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  1. Heres the response from my friends when I told them what we're doing: "Chad that is so awesome. Thank you so much. We feel so bad for this kid. He is in AP classes and has never been in trouble plus had to quit playing basketball to care for his mother and has no one else. Shawn said he was on varsity as a sophomore so that had to have been hard. Every bit helps and will be appreciated." I know it doesnt matter what level of sports you play on, but for those who played sports in HS can you imagine finally making varsity, and then needing to quit to care for a dying family member? Wow. And you know it eats his mom up to know that she is the reason he isn't able to do something he loves. But he is such a huge person for doing what he's doing. Very admirable. Not trying to guilt trip anyone, but this just makes me think about the stuff that I spend money on, and to think about how much a good family like this is going through simply to afford essentials. This is why I decided to buy a couple less gifts for myself this year and spend it on someone who needs it much more than me. Thanks again everyone.
  2. You guys are awesome. It doesn't matter how much you give - everything helps. We currently have pooled $120 - so the family is getting at least $265 just from us! And I'm sure some others have mailed checks. There's still time for others to chip in, and I know they could definitely use some more help. I'm going to mail a check on Monday, and then will send another one the following week. Thanks again guys! They will be truly grateful - especially since they had no idea about the power of Husker Nation.
  3. Please take a moment to read this post if you haven't already. Thanks!
  4. Hey guys, One of my good friends/Shawn (originally from Omaha) is an assistant principal at a HS in Houston. He has a student whose family is in dire need. He didn't ask me to do this - his wife only sent this to his close friends, and he's never asked for help for a student before, and he's seen it all down there - so I know it must be a very important cause. Please read his wife's note below for details. If you are able to donate, I'm collecting money and will send a single lump sum on behalf of the good people from Huskerboard. I set up a Paypal donation link, which you can visit below. Donate Here *I promise you this is legit - for those of you that don't know me I'm one of the co-founders of the board. The company listed on the donation form / Practice Sports, Inc. is a company I help operate - so I guarantee 100% of the donations will go to the family. I'm personally sending a donation, and in addition will also match every dollar donated from you guys. Thanks for the consideration, and just let me know if you need any clarification -- chad@huskerboard.com Chad Details: Merry Christmas! We hope all of you are doing well. I don't usually send things like this out but Shawn has an 18 year old MHS Student who could use a little help this Christmas. His mother is dying of terminal cancer and her health insurance policy already hit the maximum benefit payout. She is taking money from a life insurance policy to pay for medical treatment. She also lost her job. They have no other family in the area and don't have money for food, clothes, basic necessities like toilet paper, or money for gas to get the mother to and from treatments. The boy is a good kid and scheduled to graduate this year. He quit playing basketball to stay home and care for his mother. If you are not already over obligated for the holidays and could help someone in need, please let us know. The money will be used to purchase necessities for the family like toiletries, groceries, food, gas, etc. If you would like to help by donating food or clothing rather than money, please let me know. I don't know if I can get it setup as tax deductible this way but it will still be welcome assistance! Thank you! Love, Shawn and Amber Donate Here
  5. PREDICT THE SCORE - RUSHING & PASSING YARDS FOR NU Please read before posting. This contest is FREE and only available for Huskerboard members. Get a free account above. The Bowl Game prize is a $75 gift card to HuskerNation.com since we had no winner for the CU game. DIRECTIONS: 1) Post your prediction (score, passing and rushing yards) for the current game in this thread by clicking on the "Reply" button at the bottom of the screen. Please post only one submission - if you post multiple submissions, only the first will be considered. 2) Include both team names - if you do not include both team names it will be assumed that Nebraska is the higher of the two. RULES: If more than one member correctly predicts the exact score, the tie-breaker is: -The member who closest predicts the Husker passing yards (it doesn't matter if the prediciton is over or under). If there is still a tie, then... -The member who closest predicts the Husker rushing yards (it doesn't matter if the prediciton is over or under), if there is still a tie, then... -Whichever member posted the first correct score in the contest. -One submission per person -- IP addresses will be cross-checked -- if multiple entires are submitted by the same person using different user-names, they will be permanently disqualified from all future contests. Predictions must be posted at least 30 mins prior to kick-off. The time-stamp on your post will be used as the deciding time, so adjust your timezone setting in your "Control Panel" to ensure your posts are accurate, OR get your post in early so there is no confusion!! The winner is awarded a gift certificate to any HuskerBoard store for the first contest. Each week that there is no winner, the gift certificate increases by $25. This means that the pot could increase to more than $300 by the end of the season. See more info on the payout details here: http://www.huskerboard.com/forums/contest.htm Send questions to admin@huskerboard.com or contact any Moderator. Good luck!! NOTE: If you edit your score before the contest closes, please make sure you check the "Add the 'Edited By' line" box directly above the "Submit modified post" button. See the image below. This will help make sure all changes are accounted for. Thanks!
  6. Nice job man. your work is appreciated. I'm including it in the weekly newsletter like usual... gotta give the masses what they want.
  7. Already a few orders so far - thanks for the support guys. Remember it ends tomorrow night.
  8. In honor of the 12 point win today, HuskerNation.com is offering a 12% discount on ALL items until tomorrow/Sunday night at midnight. Use this to knock off some early holiday shopping and get it over-with. Use coupon-code: beatbaylor during check-out. HuskerNation.com BUY BUY BUY thanks for supporting the board.
  9. Help us out guys.... http://www.worstfans.com/?page_id=20
  10. Congrats DP, I'm very happy for you man. You've busted your ass over the past few yrs and earned it. Now work even harder and you'll earn your Big Red stripes. I know you'll see the field, b/c you have character and fire. Best of luck, and enjoy it for everyone on the board that wishes they had the opp you do. GBR
  11. If by hippies you mean people who prefer more civil liberties, more Local government control opposed to federally regulated everything, more focus on constitutional rights, & more homeland security opposed to WORLD policing - then sign me up for the hippie bus. The main thing that sells me on Ron Paul is the fact that he doesnt have a corporate hand up his ass, puppeteering his every move. Our political system is a corrupt cluster-f, and the main reason is b/c of corporate influence, which dictates our politics. The biggest culprit is The Federal Reserve - the psuedo gov't "branch" that prints our money at will (the main reason our economy is upside down). I didnt realize this isnt even a government branch until a couple yrs ago... Sounds like one to me. But its actually run by a group of independent banks. Yep, old rich white guys that completely control our economy, which controls our global policies, and so on. Anyone intersted in this topic this is an enlightening vid: http://youtube.com/watch?v=9ojn0HSETnw RP actually plans to eliminate the Fed Reserve, AND the Federal Income Tax - so he MUST be on drugs huh. Personally I feel confident that I can manage my money better than the government. And no, schools & highways wont close b/c of this, there are PLENTY of other STATE & corporate taxes to pay for these local things. Oh and hes the only candidate that actually has a viable & tangible plan for fixing our cluster-flip of an economy. Read it here I just find it hard to believe that if people actually had an open mind about him, didn't let the media whitewash them with prop for every other candidate except him, and looked past the fact that he isnt a well polished public robot.. I mean speaker, ala Mitt Rom-bot, they wouldnt be able to overlook what he seriously could offer our country. I was skeptical of him at first myself, but I just recommend that anyone else who is, to just give him a legit look, and if you still think the combo of church/state (Huckabee), bigger gov't (Romney the ex CEO), or spending the next 100 yrs in Iraq (Mccain) sounds better -- or if you have other personal reasons for voting for someone else, then I can respect that. Just dont let the media or the american mob mentality make your decisions for you. This is nothing against you BRI, just my opinion about the topic in general. Im not saying Ron Paul is the perfect candidate, he just happens to be the best choice we've had in a long time. Personally I'd feel more comfortable with this guy leading our country than any of our other options. Viva la nana llama para el presidente!!!
  12. These are now available for orders! http://huskerts.com#skull Can I getta
  13. Skull & BOnes Tour shirts are now available for ordering... http://huskerts.com#skull Nice job Coop.
  14. I've emailed Blackshirt and informed him of the question - he may be "off-line" due to the holidays, so I don't know how quickly he'll check in. Hopefully thats the case. Thanks for the response. Sorry for the delay - trying to detach from the web a bit over the holidays. Unfortunately we can't accept clothing returns unless they're still in the original sealed shipping package. This is the only way we can be sure they weren't worn, and we don't end up selling customers used shirts.
  15. Great job coop - instant classic. I'll get it added to HuskerTs.com later this week for everyone to start ordering. Chad
  16. BRI, I've emailed him to be sure he knows as soon as possible. I'm sure you'll be hearing from him soon. I also gave him the link to your post, so be sure and check back here as well. Alright thanks AR. It would let me fill in my log-on information, but then it would take me to another page where I had to put basically the same information in, but when I hit submit it would make me do it over and over again. Thanks for everyones support! BRI, Im not sure what the problem might be. Unfortunately I dont manage the store itself, just the domain name. Feel free to give them a call, or send them an email - they are very easy to work with and will respond very quickly -- 1-877-827-8965 or http://www.footballfanatics.com/HelpDesk/Customer_Service Or worst case you can also call in your order -- just mention Huskergear.com --- 1-866-881-2581 Thanks!
  17. Thanks guys. Appreciate the nice words. Had a good bird-day indeed. Heres a snapshot from the Huskerboard offices... Thats AR Husker on the left. he played me hot cross buns. i was pretty creeped out and banned his acct shortly after. unfortunately hes an admin and just unbanned himself. the end.
  18. As many of you realize, huskerboard has grown significantly over the past several months - and we love it. But with high traffic comes high hosting costs - much higher than you would expect, due to the bandwidth and overall space needed to support all of the activity, as well as backing-up the site on a nightly basis etc. I'm not asking for donations - simply that you consider shopping at our stores this holiday season, and any other time you need a good husker gift. Also, I would appreciate it if you would help spread the word by posting the code below in your signature - it will appear just like it does in mine. Thanks guys!! **Simply paste this code into your signature. [left] [color=#000000][size=4][b][color=#FF0000]Husker[/color] Gift Ideas -- [color=#FF0000]Support[/color] the Board![/size][/color] [color=#FF0000][size=2][url=http://huskerts.com/index.htm]Husker T-shirts[/url] :: [url=http://www.huskerbay.com/new/husker_flags.htm]Husker Flags[/url] :: [url=http://huskervideos.com/]Husker DVDs[/url] :: [color=#000000]Other Gear:[/color] [url=http://huskergear.com/]HuskerGear.com[/url] :: [url=http://gamedaygames.com/]Tailgate Games[/url] [/size][/color][/b] *These stores are operated by Huskerboard - sales help pay our high hosting costs to keep the board 100% free. We appreciate your help! [/left]
  19. Ok, these are ready for ordering! They will ship mid next week, arriving in plenty of time for xmas - around the 17th to most locations. They are $16 + $4.60 for shipping. Order Here: http://huskerTs.com Thanks for your support! And thanks to ISRP for the concept, and huskeraddict for the design. You guys will each get a free shirt.
  20. Sorry for the problems tonight. We're attempting to upgrade the board to alleviate the problems we've had recently i.e. search "dysfunction." We ran into a snag, but will hopefully get it figured out in the next couple days. In the meantime most all of the functions should work as usual. Thanks for your patience.
  21. Just wanted to let everyone know that bennychico11 is our newest mod. He's been a very helpful & respectful member for the last couple years, and he'll be a big help keeping Huskerboard on the up. Our mods are a big reason why this board has become the fastest growing husker message board - they do A LOT of behind the scenes stuff that go unnoticed, keeping the board free of spam and other shennanigans. Not to mention they are volunteers. so please do whatever you can to make their jobs easier, and the board will continue to improve.. which will make it easier for you to do less work at work. Also, pls remember they have the full support of the board admins. Thanks.
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