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https://www.newsbreakapp.com/n/0rukGpO3?pd=0AE8SRAv&lang=en_US&s=i16&send_time=1710777112
 

Facts, history, and feelings mixed in, mostly agree.  Maybe it’s already been linked to here, if so, sorry.  This is a good piece, imo.

58 minutes ago, ZRod said:

I think most of us here fully understand this. The political reasons Trev left are a symptom of the overall problem beholden to a specific group.

 

Also, the state government and University can be FUBAR, and         ------>Trev can still be an ahole for leaving.<--------            None of it is mutually exclusive.

Agree.  But also thinking about the possibility of a pattern as to Trev's job history;  perceived uncomfortable situations he's found himself in.  I'm asking/speculating, not stating. 

Mark May and Trev got into it more than once about various things (as they were probably supposed to for the broadcast), and things got hot more than once, most notably when Trev was doing a synopsis on a nice Husker win and he remarked at the end, "The Blackshirts are back."  Mark May disagreed very much, Blackshirts always over rated etc,  and laughed in a snickering manner and then turned to him and asked, "You were a Blackshirt, weren't you"  Trev responded, rather reverently as I recall, "Yes I was."  Mark put his pencil down and said, "I rest my case."  Trev Alberts' voice went high, "WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?!"

He was gone in a few weeks. 

As noted in other posts here his job at UNO seemed to have been sprinkled with unhappy controversies. 

I just wonder about him a bit, now.  He's obviously not Drunk Boy Scott Frost losing a job, but... I do wonder if there is a pattern of cultivating discontent.  At best he's found himself in that.. hoping he's not a cause of it is all I'm saying. 

3 hours ago, BigRedBuster said:

I really don't think aTm is any less dysfunctional.  

Yeah.  Probs.  But also I'm doing deep research on big schools in an effort to find 100% functionality.  I think it's even a problem with many conferences at this point, beginning with the PAC ?.

Terry Pettit, legendary former Husker volleyball coach: "Talented people (Ted Carter, Ronnie Green, Trev Alberts) leave a team when the leadership above them loses sight of the team's purpose. The team is the University. When the leadership cuts funding, and undermines the team's purpose with political dogma they leave."

Never one to mince words.

21 hours ago, HuskerX said:

He's not what we all had hoped he would be, and we all know it. Hell, even Rhule has to know it by now. It is what it is.

He's doing fine.

2 hours ago, UniversalMartin said:

This team is one serviceable, doesn't even have to be average, QB away from already being bowl eligible and in the driver's seat for the West

Nebraska now has an FBS-high 27 turnovers and a minus-14 turnover margin.  I hope the new average QB can overcome that (with the same OC?).  I agree with those sports writers who are opining our play calling as instrumental in our turnover woes.

What we learned, Maryland edition: 

We don't have a turnover problem.  We are a turnover team.  Our D is keeping it from becoming a rout. 

So this 2014 thread of great concern by a "new" member has not been nuked.  Nor has the "new" member. 

Huskerboard dot com seems tolerant to the max.  Hi Max. 

On 11/7/2023 at 11:24 AM, knapplc said:

I was more confident in beating Michigan State than in beating Maryland, Wisconsin or Iowa.

Yeah.  Very similar feeling about that.  But I'm heading over into (somewhat shaky) confidence area of this game just to help with the vibe out there.  We win.. WE WIN. 

Turtle Soup:  16

Corn Squeezins:  27

Thrown Wobbly Squawkers 101 yards worth

Carried Loaves of Cornbread 216 yards worth

(Special Teams will score 6 or so for us not counting PATs)

13 minutes ago, ColoradoHusk said:

Illinois' QB's looked pretty bad against us a few weeks ago.

Does that mean that in those few weeks the Illini backup QBs were able to develop and the Husker backup QBs were not? 

I'm sorry but we had the best time in the pouring rain at Scott Frost's never-happened 1st game against Akron.  It panned out to be a perfect portent of his coaching tenure here, and we laughed through the pain in much the same way we had to do as he coached us into nothingness (we hope and pray for his complete turnaround and success in the coaching world).   We laughed, we drank, we watched the spectacle of fans having impromptu fun in the downpour..  we were then told to leave because God was speaking about it all with His lightning bolts. 

Greatest (non) Game of All:  Akron at Nebraska September 1st 2018. 

Isn't that the 3rd time this season we've done a reverse sweep? 

Wow.  I mean freaky WOW.  

Turnovers:  Yep.  Penalties:  Yep:  ...... but,

Redenbacher's Pride:  26

Lacedaemon's Shame:  19

Aloft:  210

Trudging:  196

48 minutes ago, Kayvan said:

I don’t understand this.

 

Maryland is not a good football team. Why people keep giving them credit for being one is completely beyond me. They have some offensive fire power on occasion, but that’s about it. We have an incredibly strong defense. We are playing Maryland at home.
 

Wisconsin is getting decimated by injuries and even before that they weren’t a dominant force by any stretch of the imagination. That said, this is definitely the toughest game left on the schedule and is a road game.

 

We beat Iowa last year with arguably a lesser team, against an iowa team that was probably about the same. Game is in Lincoln this year. 
 

3-1 down the stretch here is not just possible, it’s probable. 

Lovin' the hope.  Turning and squashing memories of that same logic getting trashed by (then) unexpected losses. 

Holdin' the hope.  Plus, tbh, I think you're right.

One thing I learned, from the post-game words by Purdue HC, was that "Nebraska has no ball security...... so we can take it away almost every play and WIN WIN WIN!"

To paraphrase a bit. 

Kidding aside, our propensity to fumble the ball, Special Teams (he was referring to) and Offense, is prep video for our opponents? 

Nice.

Our DC has his stuff together today.  Great responses and sets.

https://highschool.si.com/recruiting/2023/10/28/nebraska-cornhuskers-hosting-surprise-5-star-visitor

Should ought 'f posted that up thar at th' buginnin'. 

8 minutes ago, LumberJackSker said:

Might have something to do with his teammate being here on an official visit. 

He was expected to be in Salt Lake City today.

5 (count ‘em) Star recruit HERE for our game today.  He was expected at the Ducks game at Utah today, but is here instead.  
 

My brother-in-law’s flight back to Denver was cancelled, so I’m hoping that Ute’s connecting flight being cancelled is not the reason for him being here. 

1 hour ago, admo said:

I like Haarberg.  I like that he has this team winning (4 out of 5) and I think having him as QB provides stability to the offense.  It's been ugly against bad teams, and the defense has kept us in it.  But the key is winning and that's why it's obvious to keep him as the starter as long as possible.

 

Having said that, should HH continue the recent trend of poor passes, tipped passes at the LOS, dropping a snap, fumbling exchanges with running backs, and throwing interceptions, I would not hesitate to sit him down and put Sims in the game, should it happen again in the first half of the Purdue game.  HH has done all of that and I just cannot continue to give him a free pass for that type of football.  Especially when the offense has been struggling to put points on the board and stretching the field on routine passing plays.

 

When HH is throwing the ball well, protecting the football and running hard, it's exactly what you want.  He doesn't have to be perfect.  Just move the chains and give the offense a chance to score touchdowns in the redzone.  

 

I don't think it should be too difficult to score 12-16 points per half against Purdue at home.  And if the Huskers want to be 5-3 after Saturday with a sorry Michigan State the following week, the offense needs to take charge and not depend on the defense to win a game because you score 13 or 17 or 20 points.  

 

Nothing against HH, but this offense will not score (even though they are due) with bad QB play.  I'd put Sims in the game if the offense struggles again and wouldn't wait if them to get down 10 or 14 points.  

 

I hope none of that happens.  I hope HH plays clean and great and the offense puts up 30+ points on Purdue.  All I am trying to say is that the staff needs to have a contingency plan ready to go just in case.  We really need this win, and Purdue isn't all that good.  Can't lose this one.  

I'm pretty much on the same page there.  But... there's another factor and that is Heinrich's (perceived) athleticism.  I expect more quickness and speed on the run/options, bullet passes on the shorter throws and fine-tuned arcs on the longer ones, as we used to see here, and see every Saturday with several other teams.  He ain't no Crouch in any respect, and certainly no Frazier.  But, as said there, he most certainly does seem to have the stability factor with his t'mates.  I just wish it were so strong in that respect that we would be seeing more fire on the O-line. 

The 4-Star Sims thing I'm on the fence as we blame him for a couple of losses. 

Overall something in the right direction seems to be happening now. 

9 hours ago, Archy1221 said:

Well I guess that’s one way to look at it

It is 14.3 million ways of looking at it.  Not counting countless millions  of non-Palestinians world wide, it appears. 

I'm sympathetic for the Palestinians, but not Hamas (or Hezbollah).  It appears that most Palestinians feel that Hamas is not representing them at all and is "dangerous."  But it's all they have in open conflict, marionetted by Iran and now China. 

As for Israelis, well, I think their behavior speaks for itself, as we see them doing what they say they abhor:  slaughtering civilians.   The right for Israel to exist is a little piece of complexity mixed in with how the modern version of that country came to be.  I find it shameful, and what legitimacy there is for it as it is was lost long ago.   But it will continue for the ages, unless those Islamic bordering countries decide to remove it forcefully, which can only happen if they (some of them) violate various agreements with Western entities, including the U.S.

The Palestinian people were forcefully removed from their homeland by European Jews chanting "we're returning to our rightful home."  That action has created generations of very angry people, most of them occupying special camps in neighboring countries, and especially Gaza, of course.  Hamas has a ready army in them, although reluctantly for many of them as mentioned before. 

It's come to a head.  Iran is involved more directly than ever, and in every front, it appears.  This will draw the U.S. in, of course.  The coming weeks may be quite historic.