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5 minutes ago, BoNeyard said:
I’m thinking of finding an NFL team and just ending this relationship with college football.
I began supporting a 4th division soccer team in the UK. Feels almost like a college regional team. They throw the ball better than AM as well
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I wish I could go to game next week. I would like to see a team play that is relevant. Or at least competent
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The defense has quit. Can’t blame them
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I think in the end, whomever is next, needs to be someone who can coach and inspire lesser talent. Stoops, Urban, etc...are from big time programs where 4 star are the lesser talent. Here we get 3 star. we need someone that can coach them up. inspire them to give up their bodies to swarm to the ball. Coach kids to use a chip on their shoulder. So i think it has to be a promising coach from a lower tier team that has a proven record of winning on all levels. I also think they have to have a system that is similar to the Big 10 way of playing and not try to "trick" them like Frost thought he could.
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Good thing Nebraska has never sold its soul to win, i am good with it but dont pretend it doesnt happen
On Sept. 12, Phillips, who had been regarded as a Heisman Trophy
candidate, pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor counts of
third-degree assault, trespassing and destruction of property,
all stemming from an alleged assault two days before on Nebraska
sophomore Kate McEwen, a former girlfriend who plays for the
Cornhusker women's basketball team. The evening after the
alleged incident, coach Tom Osborne announced that he had thrown
Phillips off the team, but he later amended that to say that
Phillips would be suspended indefinitely.On Monday, Osborne said, "It's not as though Lawrence is an
angry young man all the time and a threat to society. But there
are occasions every four to five months where he becomes a
little explosive."Benning, Phillips's backup, was also sidelined last Saturday,
but only by a strained hamstring and not by the third-degree
assault citation against him for allegedly beating his
ex-girlfriend on the night of Sept. 9. Benning says he is not
guilty, and Osborne says he is convinced of Benning's innocence.
Prosecutors are weighing whether or not to press charges.During Osborne's 23 years in Lincoln his program has escaped the
rampant lawlessness that has at times beset programs at Miami
and at Big Eight rivals Oklahoma and Colorado. But Osborne's
reactions to the Phillips and Benning arrests, and to other
recent criminal cases involving his players, raise the question
of whether he has gone so far in giving his players the benefit
of the doubt--and keeping them available to play--that he has
hampered the work of police and prosecutors."I don't tell Tom Osborne how to run the football department,"
Lancaster County Attorney Gary Lacey says, "and he should stay
out of the criminal justice system. He hasn't done that at all."
According to Lacey, Osborne has taken it upon himself to
interview witnesses in criminal cases, offered very public
opinions on the probable innocence of players who have yet to
stand trial and attacked the credibility of witnesses testifying
against his players. In January 1994 he and an assistant even
locked away a gun that had allegedly been used by one of his
players in the commission of a felony."That's Osborne using his influence to disrupt the criminal
justice system," Lacey says. "Osborne talks to witnesses.
Whether he tried to influence them or not ... someone with his
reputation would have an effect."In four recent cases involving criminal charges against his
players, Osborne has aggressively rushed to their defense:Riley Washington, a junior wingback, continues to practice with
the Cornhuskers despite having been charged with attempted
second-degree murder and use of a weapon to commit a felony in
connection with the Aug. 2 shooting of 22-year-old Jermaine Cole
at a Lincoln convenience store. Cole told Lincoln police that he
and Nebraska undergraduate assistant football coach Abdul
Muhammad were fighting when Washington pulled his gun and fired,
saying, "Your life is gone." On Sept. 11, two days before
Washington pleaded not guilty to both counts, Osborne said, "I
think there is a very, very good chance that Riley didn't do
what he's accused of. I've talked to a lot of people.... I feel
pretty comfortable about Riley's case."On Sept. 13, Osborne told reporters, "At the preliminary
hearing, the primary witness against Riley, the individual who
was shot, indicated that Riley was wearing a polo shirt with
three buttons and a hat. Riley was wearing a T-shirt, entirely a
different color, and did not have a hat on. Another witness ...
could not identify Riley as the shooter."Lacey told SI, "I didn't see Osborne at the preliminary hearing.
We had two witnesses say, 'Riley Washington shot Jermaine Cole.
I saw the gun. I saw him do it.'"Why has Osborne involved himself so deeply in the Washington
affair? "Because I'm going to have to make a call on Riley, and
I can't wait until the case goes to trial in February," he says.
"If I keep him out, and it turns out he's innocent, he will have
lost a whole year. On the other hand, if I let him play, and
later he's found guilty, that wouldn't be good either. What was
I supposed to do?"Tyrone Williams, a senior cornerback, was charged in March 1994
with two felonies--unlawful discharge of a firearm and use of a
weapon to commit a felony--in connection with a Jan. 30, 1994,
shooting. Police say that Williams fired two shots into a car
occupied by former New York Jet safety Kevin Porter, who was in
town visiting friends. Porter was not hit. After the shooting,
but before Williams was charged, then-Nebraska assistant Kevin
Steele was given Williams's .22 caliber revolver. Then Steele
and Osborne locked the gun in a cabinet."When the chief of police and I learned that a gun wanted in
connection with a felony shooting was in Osborne's possession
when it should have been immediately turned over to the police,
then you have evidence that is being withheld," Lacey says.When his actions came to light, Osborne said, "Frankly, if
anybody had asked, we would have given it to them sooner. No
charges had been filed, so we didn't think anybody was anxious
about it." Osborne has said all along that he notified campus
police about the gun. Last week Osborne conceded in an interview
with SI that prosecutors were probably looking for the gun at
the time he filed it away. "The weapon was missing when we asked
[Williams] to get it. If we hadn't made him give us the gun, the
police might never have gotten it."Williams pleaded not guilty. His lawyer is awaiting a ruling on
a motion to drop one of the charges. Meanwhile, he is playing, a
fact Osborne defends by noting that since Williams was raised by
his grandmother, the athletic department has taken a parental
role in supporting him.Christian Peter, a senior defensive tackle, was sentenced to 18
months probation in May 1994 after he pleaded no contest to a
charge of third-degree sexual assault brought by a former Miss
Nebraska, Natalie Kuijvenhoven, who was then a Nebraska student.
According to Osborne, Kuijvenhoven's lawyer contacted him about
Peter, and Osborne says he suggested that all the
parties--including Peter--meet in his office at the athletic
department. But Kuijvenhoven would have none of it. "It's clear
Osborne was trying to intimidate me in order to get rid of me
before a trial would ever happen," Kuijvenhoven told SI. Osborne
says he has never pressured a witness.Osborne says that Peter, a Cornhusker captain, has been "a model
guy" since completing a private program that no one at Nebraska
can discuss in any detail.Senior wide receiver Reggie Baul was charged last Nov. 20 with
stealing a wallet from a woman in a Lincoln restaurant. Hal
Anderson, the lawyer who represented him, hired a retired
policeman to administer a lie detector test to Baul. According
to Osborne, Baul passed the test. Osborne then permitted him to
play in the Orange Bowl victory over Miami that clinched
Nebraska's national title. On March 6, Baul pleaded guilty to a
misdemeanor charge of possession of stolen property. He was
fined $100 and placed on six months probation. He remains a
member of the team.According to police, sometime after 4 a.m. on Sept. 10, the
night the Huskers returned from a rout of Michigan State in East
Lansing, Phillips entered the third-floor apartment of Scott
Frost, a quarterback from Wood River, Neb., who had transferred
to Nebraska this fall from Stanford. When Phillips found McEwen
in the apartment, police say, he pushed her into the bathroom,
knocked her down and dragged her by the hair down a flight of
stairs.At 11 a.m. last Thursday, McEwen walked into Lacey's office
after returning from her home in Topeka, Kans. That day Lacey
interviewed her for the first time, three days after Osborne had
spoken with her. Early in the week Osborne had said, "I wouldn't
call it a beating. But [Phillips] certainly did inflict some
damage to a young lady."It is clear that Osborne had been aware for some time that
Phillips might be trouble. In March 1994 he was alleged to have
grabbed a student from another college around the neck.
Misdemeanor charges were dropped after he agreed to pay $400 to
repair a necklace that was broken, though he failed to complete
a mandated diversion program.On Sunday the Omaha World-Herald reported that what had
allegedly taken place in Frost's apartment apparently resulted
from a long, troubled relationship between McEwen and Phillips,
and that friends of McEwen's had seen signs of physical abuse.
The paper also reported that according to one of those friends,
Osborne was aware of violence in the relationship and had urged
Phillips and McEwen to stop seeing each other. This summer, the
World-Herald asserted, Osborne had warned Phillips, "If you ever
touch her again, you will be kicked off the team."Osborne does not recall using those exact words, but he had no
choice but to suspend Phillips. "He tends to believe anything
these kids tell him," says Joe Nigro, of the Lancaster County
public defender's office. "The problem with Phillips is that it
happened at Scott Frost's apartment, and Scott talked to
[Osborne] before Lawrence talked to him. He has to believe
someone."For discipline, Osborne assigns players five points each, and
they keep playing until they lose their points. Cutting class
costs one point on the Osborne scale; a felony conviction costs
five. Skipping a practice is three points, and committing a
criminal misdemeanor is four. And he has been a font of second
chances for players and ex-players, including Muhammad, whose
eligibility is up but who has retained his scholarship and works
as an undergraduate coach. Muhammad was involved in a fight at a
Lincoln hotel last year in which Nebraska defensive back Ramone
Worthy was stabbed. "My feeling is Abdul can do more good on the
field than he can simply drifting around the community," Osborne
says.Osborne says he is also inclined to grant a second chance to
Phillips: "If Lawrence is in a structured program, he's more apt
to get treatment than if we cut him loose."Say this for Osborne: He knows his student-athletes aren't all
choirboys. As the Husker plane landed in Lincoln on the night
Phillips allegedly beat McEwen, Osborne told his players over
the intercom, "Have a nice night, but stay out of trouble."COLOR PHOTO: IAN DOREMUS/JOURNAL STAR Implacable as always, Osborne has offered no apologies for the way he has dealt with his miscreants. [Tom Osborne ] COLOR PHOTO: TRAVIS HEYING/DAILY NEBRASKAN Phillips was arraigned on three charges two days after Osborne suspended him from the team. [Lawrence Phillips] COLOR PHOTO: TRAVIS HEYING/DAILY NEBRASKAN Osborne prefers Muhammad in the program rather than on the streets. [Abdul Muhammad]
Osborne says Phillips may be back for the Colorado game.
The coach has been a font of second chances for his players.
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Just now, knapplc said:
There's shady and there's shady. We're talking about rape here, man. And it's a known thing, so we'd be walking into it eyes wide open.
I think we can hire someone without that over baggage without appearing snooty about it, can't we?
if there would have been social media in the 90s, we would have been miami west.....
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1 minute ago, chamrocck said:
Historical program playing in one of the worst divisions in CFB. You think he is losing to Illinois and Minny? I bet he knocks off a top 10 team to boot. Best way to get back to 7-8 wins and bring in recruits. Our recruiting class is not strong this year so no worries we are going to lose recruits if Frost leaves! Crazy but that’s where we are at. No thanks if we are going for another young coach. Frost benefited playing backyard football with the best recruits in a non power 5. He tried it here, it’s not working and we lost the key pieces that would have made it work. We need to build depth, fire, and competitiveness. This team looks around like when is Adrian going to make a play. Move on and re-enter the world of college football.
dont get me wrong....i am all in if we could get Stoops. seems like a home run all day long, just find it hard to believe he would even consider taking a phone call
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4 minutes ago, BoNeyard said:
Ed O? Recruits, would likely hire quality coordinators, as in won’t hire someone from a bank.
does he bring in recruits or does LSU being LSU bring in recruits?
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1 minute ago, lo country said:
Jamey Chadwell
Tom Herman
If he cleaned the offensive staff:
Bill Busch (ST) (Assist with DB's)
Ed Warriner (OL)
Ron Brown (RB)
Sean Beckton (TE)
Willy Korn (OC/QB)
OR
Tom Herman (OC/QB)
OR
Jamey Chadwell
I like the Jamey Chadwell thought...seems to be winning at a small school...would have something to prove.
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Just now, chamrocck said:
Bob Stoops. Immediate credibility from a garbage heap. Run the damn ball, get Rattler from the portal. Defensive fundamentals. I guarantee we go bowling. Are we serious about football or not?
doesnt he make ton of money on TV? so why come to a 2 decade loosing team?
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1 minute ago, HuskerNation1 said:
I would put Stoops in the category of very unlikely. I do think Matt Campbell would still be good to consider despite ISU only being 3-2 now. He has at least shown he can have some very good seasons as the head coach of a P5 program and they have beaten some good teams during his tenure. With the Big 12 going down the tubes, he may want to move to another conference.
dont think he would have much better options?
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Maybe send a few bucks to the top 25 high school players also
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so who are real head coach prospects...don't give me stoops or anyone else like that or any big name washed up coach...they arent coming here
it has to be someone at a lesser school who has great potential i think but I am not knowledgeable enough to know who, so I am asking
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Just now, LumberJackSker said:
Fleck is going to talk so much s#!t
he should....he wins....
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If i were the TE's i would transfer as well....they are pretty much ignored until it doesnt matter....shocking that frost doesnt
use them like the patriots would
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Just now, chamrocck said:
Ok but we have seen other guys play. They are not any better. Get Rattler in the portal then.
THAT IS ON FROST ALSO!!!! IT IS HIS JOB TO GET TALENT
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Just now, lo country said:
At least it looks like we won't lose another 1 score game...Moral victory #4 this season.
i dont think it is a moral victory when you are favored to win
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If frost had any integrity he would negotiate his resignation...get some money for his time but move on
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Just now, PaulCrewe said:
He's gotta go for this right? I mean what scares you. NU needs a TD. Have an anemic red zone offense and a QB who is very apt to do a favor for your defense
why risk it...punt it and get it back at half field again
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the minnie fans are stupid....you are pissed to punt...what have you seen that tells you , you wont get the ball back soon
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AM better not get the option to come back another year...i dont care who else playes
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OL should have to go run the stadium stairs everytime they do that
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this team has beat me down so much all i can feel is fumble coming
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Has anyone checked AM’s bank account. Maybe he is on the take????