Huckleberry Muhammad

Once the players have a majority who are mission oriented as to the season as a whole, and feel that way for each play of each game, the Huskers will resemble those of the T.O. era. It is psychological in nature, yes. Whether or not some psyche doc brought that about then is subject to question. Whether or not he allowed for it as he did his job of watching for other things that can creep into the minds of kids that age is more likely, in my opinion. I feel it was about the staff and a certain immeasurable quality therein.

I'm old. My workouts reflect that, even though they're pretty close to the same routine I've been doing for decades. Injuries are nearly always ready to happen much more than when younger; but I'm hyper aware of that now so I am careful to warm up each muscle group for a long time at low weight for high reps while full range of motion slowly for several reps then normally. Dreadmill .. er, treadmill every other day then leg lifts and leg curls. On off days for that there's an arm day, a shoulder and back day, a chest and belly day. The weight amounts max at 212 for bench, 45 for dumbell curls, etc. Not much, but feels great, especially when done.

Alabama, Baylor, Oregon, and Florida could be in there with the four now set up and it'd be hard to be sure they'd all be kicked out in an eight team set up.. LSU already beating Alabama as the caveat.

I agree about it being more like it. I still wish we could have eight teams.. I looked at Mavric's proposed set-up for that and it looked good to me. But yes, this one looks interesting and I feel that OSU is the team that adds to that.

You and my kid, who worked in Loosianna for a while.. Geauwvphx Tigers (they pronounce it taggers down there), etc. I picked Ohio State. Go tuba-i-dot-guy.

Like my grampa used to say, "Ahma thankin' ye."

Man I can relate. Way to go on owning up to it all. That's the way to go as you know. EDIT: Oh.. let's see.. six years ago, when you were 24.. to you turned 30 and got old and wise.

Interesting. Glad you were allowed to rejoin (perhaps a Christmas spirit thing by the admin?). I can relate as I'm still on a true perma-ban from HuskerMax, and was quite nervous joining here given that they now own this site. I don't know about you, but I was an on-again-off-again wicked drunk in those days over at that board, and was rightly ushered out. Even though I don't know you, welcome back!

Boy to I agree with that. I am agrieved that our once formidable Republican party lined up in lock-step on his side during the impeachment hearing/vote. It startled me that there were than many cowards in our government. They could well have admitted their disappointment and disgust with Trump's actions and words brought out by the phone transcripts and other testimony.

Thanks for that. I'm going to have to really dig into this star rating thing. Reading what I have, thanks for the link, and googling it I still haven't gotten a feel for the process. I envision the concerned entities needing a scale by which to guide them somewhat in investing in talent, but again, I don't yet see the on-the-ground performance of these players as it translates to competitive ratings.

I'm sure he has a LOT of issues/memories swimming around his brain after the drama from the west coast to the locker room to the girlfriends's apartment to the field; ever read all of this.. https://www.omaha.com/sports/college/huskers/the-story-of-scott-frost-s-love-hate-relationship-with/article_d23a0bb0-ba7f-11e7-85a1-07e004b8e998.html No, it's not in the past, if it's driving you. And I think that's what's driving him; all of those memories (yes, even the fan hate).

My question is probably answerable by studying up on this: What is the criteria on "star earning" for these kids in high school? How does rivals dot come et al attach these stars to certain players? I know it is relied upon by all concerned including coaches (obviously). Are they wrong at times? Is there margin for error? I know that performance from one level (high school) to the next (college or jc) can be different challenge-wise, so do they gain/lose stars?

Cool, thanks.

It's growing every day. As of this evening (the 18th) it's got 13 red bars across the top of the page. I can't find a setting to get rid of them. I've tried clicking them to read them, but they stay and the list keeps growing. It migrates to each page I go to in the forums; it never goes away.

fwiw we were #20 in 2017, #24 in 2016, #31 in 2015.

I agree very much. The "trust" thing comes out on the floor with sharing the ball and not just firing a shot as soon as it's in your possession. Also I think the coach himself is becoming trusted on more levels, and that's priceless when it comes to improvement. That's what I love about basketball; that thing of being able to see changes like this watching games a couple of times a week.

Laughing.. I think there's a good chance I've done that more than once here.. I know it's A.M., but keep typing it wrong. a-HEM: A.M.

Well said. And knowing that about the O-line tempers my negative take on T.M. a bit. Good QBs evolve in a mix of good and bad protection and good and bad receiving corps. We've had more bad than good in the protection department, so his escape and connect or escape and run skills just haven't been able to develop. But I'm still just disappointed in some of his decisions out there. We get that way about any QB, but he's been on the ground too many times as a result of his own choices during a play.

Without all that there would be no Husker football forums.

Two reactions came from the people in our section that game. One was that Frost should get T.M. to heck out of there no matter the QB's reasons for going back and forth from okay to terrible. The other was that Frost was using the other QBs for limited schemes and that was a waste of the guy we liked: Luke. Tempering all of that a bit for me is the (few) times Martinez showed us great stats in a game. My wife is of the opinion that "he's immature and some people just stay that way so don't expect much consistency from him over time." The hell of it is S.F. keeps up talking him, so he's it. Yes the O-line could do better, of course, as well as receivers; those things are good for any QB in there. The whole package is at pretty much the same level, which brings us to the point that Frost's decision making during games is of utmost importance, but seems to lack the insight to win games steadily through the season; especially the games we're supposed to win. That thing of having Luke come in and perform so well then benching him seemed to just take away a lot of the confidence one could work up over Frost. I see no brilliance, no development of Frost himself, let alone the players.

As if thoughts and opinions are formed, parsed, sorted, then typed into a forum for "sounding good as you're writing it." Not this puppy; it's about reading things through, watching games, living the Husker experience for decades and decades, living my life and forming ways to make decisions, superimposing said experiences and observations of Husker football over current situations and the people involved. Don't be shallow. My expressed thoughts about Scott Frost aren't shot from the hip or quickly decided upon. Re-read the previous paragraph and my previous posts about the new HC, along with those of others of a similar opinion; you'll find far less "shallow" than in your very own post there pinning a medal on a man who hasn't proven at all that he's up to Big Ten football.

I just don't feel I or government has the right to dictate to a woman what to do with the contents of her own body. The last time I was in a discussion about this and stated my feelings, a man brought up something on the order of, "what if she goes into a jewelry store and swallows a million dollars worth of gems? Can we then tell her what to do with the contents of her own body?" As if stealing jewels is analogous to enduring an unwanted pregnancy. Game playing aside, no matter my beliefs about abortion, it's up to her at least 51%. She gets the deciding vote no matter the input from politicians, clergy, or even the sperm donor.

You made me try to remember the year. It was when the old configuration of that area included a street that ran right by the fountain and around in a sort of horseshoe shape, past several halls including the one where I used to drop off my wife at UNL nursing college.

I don't know how to do a post quote from one topic to another one, so I'll post the link.. it's about Saban and Osborne but the OP made a great statement (well, one that I agree with) about T.O. that, to me, fits in this discussion about Scott Frost. I feel that there is a vast difference between Frost and T.O.'s abilities, and that Frost likely cannot live up to anything near what was done back then because of that. He's showing signs of being limited in his abilities as we watch the team's stats devolve from first to second season here. He has smarts, of course, but no insight; that intangible mindset that moves a coach along to great success in a hard, difficult conference like the Big Ten. As always, I hope I'm wrong about all this but I was not the only one saying this about certain former coaches since T.O. left. We were right about them and we're right about this guy; hyped but limited.

I hate even seeing that name. I encountered that freak while at the old fountain by the Union one Saturday. He was riding shotgun in a red Miata and his arms were hanging out over the door and he had that insane, blank, soulless stare as the car wheeled around the corner. He looked right at me and I got a chill; not the kind that you get when you see a celebrity that you admire and respect.