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BREAKING: When you're one of the lesser teams in the conference, more games on your schedule will be "tougher". SOLUTION: Be one of the better teams in your conference.

Pat Forde went to Missouri and graduated somewhere in the middle of the Osborne-always-kicked-Missouri's-a$$ era. It's an axe he's going to grind as long as he's got a job. Just ignore him.

You would think the more time he spends talking to Fleck the more he would realize, "maybe I cant deal with this guy for 4 years"?

Rewatched the OSU game from last year. We had LB fit problems, and werent as bad as the score. As for the offense, Martinez was trying to do too much, which is understandable considering our oline's issues, a toxic RB, the lack of perimeter blocking and drive from the WRs. We're going to be more game this year, and don't be surprised if this looks more like the 2018 game, but with improvements on D. Also, I think a few things are being understated: -the comfort factor Frost has with Lubick -Dawson will be an improvement at OLB (helped improve Markus Golden from 2.5 sacks the previous year to 10 sacks -the defensive analyst we got is legit. Was DC at BC and was a more than decent considering their level of talent. -we know who our RB is -we have a big body WR that can catch the 50-50 balls While we still have to prove it on field, we look better than we were last year.

Very little delivery from Ty Robinson? He was only allowed to play in a few games because he redshirted last year.

NEB 36 - OSU 31 NEB 42 - Wisc 21 NEB 38 - NW 13 NEB 24 - PSU 21 NEB 49 - Ill 17 NEB W - Iowa forfeit - blames COVID (but too scared to play. NEB 54 - PUR 14 NEB 63 - Minn 28 NEB 45 - OSU 42 Playoffs NEB disqualified because Kevin wouldn’t sign our permission slip. Kool-Aid is on every menu in this household. You all need to hydrate.

In 2020, are you serious?

Nebraska fans pretending national perception doesn't matter (to them) might be one of the funniest things I've ever seen.

I too was underwhelmed by Ty Robinson's play in the Wisconsin game, but he's a true freshman that was matched up against Tyler Biadaszan, who won the Remington trophy and is now an NFL center. I still have high hopes for him, I don't think that it will be fully realized this year.

Is Moos "inside the program"? I'm not necessarily complaining about him. But, what he's come out and said would be looked at as complaining by anyone outside of Nebraska.

My gut says that if this information is already getting out, it's only a matter of time until he decommits. I don't know if that means he's coming to Nebraska, but I don't see him going there. Communication drop off would typically be 4-5 days a week to 1-2 days and that's not good. I would tell kids that if that ever happens, it's time to look elsewhere.

Pretty sure nobody on this board didn't already know this to be the case. I am consistently shocked how many people want to continually give a rats a$$ what anyone else thinks about Nebraska football at this point. We have the right coach, recruiting has been getting better and we should start to see the effects of these efforts soon, maybe this year, but most likely next.

Nebraska has not been harmed by the actions of the Big Ten. We have been treated the same as every other member of the conference, and we have been treated better than if we had been in any other conference.

We're being treated like every other member of the conference. Just like every other team in every other conference. No team is going rogue, anywhere, in D1 football. This is just more "I don't like the Big Ten" and boy, have we gotten that message from you by now.

https://www.si.com/college/2020/09/21/nebraska-football-schedule-complaints-forde-yard-dash Here ya go Husker fans, this is what all your complaining looks like to the rest of the nation. What little respect we had previously is quickly dissipating, a good chunk of football fans and recruits weren't even alive last time we were relevant. You can say it doesn't matter to us all you want, deep down we know it stings quite a bit. We spend all Covid off-season fighting for football, praising the fight to play. We finally get it then immediately start playing prima dona, fans and staff alike. I usually go to bat for our fanbase and say everyone thinks their state has the worst fans. But for a place that used to pride itself on having some of the greatest, nobody but ourselves are delusional enough to make that mistake about us anymore. This has nothing to do with wins and losses and rebuilding and time etc. This is about perception and respect and being humble. Be better. All that being said, Pat Forde and SI can kiss my a$$.

Personally I believe the one with the biggest upside on that team is currently committed here

There's no realistic way to gage trh fan base as a whole. Therefore it has to be taken in samples. And even 100 people surveyed for Family Feud there are weirdos answering things nobody would normally think of. But as a majority, and I'm not alone on this, our fanbase has been largely insufferable in terms of our schedule. Go back a couple months. Was it any better when people were trying to convince eachother that going back to the Big 12 was a legitimate option or a good idea. This off season and the threst of no football brought some real stupidity out, whether it was out of sadness or fear or boredom I don't know. Pat Forde is a prick. But he had some valid critiques even if they weren't worded favorable towards us. Ignoring everything someone says just because you don't like most their views is fine, but even a broken clock is right twice a day. That and how we deserved a break. And how he wasn't happy about the schedule.

This is what contributes to Nebraska football fans’ delusion that the rest of the college football world is out to get us.

We - the team, the coaches, the fans - should stop asking for respect and focus on earning respect instead. The rest of the nation is right. We’ve been acting like entitled babies for about 20 years now. If we continue to live in the glorious world of yesteryear, we’ll live in that world forever.

It's the same schedule minus Rutgers. We used to get mad when we didn't get enough marquee games. Now, during an 8 game schedule, even our own AD is complaining our schedule is too hard. Like, I can't even.

He makes direct digs at Frost for saying we want to play, players suing, and then Moos saying we deserve a break. It's a hit piece. He's trying to be an a$$h@!e. And he isn't wrong. I love that Moos is fighting for our best interests. But he didn't need to say that stuff. Just accept it, say we look forward to the challenges because WE wanted football the most and we are excited for the big games. And our fanbase has been absolutely cringe worthy on social media concerning this whole process. I completely avoided the 2020 football thread because no thanks from what I'm hearing about it. We still have an ego when we haven't earned one in a long time.

OMG. Is this a troll account? Parody? You cannot be serious with this? The COP/C actually bears responsibility to protect the ENTIRE university community because the University really is bigger than just the football team. They are concerned with the students, faculty, staff, administrators, employees, the entire community! Have you happened to notice that some NFL teams are playing with limited fans in attendance and others are playing to an empty stadium? Do you have the faintest idea why that is? These decisions had to be among the most difficult the COP/C ever made because of the impact, the far-reaching impact (and I am not referring only to the financial ramifications) to the university community and local businesses. The student experience, athlete development, local restaurants/bars...the impact has yet to be fully realized, BUT THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT SAFE.

LOL....you think no fans in the stands were to protect the players.

Air Force once again killing it with the alternate uniforms:

Some folks on here made it a point to revise history when it came to Bo. He was far from perfect and his tenure came to an end because of his own doings. But he was as consistent as it gets. I have nothing but fond feelings towards him.

His Huskers bio shows him as a graduate transfer so he would be immediately eligible.

It is Nebraska's fault that Wisky, Iowa and Minny have any traction. We need to beat these guys and restore the order, I mean, renew the order!

Wisconsin has played OSU 8X since we joined the conference and has 4 more scheduled through 2025. Granted a few of those games were Championship games. But it doesn't seem fair to describe us as a victim. The conference scheduling operates the same for all teams.

No one is claiming it's a coincidence - Ohio State is our locked East opponent through 2016-2021. We have known that since they re-organized the divisions. And that's what the majority of us wanted when we joined the Big Ten. Even when we suck we're probably the best West team for TV ratings, so there's that angle as well. The conference is not 'out to get us,' this is what we wanted when we joined. It's just poorly timed with the Riley debacle. I'm more interested in the rejection of having only divisional games count for the standings, that would've made sense to me. There will always be inequity in the crossover games, I don't really care about that. But it's more drastic when there are only 2 crossover games, so sticking with comparing West records seem fairer. Water under the bridge though.

I know you asked TG, but I'm pro-life so I thought I would throw my answer in here too. I am greatly encouraged by the decreasing numbers and it's a major reason why I don't make abortion a major factor in who I vote for. I personally think that abortion is not a political subject, it's a moral/social subject. Abortions will greatly decrease when everyone who doesn't want them would put all their efforts into actually decreasing the need for them. Increase birth control availability. Increase support for single parents. Force dead beat/absent Dads to provide more support. Improve adoption options. Raise your kids to understand personal responsibility. All those go way farther in decreasing abortions than trying to shut down Planned Parenthood or picketing outside doctor's offices. But, the loony tune side of the Prolife movement would prefer to do those things because it makes them feel better that the world can see them standing out there protesting.

Competing outside the conference is the dumbest thing ever discussed. It won't happen, and shouldn't happen.

GET KIDS WHO FIT THE CULTURE AT NEBRASKA...not sure when we will learn.

WE? You can do whatever you want, but I'm loving the direction the OL room is going.

This is how conferences work. Congratulations on achieving a basic understanding of how college football works.

Exactly. They want the largest audiences they can get with the limited TV inventory they have. It's really kind of easy to see how it's set up. You play the division you're in - they have no control over that. All they have control over is the crossovers, and they've stacked them in such a way that they hope to get a Big Ten Championship featuring Ohio State and a team they think Ohio State can beat - Minnesota. Nebraska isn't their choice to play in the CCG. We got, by far, the hardest two crossover games. Our opponents went a combined 24-3 last year. So they hope we're out. Michigan is next, followed by Iowa. Their crossovers went a combined 21-6 and 20-8 last year. About as tough as you can get. Surprisingly, they don't seem to want Wisconsin in the CCG. They have the fourth-toughest crossover, with opponents who went a combined 17-9. They seem to want Minnesota, or maybe even Northwestern. Minny's crossover opponents were under .500 at 12-13, while NW's were a paltry 10-15. Ohio State doesn't have the easiest crossover schedule - they have the second easiest. Their opponents went 11-14, while they have to play Michigan and Penn State, they have it the easiest out of all the other East teams. If it works out the way they hope, Ohio State wins the east, and based on their relative ease of schedule either Minnesota or Northwestern wins the West. Ohio State beats that team and has a shot at the playoffs, where they'll get the conference even more TV money. It's all about the Benjamins.

It sounds like the conference didn't really even make the schedule. Sipple: "Although Nebraska athletic director Bill Moos was part of the Big Ten scheduling subcommittee, he obviously didn't have much influence on how the schedule came out. That makes sense considering the subcommittee hardly met. I'm told the conference schedule was largely determined by the league's television partners. TV rules the world." Apparently conference payouts will likely end up being cut from around $55 million down to maybe $40 million. They're just trying to salvage as much TV revenue as they can this season. And what do you think is going to draw a bigger TV audience, Nebraska vs Penn State or Nebraska vs Rugters?

It's going to feel good when we start the season 4-0...

But we’re not the ones placing bets with YOUR bookie, you are

You're getting words confused, "your" should be replaced with "you're." Also, excuses can be facts. "I lost the debate to Biden because he has more experience speaking and a bigger vocabulary than I have. Also he's not nearly as stupid as I am." - Trump. All facts, all excuses.

Very interesting question - i have thought of asking the same question to a certain poster

I just don't give ESPN or Pat Forde or fans of other teams the right to make me feel bad about myself or my team. That decision is mine, and I don't care what they say.

Well, all you Big Ten booster clubbers can believe as you wish. But there is no way the Big Ten acted to minimize economic losses to the conference or any of its members infividually while providing virus protections for athletes in its charge. Having fans in stadiums poses no significant risk to the players or coaches etv who can easily be separated from each other.

Ooooh, I hear Desmond doesn’t like us either. Clickbait. And yes, Forde is a massive tool.

Word is the communication on that end has been ... less than it was previously. FWIW.

NU made ~$55 million from the Big Ten in their last payout, this year it's estimated NU will get $40 million from the Big Ten. The exact payout is still up in the air, but the Big Ten getting 9 games in for this year is minimizing the losses.

But doesn't playing a nine game season actually now count as "minimizing the losses?"

Fidone added a couple more touchdowns to his stat sheet this week.

If we can make improvements on defense with our back seven...and it sounds like we have...and our WRs are as billed, well...you bottle that and you'll have something sweeter than Yoohoo. Bonus points if you get the reference and don't Munson it up.