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I agree, Street, but Whitlock's employer has encouraged his behavior since day one. I doubt they even reprimand him for this.

I honestly figured this was more of a hoax than an actual incident in this guy's life. I guess it was real. Not sure how I feel about it. I would imagine that there's at least one incident in every parent/child relationship that, if it were to become public, would be controversial. Here's an update from this guy's Facebook page. Interesting stuff. Still seems like half a put-on.

Equipment Manager: 1) Upwardly Mobile – The Equipment Manager has dreams of climbing the coaching ranks, and gets this position because he has shown the potential to hold a higher office. HuskerBoard’s Equipment Manager is a guy who may be just starting out, but who already exhibits the potential to one day become a Head Coach or a Coordinator. 2) Coachability – Aspiring to the coaching ranks is a noble pursuit, but there is a steep learning curve. The Equipment Manager needs to be able to take instruction well, and put that instruction to good use. So this position should be filled by a guy who learns from the Vets and applies what he learns in his posts. This is not just someone whose ideas have no conviction, just someone who is willing to listen and learn from solid advice. 3) Starting Small – Let’s face it, the road to the coaching ranks begins at the lowest levels. Aspiring Offensive Coordinators and Head Coaches need to get their feet wet somehow. The Equipment Manager should be a guy who, while he hasn’t been around very long, already exhibits some of the qualities we see in the Head Coach and/or Offensive/Defensive Coordinator: gives instruction, fires off frequent posts and provides good information.

Towel Boy: 1) New To The Team – This is often the first position available to a new member on the squad. Getting your toe in the door is the first step to greatness, though. This poster should be someone who has never held a positions in the Starting Lineup, but whose contributions have put him slightly ahead of the rest of the crowd. 2) Lots of Hustle – Look on the sidelines of any NFL game and you’ll see the Towel Boy hustling all over, getting whatever is needed as fast as possible. HuskerBoard’s Towel Boy should be a frequent contributor to all of the football forums: Start/Bench, Roster Ratings, Injuries/Updates and of course, Leftovers. This guy is everywhere. 3) High Turnover – Unfortunately, the Towel Boy is a position with lots of potential for turnover. Towel Boys come, Towel Boys go. This is your chance to give that new guy a well-deserved “attaboy” for his contributions, and make him feel like a member of the team. Who knows, he may stick around.

Voting is over! Congratulations, teachercd, you're our new Water Boy!

Voting is over! Congratulations, Fro! You're our new Gunner!

I'm with Cactus on Wikipedia. I don't typically link to Wikipedia (although I have) but if you do, and you have questions about it, all you have to do is check the source material for verification. If you don't believe the source that's another thing entirely, but Wikipedia isn't a terrible place to start regardless of whether you and I can edit it.

Why did you change your name? itness-Way rotection-Pay

The Republican front-runner. Nice.

We saw quite a bit of that in last year's Spring Game, actually. We just rarely saw it during the season. Looking back, it was an ill omen.

You should talk to some of the other members of the Big Ten about the bold. It is not even close to the reputation that Madison has, both from folks I've talked to online and every single team that visited Lincoln. Most of the time I didn't even bring it up - just in general conversation about other members of the Big Ten, Badgers fans were mentioned as being some of the worst, and Madison specifically was mentioned as one of the worst places to visit for a game. This was a universal description. You know I have no reason to intentionally drag you through the mud, so I'm not saying this out of spite or for any reason other than to relate what I heard.

Perhaps I should have said "had a realistic chance of landing." Because while we may have targeted these guys, most of them were never coming here.

Agreed. Best place in Lincoln pre-game. We also go to a 'gate in the lot just north of the stadium. It's only good because the people there are so good, which is the same for any tailgate - it's only as good as the people involved.

The Big Ten more resembles the Big 8 than the Big XII ever did. So yes, we belong here, and it feels great to be here. Academically as well as athletically, this was a home run for Nebraska. WVU can think what they want to think today. They can ask Colorado Fan what it's like being in a conference with Texas, and why they left. They can ask us the same question. They can ask Arkansas, who used to have a great rivalry with Texas, but who doesn't want ANYTHING to do with Texas anymore. At all. Ask WVU Fan what they think of the Big XII in two years. They will be singing a very different tune, guaranteed. We're just getting started here in the Big Ten. So far, it's great. Absolutely great.

Last year they mixed the teams up, which led to wildly inconsistent play along both O Lines. We did not do 1s vs. 4s last year.

Coincidence that this movie is coming out this year? I THINK NOT. (looks cool, BTW)

What a stupid, horrible, dumb decision. Why would I tune in to Todd n Tyler on 104.1 when I can get them at 92.3 already? How does KIBZ management think it's a better thing to have LESS variety on the radio? I am aghast at the stupidity of this decision. Morons.

Cole Slaw is heinous. Do not want.

I do believe Cactus was the first to predict this openly in this thread. Everyone can calm down now. The assault has been called off.

The only thing I want to see is the offense showing more of a grasp of what they're doing. The defense should be a work in progress, so I'm not expecting a lot out of them. One thing I would like to see is the 1's vs. the 1's, and not have these split squads. If they elect squads again there won't be much of anything to take from the game because it won't be guys who are used to working together.

The media isn't exactly interested in "the truth." They are interested in creating a story that will make you read/watch/listen. When that can be done by writing a story about how great Suh is by donating millions to his alma mater, or donating equipment to a high school team that was the victim of a theft, they'll do that. They will use whatever language they need in order to create the picture of a person worthy of reading about. Then, when they need to sell another story, at the first possible instant they'll jump on the opposite side of that coin - the "bad" person who used to be good. We've seen it myriad times before with examples including but not limited to Michael Jordan, Sammy Sosa/Mark McGwire/Barry Bonds, Tiger Woods, Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan (remember the brouhaha over Kerrigan's "corny" statement?), Mike Tyson, blah blah blah. It's even more rampant in the entertainment world than in the sports world, with Michael Jackson being a prime example. That's the nature of the press. It is no longer an occupation wherein you simply report the news. It is a production line where news is created, marketed and sold, and the truth of it is sometimes not relevant to the story. Hence Stephen Colbert's phrase, "Truthiness."

And if they were? Your assertion is that no one saw this coming. You're just flat wrong. Damnit. Why does this keep happening. Because you aren't very bright? That's my guess There's no need for comments like that. Feel free to disagree, but keep the comments to the subject at hand. If you'd like to make things a little more personal you need to do that in the Woodshed. PM me if you don't have the password to the Shed. You can call people names to your heart's content in the Shed, but here we're going to focus on the topic. Groovy?

Except that his previous contract was good for another three years when we renewed it last year. There was no rush to get the contract redone, especially since we weren't fishing for any big recruiting targets for whom such an extension would be a big deal. Who are our "big fish" that we're trying to recruit? Who would need that kind of contract extension assurance to sign with Nebraska? I don't follow basketball much so if there's someone out there we're after, feel free to educate me.