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1 hour ago, pigfarmer said:

 

I admit that I am no expert on university finances, but I have to question this assertion.  We always hear that the athletic department makes all this money and is supporting academics, but is it really?  Are there any specific instances where you see the athletic department giving scholarships out to, say, math majors?  I think most of the 'support' athletic departments claim they give to the universities is self-serving, like paying tutors for their players etc.  Again, not claiming to be an expert, but this is one of those things that I hear all the time (not just for UNL) without any examples to show that the athletics really support the university in any way other than athletics.

https://journalstar.com/news/local/education/husker-athletic-department-to-provide-5-million-in-scholarships-to-nonathletes/article_d55a4276-b344-566f-bdaa-672dc8de9a99.html

This is old but took me all of ten seconds to find. 

10 hours ago, LP1 said:

Dad went to Mizzou if I'm not mistaken.

He did. Mom is from Nebraska but went to SMU. This would be a bigger coup than Raiola if we pulled it off. 

Purdy would never step up into the pocket. Especially in the first half. If I'm a tackle I can't be expected to block an angle 10 to 15 yards deep. If I'm an end I'm drooling over the qb with happy feet and a predictable pattern. 

The Wisconsin game is also listed in Peacock on the 18th as a night game. Haven't seen that anywhere else and I don't like where this seems to be heading. 

1 hour ago, desertshox said:

 

How is there a higher chance to win the conference than there is to win out?

 

 

Mostly rounding issues as each number is tiny. Win out is going 7 for 7 to close out the year. Winning the conference assumes we lose can again, still win the division, then pull a miracle. 

2 hours ago, Loebarth said:

Honest question here... at the D1 level and obviously pro level, what determines if someone is a "good" tackle?

Overly simple but I always think of if they are being commented on for things happening in front or behind the line of scrimmage.

36 minutes ago, Cornfed said:

Right? I was looking at the average NIL on On3.. how is it so low? There’s no reason we shouldn’t be competing with the other blue bloods. 

Trying to buy recruits only works if they think they can still get where they want to go. Nebraska hasn't been successful enough at winning or even putting kids in the league. Until that changes the NIL probably won't be a deciding factor for high level kids. 

2 hours ago, HuskerX said:

I look forward to NIL eventually going away and players getting paid via contracts with schools. It’s coming, and wouldn’t have as many portal issues as now.

That opens so many ugly doors it might not actually ever happen. Unions, workers comp, individual state labor laws. Even having to pay taxes on their current scholarship would be a huge shift.

28 minutes ago, RedDenver said:

The NCAA recently instituted permanent bans, take a look at the last condition:

 

The B1G is knowing providing information solely for the purposes of gambling. That doesn't strike anyone else as hypocritical?

To someone,  yes. But this information is being provided to everyone. Not the same thing. 

1 hour ago, RedDenver said:

If this passes, then all the B1G players getting in trouble for gambling should be exonerated. So hypocritical.

This take doesn't make sense to me. An athlete isn't allowed to gamble because they have inside information or the ability to alter the outcome. There is no rule about an athlete tweeting that they "won't be playing this week for X reason". Just like athletes, conferences can do whatever they like so long as it doesn't break NCAA rules. If everyone knows who is/not playing then no inherent advantage is had. Of course revealing this information is all for the gamblers, and is something I don't care for, but this isn't hypocritical at all.

i just find it comical that during the last round of expansion all we heard was mandatory package deals. No Washington without Wash State, no Oregon without Oregon State, etc. Now that things are getting serious I don't hear a peep. Weird how that works...

4 hours ago, Saunders said:

Based on previous B1G scheduling history, we'll probably get the following.

 

USC

UCLA

Michigan

Michigan State

Ohio State

Penn State

Wisconsin

Iowa

Northwestern

Don't worry. It will all even out eventually(said every other B1G team)!   

That doesn't mean it is an infinite piggy bank. 

We also have nothing but speculation that it has anything to do with NIL at this point. A lot of people are making educated guesses. Unfortunately,  putting 2 and 2 together is harder when you are bad at math. 

2 hours ago, 84HuskerLaw said:

Actually may benefit NU as this means we can pay for travel for more recruits instead of relying on them to pay their own way.  That adds up compared to schools with lots of nearby talent presumably. 

We can't pay for any more travel. The school is still limited to ~56 officials per year. 

Unless they also uncap the amount of official visits a school is allowed to have in a year this will be bad overall. Just top tier kids getting more visits than they need with mid/lower tier kids losing out. I think the current limit is 56 and you can roll a few unused over to the next year. 

13 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said:

Interesting.  Has it been shown that they actually don't help prevent injuries?

There isn't an obvious right answer. Far fewer small injuries but the severe ones are worse. Essentially, when the brace fails all of the force that it had taken gets transferred into the knee at once.

4 hours ago, Loebarth said:

I had no idea california had done this.. Sadly, according another article, San Diego State's travel to Texas for the final 4 is being paid by the ncaa. 

The NCAA pays for all "championship" travel as a way to ensure that poor school athletes still get to compete. At least for D1. Don't recall if it was for all levels. 

Close to mom/home maybe?

2 hours ago, TonyStalloni said:

Bellevue is home to SAC AFB and families from all over the country move there. Many don't necessarily see Lincoln as a better destination than Maryland, Miami or Oregon. 

Do we know if he is an AF brat?

TAC and SAC got replaced 30 years ago. Became Global Strike Command in 2009 and AFSTRAT in 2017. Offutt AFB still has quite a bit of weaponeering but HQ migrated to Barksdale.

There are also strict limits on how long you can be on campus, what the school can/can't give to the athlete(think clothes), and whether the athlete can work out or not.

7 hours ago, BigRedBuster said:

So….is this kid under rated?

No. Just haven't updated rankings in the thread. His 247 composite is 0.9243 now. Top 200 overall. 

1 hour ago, desertshox said:

 

Weird. I use my laptop, which doesn't have an ad blocker, and I get a message asking me to turn it off.

They started baking them into the browsers as a convenience. 

10 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said:

I would prefer just 8 teams.  Not sure of the reasoning to think they need to go to 12.

Extra round of games and TV money. Also have a bigger time footprint to help bridge from the regular season without having to wait a month for a championship game

5 minutes ago, ColoradoHusk said:

Division 1 Track Teams have 12.6 scholarships to disperse across their program, with the average track team having 38 athletes.

 

https://www.ncsasports.org/mens-track-and-field/scholarship-standards

 

Usually heavily biased by the head coaches specialty. Wyoming favors throwers, Colorado likes their distance runners. LSU and Georgia love their sprinters. Hopefully he found a place where he fits their niche.