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  1. TIL: Shavon Shields is the son of Husker football great Will Shields. Cool!

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    2. husker B-rent

      husker B-rent

      Band wagoners.

    3. NUance

      NUance

      Yeah, they've only mentioned it, like, every single game.

       

      /I'm just f'ing with ya. But they did mention it a lot. LULZ

    4. Scratchtown

      Scratchtown

      I didn't even know Shavon Shields was on the team till this year

       

  2. Jimbo Fisher on Winston: "There is no victim because there was no crime."

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    2. Chaddyboxer

      Chaddyboxer

      Ameer can bounce back though...just don't know if the offensive line will be up to the task...

    3. ZRod

      ZRod

      but rape and signing things for cash has.

    4. QMany

      QMany

      Biggest game of the year so far ...

  3. GOOOOOOAL! Dempsey is a joy to watch.

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    2. zoogs
    3. ZRod

      ZRod

      Goal-a-palooza!

    4. mrandyk

      mrandyk

      That'll teach Cuba to bring their national team to US soil. Lose 6-0 us and have four players (so far) defect.

  4. Okay, guys. Why was that not a dead ball if DPE went out of bounds as called?

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    2. zoogs

      zoogs

      Thanks, tschu.

    3. husker ponsler

      husker ponsler

      If tommy throws it to Ameer in the flat we get a first down and win the game.

    4. husker ponsler

      husker ponsler

      If tommy throws it to Ameer in the flat we get a first down and win the game.

  5. Congratulations, you guys. It's been so long since I've had to move a post to that giant off topic thread I've forgotten what it's called and can't find it.

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    2. Mavric
    3. C N Red

      C N Red

      You really need to move NWhuskerfan's posts to that thread. Hes posted like 11 times and says the same thing everytime. Youd think by now he'd figured out we are ignoring him.

    4. zoogs

      zoogs

      Thanks, Mav! That's the word.

       

      Now I feel a little sheepish.

  6. What in the WORLD are we going to do without Jon Stewart?

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    2. zoogs

      zoogs

      I can't watch him regularly on HBO, but they do seem to post a lot of stuff on the Last Week Tonight youtube channel.

       

      Seriously though, I'm pretty bummed out.

    3. True2tRA

      True2tRA

      me too. really bummed out. that show was one of the few places I could go to escape the bullsh#t of the rest of the media

    4. ZRod

      ZRod

      This makes me a sad panda... I wasn't sure about Wilmore but he's been ok. I like the panel discussion, but he's just not Colbert, much like no one will be Stewart.

  7. Watched Furuama for the first(?) time recently. Bender's more of a d!ck than he looks!

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    2. CheeseHusker

      CheeseHusker

      Nearly rivaled classic-era Simpsons at its best.... too bad FOX treated it like an afterthought

    3. Redux

      Redux

      Jurassic Bark episode still gets me misty eyed

    4. ZRod

      ZRod

      That's a rough one. Game of tones did the same for me. Where Fry gets to be in his mother's dream and talk to her again.

  8. Women's World Cup only a week away! How do we look?

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    2. Savage Husker

      Savage Husker

      I just hope it brings a headline of Jerramy Stevens and Hope Solo...

    3. VectorVictor

      VectorVictor

      Before the FIFA indictments, I'd say the USA had a very strong chance to win. After Blatter's comments though...I wouldn't be shocked if the officials come out and red card the entire damn team out of spite.

    4. GSG

      GSG

      Women's world cup? Is that like two girls one cup?

  9. Wait. There was a movie theater shooting two weeks ago in Louisiana? Am I the only one who somehow missed this until now? Should have been huge news.

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    2. zoogs

      zoogs

      yeah, so actually, I did hear about the lion one...I can see why it's a big story, too.

       

      I guess I've been a little busy in the past couple of weeks and I don't watch TV much. If Aurora had not happened already, though, there would have been no earthly way to miss this, right? At some point we just start to accept this as a fact of life.

    3. ZRod

      ZRod

      Happened again today, but inly the shooter died.

    4. Saunders

      Saunders

      The one from yesterday was a hatcheting.

  10. 80+ dead, ~200 injured in terrorist attack on peace rally in Turkey. :(

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    2. zoogs

      zoogs

      This is just so completely heartbreaking.

    3. zoogs

      zoogs

      And I mean, we're here mostly arguing about how good some football coach is.

    4. zoogs

      zoogs

      (Not that that isn't an interesting argument...)

  11. Iceland have scored on FIFA #10 Austria, and saved a penalty. They could be the story of the Euros!

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    2. GSG
    3. Lil' Red

      Lil' Red

      For some perspective, Austria's defender David Alaba is worth more than Iceland's entire squad

    4. zoogs

      zoogs

      Yeah. I couldn't believe they survived that 2nd half onslaught. And then they broke free at the end! Amazing. Also, #RonaldoTears!

  12. I wonder how I'd feel today if I were Turkish. Support their fourth military coup of the past 100 years? Or support their autocratic, awful, dangerous but elected President?

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    2. CornHusker_Prototype

      CornHusker_Prototype

      I've got a great idea zoogs. Why don't you move over there?

    3. Redux

      Redux

      GUYS, FOOTBALL ONLY!

    4. zoogs

      zoogs

      Haha, Creighton!

       

      Yeah, I basically agree that Erdogan needs to go. But habitual coups are maybe not the best thing either.

       

      Also, now that it's failed, it'll simply give Erdogan even more excuse to seize power. Great.

  13. Well well well. Defensive coordinator Ross Els comes to town this week.

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    2. huKSer
    3. TonyStalloni

      TonyStalloni

      I think it was Mike Ekeler who was hit in the chumleys by the pass and also used to jump around. Els was the other LB coach we used to yell at.

    4. Red Five

      Red Five

      "This week there was some gray area of (assistants) really not deciding where they wanted to go until the last minute," Els said. "There were either options or it was a situation where we said … I don’t know. It was just different for some reason of being a little bit unsure on where to go. I guess I don’t know why."

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    2. Michiganball

      Michiganball

      Southern Gentleman, this seems to have a distinctively different meaning these days.

    3. Thanks_Tom RR

      Thanks_Tom RR

      No, not at all. Racism, homophobia, and sexism is commonplace in the south and has a long history as such.

    4. Thanks_Tom RR

      Thanks_Tom RR

      To be clear, that is not the only place you can find such prejudices.

  14. Ouch. I'm glad I had to miss this one. I only have one question right now, though: is Tommy OK, guys? Sounded terrifying.

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    2. JJ Husker

      JJ Husker

      Yeah, he seems to be fine. Worst case maybe a concussion since he was unconscious for a bit. Hit his head hard but no spinal injury. THey just played it extremely safe, like they should.

    3. zoogs

      zoogs

      I can't begin to express how relieved i am to hear that.

    4. NUance

      NUance

      Yeah, that was scary when he was laying on the field for so long.

  15. Oh, man. What a tough loss for Nebrasketball. So close to the upset!

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    2. Red Five

      Red Five

      *last 2 years imo

    3. Cdog923

      Cdog923

      The coaching in the last possession was atrocious last night.

    4. ScottyIce

      ScottyIce

      IMO it wouldn't have been an upset. Nebraska should've handled them with ease.

  16. Eight-fitty?

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    2. The Dude

      The Dude

      With that kind of coin we need to see immediate results.

    3. famoustitles

      famoustitles

      If we were paying him the same as Banker we'd still need to see instant results

    4. The Dude

      The Dude

      Google search "ROI".

  17. Looks like we've got another QB. Nice!

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    2. Atbone95

      Atbone95

      Re: My starter tore his hammy, my 2nd string broke his hand, and I can't burn the redshirt of the 3rd!

    3. zoogs

      zoogs

      Yeah, 3 scholarship QBs with one of them being a true freshman. It's dicey.

       

    4. krc1995

      krc1995

      Now we need some spinach to complete

  18. Welcome, interim HC Trent Bray! :) That's pretty cool.

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    2. zoogs

      zoogs

      I'd take that tbh

    3. C N Red
    4. zoogs

      zoogs

      I mean, if for some reason they strike out on a number of choices, we could do worse than keep Bray around. Obviously I don't expect that to happen. We'll get Frost.

  19. Coach Pops continues to be such an inspiring voice and model of leadership in sports. Such class!

     

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    2. zoogs

      zoogs

      Ah, I see. I guess I don't follow the NBA nearly close enough to be aware of anything other than Pop's commentary on broader social issues. 

       

      Are private role models any better than public role models? I think all that's needed is some realism when it comes to models. They aren't unimpeachable, but there are specific things about them that we can find very admirable. Sometimes they themselves don't live up to the stands they set. Such is human, and we (may) change our views on them accordingly. 

       

      Something I really appreciate about Pop is how effectively he can reach such a broad spectrum of people. It's his unique position as a powerful figure in sports. He (and Steve Kerr) can say the same things that, say, if it were some young minority journalist penning an op-ed for HuffPo they might be reflexively attacked as some kind of SJW.

       

      Pop's position commands respect from those same people, and he's using it to provide really valuable leadership. He shows that you can be someone in his shoes and "get it", in what appears to be a thorough and heartfelt way.

    3. RedRedJarvisRedwine

      RedRedJarvisRedwine

      Pop is a clown. And his best player tim Duncan is a clown also. 

    4. Atbone95

      Atbone95

      Pop's (very political) statements on broader social issues are dumb too. 

  20. Just saw a replay of that fake PAT. Holy smokes they HAD us. And it would have been good but for the wind catching what would almost certainly have been a scoring throw. We are VERY lucky. We have a W now, that's all that matters, but that W should be Iowa State's today. A clap for the broken-hearted Clone fans who really deserved another upset of NU.

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    2. sd'sker

      sd'sker

      yeah. it looked like we had prince, hagg, and gomes looking for it, but still. they could have ran an option pass or something a little more elaborate.

    3. knapplc

      knapplc

      They did have us. That was a W for ISU, the holder just threw the ball too softly.

       

      Turns out the choice to go into the wind was a mistake made by the team captains (second such in two weeks) and for the second straight week, that mistake turned out to benefit us.

    4. bleedNUred

      bleedNUred

      If it should have happened it would have, comngrats to ISU for having the balls to call that but either way our guy stepped up and made a play to stop it.

  21. There's no need to panic. This team is holding up fine against legit BCS competition. Also, we're gonna win.

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    2. dizzturbedNUfan

      dizzturbedNUfan

      I dare you to compare our non con to Wisconsin..........

    3. zoogs

      zoogs

      Is their schedule tough? But it's not about that, it's about not reacting to how we do in this game like we are playing a creampuff team.

    4. dizzturbedNUfan

      dizzturbedNUfan

      I agree with you Zoogies! I should have put a @chrism in there. Everybody thinks Wisconsin is some kind of world beater but their non con is pathetic when you look at their combined ranking.

  22. LMAO, one of these B1G CCG announcers is really excitable...

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    2. The Dude

      The Dude

      I thought it was the best announcing of a football game I've heard in over a decade. He was like a pro wresting announcer.

    3. The Dude

      The Dude

      I thought it was the best announcing of a football game I've heard in over a decade. He was like a pro wresting announcer.

    4. The Dude

      The Dude

      Holy double post Batman!

  23. I think this year makes an excellent case for the +1 system.

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    2. Hercules

      Hercules

      Just feel like in a +1 system this year - you'd be putting in Stanford ahead of Oregon. Stanford lost to Oregon head to head, while Oregon dropped an equivalent game to USC, and dropped an extra game to LSU while Stanford played absolutely nobody in the noncon. It's rewarding cupcake scheduling.

    3. Hercules

      Hercules

      Meanwhile, every conference has a fair way of determining their champion on the field. There is no controversy. This year, an 8 team playoff with 5 conference champions and 3 at larges would include LSU, Wiscy, Oregon, Ok St, Clemson, Bama, Stanford, Arkansas/Boise/KSU depending on rules...

    4. zoogs

      zoogs

      I think you want to minimize rewarding the teams that don't deserve to be there. So maybe Stanford gets in undeservedly. But Oregon doesn't really deserve to be there, either. Is the solution to say "OK, they're in. Let's get a whole bunch of equivalent teams in, too"? I think when you list those teams, you have LSU, Bama, OSU...then all these other guys.

  24. Hey, everyone - if you could please confirm to me that I haven't broken Huskerboard's index page by responding to this status, it'd be great! Also, donor icons now up.

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    2. zoogs

      zoogs

      OK, thanks. I think it's just some browser settings I turned on, not playing well with the video player.

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    4. GSG

      GSG

      Wooo! Donor Icon!

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