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I swear we are the only team in college football that can't execute the jet sweep.

Nice job by the 450k/yr special teams coach on the XP. I mean, who could possibly know Oregon always tries that after their first score?

Iowa loses. Wisconsin struggles against a mediocre Sun Belt team. The Big 10 West has never been easier to win.

What's so funny is that Armstrong won 9 games each year in the last 2 seasons under the previous coaching staff. HOW DID THAT EVEN HAPPEN?

The team just received their first taste of missing Sam Foltz. Monday morning QBs will point to the secondary letting a guy get behind them and yes, it should not happen; however, the TD was set up by a very, very poor punt and subsequent return. With Foltz, Wyoming is more than likely starting the drive inside the 20 yard line instead of mid-field.

Here's the 2018 schedule; and by then we'll FINALLY be free of any players who were recruited or coached by Pelini and his staff. 9/1 Akron 9/8 Colorado 9/15 Troy 9/22 at Michigan 9/29 Purdue 10/6 at Wisconsin 10/13 at Northwestern 10/20 Minnesota 10/27 OPEN 11/3 at Ohio State 11/10 Illinois 11/17 Michigan State 11/23 at Iowa

I wish the question had asked whether winning a majority of divisional games would count as a successful season. Because I'd like to see this staff beat someone else in the West besides Minnesota.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAH OHHHHH MAN, YOU REALLY SHOWED THE STAFF WITH THAT ONE! Patience, grasshopper. This staff needs to master baby steps first. If you're gonna troll, make sure your super funny comment wasn't already done on page 1. I wasn't trying to be funny. This thread is ridiculous. This staff has beaten ONE divisional opponent -- Minnesota. The fans might want to focus first on enjoying wins over divisional opponents.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAH OHHHHH MAN, YOU REALLY SHOWED THE STAFF WITH THAT ONE! Patience, grasshopper. This staff needs to master baby steps first.

I'd start with (in no particular order) Illinois Northwestern Purdue

Because one of them is a bike thief?

2 offense 2 defense. Your comparison doesn't work. Yes, lots of diversity in the choices for captains. Or not.

I guess Nate Gerry will have to wait until the Wyoming game to attempt to play a full game for first time since Rutgers last year. http://journalstar.com/sports/huskers/life-in-the-red/reilly-and-gerry-suspended-for-season-opener/article_8020b010-6b19-11e6-b33b-ebef41297054.html Nebraska will be without a key player on both sides of the ball when it opens the season against Fresno State. Husker head coach Mike Riley announced after Thursday's practice that senior wide receiver Brandon Reilly and senior safety Nate Gerry are both suspended for the Sept. 3 game. Riley didn't get into specifics, saying both suspensions were due to a violation of team rules. In the case of Reilly, he was ticketed for suspicion of a DUI back in mid-March. For Gerry, this will mark the third straight game where he has to watch at least half of the game from the sideline. He was ejected for targeting calls in the first half of the Iowa game and the bowl contest against UCLA. The three most likely options to work the two safety spots for that opener would seem to be junior Kieron Williams, and sophomores Aaron Williams and Antonio Reed. This is second straight season NU will open the year without some key players. Last year the Huskers suspended five players for the opener against BYU. Riley also confirmed Thursday night's reported news that true freshman wide receiver Derrion Grim is looking at playing elsewhere. "I don't know where that might be," the coach said. Riley did say that in talking with Grim last night, he got the impression the receiver was going to transfer to a JUCO school, which would not require a scholarship release from Nebraska. In more positive news, Riley said he expects captains and Blackshirts to be announced sometime between now and next Tuesday or Wednesday.

I'm not worried. The local media have reassured us time and again that the Pelini staff frat boy antics are over, and we now have professionals coaching this team. Ten wins or bust.

http://www.espn.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_/id/128396/nebraska-sends-wrong-message-with-suspension-of-keith-williams Nebraska sends wrong message with suspension of Keith Williams Aug 19, 2016 Brian Bennett ESPN Staff Writer Nebraska wide receivers coach Keith Williams was arrested and charged with DUI last weekend, and it was revealed that Williams had two prior convictions for the same offense. On Friday, the school suspended him without pay until Aug. 31 and said he will not coach in the Cornhuskers' first four games. The discipline is not strong enough. Not even close. Williams has begun counseling and will participate in outreach efforts about the dangers of drunken driving, Nebraska coach Mike Riley said in a statement. Let's all hope Williams gets the help he needs. By all accounts, he's a popular coach among the players. But he also clearly has a problem. And Nebraska fans should have a problem with the penalty he received. Huskers athletic director Shawn Eichorst said in a statement Friday morning that the situation "cannot be overstated" and that "Keith's conduct was reckless and potentially fatal." Yet the school's decision to levy a two-week suspension without pay and ban Williams from the sideline for four games hardly seems to live up to Eichorst's words. Riley said Williams "admitted his error in judgment." Driving while intoxicated -- on at least three occasions -- is more than just an error in judgment. It's a crime. Any time you do it, you're putting your life and the lives of others at risk. Ask yourself this: If you got your third DUI, how do you think your employer would react? Williams works on a college campus and is in charge of teaching and molding young men. Alcohol abuse and drunken driving are problems on campuses around this country. Educators and coaches have to be held to a higher standard because they are setting the examples. What message is Nebraska sending to its young people by slapping Williams on the wrist here? I don't like calling for anyone to be fired, and Williams needs support and help. Nebraska could have suspended him for the season, or moved him into an administrative, noncoaching role while he undergoes counseling. Eichorst said he hopes Williams will take the opportunity "to teach our student-athletes, staff and greater community about making the right decisions." By saying what, exactly? That they might lose two weeks' pay and miss four games if they don't? The reality here is that Williams is valuable to the program. He's the team's best recruiter, and recruiting trumps everything. Nebraska fans will defend Williams and the school's decision because that's what fans do. They're already doing it on Twitter. I hope this third arrest will finally force Williams to understand he should never get behind the wheel of a car while inebriated. He's fortunate to keep his job. But should he have?

Keith Williams got a DUI and was rewarded with avoiding Banker for the first 4 games....

When Howard Griffith says the best thing he saw the entire day is the new cooling bench, it means the coaching staff probably has a few things to work on.

So now Cav is going to have to play linemen that didn't even have a seat at his BBQ. That could be awkward.

He will probably get the charges reduced. He might need to borrow Riley's bike for a while, or have Bando find him one.

http://www.omaha.com/huskers/mens-basketball/no-contract-extension-for-tim-miles-shawn-eichorst-optimistic-about/article_cc04a41e-5a89-11e6-9c39-c751a2b50988.html Tim Miles isn’t getting a contract extension for the coming year, which is a break from the norm for most revenue-sport head coaches at power conference schools.

Does anyone know when they will hand out the Blackshirts?

Hooray for littering! Don't mess with white people traditions!

For Mark Banker: Do you think you can hold Purdue to under 50 points this year?