BigRedBuster

What gives you that impression? The "go big, Obama", or the "good we got back the senate now we can go do x" comments. There are more, and I could be wrong, but it just seems there are lots of people in a gigantic hurry to make -rules- No . . . what gave you the impression that creating new rules and guidelines wasn't what a lot of the fathers and writers had in mind? Every time a rule is put in in some for or another, someone screams....OMG....it's hurting poor minority people. That is unless it's the other side putting the rule in and then some other group is being hurt.

Interesting Big Ten = 7 SEC = 8 Pac 12 = 8 ACC = 5 Big 12 = 2 If I counted right.

What a pair of idiots. They are perfect for themselves. I'm actually surprised they were able to get the charges on her to stick. Somehow they got her to plead guilty. The way the article reads, she never had possession of the meth they accused her of trying to sell. It reads as though she said she would go to the storage unit and sell "something" to raise the money. They followed her but she never opened the unit or got the meth. She drove off and they arrested her. There was meth in the unit. Unless the meth was the only thing in the unit, she could have been going to get something else to sell. But, like I said, they are both idiots and if she confessed...so be it.

Yeah....We really should be scheduling schools like Presbyterian, Louisiana-Monroe, Western Carolina, Charleston Southern, Samford, Eastern Kentucky, Chattanooga, Troy, Louisiana Lafayette, Lamar. If we would substitute FAU and McNeese State with one of these, we would be able to have much better respect. So, if everyone else does it then it's cool if we do? I look forward to bag men at Nebraska recruits doorstops. Those games aren't good for anyone., except for the schools that fund their entire athletic budget with them. One in August is fine, any more than that is unacceptable. For any team. Plus, all those mean sec west teams will end up playing each other. My point is, why don't you bitch about college football in general? Instead, all you do is complain about how horrible everything "Nebraska" is. In fact, I don't like these games either. But, it's a college football issue. Not a Nebraska issue. Discuss it in the sense of what needs to change in college football to do away with these types of games and I think you would get a really good discussion. Hey...in fact, the Big Ten (I think) made a decision to not schedule FCS teams anymore. That's a great move by the conference and I hope that the rest of the power 5 follow suit. If you raise the expectations of the non-conference scheduling across the board, then it will get accomplished. However, as long as you reward teams for getting through the non-con undefeated WAY more than someone who plays a tough schedule but loses one, then...you are still going to have the power 5 schools scheduling like they do. Here is the context for this topic. There has been an incredible amount of pearl clutching and butthurt over all things sec on this board. Whether it's recruit stealing, dirty pool, or bias, it seems everything they do is horrible and overrated and us poor pious big ten folk can't catch a break. So, there's an extremely well written article on Grantland on how there's some good games coming up in the big ten, and how they can get back to what they once were. Further, it explains how they got there. In short, losing marquee matchup games and poor scheduling. Poor scheduling is especially appropo for Nebraska this year. As it has one of the worst schedules it's ever had. Granted, some of it is out of their control, but that doesn't take away the fact that it's bad, and if you gave NU any other schedule that a sec west team has, it ain't 8-1. When Nebraska weak OOC is brought up, what's the knee jerk response? "Well the sec does it". Which rings hollow because because usually here the line is "we don't want to be like the sec". Well we don't until it's convenient to, apparently. I acknowledge that playing these games is wide spread and I'd like to see it stop but I'd also like if we were a little honest with ourselves. You are absolutely losing all perspective of what the argument against the SEC has been. EDIT....sorry, didn't see you said SEC west. The non-con schedules of the SEC isn't much tougher than this one. In fact, this is how almost ALL of the power 5 conferences schedule. So, it isn't a (well, if the SEC does it then we should to). It's how college football is. I, in fact, used the SEC in my post because all I hear about is..."Why aren't we as good as the SEC". So, why not compare to what they are doing? Also, you are talking about stuff that is actually recruiting violations that basically the SEC flaunts that they do. There is a big difference between paying players with bag men compared to scheduling games. But....hey....if you want to keep painting everything Nebraska bad then I guess you can probably keep getting the nice warm reception with other Husker fans.

Yeah....We really should be scheduling schools like Presbyterian, Louisiana-Monroe, Western Carolina, Charleston Southern, Samford, Eastern Kentucky, Chattanooga, Troy, Louisiana Lafayette, Lamar. If we would substitute FAU and McNeese State with one of these, we would be able to have much better respect. So, if everyone else does it then it's cool if we do? I look forward to bag men at Nebraska recruits doorstops. Those games aren't good for anyone., except for the schools that fund their entire athletic budget with them. One in August is fine, any more than that is unacceptable. For any team. Plus, all those mean sec west teams will end up playing each other. My point is, why don't you bitch about college football in general? Instead, all you do is complain about how horrible everything "Nebraska" is. In fact, I don't like these games either. But, it's a college football issue. Not a Nebraska issue. Discuss it in the sense of what needs to change in college football to do away with these types of games and I think you would get a really good discussion. Hey...in fact, the Big Ten (I think) made a decision to not schedule FCS teams anymore. That's a great move by the conference and I hope that the rest of the power 5 follow suit. If you raise the expectations of the non-conference scheduling across the board, then it will get accomplished. However, as long as you reward teams for getting through the non-con undefeated WAY more than someone who plays a tough schedule but loses one, then...you are still going to have the power 5 schools scheduling like they do.

Kinda like 3/4 of the SEC. What good for one should be good for the other. scheduling for neb. is bad and is not doing the program any favors. but i blame the conference and not the program. miami and fresno seemed like good teams to balance a schedule, they weren't. but then we get into the conference schedule and play one team that will be ranked at the end of the year, maybe two. that is not very impressive. The conference didn't make us put FAU and McNeese on the docket. Hopefully at least one of those games go away. Yeah....We really should be scheduling schools like Presbyterian, Louisiana-Monroe, Western Carolina, Charleston Southern, Samford, Eastern Kentucky, Chattanooga, Troy, Louisiana Lafayette, Lamar. If we would substitute FAU and McNeese State with one of these, we would be able to have much better respect.

I thought I had learned on here a month or so ago that there really is no such thing as home field advantage. It gets so confusing on here some times what I'm supposed to learn.

Oh my friggen Lord. That woman and Harry can't get thrown out of Washington fast enough. "Voter suppression watch: In the North Carolina Senate race, Thom Tillis beat Senator Kay Hagen by 48,000 votes. North Carolina’s voters were, for the first time, voting under one of the harshest new election laws in the country — which Tillis helped craft. The Election Protection hotline reported widespread problems with voter registrations and voters being told they were in the wrong precinct. Numbers from recent elections suggest the magnitude of voter suppression is close to 45,000 to 50,000 votes. Similarly, in Kansas, Governor Sam Brownback beat back challenger Paul Davis by fewer than 33,000 votes. The Kansas secretary of state says more than 24,000 Kansans tried to register this year but their registrations were held in “suspense” because they failed to present the documentary proof of citizenship now required by state law. And the Government Accountability Office found that Kansas’s voter ID law reduced turnout by 17,000 voters in 2012. You do the math." So, let me get this straight. Now it's even soooo disastrous for someone to even have to prove who they are just to register?

Have you watched Wisconsin this year? Stave and McEvoy are pick machines. Also, Gordon has the fumbled the ball a couple times this year which is odd seeing as he'd never lost one in his career before. You might guarantee that but I sure won't. We can get turnovers from these guys. See this is my problem with all the fear of Wisconsin stuff. How many of you have actually watch Wisconsin really play this year? They had like 4 TO against NW that really helped them get beat. Maryland was playing most or all of the game without its QB and played probably their worst game of the year and Wisconsin played their best game. Yes they beat Rutgers 37-0, but part of the reason was that NU beat the crap out of them the week before. Nova couldn't even move and was out their playing. The Rutgers punter literally shanked 4 punts in a row giving Whisky the ball on the plus side of the field. Nebraska actually had about 200 more yards of offense against Rutgers than Wisconsin did. They are a good solid team, but nothing more. Wisconsin doesn't scare me as a team. They are human and can be beat. Playing them at Camp Randle makes it more tough. I'm glad we had the Northwestern game on the road right after the MSU game so the team could get some confidence back on the road. If Nebraska goes out and plays they way they have shown they can play this year, they win. It's all between their ears. They have the talent, schemes...etc. Settle down. Play the game. Win the game and come home.

How do I watch BTN plus?

Polo. Why do you find it your mission to convince everyone how much Nebraska and the Big Ten sucks?

I am going to contradict a lot of people in Husker Nation. I believe we have to have an affective passing game in this game. They are 121st in passing yards in the nation. They are 3rd in rushing yards in the nation. We need the passing game to kill them early and often. That doesn't mean we need to pass the ball 45 times a game. It also does't mean we need 70% completion rate. If we have a 55% completion rate and complete some key plays in the first half, the game is going to be much easier in the second half. They also are tied for 18th in sacks with three per game. So, they are probably going to sack TA a couple times. That doesn't mean we suck or our OL is absolutely terrible or that Beck is evil. It means they have some pass rushers. However, we should be able to get yards and points with the pass in this game.

I believe Wisconsin has too.

Another way of looking at this is, if I die in a car accident or just don't wake up the next morning, my family won't be drained financially and stuck with a million dollars in medical debt by the time I finally leave this life.

Ahhh...thanks...fixed.

Who are you rooting for? 4 Oregon vs. 17 Utah 5 Alabama vs. 16 LSU 7 KSU vs. 6 TCU 8 MSU vs. 14 OSU 10 ND vs. 9 ASU 12 Baylor vs. 15 OU This is one heck of a line up of games. My choices are in red.

I hope you're right. I wouldn't have nearly the problem with it if that's the case.

On any given Saturday college football commentary show, I heard from time to time the discussion about possibly a two loss team getting in. This would possibly be the second place team out of the SEC west.

Oh my friggen Lord. That woman and Harry can't get thrown out of Washington fast enough.

Yeah, that 1993 team got screwed ... by previous team affiliates who go them banned from the post-season. Definitely disproves the assertion. 2004? That's once....... That was also the year that USC and Oklahoma were undefeated. So it's not like they were jumped by a one loss team like they are talking about with the SEC this year. Ummmm....those years that are being talked about are way before where people claim the SEC bias started.

There is a big difference between a power lifter and an athlete like a football player. I know elite athletes that just thought they didn't need to stretch and they were plagued with injuries such as hamstrings. Once someone finally convinced them they needed to warm up then stretch the problem went away.

What about a two loss team with no conference championship instead of a one loss conference champion? Because that is what I hear discussed quite a bit because the SEC is so dominant that even a two loss team is better than a one loss conference champion from the other conferences.

Interesting question on the radio. Is the Big Ten West better than the SEC East?

I guess I look at it a little differently. I view it as how would I want my loved ones to have me die. To me, I'm dead. I have had a good life. Yes, I would like a chance to say goodbye to people. But, is that easier on them? Or, is getting a phone call from the state patrol that I was in a car accident and am dead? All of us know people who have died of cancer and it took time to happen. I have had a college friend die in a gun accident instantly. I am also currently watching another close friend fade away from cancer. It's all very very tough. My friend is in the mode of emptying his bucket list and that is amazing to see. The friend who died in the gun accident didn't have the chance to hug his kids and wife one more time and them realizing how important that last hug was. I know Knapp's experiences with his mom were gut wrenching. However, I would think my family would like the opportunity to have those last few moments with me and them knowing that I was OK with what was about to happen.

"We've now had 63 straight months of economic expansion. That’s right, for 63 consecutive months the US economy has gotten progressively better. That includes 54 consecutive months of private sector job growth. Forbes magazine, no fan of President Obama, crunched the numbers and demonstrated how the economic recovery under President Obama has been better in just about every measurable way than the recovery under President Reagan." "We are currently enjoying the longest period of private sector job creation in American history. Again, this statistic comes from the Forbes Magazine article listed above. In fact, we have now had 54 straight months of private sector job creation. That is the longest period of job creation since the Department of Labor has been keeping statistics. See the link below." "The Federal budget deficit is shrinking. It’s been reduced by two-thirds since 2009. The $1.4 trillion federal budget deficit that Obama inherited in 2009 was in a large part due to the high rate of unemployment. When millions of people were put out of work in 2008 and 2009, it resulted in far less income taxes and less economic activity to generate federal revenue. As ten million people have been put back to work, there have been billions more tax dollars generated. As a result, the deficit has been shrinking each year. The 2014 deficit is projected to be around $500 billion, the smallest deficit since 2007 and roughly 1/3 of what it was in 2009." "Under President Obama, spending has increased only 1.4% annually, the lowest rate since Eisenhower was president. You may have heard critics say that President Obama is spending money wildly and running up our debt. According to this article from Forbes, Obama has increased spending by 1.4% annually, far less than President Reagan (8.7%) or George W. Bush (8.1%). In fact, Obama has increased spending less than any president since Eisenhower." How does this dispute my comment?