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Prediction being made well before donning circulation constricting Winter gear:  Go Big Red D

Ethanol and High Fructose Syrup Representatives 24

Rusted Out Locomotive and Basement Coal Soot  20

Flung Into the Mist 159

Slippin' and Slidin'   161

10 minutes ago, Born N Bled Red said:

 

And because its going to snow this week, it certainly can't mean the earth is warming. - Its all good dude. This has already gone on too long for a joke that Clemson somehow stole our mojo. If you need a win, here you go, take it. I'll ship you a medal sometime. 

Diversion.  Obfuscation.  Simple point up there and it's being mixed in with wheat straw after quoting it. 

But it's all good I guess.

I learned that our D can be tough through the whole game no matter what they threw or ran at us.  The awarded shirts of Black nature were apparently well earned.  Good job by our coaches. 

I also learned that our Heinrich guy is immature or some other mild word that recognizes his medium/high athletic abilities while noticing his opting for lesser actions at times on the field under duress.

3 hours ago, knapplc said:

 

I've done more jello shots inside Memorial Stadium than outside the past two decades.

(lookin' up 'jello shots') ... well I'll be ... woo!  They do that?  You did that?  People do that?  ... Will it work with oatmeal?  I'm old. 

12 hours ago, Savage Husker said:

Imagine how much worse the stadium/fans could be over the last 8 years be if alcohol was allowed?

Alcohol, via airline mini bottles and often even 200 ml bottles, seems to be "allowed" in most sections of the stadium.  Jim Beam, JD, et al.  Who needs beer sales?  Just makes more trips to the stinky restrooms.  For those who do that.  Those other people. 

We seem to be inching past the "we always find a way to lose," and now are in the "maybe we won't find a way to lose this time" phase of the new HC's tenure here.

The Spartans are having quite the crappy season, hopefully that will continue against us. 

Two more wins for sure with a ?  <----- my vote in the poll

Three more wins with a

Four more wins with a

Five more wins with a

Six more wins with a

Grits 28

Hairballs 20

Thrown in a panic 186

Hugged to death 253

Either notion being heavily lacking will doom a team (and dooms many every season).   I wish I could analyze thoroughly enough to understand, but can only say that for about 15 years of football now I've seen both as I watch games.  Earlier on  we were getting our 7,8, and 9 wins per season and we were lathering the whole program with bad words, but especially the coaches as the players seemed to at times be basically in a different world than Husker football (articles in the papers intimating that Callahan had "lost the players" for example). 

Those were the good ole days with that many wins... I guess.  Compared to the past three coaches, yeah.

Recruiting looks scary these days, being dominated apparently by certain programs other than us around the country.   I fear for Nebraska football.. still.

1 hour ago, BigRedBuster said:

I'm all for freezing the money till we see what happens.

But, just to be clear, even if the money isn't frozen, it's not going to the Iranian government.  It will be paid directly to vendors who provide food and assistants to Iranian people.

We should, of course, not trust that one iota.  There is an ongoing struggle, world-wide, to get monies from donated/provided sources to the intended recipients.  Jimmy Carter spent nearly every waking hour of his post-Presidential life attempting to thin out corruption with regard to that, in addition to fighting for fair elections in central America, as one example.  I was involved in a push for food and medical supply deliveries to sections of Uganda suffering from tribal mass slaughter and razing of whole villages and towns.  The struggle was with corruption at every level, not just armed war lords and thieves.  In Iran right now there are units who make demands of the sitting government, no matter who is in charge in the area, under the banner of Daesh, but who are just locals who have developed a steady stream of money and goods to their own special little bands of crooks. 

27 minutes ago, nic said:

Maybe we should send the 6B to Israel (and Gaza after it is leveled) to help rebuild. That would be a kick in the Iranian pants.

Being as how Israel is under attack by Iranian trained and armed Gaza Palestinians at the present time, yes, that would be a kick in the Iranian pants, and then some. 

7 minutes ago, Waldo said:

It comes down to the QB position. I legit can’t remember the last QB that I felt confident in who wouldn’t/couldn’t lose the game on his own. T-Marts freshman year maybe (was electric)? We’ve had some poor QB play for the better part of two decades. 

Prospective starting QBs (recruiting prospects), the smart ones, the good ones, look at film and watch the O-Line.  We need an Eric Crouch or Tommy Frazier or at least an Adrian Martinez, and those types are probably not going to be impressed with our current situation there as they watch tape.  IMO.

7 hours ago, lo country said:

Wasn't really sure where to put this so decided to start a new thread.  Watching Louisville dismantle Notre Dame tonight.  Brohm came into a program that had previous seasons of 8-5, 4-7, 6-7 and last year 8-5.  He inherited a "better" team than Rhule, but brought in 35 guys from the portal, (including his QB).  He now sits at 6-0 and is top 25.  Possibly top 20 after the newest poll.  If Louisville can have this success, why has NU wandered aimlessly for years.  Coaching?  Missing on recruits?  Scheme? Missing that "1" guy? Truly wondering.  Duke is now ranked....Elko turned them around in year one (2022). We continually recruit top 25, but we are still struggling.  Thoughts?  

I've noticed that, too.  Why can't Nebraska be like other teams and stuff. 

Doggone it.

9 hours ago, Mavric said:

 

Great quote.

Well now. 

I am noticing individual Husker players getting their a$$es kicked by their man, every play.  Knocked around like peewee football players against college players.

On 10/3/2023 at 10:10 PM, Gage County said:

Stadium fires:

Illini - 2 alarm

Skers - 0

 

Yeah but ours gets jack hammered and dy-no-mited soon. 

4 hours ago, Hooked on Huskers said:

 

Most likely, one win or two .... NW and Purdoo victories.  Luckily at home.

 

4W-8L.

 

No bowl streak will continue ....

It's hard to disagree with that.

It's also hard to agree with it. 

I think we'll do fine in this game after the #2 team beat down (players and coaches wanna show us):

Colonels of The Corn 28

Privates of Eggplants 20

Like carrying a loaf of bread 227

Like a flying loaf of ciabatta 183

6 hours ago, Dogs In A Pile said:

Looks like two mediocre teams. Should be a close contest.

I think the rushing yards allowed per game by the D will look a lot more evident against Illinois than it did against Michigan.  Similar as rushing yards gained on offense. 

Offense: 

- We're 122nd in the country in points scored per game (19)

- They're 105th (22)

- We're 95th in the country in total yards per game (384)

- They're 71st (391)

- We're 127th in the country in passing yards per game (139)

- They're 60th (243)

- We're 15th in the country in rushing yards per game (209)

- They're 79th (148)

Defense:

- We're 57th in the country in points allowed per game (24)

- They're 103rd (31)

- We're 37th in the country in total yards allowed per game (326)

- They're 113th (419)

- We're 84th in the country in passing yards allowed per game (239)

- They're 87th (240)

- We're 15th in the country in rushing yards allowed per game (87)

- They're 111th (180)

1 hour ago, Mavric said:

 

We averaged 5.0 yards per attempt.  They were 4.9.

Yep.  Reminds me of the olden days of MNF when Cosell was yammering stats and how Time Of Possession and Yards Gained Per Carry/Game would give you the winner of any given game as long as you're "at least 3 games into the season," when Dandy Don chimed in with, "statistics are not discussed down there." 

2 minutes ago, Mavric said:

Stat I bet you wouldn't have guessed:

 

Nebraska is currently #16 in the country in yards per rush (5.47).  Michigan is #33 (4.95).

Wow.  I wonder how they’d do going head to head.  …. Oh, wait.  

23 minutes ago, The Dude said:

 

I'm not accusing Rhule of deliberately sabotaging the season to make future seasons looked better by comparison.   It's not like that's been his gimmick his entire career or anything like that. 

That joke (?) is getting around here and there.  Maybe next it'll be a meme.  Then it'll be misinformation dressed as information (with links).   Perhaps the coach will cultivate it as a rumor and try to bask in it as a sort of excuse for the losses, the blowouts. 

Reminds me of a fight I watched after school as a fourth grader, it was two sixth graders;  big kids to a fourth grader.  Finally one got up from the ground with a nosebleed, torn shirt, dirt all over his face and hair, a forced smile on his face but pain and a bit of a cry in his eyes.  He got his butt kicked so bad that generally from then on kids seemed to not even want to be around him anymore.  I think the smile did wear off after a bit.

3 hours ago, Red Five said:

Alcohol will not be allowed at FB games until TO is in his final resting place.

He has not passed away, but he is in his final resting place. 

58 minutes ago, Savage Husker said:

...introduce alcohol sales

I honestly think that's in the works. 

11 hours ago, BoSolich said:

we won't be able to sell out 70k seats at the rate things are heading. 

Well, perhaps we'll see more diddling with the tix pricing.