Scott Frost's mom hires ex-Pitt OC Whipple

Smart move by Lox.  Maryland teams are invincible at the start of the season, crap at the end

Whenever guys get mad at opt-outs, I look at it as an opportunity for the younger players to get valuable practice/playing time. I know people give Harbaugh crap for his bowl record, but outside of the CFP/Rose Bowl, the final score only matters for conference bragging rights and immediate feel goods.

The best part is the extra practice time/game experience for underclassmen. Losing to Alabama sucked, but there's a number of guys on the team who won't be intimidated because they've gone up against the SEC's best before and played them to a one-possession game for three quarters.

Wonder how involved the new OC will be in Nebraskas bowl game practices?

There's some Rattler to Neb speculation out there. I've seen talk on Pitt boards that Narduzzi and Whipple didn't get along, they agreed this would be his last year and Duzz doesn't like to throw it so much. Next year he's unlikely to have a Heisman finalist QB, so that problem should solve itself.

I actually liked the idea behind their offense.  A modern triple option with a mobile QB like Martinez could be lethal (look how well they played us, Michigan State, and Ohio State).  Their biggest problem was simply mental mistakes, miscues, and awful special teams.  I don't think they need to reinvent the wheel, they just need someone to give them a solid foundation in the basics and learn how not to shoot themselves in the foot over and over again.

Maybe that's Whipple.  If he can get that offense humming and the defense stays near where it's been, Nebraska may actually end up being a major pain in the ass (they're our crossover game, replacing Wisconsin, for the next 6 years or whatever)

Four of their losses came when they outgained their opponent. The turnovers and the mistakes were too much to overcome, though.

This is a team that gave up three safeties without getting a punt blocked. The first was on a fumble after a horrible decision to return a punt from the end zone against Illinois; Martinez and Smothers were tackled in the end zone for the other two.

Clean up some of that and they're in a bowl game. I'm not saying they'd be great, but they really should have been better than they were.

Fortunately for them, they trade the hardest possible cross division games (Michigan, MSU, OSU) for Michigan, Indiana and Rutgers. And aside from Oklahoma (which itself is less formidable than it was two weeks ago) they have an easy non conference slate. Bowl should be easy (it probably won’t be easy).

They made a deal with the Devil to get that split title in 97. The Devil is still collecting on the debt owed.

Yeah. Dan Villari in the portal would hurt our chances tremendously. 

Let me guess, XM, you're the guy at the joyful wedding reception who likes to talk about divorce probability statistics. 

Get help: you're addicted to dark, negative thoughts. ;-)

Bowman is a strong candidate to transfer again. He went from being the projected starter (only in Phil Steele's publication) to 4th string behind Villari.

I thought Harbaugh did a great job of sprinkling in some snaps for McCarthy. He got a chance to show what he could do while McNamara remained the unquestioned leader. It is going to be interesting to see how the battle for QB1 develops next season.

Came to post this...  Was surfing through the comments to make sure I didn't double post it!

But yeah, offense and defense seems okay out there, but ST provided some serious heartache.  They literally had the game won in East Lansing, all they had to do was punt to the correct side of the field!  OMG...