Temple (AAC)
2013: 2-10
2014: 6-6 (No bowl)
2015: 10-4 (AAC East Division Champions)(Lost Boca Raton Bowl 17-32 to Toledo)
2016: 10-3 (AAC Championship)(Lost Military Bowl 26-34 to Wake Forest)
Baylor (Big 12)
2017: 1-11
2018: 7-6 (Won Texas Bowl)
2019: 11-3 (Finished #13) (Lost 23-30 in OT to #7 Oklahoma in Big 12 Championship)(Lost Sugar Bowl 14-26 to #4 Georgia)
Nebraska
2023: 5-7
2024: 7-5 (Won Pinstripe Bowl 20-15 over Boston College)
2025: ? (Year 3)
Looking at the schedule, I'm drinkin' the Kool-Aid for a standard Rhule double digit winning season in year 3.
For starters, Nebraska got 4 weeks of extra practice to end 2024. That's literally an additional Spring and Fall camp for the youngsters that they haven't had in 7 years. They should have added locker room momentum/incentive going into 2025 winter conditioning, Spring, and Fall camps, coming off the bowl win.
2025 Schedule
Aug 28: (5-7) Cincinnati (Arrowhead Stadium) (Thursday)
Sept 6: (4-8) Akron (Home)
Sept 13: FCS Houston Christian (Home)
Sept 20:n (7-5) Michigan (
Home)
Sept 27: BYE
Oct 4: (5-7) Michigan St (Home)
Oct 11: @ (4-8) Maryland
Oct 18: @ (7-5) Minnesota
Oct 25: (4-8) Northwestern (Home)
Nov 1: (7-6) USC (
Home)
Nov 8: @ (5-7) UCLA
Nov 15: BYE
Nov 22:
@ (12-2) Penn St
Nov 28: (8-4) Iowa (
Home)(Friday)
Note: Arguably 3 of their 4 toughest opponents are at HOME. No Ohio St or Oregon in the 'regular' season.
9 wins is possible with that schedule, but could take a bowl win to get them to double digits.
I thought our defense played great yesterday absent Tony White. They held BC's offense scoreless for the first 3 quarters and 9 minutes. BC's last TD was the result of a blocked punt returned to the Nebraska 2 yd line. 1 play, 2 yds, TD. Can't blame the D for that. Basically 9 of BC's 15 pts came on Nebraska special teams gaffs.
It's year 2 for Raiola who needs to get his mental aspect equal to his physical aspect.
i.e. Yeah, he's a 5 star physically, but 3 star acuity (
at best). He needs to spend a lot of his personal time in the film room. Being a great QB is 50% mental. Hopefully more time with Holgorsen and Glenn Thomas will improve his reads and check-downs.
Poor special teams play have been a nagging problem and has been a huge ingredient to all the '
one score losses' over the last few years. It damn near reared it's ugly head again yesterday with a blocked XP returned for 2 pts and a blocked punt leading to a TD.

Nebraska's fake punt in the 3rd Q (11:09) from their own 45 (up 13-2) worked for a 1st down, but a fake FG (up 13-2) in the 3rd Q (8:23) from BC's 13 yd line did not.
What say you?