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3 hours ago, ZRod said:

Quite a few, but at least they weren't a bunch of racists.

Underperforming coordinators and assistants are usually shown the door as well. 

1 minute ago, BigRedBuster said:

That might be it.

The tide really turned around the end of the Bo years and the beginning of the Riley era and the place was just miserable. I remember one of the owners and admin, Solly, routinely suspended members for every little disagreement and effectively ran a bunch of people off. 

Bighuskerfan.com was a pretty solid little board that descended really quickly into negativity. I’m surprised it’s even still up and running. 

Curiosity got the best of me and I did google Anthony Panico. Stumbled across this old article largely about Tom Lemming and early 00’s recruiting services that’s actually pretty interesting. Santino and how he got to Neb is one of the central parts of the article. 
 

https://chicagoreader.com/news-politics/the-swami-on-the-sidelines/

It’ll be interesting to see how long Kirk hangs on. With the B1G expansion and equitable B1G scheduling, those routine 9-3/8-4/7-5 seasons will assuredly be more and more difficult to come by. It wouldn’t shock me if he hangs it up soon. It also wouldn’t shock me if he makes the Iowa Athletic Department pry the job from his cold, dead hands.
 

My gut says he and Brian aren’t going anywhere. Iowa having to settle a $4m lawsuit out of court on his behalf, with Kirk coming out seemingly unscathed is quite an accomplishment. If he can navigate that without an issue, keeping around his son will be a layup.
 

You also have to imagine the nepotism can go only go on for so long until it creates some dissension within the ranks. I’m honestly surprised it hasn’t already. Parker and Woods both work their tails off for their respective units, and yet they’re being held back because of Baby Huey. Parker is 60 so he probably rides it out at Iowa. But if I’m a 45 year old Woods, and someone like Michigan St calls… I’m answering. 

5 minutes ago, MyBloodIsRed16 said:

This guy only likes to Rock and roll at night and part of every other day.  

It was definitely a cheap shot and worthy of a flag, but c’mon. There’s far worse in game hits. 
 

If CU wants to talk about players trying to intentionally hurt their opponent, I’m sure Adrian Martinez would like a word. 

16 minutes ago, Loebarth said:

We were up by 24 with 4 mins left.. pretty sure every coach in college would have made the same personnel call as Rhule did. 

Iowa was up 24-6 against Utah St with 7 min left when they pulled Cade McNamara. 
 

5 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said:

It seemed to me that most of the game, they switched Grant and Ervin in and out.  So....who do you have in the game to run out the clock?  I know we were up 25 points, but we have lost so many games in unbelievable style that I'm sure they just wanted an RB that takes care of the ball and they can trust.

This was a freak injury.  Very unfortunately, but I don't blame the coaches for this.

I’m confident there are several RBs on the roster that could have filled in during garbage time. A 25 point swing in 6 minutes? C’mon. 

3 minutes ago, Red Five said:

 

His last carry was with 6:30 to go in the 4Q when we were up 28-3.  Took a handoff 10 yards and limped off.  Nothing in the tackle looked off to me.

 

 

Thanks for finding that.

I understand anything can happen at any time with football, but man this it is wildly frustrating. Given that Rahmir was already injured at this point in the game, is it asking too much for the coaches to have a little wherewithal to pull some starters with the game in hand? 

4 minutes ago, Enhance said:

I don't remember if it was the last drive, but I do remember seeing him walk off the field holding his hip near the end of the game. That really sucks.

My best to both of them. Hopefully the coaches/players can identify some opportunities to work around this news and find other players who can step up.

I also remember seeing that and thinking “Great, he’s hurt now. Why was he even in, this game is over.” 

Gabe’s injury happened on that last meaningless drive didn’t it? 

12 minutes ago, CheeseHusker said:

I'm so tired of the same flexes year after year from these clowns. You'll never take over our stadium. There's nothing to do in Lincoln. It's a flyover state.

Yeah, guess what, the eastern half of Colorado is flyover too. I've driven from Limon to Burlington. I've been to Holyoke and Sterling. I know what it smells like when the wind blows in from the north from Greeley before a snowstorm.

 

Can’t forget Fart Morgan! 

6 minutes ago, knapplc said:

 

It's a Nebraska message board. You people act like we should be in active hate against our team 24/7.

 

If being a Nebraska fan isn't good enough for you, Colorado could use some help in their cheering section.

Case in point. There were plenty of very fair criticisms and questions about the Rhule hire and his subsequent staff hires that were met with this exact kind of histrionic response. 

18 minutes ago, huskerfan702 said:

Beats a kool aide circle jerk followed by the typical let down. I want some Louis luggage too lol

No kidding. There was plenty of slobbering over Rhule these last 9 months. 

Same stuff new smock. 
 

Absolutely nothing was materially different than Frost. Rhule is a snake oil salesman. Trev got duped. 

Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss.

17 hours ago, cheekygeek said:

I know that many people, particularly millennials, won't bother reading and will simply TL;DR.

We’ll be sure to skim it while we show you how to save it as a PDF after resetting your router for you. 

Yikes. He’s cooked. 

On 8/19/2023 at 11:57 PM, DefenderAO said:

Losing to Iowa by 30, and Ohio State by 59, before laying an egg in the bowl game, seems to have some influence on perception. 

Following up that one 9 win season by fielding the most lifeless Neb team since the moon landing probably has something to do with it too. 
 

It’s almost like context matters and one 9 win season doesn’t outweigh the death spiral he put this program in. 

1 minute ago, BigRedBuster said:

Also....this really shows why inflation spiked up.  People had more money so they were buying a lot of stuff driving up demand...thus driving up prices.  

 

But......it's all Biden's fault.

 
Right. When life starts to return to normal, folks will spend more and put less towards savings. This isn’t the elaborate “gotcha” that it’s being made out to be. 
 

23 minutes ago, RedDenver said:

Zerohedge isn't a credible source, and I can't find the JP Morgan source for that chart (although I find a few other sites also showing it without a link to the source). The closest I can find is the personal savings rate here: https://am.jpmorgan.com/us/en/asset-management/adv/insights/market-insights/market-updates/on-the-minds-of-investors/how-healthy-is-the-consumer/

 

 

That chart shows that people saved a lot of money and are now saving less, not that they spend all their savings. Here's a link to an analysis by the Federal Reserve that also shows a slowdown in saving rate and a loss of savings, not that it has all been spent (see Figure 5): https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/notes/feds-notes/excess-savings-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-20221021.html

 

 

Good points. Context matters. When a pandemic interrupts normal spending habits, the folks with the means to do so are of course going to put it towards savings. 

Prior to the Covid spike saving trends appear very stagnated. The giant spike in 2020 wasn’t the result of some illustrious Trump policy. It was because there weren’t any T Swift concerts or Amalfi coast trips to go on.

1 hour ago, huskerfan702 said:

This thread is bordering on obsession 

If you wanna talk obsession, check out the All Buffs board and browse thru their several hundred page thread dedicated to us. 

My heart wanted to vote 6. I think 6 wins are there (and have been there for years.) But my head says 2 wins. I’m just not convinced this staff or roster can get us to a bowl this year.