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Another gameday is here. Hope you're ready.
Lot of buzz last night that those Blackshirts may have been handed out on Friday. Can't say that'd be a shocker.
After the performance against Missouri and the challenge that awaits today, last night would have been a fitting time to hand them out.
Certainly we'll find out more today after the game from coaches and players confirming if they were given, who got them, and if they think they played like Blackshirts today against the Red Raiders.
Never a dull moment around here.
http://my.journalstar.com/post/Husker_Extr...shirt_buzz.html
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Sorry that the top is cropped off, the article is the most important thing
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Now, it finally can be said: Nebraska is back.Nebraska coach Bo Pelini looks on in the fourth quarter, when his Huskers overcame a 12-0 deficit to beat Missouri 27-12.
The comeback was completed Thursday night. It's the night the old Nebraska died during a 27-12 come-from-behind victory over Missouri.
There's no way Bill Callahan's Nebraska teams come back from a 12-0, fourth-quarter deficit to win. Could Frank Solich's Nebraska squads have done it? No.
But these are Bo Pelini's Huskers. The offense was sputtering, the special teams were struggling, yet Nebraska stayed focused and didn't fold on a rainy night it had every right to.
"We talked about it at halftime," Pelini says. "We said before we walked out there on the field in the second half, we said, 'We will not walk out of here without a win.' And you know, we just kept fighting.
"You can get down in situations like that, when things aren't going your way, and it's pretty easy to feel sorry for yourself and let the game get away from you. We never let the game get away from us and we gave ourselves an opportunity to make a couple plays, and we came out with a win."
Are the Huskers national title contenders? No way. Is Nebraska capable of toppling, say, Texas in the Big 12 title game? Probably not. But this certainly looks like the best team in the Big 12 North. True, winning the Big 12 North has little, if any, cachet. The North winner hasn't won the Big 12 title game since 2003. But it's still a needed step for a program that hasn't won the Big 12 since 1999 and hasn't played in the league title game since 2006.
"It feels great; it's a great start to Big 12 play," defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh says. "It's one of those [games] that means a little more to us. We want to dominate the Big 12 North and start it off the right way. It was not exactly the way we wanted to win, but I'll take it."
Nebraska (4-1) is just a fourth-quarter meltdown at Virginia Tech away from being 5-0. The Huskers have a favorable schedule, and there's a chance they will be favored in each of their remaining games. The toughest tests will come on back-to-back Saturdays in November, when the Huskers host Oklahoma on Nov. 7 and travel to Kansas on Nov. 14.
But Pelini won't dare peek past this week's home game against Texas Tech. And he is hesitant to call the Missouri win any kind of benchmark victory.
"I don't get into all of that," he says. "This game, it's just like I said: It's just part of the process, part of where we are. We're not going to address or handle this win any different than we do any other week. It's on to the next game. We'll enjoy it and then we'll get back to work, fix a lot of things that need to be fixed."
Pelini knows there is room for improvement. The offense remains a work in progress against good defenses, and the back seven on defense isn't overly athletic -- though it has been effective enough for this to be the No. 3 defense in the Big 12 (273.4 yards per game). Still, more than anything, the swagger is tangible.
Fueling even more excitement is that next season is when the program should really blossom. Most of this season's starters will be back, including quarterback Zac Lee, running back Roy Helu and tight end Mike McNeill on offense and end Pierre Allen, linebacker Will Compton and cornerback Alfonzo Dennard on defense. That makes the early success of this season that much sweeter.
There was no such optimism when Pelini waded into Lincoln after the 2007 season amid the wreckage left by Callahan, who had promised to change the culture of Nebraska but only disenfranchised the fan base and sullied the program's reputation by going 27-22 in four seasons.
Last season, Nebraska won six of its last seven games to finish 9-4, capping an overachieving season with a Gator Bowl win over Clemson. Now, greater possibilities loom for a team that has won 10 of its past 12 games.
The Missouri victory was an important on-field accomplishment, and it also was symbolic. Nebraska beat the team that had won the past two Big 12 North titles. That had to stop -- and it did.
Credit for the victory goes to Nebraska's defense, which time and again stuffed Missouri behind the play of Suh. There were 26 NFL scouts peering at the player whose name and helmet are emblazoned on the Kenworth semi that carries the Huskers' gear to road games.
And Suh dominated with six tackles, a sack, a forced fumble and interception despite facing constant double-teams. Suh, who played high school football in Oregon, might be the best defensive player in the nation.
"Suh played his you-know-what off," Pelini says.
Victories over Missouri didn't used to be reasons to celebrate in Lincoln. There was a time when the Huskers dominated Mizzou, winning 24 meetings in a row. But Nebraska had lost four of the past six to Missouri. And last season was rock bottom: The Tigers won 52-17 in Lincoln, Nebraska's worst home loss since 1955.
After that humiliating loss, Pelini gathered his staff to talk about what was and wasn't working. It proved to be a turning point, just like Thursday's victory over Missouri.
"It just shows our character, how we could pull through at the end," Nebraska kicker Alex Henery says. "Even though we weren't playing very well early on, it showed in the end. We came out with the win."
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Since Huskers.com doesn't allow free downloads of videos anymore, does anybody know how to get the highlight vids off the site?
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can't pronounce Helu if his life depended on it
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The full Turner Gill Outside the Lines segment just got done airing and one of the "experts" on there was asked why Nebraska didn't hire Pelini and the "expert" said that race played a factor and that he didn't buy Coach Osborne's "excuse" about hiring Pelini because the defense needed fixing. Wow just wow
Out of curiosity, what evidence did this expert provide to back up this claim?
No evidence whatsoever. He stated that he thought that Osborne's "excuse" for not hiring Gill was the worst excuse he's ever heard and that race played a factor. I guess that having basically the worst defense in the country in 2007 shouldn't be the main factor in hiring the best defense coordinator in the nation as your next head coach.
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The full Turner Gill Outside the Lines segment just got done airing and one of the "experts" on there was asked why Nebraska didn't hire Pelini and the "expert" said that race played a factor and that he didn't buy Coach Osborne's "excuse" about hiring Pelini because the defense needed fixing. Wow just wow
Out of curiosity, what evidence did this expert provide to back up this claim?
No evidence whatsoever. He stated that he thought that Osborne's "excuse" for not hiring Gill was the worst excuse he's ever heard and that race played a factor. I guess that having basically the worst defense in the country in 2007 shouldn't be the main factor in hiring the best defense coordinator in the nation as your next head coach.
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The full Turner Gill Outside the Lines segment just got done airing and one of the "experts" on there was asked why Nebraska didn't hire Pelini and the "expert" said that race played a factor and that he didn't buy Coach Osborne's "excuse" about hiring Pelini because the defense needed fixing. Wow just wow
Out of curiosity, what evidence did this expert provide to back up this claim?
No evidence whatsoever. He stated that he thought that Osborne's "excuse" for not hiring Gill was the worst excuse he's ever heard and that race played a factor. I guess that having basically the worst defense in the country in 2007 shouldn't be the main factor in hiring the best defense coordinator in the nation as your next head coach.
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He also said that Osborne's excuse was the worst he's ever heard.
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The full Turner Gill Outside the Lines segment just got done airing and one of the "experts" on there was asked why Nebraska didn't hire Pelini and the "expert" said that race played a factor and that he didn't buy Coach Osborne's "excuse" about hiring Pelini because the defense needed fixing. Wow just wow
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I'll be watching it at home.
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let me know player and the style your thinking...
swiftfan and gmoney heres the ones I made for you as well as I posted them in their threads
like I said I can add your screen, just didn't know if you would want swifts name on it or not...
Thanks huskerguy
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I go into each game thinking we will win.
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There's going to be big news on Dillard on Big Red Wrap Up tonight.
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Epic Fail.
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It seems Nebraska's hard-nosed right guard will never lose his wild side.
Nowadays, a matured Ricky Henry just has better control.
The junior lineman started his first college game with Nebraska Saturday, an anticipated milestone for a player who's spent his career crashing through defensive linemen with a nearly unmatched level of passion.
Somewhere along the way, though, Henry began to embrace the game's technical elements, blending strategy with relentlessness.
In other words, as a football player, Henry grew up. But it took the former Omaha Burke standout two years at North Dakota State College of Science and one redshirt season with the Huskers to start doing it.
“(I've been) just learning more about the game, becoming a better student of the game,” Henry said Monday as the Huskers began to prepare for Saturday's meeting with Arkansas State. “(I'm) just learning about everything, all around in general.”
That doesn't mean Henry tones it down at all.
His tenacious practice habits and genuine enthusiasm gained instant notoriety when he joined the Huskers last fall. He nearly made enough of an impression to earn playing time, even though Henry had little grasp of Nebraska's sophisticated offensive schemes.
Last year, there were practice tales of Henry bulling over Ndamukong Suh, knocking the 300-pound star tackle on his back. Henry won't admit that such things occurred, but said he enjoys battling with Suh.
According to senior Jacob Hickman, Henry headbutted former tight end Hunter Teafatiller before one game last season. Henry didn't have a helmet on. Teafatiller did. So Henry needed stitches.
There's no doubt, Henry's high-energy. And appropriately applied, his spirited approach is exactly what offensive line coach Barney Cotton wants from his players.
“He's an absolute bring-his-lunch-bucket-to-work guy every day,” Cotton said. “That just carries over into the game.”
So Cotton wasn't surprised by the positive reviews of Henry's debut Saturday night against Florida Atlantic.
Henry's technique could have been cleaner and his assignments could have been executed with better precision, but he doesn't waste energy on the field. That's what caught coach Bo Pelini's attention.
“His effort was great,” Pelini said. “He plays with a great attitude.”
That is Henry's nature. Effort comes easy.
It's the game's mental side that has typically held him back.
Last spring, when Henry didn't progress quickly enough, the NU staff moved Hickman to right guard and promoted reserve Mike Caputo to first-team center. It was a sign of dissatisfaction, considering Hickman started the entire 2008 season at center and seemed naturally suited to serve as the line's centerpiece.
If the coaches were trying to send a message, Henry got it.
“(It) showed I had to work harder — put more effort into it, start getting playbooks and start putting more time in,” he said.
That's what he did, eventually developing into a reliable option at right guard.
Hickman hasn't moved from center since the first week of fall camp. And the staff won't explore that option again unless it's desperate for depth.
For now, Henry is a first-teamer. And if he continues to evolve by increasing his knowledge, Henry should be there for a while.
Work ethic certainly will never be a weakness.
“That's the only way to play the game — go 100 miles per hour, just going around hitting people,” he said. “That's the only way to play it.”
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That looks great huskerguy. One request though. Could you make the word Compton more visible?
That's okay about the username. Just his name and # would be fine. Thanks!
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The Huskers had a relatively short practice on Monday. Left guard Keith Williams continues to sit out -- though he's expected back perhaps as soon as tomorrow -- and so did Andy Christensen, who has a boot on his left foot.
"He's got a turf toe," Bo Pelini said. "Your guess is as good as mine on how that long that will be."
Tight end Dreu Young did not suit up Saturday, but is "full go" according to Pelini.
Pelini said he thought right guard Ricky Henry played well in his first start Saturday night. For the record, Henry edged on Jacob Hickman for most pancakes in the game with 15.
"He made some mistakes, some things technique-wise, but his effort was great, he plays with a great attitude," Pelini said. "I thought overall, not just Ricky but the whole group up front, I thought played pretty solid."
Pelini said linebacker Mathew May suffered a stinger Saturday. It wasn't serious, but because the game was lopsided coaches held him out.
http://my.journalstar.com/post/Husker_Extr...ctice_talk.html
Sucks that Christensen's out...anybody know how long a turf toe usually lasts?
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Please?
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Hilarious!
Whoever made the video put a photo of Castille instead of Helu though 
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The Schick and Nick show was on today though!
Husker Stuff For Sale
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Hello all. I am moving next week and whilst cleaning, I came across numerous Husker books/magazines that I don't have any use for anymore so I thought I would sell them and hopefully they will end up in another Husker loving home. They are as follows.
Media Guides
1999
2001
2002
2002 Independence Bowl
2003
2004
2006
2007
57 Huskers Illustrated Magazines ranging from 2004-2008
Huskers Illustrated Yearbooks
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2007
2009
Books
Wistrom & Peter: Heart & Soul
Go Big Red: The Ultimate Fan's Guide To Nebraska Cornhusker Football
Heart Of A Husker: Tom Osborne's Nebraska Legacy
What It Means To Be A Husker
I Played For Coach Osborne
A Salute to Nebraska's Tom Osbrone: A 25 Year History
The Nebraska Football Legacy
Nebraska Football 2001: A Season To Remember
Behind Every Champion: 1995 Nebraska Football Seniors
Business As Usual: Nebraska Cornhuskers 1995 National Football Championship (Published by the Lincoln Journal Star)
Nebraska: 1994 & 1995: Back To Back Champions (Published by the Omaha World Herald)
The Perfect Season: #1 Nebraska's 1994 National Championship (Published by the LJS)
A Sea Of Red 2008: An Annual Guide to Nebraska Cornhuskers Football
Game Day Programs
2003 Iowa State
2004 Southern Miss
Sports Illustrated
3 copies of That Championship Season (1994 Collectors Edition)
2 copies of Champions Again (1995)
How Sweet It Is! (1994 National Champions with Coach Osborne on the cover)
Nebraska Pulls A Fast One (Nov 5, 2001 article on the 2001 Oklahoma game) with Randy Johnson on the cover
Who is Eric Crouch? (Nov 23, 2001 Black Friday)
Tom Osborne Era: Plus the 1997 National Champions
Sporting News
2 copies of the May 17, 2004 edition with Bill Callahan on the cover. "Big Red Rebuilt: How to overhaul an offense in 15 days"
If anybody is interested just reply here or send me an email at salley_22@hotmail.com