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It's a 'splash' hire for everyone, it seems, except those of us here in NE. If we are preparing for a HUSKER SATURDAY GAME this time next year....Shawn will be a genius. I like our odds to be honest. Dig in a little (I had to dig a lot, I knew nothing about the dude) - and the sun starts shining.

• Turned down USC twice
• Turned down Bama (where he played for Bear!)
• The # of dudes he puts in the NFL
• QB development
• Ability to manage communication properly to all parties
• WELL RESPECTED EVERYWHERE
• An amazing recruiter
• Agrees with the Nebraska Nice way
• Will likely have a great staff due to the respect in circles
• Will likely embrace and promote our great traditions, not the least of which will be the Blackshirts (which I think is one of NUs biggest marketing tools and needs to be leveraged)
• More cool stuff I've read about him too...........tired of typing from phone....

 

One other thing not on the list: he won a couple Grey Cup league championships in the Canadian pro Football League (in Winnipeg, no less - the last two times they have ever won - in '88 & '90). I know some people will scoff at that, but it does show that he maybe could win the big game at this level(?)

Didn't Rex throw like 3 passes in 2010 and all of them were touchdowns? (Or did I just imagine that? ) They should probably put that play back in the arsenal!

 

Had to look it up out of curiosity -- looks like he was 3/4, and 3 TD's.

 

http://web1.ncaa.org...g=463&player=22

ok, thanks for checking that out - still, 3 TD's out of 4 passes isn't so bad; this might be a good time to go back to this!

Didn't Rex throw like 3 passes in 2010 and all of them were touchdowns? (Or did I just imagine that? ) They should probably put that play back in the arsenal!

no kidding! oh well, won't have to worry about Big 12 refs for a while (at least until the National Championships, possibly, anyway)!

heh. ya but 3:37 was pretty good too (except for the flag, of course)!

... looks like it is showing on BTN starting at 4:30pm central Friday for anyone interested- actually, BTN is all Nebraska until about 9am Saturday morning!

GBR!

Thanks, Flatwaterfan - that's perfect. No kids on this trip (a bit too expensive to get them down from Calgary), but I definitely want to catch the pre-game stuff and hope that there is a victory party somewhere afterwards!

... for the first time in September for the Arkansas State game! Have been a long-distance Husker fan for quite some time, and my wife just presented me with some plane tickets for our anniversary the other day!

Any suggestions as to the best things for us to do and see to maximize the experience would be much appreciated!!

GBR!!

Is that an opinion or for real? I hope it's for real.

It says he committed on his rivals page...

http://rivals.yahoo.com/tamu/football/recruiting/player-Christian-Lacouture-122534