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Related national article today: https://theathletic.com/5304262/2024/02/28/tennessee-ncaa-ruling-college-football-playoff?source=user-shared-article

We're way too busy thinking about how bad we've been for the last decade to give Iowa much thought.

Nebraska. Still living in Iowa fans heads without even really remembering they exist most days.

Why hasn't there been an organized breakaway for football from these clowns yet? This is just beyond comical. Make football it's own entity, with a commissioner, and let the NCAA run the other sports. Go back to regional conferences for those. It seems so simple to me. The idea of where to go I mean, not necessarily the implementation, but how many other sports with this much money at stake have this figured out already?

That argument is flawed though. The rules are the same for everyone to win a championship, regardless of if qualifying for a playoff is easier or harder. The regular season still means the same, and so does winning a championship, based on the criteria of the sport. The regular season is part of the season, so is the playoff, they aren't separate entities in any sport.

I don't get at all how it makes the regular season any less meaningful. It is basically the same it's always been, you need to have a really good regular season to get to your goals. If by that you mean a team must go undefeated in order to have a meaningful regular season, then I have never agreed with that argument and never will.

I think 12 is fine. Reward some with a bye and have a great chance for competitive first round, on campus games.

I actually lived in Boise for a few years and the wife and I road tripped up the Oregon coast while we were there. Loved it so much we took the kids back last year for a week. I didn't spend much time in Eugene, but did drive through.

I would say welcome to the board, but I see you joined two weeks before I did! Welcome back anyway. I think most of us agree Nebraska SHOULD start that well, but after 7 straight losing seasons I will believe it when I see it. This team loves to drop a couple it shouldn't, and we will have a 2 freshman depth chart at QB most likely so a lot of things are possible. Looking forward to getting out to Eugene for a game soon. I for one am excited for new places to go and have a trip planned to LA this fall already.

Hell yeah it will! Since when do we have a fire emoji?!

I think Iowa is due for a step back. They cannot bank on the defense and special teams being top 5 every single year. When Kirk doubled down on "we don't want any offense beyond hold the ball for as long as possible" yet again with his OC hire, I became bearish on them moving forward in an expanded and slightly more competitive B1G. They no longer have the luxury of playing the same patsies in the West year after year. Kirk should have retired last year as my guy tells me that was the peak and they will struggle to get to 7/8 wins moving forward with the same old offensive crap being rolled out.

Agree on the home games being a huge factor. That was an unforntunate start to Rhule's tenure with 2 P5 road games out of the gate.

Oh I agree, it is easier for sure. You both are being reasonable, I was more poking fun at those who verge on hyperbole when it comes to the ease of some of our games. I look at the schedule and see that we open with the easiest 7 games on the schedule, but we also will be starting a freshman at QB most likely. Lots of unknowns to start the year again, so largely wait and see.

I mainly saw it as the second game on the road in a new coaches first year, and it's all about when you play a team. People underestimated that fact maybe more. I hear what you're saying though and think we beat them if we played in November instead. I do think both teams will be better in 24, and expect a close game. Huskers should be favored and win, but I think it will be in doubt late still. The CU hate will still flow, nothing wrong with that. Rivalries and objectiveness don't mesh well ever.

Folks here will always underestimate CU. Love it, but it's also silly at the same time.

I just want in and a chance to win a game for the first time in history. I watched with rapt attention in 2014 and it's already been a decade since our last opportunity. Don't care at all what seed.

The lower tier bowls being not cared about is nothing new, and doesn't change here. Nice for the school's fans but that's it. The major bowls were always the goal.

Depends how much he loves his alma mater.

Seriously. That would be a major buzz kill. No guarantee replacement could reproduce as good of results and the guys might have to learn yet another system. Kills growth if you don't stick to what you're doing for long.

I just saw this, did not realize Tony is a UCLA alum. s#!te.

BMTH fan, but I also feel like it sums up all the kool-aid drinking and subsequent recent disappointment around here perfectly with the skeleton vibe .

Can we actually just move that one to NU and build a Suh one chasing it?

Go Pokes! (Born and raised in Wyoming myself)

Of course, but we would have been dead wrong. In my scenario note that I said he turned us down, instead of we hired someone instead of him. I was among those wanting to hire him, not trying to say I wasn't after the fact.

Frost had no $%&%$!# clue what he was doing. He was going to be fired regardless. The only what if I wonder about is if he'd have turned us down, and if we'd actually be in a better spot because we had to hire literally anyone else.