JTempl

will you write your resignation letter on NU letterhead?

Personal attacks aren't needed nor necessary, attack the post not the poster. See your PM box.

yes, unfortunately

When are you handing out the black shirts?

very inappropriate.

slide down a razor blade slide into a pool of alcohol.

Where's Callahan when you need him.

Kathy Bates

t-bag is horrible. How can everyone but Bo see that. They need to go away.

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ditto

Taylor Martinez is Jamal Lord trying to be Joe Montana. Terrible.

Hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a very happy and prosperous new year. ...and Go Big Red!

I was just making an observation. You're right, it's not that important. Have a good one.

More proof that stars really don't matter.... More 2 star All American's than 5 star.... OFFENSE QB Colt McCoy, Texas 6-2 210 Sr. *** RB Toby Gerhart, Stanford 6-1 235 Sr. *** RB Mark Ingram, Alabama 5-11 215 So. **** WR Freddie Barnes, Bowling Green 6-0 206 Sr. ** WR Golden Tate, Notre Dame 5-11 195 Jr. **** TE Dorin Dickerson, Pittsburgh 6-2 230 Sr. **** OL Zane Beadles, Utah 6-4 305 Sr. ** OL Rodney Hudson, Florida State 6-2 285 Jr. *** OL Mike Iupati, Idaho 6-6 330 Sr. ** OL Russell Okung, Oklahoma State 6-5 300 Sr. *** C Maurkice Pouncey, Florida 6-5 318 Jr. **** DEFENSE DL Terrence Cody, Alabama 6-5 365 Sr. DL Jerry Hughes, TCU 6-3 257 Sr. ** DL Gerald McCoy, Oklahoma 6-4 297 Jr. ***** DL Ndamukong Suh, Nebraska 6-4 300 Sr. **** LB Pat Angerer, Iowa 6-1 235 Sr. *** LB Greg Jones, Michigan State 6-1 228 Jr. *** LB Rolando McClain, Alabama 6-4 258 Jr. **** DB Eric Berry, Tennessee 5-11 203 Jr. ***** DB Joe Haden, Florida 5-11 190 Jr. **** DB DeAndre McDaniel, Clemson 6-1 210 Jr. **** DB Earl Thomas, Texas 5-10 197 So. **** SPECIAL TEAMS K Kai Forbath, UCLA 6-0 192 Jr. *** P Drew Butler, Georgia 6-2 203 So. ** RS C.J. Spiller, Clemson 5-11 195 Sr. *****

Lovable losers. You almost pity them. But their ever hopeful fans show up to fill up the stadium every Saturday to get their fill of disappointment. Sad.

ok captain negative, put down the pistol...and sit down and take a deep breath. Once your calm, look at the calendar...It's April. Watch a baseball game and relax. Talk to us about doom and gloom in September...at that point if you still feel it's necessary, you can pick back up el pistola.

dumbest post ever. dude, get a life.

I guess more than anything this tells me that the number of stars does not predict success. Performance in high school and physical attributes of a 17 year boy are only a small portion of what makes for a outstanding college player. Coaching, conditioning, maturity (physical and mental), etc. make up a much larger portion. Rivals and services like that are great for entrertainment value, but that's about the extent of it.

agree. good points, all of them. But as nearly usless as they are, I still ind my self "star chasing", hoping NU lands that next high profile guy. Human nature I guess.

It seems people on this board, myself included, have become very "star" obsessed. I know the first question I ask when I hear of a new NU recruit is "how many stars?". Out of pure curiosity, I wanted to see how accurately the rivals stars predict future success. I think this is fairly telling...and pretty interesting. The relevance of this is questionable, but if you are a recruiting nerd like myself, you might enjoy this. I took this years AP all-american first team, and went to rivals to see how many stars each player was given when they were recruited. I thought it was very interesting that there are more 2-star players on the All-American team (7) then 5-star players (4). Offense QB Tim Tebow - ***** RB Darren McFadden - ***** RB Kevin Smith - ** WR Michael Crabtree - **** WR Jordy Nelson - ** OL Jake Long - **** OL Anthony Collins - ** OL Duke Robinson - **** OL Martin O'Donnell - ***** OL Steve Justice - *** TE Martin Rucker - *** All Purpose - Jeremy Maclin - **** K - Thomas Weber - ** Offense average stars: 3.46 Defense DL - Chris Long - **** DL - George Selvie - ** DL - Glenn Dorsey -**** DL - Sedrick Ellis - **** LB - Dan Connor - ***** LB - James Laurinaitis - *** LB - Jordan Dizon - *** CB - Aqib Talib - ** CB - Antoine Cason - *** S - Craig Steltz - **** S - Jamie Silva - ** Defense average stars: 3.27 Total team average: 3.38 stars NU 2008 class so far averages 3.17 stars.

With his brother Alonzo committing to NU today, I hope this tips the scale a bit. He would be a great addition!

Can't wait to see him on the field. Complete stud!

disregard...Doug Rippy, I found it. thanks.

i guess i don't follow this as closely as I should...but who is "Rippy"?