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Drinking?

Speaking of. Assuming we have Musberger and Herbstreit calling our game, drink every time Musberger says "Herbie."

And I could not be happier about the potential ending to this season...

That 4th quarter was crazy. Glad it turned out the way it did. Woulda been tough to beat OSU twice, especially with an inconsistent offense. Barring any BCS shenangians, bring on OU!

This applies to many threads, but I choose this one. I bet it's been posted many times already, but at this point, I don't care.

Thank you good sir! A Husker beatdown of the Aggies would be a great present!

:bonez

Didn't see this posted anywhere else...

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Wire Reports

BigRedReport.com Nov 18, 2010

 

The University of Nebraska Athletic Department has announced that Ndamukong Suh will have his No. 93 jersey retired in a special ceremony at halftime of the Nebraska-Colorado game on Friday, Nov. 26.

 

Suh will join 16 other all-time Cornhusker greats to have their Nebraska jerseys retired. All major national award winners at Nebraska automatically have their jerseys retired, however their numbers are still available to active Huskers.

 

Suh is a worthy addition to Nebraska’s elite club. The Portland, Ore., capped a dominant Nebraska career with a 2009 season that ranks as one of the best ever by a college football defender. Suh won the Outland Trophy, the Rotary Lombardi Award, the Chuck Bednarik Award and the Bronko Nagurski Trophy. He was also named the Associated Press College Player of the Year and finished fourth in the voting for the Heisman Trophy.

 

As a senior, Suh led the Huskers with 85 total tackles, including 24 tackles for loss and 12 sacks. He also posted a remarkable 10 pass breakups, an interception, 26 quarterback hurries and three blocked kicks. His play was the key to a Nebraska defense that led the nation in scoring defense at 10.4 points per game.

 

Suh finished his career with 215 tackles, 57 tackles for loss, 24 sacks, six blocked kicks, 15 pass breakups and 38 quarterback hurries, while also scoring three touchdowns. He ranks second in school history in tackles for loss and third in sacks.

 

“We are proud to add Ndamukong Suh to our group of retired football jerseys,” Nebraska Athletic Director Tom Osborne said. “It is certainly an elite group of football players that have the honor of having their jersey retired, and Ndamukong undoubtedly deserves that type of honor. He was one of the all-time great defensive players we’ve had here, and an outstanding individual as well.”

 

Nebraska’s game against Colorado on the day after Thanksgiving was the first opportunity to retire Suh’s jersey. Suh will take part in the Detroit Lions Thanksgiving Day game against the New England Patriots before heading to Lincoln. Suh is having a standout rookie season with the Lions. Suh leads all NFL interior defensive linemen with 6.5 sacks and his 33 total tackles are the fourth-most among all defensive tackles. Suh was honored as the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Month in October.

 

In addition to his play on the field at Nebraska, Suh was successful off the field as well. He earned his degree in construction management in December of 2009. In April, Suh made an unprecedented gift of $2.6 million to the University of Nebraska, including $2 million to Athletics and $600,000 to the UNL College of Engineering to endow a scholarship. His donation to the Athletic Department has allowed for renovations and updates in the newly named Ndamukong Suh Strength and Conditioning Center, as well as the Nebraska football locker room.

 

Suh joins an impressive list of players to have their jerseys retired, including: #7 Eric Crouch, #15 Tommie Frazier, #20 Johnny Rodgers, #30 Mike Rozier, #34 Trev Alberts, #50 Dave Rimington, #54 Dominic Raiola, #60 Tom Novak, #64 Bob Brown, #67 Aaron Taylor, #71 Dean Steinkuhler, #72 Zach Wiegert, #75 Larry Jacobson, #75 Will Shields, #79 Rich Glover and #98 Grant Wistrom. Suh’s name and jersey number will be added to the display directly below the HuskerVision video screen on the north end of Memorial Stadium.

 

Several members of Nebraska’s retired jersey club are expected to be on hand to take part in the Suh jersey retirement ceremony.

Nice win today. And if I had a dollar for every Viking fan blaming the grass for their receivers falling over, I would have no need to go to college.

Cheater

Auburn quarterback Cameron Newton had three different instances of academic cheating while attending the University of Florida and faced potential expulsion from the university, according to a source.

 

Newton, considered the front-runner for the Heisman Trophy, attended Florida in 2007 and 2008 before transferring to Blinn College, a junior college in Texas. He first violated Florida’s student honor code by cheating in a class during his freshman year, according to the source.

 

Newton was arrested for the theft of a laptop from a Florida student’s dorm room in November 2008. He again violated the university’s honor code by putting his name on another student’s paper and turning it in, according to the source. Newton was caught after the instructor asked the real author of the paper why he had not turned in his work, the source said.

 

According to the source, after the student said he had turned in a paper, he and the instructor went through all the submissions and discovered that Newton had put his name on the paper in question.

 

Newton subsequently turned in a second paper to the instructor, but it was later found to have been purchased off the Internet, according to the source. The source said Newton was to appear for a hearing in front of Florida’s Student Conduct Committee during the spring semester of 2009, but instead transferred to Blinn College.

 

The committee could have levied sanctions against Newton that included suspension and expulsion from the university.

 

“He knew that he was facing a bad outcome,” the source said.

 

Auburn officials did not return telephone messages, text messages or e-mails as of late Monday. His father, Cecil Newton Sr., declined to comment on his son’s academic past.

 

“I wasn’t there,” the elder Newton said. “I cannot confirm or deny. At a time like this, I’m taking a defensive posture.

 

Last month, Newton, and his father, a pastor, told Sports Illustrated that the younger Newton decided to transfer from Florida in early January 2009 when Tim Tebow opted to remain for his senior year, a move that would have forced Newton into back-up status for another season.

 

Newton, however, wasn’t even enrolled at Florida for the spring semester of 2009 when he decided to transfer, according to the source.

 

The revelations of Newton’s academic cheating come less than a week after ESPN.com reported that a man named Kenny Rogers claimed to represent Newton and allegedly sought $180,000 for him to attend Mississippi State. Rogers allegedly told former Mississippi State quarterback John Bond that other schools had already offered $200,000.

 

The NCAA is investigating that matter. The Newtons and Rogers have denied the allegations.

 

Auburn has said Newton is eligible, and Auburn Athletic Director Jay Jacobs told USA Today that the school has not found any issues with Newton’s eligibility since starting to look in to it this past summer. But he also said that it’s “not a closed matter” and that the review is “still ongoing.”

 

The dual threat transferred from Blinn College to Auburn in January and has led the Tigers to a 10-0 record and No. 2 rating in the Bowl Championship Series standings. Newton has thrown for 1,890 yards and 19 touchdowns, while also leading the SEC in rushing with 1,146 yards and 15 touchdowns.

I don't even know what to say about last night's game. One of the worst football games I've watched in a long time. I wouldn't mind having, dare I say it, Rex Grossman playing backup. Then again he might have had double digit fumbles getting sacked that many times. It was nice to start 3-0, but I'm afraid the luck has run out. I didn't have much faith even after the good start.

As much as I want to be, I'm still not sold on this team as being good. I think we'll have a great idea of where they're at after Monday night. I agree that this could be a Jekyll/Hyde team. I like where the offense is going, but the line still has A LOT of work to do. Granted Martz is gonna want to pass the ball a lot more than the typical Bears fan is used to, but they can't run the ball at all. It's horrible. The defense has played well, and the acquisition of Peppers has been great, but I still don't think they're that great. A healthy Urlacher is a nice change this year though. Not sure if they're still running their base cover 2 defense as I haven't been able to watch much of either game, but I would assume they are. I think the cover 2 has run its course in the NFL, and that's why I was against promoting Marinelli to DC, figuring he'd run the same cover 2 they've always ran and that he's always coached. But if the Bears can make it work and win games with it, then by all means, run it.

I guess time will tell. It's early, but overall I've liked what I've seen. Hopefully this year we see the Bears in the postseason again.

Just taking double teams like a beast right now, looking to rip off another quarterback's face.

 

Mitch7 said he blew up a 3rd and goal for the Bears as well.

Yeah he's playing well. Kind of mixed emotions about it since I'm a Bears fan. But I guess I have low expectations this year anyways.

And he definitely blew up that 3rd and goal play. Drove the o-lineman straight back into the RB...but the Bears don't exactly have a stellar line.

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Go Big Red!

Did he say Irving FRAZIER?

Dang...I just skimmed it when I looked at it the first time. Didn't notice that. So much for a credible writer. I just thought the dude brought up an interesting idea.

This guy wants us and Penn State in the same division in the Big Ten. I doubt it'll happen, but I think it'd be interesting nonetheless.

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Under the flood lights on a crisp late-September Pennsylvania Saturday night in 1982, Penn State quarterback Todd Blackledge threw a first down pass to tight end Kirk "stone hands" Bowman in the back of the endzone with just four seconds remaining on the game clock. The last-gasp effort barely found its target. Bowman needed to scoop the ball off his laces with his body moving backwards to make the grab. Somehow he reeled the ball in and his third score of the day overturned a 24-21 deceit to Nebraska, giving the Nittany Lions a precious victory that propelled them toward an eventual first AP title in school history.

 

One minute and eighteen seconds of clock-time previously, Penn State had begun its final offensive possession of the game sixty-five yards from goal needing a touchdown to win. A personal foul penalty against Nebraska on the preceding kick-off helped matters, but with momentum apparently shifting and the famous 'Husker Blackshirt D on the other side of the line of scrimmage a score seemed unlikely. Nebraska's junior quarterback Turner Gill had capped a scoring drive that ate precious clock in the fourth quarter's waning minutes with a one-yard TD plunge.

 

That score gave Big Red its first lead of a game Penn State had controlled since a fourteen-yard Blackledge pass to Bowman completed an 84-yard scoring drive after only four minutes. 1982 was the first year of his tenure that Joe Paterno truly emphasized the passing attack. Blackledge was simply too good to under-utilize. He had thrown for four touchdowns in each of Penn State's first three games and threw for three more and 295 yards on 23-of-39 attempts vs. Nebraska. His 2,218 yards with 22 touchdowns as a senior lifted him to second in school career passing totals. Such productivity made for an impossing backfield. Alongside Blackledge running back Curt Warner [who had gashed Nebraska for an incredible 238 yards the previous year] racked up a thousand-yard season en route to graduating with a career total of 3,398, which remains the school record. When Warner broke loose for a 31-yard dash to the 'Husker four-yard line in the second quarter before finishing the drive with a two-yard TD run moments later, Gill and Co. faced a major uphill battle.

 

The situation was far from ideal for Tom Osborne's second-ranked Cornhuskers. With a loaded backfield featuring future Heisman Trophy winner Mike Rozier and a returning thousand-yard rusher in Roger Craig, Gill preferred to run the option rather than pass down field. When necessary Gill certainly could pass effectively. He graduated a year later standing second on Nebraska's all-time passing list. But with a rushing attack that had accounted for 677 of Big Red's NCAA-record 883 yards total offense during a 68-0 drubbing of New Mexico State the previous week, why pass? On the year Nebraska's three leading rushers alone would combine for 2,844 yards. The following season the 1983 Cornhusker backfield set what is still the school's single-season rushing record with a combined 4,820 yards. Even when compared to the unstoppable ground attacks of the early-1970s and late-1990s, the Nebraska running game of the mid-1980s constitutes a definite high watermark.

 

 

 

Despite their unquestionable pedigree, the Big Red backfield learned on September 25th 1982 that running roughshod over New Mexico State and lining up opposite "Linebacker U" were different matters. Joe Patterno's defense limited Nebraska to a relatively innocuous 233 team rushing yards, and actually caused Craig to leave the game at half time with a strained thigh. Never-the-less, Gill performed as required and dragged his team back into contention with the balanced approach required. The 'Husker signal-caller went 16-for-34 through the air for 239 yards, earning him media plaudits as Big Eight player of the week. With only 38 ticks remaining before halftime Gill threw a 30-yard touchdown strike to I-back Irving Frazier. Then six minutes after Blackledge restored Penn State's 14-point cushion on a pass to flanker Kenny Jackson early in the third quarter, Gill struck again with a scoring strike to Rozier. Nebraska simply refused to go away and it was hardly a surprise when Osborne's team overcame the hostile road environment to seize its late lead inside the final two minutes.

 

Gill's touchdown dive set up a final, decisive Penn State possession that featured both drama and controversy. Blackledge marshaled his team with apparent ease to the Nebraska thirty-four before the Blackshirts recovered to collapse three consecutive plays at or behind the line of scrimmage. With only 17 seconds remaining, facing a fourth-and-eleven situation and trailing 21-24, Paterno considered for the first time in the game [as he later admitted] going for a tie. But with his place-kicker, Massimo Manca, having already missed three attempts on the day, the Penn State coach decided to try fortune's favor with an ounce of bravery instead. The gamble paid off when Blackledge shot an absolute bullet to Jackson just a step beyond the first-down marker at the NU twenty-three. Blackledge then scrambled for six more before Penn State gained nothing on second down.

 

It was at that moment that the game attained college football infamy. With all of the team's timeouts expended, Blackledge went deep along left sideline to his other tight end Mike McCloskey. The Nittany Lion receiver was heading out of bounds as the ball reached him and the play ended with him well into the Nebraska bench area. Osborne and Co. could not believe their eyes when the sideline umpire signalled a catch, giving Penn State a first-and-goal from the two with those four precious seconds remaining. Nebraska coaches and players were still crying bloody-murder when Bowman fell backwards out of the endzone clutching his third TD ball of the day, giving number eight Penn State a banner victory as the clock expired.

 

 

The call, which was unquestionably wrong, had far-reaching repercussions for both teams. After having gone undefeated in 1968, 1969, and 1973 without winning a national championship, Joe paterno finally gained the AP voters' respect in 1982 despite picking up a loss. The '82 Nittany Lions finished the season 11-1 with a 21-42 road loss to Paul Bryant's Crimson Tide. Despite that loss, several key wins earned the necessary grace for Penn State to be voted number one over 11-0-1 SMU following the bowls. Penn State's opponents combined for a national best record of .687. On New Year's Day, while Nebraska only managed a narrow 21-20 Orange Bowl win over 8-2-1 LSU and SMU failed to impress en route to a 7-3 victory over 9-2 Pitt in Dallas, the Nittany Lions knocked off Herschel Walker and the number one Georgia Bulldogs in New Orleans. Wins over Notre Dame and Nebraska combined with Penn State's impressive Sugar Bowl victory to crown a national championship resume. Without a blown call in the dying seconds on September 25th, the 1982 Nittany Lions would have been just another very good 10-2 Paterno team.

 

Conversly, that same call caused Tom Osborne to extend his wait for a national championship by another year. The drought eventually lasted to 1994. Big Red finished the 1982 season 11-1 and placed third in the final AP poll. As a senior the following year Turner Gill led his team to a perfect 11-0 regular season and a third consecutive Orange Bowl berth before an endzone pass from the two-yard line once again proved decisive. By the final minute of the game Nebraska had clawed back from 17-0 and 31-17 defecits to reach 31-24 with possession of the football inside the Miami Hurricane thirty. In an uncanny echo of Blackledge's final drive in State College fifteen months previously, three consecutive 'Husker plays garnered little success. Facing fourth-and-eight Osborne called an option play which Gill kept himself, bursting twenty-four yards for the endzone. Down 30-31 number one Nebraska would likely have been voted national champion with an extra point and the tie. But Big Red didn't play for ties. Letting the chips ride for it all, Gill rolled right on a two-point attempt and passed to an open receiver at the front of the endzone. For 'Huskers time slowed to a creep as they watched Miami safety Ken Calhoun close the gap, stretch his body, and put fingertip to ball for a championship-winning deflection. Somehow Nebraska's prolific offenses of the early 1980s never won a national title.

 

Penn State and Nebraska have played one another on thirteen occasions. Once back in 1920, five times between 1949 and 1958, for a two-game series in 2002 and 2003, and for five straight seasons from 1979 to 1983. The two schools have met six times in State College, six times in Lincoln, and once in the Kickoff Classic at Meadowlands Stadium -- a game in which the 1983 'Huskers meted out bloody vengeance on the graduation-ravaged Nittany Lions for the disappointment inflicted the preceding season. Of these thirteen meetings the five games played during the early-1980s naturally define the identity of the series. Two powerhouse programs known for their old school style and understated dignity clashed with full force at the height of their respective powers. Two massive fan bases in football-obsessed states watched with bated breath as their schools placed national championship aspirations on the line to test their mettle against the best. Nebraska won the first two bouts, 42-17 and 21-7, before Penn State answered in kind 30-24 in Lincoln and so famously in that 27-24 triumph at Beaver Stadium. Sadly, Nebraska's 44-6 romp the following year was the last word on the matter for two decades.

 

Nebraska finished the 1979 season ranked 9th in the AP poll, Penn State 20th. The following year they polled 7th and 8th respectively. Penn State finished the 1981 season 3rd with Nebraska polling 11th. A year later the Nittany Lions were crowned national champion with Nebraska on their heels in 3rd. In 1983 Big Red finished only behind Miami thanks to their failed two-point attempt, while Penn State followed their disastrous start in New Jersey with an 8-4-1 season to finish unranked for the first time since 1976. Penn State's narrow victory in 1982 helped earn Joe Paterno a national championship. Had the Nittany Lions lost, Nebraska would almost certainly have claimed that laurel. The next year Big Red all but did just that. Simply put, Penn State and Nebraska's games between 1979 and 1983 mattered. And they were nothing if not memorable. The two programs which are perhaps more than any others virtual mirror images of one another provided matchups that built expectations without failing to deliver. It is only a shame they did not continue to play after the '83 Huskers' lopsided coming-out party at the Meadowlands.

 

Presently Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany is considering his newly-expanded league's options for dividing its twelve members into two divisions for football. There are many issues to consider that needn't be rehearsed here. It only need be pointed out that Nebraska has lacked a true annual rivalry game against a conference foe of equal stature since the Texan invasion/hostile takeover of the old Big Eight in 1995. Penn State has perhaps never had a true annual rival. The Big Ten's grand plan to manufacture one via the uninspiring Land-grant Trophy series with Michigan State has been quite the flop. Geography is hardly good grounds for objection in a league with a footprint that now stretches from Philadelphia to a little more than one hundred miles from the Rockies. And more importantly, the Big Ten added Nebraska to increase the relevance and national exposure of its football teams.

 

 

Imagine this scenario for the last two weeks of conference play:

 

Michigan plays Ohio State for one division title. A few hours later Nebraska faces Penn State to decide the other. The following week the winners face off with national championship implications likely at stake.

 

What could possibly be more appealing and nationally relevant than that?

 

 

(Sources: Huskers.com; Michael Weinreib, Daily Collegian; Heisman.com; collegepollarchive.com; USA Today CFB encyclopedia; ESPN Big Ten Encyclopedia; cfbdatawarehouse.com)

 

Posted by Sam Negus at 2:23 PM

Labels: Big Eight, Big Ten, Independents, Nebraska, Penn State

I say the dude deserves all the crap he gets simply for wearing his hat like that.

My cousin took this picture in the north Lincoln Menards parking lot. I didn't realize any Colorado graduates worked in Nebraska.

My 40 gig PS3 died earlier this year while I was playing Modern Warfare 2. I did some research on the internet and found a potential fix for it on Youtube. Some guy named Gilksy opens up the PS3 and uses a heat gun to "reflow" the processors or something. It's way beyond me, but I didn't want to pay the $150 or whatever it is and wait for Sony to fix it so I gave it a try and the fix worked. I've since decided to sell my "reflowed" PS3 and purchase a new slim model with a smaller graphics processor which is supposed to cut down on the heat inside. I have no idea how long the fix will work, but I got through an online round of Modern Warfare 2 without it shutting down.

This does involve opening up your PS3 and voiding whatever warranty was on it. I don't know if Sony will fix it after it has been opened, so I'd do this at your own risk. If you do go through with this method, I'd recommend putting the PS3 in an open, cool area.

Here's the first video in the series:

Good luck!

How well has the big10 done against ranked/bowl teams from the south lately?

 

If you are talking about OSU, not very well. If you factor the conference as a whole, not as bad as you would like to think.

Big Ten teams actually did pretty well in the 2009-2010 bowls against "speed" teams. They went 4-3 overall. Their wins were as follows: Wisconsin beat Miami, Penn State beat LSU, Iowa beat Georgia Tech, and Ohio State beat Oregon.

The games they lost were quite close. Iowa State beat Minnesota by 1. Auburn beat Northwestern by 3. Texas Tech beat Michigan State by 10, but the game was actually pretty close. Tech added a touchdown with 2 minutes left.

I know it's just one year, but in my opinion, they were not "slow." I don't think they're close to the SEC or Big 12, but they're better. That said, I'm with knapplc. We'll be fine with the "speed" (or lack of it) in the Big 10. In fact, if Missouri and Nebraska do join, both teams should have an advantage. At least for the first few years.

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The rivalry itself would fall to the wayside. Honestly, it hasn't even been an interesting rivalry except over the last decade or so. Before that, Nebraska was beating Missouri left and right every year.

 

The trophy is an odd scenario. It was made by a fraternity from Nebraska. So, my guess is that the trophy would just be returned to UNL. But, who knows.

Funny story, my fraternity (obviously not my chapter since I didn’t go to UNL) stole it from a church and it was used as a fraternity trophy between two groups until my fraternity donated it to be used as a trophy for the NU/MU game.

 

Trophy games are just traditions from the past. MU has like 4 or 5 of them. W/ OU, NU, ISU & KU for sure that I know of. I think the reason the MU/NU is either no really known of is because it’s held and exchanged by two 'secret societies'. If it was one the teams carried around and cheered about after the game it would probably carry more meaning. That and if MU didn’t go into hibernation for nearly 25 years....

Yeah the church it was stolen from is actually in my hometown of Seward...not sure exactly which church.

From collegefootballhistory.com:

Nebraska-Missouri Bell

 

Issued to the winner of the Missouri-Nebraska football game ... Originated in 1927. Laid aside in World War II years, and later resurrected in 1947 ... Bell was originally stolen from a church in Seward, Neb., by two Nebraska fraternities (Phi Delta Theta and Delta Tau Delta) who shared the same house ... When each fraternity moved to separate living quarters, they battled for possession of the bell each year in a specified contest athletic or academic ... When in 1927, Missouri proposed a suitable trophy be established for the Nebraska-MU football rivalry, the bell was suggested and adopted - engraved on one side with an "N" and on the other with an "M" ... At Nebraska, the bell is cared for by the the Innocents Society of Nebraska, while the Missouri caretaker is QEBH Society.

Scout.com: NFL Draft: 2011 Big Board

They have Crick #7 and Prince #8 in their rankings. Locker is #1.

Jared Crick

Junior

DT

6-6

285

2011 Draft Team Interest: Steelers|Broncos|Jaguars

It will be interesting to see how Crick does this season without Ndamukong Suh by his side. Obviously, Crick benefited from Suh, but he's a tremendous lineman in his own right. He has great size, and is a perfect 3-4 DE. Crick recorded 73 tackles, 15 for a loss and 9.5 sacks last season.

 

Prince Amukamara

Senior

CB

6-1

200

2011 Draft Team Interest: Eagles|Broncos|Packers

Amukamara is the most complete cornerback in next year's draft. He has great size and speed, and is a physical corner that possesses elite ball skills. He amassed 64 tackles, three for a loss, two sacks and five interceptions last year.

Glad to see the "Suuuuuuuhhhh" cheer following him. I hope that sticks in Detroit.

Same here and I'm sure it will.

Gotta love the Suh-per Bowl sign the guy had (even though I'm gonna root against that for the sake of my Bears). I hope the Suh-ism signs continue.

Anyone think that Epoc's pump-up video before the Oklahoma game maybe inspired this t-shirt? Or is it just coincidence?

 

I'm sure it played some sort of role for whoever designed it...I think I remember Epoc mentioning the design right after it came out.

I call it the student t-shirt because that's what the UNL Bookstore calls it, but anyone can get one. Students voted on the design, and in my opinion, the one that ended up winning was the best by far.

From the UNL Bookstore's Facebook:

The Shirt is $20 or $15 for students and $5 of each shirt sale is donated back to NU on Wheels.

Front

Back

Looks like we had a tie. Congrats to Husker Runner and DefensiveLineU!

 

...and I win on the tiebreaker! Will someone be contacting me soon to arrange delivery of the prize money?

I promised a bright and shiny bag o' bragging rights...