Glass

The Texas radio guys are trashing Big Red right now saying they don't have a chance against USC. "What twisted reason has Nebraksa going to Los Angeles next Saturday?" one of them asked. Another said SC would win by 21 or more. It'd be great to beat the hated Longhorns this season.

Purify looked a lot like those big, athletic wideouts that have risen to prominence at the big programs the past 5 years, the Difference Makers. He made a great move on the ball as he squared up and caught it cleanly with his hands and made the nice turn and run into the endzone. Textbook. He made it look easy in the way that graceful natural athletes always do. Loved seeing that. It's been so long since we've had any players with the athleticism and speed to make plays, to go the distance from way out. How many times in the past 5 years have we seen our backs and receivers get run down from behind instead of pulling away and scoring? Crouch used to be able to put it in that extra gear. I think we have several players now who can burn. That's what drove me crazy about the Solich teams. Just the lack of game-changing speed. During the great run in 1990s we had the studs on both sides of the ball where you felt like they could score on every play. You expected the defense to turn em over and perhaps score, and you knew the offense was a threat on ever down. It's feeling more and more like that. Part of it is the system, but the overarching idea is the Great Athlete. The Huskers are starting to fill up with these sorts of players. Can't wait until next Saturday.

Travis Justice teamed with Matt Perault might be a cutting-edge broadcasting combo. Dr. Rob Zatecha could work the sidelines. Warren Swain got his chops down doing high school sports radio in western Iowa back in the 1970s. Listening to live streaming AM radio following Texas' big loss to OSU. Callers are pissed and they are heaping major abuse on QB Colt McCoy, ripping Mack Brown's stupid play-calling and puzzling over the lack of coverage on OSU receiver Gonzalez. I picked OSU to win this game, mainly because of the experience differential at QB. And I'll put my vocab up there with Jim Rose's any day. Glass

Interesting read, thanks for the post. We could get blown out at SC, but I'm optimistic enough that I think we have a shot at a win. It'll be interesting to see who develops into the Big Time Playmaker outside of Zac Taylor. The ramping up of team speed will be exciting as well.

I wish that Beck had had a good enough relationship with someone on the staff that he could trust and go to and hash some of this stuff out before it got to the point of no return. Maybe it just never would have been a good fit, especially if Beck couldn't handle sitting on the bench another season. All of the hype and lofty expectations hit the cold reality of his situation and he cracked. It would suck and be tough to handle for anyone, let alone a teen-ager. The coaching staff let him down big-time. I hope they learn something from this and don't just dismiss it out of hand in an arrogant way, such as the lame comments such as "this is college football, it happens." blah, blah blah Tough deal all the way around. I think it's a big loss for Big Red. He coulda been a contender.

The Beck thing is decided and it's time to move on and kick USC's ass, but I still can't get too excited about losing a young QB that Miami, Florida and FSU wanted badly. I hope the double bummer of Beck and Bowman isn't an omen for the season. I love Big Red and have hung in there through the bad times so don't give me any crap about my commitment. Heck, I was digesting turkey dinners at Memorial Stadium watching Johnny the Jet torch the OU Sooners before most of you pooped your first diaper. It's easy to say Beck's a pu&&y and mama's boy. It's tough to win National Championships without stud quarterbacks. Isn't that the goal -- to challenge for championships year in, year out?

I hate it that Beck is gone. It should have never gotten to the point where Beck thought he was unwanted. Wait until a game is on the line and Taylor goes down and see if you don't wish Beck were ready to go. This is bad.