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  1. This schedule isn't punishment for anything. It's the same schedule, minus Rutgers, that we had before lawsuits and Frost saying we'd explore all options. Instead of having it back-loaded to finish with a bunch of tough games, they front-loaded it. Why? Likely to have as much of a chance to have top teams play early as possible, to get as much TV revenue as possible. So now, if we can pull out a win against Wisconsin or Penn State, and just play like we should against Northwestern, we have a solid shot at coming out of the first half 2-2. And from there, we could win any of our games against Minnesota, Iowa, Purdue and Illinois. 6-2 is unlikely, but possible. 5-3 is very possible. 4-4 is pretty likely, and would be fine against this schedule.
    7 points
  2. The schedule is literally on the front page of this site
    6 points
  3. Soooooo tired of any narrative that we get "punished" with tough schedule(s)...people who push this are likely people who get home from the drive thru and are pissed cause their fries are not piping hot so get on YELP to display the "obvious" disrespect thie establishment had towards them I mean for f sakes, in a season full of uncertainty wouldn't you want to play your marquee opponents as soon as possible
    4 points
  4. Sure, there is a chance they have improved, but same goes for the competition. I am assuming the team is in disarray as in the past 4-5 seasons, and more. They need to prove otherwise in my book. For now, I have 2-3 wins as likely, 4 on the far extreme of potential. Any more and they overachieved. The question becomes why? Was it improvement or something else (prevailing conditions)? I will wait and see and the next month of waiting is gonna suck! I'm ready
    4 points
  5. I have no expectations of winning at Ohio State. But if you're going to play tOSU, why not do it when both teams are rusty and at a disadvantage? You really wanna do it when they are a well oiled machine halfway down the stretch? Catch em early, probably our best case scenario of having a shot. The Big Ten isn't screwing us over, everyone has to play someone. Get over it Karen's. People complained and complained because no football, now complaining about opposition. Go figure.
    4 points
  6. I am soo over this mentality. If you want respect, then go effin earn it. If you can't do that, you don't deserve it. How much of an easier schedule do you want? We play in the fricken B1G West division. So big deal, we got the toughest possible schedule we could've this season. I say good, bring it. We'll either turn the corner or it will just be another of 20 years where we piss and moan again. This season already has a big ole asterisk on it no matter what happens. We win em all and Covid is to blame. We lose em all and it's just that we still suck. Nothing to lose and everything to gain, with the best possible matchups for us fans to watch along the way. Finishing 2nd or 3rd or 4th in the B1G doesn't mean jack sh#t this year. Win some games of substance or shut up.
    4 points
  7. I love it. Ohio State and Penn State, bring it on. One of the biggest problems is our own “fans” wanting an easy path. The fact is, you get better by playing better competition. It’s up to Nebraska to rise o the occasion. Personally I can’t think of a better time to play tOSU than week 1 when we have 5 weeks to prepare for them. If you don’t want to watch, nobody is forcing you.
    4 points
  8. I get it. But who the eff cares. Quit crying about it.
    4 points
  9. "We wanted this, and we got it. Now, let's run a train through these motherf#&%ers".
    4 points
  10. I say this as someone who grew up in a small town and has lots of farming relatives. I feel like people in low population areas can sometimes have a persecution complex. I hear the complaint about being overlooked in elections often but they are over represented in the Presidency, Senate, and House, and also in a lot of Republican states in their legislatures due to gerrymandering by Republicans. They'll complain about elitists but in a way I feel like the people I've known from smaller towns are more elitist, e.g. being averse to strangers or people different than they are. Or even scared of them, which I see from FB posts freaking out about this fake antifa s#!t or illegal immigrants. We hear about flyover country but some of the biggest swing states are in the midwest if you consider Minnesota and Wisconsin to be midwest (not sure on that). I believe what would happen with a popular vote is presidential candidates would have rallies in the biggest cities of more states. But I really think that is better than what we see now. What we see now is they (typically) only have rallies in the biggest cities of a handful of swing states and I'm sure stop for some photo ops in smaller towns. I feel it will allow candidates more freedom to go where they want to try to reach voters. Right now Oklahoma doesn't matter but it would with a popular vote and they could go to Oklahoma City to get a higher voter turnout. Same thing in all other states like that. It might lead to Democrats trying harder to cater to a higher # of states. I honestly think it would do the opposite of what people say it would do. I also believe poor people in big cities have about the same major wants as poor people in small towns. Same with middle class in both. The things we've been split on are often stupid things and it's often on purpose. I really don't think the major difference between people is in population density. I think a lot of the feeling that big city folks are a lot different than country folks is superficial. I also see people complaining about things that are exactly what they're doing. Once again one of my farmer relatives complained about welfare recipients and I've posted on it before but she and her husband get like $20,000 per year from the government. I bet she thinks because they work they deserve the free money, but people are often required to work when they get welfare as well. She is just on farming welfare and it is called a subsidy instead.
    4 points
  11. So besides the cheering, what other things can we, as Husker fans, expect to hear from the fake crowd? "Sit down, come on, we don't stand in this section"
    3 points
  12. As always you can catch the stream at https://www.twitch.tv/throughthesegates The game is starting now.
    3 points
  13. So if you think NU is going 1-7 or 2-6 or worse are you just assuming they haven't improved at all in the off season? I mean there is a chance this team has gotten bigger, faster, stronger and more experienced and they can be more competitive than last year.
    3 points
  14. NU will surprise this year. Covid did something that Frost and Co couldn't do. This train is now pulling 100% in the same direction. His stance through this has solidified the team, state and fan base. We want to be respected? Start winning. Beat the big boys. We will be a different team this year. Listening to Urb heap accolades on Day and OSU for single handedly saving the season and leading the charge would make me put this game in red. The raze tour starts then. Set em up and shut em down.....NU is getting not one ounce of respect from the talking heads. In what they did to get the B1G to play and as an after thought in this conference. (Respect is earned not given) Time to earn it.
    3 points
  15. We could compete in the AAC I bet. In the B1G, we have to play a B1G schedule. We start 0-4 unless we catch all the breaks and face opponents with a Covid-based advantage. I expect 2 wins the rest of the way, maybe 3. Another 5th place West Division season, assuming we make it through a season. The good news is that we have hope and unlike any year before, the one certainty is that this entire fall is uncertain. Look at Houston, Baylor, etc. Games will be "postponed" (really canceled with the conference schedule not allowing any margin for error) and teams will battle injury and illness like never before. So, with a few breaks, almost anyone has a chance at glory this year.
    3 points
  16. When the Big Ten announced they were coming back to football in October, they said the schedule for each team would be based on the ORIGINAL Big Ten schedule. So, based on that NU was going to get Penn State at home, along with either Ohio State or Rutgers on the road. So, yes the Big Ten kinda “screwed us” with Ohio State, but it’s not surprising. It’s only a one game difference in the original Big Ten schedule. That’s why I don’t get all the crying. i guess there could be complaints about the order of the schedule, but I would rather get Ohio State out of the way early, and get Wisconsin with the best weather we can get. Plus, assuming Martinez doesn’t get injured against Ohio State, he is going to be the healthiest early in the season.
    3 points
  17. In the last three years we have gone: 0-3 against Ohio St 0-3 against Wisconsin 1-2 against Northwestern 0-1 against Penn St Real chance we start the year 0-4
    3 points
  18. In fairness, the B1G never intended for Nebraska to be viewed as the easy crossover team when they were invited into the Conference. It's just kind of turned into that.
    3 points
  19. I could be fine with the EC if they adjusted the amount of votes each state gets to accurately reflect the populations. This way close recounts would only have to be done state-by-state instead of a national recount. But I'd rather just see a popular vote. Social media and the internet make campaigns national anyway. The buffer the EC was supposed to create was ignored in 2016, so I say screw it!
    3 points
  20. Big Ten Schedule announcement: the next postponement will be unveiled next Friday at 4:00...
    3 points
  21. Things I know for sure. Sorry, this got way too long. My history of the indoor track. The track under the stadium was the training and competition site for the track team until Devaney was built. Its surface was crushed (red) brick, considered to be superior to crushed (black) cinders. Another surface of the era. I went to a football game in ’93. The track was still there and the records (outdated) were still painted on the wall. Then used for storage I think Yes, the track was only under the east stadium. There was a tunnel that lead from the old field house to the track. Yes it was shaped like a kidney bean because it followed the shape of the stadium. The two corners were steeply banked. Yes it was about 7 laps to the mile, either 252 or 254 yards per lap. The space under the west stadium was the university’s maintenance department under they were moved out for the first really big weight room. All the finish lines were on the home stretch the west side. The backstretch ran under the bleachers which faced the “infield” and home stretch. For meets the 3 60 yard races and the 4 field events were all held inside the kidney bean “oval”. The kidney bean shape of the track was actually an advantage for the races that went around. Runner would shift from running the inside curb on the backstretch to running the outside wall on the homestretch and would never be boxed in for more than about 100 yards. If you were trying to make move to the finish line runners ahead out you moved out of the way. As poor as it was it was still better than most other conference schools. At the time I don’t think Iowa St. and the Oklahoma schools had anything. Colorado and K-St had flat dirt tracks in their field houses that had their basketball courts and seating in the middle of the infield. KU probably had good stuff but Frank Sevigne, NU’s coach, and Bill Easton, KU’s coach, didn’t get along and therefore didn’t have their teams compete against each other. Also, I doubt Jim Ryan ever ran in Lincoln. See above. Ryan’s name on the wall may have been a conference record. I did see Ryan run 3:58 in Kansas City on a board 12-lap-to-the-mile track as an exhibition race when he was a freshman and not eligible for varsity. In conference meets Ryan tended to run multiple events to help his team. His record breaking runs were usually in the summer in national or international meets Besides the mile I believe he briefly held the world’s record in the 880 yard run and he was a 47 second quartermiler too. In all the high school state meets held in Lincoln, all the field events except the shot and discus where held indoors. On Sayer's big day there was another 24-ft long jumper there too.
    3 points
  22. Presidential thing? That lady needs to get her head out of her a$$...that was just a human thing. So now that idiot looks like the moron.
    3 points
  23. Any chance we can stand outside the stadium to cheer on the huskers.
    2 points
  24. Heck, why not storm the gates and fill the stadium in a more enthusiastic non-violent peaceful protest?
    2 points
  25. We has least two in Thursday nights game: Janowich and Freedom. Fun game.
    2 points
  26. I’m very calm. I am just completely amazed at how somebody can ignore common sense and be so in the bag for a con man like Trump. Yes, you amaze and befuddle me. It’s incredible really, and that is not a compliment. How do you possibly consider cutting payroll taxes for 3 months and then doubling them for the next 3 any sort of stimulus? Really, explain that to me because I don’t get it. The people who desperately need an extra $600 bucks over Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec are also the people who cannot afford to pay an extra $600 on top of their usual payroll taxes in the first quarter of next year. What got stimulated? Nothing. Who did it help? Nobody except Trump in this election with people who don’t understand they won’t be able to afford food in Jan, Feb and March. Stimulus my a$$.
    2 points
  27. 2 points
  28. He's definitely still in Florida
    2 points
  29. I'm not delusional, I know this is in all likelihood a loss, and probably a bad one. But beating Maryland or Rutgers doesn't tell us any more or help pull us up a step. But a respectable showing against a ridiculously stacked tOSU would show us something and would infuse some much needed belief in the players. Flip side, a shellacking may harm it. But I really feel the fragile psyche of this team is behind it because of Frost. I guarantee you the coach and players aren't b!^@hing and whining about this schedule like some fans are. I've said it before but IMO there is no difference between 4-4 or 6-2 unless and until we start competing with teams like tOSU, Wisconsin, Penn St etc. Beating patsies may feel good and look good on paper but it's an illusion. We need to get back to where this program was and belongs. We can't do that without having the opportunity to play the best teams. I won't be happy until we're winning division and conference titles. Anything less than that just doesn't matter to me. Go big (red) or go home.
    2 points
  30. Watching games from the Bo years, I can’t believe how good we were every year. I mean 9 wins is a lot. And we had talent- lots of it. I think I’ve mis-remembered a lot of his tenure. Sure there was a lopsided loss to Wisconsin- that was embarrassing- but there was plenty of good too. The criticism of the fans never bothered me, we are obnoxious and deserved it. And I was glad we had a coach who felt losses, particularly right after they happened. The troubling thing for me was the escalation of his behavior. He’s a flame that burns our early.
    2 points
  31. I see it the opposite. Gives NU a chance to pull off a major upset early, then give the team a chance to finish the season strong.
    2 points
  32. At OSU and Wisconsin right out of the gate is BRUTAL. Another season with the wind sucked out of our sails right out of the gate before we can build any momentum.
    2 points
  33. Funny stuff! Let's play some f#&%ing football!
    2 points
  34. I like the way this sets up for NU. Frost will be hailed if NU is able to start out 2-2. Even if NU starts out 1-3, Frost can tell the team to finish strong by going 3-1 or 4-0. Maybe NU will get a favorable matchup in week 9. That will give NU momentum going into the offseason workouts for 2021.
    2 points
  35. They are gonna punish us for rebelling that’s for sure I’d rather play them week 1 then later. Get it out of the way.
    2 points
  36. First game at Ohio State
    2 points
  37. Okay, is this maybe a little staged?
    2 points
  38. Yeah I think the EC is indefensible on the merits because it already disenfranchises people. Right now a Californian or New Yorker has comparatively much less voting power than that of a Wyomingite simply because of population differences. The only defense for why this is acceptable is a lazy one predicated almost entirely on tradition.
    2 points
  39. Piece of sh*t has singlehandedly been destroying our democracy since he became majority leader.
    2 points
  40. Don’t get me wrong, I still expect these immoral cucks to confirm Ben Shapiro or some equally corrupt idiot.
    2 points
  41. Unless 4 Republicans manage to find their spines, we are so, so very f#&%ed.
    2 points
  42. Pause the daily drivel to say RIP RBG. Her strength of character made her a true American heroine. Hard to find any jurist with a wider gap between my opinion of his jurisprudence and my respect for the person. Scalia and Ginsburg, now besties for eternity.
    2 points
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