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Boom!  Done deal!

I am unsure him being 100% is the answer.  

On 9/19/2023 at 4:09 PM, Mavric said:

Well ... we've got players throwing up at practice again.  So we must be on the right track.

Works for me.  The more players want to throw up during the week the less fans will want to on Saturday.  
 

9 minutes ago, Lorewarn said:

 

 

We already had the strong beginnings of this (even though they fumbled it's implementation way back in 2012, then tried again a few years later) with Let Me Clear My Throat, then the AD did AD things and unnecessarily got rid of things because in their minds it reminded them of the failure of the previous staff.

 

The players loved it, the fans loved it, the end of the 2015 MSU game and the 4th down stop in the 2016 Oregon game gave it some real legs to become something special and then it just disappeared.

Good point

I think the starter should prove able to safely receive the ball from the center and hand it off without it falling into the opponents hands. 

That’s a good point.  Though if we win all the time I think they would be just as happy with Kermit the Frog singing Rainbow Connection.  

As for rock, or music generally, for home game experience, I would love the see N use something that isn’t used in so many other stadiums and becomes uniquely identified for this team and the crowd.  

37 minutes ago, teachercd said:

Interesting, I had always felt that there were a few "rock" bands that no one "hated", not saying you hate them but you get the idea...I don't mean they were loved by all, I just mean that they were not hated.

 

Guns N Roses

Def Leppard

KISS

AC/DC

Rolling Stones

Well I sure listened to them all at one point.  The Stones are in my option in another category.  Not necessarily for a football game, but Gimme Shelter alone might be the most BA song of all time. Scorsese seems to think so too.  KISS has never been a bad I took seriously, but my wife would argue with me on that.  

The only AC/DC song even mildly worth listening to due to the band’s overplayed music is far too inappropriate for the setting (Shoot to Thrill).  

I hope learning proper execution on everything on the offense is all the motivation and focus they need.  The snap, running the correct play that was called, route running, blocking assignments and avoiding foolish penalties.  Yes, that would be nice if they worked on those things, all game long, regardless of the score.  

38 minutes ago, ZRod said:

Avenged Sevenfold is awful unless you're a teenager in high school in the 20 aughts. And that's coming from a guy who used to rock out to them back in those days.

“Rock out to them?”

You sure must  have been at the cool kid table lol. 

On 9/19/2023 at 11:58 AM, HuskerX said:

Dislocated shoulders and hips are usually due to lack of flexibility. 

Lack of flexibility for the joint to be torqued in a direction, motion or extension that is unintended for its function and beyond its limitations? 

Hail to the King - Avenged Sevenfold.   Well, it works for me on squat days at least.  

1 hour ago, Pote said:

The term "next man up" becomes more than a 'catch phrase' this week. Frosh RB Kwinten Ives is now a possible active player. I have had the privilege of coaching him for his HS years. The young man is a true 'diamond-in-the-rough' for Nebraska. He is a physical stud.....big, fast, strong, and great hands. More importantly, he is a great competitor, and a kid with outstanding character. 

I agree and think it has to be more than a phrase throughout the year.  Football is more than ever about attrition and depth.   Let me make it clear, I am not at all saying injuries ever benefit a team. But the mentality that everyone must prepare themselves as if they are a starter each day, and individual and collective resilience to adversity, is the culture of great teams.  This is a big loss, but having the attitude that they will continue to improve even without them is something that will be needed eventually.  It unfortunately has to start now. 

You can never string together an association by beating a team, that beat a team, etc. But NIU of course beat BC.  BC nearly shocked FSU today and I truly think FSU makes the playoff this year.  What it does remind us is these are kids and each week brings new expectations and perspectives.  I think today we saw a commitment to run the ball, a defense that swarms to the play, toughness, and the kids looked like they were having fun (winning does that, but I have not seen much energy the last few years).  

When HH drops back, not only is he able to safety receive the ball from the center, but I am not terrified when he throws a pass.  

Perfect DB play on the ball. 

With some more reps with the first team offense, I think HH gets his timing down with the receivers and uses his much better arm to broaden the offense.  But the pressure for Sims is a political/money one (yet another interesting byproduct of paying players (legally).  

That some Husker fans don’t appreciate that 8 sacks on a top 25 team that is the talk of the nation is vast defensive improvement. 

A lot of really good teams struggled yesterday.  Legitimate top 20 programs with realistic eyes on contending.  The NIL and Portal have changed college football in more ways than some think.  An easy fix, sometimes.  More pressure, definitely.  More impatience, certainly. Harder to develop chemistry early with some being paid, others not, friends gone, new players - unfamiliar with surroundings, new culture, crazy fans… Fans are fanatical. That’s the root of the word.  If they ran a program they would have every player, coach and administrator fired each week, for some reason, in every sport from pee wee to the pros.  

Does free agency always produce exceptional and immediate results in the NFL?  Not even close.  You have to still build through the draft, just as in college you do in recruitment.  College is more and more like the NFL and this adjustment is only getting started.  Relax.  We were not good at all last year and we didn’t play a warm-up cookie game.  
 

This defense has done an amazing job.  They shutdown Minnesota all game and Colorado for a half.  Colorado didn’t make great adjustments, they had short fields and eventually our D was gassed.  They pressured all game.  We all agree the QB play was a debacle.  We cannot make it a place the next transfer or recruit passes on us.  Having a top 25 class, and I think it could creep even a little higher, is amazing.  

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You know, I used to laugh when N used to have their first game against the University of the Pacific (they no longer have a football program and barely did then). But Coach Osborne used those games to have uncontested layups at game speed so things like fumbles were less likely to happen when running the option against tough opponents like Oklahoma or Miami. Even in the NFL defenses start faster than the offenses.  Minnesota and Colorado are not FSU or Georgia, but they are not FCS either. 
 

We all think Sims should have been pulled at least at halftime. But he wasn’t.  However, you can’t compare Colorado as a typical first year coach experience when he brought the quarterback with him, and it is his son.  They are probably on the same page.  

We have a very solid recruiting class for a team that has not had a lot of success and that isn’t exactly in a state that produces many 4-5 stars.  You know what really destroys recruit classes?  Coaches on the hot seat.  So just stop it!  We have PTSD from this carousel and we immediately go into fire mode.  That doesn’t work.  

2 minutes ago, Mavric said:

 

Total respect.  Integrity and accountability are only real when things are hard or challenging.

5 minutes ago, Bearkat said:

Bring these back from the old power Nebraska football.

I would buy one of those!  

2 minutes ago, runningblind said:

I am going to bet a LOT of money if CU is somehow favored versus Oregon

Me too. But the hype train last week had some thinking they were on that level.  I will be watching.  The Ducks are fun to watch.