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If you are talking MSU results, Tucker is better than Saban!

I'm also a Broncos fan and want the coach fired, but it is different than Nebraska for many reasons. First, if an NFL team loses, it improves their draft stock next year. Second, being a fan of a pro sports team is way different than being a fan of a college team where you actually went to school. I gave my blood, sweat, tears, and lots of money to the University of Nebraska. It is much more of an emotional investment as a Husker fan, and there is never any benefit to losing. I would never cheer against Nebraska, and even though I definitely think Frost should be fired, it hurts me to say it and will be sad when it happens but still hope we win. The Broncos on the other hand? I like them, but it's not personal to me, so f**k it they can keep losing and fire everyone.

Sorry about the broken links within the links. Are you disputing that #2 and #3 above are true? If not, why do you think this happens? Regarding the school funding in your city, is your city representative of the whole country? Anyway, your 1-5 above are not the questions I asked. Here they are again: What are your personal theories regarding: - Black families having less generational wealth and lower rates of home/land ownership than white families? - Black people being denied home loans at a higher rate than white people? - Black Americans being incarcerated at much higher rates than white Americans? - Black people being arrested for marijuana possession at a much higher rate than white people, despite marijuana usage being similar? - Black people shot by police at a much higher rate proportionally than white people? - Black people and other minorities being under-represented in CEO and high-paying management positions? - Black people and other minorities having higher rates of unemployment? - Black children born into a poor household being less likely to move into a higher income bracket during their lives, compared to white children? Why do you think these things have happened historically in our country? And why are they still happening now?

Since you don't believe systemic racism exists, that reminds me of some questions I posed to you a few weeks ago but did not answer: By the way, it is possible to acknowledge and analyze these things without a guilt trip about being white.

Penn State at the time was reeling from one of the worst scandals in the history of college sports (possibly the worst), the program honestly should have crumbled into nothingness from that point forward, but O'Brien not only kept them afloat but had winning records. I wouldn't say that was simply "ok," I actually think he did an amazing job given the circumstances. I'm not saying O'Brien would be the answer at Nebraska, but I'm surprised that some of the extreme negative reactions in this thread against him. Meanwhile we have threads promoting guys like Lane Kiffin who has failed his way out of A LOT more jobs than Bill O'Brien and is a bigger d-bag, and other guys who have the stink of scandal on them like Ed Orgeron (Title IX lawsuit) and Hugh Freeze (recruiting violations and escort services). I'd take O'Brien over all those guys for sure.

Were you really searching Youtube for random videos from Husker fans?

Sounds like a brutal schedule. Does anyone remember the results? Did we at least keep it close?

Remember when QB Frost got shut out against Arizona State? Remember when QB Frost couldn't even engineer a halftime lead at home against Central Florida? Remember when QB Frost couldn't even beat Missouri in 4 quarters? Man, we should have known.

I know. But I stand by my threat.

I swear to god if you start another motherf**king Scott Frost thread....

No it wasn't. The Illinois game was the same $h!t we saw in the previous 3 seasons, and it is the same $h!t we have seen in the past two months. Sometimes these performances have been against top 10 teams, sometimes they have been against crap teams. But we always find new ways to make dumb mistakes and we never close the deal. We've lost more games in this exact manner than we have won in any manner. And every time we find ourselves in a "must win game" or "the most important game of Frost's career" or "chance to make a big statement," we fail. Every. Damn. Time. The Illinois game is not a head scratcher, it is the norm. In fact, the Illinois game is the quintessential Scott Frost coached game at Nebraska.

I love the Huskers and love college football, but based on what we know about - concussions - history of recruiting scandals - history of sexual abuse - arbitrary NCAA rule enforcement - lack of parity - packing fans into stadiums while we are still in a pandemic - and Nebraska's decline into the abyss It would not be a terrible thing if football actually went away.

I've made up my mind that we need more new threads speculating on Frost's future, let's keep cranking these suckers out.

It's a crock of $h!t for several reasons. - I guess every stranger is "possibly transgender" until they actually tell you their gender identity. - If you are afraid to speak with someone just because you do not know their gender, that's your own bigoted problem. - How often do you approach someone and address them by a pronoun? Don't you usually address a stranger and say, "Hello" or "Excuse me?" Unless you are Arthur, King of the Britons, and just shout "Old woman!"...but even he got corrected. - Pronouns are a silly thing to be afraid of. If we make mistakes, we learn, make a correction, and move on. Most transgender folks aren't going to expect everyone else to automatically know everything about their gender identity or pronouns. - This a$$hole is making $h!t up. Although no one should walk on egg shelves.

These sorts of public statements never add anything constructive to the legal case, and most of the time are nothing more than sensationalistic bull$h!t. This statement serves nothing except to throw a little red meat at a very specific audience. Since he threw his coaching career in the dumpster and now wants to act like a martyr, his next job is likely with a place like FoxNews or OAN. However, I actually hope this ends up being tried in court instead of being summarily dismissed or settled, so it can result in a real judgment and legal precedent.

So I dove in and read a bunch of the additional links that this guy offered up in this article. I don't have time to give a lengthy analysis like I did with that Virginia dad a few pages back, but I encourage others to read through this professor's position and read the "supporting" links. My thoughts are that this is a geophysics professor that started writing op-eds ranting against DEI initiatives, without providing evidence to support his claims or specifying what was actually going wrong at his institution. He is an intelligent, tenured scientist, meaning he will have several peer reviewed publications in his field. Why did he eschew data and evidence in his writings? In his Newsweek op-ed, he barely takes time to set up a flimsy strawman and then goes on for paragraphs about the dangers of DEI programs. To me, this is a very stupid move, and should be embarrassing for him. I read a couple other things he wrote where he also didn't provide evidence to support his position. From a scientific/academic/research perspective alone, he should be called out. He is way outside of his lane, and while he certainly has a right to his opinion, I would assume that his institution has an admissions office, a DEI office, a legal office, an affirmative action plan, and folks who have actually done research in the social areas that he is trying to dabble in here. He should raise his concerns with the colleagues who manage those functions and seek intellectual answers before unleashing his half-cocked opinions. However, I also believe that the statement meant to denounce him, signed by a bunch of students and colleagues, was an overreaction and also did not fully explain the harm and stupidity of the professor's actions. In academia, students make these sorts of statements along with a list of often unfeasible demands all the time. These statements are often dumb and while perhaps their heart is in the right place, are not conducive to creating a productive dialogue about the issues. I tend to think everyone involved is jumping to conclusions that have not been completely founded (including my Huskerboard brethren in this thread). I wouldn't call it cancel culture (can someone define what that actually means, anyway?), but it is more of a call and response action resulting from the professor intentionally stepping in a pile of $h!t without thinking it through.

Timing is everything! I'm sure it's waaaay worse now than it was 15 years ago when I last lived there. The traffic is one drawback. Living in smaller towns, I have gotten spoiled by shorter commutes.

I love this question because I have lived in Kearney and the Denver area, multiple times each. Denver wins hands down. As an example when I was growing up, in Kearney the high school kids for fundraisers would sell coupon cards, candy door to door, and stuff like that. When I moved to Denver during my high school years, my fundraisers were selling concessions at major rock concerts and sporting events. I got to listen to the Scorpions, Alice Cooper, and Stone Temple Pilots (and steal away during breaks to see parts of the shows). I got to sell frozen lemonade during Rockies games in multiple summers. I was a band nerd in high school and our teacher regularly gave us tickets to jazz clubs in downtown Denver. Later as an adult living in both areas, the sheer variety of activities and restaurants in the Denver area always kept things fresh and interesting. Kearney had some decent places to eat but not a wide variety, and I got tired of seeing people I knew in the grocery stores. I prefer a little anonymity. Kearney actually has a lot of things to do for a town its size for young families. I lived in Kearney with small children, and the opportunities for the kind of family we were at the time were perfect. But as teenagers, I would love it if my kids had the multiple social, educational, and employment opportunities in a city like Denver, not to mention the endless entertainment opportunities that smaller towns just can't offer. Not to mention in Kearney, Lincoln was two hours away for a different "city experience." In Denver, the mountains are one hour away and a whole different world of experiences.

These practices just perpetuate a system that only benefits the members of that particular pool, while missing out on more diverse talent and limiting opportunities to others. This is where some of the hard work comes in when it comes to diversity and inclusion. We (meaning everyone) need to be intentional when it comes to D&I, and it can start with hiring practices. Recruit and advertise with broader and more diverse talent pools. Looks at knowledge, skills, and abilities moreso than who someone's personal connections are. Diverse workforces are more innovative and more productive. The people I have known in the tech industry, including the IT division on my own campus, are some of the most inclusive and diverse people I have known. Generally a very good group. But hiring practices need to be adjusted to improve diversity (if you actually value that sort of thing), instead of just going back to the same pools and same practices that have always been done.

@Archy1221 and @B.B. Hemingway: What are your personal theories regarding: - Black families having less generational wealth and lower rates of home/land ownership than white families? - Black people being denied home loans at a higher rate than white people? - Black Americans being incarcerated at much higher rates than white Americans? - Black people being arrested for marijuana possession at a much higher rate than white people, despite marijuana usage being similar? - Black people shot by police at a much higher rate proportionally than white people? - Black people and other minorities being under-represented in CEO and high-paying management positions? - Black people and other minorities having higher rates of unemployment? - Black children born into a poor household being less likely to move into a higher income bracket during their lives, compared to white children? Why do you think these things have happened historically in our country? And why are they still happening now? Before or after you answer, feel free to peruse these articles: 26 simple charts to show friends and family who aren't convinced racism is still a problem in America Systemic Racism: 64 Practical Examples of the Challenges that Face Black Americans

I'm just now reading about the case in Loudoun County Virginia that @Archy1221 and @RedDenver are bickering about. It seems to me like some people on the right are going through efforts to conflate a sexual assault case with transgender rights issues. Even the tweet that Archy originally posted from the Daily Mail referred to the setting as a "woke school board meeting." Other right-wing reports of this incident such as this NY Post article give on obviously biased slant to the story that the dad is being unfairly vilified, refers to speakers at the board meeting as "anti-Jesus," and so on. But the sexual assault case, and the dad's arrest, has nothing to do with transgender policies or being "woke" or any of the other right-wing crap being tied to this situation. First of all, sexual assault is horrific and should be taken very seriously. It looks like the daughter's assault was reported and investigated: also So to say, as the Daily Mail article did, that the staff did nothing, is false. As Archy and Denver have argued about, we don't know a lot of other facts. It makes sense why details of the case would not be released publicly and that the school board would not be aware. As far as the superintendent being aware? I would honestly expect that he would have been informed to some extent. But even if he was, he would not be at liberty to talk about it and would certainly not be intimately involved in the investigation. Now, I still don't understand what any of the above has to do with transgender rights and bathroom policies. Sexual assault are obvious legal and policy violations regardless of which bathroom you use or what clothes you wear, and there is no evidence that gender-neutral bathrooms lead to increases in assaults. Conflating sexual assault concerns with transgender issues is a tired and often-used right wing boogyman. Using gender inclusive pronouns has no bearing on this issue whatsoever, either. So why did dad get arrested? Watch the video: he gets into some sort of argument with a woman (audio can't be heard), and the police try to calm him down. Dad is the one who starts fighting with police, who then take him down. Then he "continued struggling and arguing with them, threatening to kick their teeth out." He was ultimately convicted of resisting arrest and disturbing the peace. So are the police and judge now part of the woke mob as well? A parent's anger about their daughter being assaulted is justified. Horrible. However, the dad's actions certainly did not do her case any favors, and based on the facts that we know, I'm not sure I can identify something that should have been done differently, other than the dad conducting himself appropriately at the school board meeting, or just staying home. If this whole issue is actually about sexual assault and protecting students, based on the facts that we actually know, what should be done differently here? On a side note, since political divisions are at the heart of this discussion, I am guessing that the Blue Lives Matter crowd and Trump supporters (since those are the folks who have tended to protest at school board meetings this year) are ironically on the side of the dad who fought with and threatened police officers. Also, since we were discussing Title IX policies the other day, it was the Trump Administration that actually made it more difficult to investigate and reach a finding in sexual assault and sexual harassment cases, as a result of the new Title IX regulations last year (that is a general statement, as I admittedly don't see how that would have actually impacted this particular case).

Why? What does this education look like? What do you tell your kids? What do you believe? And why do you believe this? What barriers prevent you from understanding that homosexuality is natural and normal? What do you think the implications might be? What's going to happen to children who see homosexuality? What do you say to your kids if you see a family that has two dads or two moms? What do you say to your kids if you see a homosexual couple on TV? What sort of questions do they have? What would you do if your own child told you that they were gay or bi?

What do you mean by this? What sort of actions and/or policies do you consider to be an endorsement or force-feeding of homosexuality? When you say you don't know if homosexuality is natural, are we to assume that you believe sexual orientation might be a choice? Why do you believe this?