KJ.

On what planet do these people on craigslist think there going to get 150-250 per ticket for this game? I guess I'll be waiting till october to buy mine. Don't you think I'll at least be able to get them for under 100 when it gets closer to the game?

Probably the planet where basic supply and demand exists where they know that anyone who HAS to buy tickets now will be willing to pay a premium.

Fact or Fiction: Nebraska will score at least 4 defensive touchdowns.

Fact.

Fact or Fiction: The baton twirler doesn't drop her baton all season.

To compare to what BBBBBBBBBXIIIII predicts, here's what Vegas says:

Northwestern 32, California 26

Washington 28, Boise 25

LSU 27, TCU 23

Georgia 38, Clemson 36

Alabama 32, Virginia Tech 14

Penn St. 29, Syracuse 22

Oklahoma St. 36, Mississippi St. 24

BYU 27, Virginia 24

Iowa 28, Northern Illinois 25

Cincinnati 30, Purdue 20

Has anyone else noticed there is a visitor section in the new east expansion area? I knew nothing about it untill I opened my season tickets today and seen on the stadium map that there is a visitor section. You would have thought the universtiy could have given out that info when applying for the new area? It appears to be right behind where my seats are. I am not really happy there will be visitors directly behind me. Yes, it might be cool to meet fans from visiting teams, but I think I would rather be surrounded by fellow Husker fans!

Not that I'm doubting you, but this here is the donation map for 2013. I saw it somewhere on the board. It doesnt show anything about a visitors area in the new overhang. And it's pretty detailed as far as special sections go. I just dont see them misleading folks when it comes to things like donations and purchase of season tickets.

There is a visitors section at the top of 605. So far you can only see this on the map they emailed season ticket holders, which means they're trying to keep the info from the lowly peasant Husker fans known as non-donors.

The correct answer is Sam McQeowon.

Hey, Gerry has a topic so Jackson deserves one too.

 

I think HJ gonna be a damn good one. I expect him to start this year with Cjax beside him. What are the rest of you hearing about starting safety? What are your expectations?

What exactly excites you about him, TTTRA?

Advantages:

• BTN
  
• Facilities
  
• Fan support
  

Disadvantages:

• Location
  
• Recent success
  
• Program prestige
  

Most all of these are a wash, as Nebraska/Oklahoma are very similar programs. Our facilities are better, but probably not by much. They have had more success historically, but not by much. They have a clear recruiting advantage due to their location, but that's probably the only sizable difference between the two programs.

It's always good to have KJ or devnet to disagree with you, imo. That's how you know you're right, imo.

Couldn't agree more.

Not a good topic, imo. This is what twitter is for, imo.

Disagree, imo.

For real? I've never tried their coffee because it just seemed like it would be gas-station garbage. Am I missing out?

You seem to have higher standards than me, so probably not. It's definitely better than something like Starbucks, and is one of the better K-cups I have, but I doubt it's anything spectacular to well-traveled coffee drinkers.

Little.

Hahaha, great tweet. It's also a plot spoiler for those who aren't caught up yet, but it would be difficult to figure out what it means.

Speaking of spoilers, let's not do those going forward. Those aren't fun. Bitch!

The only good coffee is the one with 300 packets of creamer

Couldn't disagree more. A very small amount of creamer will help a bad coffee, like Folgers or something. But a good coffee is so much better without it.

What's everyone drink in the morning?

A few of my favorites:

And, for those of you with keurig brewers, you can register it online at keurig.com and get 2 free boxes (24 count) with the purchase of two. Pretty awesome deal.

I would definitely be in favor of the towels, however. Not for the whole stadium (we tried that for Michigan and I saw plenty old people with a look of "the hell do I do with this?") but at least for the student section. That Wisconsin game was a ton of fun and those towels were a really cool sight.

Plus, it would look a lot cooler this time around since it's a day game where you'll actually be able to see the towels.

Wisconsin was a night game and they were plenty visible.

Somewhat, if the camera is zoomed in enough. The top half of south stadium looks completely dark during night games, so you're losing all those students. I'm talking about if the camera shows allllll of that part of the stadium, you'd be able to see it really well at the UCLA game.

I would definitely be in favor of the towels, however. Not for the whole stadium (we tried that for Michigan and I saw plenty old people with a look of "the hell do I do with this?") but at least for the student section. That Wisconsin game was a ton of fun and those towels were a really cool sight.

Plus, it would look a lot cooler this time around since it's a day game where you'll actually be able to see the towels.

If the team is wearing black, why shouldn't we?

Why are you so intent on keeping/making this a partisan issue? I (and most people with a heartbeat) agree, something needed/needs to be done with healthcare. Many parts of the ACA are components of what repubs wanted to do. Yes, the jagoffs on Capital Hill are playing political football with this issue to their death. But, that does not mean it is all sunshine and roses and there are no problems whatsoever with their intended fix. I've said this a thousand times so I guess one more time won't hurt; They did not fix the single biggest problem but rather sped it up and made it worse. If you really think they've got this issue on lock down, well good for you. I'm going to have to see the improvement before I believe.

Well said, Bob. Just because someone identifies themselves as a Republican or Liberal doesn't bind them to agreeing with everything in the platform. And furthermore, it doesn't mean that you need to agree with everyone else in "your" party. Lumping people into two buckets doesn't make a whole lot of sense in discussions like this.

Anyway. Regarding the bold, the best/easiest/quickest way for that to happen is for the country to become healthier. I would gladly accept just about any insurance law you can imagine if you'd also replace all the smoking fatasses eating KFC 17 times a week with relatively healthy individuals.

He sounds extremely reasonable and fair so far in his analysis. I guess it's possible for someone to both be a Husker fan and critical of the program's shortcomings. Who knew?

The Watering Hole, for whatever reason, still has not figured out that on game days things are a bit busier and that they should maybe have a few more on staff.

Which bar does the best job of accompanying gameday crowds, teach? It's so tough to tell. There's so many choices to go on gameday and only 7-8 games a year to experience it. You want to have a good time, but you don't want to miss out on a better time somewhere else, you know? A lot of that really does come from service, and some places just aren't as reliable when it comes to accommodating those big crowds. What do you think?

If you can answer those questions, then you can look toward what we have incoming and ask yourself if their talent will be good enough to fix the problem. Will the added athleticism make our defense great again?

Eh. Our recruiting (by ranking) is basically equivalent to our on-field results. The recruiting numbers (I know. I know.) say that we're a lower to borderline top 25 team. The on-field results basically say that we're a lower to borderline top 25 team.

 

Now if we had pulled in a top 10 (or top 5!) class and still had the same coaches then I would be singing a different tune. Absent that I can't see how anyone can expect anything too different from what we've seen the last 4-5 years.

 

I think you know about the weakness of that argument, so I won't bother going into detail.

Which part?

 

There is, somewhere down the line, a subjective rating which could be biased.

So that makes the whole thing invalid? I'm not sure where you're coming from on this, but the subjectivitiy in ranking teams/recruits has almost no measurable effect on the correlation between those two rankings. It's not hard to understand that, on average, teams tend to perform better with better players. And it's a pretty strong fit.

If you can answer those questions, then you can look toward what we have incoming and ask yourself if their talent will be good enough to fix the problem. Will the added athleticism make our defense great again?

Eh. Our recruiting (by ranking) is basically equivalent to our on-field results. The recruiting numbers (I know. I know.) say that we're a lower to borderline top 25 team. The on-field results basically say that we're a lower to borderline top 25 team.

 

Now if we had pulled in a top 10 (or top 5!) class and still had the same coaches then I would be singing a different tune. Absent that I can't see how anyone can expect anything too different from what we've seen the last 4-5 years.

 

I think you know about the weakness of that argument, so I won't bother going into detail.

Which part?

Get out of here. Take your money with you.

File this one into the category "things a competent AD would never say".

 

Brother, AD's at the high school level (especially private ones) say it all the time, period. Which means it gets said at the D1 level a lot more.

 

AD'ing 101 man, I could tell you some stories of garbage just at the private school level for all ages.

Even the private ones?! Damn, I didn't realize that. Good point.

Get out of here. Take your money with you.

File this one into the category "things a competent AD would never say".

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