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Wow... what? We had people posting pictures of Tommy Armstrong on his scooter here on HuskerBoard. Our insider guys were talking about Martinez' prognosis all weekend. I don't get what people are reacting to with this tweet. Would it be different if the guy's daughter had tweeted that? It's the same info. Truly baffled by the reaction to this tweet from several responses here. Anyone want to clue me in on this?

The best recovery aid is anabolic steroids if you ask me.

Or maybe there's more to it than just the stats you chose to look at. We out-gained Colorado by 170 yards. BYU out-gained us by 66 yards We out-rushed Colorado by 285 yards. BYU out-rushed us by 6 yards Against Colorado we averaged 6.8 yards per play. Against BYU we averaged 5.7 yards per play Against Colorado we completed 65.5% of our passes. Against BYU we completed 58.5% of our passes Against Colorado we had 7 sacks. Against BYU we had 3 sacks Against Colorado our starting QB went down with injury when we could have iced the game with a couple more first downs. Our starting QB played the entire game against BYU. So maybe - just maybe - despite the stats that you chose to point out that make the games seem fairly equal, the fact is that we were actually significantly better than those stats - and the final score - indicate this time around.

If he's going to say stuff like this, I want a mic in front of Chinander every week, including during the offseason.

Well that's not weird at all. Thanks, Stu. Okay now.

It sure felt familiar when Bell fumbled on the opening drive. I decided to do some research and sure enough Nebraska has turned the ball over on the opening drive 15 times since 2008 with a record of 4-11. I have no idea how this compares with other teams, but it sure doesn't seem like a good trend. I don't see it continuing, but thought it was interesting/depressing. *Turnover on first offensive play 2008: Iowa State W 35-7 OU L 62-28 * Kansas State W 56-28 2009: Iowa State enough said... * 2010: South Dakota State W 17-3* Washington Holiday Bowl L 19-7 2012: Wisconsin B1G Championship* 2013: Mich. St. L 41-28 Iowa L 38-17 2016: Northwestern W 24-13 Ohio State L 62-3 2017: Oregon L 42-35* NIU L 21-17 Wisconsin L 38-17 2018: Colorado L 33-28

It's as ridiculous as pre-season rankings but it's something to do. I calculate z-scores and convert them to percentiles for all the stats I can from nine categories: passing defense and offense; rushing defense and offense; scoring defense and offense; total defense and offense; and turnover margin. The numbers in the first three lists below are averages of all the stats for the categories I give details for below (the three lists which focus on good old Nebraska U). Once we have enough data, I'll prune all games that weren't played between conference teams from the FBS statistics all teams are compared to (via calculation of the z-scores). Sometimes I just take all the games not played against other FBS teams out but we all know not all FBS conferences are created equal either. Rank Team overall 1 Toledo 88.57 2 Ohio State 83.31 3 Boise State 81.03 4 Boston College 80.95 5 Mississippi State 80.32 6 Oklahoma State 79.88 7 Alabama 75.65 8 Georgia 75.34 9 TCU 75.08 10 Missouri 74.75 11 UCF 74.67 12 Wisconsin 74.67 13 Texas Tech 72.92 14 Virginia Tech 72.79 15 Auburn 72.61 16 North Texas 72.13 17 Oregon 71.78 18 Georgia Southern 71.08 19 Louisiana-Lafayette 71.02 20 Memphis 70.81 21 West Virginia 69.84 22 Oklahoma 69.53 23 Akron 69.40 24 Miami (Florida) 69.21 25 Washington State 67.98 26 Fresno State 67.91 27 Vanderbilt 67.84 28 Texas A&M 66.62 29 Maryland 65.92 30 Clemson 65.62 31 Louisiana Tech 65.23 32 Arizona State 64.98 33 Utah 64.62 34 Buffalo 64.49 35 Baylor 61.63 36 Michigan 60.74 37 Southern Mississippi 60.65 38 Minnesota 59.93 39 Houston 59.32 40 Syracuse 59.25 41 Ball State 58.44 42 Georgia Tech 58.42 43 UAB 57.50 44 North Carolina State 57.22 45 Stanford 56.85 46 Indiana 56.56 47 LSU 56.32 48 Washington 55.92 49 Kent State 55.79 50 South Florida 55.64 51 Virginia 55.51 52 Colorado 55.49 53 Penn State 55.44 54 Illinois 55.42 55 Kansas State 55.38 56 Arkansas 54.96 57 Air Force 54.83 58 Appalachian State 54.78 59 Mississippi 54.74 60 Tennessee 54.69 61 Marshall 54.31 62 Florida 53.72 63 Wake Forest 53.60 64 Utah State 53.55 65 Duke 52.80 66 Troy 52.12 67 California 52.05 68 Idaho 51.84 69 Eastern Michigan 51.29 70 Iowa State 51.18 71 Cincinnati 51.18 72 East Carolina 50.13 73 Kentucky 49.78 74 Tulane 48.62 75 South Carolina 48.42 76 UNLV 47.83 77 Notre Dame 47.60 78 Nebraska 46.92 79 Hawai'i 46.86 80 Louisiana-Monroe 46.34 81 Army 45.99 82 Michigan State 45.41 83 Nevada 45.11 84 Texas 44.18 85 Ohio 42.87 86 Purdue 41.71 87 Tulsa 41.16 88 USC 40.97 89 Iowa 40.46 90 Northwestern 40.45 91 San Diego State 40.37 92 BYU 40.22 93 Florida International 38.27 94 Middle Tennessee 38.23 95 Florida State 37.76 96 Charlotte 37.72 97 Pittsburgh 37.67 98 New Mexico 37.44 99 Navy 36.80 100 Oregon State 36.77 101 Arkansas State 35.76 102 Massachusetts 35.02 103 Texas State 34.54 104 Wyoming 33.42 105 UCLA 31.45 106 Coastal Carolina 31.38 107 Miami (Ohio) 31.14 108 Louisville 30.79 109 Rice 30.42 110 Western Kentucky 30.38 111 Colorado State 29.79 112 Northern Illinois 29.65 113 Arizona 28.48 114 Georgia State 28.04 115 North Carolina 27.84 116 Rutgers 26.80 117 Temple 25.20 118 Western Michigan 25.09 119 Florida Atlantic 24.98 120 Kansas 24.86 121 Central Michigan 23.00 122 San Jose State 19.99 123 SMU 19.51 124 South Alabama 19.42 125 UTEP 19.21 126 Bowling Green 19.17 127 Old Dominion 18.57 128 New Mexico State 17.03 129 UTSA 12.58 130 Connecticut 11.12 Rank Team defense 1 Utah 92.94 2 Washington State 90.59 3 Mississippi State 88.58 4 Akron 88.50 5 Indiana 88.33 6 TCU 87.36 7 Miami (Florida) 86.04 8 Toledo 84.77 9 Georgia Southern 82.62 10 Wisconsin 81.52 11 Oklahoma State 80.74 12 Georgia 80.50 13 Stanford 78.70 14 Cincinnati 78.68 15 Missouri 78.65 16 Michigan 78.42 17 Vanderbilt 78.16 18 Iowa 77.95 19 Auburn 77.73 20 LSU 76.73 21 Arizona State 75.83 22 Virginia Tech 75.55 23 Ohio State 75.12 24 Minnesota 74.42 25 Southern Mississippi 74.15 26 Alabama 72.63 27 California 72.05 28 Memphis 71.37 29 North Texas 70.48 30 Kent State 69.88 31 Boise State 69.49 32 Virginia 69.46 33 Fresno State 69.43 34 Boston College 68.43 35 Iowa State 67.96 36 West Virginia 67.74 37 Notre Dame 67.49 38 Buffalo 67.44 39 Air Force 66.96 40 Washington 65.58 41 Louisiana-Lafayette 65.34 42 Oregon 65.13 43 Maryland 65.13 44 Clemson 64.39 45 UCF 64.04 46 North Carolina State 63.18 47 Duke 63.07 48 Texas A&M 62.78 49 Marshall 61.85 50 Ball State 61.66 51 Florida 59.71 52 Louisiana Tech 59.23 53 East Carolina 59.16 54 San Diego State 58.90 55 Illinois 57.84 56 Georgia Tech 56.88 57 Texas Tech 56.61 58 Oklahoma 56.19 59 UAB 55.29 60 Appalachian State 54.48 61 Tennessee 54.32 62 Michigan State 52.98 63 USC 52.58 64 Charlotte 51.36 65 Northern Illinois 51.30 66 Kansas State 51.29 67 Utah State 51.23 68 BYU 49.96 69 Baylor 49.43 70 Wake Forest 48.92 71 Idaho 48.21 72 Penn State 47.53 73 Pittsburgh 45.37 74 Arkansas 45.17 75 Florida State 45.08 76 Eastern Michigan 45.05 77 Kentucky 44.36 78 Troy 44.11 79 Colorado 44.00 80 Louisiana-Monroe 43.26 81 Louisville 43.13 82 Northwestern 43.07 83 Miami (Ohio) 42.85 84 Texas 42.71 85 Army 42.24 86 Wyoming 42.02 87 South Carolina 41.89 88 Texas State 41.63 89 Purdue 41.14 90 Tulane 41.01 91 South Florida 40.80 92 Tulsa 40.58 93 Houston 40.12 94 Nevada 39.12 95 Rutgers 39.08 96 Western Kentucky 38.60 97 Nebraska 38.14 98 Kansas 38.06 99 Florida International 37.42 100 Syracuse 37.01 101 North Carolina 36.65 102 Temple 34.10 103 Central Michigan 33.71 104 UNLV 33.39 105 Middle Tennessee 31.13 106 UCLA 30.29 107 Georgia State 27.58 108 New Mexico State 23.53 109 SMU 22.18 110 Massachusetts 22.13 111 Ohio 21.95 112 Arizona 20.92 113 UTEP 20.31 114 Arkansas State 19.98 115 Mississippi 18.37 116 Navy 17.78 117 Hawai'i 17.60 118 Coastal Carolina 17.34 119 San Jose State 15.87 120 New Mexico 15.78 121 UTSA 15.29 122 Rice 15.02 123 Bowling Green 13.72 124 Western Michigan 13.59 125 South Alabama 12.71 126 Old Dominion 11.50 127 Colorado State 10.87 128 Florida Atlantic 6.35 129 Oregon State 4.13 130 Connecticut 0.38 Rank Team offense 1 Ohio State 95.87 2 Boston College 93.41 3 Boise State 92.35 4 Oklahoma State 92.21 5 Toledo 91.52 6 Oklahoma 88.32 7 Mississippi 88.31 8 Louisiana-Lafayette 87.14 9 Texas Tech 86.96 10 UCF 85.48 11 Oregon 84.84 12 Alabama 83.85 13 Texas A&M 82.23 14 Memphis 81.62 15 West Virginia 80.12 16 Houston 79.63 17 Syracuse 78.04 18 Mississippi State 77.86 19 Baylor 77.67 20 Missouri 75.15 21 Georgia 74.96 22 Hawai'i 74.54 23 Louisiana Tech 73.56 24 North Texas 73.12 25 Wisconsin 70.38 26 Auburn 70.06 27 Oregon State 69.71 28 Georgia Tech 68.11 29 Wake Forest 66.81 30 Nebraska 66.16 31 Virginia Tech 65.25 32 TCU 65.12 33 UAB 64.99 34 Maryland 64.68 35 Kansas State 64.66 36 Colorado 64.39 37 South Florida 63.97 38 Clemson 62.45 39 Penn State 60.93 40 Kentucky 60.87 41 Fresno State 60.44 42 Appalachian State 59.71 43 New Mexico 59.61 44 Troy 59.55 45 Georgia Southern 58.66 46 Miami (Florida) 58.19 47 UNLV 57.61 48 Washington State 57.47 49 Akron 56.71 50 Arkansas 56.38 51 Ball State 55.95 52 Nevada 55.59 53 Arkansas State 55.34 54 South Carolina 55.16 55 Washington 55.10 56 Buffalo 54.62 57 Vanderbilt 54.26 58 Southern Mississippi 53.84 59 North Carolina State 53.69 60 Eastern Michigan 53.56 61 Kent State 52.43 62 Arizona State 51.59 63 Utah State 50.93 64 Ohio 50.21 65 Tulane 50.17 66 Illinois 50.09 67 Texas 50.00 68 Utah 49.43 69 Purdue 49.39 70 East Carolina 48.48 71 Idaho 48.16 72 Tennessee 48.10 73 Louisiana-Monroe 47.35 74 Massachusetts 46.98 75 Marshall 46.89 76 Minnesota 46.70 77 Michigan 46.69 78 Middle Tennessee 45.98 79 Tulsa 45.29 80 Air Force 44.92 81 Army 44.81 82 Navy 44.43 83 Florida International 43.79 84 Colorado State 42.89 85 Florida 42.53 86 Virginia 41.54 87 Coastal Carolina 41.51 88 Rice 41.50 89 Florida Atlantic 40.58 90 Michigan State 37.82 91 Duke 37.09 92 Arizona 35.85 93 Western Michigan 35.57 94 Northwestern 33.85 95 USC 32.48 96 Florida State 31.50 97 Pittsburgh 30.72 98 Stanford 30.41 99 Notre Dame 28.08 100 LSU 28.02 101 California 27.13 102 BYU 26.15 103 UCLA 26.05 104 San Diego State 24.94 105 Iowa State 24.27 106 Texas State 22.61 107 Cincinnati 22.38 108 North Carolina 22.34 109 Indiana 22.12 110 Charlotte 22.01 111 Georgia State 21.63 112 Connecticut 21.21 113 Louisville 21.02 114 UTEP 20.84 115 Western Kentucky 20.69 116 Wyoming 19.67 117 Old Dominion 18.74 118 Bowling Green 17.91 119 San Jose State 17.90 120 Temple 17.70 121 South Alabama 17.66 122 Miami (Ohio) 17.59 123 Rutgers 16.24 124 Kansas 14.55 125 Central Michigan 11.41 126 SMU 10.00 127 UTSA 8.02 128 New Mexico State 7.83 129 Northern Illinois 6.38 130 Iowa 6.09 As for detailed NU stats, I have the following breakdown of the nine aforementioned categories (with the scores being given as the calculated percentiles of the given stats within them - please remember this is all relative and most teams haven't played anyone even as tough as the Buffies yet): passing defense completions per game: 1 percentage: 15 yards per attempt: 47 touchdowns per game: 6 passer rating: 26 yards per game: 4 passing offense: completions per game: 47 percentage: 71 yards per attempt: 58 touchdowns per game: 20 passer rating: 45 yards per game: 47 rushing defense yards per carry: 97 touchdowns per game: 64 yards per game: 94 rushing offense yards per carry: 85 touchdowns per game: 82 yards per game: 97 scoring defense touchdowns per game: 26 points per game: 20 scoring offense touchdowns per game: 44 points per game: 34 total defense yards per play: 71 yards per game: 40 plays per game: 3 total offense yards per play: 73 yards per game: 91 plays per game: 95 turnover margin fumbles gained per game: 12 interceptions gained per game: 8 turnovers gained per game: 4 fumbles lost per game: 1 interceptions lost per game: 34 turnovers lost per game: 3 turnover margin per game: 1

My thinking you're nuts has nothing to do with HBO

Frost has no message like that, therefore it would discredit nothing. In fact it would send a bad message to the rest of the team if he didn’t play a superior true freshman over an inferior senior. Frost has never said or implied that he would be “loyal” to a player over playing the best player. Because that would be stupid. Any coach who plays someone out of loyalty when there’s another better player at their position should not be coaching at the college level. That’s the kind of thing you see in middle school sports when a kid’s dad is coaching and the kid gets to play the whole game even if he sucks. The main message all spring and summer and fall was that all starting spots are up for grabs, which is the opposite of what you’re saying. That said I agree the situations are different, and at UCF in the first year Frost played a guy who was there already when he arrived. We don’t know what would have happened if Gebbia had been a returning starter. I feel confident Lee would have been the 4th or 5th string QB though.

If I could +100 this comment I would. Burkhead didn't/doesn't have breakaway speed. Helu didn't have the physicality of LP and AG who also had breakaway speed. Helu and Burkhead were good...very good. LP and AG were G.O.A.T.s. End of conversation.

I get your point on the oline. But most people- and not just husker people would say Phillips may have been one of the best talents they had ever seen at runningback. He got a little sideways with trouble when he got to the NFL. AG went on to be the all time leading rusher in packers history. So that is further evidence it was not just subjective or the husker olines. Helu and burkhead are in the NFL but they are not on the same level.

Holy f#@k, this is beyond the pale, even for Fox News. This is Jim Crow level thinking.

I absolutely loved this play when I saw it and it's one of the reasons why he has a blackshirt right now.

More like "I'd like to make a bowl game this year so we have a month's worth of extra practices".

Hey Husker fans, Troy fan here coming into Lincoln for this weekends game and would like ideas of what to do on Friday, best place to visit tailgaters, parking, places to eat, sports bars, etc. We have played there before however I wasn't able to attend so this is a going to be a great adventure! Would just like some hints where we might have some FUN BANTER back and forth on Friday as well as a great place to go afterwards to watch the rest of the college football action (I LOVE 11:00 kicks!!!). Any help or information would be greatly appreciated! Go Troy!

Huskers' ball - 15:00 1st Quarter 1&10,-25 - Zone-read look but it's a called give to Bell for six yards. Colorado walked an extra guy down into the box who made the tackle. 2&4,-31 - Bell motions out of the backfield, LB follows leaving five to block five on the QB draw. Great play for 18 yards 1&10,-49 - Quick out to Spielman from the inside Trips spot. Bad, low throw but Spielman grabs it and spins inside for 9 yards 2&2,+42 - Inside Zone to Bell but the LB blitzes and blows things up. Gain of 2 1&10,+40 - Motion Spielman into backfield, triple option with Bell, Martinez keeps for 11 yards 1&10, +29 - Inside Zone to Bell, only six to block seven. Gain of 3 2&7,+26 - Spielman motions out of the backfield, Inside Zone to Bell, unblocked ILB makes the tackle, gain of 3 3&3,+23 - Looks like everyone was blocking Outside Zone but Bell cuts inside (there was a decent hole), get sandwiched and fumbles

I'm not even sure if they have cable or satellite.

I am sure UCF fans would love another influx of Nebraska fans on their board in late November again.

Colorado wannabe's

I appreciate your dedication to all this worthless information.

In honor of the most tremendous patriot amongst us...

Exactly. Then you factor in an 18 year old, true Freshman QB that hasn't played in a live game environment in two years who throws for a 75% completion percentage and rushes for 117 yards. The mind boggles at how good this team could be. I feel like a lot of the above was incorrectly shoved aside by a good portion of the fan base because of how the last possession by each team went down. It honestly shouldn't.

329 yards rushing. 7 sacks. 5 QB hurries. 14 tackles for a loss. That's a solid blueprint for success. Get that turnover margin evened out and NU will be a tough out for just about everyone on the schedule.

We have to work with the material we have, man.

This thread could be disappointing, in a good way.

IU CB. This just has a strange he commits to IU feel to me, not sure why.

Maybe it's just me, but I don't find that quote half as crazy as anything Diaco said last year.

Did you see the first comment on the Deadspin article? Hilarity.

Dana Loesch is living in a separate, alternate universe along with the likes of Alex Jones, Jack Posobiec, Kellyanne Conway, and Kirk Ferentz.

We already knew it from his public appearances though. To me it’s less creepy when he’s out voluntarily meeting with the fans like he was Sunday. I just feel like in classroom stuff is kinda private. E.g. I never posted on here that I had a class with Ameer Abdullah and his hindquarters look great in person.

Its one of those funny things where people are like "Whoa dude, that is weird" and yet inside they are like "That is good to know he is only wearing a light brace". At least the dude shared who his source was.... I wonder if that girl also does some aquarium work as well?

That is just weird. What the hell does it matter to her or anyone else if the show wants to have girl trains and one from Kenya? Did that somehow ruin her day? Did it maker her feel less adequate as a human being? And....what the hell does this have to do with the NRA? PS.....I know the answers.

Yeah, I don't think so either. I'd have to go back and see how Frost worded it. I can see being "tight" and not cutting/accelerating like he should have. But not running straight-line at top speed. I do think the Colorado defender had a bit of an angle on him on the first run. But the second run I really thought he was gone. I just don't think he's as fast as we hoped he would be.

I know someone who has MS, is obese, and smokes. And she’s a gungho Trump supporter. She would not be able to afford any of her medicine if not for the ACA because no insurance company would touch her with a 10 foot pole. I really can’t understand how anyone in their right mind would put their own life and death beneath things like gun rights (that’s a big one for her) and immigration.

If you must do this, then buy them at the stadium. They are 10 times better at the stadium for whatever reason (maybe because they cook longer in the insulated carriers). Usually Val's and Runza are soggy and kinda gross at the restaurants. Pretty much what teach said on bars. BTW it's "Elk Creek Water". And if you feel like ending your night early just drink the pitcher by yourself. Or be a good friend and share, whatever you want Leadbelly's is a good bar and awesome place to get some excellent food if you're near the railyard. Get the Rasberry Beret, you'll thank me later.

No thank you.

I mean come on, it's Troy week! Where's Troy?!

Thanks buddy now we probably know the last name of the creeper in our QB's Calculus class

A current board member and former AD/coach, Perles, has been accused of stopping an investigation into a Nassar rape allegation in 1992. http://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/24645172/former-michigan-state-field-hockey-player-says-larry-nassar-raped-lawsuit

Where is the guy who is coming to come on here and dispute whether he really got 11 tackles or not?

Totally agree with LJ - he seems to be a great athlete, however needs a total reset. Reed had a really solid game and I can't see him being taken off the field - that sends a message that doesn't go with the theme of go at 100% and playing with no fear of failure.

Assuming you've never been to Lincoln before you have to have a Runza and eat at Valentino's. They are staples. Also, RIP Tastee's how I miss thee!

I believe the coaches noted that he doesn't like contact so they are helping him avoid getting hit.

I am disappointed, all of these interviews and not a single one from Troy Walters.