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I sure hope nobody makes a joke about Solich later being found drunk, slumped over the handlebars of his tricycle.

A good watch site is an awesome environment.

In 2003, I was in Chicago for a work assignment and always went to a place called McGee's to watch the games every week. Not sure if it is there anymore. But I felt like I was back in college again at UNL going to a party, packed to the gills with red-clad neighbors. Even though I didn't know a soul in Chicago, every time I went to the watch site, I'd find all sorts of friendly folks to who would share their tables with me, and we would take turns buying drinks for each other. Met a couple friendly young ladies during those times to make my stay in Chicago a little more pleasant as well.

One morning while I was sitting at the bar enjoying an omelet and a beer before an 11:00 a.m. kickoff, I met Kevin Seibel (kicker from the early 80s) and his wife. I struck up a convo with them after noticing a rather conspicuous Big 8 championship ring on his finger. Had a great time teaching them the words to the school fight songs (me being a marching band alum) every time they would blare on the speakers after a score.

In Denver, I went to quite a few games at Fox and Hound watchsites as well. Always a friendly environment, often with prizes and special guests (former players) courtesy of the Coloradoans for Nebraska organization. It was a refreshing oasis of red while living in enemy territory.

 

 

If you have a minimum wage job it means you are easily replaceable. Whose fault is it that those people are only qualified for jobs that anyone can do? And why should anyone else give a sh#t if they don't make enough money to live well?

Holy crap, you don't really care if people can afford to live or not? Some people have it tough throuh no fault of their own and don't have the bootstraps available to pull themselves up with. This includes the disabled, abused, mentally ill, and folks with children. Lots of children. Why should we give a sh#t if any of these people can get by?

If their wages don't cover their needs, then our tax dollars do. Our emergency rooms and hoomeless shelters, our street corners. This isn't just about lazy people not working hard enough or educating themselves or taking advantage of the system (there are plenty of those, mind you). Lots of people, families, children, have to try to get by on miniscule wages, no savings, no insurance, no future.

There is no easy answer. Raising minimum wages is one thing, but that would have other effects, and no one really knows an all-encompassing solution. But good god man, you certainly should give a sh#t about your fellow man.

If you guys want to continue the white guy/black guy discussion I'm going to split the thread and put it in Politics & Religion.

Not to derail the thread......

But I have this weird feeling that Wiscy is going to be very solid this year...not undefeated solid, but they will surprise some people. I peg them to only have no more than 3 losses in the regular season, maybe less. They still have white/gordon back on offense

Hey, he said to STOP with the racial stuff, ok?

I think a big factor for the UCLA game will be the fact that the Bruins will be on the road, playing at 9:00 a.m. California time.

I tend to think that some of the mistakes that were made in last year's game get fixed, and the Huskers win handily. Call me crazy.

 

 

Not a chance. Martinez fumbles the ball 1.62 times per game. His mistakes lose you games. Brett's do not. There are 5 QB's in the Mountain West alone that you all would rather have than Martinez.

 

LOL, there are 5 QBs on Nebraska's roster alone who could lead a team to a better record than 4-8 in the Mountain West, other than Martinez.

Without knapp, his coworkers would have to learn to make their own cinnamon rolls.

Reminds me of this guy's behavior, and results:

 

And he died at what age?

Babe Ruth was only 20 years old in this picture, strung out from too much partying, tweeting, and music video appearances.

Those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it.

I wonder what 8 weeks of SEC defenses would do to Justin Bieber. That would be fun to watch.

I totally predict a miserable season for Manziel as well.

Was doing the final walkthrough before my closing yesterday; the previous owners left me a new 4-pack of Charmin

Thank goodness it wasn't used.

I finally got around to reading the article in the OP. Very interesting. One interesting tidbit of info that I recall from my criminal justice 101 professor back in the 90s was that he said if he ran the prison system, one of the first things he would do would be to hire nutritionists and even use chelation therapy to start eliminating heavy metals from prisoners' bodies as that crap has such a harmful effect on the brain and can influence criminal thinking. I think chelation therapy has mostly been dismissed as bunk, but if the data in this article is true, my professor was on the right track. I'd never heard that same argument made until now.

I have tons of clients who, despite having multiple kids and little money, always seem to have time to party with a never-ending network of friends, so it certainly is possible.

Of course, I work in child protective services, and those folks' kids are now in my care and custody...

Recall husker fans that the last person to smack talk Nebraska was Warren Sapp prior to the 1995 Orange Bowl

At least we were able to make it 18 years without anyone smack talking Nebraska though, right?

I don't know if we'll actually be any better this year, but I predict 11 wins anyway. I'd be shocked with anything fewer than 10 wins, and a 12-0 regular season wouldn't surprise me either. But either way, I see another blowout in the CCG if Ohio State keeps rolling.

Perhaps the team can jell enough to prevent the championship blowout, and maybe 11 wins will get us to a BCS bowl. Maybe the peices will be there to get that bowl win.

I predict a final record of 12-2, with a CCG loss and a bowl win.

People will still grumble about the championship drought and a blowout loss, but it will be very nice for Pelini to get over that 10-win hump and into a BCS bowl.

Another pic, hot off the presses:

 

 

Finally! It's so nice to see that they brought this back. Help me out Knapp or someone who might know... isn't the last time it said "Tom Osborne Field" was during Solich's first season in 1998? Either way that has to become a permanent fixture for Nebraska's fields going forward.

According to Huskers.com, it was only on there for that one year. Then Osborne had it taken off so as not to overshadow Solich.

Yep, that was the last year we had the old astroturf, too. After Osborne retired, they quickly named the field in honor of him, but there was some controversy over whether or not naming the field would overshadow the name of the stadium. Not only was Osborne too humble to be comfortable with his name on the field, but he wanted to make sure everyone still referred to the place as Memorial Stadium in honor of fallen soldiers.

So it was on there only for the 1998 season, and in 1999, we got the first Field Turf, and they never put "Tom Osborne Field" back on it until now.

How is Stanford's fanbase reacting?

Are they elated that they were able to steal a Nebraska kid right out of NU's back yard?

Are they underwhelmed that they made a big push for a Nebraska kid that NU itself wasn't even sure about wanting?

Does Stanford even have a fanbase?

Come on guys, Kirk Ferentz is still on his first head coaching job in Div 1, he just needs more time. After all, it took Osborne 20 years to win his first national title. It's way too early to judge Ferentz's coaching performance.

So I just found out that my neighbor collects frozen cow embryos and bull semen as a hobby. He's not a farmer or biologist or anything like that, he just is really fascinated by cattle and has a rare collection of genetic material.

He's a really nice guy and a great neighbor and family man, but I am amazed at this hobby. The thing is, it doesn't creep me out or anything, it just makes me think that perhaps I am not as interesting as I thought I was.

I'm a born and raised die hard Nebraska fan and alum, but if my son had a full ride to Stanford on the table, I'd be very proud to send him west.

This is in very poor taste.

 

Where did you find this?

I borrowed it from another forum I waste time reading. A site dedicated to weightlifting but has a subforum for miscellaneous BS similar to this one.

http://tnation.t-nation.com/free_online_forum/music_movies_girls_life/demotivational_posters_random_pics_110

This is in very poor taste.

Iowa fans seem to cling to their Orange Bowl victory just like Colorado fans cling to a single game in 2001 (which I only vaguely remember): you can't have a conversation about quality football without them bringing up that one game as if it defined their program for all time. Man, those guys need to get out of the past!

Now excuse me, I'm gonna resume looking up highlights of 1995.

a dui, while so stupid and potentially reckless, just demonstrates an irresponsibility, but not necessarily a criminality.

Well, since DUI is a crime, and he was already on probation for a rather serious criminal issue, this clearly demonstrates "a criminality" on Fonzie's part.

I dunno. By that standard a healthy percentage of American males are criminals. Probably a handful of posters here on HB have one or more DUIs.

I don't want to label everyone a criminal menace of course. But DUI is a crime. It's criminal behavior and results in a criminal record. I agree that we should not simply call someone a criminal just because of that alone. Unfortunately just about everyone has driven after having a few drinks at some point.

But how many crimes need to go on the record before we do call someone a criminal? Someone with a single DUI? Maybe not. Someone who assaulted a frickin' cop and then while still on probation gets nabbed for DUI and refuses the test? Dennard was one of my favorite players, but sadly, someone who can't stay out of criminal trouble has earned himself the label of criminal.

I do beleive in redemption, so hopefully Fonzie can shed this label, just like someone who has a single DUI in their youth does not deserve to be known as a criminal for life, but for now, this is Fonzie's public perception.