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  1. "The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it." Mark this down: 8 wins. We will NOT lose to Purdue. Don't @ me
    6 points
  2. https://www.teamrankings.com/ncaa-basketball/team/nebraska-cornhuskers/bracketology Another site with some odds on making the tournament. If NU gets 22 wins, the chance of making it is 42.0%. If 23 wins, it goes up to 80.1%. 24 wins puts it up to 96.1%. This basically is what many on here have been saying. It obviously depends on who those wins are against, and it depends on other teams, but basically 3 more wins and Nebraska should feel pretty good, 4 more and I don't see how the committee keeps them out.
    4 points
  3. I understand the need for the position in today's college football. Now that the NCAA officially allows support staff to watch film and scout players, someone needs to oversee that and coordinate the efforts to find recruits that fit what the staff wants. If it's a similar role as Devaney had, then he'll also help with roster balancing as well as preparing recent Nebraska grads for the NFL combine/interviews, or even help them with other post-graduate opportunities. Just because it failed with the last staff doesn't make this a bad hire. All of the things I listed above are good things, if the right person is doing it the right way.
    4 points
  4. Purdue has wins over Louisville, @ Butler, @ Marquette, Nebraska, Arizona, @ Maryland, @ Michigan, vs Michigan, Maryland. 5-3 vs RPI Top 50 and 9-3 vs RPI Top 100.
    4 points
  5. Right now, progress is a coach on the sidelines who looks involved, and like he cares.
    4 points
  6. Am I the only one who winces when he reads that we're apparently hiring "a veteran of the NFL ranks"? Like, oh I dunno, the director of player personnel we just got rid of, Billy Devaney? And an administrator from Tennessee? After the dumpster fire we just witnessed from their administration?
    4 points
  7. I grew up with guns around the house, although my folks were generally pacifists. Guns were just tools that we rarely used. I have kids of my own now, and don't have a single gun in the house. I'm not making a statement. I just can't think of a scenario where I will really need that tool, and I can think of lots of scenarios where that tool will have a tragic impact on my family.
    3 points
  8. I'll try to get in before the issue comes up: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4318286/?utm_source=Yahoo&utm_medium=Beauty&utm_campaign=kirstie-alley-las-vegas-shooter-stephen-paddock-psychiatric-medications "Our brief review suggests that connections between mental illness and gun violence are less causal and more complex than current US public opinion and legislative action allow. US gun rights advocates are fond of the phrase “guns don’t kill people, people do.” The findings cited earlier in this article suggest that neither guns nor people exist in isolation from social or historical influences. A growing body of data reveals that US gun crime happens when guns and people come together in particular, destructive ways. That is to say, gun violence in all its forms has a social context, and that context is not something that “mental illness” can describe nor that mental health practitioners can be expected to address in isolation."
    3 points
  9. Good news: Florida flipped a seat to the Dems in a district that went for Trump in 2016. Bad news: Hillary Clinton is thinking about hitting the campaign trail to support fellow Democrats across our great nation. There will be a lot of awkward moments this year when local Democrats and Republicans have to tell their national machines that they would really, really, prefer Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton keep their distance.
    3 points
  10. I can only imagine what Davison said during commercial breaks this past season, because he sure didn't hide much disgust during the broadcast of the games.
    2 points
  11. There is not an athletic department in the country who wouldn't sell their new hire as a coach who can take the team to the next level immediately. It's not even a "sell." It's standard operating procedure. Pick any coach we could have hired not named Mike Riley. Imagine selling him as a guy who might take a couple steps back while transitioning from the Pelini years. You would have s#!t bricks
    2 points
  12. 2 points
  13. Did the last guy have experience at the high school and college levels? I seem to remember him being a nfl lifer who even said he had never watched nor knew how to evaluate high school players. At least this guy has done the job he's being asked to do before.
    2 points
  14. He could be a beast for Georgia’s defense. He’ll be good no matter where he goes.
    2 points
  15. He was in the game the last 3 minutes of that 5 minute field goal drought. Rewatch the game, they had plenty of decent looks during that drought, not much Miles can do about guys not knocking down shots.
    2 points
  16. This is the first 20 win regular season for Nebraska in 25 years. The sixth 20 win season in more than 100 years of basketball history. That's a tad embarrassing, so maybe we give Tim Miles a bit more credit and a little less second-guessing.
    2 points
  17. Ya, especially that "no sit sunday" against Wisconsin.. Huge pressure game and we sure did crap the bed in that game....... Comparing that team to this team is silly. Different situation.
    2 points
  18. Fellas, don't be confused. Frost is everyone's boss. If Frost fails, everyone is fired.
    2 points
  19. Looking at the guy's experience here are what I see as positives: -- Vast high school coaching experience in Michigan (Big Ten country) -- Number of years in scouting department in the NFL. People need to realize that this is entry-level work for NFL teams. They are evaluating college kids and supporting the GM and coaches with drafting and college free agents. Just because the Browns have sucked for so long, doesn't mean that this guy should be getting all the blame. He is not making the final decisions on who to draft and play. -- During his time at Tennessee, I think they had fairly highly ranked recruiting classes (someone can correct me if I am wrong). I don't think Tennessee's issues were talent the past few years, it was more talent management and in-game decisions. I understand that a lot of us have a sour taste in our mouth's from the Billy Devaney era. I am one of those people!!! As long as this new guy doesn't wield the power that Devaney had over Riley, then I think this guy could be a good hire. I hope Frost is smart enough to use this guy as "support" for him and the coaching staff, but the decisions of whom to recruit and offer scholarships should come from the coaching staff.
    2 points
  20. Listening to Sharp & Benning... It was stated they squatted out of season and made gains but in season Riley didn’t want them lifting too much for fear of injury. Mark Phillip’s hands were tied. Some guys did squat and commit to weights in season but the accountability and requirement was not there so some guys got lazy and didn’t lift like they should have. They also weren’t required to eat 3 meals a day at the training table and were eating bad foods. The body fat on these guys was way too high. They lost muscle mass as the season went on and thus lost mental confidence. When they did squat it was an assisted Olympic type. Now they are doing old school bar on the back squats and it’s being required with accountability for all linemen consistently. All the team is also required to eat 3 meals a day from the training table to eliminate a lot of the bad food options they were choosing.
    2 points
  21. This is the part that Trump is to stupid and egotistical to understand. Putin is NOT his friend.
    2 points
  22. I thought you were not suppose to have any expectations for a year 1 coach? All I want is to see growth and improvement and a top 15 recruiting class heading into year two.
    2 points
  23. The last few pages have a few posts that cross the line a bit into being personal. If you can't argue without making it personal then you have two options: leave the thread or take it to the Woodshed.
    2 points
  24. https://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/news/twitter-tuesday-nebraska-e-j-liddell-romeo-langford-more Barring a pretty epic collapse, I can’t imagine Nebraskanot making the NCAA Tournament. The Huskers have quietly been one of the better stories of the 2017-18 season. Seems like it wasn’t that long ago that there was a lot of talk about Tim Miles being on the hot seat and that players were unhappy. Then again, winning is the cure for just about anything and at 19-8 overall and 10-4 in the Big Ten there’s been lots of winning. What has really stood out to me is the player development of those in Lincoln. Miami transfer James Palmer is one of the most improved players in college basketball, former five-star Isaac Copeland is figuring things out and the guy who is really starting to stand out to me is sophomore Isaiah Roby. He’s not yet totally consistent but I see a lot of versatility there and think he’ll be a star in the Big Ten before it’s all said and done.
    2 points
  25. A mediocre team with 2 and 3 star talent will beat Michigan, Wisconsin, Penn State, and/or OSU next year, because they always do. There's no reason it can't be Nebraska. Apathy is thinking 6 - 6 is to be expected.. 8 - 4 is realistic, which I believe is the subject of this thread.
    1 point
  26. I would imagine the Lincoln bars are thrilled about this possibility.
    1 point
  27. You did and so did a lot of other people. Good marketing ploy from DeBeers
    1 point
  28. It really goes to show that science denial is possible in many political circles. We just happen to have one side actively trying to destroy America's science community so they don't have to hear about it anymore.
    1 point
  29. I have no doubt Frost will lose players to transfers/academics as well, it's the nature of college sports these days. I just have a feeling (warranted or not) that Frost's family culture and expected winning culture, combined with their stated plan for recruiting players that are good fits on and off the field, will help them retain their recruits at a better rate than many programs.
    1 point
  30. Radius guy so that may help too but Bobby Petrino knows offense so if he has a Louisville offer he likely has some electricity on the field. Edit: after a little film, this dude is big and fast. I don't know how tough Kansas football is but he runs past everyone.
    1 point
  31. This is the best NU basketball team in the last 20 years. Any talk of firing Miles is silly.
    1 point
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