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Hating a few overzealous fans does not make a rivalry. I've seen enough "True" Husker fans that would make me hate Nebraska, if I thought they were the barometer of all Husker fans.

Yet, I would take Scott Frost over Eric Crouch as a Nebraska QB during the Big Twelve era.

With Skull & Cross Bones

One sided rival. How about third to last game left.

Yep, the inventor of pink locker rooms.

So Cody might go to a school where the new USC receiver coach basically blamed all of Nebraska QB's for his WR lack of production?

Just wondering what gloves the kids on specials team are going to wear? Are they going to switch gloves for xp or kick offs? Also wonder what the glove to Tat exchange is going to be worth? Is it 4 gloves for one tat or higher? I'm betting the first time Nebraska gets dinged for (glove celebration ) that will be the last time Pellini allows them to wear them.

I'm just guessing maybe if he had a better position coach he might have had better success.

I have a hard time believing that 4 of the top 10 plays in Memorial stadium happened durring one of the worst decade in Nebraska history.

Probably not. I think the overwhelming issues is universities, fans and agents giving improper benefits to players. A college roommate paying for pizza and letting him borrow a car for practice would probably be seen as a non-issue. But didn't Eric Crouch get into some BS similar to this for taking a sandwich for free? I would think that as well is a non issue. But obviously the NCAA seems to think he benefited from it, so wouldn't this LG also benefit from being bought pizza and using someone's vehicle which in turn that someone paid for the gas he used? The free sandwich was provided by different means, so I don't see the two as well related. One situation involves free food, the other involves free car/food from a roommate. Most people share a lot of things with their roommates. I cook food for my roommates sometimes and don't ask for money, because they do something to make up for it at some point. There's no way to prove the LG didn't at any one point. That said...(scroll down to next part) The answer is "maybe," which goes to show precisely why the NCAA is so ridiculous. They've made just about everything a violation to the point that it is all so artificial and unrealistic. Instead of making a few egregious things a violation and concentrating on enforcing those, they've made just about everything a violation and cannot possibly hope to enforce most of it. Trouble is, that approach cultivates an environment where rule-breaking is seen as harmless and inevitable, and you end up missing out on the things that are really important. This is a very good point. I don't know how the NCAA would adjust their rules, but something does need to be rectified. The fact that you must question almost every move with an athlete means the rules are bonkers. Personally, I don't see anything wrong with offering a football player a free sandwich at a restaurant every now and then, nor do I see anything wrong with a left guard borrowing a roommate's car to get to practice. That said, I do have problems with things like players selling university provided memorabilia (that they didn't technically pay for) in order to profit from it - i.e. selling game worn pants for profit. And even though people might find issue with the university making thousands off of Suh's 300th sellout uniform, Suh still didn't pay for it himself. It was a university provided outfit and I don't think a player has the right to sell it. Here's a question - if a player buys a jersey from the Husker store, signs it and then sells it, is that a problem? I'm sure somebody would find a problem with it, even though the player paid for it. Regardless, the NCAA sees them as a monetary asset that they won't sole possession of. Even if they rectify the rules, someone will find a loop hole and piss of the NCAA and then they'll add another rule to the book. I think it will always be a vicious cycle because something I might find wrong, someone else might not. If the players sells the shirt for the same amount or less there is no problem. It's when the player is using his fame or his status as a athlete to make money that a normal person couldnt.

Maybe in the early 80's but Nebraska instituted steroid testing around the mid 80's to prove they werent using. Former UCLA (Terry Donahue) head coach always tried to imply that's how Nebraska was tremondous running the ball without actually coming out and saying it.

Now there's reports that Tressel has received e mails March 27 2007 about this guy Talbott who was selling on e bay signed stuff from underclassmen which is before Pryor even came to Ohio State. Then he was warned again in 2009. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/otl/news/story?id=6652125 If any of this turns out to be true, I would expect the same kind of penalty USC received or worse.

Nebraska Death Penalty was in 2004 but, then that was self inflicted.

I heard Callahan because he once beat Michigan in a bowl game. Seriously, no current Head coach other then probably Kiffin would take a job that they would only have 100 days to get ready and with sanctions from the NCAA looming over said school. Would have to be quite a slimeball to leave a school that gave you first chance at being a HC with no time to find a replacement.

You can tell their Nebraska fans because their the ones sitting and telling everyone down in front.

He wont be skipping a pro baseball career to play WR at Nebraska.

Which is probably, funny because I couldnt see Bob Devaney firing TO because of a booster crying. Everyone used to bringup the 8 bowl losses but never mention that Nebraska was the underdog in most of them and were playing the number 1, 2, 3rd rank teams in that 8 year span.

Yeah, as more of this stuff comes to light, I don't think the 5 game self-imposed wrist slap is going to stand. This could cost Tressel his job. Before this EVERY coach that violated the bylaw about lying to the NCAA has been fired. Just when it looked like Tressel would break that streak this surfaces. Not good for him. But he's a standup guy or so I've been told.

It's not against the law it's a NCAA rule and there for a reason, so not to give a competitive advantage to schools that have boosters that are willing to shell out money to disguise they are paying players.

I must have forgot how Osborne tried to cover up what LP did. I seem to remember Osborne suspending LP indefinitely right away and reducing the penalty later. No matter what you think of Osborne decisions there were no NCAA rules broken.

Let me get this straight. The stand up guy Tressle found out in a e-mail last April before football season that some of his top players were trading merchandise for cash or Tats which is against NCAA rules. He then does nothing to report the misconduct to the NCAA or his own school. When this all came out in December this stand up guy then acts that he's outraged even though he knew this was going on in April. He then makes a big deal that unless the players pledge that they won't go pro the next year then they won't play in the bowl game. Then it's found out he knew back in April he makes a appology and Ohio State gives him 2 game suspension. Only after he knows that the NCAA is not going to reduce the players 5 game suspension that he decides he going to add three more games to his penalty. (Probably to stall the NCAA from giving something worse then his being really contrite.) OH, what a web we weave when you first try and deceive. I have no dog in this hunt. but can't see how the NCAA can let him get away with what he did with only a five game suspension.

Thought the same thing. I'd even take the Raiders winning the superbowl, so there would be no chance of Callahan being fired and falling into Pedey lap.

Funny coming from the guy that invented the olay tackle.

For all those people that criticize every move that Pelini makes, make note, we can cause a coach to want to leave. Yes a lot of people wanted Wats gone...but I take this quote as saying it effects everyone of the coaches. This isn't only an issue with fans hammering him but also the media. It always takes a toll on their opinions and wants concerning their job. You're exactly right. No other college fanbase out there would have the gall to hammer their coach, and I'm sure there's also no other media that would do that to a coach. The guy didn't say we were the only fanbase guilty of this, only that we are in fact guilty of it. Yeah this ^ I know every fanbase does it and they have the right to. What I am saying is no matter what anyone thinks, the fan base and their reaction to things does cause coaches to think this. They are only human and I can see how some of them only can take so much. I in no way am indicating I think the Husker fan base is more guilty of this then other schools either. If the fanbase's reaction to Watson helped drive him off, then fantastic. It's not like we lost an effective coach. Far more often than not, fans are going to complain about bad coaches. Maybe programs should listen to their fans more. So you would have been ok with Tom Osborne going to Colorado? That line ended the discussion So you rather had a couple of more years with Callahan? It goes both ways. It's when you allow the boosters to call the shots when you get in trouble and pressure the AD. TO and Solich come to mind.