Bleeding Husker Red

You have to forgive me, but I can't resist

For Texas A&M

If Finkel doesn't get it they'd call MArk Stoops.

I thought we weren't allowed to say the "C" word in Nebraska anymore? Next time I'm reporting you.

Next time I might shoot him ;-)

the local old folks home all-stars would look good on D against syracuse.

Stole my sentiment

 

LOL What does that make Akron?

 

The old folks home backups?

4rth string, equipment managers and cheerleaders.......

Im happy with the win, but when your ranked 6th you need to be putting these teams away. Finishing drives inside the red zone. Holding on to the dam ball. We should of had at least 2 more touchdowns on these guys but we let it go. Lots of work needed. I have faith we will do good this year but having serious doubts we are N/C contender material.

We're most likely pretty overrated at 6th.

Don't make me feel like middle 1990s Kansas State.......

In fairness guys, let's not forget Idaho DID have something to do with it. Still, Second Half....not good enough.

Very troubling second half.... :

Now I want them to bring back HArry Husker too.....

This is silly. I understand that you love and value your team. But how can a conference that was at best 3rd overall, now is the best because they added NE?? Historically...yeah, i'd agree. But your not talking historically. Your adding a team that has won 2 division titles & 0 conference titles in the past 10 years. Your adding a team that has not appeared in a BCS game in 9 years and a team that has failed to beat a top 20 program over that same time period. That does not make the big 10 some magical powerhouse.

 

I respect NE. I respect your history and I believe the team you field this year has a chance to snap all those above statements. But come on....

 

Also I like that you have to "slug" through 5-7 Mich., 6-7 Minn., 6-7 Mich St., 5-7 Purdue, 3-9 Ill. & 4-8 Ind. Wow...what a gantlet. Much more diffecult that those "nearly guaranteed wins" in the big12. Also if I may, I would advise not throwing your old confernce brothers under the bus as nearly guaranteed, when you are 1-9 in your last 10 against those same teams. That is pretty much a guaranteed win also...

 

Respect your love for your team, but lets prove something before we go crazy with speculation

Lets not forget Fro October and november also include Penn State, Ohio State, Iowa, and Wisconsin. Hardly weak teams. How do you think Mizzou would do on that schedule?

So somebody needs to step up.

Anybody got a T Boone Pickens doormat we can wipe our feet on as we exit the stadium with a huge blowout victory?

Is the BTN available in Nebraska at this time? What about other non-B10 states?

Yes. Cox offers it in the sports package.

I don't think so. 10-2 is nothing to sneeze at these days. The're a lot of schools out there that would be overjoyed to go 8-4 or 9-3 so 10-2 is a pretty damned good year.

Why not change the Big 12 to the Big 10 and the Big 10 to the Big 12 to keep in line with the number of teams? Brand names aside, its not like people wont know who is who. Just be weird to have a conference with 10/12 teams called the Big 12/10. They wont, but just saying if the Pac-10 is doing it...

NO! Absolutely, positively not. Never. No way Jose.

I want nothing to do with that unholy label ever again.

Maybe the Pac 10 goes to Pacific Coast Conference (or similar) and that could work. The rest stay as is and be just fine, but the Big 12 can just go to hell as far as I'm concerned. Maybe let them use the Southwest conference again.... That's probably what the south division schools really want any way. It's why NU had to go.

Don't kid yourself. Michigan is glad we're in too. Just ask their fans. I have a family of them next door.

Or just go with your heart.

Im from Ireland and I've really gotten into American Football

Mostly the NFL but for the past few years I have really enjoyed college football

But I havent really supported a team

Now, I have decided that I want to pick a team and stay with that team

I have narrowed the list down to-

Nebraska

Oklahoma

Texas

Alabama

 

I shouldnt really ask what one as the answer will be obvious but Id like you to say why should I support the Big Red?

Delete Texas from that list and you've pegged a top 3 favorite teams about as perfectly as you could have. Even got them in the right order. If you want to a a traditionalist, old school guy whatever you want to call it the teams I would list Nebraska , Okalhoma, Michigan, Notre Dame, Ohio State, USC, Alabama would be the most important in my opinion. Games that must not EVER be missed as they are the greatest traditional rivalries would be Nebraska vs Oklahoma, Ohio State vs. Michigan, USC vs Notre Dame , Texas vs Oklahoma and Army vs Navy. Unfortunately Nebraska vs Oklahoma isn't going to happen much any more.

If they're 10- going into Kyle Field I doubt A&M will be ready for them. That's a 12-0 season. Most likely defeat this year is against Texas, but I believe Big Red wins even that one.

Did he say Irving FRAZIER?

I ask the same question on why so many Husker fans have such venom towards the Horns.

 

I can empathize that loss, after loss, after loss, to the same team can build some frustration (See UT's record vs. OU in early 2000's) but some of what I read from Husker fans is a bit extreme.

 

I concur. It is a bit extreme. It's quite likely that we could very well be heading off to the Big 10 with a 10% winning percentage against Texas while we were in the Big 12. Texas seems butthurt that we're leaving the Big 12, but if Nebraska loses to Texas this year you won't even know butthurt until seeing this board after the game.

 

I have never really cared much for Texas myself, but it has nothing to do with losses we've sustained to Texas. My disliking of Texas stems from the fact that Texas and Mack Brown should have at least one if not more NC's under their belt. Mack Brown caved into pressure and started an inferior QB over a proven winner. Mack Brown gave up a lot of hardware to get Phil Simm's one million donation.

I disagree. While the losses certainly are frustrating, ever since 2002, there is no reason for NU to even be close in those games. tu has LOADS of talent while NU does not. tu should be embarrassed that it normally takes a bounce of a ball here, a lucky break there, a missed call here, and extra second there to beat an inept, un-talented, irrelevant team.

 

 

What about the first 5 or 6 years in the Big 12? People can say all they want, but TO got outcoached plain and simple in the 1996 Big 12 Championship game. We've had 4 coaches who've went up against Texas since we've been in the Big 12. Solich is the only one who's managed a victory. When the Big 12 was formed, Texas really wasn't relevant. They fired a coach just like we did. Texas in the 90's had very similar records to Nebraska in the 2000's with some nice 5-6, 6-5, and 7-4 seasons.

Again, that loss in 96 was frustrating, even players from that time say that game was the hardest loss because we were better and there were other reasons why we lost that game. But that is not the reason for MY hatred towards Texass. It's their arrogance, self importance, and thought of entitlement.

 

It's not that we're arrogant, it's just that we know we are better than you HOOM'EM

HOOM'EM?

If you ask me we might as well quit getting all worked up over garbage like that. The guy is the EDITOR of inside texas..... I doubt he believes everything he wrote there..or at least doesn't think it's all that big of a deadl. But getting people all worked up like that WILL sell newspapers and get hits on the website.

Figure it out guys

Apparently Chuck didn't hear Beebe very well, so I helped.

 

 

 

 

The exit payment from Nebraska and Colorado to the league has been estimated at $35 million to $40 million. Five schools - Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State, Iowa State and Missouri - had pledged their portionoffered gold, first-born children, and their souls to Texas, Oklahoma and Texas A&M to ensure at least $20 million annually to those three schools from the league. UT and OU have said they don't will intend to collect. But the issue is still not settled. Beebe hopes a special meeting or teleconference of athletic directors UT officials next month might bring clarity.

 

Schedule.

 

After Nebraska and Colorado leave, the "predominant thought," according to Beebe, is that the remaining 10 teams will play a nine-game round-robin league schedule In Austin without a title game.

Corrected ("Why the hell should TEXAS have to travel? " Beebe thinks to himself "Who keeps saying that?!?!" )

I think people are realizing that Les Miles is not that great of a coach... if I were Michigan I'd much rather have Harbaugh, he has been very impressive with Stanford so far.

 

Harbaugh is a good choice, but I would also love to see what Chris Petersen could do for the (original) Blue.

I'd love to see Gary Patterson (TCU) get his chance at an upper tier school as well. There's no disputing the fact he has TCU playing very well

 

Les Miles I think is a decent coach. His time at Okie Lite, while not stellar, did make for some interesting seasons. Where his faults are is he has no real attachment to where he's coaching. His allegiances seem fake and if given the chance, I think he'd jump off the LSU ship and go somewhere he thought was better. I know he pissed off a lot of OSU fans when he left for LSU.

The only thing that made Miles a good coach was having a great defensive coordinator....

I say play it there. Why not? most of the players will never get the chance to after graduation, why not let them now? Lambeau is a special place.

I saw an "I saw _____on a _____, he'll be starting by midseason" thread on huskerboard, it'll be gone by midseason.

Let's hope it's gone by PRE-SEASON.....