GBRedneck

I didn't know they were brothers. That's awesome. And their mom is Barbara Mandel of the famous country and western group the Mandel Sisters.

I predicted 35-0, so 34-7 wouldn't shock me at all. It also doesn't shock me that Mandel has the score backwards.

. . . or drunk on the blood of Jesus? http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2013/11/15/illinois-bishop-plans-gay-marriage-exorcism/?hpt=hp_t3

That's bullsh#t. You question someones fandom because they want the program to win more and perform better? You must be of the opinion that this is as good as it can be. Not ranked, squeaking by Wyoming, losing to Minnesota, getting blown out by UCLA and, so far, one great win beating Michigan in their house. That's it? That's all you want? Which team are you a fan of? Relax. I'm fairly new here. I've noticed there are clearly fans of other teams posting here. "TAKODA" does not say "Husker Fan" nor does his avatar. Then he posts a heavily researched stats-laden post trying to tear down the Huskers, complete with a virtual high five to the guy who helped him compile these dramatic stats. And I was supposed to correctly guess that he was actually a Husker fan??? I'll relax when you do. I'm not new here. Acceptable convention would suggest that possibly you might want to know who you are addressing before pulling out the "you're not a fan" card on another poster. You aren't supposed to guess squat but it would be nice if you tempered your comments with a bit of knowledge before going there. And, BTW, so you learn a little bit more about me, I'm not 9 yrs old but more like 50. I attended UNL 1981-1985. I've been a fan since I was a little child growing up in Nebraska. I was not enamored with Solich the year before he was fired but I wasn't calling for his head either. I think, if he was going to be fired, it should have been done the year before he actually was canned. And yes, in hindsight, I wish it had not been done at all or at the very least that it had been handled much differently. But, I firmly believe the problem was not created by changing coaches but rather by interrupting all program continuity, trashing the walk-on program, and alienating former players and tradition. So, I do not fear coaching change in and of itself. Devaney to Osborne was not a problem. Osborne to Solich was not a problem. Callahan to Pelini was not a problem. The only real problem we've had therefore can be attributed more to what Callahan and Pederson did and allowed to happen and not to the HC change itself. I don't dislike Bo, I'm not a hater. I just see a bunch of evidence that suggests we could and should be doing better and also that Bo would fly the coop if presented the opportunity. If you think I'M a negative Nellie, I've got a list of people you've just got to meet. I apologize. Sounds like we are very similar in many ways.

Former roommate.

I'm predicting a +6 turnover margin. GBR!!

TAKODA, your post that I responded to clearly sliced and diced and cherry picked stats to put the Huskers in a bad light. And you seemed almost gleeful in your accomplishment. Be a man. Own it.

I say 35 - 0. I see a shutout. GBR!!!

Sorry about that cut and paste. It looked great in my preview pane!

That's bullsh#t. You question someones fandom because they want the program to win more and perform better? You must be of the opinion that this is as good as it can be. Not ranked, squeaking by Wyoming, losing to Minnesota, getting blown out by UCLA and, so far, one great win beating Michigan in their house. That's it? That's all you want? Which team are you a fan of? Relax. I'm fairly new here. I've noticed there are clearly fans of other teams posting here. "TAKODA" does not say "Husker Fan" nor does his avatar. Then he posts a heavily researched stats-laden post trying to tear down the Huskers, complete with a virtual high five to the guy who helped him compile these dramatic stats. And I was supposed to correctly guess that he was actually a Husker fan???

So now the negative nellies think they have a monopoly on expectations? I expect us to win every game. I get upset when we don't. Then I analyze what we did right and wrong and talk about what we might do to improve. Of course it's just mental masturbation, since I don't attend practices or team meetings. OTOH, when we don't meet your expectations, it's "Fire the bums! Burn it to the ground! We deserve better!" The futility of your method was proven ten years ago. But I guess if you're only 9 years old, I can forgive your lack of hindsight.

Year Coach Win Loss Tie Pct. PF PA Delta 1894 No Coach 0 1 0 0.00000 0 8 -8 1895 Harvey Deme 2 3 0 0.40000 78 128 -50 1896 Frank Remsburg 4 3 1 0.56250 86 122 -36 1897 Warwick Ford 7 2 0 0.77778 150 26 124 1898 Peter McLaren 1 3 0 0.25000 11 45 -34 1899 Fred Sullivan 2 2 0 0.50000 78 77 1 1900 Karl Core 2 5 0 0.28571 34 86 -52 1901 Art C. Jones 6 2 2 0.70000 108 77 31 1902 Harold Monosmith 0 6 1 0.07143 0 165 -165 1903 Fred Sullivan 2 5 0 0.28571 45 159 -114 1904 Henry Hart 2 4 1 0.35714 57 83 -26 1905 Joseph Railsback 2 5 2 0.33333 48 141 -93 1906 Arthur McFarland 7 1 0 0.87500 158 28 130 1907 Arthur McFarland 3 4 1 0.43750 76 139 -63 1908 Arthur McFarland 3 5 0 0.37500 100 65 35 1909 Robert Woods 2 4 2 0.37500 26 106 -80 1910 Robert Woods 0 6 1 0.07143 0 125 -125 1911 Arthur Hinaman 3 3 2 0.50000 88 44 44 1912 Arthur Hinaman 1 7 1 0.16667 48 168 -120 1913 Mark B. Banks 2 5 1 0.31250 55 159 -104 1914 Mark B. Banks 4 4 0 0.50000 119 99 20 1915 Mark B. Banks 7 2 0 0.77778 168 49 119 1916 Mark B. Banks 5 2 1 0.68750 154 109 45 1917 Mark B. Banks 3 5 0 0.37500 85 114 -29 1918 Frank Gullum 4 0 1 0.90000 140 19 121 1919 Frank Gullum 3 5 0 0.37500 147 101 46 1920 Russ Finsterwald 4 3 0 0.57143 155 44 111 1921 Russ Finsterwald 4 4 1 0.50000 112 99 13 1922 Russ Finsterwald 5 3 0 0.62500 100 48 52 1923 F.B. Heldt 3 5 1 0.38889 64 88 -24 1924 Don Peden 4 4 0 0.50000 64 59 5 1925 Don Peden 6 2 0 0.75000 96 40 56 1926 Don Peden 5 2 1 0.68750 111 17 94 1927 Don Peden 4 2 2 0.62500 85 69 16 1928 Don Peden 6 3 0 0.66667 254 66 188 1929 Don Peden 9 0 0 1.00000 305 7 298 1930 Don Peden 8 0 1 0.94444 266 26 240 1931 Don Peden 7 1 0 0.87500 172 14 158 1932 Don Peden 7 2 0 0.77778 172 29 143 1933 Don Peden 6 2 1 0.72222 277 28 249 1934 Don Peden 4 4 1 0.50000 116 67 49 1935 Don Peden 8 0 0 1.00000 170 36 134 1936 Don Peden 6 2 1 0.72222 112 76 36 1937 Don Peden 5 3 1 0.61111 168 52 116 1938 Don Peden 7 2 0 0.77778 161 89 72 1939 Don Peden 6 3 0 0.66667 116 82 34 1940 Don Peden 5 2 2 0.66667 89 32 57 1941 Don Peden 5 2 1 0.68750 108 42 66 1942 Don Peden 5 3 0 0.62500 144 107 37 1945 Don Peden 3 4 0 0.42857 100 106 -6 1946 Don Peden 6 3 0 0.66667 206 97 109 1947 Harold Wise 3 5 1 0.38889 80 116 -36 1948 Harold Wise 3 6 0 0.33333 98 179 -81 1949 Carroll C. Widdoes 4 4 1 0.50000 114 120 -6 1950 Carroll C. Widdoes 6 4 0 0.60000 165 161 4 1951 Carroll C. Widdoes 5 4 1 0.55000 167 141 26 1952 Carroll C. Widdoes 6 2 1 0.72222 180 160 20 1953 Carroll C. Widdoes 6 2 1 0.72222 245 86 159 1954 Carroll C. Widdoes 6 3 0 0.66667 175 158 17 1955 Carroll C. Widdoes 5 4 0 0.55556 160 134 26 1956 Carroll C. Widdoes 2 7 0 0.22222 136 211 -75 1957 Carroll C. Widdoes 2 6 1 0.27778 134 156 -22 1958 Bill Hess 5 4 0 0.55556 159 102 57 1959 Bill Hess 7 2 0 0.77778 215 101 114 1960 Bill Hess 10 0 0 1.00000 269 34 235 1961 Bill Hess 5 3 1 0.61111 129 116 13 1962 Bill Hess 8 3 0 0.72727 261 112 149 1963 Bill Hess 6 4 0 0.60000 135 103 32 1964 Bill Hess 5 4 1 0.55000 122 99 23 1965 Bill Hess 0 10 0 0.00000 77 210 -133 1966 Bill Hess 5 5 0 0.50000 149 183 -34 1967 Bill Hess 6 4 0 0.60000 223 173 50 1968 Bill Hess 10 1 0 0.90909 418 228 190 1969 Bill Hess 5 4 1 0.55000 256 222 34 1970 Bill Hess 4 5 0 0.44444 178 261 -83 1971 Bill Hess 5 5 0 0.50000 240 173 67 1972 Bill Hess 3 8 0 0.27273 185 321 -136 1973 Bill Hess 5 5 0 0.50000 156 231 -75 1974 Bill Hess 6 5 0 0.54545 249 211 38 1975 Bill Hess 5 5 1 0.50000 164 143 21 1976 Bill Hess 7 4 0 0.63636 253 175 78 1977 Bill Hess 1 10 0 0.09091 241 361 -120 1978 Bob Kappes 3 8 0 0.27273 120 246 -126 1979 Brian Burke 6 5 0 0.54545 238 174 64 1980 Brian Burke 6 5 0 0.54545 222 196 26 1981 Brian Burke 5 6 0 0.45455 228 257 -29 1982 Brian Burke 6 5 0 0.54545 160 259 -99 1983 Brian Burke 4 7 0 0.36364 163 270 -107 1984 Brian Burke 4 6 1 0.40909 134 264 -130 1985 Cleve Bryant 2 9 0 0.18182 181 305 -124 1986 Cleve Bryant 1 10 0 0.09091 196 329 -133 1987 Cleve Bryant 1 10 0 0.09091 127 271 -144 1988 Cleve Bryant 4 6 1 0.40909 195 288 -93 1989 Cleve Bryant 1 9 1 0.13636 191 348 -157 1990 Tom Lichtenberg 1 9 1 0.13636 162 342 -180 1991 Tom Lichtenberg 2 8 1 0.22727 176 308 -132 1992 Tom Lichtenberg 1 10 0 0.09091 145 253 -108 1993 Tom Lichtenberg 4 7 0 0.36364 134 282 -148 1994 Tom Lichtenberg 0 11 0 0.00000 82 259 -177 1995 Jim Grobe 2 8 1 0.22727 161 320 -159 1996 Jim Grobe 6 6 0 0.50000 302 237 65 1997 Jim Grobe 8 3 0 0.72727 301 177 124 1998 Jim Grobe 5 6 0 0.45455 269 303 -34 1999 Jim Grobe 5 6 0 0.45455 271 287 -16 2000 Jim Grobe 7 4 0 0.63636 343 208 135 2001 Brian Knorr 1 10 0 0.09091 198 323 -125 2002 Brian Knorr 4 8 0 0.33333 299 374 -75 2003 Brian Knorr 2 10 0 0.16667 263 372 -109 2004 Brian Knorr 4 7 0 0.36364 221 271 -50 2005 Frank Solich 4 7 0 0.36364 192 336 -144 2006 Frank Solich 9 5 0 0.64286 276 253 23 2007 Frank Solich 6 6 0 0.50000 366 359 7 2008 Frank Solich 4 8 0 0.33333 289 327 -38 2009 Frank Solich 9 5 0 0.64286 347 298 49 2010 Frank Solich 8 5 0 0.61538 357 309 48 2011 Frank Solich 10 4 0 0.71429 427 310 117 2012 Frank Solich 9 4 0 0.69231 412 322 90 Totals 525 536 46 0.49503 19663 19080 583

For $600 million??? That was about $599.9 miliion in government freebies bought and paid for with campaign contributions. It makes me throw up in my mouth a little when you call them "private companies".

I say we go after Saban. If we get enough Husker fans on the Saban bandwagon, 'Bama will surely lose out.

GBR!

Tom was cursed against the Land Thieves. But he stuck it out and eventually gained the upper hand in later decades. Persistence and dedication, winning the right way and all that. The Curse of Black Friday is different, though. Not so that we're cursed against the Fluffs; nay, it is the curse of being irrelevant. Since the fluke of us being in the Rose Bowl that year, not ONCE in 12, count 'em TWELVE YEARS has the Nebraska Football Program been anywhere close to the top nationally. No conference championships. No BCS bowls. I'm not a gray-hair expecting 90's glory every game and season. I understand there will be down years. We've had our shots, but something always seems to make the ball bounce wrong, or hit the ground a second too soon. For some unknown reason we show up flat and get trucked by a fired up Wisconsin squad; or we have OU against the ropes twice, but they find a way to beat us, just like they used to. A kicker never kicks the ball out of bounds does so when it's the worst thing that can happen. Injuries to key players, every year. It's always SOMETHING. What else would you call it? A program like Nebraska's with EVERYTHING they have at their disposal - incredible facilities, fan support, monetary support, sellout streaks, nationwide fan base, etc., and we're going on 12 years of second best or worse? Call me entitled or whatever, but understand that I live and die between the whistles just like every other die-hard here. I was as excited as anyone with the Wester-catch, and counted it as a lucky break and a solid win. I'm not calling for a new coach or any of that. I'm just waiting for the curse that started one god-forsaken night in Boulder to die. The curse's initials are SP. We were ranked in the top ten at some point every single season under Solich. Bo has gotten us back up there a couple times. If Martinez was healthy all season, we'd be top 5 right now. We're close.

No offense, but this is really a crap argument. What's your definition of satisfied? Who do you think is satisfied? You want to do the same thing that got us here in the first place -- fire a winning coach. If you truly expected those things you listed above, you should be hoping like hell that Pelini figures it out because starting over will throw us back another 6 years.

So what team are you a fan of Takoda?

Maybe I misinterpreted "Carlesque"?

False. You sure about that? Because half of the problem revealed itself the next season in Ohio, when Frank was arrested on a DUI charge after passing out in his car. False. He took the next season off.

False.

We were in steady decline as we ran out of Tom's recruits. Even the 9-3 record his last year featured exactly one win over a team with a winning record (9-4 S Miss). Not a good recruiter. He's done OK at Ohio but has never lost fewer than four games and has two bowl wins in eight years. Not terrible but nothing special either. Nothing special? At Ohio? Before Frank, they had only been to two bowl games in their entire history and never won one! In their entire 120 year history, they had won 9+ games in three seasons. Frank has won 9+ four times in only 8 seasons. And two seasons of 7-7 to 10-3 is not steady decline. It's a blip. Seriously, do you not have hindsight???

Yeah I know, I remember Bill winning 9-10 games a season...oh wait... did you even read what i wrote past the first 10 words? Doesn't matter. You exercised the Husker corollary of Godwin's law.

Firing Frank was the stupidest move in college football history. In hindsight, it's obvious.

As for Tressel . . .