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Wow, you are comparing LP to Mo? That's laughable.

Did everyone forget that Stanly Morgan and Antonio Reed got arrested for possession? https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/19473452/nebraska-receiver-stanley-morgan-jr-arrested-pot-charge-florida

He seems like a great guy and will be the first African American commisioner of a Power 5 conference. Since he is a football guy let's hope he can help bring in more talent and positive coverage for all BIG football teams including the Huskers. Just adding some new links and tweets. Here is a quick bio video about him.

The charges might not amount to much, legally, but at this point you have to at least consider Washington unreliable because his decisonmaking is suspect. We need to have somebody ready to step up as the new #1, at the start of the season or at any time Washington is here.

As an ex-narcotics agent, less than one ounce of marijuana is an infraction in Nebraska. That is equal to a parking ticket. It isn’t even a misdemeanor. IMO, Frost should kick people off the team for parking tickets if he is going to do it for marijuana use. He could be afraid of the stigma it would put on his program if he doesn’t. If he kicks him off the team “to prepare the players for the NFL’s rules” , I wouldn’t agree with that because the NFL will allow marijuana use after the next union contract is negotiated. If he kicks him off because no drug use is a team rule, then I am all for it. Be a part of the team and a leader. Just depends on how Frost spins this one on whether most people will agree or not agree with the punishment.

Talk about over reactions....

Thanks. So if he is cleared from his issues in California, the only legal strike against him is a minor drug citation. That's not worthy of being kicked off the team, in my opinion. This violation isn't nearly as bad as stealing bikes or getting a DUI (which a coach was able to keep his job).

Why are people so quick to think that Mo will be kicked off the team? I am not saying he won't be, but it's a relatively minor citation. Yes, it's on top of his current legal situation, and not a smart look for Mo, but do we know if Frost has a hard stance against pot?

I agree. I dont know what the actual number is we should spend. But I think we should pay to play with the big boys. We have the College World Series in our back yard. I think its crazy to not pay for the right guy to get you there a couple times a decade.

Im not sure why people think its only Trump. I have a laundry list of GOP congressman that are repulsive, evil and lying people. But yes, lets keep blaming Trump.

The law isn't ridiculous. IMO, cases like this weren't the intent of the law (he sent the video to her, not to other people), but the law should exist. Revenge porn can do a lot of damage to a person and there should be serious consequences for it.

It's true that there's a humanitarian crisis right now at the U.S. border, not unlike other countries faced with an influx of refugees and no good alternatives. It's not quite the same as ongoing immigration policy. One of the problems is Americans who can look at desperate mothers and children and see only Democrat voters.

By who? The gray-hairs in the 50th row of the south stadium? Although if Osborne gives his 2 cents about the dangers of weed, then Mo is probably done.

Just another Dem being careless with taxpayer money....

I know people are balking at mentions of Will Bolt, with the primary concern being that we shouldn't only be going after people with Husker ties. Bolt is a pretty qualified coach. Here's a bit of his resume from the Texas A&M website:

Fixed it IMO. You're gonna have games where s*** happens, but it shouldn't f*** up a whole series. I can see giving up a fluke game to Northwestern, or Penn State, or Sister Mary Immaculate of the Blind. But a whole series--nah, we should be better than that.

To be fair, mistakes made in your past can and often will be held against you in the present. How many celebrities and politicians do we have to look at for this evidence? Frost would be well within his right to issue some of kind team-related punishment. At the very least, he brought negative publicity to the program and his teammates, along with a slew of other logistical and PR headaches. But, neither of them were facing a felony and misdemeanor charge for a separate crime. I think we have to be cognizant and realistic about what the law currently says about marijuana in Nebraska, and MW violated that law. Add this into the California case and it's just a big a$$ face palm. Personally, I don't care if people smoke weed recreationally, but this is a pretty dumb move on MW's part. IMO he has to be better than that given his whole situation.

If Frost found out a player did something awful before joining the team, it would be perfectly reasonable at that point to kick him off the team because he found out the player wasn't who he thought he was. You could argue the player misrepresented himself or lied by omission.

I live in a border state and have my entire life and nothing about this is true. RedDenver summed it up perfectly. Why don't you just be honest about the real reason you think their is a immigration crisis.

Except the data actually shows the reverse. Stop believing the lies that demonize immigrants. From the George W Bush Presidential Center: A NATION BUILT BY IMMIGRANTS From the conservative Cato Center: Immigration and Crime – What the Research Says FYI: The "disease" propaganda comes straight from the Nazis: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2690128/ In fact, many of the immigrants from Mexico and Central America are better vaccinated than Americans:

Of course I don't think that. Did he need to carry things with him? Couldn't he smoke at home for a few years until he isn't playing football anymore? You aren't seeing the forest for the trees. He is under investigation and he chose to continue behaviors that could make the situation worse. That shows a me first attitude and goes against the team culture being created. He didn't learn anything. If Frost wants culture change and to create accountability, here's an opportunity to drive it home.

Hate to see him go, but with both safety spots potentially tied up this year and next imo, along with the safety haul we got, I'm not too worried. Thought he'd be a good player for us though, but wish him all the best in his future. Keep recruiting.

It is not race specific, although black players made up a large portion of it. Now just to throw it out there, I am a person of color myself, and see it all throughout my own community. I had to deal with Polynesian, Mexican, White, and Mixed kids as well. It had more to do with where you were from, and not so much with the skin color. We had African American kids on our team who were model citizens and students. With the LP comparison, it's not comparing weed to physical assault, or even revenge porn to physical assault and attempted murder. The fact is that both are self destructive by nature. The odds are higher that in two years, Mo will be a detriment to himself as opposed to getting a college degree. Frost has to be feeling a lot like how Osborne did in the sense of weighing what might happen if Maurice doesn't have Nebraska. When I heard his story, watched him on national television, found out about him being expelled, seeing and hearing about him being very weird at times, finding out that he associates himself with the crips in stockton, the revenge porn, and now this trivial but dumb decision; I have seen this episode before (and on a loop). It's worse when it gets magnified by how talented he is.

I am in terms of behavior. Mo cannot be left alone, and will self-destruct if he is. I am not comparing his charges to the same things that LP did.

What culture are you talking about? Do you mean Black people? Just curious, because most people cite cultural problems when they’re talking about what they think is wrong with Black people. Phillips dragged a woman by her hair down several flights of stairs. I can assure you it’s a chasm spanning stretch.

Quite the decision maker!

At the risk of reliving the old MW thread, I don't. These charges, in a vacuum, aren't anything. Run some stadium steps, maybe a couple dickbusters, and be done with it. On top of the issues he has in Cali, I think his tenure on the team is certainly in limbo.

I have zero issue with marijuana in a vacuum; I think it should be legalized and taxed. However, on top of his previous charges, this probably doesn't bode well for him.

Maybe I have lived in Colorado for too long, but this drug paraphernalia citation is very minor. Isn't it just a fine?

No you didn't.

Just to add onto @Cdog923's post, I read a couple of other things related to this. First, the Red Skull guarding the Soul stone isn't really the same entity that fought Cap. This one has a sole purpose - to guard the Soul stone and impart the knowledge of how to get it upon those seeking it. It's possible he may not even remember what happened between he and Cap; or, if he does remember, he would treat it almost as if it happened in a different life or didn't happen at all, and is therefore irrelevant to the situation. As for Black Widow, Gamora, and any other poor soul that has been sacrificed to obtain it, the 'contract' is binding. That person's life is traded in order to acquire the stone. In some ways, it's almost like the life powers the stone or becomes part of the stone. Returning it would simply mean another person needs to make a sacrifice in order to obtain it.

Yeah, the guy lets his closers throw fastballs for crissakes!

Do we want to keep Silva?

IIRC, he knowingly was to keep Silva on the staff and pay him a premium.

I agree. But, just leaving these people in the streets is a bad option.

Well, since China is paying that tariff, send them a bill for $5.10.

But is that because of Erstad or because of Nebraska baseball's ceiling? I agree that the expectations have been unrealistic, not just in baseball but in a lot of areas. But I'd argue Moos is showing us that the only reason those expectations have been unrealistic has because we've had B or C level coaches and commitment while expecting A level results. Moos is now giving A level commitment and resources. As far as I know this is really the first time our University has ever really done that.

Seriously people.. get over it. This isn't a big deal. We're starting to sound like a bunch of snobs, or terrorist fist jabbers. There are bigger issues than selfues and balcony poses.

If Miles was consistently at the top of the conference and won a conference title, you'd be correct.

This is why I always wear a Michael Myers mask when I bang... The killer...not the comedian

I’ll just wait and see how each of these things plays out separately before I make a snap judgment about his standing on the team. Not a good look at all. Really stupid wherever he was and with whomever he was with to be around doing this whilst awaiting trial... Looks like he’ll be paying for mistakes but I’ll wait and see how each is handled and adjudicated before declaring him gone.

That's a point, but would a weed charge in Nebraska have any bearing on the District Attorney's office in California and their plea deal there? Weed is legal in California.

I don't know if the economics are the same as the past, where an extra $500K in head coaching salary would lead to NU making more of a profit. Yes, more winning would boost attendance and donations in order to boost revenue. However, I think the expenses are much more than what they were in the Big 12. NU probably has to fly to a lot more conference road series, and in order to boost the non-conference schedule (to make up for a relatively weaker conference), that means NU has to spend more on traveling to non-conference series and early-season tournaments. I heard on a podcast that NU had to use a number of different flights to get the players and staff to Corvallis earlier this year. I would also think that recruiting costs more for NU now, as they have to go further out of the area to recruit players. Add in higher costs for assistant coaches and other items, it may not be possible for NU to turn a profit in baseball, no matter how great the team is.

I have gone to a youth baseball fundraiser event for Northern Colorado in Greeley the past 2 years. It's called "Friends of Baseball" and is hugely supported by the Monfort family, who are Greeley residents who own the Colorado Rockies. My friend's company has bought a table the past 2 years, and Mike Anderson has sat at the table next to us each year. Mike gives an award named after his father, who was a longtime baseball coach in Eaton.

That is a good benchmark. A little tidbit ....Mike Anderson was my backyard neighbor before he left Greeley for Lincoln.

I think Mike Anderson's tenure at Nebraska should be a good benchmark. Averaged 15 games over .500. One losing season out of nine (3 games below .500), and that can be attributed to injury or bad luck. Finished 4th or better in conference about half the time (4 of 9 years). Won the conference twice. Four Regional appearances. One CWS appearance. Finished the season ranked five out of nine seasons (once in the top ten/four times in top 15). That's a pretty decent tenure at a northern school. I think where people were getting wore down with Erstad's tenure is that he never really had a breakout season, and he finished under .500 twice in eight seasons. By comparison, John Sanders finished under .500 twice in 20 seasons. Anderson benefited from inheriting Dave Van Horn's excellent program, then faded at the end (finishing 10th, 9th & 9th in conference his last three years), but overall, his is a good example of doing a good job at Nebraska.

Yeah we have that in my [red] state. The 'independent' member of the independent redistricting commission 'forgot' to disclose that she had worked for an Obama consulting group. Gerrymandering is a minor problem. Unlimited immigration is beyond major, it is a crisis.

Actually, no. I'm thinking more like a 10-2 loss to Northwestern, or 5-0 to Kansas State.