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Why is Michigan always considered a premier program and Nebraska not? I completely get Nebraska has struggled the last 20 years but truth be told so has Michigan. In fact it may interest you to know that since 1997 when Nebraska and Michigan shared the National Championship game, Nebraska has won 171 games to Michigan's 165. Our win percentage is 66.02% to Michigan's 65.48% and we have beaten them head to head 3 out of the 4 times played (since 1998) including the last two. With this being said why is Michigan continually placed amongst the elite teams and Nebraska not?

Trump needs distractions, and Hillary's emails! is going to lose traction before the mid-term primaries. Voters have notoriously short attention spans, and Hillary doesn't move the needle like she did two years ago. So what's a president beleaguered by low popularity to do? Well, everyone rallies around the flag during a time of crisis, right? And if there's no crisis, it's time to manufacture one. Especially since so many bad things are happening for Donald right now. Enter Iran and the JCPOA, one of Obama's signature diplomatic moments. Easy target. So, Tuesday... Trump Abandons Iran Nuclear Deal He Long Scorned And Wednesday... So, the Israelis hit Iranian targets in Syria because - allegedly - Iran suddenly, for the first time in the conflict despite being in those positions for months, decided to attack Israel. That gives Israel all the legitimacy it needs to defend itself, right? Those dastardly Iranians and their vicious, unprovoked attack on Israel. It was just self-defense. Right? But self-defense from what? From that NY Times article: So, to recap: Iran has been following the tenets of the JCPOA Despite this, Trump withdraws from the JCPOA, saying "it was a bad deal" and providing next to no explanation how or why, and zero explanation how to fix it Within a day of Trump's withdrawal, the Iranians suddenly get it into their head to attack Israeli positions, when they've had that opportunity for months before this, but haven't Israel, using the provocation of perhaps the least-effective rocket attack in modern warfare history, launches a reciprocal strike against Iranian forces Sure sounds like the kind of thing that could start a war, doesn't it? A war that would only benefit Trump, defense contractors, Benjamin Netanyahu, who has domestic troubles of his own he needs distractions from.

Yes, but the ups are what make people remember or think of your program as being elite or relevant. Same thing with how people threw around Bo Pelini's stat of us being only one of 4 schools to win 9+ games for the last X amount of seasons (I think Oregon, Alabama, and Boise were the others). Like...so what? It didn't do anything for us. Top 10 finishes, major bowls, conference championships. Those are the metrics of success for big time programs. Michigan's had a few over the last 15+ years - just enough to keep the prestige there. We've had none.

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MSU 2016 is a good example. They went 3-9. But they've been to the playoffs. I wouldn't want the current investigation they're going through though.

Verduzco watched him workout yesterday. Sounds like it went well for both sides. He's considering a trip to UNC next month.

Since 2001: Michigan Top 25 Finishes: 10 Top 10 Finishes: 5 Major Bowl Appearances: 5 Major Bowl Wins: 1 Conference Championships: 2 Nebraska Top 25 Finishes: 7 Top 10 Finishes: 0 Major Bowl Appearances: 0 Major Bowl Wins: 0 Conference Championships: 0 I remember that differently. Robinson was getting more love (deservedly so), but Taylor was also getting a ton of media attention through the first half of the season.

This. He is a situational player. Any situation the other team has the ball and is trying to score he will be playing.

We see this kind of brainwashing right here on HuskerBoard. Trump's followers refuse to even take part in discussions surrounding his scandals, instead posting little snippets of angry rhetoric, then running away when the "liberals" post facts in response. When all you consume is propaganda, it becomes real to you.

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I've never heard that.

I think that it's very very possible he is trying to do this to mask his domestic issues. But, for a long time, I have thought that Trump's ego makes him WANT to be a war time President. He wants to antagonize someone to the point of getting the pleasure to direct our vast military in an armed conflict and come out a winner. This fits his ego so much that it makes me sick. He has said he likes military parades and wants to have them. He dreams of the day he welcomes the victorious US military back from a war he started and ultimately won....with a parade with him sitting up on some high throne with the crowds worshiping his great war time leadership. He has tried pushing North Korea to the point of conflict. He is trying to push Iran to the point of conflict. He, to a certain extent, is trying to push Mexico to the point of conflict at the border. He has tried his best to claim victory over ISIS. He brags about how great our military is. He brags about how HE is building it to be the greatest military in history (like it already isn't). Parade, Parade, Parade.....in his honor.

Exactly. And the only reason people don't see this as a problem is, in their mind, their team won. It would be a problem if the other team had won. That's party over country, and that is actually the biggest problem facing America right now.

One thing I remember, going back a little further, is the media was absolutely in love with Shoelace, meanwhile Martinez had insane numbers too and, comparatively, barely got mentioned.

Yep. I trust Frost's judgment on this (if Burrow is even interested), but I don't think any of us know if what we have is good enough to not look into transfer QBs. We only have our suspicions.

Another great point. Football is becoming so specialized with use of packages and different athletes all over the field. If Dixon ends up being a guy who is playing 90% of the defensive snaps, that’s great for him. If he only plays 50-60% this year, he’s not a failure. It’s just how he is being used to make the most out of his talents.

Who voted for: UConn seaofred92

When our cat misbehaves, we put him in cat jail. I think it's only fair that they put this woman in cat jail, like this:

You want a cat that bad? GO ADOPT A SHELTER PET YOU PIECE OF s#!t!

That's why I thought it was silly McKewon and a couple of others were crtitical about the lack of access this spring... how 'being able to report on practice helped qualm the message board hype/rumors.' As much as I want to know what's going on, there's no reason anybody should care about message board hype. McKewon reported on more practice details than just about anyone and could easily be considered the top instigator in the whole thing, whether or not that was his intent. Outside of fans/media though, the scouting reports and the Manning camp coverage didn't help TLee in the end, either.

Alcohol has harms, candy has harms, sunbathing has harms..... I'm all for putting a warning label on it if it means people can buy it legally.

Anyone who wants to alienate our border neighbors - Mexico and Canada by tearing up NAFTA, cannot be trusted. Our allies see him doing this, backing out of the Paris Accord, TPP, NAFTA, & the Iran Deal should be very concern about any agreement - security, financial, trade that they have wt the USA. Think back in history - the former USSR tried to isolate the USA with covert wars around the global and in our backyard in Latin America and Cuba. Their whole goal was to counter our interests globally and to reduce our influence and the influence of democracy. They tried to drive a wedge between us and our European allies with the 'peace movement - anti nuke propoganda' and by selling natural gas to and making European countries dependent on Soviet energy. In the end, we won and democracy won. However, Trump is playing into Putin's hands (or did Putin give Trump the hand to play??) as we isolate ourselves more and more and diminish our leadership around the world through these ill advised, off the cuff, unilateral decisions of this admin. Trump's stated goal in the campaign was to make the USA respected again. He thinks respect is earned via bullying - it is all he's known either in business or personally. Thus on the world stage he is now considered the bully and not a trusted partner. What a shame.

Yeah, I am not expecting miracles, but I would rather see a defense attack, make plays and be disruptive even though they most likely will get burnt a few times a game for it. That is much better than the passive keep everything in front and let them take 10 plays and score.

It's been the time for a discussion of marijuana's risks for decades now. The problem is that the government has been blocking even basic research on its uses and risks for 100 years. Of course marijuana isn't going to be without risk. THC is a controlled substance, after all. But like any medication, it needs to be studied, put in trials, have the risks evaluated, and then used when it's the most beneficial.

Agreed. The media were watching practice and all up in his jock about every throw. They were the major fuel for that fire, and I recall just before the season started that Langsdorf said like a week before the first game that they needed to ramp down the crazy expectations. The fans don't watch practice, they only go off what the media tells them, and I think it was McKewon from the OWH who chastised the fans/media for that Tanner Lee hype - in that order.

1. They have a rival. We haven’t had one since the destruction of the Big8 2. They have like what, 50,000 students in a largely populated state, we have half that. 3. They are the winningest program ever and the media knows that. They’ll always be on a major TV stage. 4. They’ve won more important games and bowls than us as proved by the above post. 5. We’ve been completely blown out several times in national TV; I watch enough college football to know I can’t really remember UM’s giant collapses. 6.....we’ll beat them this season. It’s the one I “have a feeling about”...that’ll put us in people’s faces.

We have different books I would say the United States of America gave us Hillary and Trump as candidates, the two worst candidates since Jimmy Carter, possibly ever. Pretty much screwed with or without the EC or a popular vote. I mean if you want to call it broken I won’t argue with your assessment but we’ve got much bigger problems IMO.

So it's not OK when an individual terminates another individual, but when the state does it, it's cool? Ideological consistency isn't really this guy's strong suit.

I'd just like to take the time to congratulate myself for my post earlier. I noticed this, on my own, before CNN, without seeing it anywhere else on the news or any websites. That's a first! I even used Wayback machine. All I had was Columbus Nova's statement, which sounded like a big fat lie to me. https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/09/politics/us-firm-scrubs-website-russian-oligarch/index.html

How the ____ did MR finish in the 30's?

Only problem is people are trying to game the census now, too.

Not sure why this is even up for debate. We have two - if not three - solid QBs on our roster, and hopefully will add another with this recruiting class. No need to muddy the waters by bringing in an unproven transfer. The guys we have already on our roster have shown just as much promise as Burrow.

Just imagine Enunwa and Morgan blocking downfield for this offense.

I think it’s entirely possible that Dixon isn’t meant to be a true 225lb+ OLB anyway. I think he’s going to be a hybrid LB/S for us for his entire career and that’s 100% okay and something that is desperately needed, especially with Domann’s unfortunate setbacks.

So a sophomore OLB who is 206 lbs will play every down? I’ll take that wager.

^^^ Whats the guy doing looking though people's front window? That would give me the hebegebees

it would also be awesome if we had a QB room that the coaches and players were happy with and we decided to add 1 or 2 new members next season - oh wait, we have that.

Anyone here watch Rick and Morty? Just got renewed for 70 more episodes

I haven't seen Burrow explicitly demand a guaranteed starting spot. However, I think some casual reading between the lines of what he has said helps paint the picture of what he's trying to do. LINK If he wanted to compete for a starting job somewhere then he would stay at tOSU. Leaving makes no sense for him unless he's going to go somewhere where he's all but assured significant playing time.

Explain this to me. How does he become such an expert with no security clearance?

Mughod, that would delight me to no end. I really have a severe dislike for their coach. Though i am not a violent person, i believe if i had the chance, I'd punch him.

Fair enough.

The Electoral College should stay in place. It gives the voice of the people and America as a whole. The popular vote, while not a bad idea, takes away from the campaigning in certain parts of the country. It will focus on the big cities and their surrounding areas and gone will be the days of politicians sniffing smaller states. People don't vote because the benefits outweigh the costs. A smart individual does not vote at all according to Downs. With this, I think that a popular vote would still not get people out of their homes to vote. If we are concerned about voting we should make it easier for people to vote. Maybe change it to a weekend or allow some flexibility for more people to vote. The popular vote to me is just not right for America because of the founders knew a system like the EC would work. Does it have its flaws? Yes but so does the popular vote and I don't believe right now we need it to change. Guess what, sometimes your candidate wins and sometimes they do not that is how the system has worked since the first peaceful transfer of power. The will of the people chose the President in 2016. For example.

You do realize that instead of running away, you could man up, admit that Trump (and the current GOP leadership) is a clear and present danger to our democracy with his behavior, and actually start being a responsible member of our country that knows we are better than this s***show. Or you could do nothing of the sort, continue skulking away, and therefore tacitly approve of tactics and behaviors typically reserved for totalitarian regimes and dictatorships because your 'party' is currently the one on top reaping the benefits. --- Politics isn't a sport, folks. We shouldn't be rooting for 'sides', 'red/blue' states, or any sort of black/white myopic celebration of right and wrong. We should be supporting candidates and people that exhibit that they are attempting to do the most amount of good for the most amount of people (read: not corporations, not the richest 1% of Americans) at all times, all while doing their best to maintain integrity, consistency, frugality, and preserve life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Very few of the members of the GOP, and none of the Trump cabinet (nor Trump himself) come remotely close to trying to do this.

Not with that attitude