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Nebraska should fire Pelini and then see whether you can find a coach who can average 9.5 wins per year in a major conference while coaching at a football obsessed school in a remote, sparsely populated state.

I'll bet you can find that guy. He's out there somewhere.

This Minnesotan and former resident of Fargo thinks that Craig Bohl would be very successful at Nebraska if the Nebraska fan base could muster the patience to wait a couple of years for success. That's a big if. From what I've seen, I'm doubtful that you Nebbishes have the patience.

Bohl is a good recruiter and a very good evaluator of talent. He's got a good network of contacts in the Twin Cities, North Dakota, outstate Minnesota, and Nebraska. He did a good job of recruiting nationally - no small thing when you're coaching at an agricultural school in a small city in North Dakota. Have you seen the young men who passed thru NDSU on their way to the NFL?

I think Husker fans are capable of distinguishing between loyalty and merit.

The current contest is between the winner of five national titles and the architect of college footballs first great dynasty and the fat, ugly winner of three Rose Bowls.

I won't tell you who's more deserving; you're smart enough to make your own decision. But here's a hint: fat & ugly is leading the early balloting.

Please vote:

http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/97663/b1g-coaches-tournament-game-3

We'd love to have you join, guys.

I think you can have two hockey schools that close together. I know it isn't exactly the same, but up here in Minnesota we have Mankato State 70 miles to the south, St Cloud State 70 miles to the northwest, and Minnesota Duluth 140 miles north, all playing D1 hockey. You can pull it off down there, too.

*edit - I should mention Bemidji State 215 miles north-northwest, but it's hard to take the Bemidji Beavers seriously. Plus they're so far away.

Firing Mason wasn't the crazy part. He had to go. Hiring Brewster, in hindsight, was the crazy move. He came very highly recommended, including by Mack Brown and Mike Shanahan. But looking back, it would have been wiser to hire someone who knew how to head coach. My first weird uncomfortable feeling was his first spring practice. I remember the beat reporter saying Brewster was wandering around the practice fields looking lost (during practice), and at one point joked with a reporter "What do I do now?"

You may have seen episodes of this series, produced by Gophers Digital Productions. A new episode comes out every Thursday, and they run about eight minutes each.

Watch this week's episode, "Ring the Bell," in which the theme is walk-ons, and let me know what you think. (It's linked below - not sure how to embed the video in this page) Does Nebraska have something similar?

So you're saying that when the Huskers are losing, they sometimes lose?

Pervert.

Keep some fresh walleye in your pocket. I hear the Minnesota girls won't be able to resist you if you do that.

No, you're thinking of Minnesota boys.

What the girls can't resist is sparkly sexy bass boat.

both Rutgers and Maryland would beat 90% of the schools in this conference right now. And I hate saying that but it is what it is.

 

Ha ha ha! Ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha ha ha PLOP!

 

(^ that's me, laughing my head off)

 

 

 

You think the talent gap is that far? I am definitely not as confident as I was before but I still think Rutgers and Maryland can beat most of the teams in this conference on any given Saturday.

Maryland stinks, and we're going to see that as this season and next play out. Rutgers is better, but still only a mediocre team in the context of the Big Ten. You talk a lot about Stefon Diggs, but one player is only one player. I could go on and on about my team's best player (TE Maxx Williams of the Gophers is going to be a superstar) but I realize (and deep down I think you do too) that when a team isn't good, one player is only an aberration. Bottom line, I think you're giving too much credit to a team for having one excellent player.

both Rutgers and Maryland would beat 90% of the schools in this conference right now. And I hate saying that but it is what it is.

Ha ha ha! Ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha ha ha PLOP!

(^ that's me, laughing my head off)

Coach Kill isn't going to die on the sideline from a seizure. That isn't how epilepsy works. I'm surprised to see someone write such a thing on this board.

It's good that he's taking some time off. Hopefully if he devotes himself to cooperating with his specialist and getting his medication right so he can be seizure-free. He really is a fantastic coach, and the team is getting better.

Keep your chin up. If the Huskers are disappointing, you can always watch Iowa lose to Minnesota at 2:30 on ABC!

Sell, sell sell! This is the high point of Illinois' season. By the end of October they'll be no better than 3-4. A 5-win season would be a success for Illinois this year.

Seven or eight wins in 2013 for Minnesota.

Oh gee, why don't you rub it in!

Actually we've got a good coach now, so it doesn't hurt so much. But it shows what a clusterlove our previous AD was.

I'd love to have Nebraska field a hockey team. Awesome game, lots of fun - more fun than football to watch live (although football is better on TV).

The letter Barker should have written:

Dear coach Kill,

I don't like you and I don't like the way you've treated me. I quit. Don't try to ruin my reputation, because with what I know about the way you treat your players, I can ruin yours.

Sunny best regards,

[AJ Barker sign your name here]

You don't want him. Read the letter.

 

Barker admits he didn't follow the team's rehab instructions and he can't handle the coach's resulting criticism. The kid says he doesn't need the scholarship but he's angry about not getting it. This kiss-off letter is an emotional reaction from a kid who needed to be level-headed and unemotional.

 

He's a good receiver, but a bad teammate.

How can you say/know he is a bad teammate?

 

I dont think we know the whole story....

You're right, we don't know the whole story. But he refused to do his rehab the way he was supposed to, he quit the team during the season, and he's trying to take the coach down with him. Coach Kill might be a tough, mean coach - I have my suspicions about that - but Barker is definitely a bad teammate, for the reason I listed above.

You don't want him. Read the letter.

Barker admits he didn't follow the team's rehab instructions and he can't handle the coach's resulting criticism. The kid says he doesn't need the scholarship but he's angry about not getting it. This kiss-off letter is an emotional reaction from a kid who needed to be level-headed and unemotional.

He's a good receiver, but a bad teammate.

True freshman QB, and he is a statue. I will take Nebraska, I think we win by 3 touchdowns.

:/

I'm a Gophers fan, but I predicted Nebraska by 17 at www.gopherhole.com, so I'm not a homer. But I'm puzzled by this. Our true freshman QB isn't a statue - where did you get that idea? Nelson ran for 1200 yards and 20 TDs last year in high school, and he's run for 165 yards in four games as our starter.

All in all, I guess it means things are looking up for Minnesota.

It was a little fluky because it took so long and the quarterback had to elude the pass rush. Maybe not lucky, but not drawn up that way, either.

Minnesota is playing physical, but not dominating line play like they did early. Michigan will keep moving the ball as long as they're willing to take big hits.