HighPlainsDrifter

Nebraska-30 Iowa State-7 Rushing-293 Passing-164

Winner, winner chicken dinner.

I thought Phil Elmassian did a wonderful job coaching the secondary! Er...not.

I believe in "to each, their own," but 93-23 sticks in my craw just a bit...

I agree with you on the comparison to 'Bama, but I disagree with you on the importance of beating Missouri. We need this game. More so than any game in recent memory. National TV audience, a chance to show the nation that our performance against Virginia Tech was legitimate. It would be a very hard loss to take if we go into Columbia and simply piss down our legs. The only person who should be pissing down their legs' out of fear on the 8th is Gary Pinkel.

NU-27 MU-6 Rushing-354 Passing-178

27-21 NEBRASKA

I will never root for the Tigers. I hate Mizzou more than OU, Colorado, Texas, or K-State.

Nebraska 49 FAU 20 Rush-247 Pass-312

I would have made Bo's drink of choice, a good ol' Pabst Blue Ribbon beer. Nothing like a PBR.

The Big 12 coaches are an interesting bunch. I think it would be a blast to sit down with each coach and have a few drinks, get to know his real personality, and hear some great stories. That leads me to the point of this post. If you were to sit down with each coach in the Big 12 what do you think his drink of choice would be? Beav and I have decided to debate this topic. We hope you enjoy. Feel free to make your selections in the comments at the end of the post. First up... Art Briles Steve: The man comes across as old school and about as Texan as they come. The old school side of Briles screams beer all the way. The guy has spent his entire life playing football and coaching football in the state of Texas, so it has to be a Texas beer. My pick: Lonestar Beav: Looks like we are pretty close on this one, but I determined that his Texas-ness would make him a fan of another Texas classic. My pick: Shiner Bock Bill Snyder Steve: Definitely doesn't come across as a beer drinker. He's too much of a hardass. Snyder burns the midnight oil researching and planning everything he does. When it comes to drinking, he wants something that tastes smooth, but has a lot of alcohol. It's all about efficiency with Snyder. What takes only a few drinks to pack an alcohol punch, and contains few impurities so he's not hungover? My pick: Grey Goose Martini Beav: Its a proven fact that Vodka + Mountain Dew is the best way to get down in Manhattan, but that's not Snyder's style. If the players can't get butter at a team dinner, you know Snyder isn't going to pussify his spirits with ice, sugar, and yellow dye #5. Bill's a no nonsense guy and notoriously cheap, which is why he just goes with...My pick: Popov - neat Bo Pelini Steve: There are only two types of people who wear sweatshirts as often as Pelini: The Bill Belichik type and sorority girls making the walk of shame. Pelini is obviously more Belichickian than sorority girl. Pelini also seems to have little patience to wait for a bar tender to mix a frothy cocktail. A no-nonsense drink is a must for this guy. My pick: Jack Daniels, straight from a shot glass Beav: Even though Bo isn't from Nebraska, Husker fans embraced him as one of their own from the beginning. Nebraskans say things like “Bo gets it” and “Bo’s a Nebraska guy.” What does a “Nebraska Guy” drink? Red beer. My pick: Tomato Juice and Coors Light Bob Stoops Steve: Bob use to seem like a ballsy, go get'em type of a coach when he took over at Oklahoma. Now he seems a little more uptight. I guess losing in every BCS bowl game will do that to a man, even if you are one of the best coaches in the country. Stoops needs something that goes well with the pine tree that seems to be stuck up his ass the last few years, but still fancy enough for a multi-millionaire. My pick: Bombay Sapphire Gin and Tonic Beav: Stoops spent time as an assistant to coaching legends Bill Snyder and Steve Spurrier. His drink, like his coaching style, combines the flamboyance of the Ol' Ball Coach with the steady fortitude of Snyder. My pick: Bourbon Street Hurricane Dan Hawkins Steve: Hawkins is a little bit of a goofball. A good fit for Boulder because he is an outdoorsy type of guy. If there was a mixed drink made with blended up trail mix, Hawkins would be all over it. As far as I know there is no such thing as Trail Mix and Vodka, so he needs something you can get plenty of in Colorado. A good locally made microbrew. But, I doubt Hawkins is man enough for a good Pale Ale or Stout. My pick: Raspberry Wheat Beer Beav: Boulderians don't get their buzz out of a bottle. There's a reason Buff practices always wrap up by 4:20. My Pick: Fatty Gary Pinkel Steve: Pinkel is a tough one to read. He always comes across as boring and a little self-defensive. My guess is Gary was picked on a lot when he was in high school and college--not because he is a loser or dumb. He obviously has a few brains and has had some success along the years. So why is he so defensive? Got it! People make fun of him for drinking "girly" drinks. My pick: Sex on the Beach Beav: Gary Pinkel is a crappy coach who has enjoyed modest success despite bringing nothing to the table except an ability to amass enough talent around him to distract from his worthlessness. Kind of like those dudes on www.hotchickswithdouchebags.com. Not so coincidentally, his drink of choice is the same as theirs. My pick: Jägerbomb Mack Brown Steve: I was almost tricked into picking the wrong drink for Mack. I originally had Mack pegged for a red wine guy. Then I started thinking about it. He's a little to slick for red wine. Yet he still needs something refined and expensive. That can only leave one option for Mack. My pick: Johnnie Walker Blue, neat Beav: I'm pretty sure that deep down, Mack is country. I bet he still loves the cheap Bourbon that he used to nip off the flask at high school dances. Mack does likes to give the aura of a southern sophisticate - which is why I bet he keeps the Bourbon in a crystal decanter in his office. He wants you to think he's got that Johnnie Walker, but he wants to taste something a little more uncouth. My Pick: Wild Turkey Mark Mangino Steve: Mangino is often the target of fat jokes. It's too obvious to go with some cream-filled (insert porn joke of choice here) type of drink. I picture Mangino pulling into a Macaroni Grill, eating 6 servings of the free bread and two plates of chicken parmesean, and washing the whole thing down with...My pick: Macaroni Grill House Red Wine. Beav: Yes, the Mangino fat jokes are easy...but look at the guy - he's just so goddamn fat. I think Mangino's drink of choice would be one of those dessert drinks that contain more cake than Kahlua. He'd have to eat several to cop a buzz, but I'm sure Mangino would be up for it. My pick: A Mangino Mudslide, made specially for him. Mike Gundy Steve: This was the easiest one. Gundy still thinks he could go to the college bars and pick up chicks. Not only could I pick Gundy's drink, I bet you I can nail his outfit too: Designer jeans, designer shoes, and a tight fitting designer shirt that is half-way unbuttoned with the sleeves rolled up. He would stroll into the bar, unsuccessfully hit on a 21 year old, then make his way to the bar and order...My pick: Red Bull and Vodka Beav: Gundy may have screamed "I'm a man...", but the spiky hair, fake tan, and visor make him look more like a guy who would scream "Body Shots!". My Pick: Shots of Patron....preferably out of Jenni Carlson's extra deep bellybutton Mike Leach Steve: There is no way Mike Leach drinks something your average guy does. Leach is off the wall and has to drink something a little different. Yet, he is a closet snob, so the drink has to be a fine one. A lot of people might lean toward Captain Morgan for Leach because of his obsession with pirates. Not me. My pick: Cognac Beav: Leach does love the pirates, and while conventional thinking says pirate lover=Captain Morgan drinker, conventional thinking isn’t always right. A couple of barrels of rum wouldn’t have ever lasted long for an entire ship full of pirates…which is why pirates mastered the art of distilling alcohol out of anything they could: bread crumbs, fruit rinds, or seaweed, - to make a kelpier version of good ol’ prison wine. Leach may not necessarily be a football purist, but I guarantee he’s a pirate purist. My pick: Pruno Mike Sherman Steve: Sherman spent a butt-load of his coaching career in Green Bay and he can't stop telling people about it. "One time Brett Farve and I found all these pains killers, so..." They don't make a cheese flavored beer (at least none that I am aware of), and Sherman doesn't really strike me as a Miller or Old Milwaukee type of guy. But, he still has to drink something that reminds him of his past glory in Green Bay. My pick: Leinenkugel's Original Beav: As a former NFL head coach & GM, Sherman probably sees his current job at the bottom of the Big XII a bit beneath him. I peg Sherman as a wine connoisseur - the type of guy who needs to assert his superiority through a vast wine collection - just to reminding everyone that he's already 'made it'. A guy who sticks his whole nose into his Riesling glass and tells you about its goût petrol. My pick: Anything that looks nice swirling in a Bordeaux glass. Paul Rhoads Steve: Rhoads may have spent the last few seasons as the Defensive Coordinator at Auburn, but he is an Iowa guy. As a current Iowa resident, I know Iowans are fond of their booze, especially the wonderful Templeton Rye Whiskey. Unfortunately, people like the Templeton a little too much and there isn't enough to go around, so Rhoads has to drink something else until supply catches up to demand. What better drink to ease the pain of a first year coach than...My pick: Homemade Iowa Corn Whiskey Beav: I’ll be honest, I don’t know a damn thing about this guy except that he appears to be satisfied picking up what Gene Chizik leaves behind. My Pick: The last swig from Chizik’s discarded bottle of Bud Light

Guitar Town-Steve Earle

Camp Randall stadium is at the top of my list.

Lol, I wasn't aiming for the typical hillbilly incest remark. Just pointing out the similar culture.

I wasn't implying that I wanted Paulus here. This "debate" has gotten ridiculously out of hand.