Maized & Confused

I'm guessing the NCAA scholarship limitations mean virtually nothing now. I always thought the limitations were crappy anyway... give out less just for the sake of parity.

1 hour ago, Minnesota_husker said:

Seems like they cancelled early knowing they were going to eventually hit red/red and did it to start their clock but also give Nebraska a chance to find another opponent.

So Wiscy must have been one of the few schools that voted to allow the Huskers to play against Chattanooga? If I could find proof of this, I'd no longer consider Wisky to be such a steaming pile of dung.

Apologies if it's already been posted... 

I'd love to know if Wiscy was one of them that voted against Nebraska substituting another team for a game.

Wonder if the Big10 will show the vote publicly or make it so students have to sue them again for the information of who the real nimrods are that want to keep sticking it to Nebraska.

29 minutes ago, Toe said:

Maybe we should just go ahead and change this thread's title to "Will there be a 2021 football season?"

That's some bad luck JuJu talking like that.

On 10/19/2020 at 12:34 PM, Minnesota_husker said:

This could also very easily be a 1-7 season.

4 hours ago, BlitzFirst said:

What I want to be is surprised.

 

I want to have the team play and have some breakout performers surprise the hell out of me.  One or two on defense or one or two on offense...preferably, one at least on each side.

 

A breakout performer can totally change a game...single handed sometimes.  Go look at Purdue's upset of the Ohio State and Rondale Moore for an example.

 

I want to see that happen.  It's been a long time since we saw something like this.

It's a new season. I'm all in... again

4 minutes ago, Husker03 said:

There is no rationale that justifies any "donation," cost and there hasn't been for years.

I've always assumed that there are many ticket holders that do not "donate" any more than the minimum that they have to get the seats they want, but maybe my assumptions are based more upon my personal expectations of wanting something for my money and the more money I spend the higher my expectations for something nicer (in this case more desirable seats).

Knowing there might be seats that are grandfathered in that don't require the minimum donation made me wonder if it can contribute to some of the lower attendance when the team's not doing well because the ticket holder doesn't have as much invested.

Oh, by the way knapplc, I'd use some Pappy's seasoning if I was eating my tickets and make them taste a little closer to some of that good Fresno tri-tip.

It would be interesting to know how many seats at memorial stadium are grandfathered in so they aren't needing to pay for the donation on top of the ticket price.

At about $60 each face value, I'd have a hard time not showing up and just eating the costs of a pair of tickets for a game. I can't imagine making a $4K per year donation on top of the face value a pair of tickets for "good seats" and eating most of the costs when either not showing up or selling them for pennies on the dollar.

You'd think the cost of tickets alone would ensure that nearly all seats get butts in them in a "sold out" stadium.

20 minutes ago, Redux said:

Michigan State, Texas, Miami and UCLA will all bounce back next year

You missed one more team to bounce back next year... starts with "N"

3 hours ago, beorach said:

The one (and pretty much only) thing I've always given Riley credit for was putting an end to the fumbling saga.

 

2012 - 22 fumbles lost

2013 - 16

2014 - 13

2015 - 6

2016 - 5

2017 - 2

It's hard to argue that Riley improved the stat of Husker fumbles, but I'll make an attempt to explain how he accomplished it in-part anyway... No, it doesn't offset, but it might be harder to fumble as often when you already gave the ball away with more interceptions.

In 2012 we had an extra conference championship game which we fumbled twice and had one interception. There was one less game in 2017 (no bowl game) to fumble the ball or more than likely throw a few extra interceptions.

2012 - 13 interceptions

2013 - 13

2014 - 12

2015 - 21 (Riley's 1st year trying to make a pocket passer out of Tommy)

2016 - 9 (Riley decides to make use of Tommy's legs)

2017 - 17 (Turnover Lee)

41 minutes ago, Thurston from Pender said:

I decided not to jump into The Dredge despite that soul crushing loss to hated Iowa.

I'm starting to think you're not ever going to jump.

Regardless of whether any schools sellout streak is "real", it seems to me that most teams that I've seen on TV that are under performing to a tune of multiple losing seasons do not fill their stadiums like in Lincoln. Heck, some colleges sell a set of season tickets for the price of a single game Husker ticket (before any of UNL's mandatory donations). Some teams have very successful seasons and still have abysmal fan attendance.

Are there any other schools that have had this many poor years in close proximity to each other and kept their attendance anywhere near ours? 

I'd think our fan support itself would help sell to recruits and help with building the team.

Speaking of weather... their Iowa weather killed Buddy Holly, so if you’re into hobbies like burning evil rock & roll records, they have that going for them.

We have a McCaffrey on our team... we'll own Iowa!

51 minutes ago, beorach said:

NU vs. PU

I'm confused yet again. Do we get to play Purdue for a rematch?

18 minutes ago, Swiv3D said:

Unless you have God-like genetics, it takes years for proper training to really show, especially when you're starting with the love handle brigade at o-line

Can't say I agree with this. We've seen Ziggy transform quickly. I myself once dropped 140 pounds in 10 months because I was tired of being fat and out of shape (a divorce kinda motivated me).

32 minutes ago, TGHusker said:

Beating Wisc is a part of the plan to still win the West.  4 ways we can still do it (spoiler - we have to win out)

I have my doubts, but I'm told I should never never doubt.

3 minutes ago, HuskerPwr said:

My understanding is that Vedral was dinged and not really available to play and Luke was sick and didn’t travel.

If that's the case, it's much more understandable to me on why they kept 2AM in the whole game.

13 minutes ago, Nebfanatic said:

36.4 in 2017 #progress

Can we count the Diaco season? He made Banker look really good and I missed him.

24 minutes ago, hskrfan4life said:

I mean... he did enough to win the game Saturday. We needed one stop. But yes it's AMart's fault.

I thought this was hypothetical, when did 2AM come into this? lol

That said,  2AM didn't lose the game on his own and I think he performed well at times. He did also have some ugly plays missing wide open receivers, throwing the ball below their feet, tentative running at times, and a terrible decisions to throw it into double coverage. Bottom line, he left points on the field that could have help win the game.

Go back a few decades and we saw Tommy Frazier get benched for less mistakes and I don't think it hurt his play or the team for doing so. Even Tommy himself was tweeting that it might be time for a QB change during the Purdue game.