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Injury scare and wanting to see more tape?

This is a fun one. For me it's Crawford. Dude was in the big leagues by the time he was 20. Was a 2nd round draft pick in baseball, had a scholly offer to UCLA for basketball and every option based college in the country wanted him at QB for football. One of my good friends who lived in Houston and played against Crawford swears he's the best athlete he's ever seen.

Harrison Beck had an absolutely incredible 'Where I Come From' with Dirk about a year ago. He's essentially a real life version of Uncle Rico. For him being the gift that keeps on giving, I gotta go Beck.

Haha exactly!

That's a fair point and I question myself if I'm placing too much stock on Erstad's postseason record which has been so-so in the BTN tourney (9-11 with two good runs) and downright awful in regionals (1-6). Heck, even one of his BTN tourney runs was that wild ride where they were below .500 going into the tourney and made it to the finals against Indiana back when Indiana was rolling.

Agreed. I'd love to be a fly on the wall during practices. I have zero basis for my take but I wonder what Erstad's coaching style is like? He was the ultimate grinder when he was a player and I have to guess that style translates over to his coaching style. When you're not winning games, that grinder mentality wears on you big time and I wonder if the players are starting to tune him out. You can play like Cal State Fullerton if you want but you darn well better have CSF type results then.

Yeah, there's no reason for Moos to use up any political capital on whacking Miles a year early when Miles will do it for him. Sucks for guys like Roby and the others who are essentially wasting a year. I'm not sure if Moos will have to use up much capital if Erstad bottoms out, especially if he can get a guy like Will Bolt from the DVH days.

"Will Bolt please pick up the courtesy phone. Will Bolt to the courtesy phone. Thank you."

Haha, yeah I hear you. Well, I don't think even the most ardent supporter of Frankie can argue he was a better coach than TO.

I'll be curious to see what the LV win totals looks like in a couple months. I have no basis other than my gut but I think we open at 7 (-125)

I give Crouch the nod due to still having a great career despite being at a severe disadvantage with having Solich at HC. Also, taking Frost and Gill's coaching chops into this seems irrelevant to me.

Dude is just looking for his juan shining moment.

Well said. Echos my sentiments.

FIFY

My brother went and saw Ready Player One last week. He's 29 and said he caught a lot of the references but wasn't sure if someone say, 25 or younger would totally get everything unless they were a pop culture junkie. On an unrelated note I watched PCU again and just realized that the dude who plays Gavin Belson in Silicon Valley is the guitar player.

Oh shoot, you're absolutely right. Completely slipped by me. Thanks for the heads up.

Great get for NU Volleyball. Getting the former #1 player in the country from Texas of all places...well, take it away Antonio.

So what you're telling me is I should NOT have just spent thousands of dollars on TShirts that say 'Kicker U' plus a social media hype video that has Drew Brown kicking against Kris Brown doing trick shot kicks with explosions coming out of the goalposts when each one makes a kick? For the record, @KingBlank makes a really interesting argument that I hadn't considered.

I would laugh hysterically if SF and company threw a curveball and made this the 'fun practice' you know having the lineman playing the skill positions, trick shot kicking competition, etc thus giving the media absolutely nothing to see.

Yeah, it strikes me as a similar situation to what Bobby Petrino went through after he got whacked from Arkansas. He jumped over to WKU for some image rehab. Whether either party is interested in such an arrangement remains to be seen obviously.

Yeah, I like Gottfried quite a bit. If I'm say...Pitt I say eff it and hire Pitino. They are at absolute rock bottom and literally their entire team is trying to transfer. I'm sure Pitino would love the chance to stick it to Louisville if he could.

I'm willing to switch my vote to Fisher if it means the NU DBs will finally get some consistent coaching for a couple years. Nebraska's DB coaching slot has had more turnover than a fast food restaurant.

I wonder if Nebraska takes an additional kicker if a Pat Smith type situation comes up again.

Thanks for posting up @Saunders, I needed something over lunch to listen to.