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I was just looking at some poll numbers, and unless this is grossly in error, it looks like Obama is actually polling higher than any specific candidate. LINK

You are right about Reed's blocking, mwj. He's missed a lot of blocks this year. That's something he needs to shore up.

To be "shanghaied" is to be literally kidnapped and forced to work - usually on board ship. It's an old term that originated in Portland or Eugene, I think. Wiki article

Does anyone know - is this the most debates by any challenging party in election history? This seems like a LOT of debates, especially this early. And gobigger is right - it seems like it's hurting the frontrunners more than anything.

Now I feel like my head's been in the sand. What did I miss here?

Maybe, or they'll kick it to Marlowe. Which brings up a good point - Nebraska has the #1/#2 (depending on the week) Kickoff Returner in the country. The kid has already taken one to the house and has another over 60 yards, and who-knows-how-many over 30 yards. So why are people still kicking to him? Why not kick it to Marlowe? Not complaining, just kind of scratching my head. Of course, Marlowe has speed to burn anyone as well, so if they don't have good coverage he's gone, too. Apparently people just want to see if the Freshman will screw up. He muffed the first kickoff of the year, and one punt, but otherwise he's been stellar.

I think David's exclusion is unfair, and if I had to guess I'd say it has more to do with last year than this year. He's having a fine season, but judging by what he did last year, he's "off the pace."

Minnesota is... not good. Even with Gray, they're not going to win. We just need to put some points on the board early and bury them, and don't give them a chance to hang around. These are their NCAA ranks halfway through the season. Not a single major offensive or defensive rank in the top half of the country. That's bad. Category - Rank Rushing Offense - 65 Passing Offense - 110 Total Offense - 110 Scoring Offense - 109 Rushing Defense - 77 Pass Efficiency Defense - 110 Total Defense - 91 Scoring Defense - 110 Net Punting - 35 Punt Returns - 33 Kickoff Returns - 37 Turnover Margin - 104 Pass Defense - 91 Passing Efficiency - 112 Sacks - T-112 Tackles For Loss - 79 Sacks Allowed - 82 And to further drive the point home, these rankings were earned against the #68 SOS in the country. It's not like they've played a tough schedule.

Oh my lord. That has to be one of the best look-alikes we've had in years. Kudos!

No, what's "too bad" is the way your fans behaved toward Husker fans in Madison.

Let's be fair. This is a no-doubt-about-it apology: Last week I believed that the Ohio State game was a critical juncture for the quarterback and his head coach. If Martinez had played poorly against the Buckeyes, I believed coach Bo Pelini should have considered a change.Those issues are fair game for columns. But the tone wasn't as I intended. Some of my words were too personal for a college athlete. Too harsh for a 21-year old.For example, in last Friday's column, I referenced Martinez "pouting" during a press conference. I suggested that he "stop with the 'Woe is me.'" I wrote that negativity in the fan base threatens to "sap his confidence."For those comments and others like them, I apologize to Martinez.I had meant to summarize a wild week in Husker football. I meant to reflect fans' thoughts and comments, not to demean the quarterback. When's the last time you saw a journalist from just about any paper write something like this? It's pretty rare. I also don't think this is just something he wrote to save his ass. There may be some of that in there (the environment was pretty toxic), but he could have just toughed it out. He didn't have to write this.

Had a chance to sleep on this. I don't know Jared and have never met the guy, but this still just makes me ill. Hard to say why I feel so bad for the guy, but I'm really upset by this. Bugger.

Because I can't get the hook out of my mouth, I clicked the link. First thing I noticed - the line: IN MY OPINIONColumn by Dirk Chatelain / World-Herald staff writer Dirk/the OWH would have saved themselves a lot of grief over the last several days had they added that tagline to several previous articles. I applaud that move. It shows they are listening. As for the rest of the piece, props. That's what I wanted to see. A simple mea culpa, Now the nice thing would be for someone at Stadium Drive, preferably Bo, to make a call to Dirk (or take the call if he calls personally) and clear the air. Then they could all move on, and get back to focusing on football.

The band is for old people. The older I get, the more I like the band. It's weird. It's like they use some kind of Jedi mind control on the weak-willed. And when I've just come into the stadium from the tailgate, and I've had waaaaay too many Elk Creeks, I am that weak-willed person.

He looked fine today. I don't think he's bad off. He came back in the game after that dinger, didn't he?

We'll see a pretty healthy rotation against Minny in two weeks. Whoever looks best in that game will get the bulk of the reps against Sparty, but we'll definitely be seeing a greater rotation for the rest of the season.

I think he only had collision. Not bumper-to-bumper. Wait - what are we talking about? alot of high draft picks that come back for their senior years put insurance on their body. that way if they get hurt they still get paid.. I know - I was trying to make a funny.

If there's an elephant in the room nobody's talking about, it's the defense. We've been talking about Marty since the season started.

In fairness, he only played with a torn pec for a few plays at the end of the OSU comeback. He played with what we can all pretty well believe was a concussion for a couple of weeks, though. He also played with the remainders of his Spring knee injury all season, which is probably the single biggest factor in his play this year.

that's your response to my diatribe? i am disappoint. It's my response because I don't truly believe that former students deserve preference to current students. I believe they should coexist with mutual respect, and that each has their place at the table. My responses have been only to one specific thing, money.

Your feet smell and you really need to comb your hair. So there.

C'mon, sd'sker. Read my second paragraph you quoted. Where do you think I want the students to sit?

Again, it's important to note that I support moving the students back where they were when I was dodging sabre-toothed cats to get to my seats. I'm just responding to the argument that tuition or economics should play a role in the decision. They already do - that's why boosters sit where I used to sit. Hercules I totally agree with the comparisons to the Cameron Crazies, et al. Imagine this - we build skyboxes on the east stadium, sit the students back where they were when Osborne coached, and have the noise they make reverberate back and forth from the skyboxes on each side. That would make a heck of a lot of atmosphere.