Hans Gruber

A few things. I remember reading that article a few years ago plus a few times Sports Illustrated has written about it too.  I'm not an expert but this is my understanding of how this stuff works.

1) The head coach rarely has anything to do with this stuff and is shielded from it. It's plausible deniability. Just like in politics people shield presidents and senators from things.

2) A booster doesn't need any connection to the football program to pay a kid. All he needs to know is if a kid is in town on a visit (and he can easily find this out online now) and he can magically " bump" into him. If a coach on staff is needed for help it's a GA or a position coach at the highest. 

3) Players aren't given thousands of dollars unless they're already on campus. They're given a few hundred on visits to build relationships. Once a kid is on campus and playing well, then maybe they start getting more. $300 is easy to cover up or explain away. $10,000 is not. $100,000 definitely is not.

4) Some kids don't want impermissible benefits and don't take them. Some do. 

If you think Nebraska, along with every other Big 10 school, isn't cheating then you're kidding yourself. The only thing is the head coach probably is not in on it. If purity in collegiate athletics is important to you, then watch D-III or NAIA.

2 minutes ago, FrostedTips said:

Clouse thinks we land this one

So he's not come here?

Confirmed. Slusher to UCLA. 

I know absolutely nothing about this kid but I wish Nebraska got him just because his name is sweet.

I will never look at a picture of him to ruin the image I have in my head. I hope he has a shaved head, no mustache or goatee, and has the most awesome side burns. 

All I know is we're all going to be really disappointed on Wednesday night or Thursday morning when Nebraska stops this new-recruit-commits-every-11-hours pace.

I don't remember how to post GIFs, so run/IceCubeTodayWasAGoodDay/execute.

(I also don't know how to program or code either, but thankfully Nebraska knows how to recruit.)

3 minutes ago, WVhuskerXX said:

Man we lost a recruit due to a snow delay two years ago. I’m always worried until they sign 

Haha. Good times. 

https://images.app.goo.gl/sB7NZEAFiM16FFRV7

Apparently I don't remember how to post GIFs. 

20 minutes ago, WVhuskerXX said:

He probably included them because it has been two out of three years.

Yes. And neither was close. 

On 12/12/2019 at 9:58 PM, ActualCornHusker said:

 

LOL I understand it's controversial. But I like them (and also think we should roll out red on red for a home game sometime) 

I can get behind the Stormtrooper all whites. I do think they look slick. I've never liked red on red though. Too much red on a uniform looks bad, which is why I'm guessing someone designed Nebraska's uniforms the way they did decades ago. 

2 minutes ago, Huskers93-97 said:

If your a competitive kid I don’t see how getting pounded by bama and LSU every year sounds good 

True, but the same can be said with Nebraska over the past few years getting pounded by Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa. 

We all think Nebraska will be better long term over Arkansas but he might not. 

17 hours ago, Sker4Ever said:

Also, many would believe we have a chance to right the ship in the B1G West. Arky in SEC West? No chance

That's a valid point but you have to look at from this perspective too. If you're a competitive kid from Oklahoma that wants to play against the best teams, would you rather play Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Purdue and Northwestern every year or Alabama, LSU, Auburn, A&M, Ole Miss and Mississippi St.?

I have a job that requires me to work most Saturdays. I go in during the afternoon and work late.

I am able to watch an entire game that starts at 11 a.m. If it's a 2:30 game, I have to leave for work sometime between halftime and the end of third quarter. If it starts later, I DVR it. If Nebraska loses I won't watch it. If they win I do.

That was all prior to this season. Something snapped in my brain during the Colorado game. I basically went cold turkey and did not consume any Nebraska-related media until GameDay for the Ohio State game. I had that day off work and watched about a quarter of that game and then stopped.

Basically every game sense the Ohio State game I've watched with a capitalist attitude. If Nebraska is winning or keeps it close I'll watch. Once they fall down by about 17-21 points I change the channel or do something else. 

1 hour ago, ArkanSkers said:

So we got the finger point from Held...what’s Niko pointing at?

So we got the finger point from Held...what’s Niko pointing at?

His favorite toy?

I remember my first beer ...

I also hope you are right but I expect Ohio State to cover.

I don't think it will be as bad as 2016 or 17 against the Buckeyes though. More like a ho hum 45-20 game that's kind of close for a half and then Ohio State pulls away. 

Very strange.

If the kid was running for public office or something like that then I wouldn't have a problem with reporters digging through old social media posts.

Obviously he's just a random college kid though, so it's weird. I don't know why anyone would ever think "Let's see what we find searching through a decades worth of tweets. It's super important for this donation story."

"Neil Armstrong was born in Ohio and had to go to the moon to get the stink off

#NeverForget"

I don't have a fully-formed idea, but something about headaches with Urban Meyer.

Like, "Urban gets headaches when his wife asks him to go to bed,"

2 hours ago, The Murphinator said:

Real question is who will be the celebrity picker? Larry The Cable Guy, Gabrielle Union/ D-Wade, Warren Buffett, Bud Crawford...

Those are all logical and reasonable choices.

Unfortunately, it won't be any of them. It will be a country singer or a rapper that does not care about college football and has no affiliation to the state of Nebraska or the Cornhuskers.

Eric Church was terrible two weeks ago, so it will be Kenny Chesney. He'll end the showing by playing the hit song from his new album, "Buy my music you dirty @$% holes."

(In all seriousness, I think it will be Larry. I'd pick Bud Crawford.)

Oh I don't know. I feel like J.D. Spielman will return a punt for a TD, Eric Lee will get a pick six and Cam Taylor will force a couple turnovers.

Just a feeling. 

47 minutes ago, runningblind said:

 

Everytime you click on the next page new ads can be loaded.  $$$$$$$$$

A thousand pages versus 250.  Personally,  I find that annoying. 

I don't care for it either.

24 minutes ago, lo country said:

Good point.  That's the format at Huskermax IIRC.  Much shorter pages.  It's awesome we got over though.  How many pages were dedicated to Jessica on that thread now?

389. 

Interesting new tidbit. The change in ownership on this message board has changed a few things. Notably, each thread page now only has 15 posts instead of 50.

That changes the Scott Frost megathread from around 250 pages (I don't actually remember what it was before) to a now unbelievable 1,127 pages.

We did it guys! We had well over 1,000 pages!

I get that we all have higher expectations than that.

But after back-to-back 4-8 years, we shouldn't be surprised that some people aren't expecting a run for the division title.

Just now, Hans Gruber said:

I like how if someone wanted to be formal with his name they would say Mr. Mister Williams.

He should open a restaurant named "Thank You for Calling, How May I Help You."

Then he can literally answer the phone by saying "Thank you for calling, Thank You for Calling How May I Help You, how may I help you? This is Mr. Mister Williams."