Lincoln_Crossroads

Read your post, saw you were a fellow Leawoodite and decided to post after two years of just reading message boards. I remember losing games and having terrible attitudes during those following weeks. I know that was not right and that I shouldnt let a game of football played by student athletes ruin my attitudes towards my family, friends and coworkers. I did pull out of that phase realize there was more to life than football. Part of it was I knew there wasn't hope. Over the course of the past 10 years, there have been good games , meh games, and terrible games. There were games that made me cringe , games that got me heated, and games that caused tears of joy. Tonight's game against NIU was probably the first game where the hope seemed to dissipate. I just don't care to invest my heart, time and money into a team that can't win. It's just been so long since that feeling has occurred. Nebraska football has slowly become the noise I listen to while mowing the lawn, rather than an activity to spend time for. I have to say I did not like Pelini, and that when Riley was hired, I was excited even though I honestly had no idea who Riley was. But after seeing him come to town and transition in the past few years I thought he was making progress. It was just taking a while to get the right pieces from both a player and coaching standpoint. As a Husker I still have to support him and give him the benefit of the doubt through the rest of the season, but looking at his career as a whole, his only consistency has been inconcistency. I like Riley as a guy, but her sure isn't like any championship coach out there. Successful coaches do take all shapes and attitudes, from Belicek, to Carroll, Osborne, Chip Kelly, Tressel, Dabo, Meyer, Saban. One thing these coaches all seem to have that I haven't seen yet with Riley are their personal methods to light fires underneath their players. Riley has not shown he can do this yet. I do feel this is a unique trait that good leaders/head coaches possess. Until I see different, I don't see our results changing.

We are in lot 21 north east corner of haymarket softball.. It is a donor lot but after a certain time they sell spaces for $25.00 a vehicle. Can you speak into the crowd that typically fills this lot? Is it an alumni crowd? I'll be attending with my wife, kid, parents, in-laws etc. I've been working overseas for the past two years watching games via slingbox, and can't wait to return to Lincoln to feel the atmosphere. What the story with beer? Is a group of adults drinking from koozys or solo cups enough to warrant a visit from a hyper vigilant cop or does the LPD typically, let the non-rowdy crowd enjoy their game day festivities? What is the access to porta-potties? How early do you have to arrive for an afternoon or evening game to get a parking spot or two? TIA

Bradr, thanks for the insight. I assume you are talking about the North Bottoms neighborhood. I do remember in the past, folk selling parking spots in and around the homes for folk attending the game. My only concern would be that it would be pretty young crowd. I'm still under 30, but have a young'n and am slightly concerned with a rowdier college crowd. Believe me, I was hanging out in that neighborhood when I went UNL, years back. My only other concern is that the north bottoms is typically the exact opposite of where I myself, along with friends and family would typically park for free on game days. We typically park south of the Haymarket. Do you have any other suggestions on tailgate spot. I definitely keep the North Bottoms in the back pocket, but would prefer something a little closer to the Haymarket. Do you have any experience tailgating at Haymarket park or any of the private lots downtown?

I wanted to reach out to the board see if you guys had any ideas or suggestions on how to get single game tailgate sports within 20 minutes of the stadium. South of O street is alright. I'm not a huge tailgater, but in spirit of the start of a new era for the Huskers, I thought it might be nice to get together a group 15 or so friends and family to grill up some brats and burgers throw back a few brewskies. What are the going rules for open container in private lots? I definitely don't need the hottest lot in Lincoln, but just something close enough we can walk to and from the game. Can you guys recommend any lots? What is the premium for a single non conference game spot? TIA

Watched the spring game a couple times now and it seemed that ZD was the only QB progressing through his reads. He obviously had a few throws where he did throw to the first receiver, however it looked as if ZD could read the defense well enough to tell where the open receivers would be. TA and Bush appeared to have set their targets without reading the defense, requiring them to throw into traffic or go for deep shots down the field. ZD did have three passes dropped, but two should have easily been caught. IMO, ZD appears to understand the game in a manner that hasn't been seen by Nebraska quarterbacks in a while. Based upon the spring game, ZD appeared to show the most poise, patience, and command of the offense. I hope he stays healthy and continues to improve and impress the coaches.

The corner is a championship. Your scenario should be a minimum I think a victory in a nationally relevant game. Option 1a: Conference Championship , Option 1b: BCS Bowl Win Over Legitimate SEC/Clemson/Oregon would suffice in my book. Nebraska needs something to get the ball rolling, fans united and looking forward to next year with momentum.

Okay . . . . .12-2 would indicate we'd probably win a BCS Bowl. 11-3. . . . . depending on scores, but at a certain point, trying your best isn't good enough. You just got to take home the prom queen!

Lol. So that's where this is coming from. You're one of those guys. Winning 9-10 games is "sucking ass". Winning 9-10 games isn't "s#cking ass", but at the same time the past 10 years has not been on par with Nebraska's tradition nor legacy. Nebraska should be consistently competitive for conference championships. Nebraska was competitive in 2009 and 2010. Nebraska should be consistently ranked in the top 15, with a few top 10's and top 5's even sprinkled in. That's how it was with Osborne. Nebraska was competing for national championships, not division championships. I won't settle for 9-10 wins, we should be competing to win 11-12 games a season, because if we don't, we might as well call ourselves Missouri or Iowa. Now, some of you may say, winning 11-12 games consistently is unreasonable. Fine, if the Huskers win 12, 11, 10, 9, 12, 11, 10 games a year, we'd be going somewhere, but we have not. We're stuck at 10 wins.

If that is the case, is losing in the BIG Conference Championship proof enough that Nebraska is turning it around? What if we lose by a field goal, touchdown, 21 points? All we do know is that Nebraska has consistently lost 4 games. The CCG against Texas was a heartbreak. I attended the NU-OU Championship game . . . . . . .and we've only fallen further behind in the BIG. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results, but at the same time, NU has not shown any changes this season that would differentiate it from any of the past few seasons. I'm excited about the the upcoming season, I truly am! I wish that we can finally win a conference championship and shut Iowa and Ohio State fans up, but I've felt this every football season to no avail. It always ends in ridiculous losses, blowouts, and excuses. I'll always cheer on our Huskers, but anything more than a 3 or 4 loss season will be above expectations. :spooners

That's what I think too. I just hope we don't lose a game that we shouldn't. Be consistent. Me too. That's what I though last year, the year before, and the year before that, and the year before. . . . . .

I think comparing Bo's records to Osborne's and Devaney's is similar to comparing a the Iphone 5S to whatever computers existed in Osborne's and Devaney's era. Really no use in comparing them. The speed at which culture including football culture moves along at a complete different pace then in the past. Recruiting matter so much more today. I'm not going to go back and check (anybody please correct me), but I'm pretty sure that Nebraska won every game that they should have won and won fair share of games that they shouldn't have won. Bo has only really beaten the soft competition year in and year out and has been abysmal in games that have really mattered. In todays current scheduling with 4 non conf plus 8 conference games, a slightly above average team should win 3/4 nonconf (cupcakes) and 5/8 conference games. This is what I would have expected out of Illinois or Northwestern. You'd think any averagecoach would be able to walk Nebraska to a 8-5 season with the "prestige" and "tradition" the team has going for it. Bo has only added 1-2 wins additionally per season. Furthermore, during his losses, opposing teams would embarrass Nebraska nationally, such as has been seen since Bo has begun to play with his recruits. Nebraska has regressed to the point they've become nationally irrelevent, not to mention irrelevent in their own conferences. Ultimately, I'd like to wear my Nebraska hat where ever I go people know what Nebraska football is and not what it was. What I would have expected from a Nebraska coach is a conference championship approximately every 3 or 4 years, with either close losses or 50% W/L in BCS Bowl Games. Meaning, Bo should have had a conference champion from the Big 12 and the Big 10 with a one BCS bowl win in 6 years. I expect Bo to recruit all year, get experienced assistants and have a top 15 recruiting class especially because Nebraska needs it to make up for the geography. What does matter, just as in most other facets is staying ahead of the competition. Devaney and Osborne figured it out in their time, Bo has not done it in this era. Teams such as Oregon and Alabama have figured out a system that other schools are only trying to replicate. In Chris Petersen, in his own BCS buster kind of way has also figured out a little piece of that puzzle. You have coach innovatively and set the trend, not sit back and stay stubborn. You cannot just play "execution" and provide excuses.

Agreed.

Can you please clarify? Are talking about during mid season or the end of the season? If you don't think that Papuchis is simply filling a roster spot and holding a clip board, collecting a free pay check after the decline the past season and a half, I'm not quite sure what to say.

Here's my comment with Joe, would any other perennial top 40 program in the FBS hire him? Not saying that Joe couldn't do, but he hasn't proven himself in my book. I also refuse to evaluate a coach on a single season complete season. I am by no means endorsing the following, but wouldn't it be something if Joe brought together an all start team with Scott Frost + other proven coordinators and it actually worked out. Even less of chance than Nebraska getting Chris Petersen, but ya . . . . . .

(edit) I agree, I would definitely not go after a candidate w/o HC experience. Again, this is Nebraska and Nebraska should not be the training grounds for any position.