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It's kind of like touting the titles you won 14+ years ago after you get your ass kicked on the field in 2011

Wow, lol. And people wonder why Wisconsin fans get a bad rap See the thing is, we don't get a bad rap. In fact, we get effusive praise by pretty much everybody save for a few opposing fan bases. Some are based on geographic rivalry (Minnesota), others based on competition (Iowa and Ohio State), and one because they are just grumpy all the time and have an affinity for billboards (MSU). Otherwise we are universally praised by sportswriters and analysts for being an enthusiastic fan base that fosters an electric atmosphere in one of the greatest college towns. And similar to Nebraska, but not of the same level, travels well to support our university. Also, I don't know what's so bad about that particular post because it is largely based on fact. I acknowledge Wisconsin didnt't have a winning history through the 60's 70's and large part of the 80s, but we have been successful for the majority of the last two decades. ˜Osborne also on the wrong side of a large national debate about the price of winning when he chose to start Lawrence Phillips after he beat his girlfriend. I've said far more vitriolic things.

ah so you're right back to drinking the kool aide just like that huh? You let a freshman QB score 27 points on you at home. You won't be playing in Indy.

That's fine if you want to cheer the opposing team out the door. If you think being called an a-hole, that could not be more blatantly tongue-in-cheek, is deplorable, then please for you're sake, do not ever leave Lincoln. Also, I'm not terribly certain badger_hb attended Wisconsin, as the ES-FU chant has been going on for decades in the student section, and while frowned upon by some people, it has been passed out for generations. To say, hey I swore in college, but now I'm older and wiser so damn those students to hell, is beyond hypocritical. Besides, those students are the ones who are standing and cheering all game long and give CRS the good reputation that it has today, while people like badger_hb are telling people to sit down in between wagging their finger at kids.

Funny, my buddies that went up to Madison with me said the exact same thing with the exact logic behind it. He is not at all wrong. Wisconsin fans, sorry, but learn to win. I have no problem shaking the hands of the people that beat us and I did when I was in Madison, but some of the ways that I was treated were garbage. That's a pretty high horse you've got there. Sure UW has gone through some bad years but they've consistently won for the better part of 2 decades. We have even been to more BCS bowls (3-2) and won more (2-1). I also recall a certain moment in time when Tom Osbourne decided when winning was so important he decided to start a woman beater against universal disapproval and any sort of moral compass. So maybe he shouldn't be the authority on correlating winning culture and character. Who is Tom Osbourne? And how many national titles ya got? Let us know when you get to five. hahahahahahah yeah sure Wisconsin hasn't won one that's fine. If you have to live in the past then that's great. You'll just be in the company of Minnesota fans who cling to the 6 national championships of yesteryear. But come on buddy you're in the Big Ten now, we've heard it all before. Michigan is the winningest football program, does that mean the Big House isn't quiet or that they haven't sucked the last 3 years?

I like turtles. I could care less about what Tom Osbourne has to say about Wisconsin students or how "revolting" people think the ES-FU chant is. The 15,000 students at Camp Randall make it what it is. A fantastic home-field environment. But don't take my word for it, just look to your local husker beat reporters who came away very impressed by the atmosphere. Or this board, where people urged others to stand up and cheer to be like Wisconsin fans at Camp Randall. You take the good with the bad, and as far as the Camp Randall crowd goes, the good is oh so very good. No you don't have to "take the good with the bad." You don't have to be an abusive, violent idiot to cheer for your team. Your inability to acknowledge, or perhaps understand this, makes you a truly contemptuous human being. My god, you're actually proud of the extreme behavior, aren't you? Screaming obscenities at children and elderly people. I hope you're a rare minority. Otherwise, there's something dark and sick happening in Wisconsin. Extreme behavior? You're naive to think that a.) this only happens in Wisconsin and b.) that some people don't do this at Nebraska. And maybe when you looked up contemptuous in the dictionary you should have swung by V and looked up violent as well. I don't know that a few people yelling at Tom Osbourne and elderly people he was with is tantamount to say, an angry mob in 1950s Arkansas.

I like turtles. I could care less about what Tom Osbourne has to say about Wisconsin students or how "revolting" people think the ES-FU chant is. The 15,000 students at Camp Randall make it what it is. A fantastic home-field environment. But don't take my word for it, just look to your local husker beat reporters who came away very impressed by the atmosphere. Or this board, where people urged others to stand up and cheer to be like Wisconsin fans at Camp Randall. You take the good with the bad, and as far as the Camp Randall crowd goes, the good is oh so very good.

Funny, my buddies that went up to Madison with me said the exact same thing with the exact logic behind it. He is not at all wrong. Wisconsin fans, sorry, but learn to win. I have no problem shaking the hands of the people that beat us and I did when I was in Madison, but some of the ways that I was treated were garbage. That's a pretty high horse you've got there. Sure UW has gone through some bad years but they've consistently won for the better part of 2 decades. We have even been to more BCS bowls (3-2) and won more (2-1). I also recall a certain moment in time when Tom Osbourne decided when winning was so important he decided to start a woman beater against universal disapproval and any sort of moral compass. So maybe he shouldn't be the authority on correlating winning culture and character.

yes but at least we don't do that to ourselves on the field. like say when you're ranked 8th and playing on a national stage, and then get embarrassed with a 31 point loss and the opposing quarterback that guts your secondary, doesn't even attempt a pass in the 4th quarter.

I very seriously doubt that. I watched the Bama/PSU game and as soon as Bama got a two TD lead they were in the lazy cruise mode. Saban showed good class by not stomping JoPa but it wasn't at all like the game was in question whatsoever with zero PSU offense. I don't think "anybody" is going to crush our offense in the remaining Big10 games this year. If the offense continues to improve Wisconsin won't either if we meet them in the ccg. Beck won't make the same mistake twice. GBR!! True the NU offense could be harder to contain as the season rolls on (the biggest test will come against Sparty's legit defense), but your defense still has to stop people which it has yet to do. Ohio State just rolled up 27 with a freshman QB. They only managed to score 7 against MSU and 6 against Miami. I just don't see Wisconsin losing to Nebraska this year after scoring 41 through 3 quarters. If UW loses this year it'll be to MSU or OSU.

woooo whatta win. everyone but the state of ohio was a husker tonight. OSU more like 0 and 2. gawddddamn that feels good. great win boys, keep it clean from here on out, and we'll see you all in Indy. Oh and god have mercy on Joe Bauserman's soul.

Yeah but this is a bit flawed because it does not indicate the correlation between the academic standards of the institution and subsequent number of academic all americans. To become an academic all-american you merely must achieve a GPA beyond an arbitrary threshold. So say the threshold is a 3.0, it would then be much easier to obtain a 3.0 at NU than it would to obtain a 3.0 at UW. This is why, not until recently, Stanford has had some terrible years as a football program because they had to recruit players who could perform up to standard in both academics and athletics. The same could be said for Northwestern and why they have not been able to sign top tier talent. I'm not trying to diminish the achievements of Nebraska's all-americans, it's a great achievement, I'm just trying to illuminate that having a cache of academic all-americans does not necessarily reflect the level of intellect of the university as a whole.

nah they're calling the ut-ou game during the day right after gameday.

here's something else NU beats UW at, having more good cholesterol. not exactly.... http://www.webmd.com...ls-in-28-states i didn't say anything about obesity. sorry I just thought since obesity level and cholesterol level have such a strong correlation. but if u were saying Nebraska has more good cholesterol, the same way eggs have good cholesterol then... congratulations?

here's something else NU beats UW at, having more good cholesterol. not exactly.... http://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20100629/obesity-rate-swells-in-28-states

This wasn't a statement directed at NU, it's just a long standing tradition to have students sing the song during the 4th quarter. It starts singing to the track during a timeout or tv break and then it goes to an acapella and bleeds into the game. It's actually really cool to be a part of in the stadium. I personally thought the "big ten football" chant was pretty lame, because well, the big ten is god awful right now.

I get that and can see that. I played football for a Vince Lombardi wannabe in high school and he was all about the tough love, and it fired up some guys. Bo certainly knows his personnel better than I do, I just saw it as twisting a knife instead of trying to stop the bleeding with a different approach.

I don't know about you guys but it kind of punched me in the gut when I saw Bo quietly tearing into that back on national tv. I know he's a fiery dude who gets his defenses riled up, but I don't think tearing down the kid is gonna make him play any better, especially after seeing his face. He looked like he was about to cry. I know this is big time Division 1 football, but shouldn't Bo see that the kid needs some positive reinforcement to try to right the ship instead of continuing to lay into the secondary. I dunno thats just my view of things. What do you guys think?

You can be confident in your teams abilities, that's just being a good fan. But I've come across some people on here that cross over into being flat-out dismissive of other teams abilities, and that's just arrogance. I mean look at my other posts diving into matchups and talking x and o's. And I don't exactly know how refuting that Miami, OSU, and TCU aren't as fast as NU is douchey.

Sounds like a classy bunch. eh I don't know what else you would expect sitting in an opposing student section during a big game.

I've heard pretty unanimously how great of a cover corner Dennard is, which I am sure is true. I'm pretty intrigued by this match up so let's dive a little deeper. Is Dennard a big tackler for you guys? Toon is a fantastic downfield blocker, and if Dennard is good at shedding blockers I think that battle becomes even more exciting. Also, I don't think you guys have to worry all that much about Abbracadabra all that much. He's usually just a second or third downfield read, who gets most of his catches on basic out routes. He'll get most of his catches when RW is flushed out of the pocket or rolls out to his right.

I've sat in student sections at Mizzou, CU, KU, K-State, Iowa State, and at OU. I've had fun at everyone of those venues. At the risk of sounding like a douche.... people don't eff with me. I'm not tough, i'm not a fighter. In fact, I'm a wuss. However, I'm 6'5 220 and very loud. Students, even drunken students don't mess with guys like me. I wouldn't be worried about sitting in the Wisconsin student section. I won;t get any shiite. Should've probably stopped there...

We've heard this so many times it's laughable, and from much, much faster teams. You might have some speed, but don't kid yourself, you won't be faster than Miami, or Ohio State, or TCU. Miami hasn't done anything with their speed, Ohio State is not exactly blazing, and the fact that you think TCU is a "much, much faster" team is what is laughable. Please, a couple good seasons in a nobody conference and a bowl win over an overhyped B1G school that clearly came out flat does not get you the best athletes in the country. Right... I forgot some Nebraska fans live in alternate realities constructed in their delusional minds. Miami is always fast because they get the fastest kids out of Northwestern High School and such. Here's a video for you, where I think speed is being utilized. Same goes for OSU, elite prospects usually come with great speed. And to say TCU's defense last year wasn't faster than this NU squad is absolutely preposterous. Hell, that was the dominating story line: speed vs. power. And I take issue with being labeled as "over-hyped" going into the Rose Bowl or coming out flat. sh#t did you watch the game. Both teams scored on the first four possessions, making it the highest scoring first quarter in Rose Bowl history. We didn't execute during crucial points in the game down the line, but we didn't fall flat on our faces, like say, only scoring 7 points against Washington in the Holiday Bowl. I meant that Miami hasn't won with their speed. That isn't a good football team. Nebraska, on the other hand, is good AND fast. I apologize for saying that you were overhyped and came out flat. I should've said that you were overhyped OR came out flat. Either you weren't as good as everyone said or you came out and played down to a team like TCU. I don't care how many games they won, they were an above average squad at best. May I remind you that we put up 7 points against Washington with a one-legged quarterback? Also, our offensive coordinator was fired after the season because he was a terrible play caller, which was evident in the Holiday Bowl. What was your excuse, Bucky? Why even make excuses? I still think we were the more-talented team, but they just flat-out beat us that day. No shame in that. Exactly. They made plays when they needed to and we came up short. There's no need for excuses, but maybe you can find some for us since you're so good at it.

this is pretty unfair. nick toon deserves all the credit for the way he's started this year and it has more to do with him being healthy for once more than it has to do with RW. I don't think RW helped him out on that one handed catch he made in the first quarter last week or that tip-toe down the sideline touchdown.

Yeah, that's probably not the best video, but I've watched Shields in his time with the Packers thus far, and the dude can fly. the dude sprinted 140+ yards.....