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No stress here either. I just want improvements on both sides of the ball. I think we’ll see that, but I finally convinced myself to ignore preseason hype about unproven players and the potential of the team to be really good. I used to do that and got burned every year. We’re on the way back to being contenders, but it’s going to take time and I’m good with that.

Unfortunately crap happens. Injuries, transfers, arrests or other legal issues. I think your banking on best possible case scenario regarding the offense. The defense is still a huge concern and will need to take a huge step forward for us to be in the conversation for being a West Division contender. Too many are assuming we’ll make a 2nd year UCF type leap. That isn’t happening in the Big Ten.

Excellent post. Anyone who thinks we’ll win more than 8 needs to read this over and over again until you remember how pathetic we were against the run at times. I don’t care how good the offense is. If they can’t get on the field because the D can’t stop the damn run, we will be lucky to win half our B1G games.

I’m guessing more evidence will coming out when the Mueller report is eventually released. When the house completes this investigation, along with Mueller’s findings, there likely will be sufficient evidence to impeach. Depending on how strong the evidence is regarding any possible criminal activity, Trump may decide to resign so he can be pardoned by Pence. If he finishes out his term and then gets prosecuted, I doubt any pardon would be coming his way. We’ll see how it all plays out, but things aren’t going well for Trump.

I would imagine they would likely be grilled as to why they didn’t respond if they were to eventually get subpoenaed to testify. Their lack of response could also be used to bolster future obstruction of justice charges if they were deemed less than cooperative down the road.

How would one’s life be adversely effected by the banning the sale of “assault “ weapons going forward? I’m a gun owner so I’m clearly not anti-gun, but I’ve never heard a good compelling reason why civilians need to own assault weapons (AR-15, AK-47,etc). Just curious.

Good to know they exist.

Exactly. I’ve yet to meet one.

How does anyone other than Maurice know what his intent was. I'm sure the prosecuting attorneys want all of us to assume that his intent was to shame her because it fits so nicely in their shiny new law, but if we take a step back and think about all possible scenarios, then actual intent gets a little harder to prove. I, personally can't stand the word "intent" included in any legal definition. It relies too much on assumptions to prove innocence or guilt. So far with what all has been reported as facts, at this time Maurice appears to be guilty of nothing more than misdemeanor possession of child pornography. If this were to be the case, then there should be consequences, but it is entirely different than the theoretical creep with 1000s of pics of 8yo's that Olddominionhusker described above.

In regards to his potential future status on the football team, remember this all happened before he was enrolled at NU. That’s no excuse for what he may have done or legal consequences he may face, but IMO it does factor into his potential future playing football here going forward. That should eventually be up to Frost and NU administration and will likely not be determined until after any potential legal consequences get determined.

Reading through this thread reminds me of why I need to spend less time on HB in the off season.

Caveman’s right folks. Time to temper your expectations. This is a marathon. Not a sprint. We aren’t going from 4-8 to 10-2 in the Big 10. The right staff is in place and the culture is changing, but it needs a couple more years until we’re among the top tier, which is essentially what 10-2 is. If I’m wrong and we go 10-2 I will gladly eat crow.

A lot of talent in that photo. Can’t wait to see them on the field.

I don’t see more than 8 wins unless our D and ST make huge strides. I also banned myself from drinking the koolaid this year so I’m taking a cautious approach. The future is bright, but I still think we’re another year or two away from being really good.

Do you think he’d have his current title if he didn’t help reel in HCSF? I wasn’t referring to your post specifically earlier. No need to get defensive.

What exactly has MD done to lead some of you to believe he can be an effective AD at NU? Nice guy? Scott’s friend? Made a nice catch? Good at color on the radio? I don’t get it. I like the guy, but he’s fortunate to have the job he has now.

MD is not a good option.

Hmmm. We need tough LBs. May he isn't if he's concerned about a little snow.

8-4. 10-2 would be incredible, but I certainly don't see it happening unless the D makes massive strides and special teams are no longer a liability.

A lot of posters are calling bowl games “meaningless.” I’m just curious as to why you think they are more meaningless than any other non-championship game? I get that if you’re in the hunt for making your conference title game then your games become more meaningful. Or maybe your team is a potential playoff contender so you must win all games. However, non-conference games have no bearing on that. Aren’t they also “meaningless “ and therefore should be skipped by good players for fear of getting injured? In other words, if your team loses more than a couple games or isn’t contending for a conference title, why even finish out the season? To get to 6 wins so you can play in a “meaningless” bowl? Point is: bowl games are not meaningless to everyone. If you skip playing the bowl, you are selfishly letting your team and fans down.

That we'd go 8-4 and beat Iowa by 2 TD's. This year! This year we'll go 8-4 and beat the pesky hawks by 14.

Oh Hell yeah! Can't wait to watch this guy in HCSF's offense.

Pretty damn impressive. I loved Grant as a player. Anyone notice the misspelling on the Big 8 ring?

It’s hard to believe they’re still profitable, but the majority must still be. I agree they’ll keep them going as long as there’s money to be made.

That’s probably how it is now, but the conversation I was replying to was about the original intent of bowl games. They’ve been around longer than ESPN.