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An open letter to Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops and all of his Sooner players...

Welcome back to Texas, boys. And congrats on kind of, sort of winning The Big 12 South again. Got to love using a screwed-up joke of a system as a way to break deadlocks, or everybody except Texas and Texas A&M do, anyway.

No whine intended.

I actually need a favor from y'all. Beat Nebraska. Actually do not just beat them; beat them handily, because the thought of the Cornhuskers winning the championship of the conference they tried to destroy makes me throw up a little in my mouth. And the thought of Cornhuskers coach Bo Pelini winning anything ramps a little up to a lot.

So earn this BcS-ranking-provided berth. And beat Nebraska.

The eyes of Texas are with you.

Hook 'em. Sic 'em. Gig 'em. Get your guns up for 'em.

However, whatever, just beat them. Send Nebraska to the Big Ten, or whatever name E. Gordon Gee decides to slap upon that league, with a big fat reminder that their Big 12 legacy was never all that impressive and they will barely be missed at all.

Remind Nebraska why it was never the bellwether team of this conference and why it will not be in the Big Ten. Show the Huskers what Wisconsin and Ohio State and possibly Michigan (if Jim Harbaugh replaces that slimy little RichRod) will do to them.

Leave no doubt, no room for whine that officials were really to blame, like the usually classy Tom Osborne and Pelini, in typical histrionic fashion, claimed after The Big 12 Championship a year ago. And then again in College Station a couple of weeks ago.

Apparently, Nebraska only loses when officials do them wrong, which is giggle-worthy because I seem to remember a certain illegal kicked ball helping them beat Mizzou, and nobody at Nebraska handed that "W" back.

But we are talking about Nebraska, where they do things "the right way," or so I am told by the 14 folks in Omaha with Internet who love to send e-mails that rarely clear the S-T naughty-word filter about how classy they are.

Admittedly, I will miss wacky Cornhusker Nation and those 14 TV sets when they are gone. Nobody, and I mean nobody, was as touchy as they were about their football, except maybe BYU. And the Children of the Corn love to e-mail, about how Dan Beebe always favored Texas, how the South got all the love and how the league singlehandedly killed their long rivalry with OU.

They are kind of right, as you already know, Bob.

Beebe did favor Texas. And the South did get most of the love. Still does. The fine folks at the Cotton Bowl chose A&M ahead of a Mizzou team with more Ws and a W at College Station this season. Total screw job, of course, and I wish nothing but fail on them. Them being The Cotton, not the Aggies.

Full disclosure, Bob: As you probably already noticed, my love and money went to Mizzou.

What you may want to whisper to Bo and Dr. Tom is "Welcome to big-time college athletics." Money determines almost everything. And winning determines who has more money and, thereby, who gets more. All Nebraska had to do was win the way it had before it was exposed by the South, and Beebe would have loved it, too.

Of course, I would never say any of this to Bo Pelini's face. Both he and his brother scare me. I prefer to watch Bo's crazy rantings on YouTube with the safety of distance that provides. And I like you, Bob, so be careful when gigging him.

He unleashes expletives like an episode of The Wire.

Just keep Sooner types away from his brother and defensive coordinator Carl Pelini afterward, if y'all win. We do not want to see any Sooners hurt.

So once again, congrats on being here. It is not easy kind of, sort of winning the South. No whine intended, really. Because we are all with you. We are all Sooners this week.

Sooners or traitors?

It was an easy choice even for those of us like myself who have PTSD from hearing Boomer Sooner so often during my days at Mizzou, or those of us who bleed Burnt Orange, or blame y'all for Barry Switzer's Cowboys time or just plain do not like anything that comes from Oklahoma. We need you on this.

The last thing anybody outside Lincoln wants this weekend is to see Pelini dressed like a high school gym coach, chewing his gum, carrying his laminated play sheet, strutting around JerryWorld believing he showed us as he walks off to the numerically incorrect Big Ten.

And do not get too touchy, Cornhuskers; nobody calls Colorado traitors because nobody even noticed it was leaving.

Not to downplay, Bob, but how hard can this be, really?

Texas beat them. In Lincoln. With Greg Davis as OC. And probably Mack Brown's worst team ever.

Iowa State had them beat but blew it.

The Aggies beat them. In College Station. OK, so they did that to y'all, too, but you get the point.

Now the onus is on you, Bob, to do what is right and good and holy. And to save Beebe from the most awkward trophy hand-off since Switzer and Jerry Jones fought for the Lombardi.

So for one day, Boomer Sooner.

Jen Engel

Missouri, Class of back when we stunk

Jennifer Floyd Engel

817-390-7697

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Huskers: 24

Va Tech: 17

Husker Passing: 357

Va Tech Passing: 267

Husker Rushing: 146

Va Tech Rushing: 187

they better cause this is gonna start getting real ugly if we get embarrased at home for the third week in a row

neb. 35

mizz. 28

rushing 123

passing 389

Honestly, thats not much of a surprise. And dont think that a loud stadium is going to be the deciding factor in that game. We have to come out swinging, no playing it safe like last year. We have the weapons to make this a good game, but if we show up and run it up the gut play after play we are going to get embarressed, their defense is just to good.

Nebraska 30

Wake Forest 14

Nebraska Rushing-150

Nebraska Passing-185

I think that this game will show a lot about Callahan. He needs to have beaten a good team. I think going 9-5 with two straight losses to end the season will probably render this season about the same as last year. In order to show he is making progess, the Huskers need to win this game. It would be a very disappointing end of the year, losing to all the top 10 teams that they played and losing 5 games also. But winning this game would do a lot for the program and Callahan because it would show that they can compete on a national level with high profile teams. It is more of a proving bowl game, they need to prove that they are good and not end the season with a loss. Also its important for Taylor to redeem himself after the OU disaster. It would be the biggest win for Callahan and then Nebraska could build on that going into next year.

this game is important but is it a game that will make or break the 2007 season? i dont think so but who knows! all that anyone can say about this game is that it will give the Huskers a huge amount of momentum going into the next season.

GO HUSKERS!!!!!!!!

Nebraska:42

CU:7

Rushing: 198

Passing: 312

BEAT CU

Nebraska- 35

Kansas State-10

Nebraska: Passing-269 Rushing 237

Kansas State: Passing-157 Rushing- 102

Now 5 games into the season we look at the Blackshirts stats

They are giving up on the average 15 points per game. 4 rushing tds and 6 passing tds for a total of 10 tds. They are giving up on the average 122 rushing yards a game and 198 passing yards a game. To me these are some pretty damn good stats. 15 points per game, 10 total tds, under 200 passing. The run defense could get a little better. Then I found the stat that has every saying that this defense is weak. The Blackshirts have 5 sacks. Last year we led the nation with 50. Since we are averaging 1 a game, this makes this defense look weak. The sack total is making this defense look really weak but in reality they are playing pretty good. Some might say we played 3 cream puffs and struggled against 2 good teams. If the Blackshirts clean up the tackling ( Stop trying to strip the ball and just tackle) and help the corners (The linebackers are helping in the passing game so they are not blitzing to much) with the safeties then will start to see the real Blackshirts. Last year the defense was always blitzing the linebackers. The sack total is making the defense look weak but to me they are playing pretty good but not great. Through 5 games I give them a B-, Offense A-, Special teams B (Slick Rick Thenarse is already a beast on special teams. Hope he plays like that on defense. Also like the up side on Major Culbert. Two speed guys from Los Angeles). NU 35-ISU 28 next week. Remember Husker fans if we just win everything will take care of it's self. JUST WIN BABY!!!!!

The blackshirts may not be recording the sacks that they were last year but their here and their for real. Those stats are amazing, BUT, they really need to figure out how to help the secondary out or teams like Texas Tech are going to have a field day through the air. If they get that figured out then any team will have some serious problems even seeing the endzone!

Callahan is 2 - 6 in Big 12 road games.

 

We just showed some major weaknesses in defense.

 

What will your reaction be if the Huskers go 0 - 4 in our next 4 games (3 away, 1 at home against Texas)?

 

I don't think it will happen, but what would happen in Husker nation?

If we go 0-4 then we've got some serious problems to deal with but it definately won't happen

Nebraska- 35

Iowa St- 14

Rushing-185 yds

Passing-435 yds