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Meet Ryan Day, the coach who is stepping in for Urban Meyer at Ohio State https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2018/08/02/meet-ryan-day-the-coach-who-is-stepping-in-for-urban-meyer-at-ohio-state/ New contract provisions could pose problem as Ohio State's Urban Meyer is placed on leave https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/nation-world/new-contract-provisions-could-pose-problem-as-ohio-states-urban-meyer-is-placed-on-leave/

Topic seems to be wandering from Vaha Vainuku.

Any updates on how this guy is doing in the weight room, etc.?

Can kids who signed Letters of Intent switch schools in light of The uncertainty of Urban Meyer’s situation at Ohio State?

I would imagine that there is some negotiated private settlement being hammered out between Ohio St./Urban & the ex-Mrs. Smith which, when combined with a very generous and very public donation to a women’s shelter, will allow Ohio St. to keep the chastened head coach.

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I think he will hold on. Sadly, if they just rope-a-dope for a while, the news and outrage will move on to a new target. Edit: 6:13 pm on August 1st. Urban Meyer has been placed on "paid administrative leave as they investigate his handling of the domestic abuse allegations". Regarding the game, it is worth noting that BOTH teams have two weeks to prepare for this one.

Tom Osborne served as the Cornhuskers Head Coach for 25 years. Scott Frost is 43, meaning if he coached that long he would be 68 when he retired as Nebraska's Head Coach. Frankly, I think a lot of Cornhusker fans agree with the above quote and would be quite content to keep Scott Frost in that seat through the 2043/2044 season.

This board need a "-1" button.

Just wondering if anyone has considered whether there is a typo in Ron Brown’s job title? Perhaps instead of “Director of Player Development” it should read “Director of Prayer Development”? Just a thought. ;D

The Cornhuskers are having a pretty noisy “quiet” recruiting period!

Remind me again, how many miles is it for his folks, friends, and classmates to see him play in Lincoln vs those other schools? Plus he can be part of the Revival and get coached up by one of the best ever to play at Nebraska and who knows what it takes to thrive at the next level. I’m sure it is going to be a no-brainer. Frost & Co. just needed to show him he was wanted.

Not to be missed is the progress the Cornhuskers are now making in forging a connection with Polynesian athletes. I’m not clear on which side of the ball he will play for the Cornhuskers. Perhaps he can be our Merlin Olsen.

I tip my cap to you, sir.

Palmer is coming back. http://www.omaha.com/huskers/mens-basketball/guard-james-palmer-withdraws-from-nba-draft-will-return-to/article_8e1f27a4-a87d-5e19-a5cb-057938621330.html No word yet on Copeland, but reportedly he had one workout to Palmer’s three. Both are smart enough to realize that Senior seasons at NU are good chances to increase their bankability to NBA teams. They will both have more team’s eyes on them this year.

Watching the game over again, a couple of thoughts... Impressed with the three QBs new to the Frost system after so few practices. Vedrel’s INT should have been called a sack, but was still a bad decision. Impressed with Ozigbo’ hands catching & running after the catch today. Was glad to see Freedom making 3 tackles on three consecutive plays. He was wasted in Diaco’s scheme. Bunch should be given a scholarship. If I was the opposing DC, Martinez would be the QB giving me nightmares the week of the game against NU. Concerned with depth at O-Line & our defensive backfield has me stocking up on Rolaids. Frost said this was “vanilla” today, but what I saw looked a lot more like “Rocky Road” for Cornhusker opponents! #GBR

Curious: Do you then consider yourself a communist or a socialist?

Certainly: I'll answer that by giving you the old story of the wealthy man who asked a socialite if she would sleep with him for $1,000,000.00 When she answered in the affirmative, he asked if she would sleep with him for $25.00. The indignant woman replied "What do you think I AM?". To which he replied, "We have already established THAT, my dear, now we are just haggling on price." The price a product or service brings is whatever the market will bear. If someone is idiotic enough to pay a seller $600 (or more) for a ticket to the Spring Game, that is their business. And yes, it is a Prime Example of capitalism. If you want a more concrete example of how capitalism can greatly FAIL society, look no further than this story, which has NOTHING to do with sports: http://www.newleftproject.org/index.php/site/article_comments/antibiotics_capitalism_and_the_failure_of_the_market

No, thank YOU for the tremendous additions you have made to this thread with your comments! We all owe you a tremendous debt of gratitude. From this comment... ...it did not appear that you were familiar with the concept of capitalism.

It IS true that everyone wants to defend Capitalism (the system we mostly operate under) until they are negatively affected by it, or become jealous of others who they feel profit (too much) from it.

That's a heck of a highlight reel on Hudl. 3 minutes in and I'm already exhausted just watching him.

a) If she hadn't been shrill about it, we probably wouldn't be talking about it (and it wouldn't have been retweeted so many times) b) Since the game has never Sold Out before, the 20 tickets per Season Ticket Holder has never been a problem before However... c) If you didn't THINK that THIS Spring Game was going to be Sold Out (under the circumstances) then you really aren't paying attention d) There is a chance that THIS person has already been offered tickets for her family, at face value, by some kindly Season Ticket Owner who bought more than they need. e) I'm not a Season Ticket Owner. I set an alarm for 9:57 AM and was waiting when the links to buy tickets came available. It was clear to me that the ticket server was getting HAMMERED. Every click was an arduous wait and my first attempt at checking out failed. Fortunately, the 2nd attempt went through (very slowly) and I got the 4 tickets I needed purchased by 10:15. I realized that I could probably buy more and sell them, making my 4 essentially free, but I just didn't want to play that game. f) Given that the game has Sold Out (for the first time) the university will have a decision to make for next year. Will a Sell Out be a regular thing now? Maybe. Nothing makes people want something as much as being told they can't get it. However, WOULD it have been a Sell Out if the maximum number of tickets Season Ticket Holders could buy was 10? Maybe, but it would certainly have taken longer. Another option would be to simply make 40,000 tickets available to Season Ticket Holders (set the limit on the number of tickets to whatever). That would leave 40-45K available to the General Public on Day 2. The Season Ticket Owners would still get preference and the best seats. g) The fact that it Sold Out (and as fast as it did) is a Big Win for the publicity of the program (nationwide). That it happened on National Signing Day, when a lot of fans and recruits are glued to College Football News, means that the Cornhusker football program got a LOT of mileage out of it, irregardless of how much a few people may be throwing temper tantrums about not getting theirs. Random Thought: The Spring Game will be the first time Scott Frost's STAFF will be experiencing a Sold Out Memorial Stadium (except for those who were former players). I guarantee it is going to be a goosepimple/hair-on-the-back-of-the-neck-raising experience for most of them. I want to be there, if ONLY to see the Tunnel Walk and the new video that (I'm sure) will feature Scott Frost as player AND Head Coach. Somebody should put a decibel meter out there and video THAT, when it happens, for recruiting purposes.

Clearly you are not a graduate assistant in English.

So I'm hearing bits and pieces about how the coaches intend to use some of these new recruits, using the language of their success at UCF. Examples: Miles Jones will be used like Otis Anderson at UCF. Today I heard that Caleb Tannor is expected to be our Shaquem Griffin. Obviously Adrian Martinez is expected to become our McKenzie Milton. Does anyone have any other UCF equivalents they see on the Husker roster, after NSD?