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You know prior to this yr I always thought "herby" was one of "the decent guys" on the trainwreck that is espn. But after someone caught him dropping Nebraska out of the top 25 on a bye week (around 21 previous wk) w/out legit justification, simply to "downgrade USCs" power points and propel Michigan into the title game -- and now his panic attack the other night -- I would agree he is a joke and fits in perfectly on that garbage network. Trev Alberts is looking smarter and smarter every day.

Why does this announcer lady want to sleep with Cynthia Barboza so much? Or am I imagining things...

Nope you were spot on. Security shouldve been called to pull those two off TEH BARBOZA love wagon.

It was pretty naseauting for sure. But I dont blame the commentators as much as ESPN itself. So typical of them. It simply comes down to them attempting to "hook the casual fan", flipping through channels. They find a "marketable face" and all of sudden a legitimate sport turns into a freakin revlon commercial. Pretty pathetic - they have virtually no broadcast competition but cant stop pandering to the lowest common denominator.

This skunky Buds for you, Mr Shock Effect SPorts Network owner addict, guy.

Simply awesome. The best ball game in town hands down. U girls worked your asses off all summer, fall & winter, and it showed - not only with your rocked out bodies, but flawless execution. Congrats lady Skers!!!

Pictures from tonights UCLA game have been posted in the Volleyball Forum here.

<----be advised, they may make you want to do this. or this ----->

how can you not love these girls. how.

Check out some pretty solid action shots from the eyes of myself & ETR. Oh and if you have a problem with numerous shots of athletic college girls with rock solid bodies in tight clothes, I strongly advise you to not open this link.

2006 Final Four -- Nebraska v UCLA Photos

These girls furggin OWN. Bring on THE TREE!!!!

Helluva good time. Great atmosphere 2b sure. 17K Qwest Crazies!1!!!

BOOM GOES THE DYNAMITE!!!!

Check out our action shots here: http://www.huskerboard.com/photos/vball/fi.../ucla/index.htm

How hot are Jordan Larson Rachel Schwartz & friends?? good night.

very, very, very rewarding.

BRING ON THE TREE!!!

Thanks guys ..... and SoonerNicole. *cough-SELLOUT-cough*

Turning 30 is kinda like getting fatmanloved ata Husker fusball game. You hear about it happening to other people, but dont think it can ever happen to you - but it can, and will.. if youre lucky.

Hmm.. what else can I say that sounds hip and makes it seem like I still HAVE A PULSE ON THE YOUTH OF AMERICA......... ahem.

ATTN to those drinking the HATERADE..... wait that was pretty 19ninetySolichera.... uhhhhhhh......errrrrrrrr.......hmmmmm lk;jjald;sffffffffk;kslf

oh sh#t, sorry, lost some faculties and went face first into my keyboard for a few mins.

errrhemmm.

YOU WILL RUE THE DAY when you are as many decades old as I am. rue the day I tell you.

wtf'ever. all I'll say is my 20's were a crapload of work, and Im ready to work alot less this decade.

ok, now back to my HOOTIE & the Candlebox BESTOFF album....

*cough-PULLTHATCRAPAGAINICOLEANDYOURESHITCANNED-cough*

the hell with you guys

 

you all suck

 

i bought a new pair of Vokl AC3's last year and i dont get to use them this year. dont have much snow here in Iraq.

 

hskrdedhed-------you ever ski monarch? being from the Breck you probably dont slum at Monarch to much, but the lines are short and it has some good runs in my opinion. plus last year i got a season pass through the military for $100.00. cant beat that with a stick

Wheres monarch spongerob?

I gotta MIP in HS .. I was 1 of 75 bagged that night by blowvues lamest. I still tell my parents the cops planted the alcohol in my blood .. kinda a reverse OJ-Furhman thing.. hard to explain.

Was sentenced to 10 AA meetings.. which were so dehumanizing we had to get housed just to show up and talk about why we sucked at humanity.

Awesome! Best experience I have had in a loooong time! They drop you off at 14,000 feet and let you go down the mountain in virgin powder! I had Janes Addictions "Nothing Shocking" CD in the headset and tore it up. Expensive , but well worth it. I seriously should be in ski movies. I ROCK! I'm beat to hell though. If you are a capable skier and love fresh terrain, I would recommend spending the money on it. I feel like a new man after the last 2 days!

COMIN DOWN THE MOUNTAIN!

Man that sounds freakin incredible. I love to ski but am nowhere near good enough to do a chopper drop. And JA is one of my faves to rip powder to as well... theres nothing like jamming THE MOUNTAIN SONG and thrashing thru a crisp mountain air at a cool 50 MPHs... B)

you got any vids?

Well, Ive been known to be critical about our noise level in the past, but in this case I have to strongly agree that we were damn loud during the majority of the game. I was actualy very impressed, b/c I thought the overall DB level throughout the game was louder than most home games Ive been to this year. Especially when we combined the "seat pounding" with our screaming - that really compounded the noise, which obviously cant happen at home games.

But both sides are probably right, b/c heres the thing I've learned - where you are in the stadium has A LOT to do with how you intrepret the noise. ETR and I were fortunate to be on the 25 in row 16 (opposite end from OU crowd), and Im telling you the noise down there was deafening at times, so I know it affected OU - fact is, Thompson just played absolute lights out. Hell there were times when the general "buzz" from the crowd - just people talking - was so loud during our possessions that I noticed even Taylor had trouble hearing. And from where we were sitting, it truly didnt even sound like any OU fans were yelling AT ALL. But again, we were on the same side and opposite end as their fans/band, so werent in their direct path. A case in point is at the A&M game -- we were very high and out of the path of the student section, so much of the noise dissipated before it got to us, so it didnt seem very loud - but I still know damn well that place was rocking.

I also think Gideanb nailed it about the positioning of the microphones. I think ABC does this to give a "ying-yang" feel to the noise for entertainment purposes - especially at a neutral site. In fact I know they have microphones near each teams bands, and it so happened that was exactly where nearly ALL of the OU fans were.

Just my perspective, but overall I was proud of our fans and think we DUN BRUNG IT.

Hey fellas -- ETR and I will be down there about 2-3. We will steer for Lot G also - But from my experience with camArrowhead you pretty much are forced to go with the flow, and the lots are fairly big so it'll be pretty tough to pinpoint each other in an ocean of red. Not trying to be a bum out, just realistic. If you want a real shot at finding each other I would say exchange #'s and coordinate after parking. Any1 that wants to join myself & Eric and skersfan/Bob & family is welcome to PM me for my number. It will be a modest setup up tho, so if you'd like to eat & drink pls bring some kill & swill - and we'll grill. Travel safe all and have a great time!

I agree HG, well sed. made some similiar comments in the newsletter I just sent out... if it only impacts 1 person, it will be worth it.

Getting some front page ink in the KC Star.. nothing else better going on down there anyway, but still nice to see.....

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/sports/16126603.htm

THE BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP | 7 p.m. Saturday at Arrowhead Stadium

Big red rebirth

Nebraska hit bottom under Bill Callahan, but now the coach has the Huskers back on top.

By BLAIR KERKHOFF

The Kansas City Star

L INCOLN, Neb. | Nebraska linebacker Corey McKeon didn’t make the trip to Lubbock in 2004, but this was one of those moments when you really didn’t have to be there.

“I turned it off at halftime and got out of my room. I couldn’t take it,” McKeon said. “That wasn’t Nebraska football. I don’t know what it was.”

To some, that game marked the most embarrassing moment in Nebraska’s modern history, a period that begins with the arrival of Bob Devaney for the start of the 1962 season and, many feared, ended with coach Bill Callahan that night at Texas Tech in a 70-10 loss.

For others in the Husker Nation, the greater plunge came the next season when Nebraska was blasted at Kansas 40-15. Radio play-by-play broadcaster Jim Rose turned nostalgic driving back along Interstate 29, and not in a good way.

“I was thinking Nebraska went to the Rose Bowl in 1941 and then had 20 years of futility,” Rose said. “We had gone to the Rose Bowl a few years ago, and were we about to go through another 20 years like that?

“Because if we were, I wanted a semi coming southbound to cross the median and take me out, because that way I wouldn’t have to watch 20 years of that.”

Saturday’s appearance in the Big 12 championship game against Oklahoma shows how quickly things have changed.

The Cornhuskers are back as a division winner for the first time since 1999 and are in a position to reach their first Bowl Championship Series postseason game since the 2001 season.

Has the program accomplished the “Restore the Order” command on the T-shirts sold in Nebraska gift shops? Callahan won’t get pulled into that discussion just yet. The slogan works for laundry, even on the shirts worn by players under their jerseys. But as a guiding principle for public consumption, well, Callahan chose his words carefully during championship week.

“It would be great if we won,” Callahan said. “We came here to win and play for championships.”

No open declarations of greatness yet. But those nightmare games in Lubbock and Lawrence seem distant now — Nebraska is 12-3 since the Kansas loss — and the occasion of the Big 12 championship-game appearance is tangible proof that the Cornhuskers are heading in the right direction.

•••

Athletic director Steve Pederson caught flak immediately after firing Frank Solich, who had just won at Colorado and improved to 9-3 in the 2003 season. Fans seemed split over whether it was the right move, but one player, defensive end Benard Thomas, wasn’t torn.

He confronted Pederson at a news conference, quizzing him about the situation as the Huskers prepared for a bowl game. Thomas’ parting words: “This is bull…”

Before hiring Callahan, Pederson reportedly was turned down by at least three candidates, including then-Chiefs assistant Al Saunders. The search lasted 41 days before Callahan, fired from his Oakland Raiders job after taking the team to the Super Bowl the previous season, took the position.

Pederson’s decision to make a change came down to a simple question.

Why wait?

Pederson had seen enough in Solich’s final two seasons that produced a 17-10 record to know the standard was slipping.

“The question was whether or not we wanted to wait for the decision to make itself,” Pederson said. “We felt like it was appropriate to get started heading to where we wanted to go instead of staying in a holding pattern.”

If the coaching transition was disorienting to Nebraska fans, only two seasons removed from watching their Cornhuskers play for the BCS championship, it would be nothing compared with changes they were about to see.

Out with the option, an attack good enough to win three national championships under Tom Osborne and 75 percent of the games under Solich. In with the West Coast offense that stressed offensive balance.

Quarterback Joe Dailey and running back Cory Ross and bulky offensive linemen were recruited to run the old-school offense. But Callahan didn’t ease into the transition. He changed the pace immediately, and the result was the program’s first losing record in more than four decades.

“That season was tough on all of us,” Callahan said. “We had tremendous respect for coach Solich and his staff, but when you take over a program, you’re going to do it your way. Things change.”

Even on the sideline. Nebraska fans, used to the stoic demeanor of Osborne and Solich, were shocked when Callahan left the field after a 30-3 loss at Oklahoma that first season and was caught on tape yelling to Oklahoma fans, “(expletive) hillbillies” in response to being pelted by oranges as the Sooners were gunning for an appearance in the Orange Bowl.

“I made some errors, said some things I probably shouldn’t have said, and I apologized for it and moved on,” Callahan said.

But the program moved backward. Nebraska lost its final three games, including the home finale against Colorado, and fell to 5-6. The Cornhuskers had their first losing season since 1961 — the year before Devaney was hired — and would not play in a bowl game for the first time in 35 years, ending college football’s longest such streak.

“Nobody was feeling good about themselves,” senior defensive end Jay Moore said.

Pederson had said change was necessary if Nebraska was going to continue to compare itself to Texas and Oklahoma, but this was painful.

“Still, I spoke to a lot of groups, and the pulse then was he would get a pass for 2004 because people understood how difficult the transition would be,” Rose said. “Maybe not a full endorsement, and I think the honeymoon period accelerated a bit, but for the most part the fans were supportive.”

•••

The winning came at the end of last season, and not a moment too soon.

As Callahan walked off the field at Lawrence, his Nebraska record stood at 10-10 overall and 4-8 in Big 12 games. Nebraska had defeated Baylor twice, Missouri and Iowa State.

The next two games were against Kansas State and at Colorado, and the Cornhuskers needed one of them to qualify for a bowl game. Lose both, finish 5-6 for a second straight year, and there’s no telling what might have happened to one of the most loyal fan bases in college football.

But the Cornhuskers eked out a victory against Kansas State and, in Callahan’s finest moment in red, thumped the Buffaloes in Boulder 30-3.

“That was a huge win, beating the team that would win the division,” Callahan said.

The next one would be even more so, for reasons other than a bowl trophy. Nebraska, trailing by 11 in the fourth quarter, rallied past Michigan 32-28 in the Alamo Bowl.

The Cornhuskers had spent much of the previous month working on a running game that had gone nowhere during the regular season. The program that had led the nation in rushing 13 times since 1980 had gained more than 100 yards on the ground once in the final five regular-season games.

Nebraska worked on running schemes against Michigan, went for 151 yards and laid the foundation for this year’s balanced attack. The team that ranked 107th in rushing last season is 18th this year at 183 yards per game, boosting the game of quarterback Zac Taylor to the point where he was chosen Big 12 offensive player of the year.

In rolling to a 9-3 record, Nebraska swept its North opponents for the first time since 1999. The victory at Texas A&M stands out, as the Cornhuskers looked like a loser after Taylor threw an interception with Nebraska trailing by six and less than 3 minutes remaining.

But the Huskers got it back and drove 75 yards with no timeouts. Taylor lofted a 9-yard touchdown pass to Maurice Purify on a fade with 21 seconds remaining for Callahan’s biggest triumph in three years.

There have been disappointments this season. A conservative approach at Southern California kept Nebraska from being part of the game. The Cornhuskers coughed up a big lead at Oklahoma State.

But here they are, preparing for a conference championship, and the growing pains of a program in transition have subsided. Nebraska may even be ahead of where Pederson thought it would be.

“I never felt that we weren’t on the right track,” Pederson said. “The reality is we’re very excited after only three years to have this chance.”

The new offense is working, there have been recruiting successes, and two years after allowing a team to score 70 points, Callahan no longer preaches patience when he’s asked whether the program is turning the corner.

“We’re getting there,” Callahan said, “but we’re not there yet.”

To reach Blair Kerkhoff, Big 12 reporter for The Star, call (816) 234-4730 or send e-mail to bkerkhoff@kcstar.com

Ok I did what you said..test again and if this doesn't work..then I give up. Thanks all who tried to help me and I wish all of you a nice day:)

Check 2 posts up.... Is that what you were going for? Looks like the problem was with the link, which was to a webpage instead of the image itself. I also added a little Signature for you, but just let me know if you want something else.

No I don't it just doesn't post it at all...............I'm trying to upload it from my camera disk and I try to add the attachment and it just sits there and then just posts what I type down???

Hey guys, I think I may have figured out the problem... try uploading your images now.

Im N like EFFN hillbillies ata cracker barrel ona 2FER TUESDAY.

That would be great, thanks for the offer OH. Seeing the game from different perspectives is always cool.

Rock solid benny. great work.

I created a PhotoBucket to put all the HB wallpapers together and I think it would be cool if huskerwallpaper.com would put a link to this PhotoBucket album on that site so people could see newer husker wallpapers without having to update that site so much.

 

Anyway if theres anything you want me to put it in I will make a folder with your user name and then your wallpapers inside of it.

 

Heres a link to it Here!

Great, thanks HG. If you dont mind, how bouts we just use the one eliot set up, since he already has quite a few in there. PM him for the login if youd like to add any. and good idea with the link on huskerwallpaper.com -- i'll get it added now.

also, eliot - when you get a chance, would you mind setting up sub-categories under the "wallpaper" cat, to keep it more organized? -- maybe something like:

Opponents

Team

Players

Coaches

Misc.

btw, does anyone know if PB removes files after a certain period of time like IS does?

thanks fellas.

Great game to stuff ina stocking........

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