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It's shocking. My gut reaction is that if it's true about Trev reaching out for the B1G commissioner job, he already had one foot out of the door. Couldn't wait to get out of Lincoln. And that's a hard pill to swallow. So you know it had to be brutal for him to leave. The other thing is that without Carter, Green and now Trev gone, Nebraska Univ needs to get their s#!t together. There is no leadership in place with a pecking order and full support to run the op. I just hope the Nebraska media and University BOR don't get lame and try to ask the head football coach to come stand at the podium and answer tough questions. That would be insane, but also a very Nebraska thing to do. Rhule is just the Head Football Coach and can't speak on behalf of Trev or others. If people want answers, reach out to Trev and talk to the VPs or Execs or Interims. This has nothing to do with football or the athletic department staff.

YOLO ... It's cool, it's cool... I do like to talk some Bears football and I don't quant to fill up the NFL 24 I'm good here. If you ever visit ChiCity Sports, better bring some super thick skin, be okay with cussing and battling, laughing, and Cutler. Or Trubisky....no filters... Sandwiches/Hoagies/Grinders.... Cubs, Blackhawks, Bulls and White Sox It's hard core

Depending on Minn.... let's say Penix is there at #12, what say you? Or JJ? I don't think HCSP can handle skipping another year with no one to mold, whilst dealing with another vet again. He needs "a guy" this year.

What a great freakin win. That was outstanding

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That's some truth serum I have been drinking my entire life +1 However, we are in the 2020's of the NFL and things can change. For example, Cincinnati was an 8-8 team forever with no one thinking they could make it to a super bowl ever. Until Joe Cool Joe Burrows went there and beat the Chiefs and got them to the Super Bowl. So things can change. Josh Allen took some time but he has completely changed the narrative about the Buffalo Bills franchise. They were another average team since Jim Kelly, Thurman Thomas, Andre Ried and Bruce Smith. I'm not saying the Bills are super bowl bound, but they are in the hunt. So then, why can't the Bears become an NFC force if they draft Caleb Williams? And build an offense around him? It is logical. And the GM Ryan Poles came over from the Chiefs and hasn't been the bad guy during all of those awful years under management's lack of vision and player personnel. I am skeptical as a Bears fan because, I have lived through it all. So I agree with your assumption that is normal for anyone to think like that off the top of their head. But all it takes is one. One great QB. One great GM. One great OC. One great HC (to be determined but the players really like him). As for defense, F that. This league is all about offense and scoring touchdowns. And the Bears and Steelers have always been about defense. I mean, the Bears spent so much money on defense while their offense stunk - Julius Peppers, draft picks, Kahlil Mack, more draft picks, and now Montez Sweat. Do it right. Draft Caleb Willaims. Draft Odunze (WR). Draft the best Center - even if you have to trade futures to move up. And call it a day. In the NFL it starts with offense, a great QB, a few great WRs and a Center that they are in need of. That's what the Bears need if they are serious about changing the identity of the past and becoming serious about today's game. You have to score touchdowns and you have to come from behind with 5 minutes left in the game (or under). That's the league today. F defense. That's what free agency and 3rd rounders are for. If you have an offense that you believe in, the defense will rise up and play better. Don't build around your defense. Add pieces to it. Just like an offense would with a great quarterback.

To my Denver Broncos friends.... I am curious about who you want at QB from this draft? @AZRaiderH8r @Mavric etc.... Now, You do not have the #1 pick. But there are other guys with skill, exceptional talent and potential. Would you trade up for your future Quarterback or ....? My thinking is like this... with Sean Payton, a stout defense, cold weather by mid November and a good running game, this new rookie QB could become something special in time. Thinking accuracy. Game Manager. Good deep ball. A winner. So who do you like? And who do think would be the best fit the mold ? Bo Nix JJ McCarthy MIchael Penix Winners. Accuracy. Experience. I really like all three and can see any of them being solid QBs for a few seasons before becoming really really good and leading the way and being a stud. Because it's the NFL and for most QBs, it takes a year or two or perhaps three. Personally I am glad Russell Wilson is gone and off to the Steelers (Big Ben version 2.0 but older). That run-around ball-style doesn't fit, especially when you refuse to throw the slants and over the middle on time. Even though that backyard style football made him great in Seattle (until fans and coaches grew tired of it). I just watched the drive. The video is Copyrighted. So click on link and enjoy. Yall need to look at the draft and get your guy. Who's it going to be??

Swapping picks and trading down for more guys has been done for 30 years and it still isn't fool proof. On a side note, I love Daniels and Pennix. I also think Bo Nix is a great fit for Denver with Sean Peyton. Pennix at Seahawks would be exciting Nix at Broncos too. And I really like JJ Mac as long as he isn't forced to save a s#!tty NFL franchise. He could be very solid on the right team. I've never thought Maye was an NFL first rounder, and he needs a good place and sit

Yes. But I've also been on a hardcore Bears site for 15 years. And maybe Mav chose to add team info to a specific topic. Because that way, I can vomit Bears thoughts and hate here instead of messing up the NFL 2024 thread And that's pretty clever IMO

The top 10 of the NFL draft..... this year it is so good to have 2 picks (Chicago Bears). So don't mess it up. But when you look at this year's draft, it's really a top 15-20 TBH. The Bears have #1 and #9. Cool However, 6 or perhaps 7 of the top picks will be................ Quarterbacks and Receivers. Isn't that amazing? QB - Williams, Daniels, Maye.... WR - MHarrison III (OSU), Odunze (Wash) Nabors (LSU) TE - Brock Bowers (Georgia) You would have to be an idiot to take a defensive player. You would have to be a super idiot if you don't take Caleb Williams and Odunze/Nabors (Chicago Bears - talking to you). You take the very best in football, and forget about trading down for more players who may not become a starter for a few years. That would be a waste of a decision/pick. I mean, if you say you are really serious about scoring more than 17-18 points a game. Without assistance from FG kickers and punt returners making your biggest plays to score almost 20 points. So, take my advice. You don't need to trade down for 2 second rounders or a 1st rounder next year. Don't make things complicated. You have two first round picks in the top 9. Take the best players from college football this year. Game changers. And then you can add more pieces to your team next year. Chicago Bears..... if you just do that you will be so happy. Don't overthink it. We need offense and we need game changers. It's right there in front of you.

There is a big batch of Bears fans that are out of there minds. And half of their local media reporters and podcasters. Chicago has the #1 pick, the #9 pick, and then it's crickets until the 3rd Round (11th pick). And then some 4th rounders. My whole life I hear how badly the Bears suck at QB, and it is true. But these dumbass podcasters and local media reps for Chicago keep saying "Trade down! We need more picks! We need more players! Do this trade and that trade! Stock pile picks! Caleb will be a bust!!!" Crazy. For me and the sane fans of the sport, this is all you need to know... In the NFL you need a great quarterback and if you are fortunate, you get the greatest one possible. Do that and you are set. That's the bottom line. You see results and start winning because of great play by the QB, and you see your regular players on the team start playing better with more confidence and energy. Then you can add other pieces to your team as you go. If it was up to me, I'd draft Caleb Williams with the first pick, and then one of the top 3 receivers on the board. Because the Bears need offense, they need to score touchdowns if they want to compete with the Lions, Packers, and Vikings. Not to mention the regular playoff contenders (49ers, Eagles, Cowboys, Rams, Bucs, etc...) Get the 2 best players in round 1, be super happy and call it a day. Have a slice of of pizza, or a sub sandwich and a frosty cold beer. Smile and be grateful. You just won and got everything possible. A #1 pick QB and a #9 pick WR (it's all about the offense baby!) Don't trade down and be a dumbass for players that are rated below them. Bears need the best QB, a top shelf WR, and a Center. Forget about defense. The NFL is about scoring and you can always find defensive players next year or in rounds 3 and 4. I get so tired about Bears fans & media types who make things so complicated, by talking about trading down draft picks every year, and then b!^@h about not having a QB and no offense. It really is the MO for some Chicago fans.

I believe the groupthink in general can recognize the SA Spurs are old hat, but there is something brewing in SanAntonio with Popovich again, and I don't think any of us want to see them rebound and rebuild a new dynasty because of The Spur System. The Spurs won the lottery and got the #1 pick last season, getting Wemby, and still stink this year, and this summer will get a top 3 pick again. That's 2 prolific top 3 picks in back-to-back years. And unlike MLB or the NFL, you play basketball with 5 guys. I am not sure NBA fans want to see that happen or see the SA Spurs become one of the best teams again. They had their fun and their time for 2+ decades. Right now it's better with them out of the picture while new blood and different teams are balling in the NBA, and it's a breath of fresh air. The only consistent team having a great run that I enjoy seeing is the Golden State Warriors. Sorry Spurs fans, it is what it is. I love seeing Minnesota T-Wolves and Okla City at the top of the West. I love Denver and felt like last year's championship was the 2nd greatest feeling ever watching the finals since the Mavericks won in 2010-2011. And I enjoy seeing these teams like Sacramento and the Pelicans battling for a top 5 seed or top 7 by mere margins. And you add in Denver, the LA Clippers, Golden State, Dallas, Phoenix with the T-Wolves and OKC, and you realize that the NBA doesn't have room for San Antonio. I mean, even the LA Lakers get so much pub hanging around. Good thing Portland and Utah are having off years..... sheesh And speaking of LA Lakers - did you hear how Anthony Davis had a "historical night" because he got 25 rebounds? Of course. But you don't ever hear about Sacramento's Domantas Sabonis. In his last 5 games his rebounding stat line is ...15, 21, 20, 17, 15. And you def didn't hear about his 26 rebounds in one game 6 weeks ago. Sabonis leads the NBA in double-doubles with 60..... only one other player has 50 and that's Jokic. Plus Sabonis is averaging 8.4 assist per game (with nearly 14 rebounds a game). Spurs, Lakers, Clippers and Phoenix (because of Durant and Booker) can kiss my a$$. This new NBA is fun with Denver, OKC, the T-Wolves, some Luka Magic, and the OG golden state warriors. With the Pels, the Kings playing fast and fun with them. While Utah and Houston are down right now, unfortunately. I love the NBA West. I am done with LA Lakers, the Spurs, Phoenix and the Clippers. And once upon a time I used to like the Suns. But not in the past 5-10 years for sure. I liked Nash with the Suns. But I also hated Mike D'antonio, his mustache and horse teeth. I just Can't stand their team.

I get nothing at Wendy's. Once a year the Dave's Double-Double. Sometimes it's good but usually hit or miss. The rest of the menu is awful and gross. However, they be killing it with their commercials, yo! Bag Boys...Watchu gonna do... CODE NAMES: Biscuit -n- Tay Tays... Dubba-Dubba Java "2 hot coffees"...

This team, this year.... Fuego... Hace Calor

Good to see Huskers play the Shockers in a series. Seems like these two teams should have playing a series every year for 30-40 years straight. But instead it's a game that gets sprinkled into the schedule here and there (over the years). I'm talking about a series though. Wichita State got a long history of playing some good baseball. I forget but I think it all went to hell last year or the year before. I like the Huskers starting pitching and the bats so far. Not looking for a sweep, but I won't count that out either.

In the past I would've wanted to see those type of non-con games. Especially during the Big 12 days because there were the same 6 conf games and it got stale and boring. I couldn't get hyped for playing Kansas, Iowa State, Colorado, K-State......because they had some awful teams during the Pelini years by that time. Sure, occasionally they were good but that was rare. And then you toss in Baylor who was awful and crappy... and when Texas A&M was down or a Tech team into the mix that always beat us. Fast forward to today, I don't mind playing some warm up games before we get into the Big Ten season. In fact, it might even do us some good. This conference is now loaded, and that excites me. If we were playing Rutgers, Indiana, NW, MSU, Maryland and Purdue every week I might go fishing instead and quietly listen to the game on my mobile phone app. Don't mind catching a good call on the radio and some good fish for frying, but don't expect me to watch it and get excited about those matchups. And that is why the Big Ten has been great by incorporating the former 4 Pac12 schools. Those programs are bringing some good ball into the league, and that excites me.

Would it have been Warren Powers? I don't know but wasn't he on Osburn's staff before going to Missoura? Or was Waren Powers on Devaney's staff with him?. I wish I knew. But I think that's whou might have taken Coach Tom Osborne job if he had left in the 70's. He did fairly well against Nebraska in a few games. Thoughts?

Thank you! but I could talk freely about the Spurs, plus their nostalgia and the NBA embracing the franchise for paragraphs upon paragraphs about it, because that's what I do at times - and for the sake of everybody - we don't want that lol ! But I will say that I completely agree with your first sentence. Totally accurate. The SA Spurs were Boring AF. Small City/market. The "underdog" franchise. Bank shots. Flopping. Duncan staring at refs if they call a foul in the paint. Popovich being a snooty a$$h@!e to everyone. Resting players (they created a term called "load management"). And somehow I think because of that nostalgia, the league misses The system. They were a true powerhouse doing it and the NBA cradled to them. When I say NBA, I am talking about the league, the media and even officiating them in the biggest TV games. Don't mess with San Antonio.

"Guarantee $1 million dollars split to players......." To high school kids entering college and then possibly going to the filthy rich NBA. There are too many rich people and businesses in the United States that are giving money away for sport, instead of helping the poor, the homeless and the needy. It blows my mind. There are roads underneath overpasses. It's called an underpass. And those structures are part of a highway within a city. A city is a community. A community is a group of people. Some of that is a fellowship with common interests and characteristics, values, interests.... I just don't understand how wealthy people can give money to future college sport players, by providing millions of dollars, and not take the same exact urgency towards the fellows and ladies sleeping beneath the overpass, in the underpass. On cold nights. Without food and drink. And no hope. If you disagree with that, come at me. I don't have millions, but I do help them. $10 here... $20 there.... $40.... but I'm not talking about me and my simple cash...... I'm confused why millionaires spend millions on 18-19-20 year olds who have their whole life in front of them. /rant /wondering out loud / wishing there was more to help the homeless / the kids who play sports receive amazing financial benefits / you choose where your money goes / most of it

Yes, agreed totally (especially the tanking part). And here is some of the problems I have with this when I find myself struggling to accept some things. Popovich was supposedly the greatest coach of all time (debatable), but he couldn't win without his big 3, big 4 and role players. Duncan, Manu, Parker, Bruce Bowen, Robert Horry, Michael Finley, Bonner, Kawhi Leonard, Patty Mills, Danny Green, Tiago Splitter..... The San Antonio Spurs tanked terribly last year with their eyes focused on a top 3 draft pick. They finished with 22 wins and the 3rd worst record in the NBA. But the NBA loves a good SA Spurs team and somehow the Spurs won the lottery and got the #1 pick - a generational talent in Wemby. Perhaps that was just luck of lottery balls falling down on San Antonio. Who really knows. However, the other problem I have is that the San Antonio Spurs won just 22 games last year, and now this year with Wemby, they have only won 13 games so far with a month left in the season. Yeah that's right - with Wemby, the Spurs have regressed even worse than last year. But Wemby is going to win the rookie of the year award. That doesn't make sense to me. And it's a crying shame if he wins the ROY. He is averaging 20 and 10 and some blocks. You see some dominating nights at times. But in the past 10 years, a lot of rookies have averaged 20 and elevated their team. Wemby has not elevated his team, the Spurs. And San Antonio has the 3rd worse record in the league. 13 wins.... I don't get it man. I'm not saying he isn't good, because I know he has the potential to become great in a year or two.... Rookie of the year? Nope San Antonio gets a top 3 lottery pick again? For popa Popovich? Wow... this league man, it's so strange and relies on entertainment value at the heart and center of it. I love it and I hate it lol

No, you are bending your words now. You said Wemby wasn't 1/10th the hype (and expectations) of Lebron James. You are clearly wrong on that. The intel from every scout and media personnel said Wemby is the greatest player to enter the draft since Lebron James - 20 years ago. It was said for 8 months prior to the draft and up until the draft. Meaning, nobody since Lebron was as hyped or as good coming into the league since James. Nobody. Until Wemby. I said prospect. So I apologize if I chose the wrong word for your liking. I think he is a pretty good player so far and you can see that Wemby could possibly dominate in the near future. But it doesn't mean he was never hyped as much as Lebron. And I don't think Wemby has lived up to the hype either.

By draft night, Wemby was hailed as the greatest NBA prospect ever since Lebron James.

Now that's my kind of thing. I wanna see that story so badly

A little late to the couch potato party. Not a TV guy or big into streaming but I do have YT TV and stuff..... Saw the first 2 episodes of Yellowstone and it sucked a$$. I had big hopes. I was hoping for something awesome. But it sucked. Not my thing to keep plowing through it.

I bet this kid drinks 3 raw eggs every morning, and washes it down with a bowl of milk and grape nuts. And then he eat breakfast.