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Miami had qb problems? are you on glue? Morris played great last year throwing to a bunch of freshmen and sophmores. Had a ACC record game.

 

Its ok I know you guys miss the wishbone.

 

 

yea but you guys have different issues.

 

like attendance for this great young team that finished 6 and....well i forget. because your that forgettable. any way too this awesome picture.

 

 

Clearly Miami agree's, am i right? oh yea don't need too be with that evidence.

 

And 2 years too investigate the deep and highly illegal happenings at Miami are likely why Eichorst ditched you. People don't do that unless they fear for their careers, less risk vs the reward of staying and enjoying whatever underachieving success this young undisciplined squad brings you. Makes you wonder how long Golden will stick around huh?

 

From what i know when it takes the NCAA 2-3 years too investigate something like this your not in good company, i think the last investigation that took this long was into SMU Football.........that ended well huh?

 

Have fun at suck a lot U Beau. you will be the only one i respect there and the one i feel sorry for when the NCAA comes down with a vengeance.

double please delete.

like this idea.

9 at least in each season. i would be ok with fewer if the games were close.

Tough stingy defense that shuts down the run.

Beat opponents we should and be competitive in big games.

Regularly be in the hunt for the Conference title.

Sign a top 30 recruiting class each year.

Go to at least 2 BCS bowls each decade.

You could say my goals are a little lower than everyone else but i guess i follow Bob stoops formula that i observed. win your conference. and try too win it every year and if you do that you will position your self well for that break out year.

Don't set your sights too high. set them on the little things, and do the little things right. and big things will happen eventually.

If he had someone talk to them...............he needs to go! Arkansas is not a better program than Nebraska, if he's gonna leave at least go to a better program. Not something that's equal or less than equal of Nebraska. I have a feeling we are stuck with him now, especially after his coaching job in the CCG. If he doesn't want to be here, quit and go some place else, but do it soon so we can get someone to replace you that is a good replacement.

I like Bo. but at the end of the day i do agree. we need a someone who knows and loves Nebraska. Turner Gill still strikes me as someone who we need involved in our program no matter the position.

Bo will be here till he sees something better is what i fear. with that i think we need a short list of Nebraska football program related guys ready for any situation.

Nothing will change

yup. until what happened tonight happens week after week there will be no change.

The Big XII had one. Did we get one for winning our division this year or does the Big 10 not give one of those out?

Doesn't bother me if they don't but i think i share many a fans curiosity on this.

Wow his thread has over 60,000 views.

this kid is kind of a big deal lol.

Let me be the first person to admit my doubts about this guy at the beginning of the season. Since basically the beginning of the regular season, this kid has made a long stride and a solid impact for the defense. Today was probably the best performance of his career. Along with Martin, Whaley was a game changer, and definitely helped seal the deal today.

 

The more I see this guy on the field, the more I trust that he will get the job done. From a doubter at the beginning of the season, thanks for proving me wrong and making me a proud fan that your on our team Whaley. Two more games left, finish even stronger!

 

Before the game, he was our #4 tackler, and with today's performance, he should be closer to #3. I am not going to name names, but someone stated last week that Whaley shouldn't be on the field. How one can think this, with all he has done, is beyond me. I hope his performance today has changed more doubters into supporters.

 

He's a baller. my gripe with him and stafford is their inconsistency. i don't know if they are too busy trying too make the big play instead of the one they are supposed too. but it has hurt us time too time.

But you are right, we needed a LB too step up and help compton, he and Santos have earned their stripes.

Not I. I saw us going about 3-3 as well. We were awful close to having that happen but I'm sure glad it didn't.

same here. props too the team, from the coaches too the water girls.

I feel kinda iffy about everyone automatically pegging us to go the Rose Bowl. Wisco is not going to lay down, and the first half of the game in Lincoln they were sticking it to us. The key was line play, as our D-line schooled their O-line (whole game) and our O-line wore their D-line & backers out (2nd half only).

 

Has anyone noticed whether their line play has improved over the season? If so, it's not going to be the gimme that everyone thinks it is.

 

And there's always the whole difficulty of beating someone twice in one year (Washington in 2010 comes to mind).

 

If we do beat Wisco, then we have to sit through the whole possibility of a rematch against UCLA in the Rose Bowl...yikes.

this game worries me a bunch. their O line has turned it around. and our D line, while solid, is unspectacular.

how about we just divide it up Geographically like we should have orgionally.

The Big Ten brand use to be about the 10 teams but since they went through all the expansion. I think they need to adjust it. For me a brand has to make sense and stand for something associated with the league. Maybe they should determine a list of 10 principals that define Big 10 Universities and that's what the Big 10 stands for.

lets change it too...........the "I'm Rich BIIAAATCH!!!!" 10 Conference.

If TO had coached for five more years, we would have had a minimum of eight more national championships. No doubt in my mind.

 

How do we win eight MORE championships in five more years?

 

 

Who knows what wouldve happened if Tom wouldve remained coaching up through, say,2001. I think it's easy to say we probably wouldve have NC's in 99, 2000, and 2001. McBride wouldve probably stayed on staff so we wouldnt have had the Jeckyl/Hyde defenses of Bohl. The recruiting wouldve remained competitive instead of the wheels falling off like they did for Solich. Those three teams were in NC conversation anyway. With the juggernaut that had been established by the 96 to 97 timeframe, there's a lot of coulda, shoulda, woulda had Tom remained coach for even another 5 years.

 

 

It's not "easy" to say at all. It's incredulously difficult to win a championship; just ask, oh I don't know, Tom Osborne, who it took 22 years. To think it would have been a cakewalk to win back-to-back-to-back championships is ludicrous.

8 total pony man.

what happened at Miami has been happening for years, perhaps decades if they dig deep enough. Eichorst was there for under a year.

i'm more worried about iowa. and not going 9-3.

An upset at this point in the year would suck

Coming into this season, I saw reasons for some tempered optimism and reasonable reservations. I saw a likely 8 win season, a 9 win total if we caught a break or two, and a 7 win year if we dropped a game we shouldn't.

 

Here is a guy in only his fifth season as a HC, facing a second straight BRUTAL schedule with a defense that was thin as a result of logical recruiting setbacks in his first two years, yet here we are; looking at a possible 10+ win season. He has a 2nd year OC who has done nothing other than construct the scariest offense in our conference. (OSU could bang on the door there, and they'd deserve to be let in to make a very persuasive case of their own for that distinction.) He put another guy at DC who had shockingly little experience to achieve such a lofty position. Seems like the guys are responding well to him. (Although I still don't know why he puts that tape on his fingers. And I don't care. I like him.) And he brings in some apparent random from the world of golf to work with the WRs. I'd say that has turned out pretty well.

 

I wrote this year off. I figured we'd get gashed on the ground often, claim a scalp or two, (I thought Wisco or MSU were the most likely candidates for a quality win) put up some highlight scoring plays and some pretty rough defensive numbers. All Nebraska has done is *win out since their head coach took the extremely rare if not unprecedented step of privately and then publicly challenging his team to win every game from the OSU loss on. This wasn't "focus on next week," "stay the course" coach-speak. This was a bold gambit, a take two or three shots to land that chin rattling hook. A risk a coach takes criticism for alone if things fall short, a reward everyone shares if they come through and put up the wins. And they've not only done that, they've done it with a resiliency and heart that is frankly as frustrating as it is exhilarating to watch. And in a way that shows one, undeniable trait: Fight. Fight till the final bell, fight after you've been on the canvas for a 9 count that almost reached 10. Teams don't keep swinging when all seems lost for leaders they don't respect. Bottom line.

 

*(SO FAR. Iowa is like a deranged, scorned woman who has nothing left to live for but our suffering. They're dangerous, regardless of what their record shows.)

 

You don't have a season like this if you're a raving lunatic who is so out of control that you're on the cusp of assaulting your own players and officials at all times. You don't take that '09 offense and get it to where we are now by luck. You don't risk the criticism of putting an untested and scar-less Beck at the helm of the O without savvy and good intuition. (And a sturdy spine.) There is only one way you could take this schedule, with this green of a coaching staff, and put together a year like this: You're a pretty damn good football coach.

 

I hope Bo has listened to those who have supported him since '08, rather than the folks who've been quick to express the opposing viewpoint. This guy is putting something together that has the potential to be special. I hope he's completely sold on Nebraska being the place he'll plant his flag and craft his legacy. It's a helluva team to lead. It isn't easy. But those with great ability, those rare football minds? They become eternal legends here. You're carved into a pantheon of permanence that's placed in the most prominent position when you reach the peak at Nebraska. Devaney might fade with time as decades pass at other places...never here. As for TO, I think he reached a level above the erosion of time, frankly. He should have. Innovation wise, he's one the elites. Very little company in that penthouse. (Tom would leave early anyways for a field out in the country on a nice day, just as soon as he could. He's not really a penthouse kind of guy.)

 

Bo? That's what waits for you too. Nebraska football stands alone here. And the giants live forever. I think you've got it in you to achieve that level of accomplishment. Do it in Lincoln, Nebraska, coach. The well never runs dry here. And the greats never die, and they never, ever fade.

 

2012 was supposed to be a flyover year into the Illinois-Purdue 2013 changeover season. I guess we should've known better. After all, Bo Pelini makes the CCG in a full half of every season he's at the helm. Take care of an Iowa team living to see us hurt, and go fight for the conference title ahead of the schedule we set for you that you all collectively dismissed. GBR!

Well said. you put into words what i think we have all been thinking but have been unable too spit out.

Excellent observations and GBR!

I have read several articles that are very interesting. It could be Maryland and Rutgers are just pawn moves. The real goal would be to get to 16 teams. The 2 final teams they would want to get would be NC and ND. Having Maryland defect puts a tiny crack in the ACC conglomerate and would allow for an addition of NC more easily. ND than probably would cave as the loss of NC would be a huge blow. Adding Rutgers, Maryland and NC would really pump up the BTN viewership and recruiting areas.

I think your the closest too get too the bottom of this. what you have reasoned seems too make the most sense. Especially sense Clemson and FSU are considering the SEC. The Big 10 may be playing a very complicated game of chess here.

Perhaps checkmate will be when Notre Dame finally has too go BIG?

Under Armour CEO and Maryland alum Kevin Plank is cashing out $65 million of stock. Buyout fee from the ACC is $50 million

 

Coincidence?

he's paying a potential exit fee or has been tipped off his company is about to go under.

 

Speaking of athletic companies, anyone else notice the two teams with the big "alums" who run Nike and Under Armor (Oregon and Maryland) also have the tackiest uniforms?

tacky isn't the word I was thinking.

 

An eyesore perhaps?

Quiet. I never heard the stadium so quiet in my life then it was yesterday. The only time the fans were alive were at the 1st qtr, when Minn was on 3rd down or us going for a TD. Other then that, absolute silence.

 

I also never seen it that empty during the 4th qtr. It was half empty. Didn't mind it when I driving out of the parking lot, but I am shocked that it was like that. And if people blame it on the cold, it wasn't that bad.

Its Minnesota.......... it was 38 - 0 at one point........... you can't expect the elderly too sit through that....................

Wow!. Peko's pad level is really good. That makes him really strong as he will always win the leverage battle. He's quick too with good feet. This guy has got to be the number 1 choice at DT for the immediate help that we need.

I Don't think we get him judging by some earlier comments.

He has an impressive list of offers. Nice pick up, coaches!

I want someone to tell me we can't recruit high level players.

This guy was LSU's RB of choice. Even committed at one point.

 

LSU passed on him because he tore his ACL as a junior and he isnt 100% yet. If and when he gets back this kid is an absolute steal thou.

He can get the same treatment Tommy did. he doesn't have too play right away and can let what ever extra healing the ACL requires his first year here.

The worst part of the whole piece, other han the insinuations that Bo personally attacks players, was that Brian Kelly has "changed" his sideline behavior. The guy wigs out more than Bo ever has and he still does it just as bad this year. Never mind that Bo is night and day with he is behavior this year compared to 2,3,4,5 years ago. And never mind that many of his first recruits have come out and said exactly that.

 

The Brothers Stoops make Bo look like an Alter Boy. So does Saban at times.

Problem is they got rings too silence their critics. Bo needs a Conference title ring this year too silence the ESPN tools. I really hope Bo and the team pulls it off.

I watched the game on TV but from even how far zoomed out the camera was i could tell he was trotting onto the field. as a kid born in the 80's too see him on to the field with the team one last time was a moment i will never forget.

We owe him so much on and off the field it is ridiculous.

Thank you Mr. Osborne. I hope your retirement is all you have dreamed off and peaceful.

Carlos Hyde is the new Pete Johnson. All he does is score touchdowns.

 

I'm picking Bucks 24-20.

 

 

We were way better in 2002 and won 19-14

 

We were way better in 2003 and lost 17-10

 

We were way better in 2008 and won 20-17

 

 

This tends to be a close game up there for whatever reason(the past 30 years)

Only 24 points? come on now. i got them dumping at least 30 on the Badgers. Borland is as good a MLB as it gets, but i think Miller can sneak past him on the outside enough times too lock up a W.

We need DT badly. Merdith is playing DT!! We always seem to have alot of injuries at DT, so i think we need 2 JUCOs. Toby fell because he cant help us right away but he would still be in my top 5. Gotta say Hooks and Russell are #1 at the moment, followed by Beau and Priest close behind. We are pretty deep at CB with Rose, Jackson and Daniel Davie on the come. Maybe they would chose to play Priest at saftey. We need DT and TE immediately IMO. If Priest goes elsewhere its not going to hurt us that bad. If he comes it would be a feather in the cap of an already talented defense....on paper.

some good points. our best DT's are frosh's tho. no need too back log the position with more than 3. i think Merdith is playing tackle so that Bo doesn't have too throw those kids into the fray and ruin their confidence.

If Rome had come a long at the pace we all had hoped i don't think DT would be such a issue.

If those kids you named were doing so well i think we would have seen them some this year considering our CB by committee approach. but we haven't. which is concerning too me. Mitchell is out there however wich is a good thing.

Too me we Need Willis in case any of the aforementioned kids don't pan out too the potential we hope for them. Kid has the athletic skills, and we could use another Amukamara type too complement Mitchell in the future.

Than you address the safeties and DT's and i think we are Golden.