RedSavage

Your assessment of the candidates are fairly close to mine. I'm more willing to give Fiorina more of a chance. You say she ran HP into the ground but at the same time, there was a huge tech bubble that occurred that had something to do with that. Anyway, I'm willing to give her a chance. I like Carson and he obviously is someone who is extremely impressive. I'm just not at the point that I'm wiling to say he is "my guy" yet.....well, I'm not willing to say that about anyone. There is one thing that absolutely makes me happy in all of this. The three leaders in the Republican party have never held public office before. That tells me the people want change and Republicans are at least willing to look outside of Washington for that change. Regarding Fiorina, I would direct you to this article and would be curious to see if your opinion changes: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/09/carly-fiorina-ceo-jeffrey-sonnenfeld-2016-213163 I do have concern regarding how religious Carson is. I have no problem with someone being religious but if your beliefs get in the way of the constitution and the law, well that's not gonna fly.

Me too. A lot of people may already know this but I heard last weekend from a pretty reliable source, THE ONLY reason he's not our current HC is bc the media announced it before it was ever actually official and he backed out. Thank you press! why would that cause him to back out? im not sure I buy that. Ive heard from many people in the know that he was offered, so I believe you there. If he wanted to coach at Nebraska, im not sure why a news story saying he might coach Nebraska would cause him to back out. There was a little more to the story that I'm a little fuzzy on bc of the day's activities but something that happened with the media before it was official was the primary reason he backed out

Me too. A lot of people may already know this but I heard last weekend from a pretty reliable source, THE ONLY reason he's not our current HC is bc the media announced it before it was ever actually official and he backed out. Thank you press!

Bachelors in Finance from UNL and finishing my last course before I can take the CFP certification exam

I'm about 7 episodes in and it is pretty good. I kind of wondered when I started watching if it would be a one and done season but I've heard it ends in a way that sets up for a second season. It's one of those shows you have to pretty much give your undivided attention (unless you can speak Spanish) bc majority of it is spoken in Spanish so lots of subtitles.

Probably something like "Davie is picking up where he left off." as opposed to "Wow, Banker's D is really screwing up Davie." If Daniel Davie needs help from the safety on every pass play thrown his way, he isn't good. The coaches said before the season started Davie was our #1 CB. I don't understand how's there's such a disparity.

I'm sure Wilbon isn't playing because the coaches are determined to lose games and divide the whole team and fan base in the process. Seriously, why do so many people seem to have such a fetish for Wilbon? I'm sure there's a reason he's not playing, such as the reason coaches gave that he needs to get better with pass pro. It's not a fetish with Wilbon. It's that Newby has looked hesitant to hit the holes, and giving Wilbon (who showed great flashes in game 1) a shot to see what he can do with more carries seems like a logical thing to do. It's not a fetish with Wilbon, it's me not quite understanding the coaches' fetish with Newby. Exactly. I think Newby has a lot of potential, but thus far, it's been kind of painful to watch. It's like he's trying to be too pretty rather than just blowing by guys. He did a good job following his blockers in this and the S.A. game but there were multiple times he could've had much more if he was more decisive.

I am going to call people on this every time I see it. This would have easily have been the standard "non incredibly lucky" interception by either of the two defensive backs had they not collided with each other. It was a bad throw that should have been picked off the "normal" way. The Interception may not have been "incredibly lucky" but the bounce that caused it was

I agree that talent is not why we lost this game or the BYU game. On the flip side, not trying to be that guy and call players out but Davie would not be starting at most Power 5 programs.

20 sacks last season and unranked with no other offers? Wut Even 10 sacks on the year is pretty decent but this is apparently part of it: Wow, they must be REALLY BAD to give up 10 sacks to one player in one game. He looks like he does a pretty good job of getting off blocks and must have decent speed as he chases down a lot of guys in his film. Although it looks like there's only about 4 different games, which is not a lot to go off of.

20 sacks last season and unranked with no other offers? Wut

Listening to both Damon Benning and Mike'l Severe yesterday on their radio shows, they thought that against USA, Newby struggled once he gets to the 2nd level and didn't know where to go after getting through the initial hole. They both thought Newby left a lot of extra yards out there. I know it's tough to complain about nearly 200 yards rushing, but both seemed to think he could have gotten 250-300 if he makes the appropriate downfield moves. That was something I thought Ameer was great at. Ameer seemed to be great at looking past the initial hole, and looking downfield at the next level of defenders. Even though Ameer didn't have amazing, breakaway speed, he was able to make defenders miss downfield (see Eric Weddle from the Chargers this past Sunday). Perhaps that's why Newby was still getting snaps towards the end. The staff giving him a chance to figure it out in a live game? I think there's a lot of truth to that. He has yet to really look comfortable and find what seems to be a good rhythm. Watching the game, I feel like any of our backs could have run it just as well as he did. The line did a good job of blocking, which he followed and not much more. He didn't really have that many runs where he made guys miss and get through that second level, as has been mentioned. The staff sees the high ceiling for Newby but he still has a long ways to go and they are trying to do everything they can to get him there.

Rushed into his commitment and needs a little more time to think about his decision...like a couple hours?

Fans will always want big plays, end of story. What fans don't want, is living and dying by it, which is exactly what we've done the last few years. Our offense put up some pretty big numbers that really weren't skewed at all by "a big play" on Saturday. I think we would have taken more shots down field and looked more for that big play had there been a need. If our offense can string together consistent drives like we did Saturday against the good teams, I am more than okay with that. South Alabama was TIRED by the end of that game. You wear a team down like that, it creates even more opportunities for the big play (which again, we didn't need Saturday). After the BYU game, Riley realized the need to work on our running game. We can not run the ball like we did against BYU and beat good teams majority of the time. This game was focused on running the ball more than anything, offensively. Your chances of a home run threat go way down when you are that dedicated to running the ball. Seems to me there's a far greater chance of taking it to the house when you are slinging it around, than when you're pounding the rock.

/Burrell

This can not be stated enough. I read what was about a five page write-up (that probably wasn't supposed to get to the public) from someone who is very close to the program on Saturday. It had everything from the X's and O's of what we were going to do on offense and defense in the BYU game, to what's really going on with the team. It was pretty much spot on. According to what I read, we are one injury away from a VERY long season. Bush had a terrible fall camp and the coaches have very little confidence in any of our other qbs.

Since the game I've had this conversation with a couple people and am curious what others think. Did BYU out athlete NU on Saturday? There were certainly times it looked that way. If so, was the recruiting really that bad under Bo? I'm of the opinion that we should EASILY be able to out recruit the likes of the BYU's of the world. If that's the case, its once again, another glaring example of how we should have gotten rid of BP long before we did. Or Are we the better team and it was more the coaching transition, adjusting to the new scheme, young and inexperienced players at a lot of positions, lack of depth, etc.?

Offense: Newby Defense: I won't say he will have a "big day" but he will show why he's starting - Young. Collins has a big day with at least 1 sack and 2 tfl.

Honestly, I think Westerkamp is one that the last staff's scheme did a huge disservice to. With very little to no blocking on the line at the point of the punt, the returners had absolutely no time to catch the ball without someone in their face, getting hit...etc. I think that is what hurt their confidence in doing the job. It is possible he could be decent at the job in a different scheme if his confidence can be built back up. Yeah, it seems like they had Westerkamp in there to fair catch the ball in traffic. How many times did he catch the ball in a crowd of two or three guys. That's just giving up on any sort of return. I think Westy will do just fine returning the ball and may even surprise some people. I'm more concerned about him getting hurt back there.

LJS If push came to shove, I would have to side with the athletes on this. While I would like to be able to sit at a basketball or baseball game and have a beer, a) I don't need it to enjoy the event and b) I know some would take it way too far and ruin the experience for others. Obviously you don't want a bunch of obnoxious drunks at the games and whatnot but other schools that sell alcohol don't have really have that many issues with fans "taking it too far", why does everyone seem to think this would be such an issue at UNL?

One of the media guys noted yesterday that we've recruited several guys over the last couple years who were good returners in HS. I can't remember for sure all of who they listed but they're mostly defensive guys at this point (with DPE and Alston out). Josh Kalu, Eric Lee and I think Avery Anderson. Maybe Chris Jones though he's been hurt as well. I wouldn't mind seeing Turner get a shot either. And Wilbon might have been on that list as well. If memory serves correctly, I think Trai Mosley was pretty solid as a PR in HS.

I disagree, let the kid heal and come back when he's fully healed and ready to play. No need to put his future in jeopardy just because some fans want to "get the most they can out of him" while he's at Nebraska. I honestly thought about the idea of redshirting DPE. I think it mainly depends on when he will be able to come back, and if he is not at risk for further injury. I would recommend that he should wait to come back until he's fully healthy, but if he's ready in mid-October (approximately 8 weeks from now) and can play half the season, then you let him play. I would say it depends on where we are as a team when he's 100% healthy again. If we're not in the discussion for the CCG or we're 3-3 (or some other arbitrary record), I'm not sure it's worth it to play him.