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  1. This just steams me. I hope everyone is prepared for a book on Husker fan behavior to come out after this staff is gone. I can't see any glowing reports from these coaches, which really sucks, because it's a few drunk idiots doing this to all True Husker fans.
  2. Dosen't Cally change the depth chart about twice a year?
  3. For the most part Callahan said the things he should have said. They got the entire team together to watch the film so they all would be on the same page as far as what needs to be done. They will be going 1's vs. 1's at practice this week which they usually don't do. And all jobs are up for grabs this week, moreso than they usually are. But what I didn't like is his answer to what he said to Coz after the game. "Keep your head up, we'll get it fixed" he went on to explain that Coz was hurt after that performance and no one feels worse than him. Coz is upset after that performance? No kidding? How about embarrased or humiliated? Granted some things aren't for public consumption, but I hoped to hear some more emotion after how pathetic the defense looked Saturday.
  4. The frustrating thing about all of this is that adjustments should have been made at halftime of Wake, or at least prior to taking the field against USC, but I'm willing to bet that the next few games our opponents run the same plays and have similar success. I just hope I never see a 4 play 96 yard drive again this year or I may just put a brick through my TV
  5. Tom Dienhart, a columnist from the Sporting News has loyd Carr already out the door (I don't necessarily disagree) and has started putting together his short list of successors. I know it's USC week, but this came out today and I found it...amusing. Kansas State coach Ron Prince. Yeah, he's still a work-in-progress, but he has done well in his short time in Manhattan. Plus, he's a no-nonsense guy who cut his teeth at an academic school (Virginia). And hiring an African-American would be a great move for a college football power. Prince played at Appalachian State, which is an interesting note. story here http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=271694
  6. Thank God it's a night game, I will be too drunk to hear em anyway.
  7. Here's the link: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gg8C9zJ...1EkAo3eW5HNFbHA And here's the most ridiculous quote in this story. "Heuser said the Mountaineers were certainly deserving of being in the top 25 for at least one week." My question is, what have they actually done? Just b/c you beat a ranked team in the first week, that automatically vaults you ahead of 100 other D1a teams? Call me crazy, but maybe Michigan just wasn't that good. It really irks me that these voters use the existing poll (which was more or less a guess to begin with) to base their decisions about future poll ranks. Mountaineers Bring Change to AP Poll By PAUL NEWBERRY – 1 hour ago After pulling off one of the greatest upsets in college football history, Appalachian State is still shaking things up. The Associated Press said Thursday that lower-division schools — that means you, Mountaineers — are now eligible for its 71-year-old poll. "It's great they opened the door," Appalachian State coach Jerry Moore said from his office in Boone, N.C. "Certainly we're not going to be the No. 1 team in the country. We know that. We're not even going to be in the top 10. But if you have a win over a nice football team, I like that it's not out of the realm of possibility for a school like us to be one of the top 20 or 25 teams in the country." Several AP voters expressed interest in putting Appalachian State on their ballots after a shocking 34-32 upset at then-No. 5 Michigan last weekend. But the poll guidelines, which mirrored the coaches' rankings conducted by USA Today, limited eligibility to teams competing in the former NCAA Division I-A, now known as the Football Bowl Subdivision. The Mountaineers compete in the Football Championship Subdivision, known before this season as Division I-AA. The AP decided to make the change because schools that show they can compete with big-time teams on the field should have a chance to be recognized with them in the top 25, Sports Editor Terry Taylor said. "Why not? The poll was always intended to measure teams that compete against each other, regardless of division, based solely on on-field performance," she said. "It was that way long before Division I was divided into I-A and I-AA in 1978." One poll voter, Adam Van Brimmer, said he wanted to put Appalachian State at No. 25 after their win over the Wolverines, largely as a symbolic gesture. He might still do it next week, assuming the Mountaineers beat Division II Lenoir-Rhyne. "If I have any openings in my poll, they would certainly be strongly considered," said Van Brimmer, who works for the Georgia-based Morris News Service. In a previous job, he covered longtime Division I-AA powerhouse Georgia Southern, which, like Appalachian State, is a member of the Southern Conference. "Having spent so much time watching those Georgia Southern teams, I'm sure the top teams in the Southern Conference are as good as any mid majors" in the upper division," Van Brimmer said. "They're probably as good as anybody in the MAC (Mid-American Conference). They're probably better than most in the Sun Belt." Joe Giglio of The News & Observer in Raleigh, N.C., said he would have voted for the Mountaineers this week, though he never considered where to put them after being told they weren't eligible. He's not sure if Appalachian State will get another chance to crack his top 25 since the school doesn't face another big-time opponent, which affects strength of schedule. After Lenoir-Rhyne, the Mountaineers take on Northern Arizona before getting into their conference schedule. "They could go unbeaten the rest of the way, which is certainly a possibility," Giglio said. "But that would be a problem, particularly in the methodology I use. They would never have a chance to improve their ranking." Still, the Mountaineers were fired up just to have a shot at the rankings — something none of them expected when they signed on to play at the picturesque school in the Blue Ridge Mountains, most of them overlooked or underrated by the bigger programs. "It shows what a team can do when it believes," senior cornerback Jerome Touchstone said after practice. "We believed in ourselves at Michigan and, as a team, we've changed the way that a lot of people think about us and about football that we play at our level." USA Today plans no change in its poll, which will continue to be limited to schools in the division formerly known as I-A. As Giglio pointed out, the Football Championship Subdivision has its own poll (Appalachian State was a unanimous choice at No. 1) and a playoff system to determine its champion (the Mountaineers have won the last two titles). "We're probably better off just separating church and state, so to speak," he said. "How long is the shelf life for beating Michigan? At some point, it wouldn't be enough" to keep them in the top 25. Another AP voter, John Heuser of The Ann Arbor (Mich.) News, agreed that Appalachian State might be able to crack the rankings next week, but would have a hard time staying there the rest of the season. "It would be pretty difficult to evaluate some of the I-AA teams they play, because they don't have the same exposure as I-A teams," said Heuser, who covered Saturday's stunner in Ann Arbor. "We know how good Appalachian State is because they beat Michigan. But I would not really be able to assess how good their opponents are the rest of the season." Taylor said those sort of issues should be up to the voters, not the news cooperative that organizes the poll and tallies up the ballots. "This was an issue we never had to face before," she said. "But we thought about it and decided there should be no rule against ranking a I-AA team, as long as that team competed against a I-A opponent. "Oddities of one sort or the other frequently crop up where the poll is concerned, and it's not unusual for us to make adjustments. This one was just the fair and right thing to do." Heuser said the Mountaineers were certainly deserving of being in the top 25 for at least one week. "They are an impressive team," he said. "I thought they were Michigan's equal on the field. I didn't think it was a fluke at all."
  8. 1) How long have you been a member of Husker Nation? my whole life 2) What/who led you to The Nation? Everything Huskers, I've been lurking off and on for a year but decided to add to the community. 3) Where are you from originally? Omaha 4) Where do you live now? Omaha 5) Favorite Husker memory? Watching the 94 Orange Bowl in person, hugging random fans in the stands when Schlesinger broke through the line to score. Was the greatest sports moment in my life. 6) Worst Husker memory? When Keith Jackson caught that sideline pass ruining the victory over Oklahoma that never came. And James Brown in the Big 12 championship game, 4th down pass. 7) Number of home games attended? in the 100's 8) Number of away games attended? Oklahoma and the Orange Bowl listed above (2) 9) Favorite Husker memorabilia/apparel? autographed ball from the 1994 team, including coaches 10) Favorite place to watch a Husker game? (section in Memorial, bar, friends house etc.) my basement 11) Favorite all time player? too many to name, but I'm partial to the D-line so maybe Danny Noonan or Trev 12) WCO or Option? unfair question =) 13) Stevie Pederson or Billy Byrne? Devaney 14) Lil Red or Herbie Husker? Herbie 15) Favorite Husker play? triple option dropback pass 16) Favorite game-day beverage? Cold beer 17) How did you find HuskerBoard? (referral source)google
  9. 10. agree & 9. agree Most importantly this game was huge for Lucky's confidence, which needed a boost from last season. The guy has the tools, he just needs to start believing he is a special player.
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