I fault Nebraska for leaving the Big 12, I know that had a lot to do with UT.

I have no hate for Nebraska, and don't think anyone else should either.

Having lived in Oklahoma during the prime of the rivalry between the Sooners and the Cornhuskers, and having known both Barry Switzer and Tom Osborne personally, I can say that it was a rivalry built mostly on mutual respect (whereas the OU-UT rivalry is an absolute blood feud).

I appreciate what Rhule did for Baylor and would have been happy if he had stayed. But things are what they are, and I thing CMR is an excellent fit in Lincoln. I expect and hope that he will do very well there.

As does everyone when they're interviewing for a job. Not sure why people think coaches take jobs from the kindness of their soul

Yeah..I don't get the post above about always hating Nebraska. Among the big state public school blue bloods have always had a reputation of a classy knowledgeable fanbase

If you're a Baylor fan you remember the game up there when we held our own with 3rd stringer Steve Needham and they gave our team a standing ovation after the game .

Even though it has cost them mightily I commend their balls for telling the world what a poison UT is

Stefano DiMera said:

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As does everyone when they're interviewing for a job. Not sure why people think coaches take jobs from the kindness of their soul

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Oh I respect the game.

It would be stupid for MR to be anything else than what he is....a very good salesman....and good coach. Who knows how to make a fortune in American sportsball.

I just remember people at Baylor and on this site who would viscously attack anyone who said that MR was a salesman. That was apparently an unthinkable and a unutterable offense.

You had to affirm that MR had come to Baylor because God the Father personally told him to take the job, that he was only here to bring young kiddos to the Lord, and was himself a paragon of Christian morality (practically a preacher) who somehow just found himself in the coaching industry instead of the Seminary.

Stefano DiMera said:

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Yeah..I don't get the post above about always hating Nebraska. Among the big state public school blue bloods have always had a reputation of a classy knowledgeable fanbase

If you're a Baylor fan you remember the game up there when we held our own with 3rd stringer Steve Needham and they gave our team a standing ovation after the game .

Even though it has cost them mightily I commend their balls for telling the world what a poison UT is

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I think the issue most people have with Nebraska fans is that they think they are doing that in a disingenuous way.

The whole "bless their hearts they tried" kind of thing.

Right or wrong that is how they come off as a fanbase.

I have only been to one Nebraska game in my life and I had fun and though the land was flat-bland and yet the people nice.

I only enjoy Nebraska having football problems personally because they tried to leave us for dead...and seemed to think they were gonna dominate the Big 10

I get ya...I just don't get into all that psychoanalysis on why someone took a job. I deal in facts..And the facts are he had offers from Oregon and Baylor and chose us for whatever reasons and for that I am grateful.

Maybe Rhule should give Eric Bienemy some interview lessons since he's so good at it so he can get a head coaching job.

Stefano DiMera said:

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I get ya...I just don't get into all that psychoanalysis on why someone took a job. I deal in facts..And the facts are he had offers from Oregon and Baylor and chose us for whatever reasons and for that I am grateful.

Maybe Rhule should give Eric Bienemy some interview lessons since he's so good at it so he can get a head coaching job.

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Heck I wish Rhule would give me interview lessons.

He has a seriously good skill set.

BearlyBeloved said:

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Although I fault Nebraska for leaving the Big 12, I know that had a lot to do with UT.

I have no hate for Nebraska, and don't think anyone else should either.

Having lived in Oklahoma during the prime of the rivalry between the Sooners and the Cornhuskers, and having known both Barry Switzer and Tom Osborne personally, I can say that it was a rivalry built mostly on mutual respect (whereas the OU-UT rivalry is an absolute blood feud).

I appreciate what Rhule did for Baylor and would have been happy if he had stayed. But things are what they are, and I thing CMR is an excellent fit in Lincoln. I expect and hope that he will do very well there.

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I use to think OU-UT was blood feud but they really seemed to have kissed and made up and run off shotgun style to catch up with aggy and arkie and mizzou.

There is no doubt the Nebraska/UT feud (mostly from Nebraska) ruined the best conference, the original Big 12.

Story on Nebraska tight end Arik Gilbert, awaiting an eligibility ruling from the NCAA, who was arrested early Tuesday on suspicion of burglary in Lincoln: https://t.co/bJpATKd6OG

— Adam Rittenberg (@ESPNRittenberg) August 29, 2023

The Arik Gilbert video is notttttt great. pic.twitter.com/s0UOXx6e8s

— Unnecessary Roughness (@UnnecRoughness) August 29, 2023

Did he not know there was cameras

I don't blame Matt Rhule for playing the game. He had a good season that was fun. He is however a fraud and he got really lucky here in year 3 (Tech game fumble not called for one). I think he tanked year one either on purpose or due to complete incompetence.

Why a fraud? He actively tried like crazy to get the rapist Deshaun Watson on his NFL team to save his career. Briles never let a kid who had an indictment play or practice with the team. Briles is cast aside as a monster and Baylor BOR cheerleaders eat up Rhule's God talk and praise him and don't care who Rhule really is. Such incredible hypocrisy.

Unless he is coaching a game against Baylor, Matt Rhule can win, lose, draw... matters not to me. I don't wish him poor luck, but I don't care if he loses every game either. He was a guy who coached here once.

Aliceinbubbleland said:

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No Quarterback said:

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He's a mercenary like every coach. It is funny that he's not using all that Christian-ish language about God calling him to be at Nebraska like he did here. He will always feel God's calling to the intersection of 'most prestigious job' and 'biggest paycheck'.

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I suspect, but I do not know, that his wife and family had a very difficult time adjusting to Waco and the Baylor power brokers. They were from the northeast and there is a certain adjustment to Waco if your haven't been there before. Shock may be a better word. As for the God's calling, that gets points in Waco whether or not you are sincere. It is assumed it is necessary.

I think during his first year he was getting pressure to leave. The NFL was his desire and he took it and had horrible luck with injuries and staff. Do I think he would have been great in NFL? Doubtful but I don't blame him for trying.

He was intelligent enough to come to Baylor and immediately hire coaches with experience in statewide recruiting. IF he fails at Nebraska then the naysayers will be correct. But Nebraska is ripe and seemingly a perfect fit for Matt.

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Nebraska killed itself as a program going to the B10. they went from an institution to just another team, like MN or Iowa. Perfect example of how sometimes the biggest paycheck is not the best move. Oklahoma and USC are about to learn that lesson. UCLA is already a meh program, so nice mover for them. Unfortunately, Austin area will allow UT to recruit well...