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Mike and Mel

It's not gonna be easy, I hope we can improve and RECRUIT, as the season goes. Building something up, we have to have that. I believe in coach Tucker, we just need the guys to make his vision reality. Absolutely need a bowl this year, three more to go.
 
TSchekler said:
I mean, Fresno State is 1-2 this year with losses to Minnesota and USC and they didn’t exactly blow out Sac State. Nothing to be ashamed of, but that doesn’t scream significantly better than what we saw from Air Force, or what AF could end up being this year, particularly when we’re talking about how they will be in 2020.

I get that aTm is better than ****braska, and it’s probably a game CU loses.

The context here is that they better make a bowl this year because next year is “so much harder”. Go 2-1 in OOC and it doesn’t matter if aTm is so much better than ****braska.
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Come one man, they are signficiantly better than Fresno and have been in the MWC championship the last two years.
 
TSchekler said:
I mean, Fresno State is 1-2 this year with losses to Minnesota and USC and they didn’t exactly blow out Sac State. Nothing to be ashamed of, but that doesn’t scream significantly better than what we saw from Air Force, or what AF could end up being this year, particularly when we’re talking about how they will be in 2020.

I get that aTm is better than ****braska, and it’s probably a game CU loses.

The context here is that they better make a bowl this year because next year is “so much harder”. Go 2-1 in OOC and it doesn’t matter if aTm is so much better than ****braska.
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Fresno's down this year. Even with that, they lost to USC by a TD and took Minnesota to OT. CSU or New Mexico they're not. Tedford can coach.
 
I think RG looked at the future OOC schedule and McIntyre’s lackluster recruiting and record and was almost glad the OSU debacle gave him a defensible reason for cutting bait. I just wonder if RG was ever a big fan of McIntyre? Or the opposite.
 
Buff_nc said:
Our defense is giving away nearly 90 yards pg more than last year, and we're just 1 game into conference
2019 to date : 467 yards pg
2018 : 380 yards pg

Despite all the talk of a more powerful OL and running game, we are averaging the exact same number of yards per game @ 143 y pg.
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While true, yards don’t win games. Points do. And as long as the defense can keep the offense in a spot to win that’s good enough for now.
 
ahoelsken said:
Fresno's down this year. Even with that, they lost to USC by a TD and took Minnesota to OT. CSU or New Mexico they're not. Tedford can coach.
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Air Force is not CSU or New Mexico either and Calhoun can coach as well. Went toe to toe with the #16 team in the country on the road. All I’m saying is that while aTm is clearly tougher than Nebraska, I don’t see a monumental task in Fresno relative to what we saw against Air Force.
 
TSchekler said:
We’ll see. Point is, expectation is 2-1 in OOC, which is the same that most people had for this year.
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Is that how you saw it though. I think most of us saw CSU and Air Force as wins with Nebraska being a very winnable game at home. I thought there was a good chance to go 3-0 and I think we all see that Air Force game as a huge missed opportunity. Next year we could very well go 1-2 in the OOC with a new quarterback and losing the best player we have seen around here in a long time so that seems more difficult for me. Not to mention CSU will be on the road.
 
onealcd said:
Is that how you saw it though. I think most of us saw CSU and Air Force as wins with ****braska being a very winnable game at home. I thought there was a good chance to go 3-0 and I think we all see that Air Force game as a huge missed opportunity. Next year we could very well go 1-2 in the OOC with a new quarterback and losing the best player we have seen around here in a long time so that seems more difficult for me. Not to mention CSU will be on the road.
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I saw 3-0 this year, but I think it was pretty split on the board. Air Force proved to be much tougher than most of us thought, and I think they’re actually better than most people around the country believe.

Also, we were a furious 4th quarter comeback away from being 1-2 this year. I’ll give you the new QB and no Viska, that will make things harder... unless there is an unforeseen revelation at QB (Grad Transfer, Stenstrom/Lytle/Lewis are better than we thought).
 
Uncle Luko said:
That wasn't the Toledo game, was it? I'll never forgive that peckerwood for that one or Kansas. Actually, take back the Kansas comment since it got his fake ass fired.
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I was at the Toledo game with my wife and several friends

My wife will never forgive me for the things I said during it, either
 
Some people in this thread are going to have some explaining to do when Air Force beats down Fresno on October 12th. Next year's OOC is only tough because you play aTm on the road. Fresno coming here won't be an issue, but it will be competitive (maybe a 10 point game). CSU will be another boat race. 2-1 shouldn't be a problem.
 
If Jon Embree, Dan HaLkins, or FHCMM were still on the coaching staff I would worry about the Fresno game.
 
Duff Man said:
I don't get how saying the 2020 OOC schedule is tougher became a controversial opinion. Oh well.
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I, personally, am looking forward to a first time starter getting his feet wet on the road before playing the program that ruined our shot at a national championship in 2001. By the time he gets to College Station, he's going to be a seasoned veteran and that place won't phase him at all!
 
Duff Man said:
I don't get how saying the 2020 OOC schedule is tougher became a controversial opinion. Oh well.
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It started because someone said that we better make a bowl game this year because next year's schedule is a lot harder, implying that we are a lot less likely to make a bowl game in 2020. As I've said, going to College Station is tougher than playing Nebraska in Boulder, but other than that, I don't see CSU and Fresno State in 2020 as so much tougher than CSU and Air Force in 2019. Buffs went 2-1 this year and should be 2-1 next year, making bowl aspirations no tougher.
 
Darth Snow said:
I, personally, am looking forward to a first time starter getting his feet wet on the road before playing the program that ruined our shot at a national championship in 2001. By the time he gets to College Station, he's going to be a seasoned veteran and that place won't phase him at all!
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Confusing post.
 
LifeofaBuff said:
Some people in this thread are going to have some explaining to do when Air Force beats down Fresno on October 12th. Next year's OOC is only tough because you play aTm on the road. Fresno coming here won't be an issue, but it will be competitive (maybe a 10 point game). CSU will be another boat race. 2-1 shouldn't be a problem.
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Craig Ochs izzat u? I kid, sort of.
 
TSchekler said:
It started because someone said that we better make a bowl game this year because next year's schedule is a lot harder, implying that we are a lot less likely to make a bowl game in 2020. As I've said, going to College Station is tougher than playing ****braska in Boulder, but other than that, I don't see CSU and Fresno State in 2020 as so much tougher than CSU and Air Force in 2019. Buffs went 2-1 this year and should be 2-1 next year, making bowl aspirations no tougher.
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I think the best way to look at it is this. The odds of going 1-2 or 0-3 are a lot higher in 2020 than they were in 2019.
@CSU > CSU at Mile High
Fresno > Air Forec
@ATM >>>>> Nebraska
 
Duff Man said:
I don't get how saying the 2020 OOC schedule is tougher became a controversial opinion. Oh well.
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Tougher opponents but shouldn’t be as emotionally draining.

On the good side, the home P12 schedule is easier.
 
Re: Mike and Mel

A nuanced and non-reactionary opinion on the Allbuffs boards is about as rare as a full set of teeth on a husker fan, but here it goes:

I'll start by saying I love Mel Tucker and everything that he has already done for this program. He definitely appears to be off to a good start, our mental and physical toughness seems to have improved, our halftime adjustments have been exceptional, and everything he does for recruiting appears to be having a positive impact. Still, we need to chill. He's coached 4 games. In those 4 games, he's beaten 3 teams that MikeMac beat last year and lost to a MWC team. So let's pump the breaks a bit. I don't have anything negative to say about HCMT thus far, and I generally love all of the rather subjective changes he's made, and I hope for the best, but he's still only coached 4 games.

As for Mike MacIntyre, I totally understand the frustration we all have with the past 2 years, and no one wanted the bad look that it was when he looked very ungrateful towards the fan base and threw his team under the bus at the end of his tenure. I get it, but I think his whole body of work as head coach needs to be considered before we lump him in with Hawkins and Embree. I mean, we were baaaaaaad under Embree. Like, so bad I've selectively forgotten about the 2012 season on advice of my therapist. (I'm joking, but not exaggerating.) MacIntyre deserves a lot of credit for turning around the ship and keeping us alive as a program. While I think it's totally fair to question if MacIntyre knew where he was headed once things leveled out, there's no denying that he left the program in a much better state than he found it in.

Finally, the only point I'd like to make is this: We don't get Coach Tucker without Coach MacIntyre. There's no way Coach Tucker (who was reportedly very selective in his head coaching opportunities) even sniffs CU if we're coming off the 2012 season. And rightly so. MikeMac was the right guy for the job at the time, and we should be thankful that he saved our sinking ship. I don't like the "bash the old guy" rhetoric that is all too common on these here boards, so I took the time to type out my opinion.

I'm all on board the Tucker train, but I'm not ready to bash the train that got us here in the first place.

Finally, an analogy. We were a dying program that had all but lost its heartbeat. MacIntyre was the defibrillator that sparked us back to life. He didn't know what to do after that, and our heartbeat became irregular. So that makes Tucker our pacemaker. He keeps us focused, pushing forward and in step with our destination.

That is all.

tl;dr version: Chill Allbuffs.
 
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