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I don't understand why it's not ok to have a close game against Fresno. A close win might actually help the Huskers in the long run. I'll still take 63-0, though.

^Back in 2011 there was a joke circulating the internet that they were naming the trophy "the Brass Sandbag," which actually seemed perfect.

#relevant this hurts.

"Little"? No, sir. LIFE-SIZE.

The Governor's Cup rivalry has roots to the 1800s, so those fans were invested in it from the beginning. Paul Bunyan's Axe dates to the 1940s, replacing the old "slab of bacon" (not kidding) trophy, so there's another the fans have been invested in since the inception. Basically what I'm saying is, don't say, "Here's a rivalry and here's the trophy you're going to play for, so start caring.... NOW!" Let it grow, let the trophy have some kind of meaning, let the rivalry actually matter before starting up these trophy games. It makes more sense and feels more natural. please bring this back.

Right then, since in your estimation the Huskers are "easily right there with Ohio State," how many Husker players would crack a two-deep at Ohio State? Gregory and Abdullah? Bell, maybe? I guarantee you they're not watching Jordan Westerkamp and Tommy Armstrong and thinking, "man, I wish we recruited like Nebraska."

I have two reactions. First, I like it because this seems to be the response the fans wanted when we yell "WUTS WRONG WIT TEH CONDISHUNNING" every time somebody gets hurt. Second, I don't like it because NO PAIN NO GAIN YA THINK SPARTY AND URBAN ARE LETTIN OFF THE DANG GAS

no pic, but this tweet: https://twitter.com/michaelbruntz/status/494109525319106560

"Nebraska doesn't play Maryland until 2019, so we better get Bo's opinion on them." - something a media member actually thought.

Bingo. There isn't a coach in Nebraska's history that would have had a group of people framing a game against Fresno St as anything but an expected blowout. So, you're saying Bo's the worst coach in Nebraska history? That's pretty hyperbolic, even for you. No I'm saying Bo has some that expect nothing close to what the expectations were for other Nebraska coaches. I think that's a pretty naive statement too. I'd bet expectations before Devaney were fairly low, and even under Bill there was a lowered set of expectations compared to the previous 2 coaches. You're going to find a group like that all throughout the program's history. It boils down to whether or not you think the minimum requirements have been met the last 6 years. But we've had this discussion a hundred times, so there's no sense in hashing it out again, because nobody is changing their minds until the season happens. I would think that topic would get boring, but apparently that's all some people can talk about. kinda reaching there, maybe?

oh my god

Yes? Here's what I took from that: Who bad-mouths a Star Wars quote? And a quote that was meant to be funny. Honestly. Perhaps this famous race had a time limit and Han was able to travel 12 parsecs within the given time? Solved. I never understood the issue. The Kessel Run is normally [x] parsecs. Han found a way to get from Point A to Point B in twelve.

Sipple, probably. This has been a joke. I don't even know if Sipple had a vote. Please keep your knickers untwisted.

Third sounds about right, honestly. Wisconsin and Iowa have cake schedules and Nebraska draws Michigan State. We lose that one, we're pretty much destined for third unless Wiscy or Iowa completely tanks.

Tommy Armstrong reads the LJS' stat about offensive third down inefficiency and throws it right back at their faces. (it lands in montana.)

I fully expect this one to be closer than we'd like. But we dang well better win.

balls

explanation here (thank god): http://www.cornnation.com/2014/7/10/5887935/nebraska-huskers-recruiting-posters-hunter-dale-9-wins-why-did-this-happen-photoshop-hhnngg

I mean, it just looks like a really sloppy Photoshop. Hoping that's all it is.

so this was just posted on twitter. could be nothing but

Nailed it. This is more what up-tempo means. Although I wish we'd do the quick-snap thing more often.

^Good point, I'd forgotten.

^Ahh, but there's the rub: will Cap One or Gator will want NU back?

If Penn State has a pulse they'll go 10-2 this year. Their schedule is cake. I think their prediction isn't too far off, Nebraska will most likely be taken after hotter commodities in Ohio State, Michigan State, Wisconsin, and given their schedule, probably Iowa. Where I think they mess up is that they don't have any Big Ten teams in the New Year's/contract bowls. They've got Ohio State in the playoff but Wisconsin or Michigan State will almost certainly be an at-large.