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The guy lost his F*ing child in a meaningless shooting that nobody in power seems to care about fixing. If you can't figure out his intentions....then that speaks volumes about the entire Republican pro gun movement that chooses to demonize anyone who is affected by gun violence and chooses to speak out about it....no matter if it's this guy or kids from florida or anyone else. It's a pretty bad look actually.

Now wait a minute. Are you saying if someone is instructing their opponent in a debate to do their own "Googling", that they are essentially conceding or surrendering their side of the argument?

My theory is they get upset because it's uncomfortable for them that these family members of victims of gun violence remind them that their fervor for permissive gun laws is at least partially responsible for these deaths. If that's not it, it should be, as massacring school children should elicit more of a response then a shrug by the electorate and hollow prayers from politicians publicly while they privately just stick their hands out for more money from the gun lobby. You'd have to be really really dense to not understand exactly why parents of school shooting victims are on capitol hill. They want these policymakers to publicly have to look them in the face to remind them that there are consequences to their votes. That's the capital they have to lobby with, since they don't have the deep pockets and backrooms the NRA does. Which should be a thousand times more awkward, it just isn't in public view, and that is a shame.

I wasn't aware trying to shake someone's hand and engage them in conversation was considered aggression. In some cultures, I suppose?

I think it would be appropriate if Akron got Zip.

Did everyone miss where Frost said he would have likely done the same thing if he were faced with the situation?

By the time they got players actually settled in with blankets and pillows from who knows where, they would have been lucky to get 5 hours of sleep. Not ideal at all for their guys. I would have refused as well in his shoes. I commend our people for trying as it sounds like they made every reasonable effort but it didn't work. Nothing reasonable left of that dead horse to kick- moving on. In the mean time, we have a solid CU team to get ready for.

247 transitioned him to the 2019 class rankings. #1 JUCO RB, 87 rating.

I could have provided a link to a Fox News article saying the same as these things all say (that Trump could win), but the request was for a "news source" and that disqualifies Fox.

Welcome to the real world. You buy a ticket and if that event doesn't happen for reasons out of anyone's control "act of God"...you don't get a refund. On top of that, the AD has already said that if a 12th game is scheduled, they will issue a ticket for that game to anyone who had purchased the ticket through the University. The University is doing everything they need to do and should do. People that are all pissy about how it's being handled need to reevaluate their anger and realize it's simply frustration that the evening weather happened the way it did.

Translation: They're going to get their money

I would have refused this offer 100 times out of 100.

Oh I'm not. It was a totally facetious comment about people at home sitting on their collective asses during the anthem while complaining that the players aren't standing.

I mean. This is just. Just lock this thread and this discussion up. It's only going to get worse

These are fun.

While I think it was inappropriate of him to approach the nominee in that setting (highly political setting - the nominee wouldn't have known his intentions) I as a dad, understand his passion and wanting to make a wrong right in any way legally possible.

Made in reply to this tweet:

I think we forget that no other President in American history has lived so willfully and unfiltered in the public eye. You can throw out everything the press has said about Donald Trump and judge him simply by: 1) His tweets 2) His autobiography 3) His business record (including lawsuits) The dude is a buffoon. And I'm pretty sure when it's all over and done, even the people who knew and liked Donald Trump will admit that the man should never have been President.

Yep and #9 Overall for JUCO

I hope this somehow blows up to the point that the anthem just isn't played at sporting events anymore. It won't, but I can dream.

I think people who paid for a ticket and didn't get to see the game have every right to be bummed or disappointed. I also think the University has every right to not offer a refund. At the end of the day, they still have to pay the people who worked the game. By rescheduling the game and still accepting those same tickets they are actually going to lose money in that aspect(they wont due to double food/more souvenirs and what not). I think the University is handling it like any business should. Does it suck for people who spent all the money to come out, of course it does. That doesnt mean the university is in the wrong. Its a crappy situation that happened. I honestly think all parties involved handled it the best they could. No one will ever be fully happy.

Ya unfortunately concerts and events have refunded events for thise types of things before. No it doesn’t have to happen but at the same time, you want to play the Greatest Fans in the world, why wouldn’t you treat them as such. Reevaluate their anger.....is that coming from someone who doesn’t have to make a budget decision about tickets, food, tailgate, parking, work, family, for every game every year? Some us have to make very real decisions about getting tickets every year. So ya when that time effort and money goes into an event that have gone to for how ever many years, paid the donation ect, it’s a pretty big middle finger to not get refunded for the game.

So to sum up... 1) It's not unfair that UNL won't refund tickets for all of the Husker fans that paid for them, because it says "no refunds/exchanges" on the back of the ticket. 2) It's classy to pay a team that had a game scheduled, and didn't play: 1.17 million dollars because it's the right thing to do. 3) It's not prudent, to have a preliminary plan in place (such as food and hotels the next morning and an alternate game time) when it was obvious there was a chance of cancellation (people were talking about it at work in Lincoln), and not to start formulating one until the time the game starts. Orwell would be proud I think the people on this board are honestly loony if they believe that the Huskers owe Akron more money than our own fans. I love the Huskers as much as anyone, but they (the administration) are not immune from criticism. Disclaimer: ****I will take part of this post back, IF we do manage to schedule another game, and give those with cancelled Akron tickets admission free****

So they should just pay for things that don’t happen?

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Prediction...AD Larry Williams has never hated his job more than he has this week.

Yes

Sure, but at the last second, what's that food going to be? Gruel? S on a Shingle? I've had Mariott's catering many times at Husker functions and it's OK, but it's not always good. But that only answers half the question. The other half is where they're going to eat. The dining hall of an unused dorm? Which has been vacant for how long, and is in what state of cleanliness? This would be perfectly acceptable for refugees. Say a tornado rips through Lincoln and 200 people are homeless. This would work for them in that emergency. A game getting canceled because of lightning isn't that kind of emergency. I wouldn't put my kids through that if I were the coach. Frost seems to have agreed to that, too.

That's how I see it. I can't imagine a scenario where we pay them less than full price and don't get bad publicity out of it. Akron may have had "options" in place to play the game, but none of them were good. I'd love to know what dorm rooms they were offered, which of those have full beds/amenities, and how long it's been since those dorms were used. Were there vermin in the buildings? Where would the players have eaten, and exactly what? The whole thing was dodgy from the moment the first lightning struck, and it's not Akron's fault. Pay them & move on.

Email from the University:

Maybe that's why he doesn't remember that Oklahoma is a "neighboring state" also. I also like the red Toyota logo behind everyone saying they hate red and can't have red around them.

I read some pages last night and they had a few funny jokes that were entertaining. Not a very clever bunch. They mentioned something called “Husker magic” and are certain it’s real. It is odd how much hatred they have toward us. For their sake we need to stomp them again to provide justification for their hatred.

Nice idea what he can do at the D1 level. Adds a power back with great balance and speed.

Before anybody says anything too nasty about Coach McCartney, please note: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/pac12/2016/08/01/family-says-hall-fame-coach-bill-mccartney-diagnosed-alzheimers-dementia/87914492/

Buffs Junior QB Steven Montez. More: https://www.youtube.com/user/buffvision/videos https://www.denverpost.com/2018/09/01/stephens-steven-montez-heisman-cu-colorado-state/

We've played them 69 times?? Nice.

I'm not talking about just this incident. Your comment claiming he is an attention whore implies everything he has done since his daughter was slaughtered was for no reason other than to get attention. I believe no such thing and still support his efforts.

Lol oh my god man.

He also proved he could get kicked off the team as a sophomore.

No it's embarrassing that you didn't have a plan in place for a total cancellation. The weather said thunderstorms from 6pm until Midnight starting the Sunday before.

Pretty much what Frost said - it's not that they didn't know about the weather. It's that most thunderstorms in Nebraska blow by in 30 minutes to an hour. They expected a delay but not one that lasted eight hours. Not embarrassing. Just pretty bad luck.

I still don't understand how Moos and the other AD didn't have a contingency plan when they knew about the weather for a week! It's just an embarrassing lack of foresight.

You and I agree that this instance is a non issue....but don’t try and lump me in with thinking s father who lost a child to gun violence is an attention whore because he is trying to fix the problem that caused his daughters death.

And neither did the tweet I posted.

National suicide? Just admit you don't like brown people and be done with it.

2:17:00 is proof that time travel exists and it didn't just feel like Taylor Martinez was around for a decade, he really was!

I'd like to attend the game in Boulder next year, but am still trying to determine how much I need to budget for new tires and paint for after the game.

Well, to be fair, one of those coaches might have lost to Akron.