Hans Gruber

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

Touche. Somehow I forgot about that even though it just happened last year. I'll chalk it up to being excited for football season to start.

My favorite part about this thread is that a few posters forgot that with the playoff, teams can play up to 15 games now. So when you predict Nebraska to finish 14-0 you're actually saying that they are 12-0, then win the Big 10 title to improve to 13-0, then don't get selected for the playoff, then win the Rose Bowl and complain about the system being unfair BCS style. In all fairness, that is a bold prediction.

Two ways you can look at this. Positive: Nebraska had THAT many turnovers and still won 60 percent of its games. Think how much better they will be when the turnovers improve. Negative: Nebraska was lucky to win as many games as it did with THAT many turnovers. Things will balance out now and they will be bad. Going forward, I think it's the positive one. Glad Frost is in charge now.

I think you're prediction is wrong. But ... I will gladly eat pounds of crow if you are right. Would be the best damn crow I've ever ate.

84, is that you?

I don't care, fast or physical, as long as they're good. I take pleasure in a big back punishing a defense as much as I do someone making a tackler miss.

ESPN liked Vick, but ESPN/ABC/Disney would have much rather had Florida State vs. Nebraska. It would have been the two best teams of the 1990s playing in the final national title game of the decade. It also would have been the first time the two powers had played each other in six years.

It happens. It was almost 20 years ago now, and like I said, I try not to think about that game much. As a high school kid, I was convinced Nebraska would win. Whoops.

I'm sure many of us have erased it from memory because it was a blood bath, but Nebraska did play Miami in the Rose Bowl/BCS National Title game in January of 2002. But, I agree with your overall point.

It's worth pointing out that the 1999 team struggled to beat a good but nothing special Southern Miss team in Lincoln 20-13. If Nebraska doesn't get two defensive touchdowns from a linebacker they maybe don't win that game.

Charlie McBride wins this game. Whoever scores wins. I'd expect the winner to come out on top like 6-0 or 10-7 or something like that. I'd lean towards 1996, but if either team can score a touchdown on defense or special teams, they'll probably win. I think this game would look very similar to the 2011 LSU and Alabama game. (The first one.)

I think the whole "knowing someone else's offense" thing is essentially irrelevant now. Every team has access to all-22 game film. Every Power Five team has analysts that break everything down on film. Thomas may know some things, but they'd be things that Colorado's staff already knew much more about anyways.

I don't think it needs to be a comparison of who is better or worse. They can both be whiny children.

Whoops. My bad. On the newest season of Last Chance U on Netflix. Mills won't show up until season four of Stranger Things. He's going to be the world's response to the upside down.

Well, you see Garden City running backs get carries. I'm assuming Mills is one of them.

If anyone has Netflix, Mills is briefly seen in Independence's game against Garden City. It's episode three or four.

What will Nebraska's defense be best at this year? Making everyone look forward to seeing the offense get back out on the field.

08/31 - South Alabama - W 09/07 - @ Colorado - W 09/14 - Northern Illinois - W 09/21 - @ Illinois - W 09/28 - Ohio State - L 10/05 - Northwestern - W 10/12 - @ Minnesota - L 10/26 - Indiana - W 11/02 - @ Purdue - L 11/16 - Wisconsin - W 11/23 - @ Maryland - L 11/29 - Iowa - W I thinks it's going to be a weird, up and down season. Nebraska loses to Ohio State but beats most of the other teams that fans really want to win. I don't think either Minnesota or Purdue are great, but I think Nebraska loses both on the road in a shoot out. I don't know about Maryland. It just seems like an all-timer of a trap game. Sandwiched between the two division games Nebraska wants to win the most and it's on the road. Just a gut feeling.

He sent me a private message yesterday inviting me to talk politics at some Ohio State message board. I'm sure you will all be stunned to hear that I did not take him up on his request.

I agree. I think Nebraska could definitely be good this fall. But in terms of proven commodities, Nebraska has a good quarterback and a good (but often injured) receiver. Aside from that, there are a lot of unknowns. I'm sure some players will step up. But needing offensive lineman, backs, other receivers, defensive lineman and linebackers all to step up is a lot. That's more or less why I'm expecting 8-4. Anything more is gravy.

The chasm between the two has always been massive. The best teams already get the best players. I think players being allowed to profit off their likeness would actually level the playing field a tad. Not a lot, but more so than it is now. With this new way, a five-star QB from Tulsa now may actually stay in Tulsa if he can profit off his likeness. Now, he may not stay. But as is now, he's going to Alabama, Clemson, Georgia or Oklahoma. At least with this way, Tulsa or North Texas have a chance.

I think Solich was a solid coach. I don't completely agree with the staff he put together after the 2002 season being excellent. Defensively, it was very good. No arguments there. He did hire Barney Cotton as his offensive line coach and offensive coordinator though. Outside of Cotton though, good hires.

Why do people think players getting paid would destroy things? I'll admit, it's possible I guess. But people thought adding black players would destroy things. Unlimited substitutions would destroy things. True freshman playing will destroy things. Coaches getting paid more than university presidents will destroy things. The Rose Bowl not having a Big 10 team against a Pac 10 team will destroy things. A four-team playoff will destroy things. College football is as popular as ever. Players being able to profit off their would certainly change things. I doubt it would ruin anything.

Mods, feel free to delete this if it's out of bounds. I don't like politics and don't care for either side. However ... With all this talk of communism, it's ironic that collegiate sports are probably the most communist thing in the United States. Athletes are unpaid, but get free food along with room and board for their labor while the schools keep all the money and make all the rules.