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Paul in WI

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  1. Riley was brought here as the program's healer and to leave the program in much better shape than the venomous mess that he inherited. I see Nebraska as a multi-year (and possibly multi-coach) rebuild. Riley may run out of time due to his age or our patience, but he will leave the program looking a lot closer to the Huskers that made me proud for so many years. As long as I see continued improvement from month to month and year to year, long live Mike Riley. I want a conference title and a NC as much as anybody, but I'm not going to pitch a fit if I don't get immediate gratification.
  2. I like this young man's attitude. This is just the type of player that we want at Nebraska.
  3. What makes one polo boring and another not boring? Outside of build quality, there's only so much that you can do with a polo. Let's be real: It is just a frigging casual short sleeve pullover with a bloody collar, a logo, and maybe a name. It hardly smacks of fashion. Furthermore, does anyone besides me think that it is absolutely insane to drop 100 bucks on one like some vendors are asking?
  4. Terry, Please stay a member of our Husker family. You are going to be absolutely awesome in this offense. I just know it.
  5. The Hawks are in an especially tough spot, but damn.... I hate to see him go. I won't question it too much, because the front office has been doing an awesome job in evaluating and procuring upcoming talent that keeps them competitive and under the cap.
  6. I don't ever remember thinking that we had weak defenses. I remember having two basic gripes as a casual fan: 1. Our secondary seemed slow and many times would not turn around to challenge for the pass. We usually didn't get burned by this until the really "big" games against teams with a competent aerial attack. We finally got that sorted out in the early 90's. Why it took so long, I don't know. 2. I always felt that both our offensive and defensive numbers got terribly diluted during the last quarter and a half of games. While we took great pride in getting the water boy a lot of playing time, it made our overall numbers look more pedestrian compared to those teams that left their starters in for practically the entire game versus our typical 2.5 - 3 quarters.
  7. Banderas is going to have a great year.
  8. Perhaps some time in the penalty box would be in order? Now back to soaking my dentures.
  9. The option was simply a component of a larger power rushing attack. Just as we hear that it wouldn't work now, you have to admit that we heard the same complaint all throughout the Osborne era as well. He did manage to average 10 wins per season for his career (along with 3 NC's), which wasn't bad for an "obsolete" offense. I'm very glad that Tom didn't listen to the experts of the time!
  10. You bring them in for reps because they don't practice in front of 90,000 fans. Gametime success against an opposing defense, whether it is gassed or not, builds confidence for the backups. In addition, you want to minimize the injury risk to your starters when the game is in the bag. I love watching the backups playing and getting experience.
  11. Qb's like Wilson fit a system that historically made recruiting-challenged Nebraska more competitive on a national scale. We need guys like him running our own, unique offense, because simple logic dictates that we're never going to much of a threat to talent-laden teams running what they do with less talented players overall and a vanilla offense. They realize this at Oregon. They aren't fools. I would consider Wilson a bigger loss to our program than Obrien right now.
  12. It has to get a little frustrating to do all of the digging and research just to have another school slip in and poach your hard-earned commit. I really hope that he stays N. I was really looking forward to possibly having another Frazier/Berringer situation.
  13. I'm just hoping that Chryst is exposed as a much better OC than he is a HC.
  14. Call me the eternal optimist when it comes to Miles, but I think this incoming class is going to be the real turning point. I'm glad that he's still getting full support from above, because recruiting over these next two years is going to ultimately determine his fate. Resurrecting Nebraska basketball is as big of a task as living through a demo derby in a Ford Pinto. He's got his work cut out for him.
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