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Ulty

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  1. Who is "we"? Who is agreeing with this? That is still correct. The owner being a $h!thead does not change it. The people complaining are customers voicing their displeasure with the direction of the product, and some comments are dumber than others. This absolutely makes no sense, what are you even saying here?
  2. Was this link posted before? This is different than what @nic had posted, which alluded to a very vague comment which was difficult to interpret as antisemitic. However, looking at this link, I can certainly acknowledge the dog-whistle implications of it Tlaib's comment, and good for Dem leadership to call it out. She should have been called out for it and was. Is there more? This thread has gone on for the last few pages with the certainty that Omar and Tlaib are antisemitic and have been able to get away with frequent comments. This one comment is bad, I will grant you that, and I would expect that Tlaib will never be more than a low-ranking congressperson. But riddle me this, would the GOP ever call out one of their own for racist/xenophobic/antisemitic comments? Of course not. The Republicans specialize in and capitalize off of that sort of inflammatory horse$h!t all the time. And it doesn't stop with a nobody congresswoman, it went all the way to the presidency. This is absurdly hypocritical coming from you, particularly in this thread. (I predict you will pretend not to know what I'm talking about...)
  3. The game isn't being held up by those honors/recognitions; they occur during media timeouts. So getting rid of them Sounds like that kid was just being a d!ckhe@d. All those honors and recognitions do not delay the game, they occur during media timeouts, so UNL wisely fills the time with things that are good for the university and community. IMO, those little ceremonies are better for atmosphere than the frequent ads, but of course those bring in $$$. If they do away with the ceremonies and fill the time with music, would that actually improve the atmosphere? They already play dozens of snippets of pump-up music, and trade off between blasting over the speakers and letting the band play the fight songs. I took my 13 year old son to the Georgia Southern game. He is only a casual fan and had never been to a game before. I was in school from 97-2001 so I know what Memorial is like when it is rocking, and I was afraid after the Northwestern loss that the crowd would be deflated for the game. However, the atmosphere was still excellent. The writing was on the wall for Frost's firing, the product on the field was crap, and the ads and mini-ceremonies were frequent (sometimes they were cool, sometimes they were annoying). But the crowd was still loud, and between the band, the fireworks, lightshow, music, and everything else, we had a fantastic time despite the loss. The athletic department still puts on a pretty good event every week even if the team falls on their face. Atmosphere is fine, we just need to win more. And the people who are honored on the field throughout the game usually deserve the honor; those are often priceless moments.
  4. Who is better: Auburn or Nebraska? One basis of comparison is the Scott Frost test. Frost beat Auburn by 7 points. But he completely and utterly destroyed Nebraska. Advantage: Auburn
  5. Hell, in the last few years, we've gotten Keyshawn Johnson, Kurt Warner, Les Miles, Ed McCaffrey, and Rick Spielman to send their kids to play for Nebraska. We've got plenty of star power leading us to victory already! Most of them even stayed for longer than a year. Not to mention the influence of Larry the Cable Guy. How much more celebrity do we need?
  6. Everyone will leave for a better opportunity if it opens up. Would you not hire someone who would be successful if we were afraid of them leaving in a few years? No one is handing out lifetime contracts. And Ryan Day is younger than Luke Fickell. What event would Fickell be biding his time for?
  7. No...it is the fact that you are openly advocating for it and want to stoop to the lowest level.
  8. We had a whole thread on that case when it went down in 2018: Urban Meyer knew about domestic abuse going on in his shop, and he failed to report it. He violated university policy and violated his contract. It wasn't the same as the atrocities at Penn State, Baylor, or Michigan State, but there is a commonality: he knew something and failed to report it. That is what happened in those other cases, when reporting could have prevented additional harm being done. You are either ignorant to what actually happened in this case, or worse, you do know and you just don't care. Given your insane rants in this thread over the past few days, I am going with the latter. It appears that you are not only willing to excuse inappropriate and/or abusive behavior, but you are actually condoning it as well. In addition to other things we have seen about Meyer since this case unfolded, it is clear that he is a horrible person. Based on your rationalization of his behavior, your obvious shilling for Urban Meyer, your whataboutism with other coaches, and your various disgusting comments over the past few days, I can only conclude you should never ever be involved in any hiring or personnel decisions.
  9. First of all, you replied to your own quote again. You need to be more careful about switching between your sock accounts. Secondly, you are talking about "substantial evidence" and "simple assault," but that would all require the kicker to pursue it as a crime. The kicker did file a lawsuit for hostile work environment, by the way, but I don't know what came of it or if it would even be successful. But the point of the story is that UM is a scumbag, which certainly has been substantiated. If I recall, the kicking incident was also accompanied by some verbal abuse and threats as well. Thirdly, even though I know that winning forgives many ills, I am still in the camp that says character matters. College football players, even at a big business program like Nebraska, are all kids, most of whom will not get to the NFL and all of whom are still trying to learn about life. Molding young athletes into responsible men is still an important job of a coach in my mind.
  10. JFC...the number of likes versus dislikes on a Youtube video is now a metric we should care about in this coaching search.
  11. This assumes that whoever the HC wants will require that kind of money, but the appropriate quality staff members need to be identified by a keen eye first. Frost bringing the entire staff from UCF wasn't a money issue. He had plenty in the budget. But those were the guys he wanted, and they all got fat raises. A bigger pool of money wouldn't have brought better assistants, it would have just given bigger paychecks to the crappy assistants.
  12. Yep, that's fair to say. The death penalty should be eliminated.
  13. The Parkland shooter gets life in prison instead of the death penalty. A lot of people, including families of the victims, are angry. This may be unpopular to say, but I think it is the right call. The death penalty does not serve a meaningful purpose, other than the emotion of vengeance. Even though families are hurting, and even though this a$$hole actually deserves to die, the death penalty does not solve anything and does not prevent the next shooting.
  14. Yes! godd*mn motherf**kers. Look around and get out of the way, a$$holes.
  15. Yeah, I think there is a pretty good chance that this is all correct. I still believe the professor mismanaged the whole situation. I've been a part of some of these conversations before. The talking points probably included a lot of the stuff I mentioned in my previous post, about being an education instructor and not biology, and about being the adult in the room and managing your class.
  16. Okay, here is where the problem begins. Is this a biology professor? No, this is an education professor, teaching a unit on "Creating a Positive Learning Environment." Classroom discussions can go in all sorts of different directions, but why is this professor talking about biology? It certainly is not part of her curriculum. Yes, sex and gender are two different things. Good. Is that what they said? The article says: "The report states that a heated discussion began over gender identity, and only one student in the class agreed with the professor. Most others in the class stated that a spectrum exists for gender and biological sex." Where did they say biological sex was the same as gender? If they are arguing that a spectrum exists for gender, that is correct. If they are arguing that a spectrum exists for sex, that is also correct (even though it is certainly a very different spectrum). Well, we've got an education professor putting her foot in her mouth about biology. That's her own fault. If she didn't like where the conversation was going, she, as the leader of the classroom, and someone who actually is supposed to teach classroom management, had the responsibility to diffuse the conversation and move on with class. She f**ked up and lost control of the situation. "Creating a positive learning environment?" She failed miserably. Students do this sort of stuff all the time. Overreaction? Possibly. Didn't go in with all of the info since they weren't there? Probably. This is a fair question. Did the student engage in good faith, or immediately go on the attack? Either way, the professor has the responsibility to manage the situation and create a positive learning environment. It's literally her subject area. If that is the case, it is a reasonable attempt at a resolution by the university. Give the students options. Of course the professor can state her views. But there are always consequences for our actions. Free speech and academic freedom do not mean that no one can challenge your views. The students have freedom of speech as well. The exchange of ideas, even if it did get heated, indicates that there is NOT censorship occurring in this case. Should the professor be fired or disciplined? Well....probably not. Unless she veered so far outside of her lane by talking about biology in an education course and showed that she was not capable of effectively managing a classroom. But that would be for professional incompetence, not for protected speech. If it came to a head, the ensuing investigation or lawsuit or whatever would certainly try to split hairs on these topics. No one wants that. I think this sort of thing happens all the time, actually. Students get in arguments, they overreact, they don't understand the nuances of free speech, they want things that cannot and should not happen (this person said something offensive, expel him!), and they end up disappointed when things don't go their way. But if a student is actually potentially subjected to harm of some kind, then the school would likely give them accommodations, which may include switching classes.
  17. Shaw seemed to have some of his greatest success with a player named McCaffrey. I wonder if there are any members of that family who would want to come to Nebraska and play QB?
  18. Here is a stupid idea: if Matt Rhule is indeed our guy (I don't feel strongly about him or anyone else, but he is the flavor of the day at least)...would we be able to hire him right away? Bring him in as an analyst for the rest of the season before promoting to HC? Or...what if we fired Duvall and hired Rhule as interim S&C coach? Analysts aren't supposed to interact directly with the players, right? But the S&C coach works as closely with the players as anyone, and we always see him on the sidelines during the games. Bringing in Rhule as S&C allows him to build rapport with players and be a part of the team without disrupting the game-planning from the current staff, although he could pitch in his thoughts. This might allow a smoother transition, let Rhule build chemistry with players and other coaches who he might consider keeping, and trainers could finish out the year on the S&C side. Or, that could just create an awkward clusterf**k by having the future HC hanging around with a lame duck staff. Anyway, I told you it was a stupid idea. Go f**k yourselves.
  19. Honest questions for you, @nic: Do you really see discussions about gender identity and transphobia as a censorship/cancel culture issue? Are you prepared and/or curious to have a nuanced dialogue about these issues? Because the issues raised in this article relate to the social and scientific dynamics of sex and gender, the role of these topics in an academic setting, the safety of students, and yes, academic freedom and censorship. There is a lot to unpack here, but to say "If you simply believe and state their are only two sexes watch out" and chalk it up to censorship is intellectually lazy and ignores what is really happening in this particular situation. It probably doesn't even belong in this thread. But if you really want to discuss, please say so.
  20. Even if the cop had a valid reason for approaching this kid as a suspect or whatever, he did basically everything wrong. He yanks open the door without knocking or tapping the window. He doesn't identify himself. He starts shooting when there is no obvious threat to himself or others. He is shooting wildly with other cars and presumably other people potentially around. What a dip$h!t.
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