JJ Husker

Our defense is sooo freakin slow. Reminds me of that commercial with the guys swimming in caramel.

If so, we should suit them up. Maybe they want to play.

NW wants it more. So far they deserve it. We should rip every scholarship that we're wasting money on. What a bunch of pussies. It's Northwestern for f#ck sake. We're making them look like they should be in the bcs championship game.

Helluva an effort by Colter. That's a td.

I wish this team would get their sh#t together. Are they a bad team that plays just good enough for the shortest time possible or are they a good team that plays like sh#t most of the time? I really have no clue.

If we're lucky we'll get half a game out of the huskers once again.

Burkhart? WTF? Who is this 4tth string announcer team?

That would get us there What if OSU beats Michigan? Cuz I'm changing that prediction.

After watching Iowa-Michigan I am a lot more confident in Nebraskas chances. Michigans passing game is worse than ours. Why is Robinson even in the Heisman discussion?

Uhmm I don't think Northwestern is a crappy opponent and they're sure not anywhere near KU crappy. I equate them to KSU crappy only with more class and a better fanbase.

There's one thing in the B1G that we can start to change today. Nebraska is the real NU. Northwestern is gonna have to accept another acronym. May I suggest; NW

Nebraska wins out, that's a given, so we're there. MSU & Wiscy win out. PSU has 3 losses coming- NU, OSU, & Wisc OSU will lose to Michigan. Does that get wiscy to the ccg? I have no idea.

Well this may make an interesting thread for many different opinions but I don't feel there is any right or wrong way for Pelini to administer the blackshirts. There are no hard and fast rules, only what others before him did. Who is to say the way they did it was the correct way? I think a lot of people side with the past based on the quality of those defenses. That doesn't make their blackshirt traditions necessarily the way it should be done now. I also have an opinion but until I'm the coach, it doesn't mean squat. Pelini is in charge of this team and it his job to motivate his players any way he sees fit.0, 11, 14, 20, 50....it's Bo's decision to make.

Look, these guys come from a different period in Husker history. They were taught that a blackshirt, more than anything, meant you were a starter on what was likely an outstanding defense at a major program. The blackshirt tradition was started by simply picking out a color of jersey to differentiate the starters from everyone else. Pelini created this concept of 'earning' your blackshirt, which I guess is okay. Although I gotta say, when they're being given out, then taken away, then awarded again....it brinks on gimmicky. It's his program right now, and he's putting his stamp on it. That doesn't mean that ex-players don't have a right to take some issue with it, and being an ex-player who still cares about the program, it certainly doesn't mean that he has to 'shut his mouth' when someone wants his opinion on something NU football related. So apparently we've got people who think that everyone but them needs to keep their opinion to themselves, even writers whose job it is to share their perspective. Odd that so many people who joined a message board to share their, and presumably hear others', opinion, are the first ones to shush a dissenting one. Thank you for calling me out on this. When I'm wrong I will admit it and I was wrong to suggest Polk keep his mouth shut. A better choice of words would have been "measure what he says" or "be more knowledgeable about what he's commenting on". I fully understand that in the past it was 11-13 blackshirts. But considering the way our current defense is, I feel that Polk is not making allowances for the 19+/- heavy contributors to our defense. If he can't see the difference between his time and this time then he is either not well informed or purposely trying to cause an issue. Heck maybe he doesn't like Pelini, I have no idea. I was wrong with what I said but I do wish ex-players would keep in mind the ripples their comments, especially to OWH writers, might have. It sure did not strike me as a comment supportive of the Husker football program.

I want a rematch also.......with Wisconsin. 2nd meetings in the same season all most always tend to go in favor of the first game loser. I understand Ohio St wanting another piece of us but we have nothing left to prove to them this season. Wiscy is another matter.

I didn't take what Dirk wrote as having a problem with how or how many blackshirts Pelini hands out. The only thing in the article that hints at that is what Carlos Polk said. Like many ex-players recently, Carlos should probably learn to keep his mouth shut. The defense that Pelini runs tends to regularly use more personnel in different packages than when Polk played so Carlos's comments are ill advised. I have no problem with Pelini determining when or how many blackshirts to hand out. My preference would be that the starters (in every package-which may be as many as 19) get them prior to the first game but, last time I checked, I was not the coach and Pelini is. It is his job to administer the blackshirt tradition however he sees fit and to choose how to motivate the players. I am not sure why Dirk felt the need to include Polk's inflammatory opinion. If Dirk has ulterior motives, he sure didn't speak out loudly one way or the other.

Nebraska 55 Northwestern 17 Pass 152 Rush 345

Very nice site cb. I hope you find someone to take it over as it would be a shame to let it slip away. Sorry to hear that you are having health issues. Good luck and Godspeed.

I make the exact same picks as the OP. Prob have the Jet ahead of Irving tho.

The most disappointing losses; 1984 Miami-Orange Bowl 30-31 (one of my proudest & saddest moments as a Husker fan) 1982 Penn State 24-27 (bad call cost us a NC) 1981 Clemson-Orange Bowl 15-22 (victory may have resulted in NC also feel semi guilty cuz as UNL students we crank called Danny Ford's house a few days before the game. Might've given them some fire) 1994 FSU-Orange Bowl 16-18 (would've made 3 NC's in a row) All 4 of these seasons should have been NC seasons. These were consequential losses. And for just me personally; 2009 Texass 12-13 cuz we got screwed 2010 Texass 13-20 cuz it's Texass 2001 Colorado 36-62 painfully witnessed the embarrassment in person 2010 aTm 6-9 more pissed off than disappointed cuz we were jobbed I don't list any of the record breaking embarrassing moments under Callahan because I view those years much the same way you would view a loss with replacement players when your real team is out on strike. Those games simply don't count. I've never witnessed a loss in person in Memorial Stadium.

20yrs. He would be 104. I give him less then 5 years. On second thought, JoePa might never die. I'm not convinced his death would be cause for him to lose his job as PSU head coach. They're wheeling him around now, will it make any difference if his eyes are open or shut?

The devil went down to Georgia because he knew Rex Burkhead had a home game in Lincoln.

On the first day God said "let there be light", Rex Burkhead gave his permission, and there was light.

He's rexy and he knows it.

Rex Burkhead used to have Jack Bauer's job, the show was called 24 seconds.