knapplc

I watched the video. He made some decent throws. He was also bailed out by his WRs several times on passes he shouldn't have thrown. We'll see how he does this year. I'm not saying you're wrong. I'm just saying there are no facts to support your lofty conclusions. Yet.

Nice straw man. The main person here who hasn't moved on is Lee Barfknecht. Why? Because he needed a story for his deadline, so he fabricated something. Something that, not surprisingly, reflected poorly on Husker fans, because that's Lee's schtick. So we have some doofuses who booed Texas at the CWS. Cry me a river. You will NEVER, EVER find a fan base that is 100% free from booing an opponent. What you will find, right here in Lincoln, Nebraska, is a fan base that has a vast majority who will treat an opponent with class and respect. Barf chooses, in his column, to ignore that and speak to the lowest common denominator as if they are representative of the fan base. Guess what? He knows as well as you and I that no matter what you say to those folks, they won't conform. It's a fool's errand, and Barf is that fool - needing a story to earn his bread, no doubt - who takes up that errand. So support him all you want. You're speaking about the minority as if they are the majority. It's a straw man argument, and it has no bearing on this fan base.

James Vandenberg chews iron and spits nails. James Vandenberg didn't win the starting job. He ripped the still-beating heart out of his rival's chest and took the job. James Vandenberg was a better quarterback than Ricky Stanzi, but he's just so gosh-darned polite he let Ricky play. James Vandenberg will accept the Heisman trophy in August, but only if they offer it nicely. James Vandenberg's right arm is registered with the Iowa City police as a lethal weapon.

Nebraska has 6,200 votes in the early going. That's more than the total number of votes in the Clemson/Michigan and the FSU/LSU battle.

I don't think JFK commented on the subject.

Very likely a better qb. See, I can play this game, too. We have a better everything to replace everyone we lost. We have a better: RB to replace Helu WR to replace Paul WR to replace McNeill OG to replace Williams OG to replace Henry OT to replace Jones PK to replace Henery On defense we have a better: DE to replace Allen CB to replace Hagg CB to replace Amukamara SS to replace Thenarse FS to replace Gomes Everyone at every position we lost is being replaced by a better player. No, I don't have stats to prove anything, nor do I have film or plays as examples or games in general to point to, but you have to believe me that they're all better. Why? Because. See? This is an easy game to play. But the fact is, we're not going to replace Amukamara, Hagg or Gomes on defense. Those guys were all-world. Sure, the new guys will be good, but realistically will they be as good? Couldn't tell you. Nor can I tell you that Burkhead is going to surpass Helu, or that any of our O Line youngsters are going to be better than Williams, Henry or Jones. Nor can I tell you that we're ever going to find a better kicker than Henery. Actually, scratch that - we will never find a better kicker than Henery. Bad example. But this whole assertion that Vandenberg is going to be better than Ricky Stanzi.... well, you're just going to have to accept the fact that none of us are buying what you're selling. We'll pretend we're from Missouri on this one - Show Me.

Thank God I never took that job offer at The Brazilian.

I wonder if they're going to put the map of the states back up. They took a LOT of grief from people checking out the actual votes.

Congratulations! I would have tried to sign up for this, but I can't travel to Indy like they want. You'll have to keep us informed about this.

You are doing a LOT of projecting here. I could just as easily say that Kirk Ferentz is all stressed out because he hasn't won the Big Ten in six years and that Iowa fans are all stressed out because they now have to play Nebraska every year, a team that has dominated them over the years. There are 1,000 theories about this season that you could put forth. None of them are more accurate than any other. I can tell you that in the last couple of interactions I've had with Bo he's been very relaxed, joking around, not stressed at all, so from my purely anecdotal experience, your theory that he's under more stress doesn't hold up.

They changed it to "Tunnel Walk" too. I guess ESPN heard you, knapplc. Lord knows I bitched enough about it on their comment section. I'm a whiny bastard.

Well, we won. We beat Script Ohio, and now we're on to face the Sooner Schooner. Here's the stoopid link: LINK

The Ruud family and the Cotton Family immediately spring to mind. I don't know if there was an elder Makovicka, but we've had a number of them in the past decade.

So Iowa doesn't expect to beat Nebraska? Iowa doesn't expect to beat Wiskey or Michigan State? That's a poor way to enter a season, don't you think? I think any program worth their salt should expect to beat every team on their schedule. That doesn't increase pressure on a team, it's just an appropriate mindset heading into the game. If you don't expect to beat every team you play, you're going to lose games you should win.

The all-time record is 26-12-2 in Nebraska's favor. We've won the last three games by a combined total of 126-27, a streak that spans three decades. In the last 50 years we've won five out of six, with an average score of 36-10. Iowa's lone win in the past half-century was a 10-7 victory in 1981. I don't think the mental block goes the other way.

It'll come as no shock that our three-headed monster on defense has placed in Athlon's first team All-Big Ten Defense. Frankly, any publication that doesn't have Crick, David and Dennard in their first team isn't worth the electrons they pushed around to create it. Only one first-teamer on offense. This is a problem that Beck needs to fix. Here are the first teams: First-team Offense QB Denard Robinson, Michigan RB Edwin Baker, Michigan State RB Montee Ball, Wisconsin WR Jeremy Ebert, Northwestern WR Derek Moye, Penn State TE Kyler Reed, Nebraska C Mike Brewster, Ohio State OL Jeff Allen, Illinois OL Joel Foreman, Michigan State OL Riley Reiff, Iowa OL Ricky Wagner, Wisconsin First-team Defense DL Vince Browne, Northwestern DL Jared Crick, Nebraska DL John Simon, Ohio State DL Jerel Worthy, Michigan State LB Lavonte David, Nebraska LB Michael Mauti, Penn State LB Mike Taylor, Wisconsin CB Alfonzo Dennard, Nebraska CB Shaun Prater, Iowa S Brian Peters, Northwestern S Trenton Robinson, Michigan State No special teamers on the first or second string. Rex made second-string on offense, and overall we had seven first- and second-teamers. Only Sparty had more first teamers on offense and defense than Nebraska, with five. That comes courtesy of kick-return specialist Keshawn Martin, a blazer who finished 11th in the nation in punt returns last year and 84th overall in all-purpose rushing yards. Sparty had two first-teamers on offense and two on defense. It'll be interesting to see how we match up with that. LINK

I would love to see Buffett put in an endowment for the University when he passes, but I think you're right that he won't give any money to the Athletic Department. But I'm not going to hold my breath for any kind of endowment, and I hope Warren lives another 20 years. The dude is cool. Frankly, it's his money, and he doesn't owe the state or the University a dime. I hope he blows it all on charity or something that will make him happy. I've always been pretty blase about other people's money. Let 'em keep it. It's not mine.

Let them get pissed. They were organizing methods of cheating over on BuckeyePlanet when this thing started.

According to businessofcollegesports.com, Nebraska football was the 13th most-profitable program in the nation last year: Rank School Revenue Expenses Profit 1 University of Texas $93,942,815 $25,112,331 $68,830,484 2 Univ. of Georgia $70,838,539 $18,308,654 $52,529,885 3 Penn State Univ. $70,208,584 $19,780,939 $50,427,645 4 Univ. of Michigan $63,189,417 $18,328,233 $44,861,184 5 Univ. of Florida $68,715,750 $24,457,557 $44,258,193 6 Louisiana State Univ. $68,819,806 $25,566,520 $43,253,286 7 Univ. of Alabama $71,884,525 $31,118,134 $40,766,391 8 Univ. of Tennessee $56,593,946 $17,357,345 $39,236,601 9 Auburn Univ. $66,162,720 $27,911,713 $38,251,007 10 University of Oklahoma $58,295,888 $20,150,769 $38,145,119 11 Univ. of South Carolina $58,266,159 $22,794,211 $35,471,948 12 Notre Dame $64,163,063 $29,490,788 $34,672,275 13 University of Nebraska $49,928,228 $17,843,849 $32,084,379 *** 14 Ohio State Univ. $63,750,000 $31,763,036 $31,986,964 15 Univ. of Iowa $45,854,764 $18,468,732 $27,386,032

We're up 53-47. Barring a ridiculous turnaround, we've got this in the bag. Yet another testament to the dedication of Husker fans and their online voting skills. Way to go, guys.

Why does everyone have to push the "rivalry" button all the time? Just because there are a bunch of posts here doesn't mean this is suddenly a rivalry. It means there's someone here who's fun to talk football with. When the Huskies fans show up in force in September again, that won't make it a rivalry. Same with the Buckeyes fans, the Michigan fans, the PSU fans, etc.

Well, and I'm not even 100% confident in our starting three. LaVonte David is a no-brainer. Put the guy on the field and watch him go. Will Compton seemed to get better as the season progressed last year, as he recovered from his early leg injury. By the end of last season I'd say he was performing as well or better than he did in 2009. Sean Fisher is a mystery, due to losing the entire season to a broken leg. I'm not a fan of rumors but there's one going around about him that wouldn't be good if true (work ethic), but bottom line is, he's more potential than anything right now. After these guys we have Alonzo Whaley, who was adequate early on last year before David took full control of the position. For the last couple of years we've been running that Peso hybrid stuff a lot, so we haven't really had three LBs on the field most of the time. If we had to go to that this year for the bulk of the season, I'd say our starting three would be David, Compton and Fisher, with Whaley backing them up, and after that it's a crapshoot. We have some "names" as true Freshman (David Santos & Max Pirman), but of course they're wholly untested at this level. We'll see how our LB corps holds up as the season progresses.

I even forgot a couple of guys when I ran off that list of DTs. Jay Guy and Kevin Williams, as I was just reminded. We have a DEEEEEEEP D Line. Crazy deep. If only we had such good depth at LB, I'd be much more confident heading into this season.

Dude. Stanzi was the #12 QB last year in Pass Efficiency, #28 in total passing yards, #52 in completions per game, #34 in passing yards per game, #46 in Total Offense, #33 in Points Responsible For.... etc, etc. Stanzi was a hell of a QB, and has the stats to back that up. Vandy has none of those stats. He has the same thing Florida Atlantic's third-string QB has right now - potential. Let's not get carried away here. Exactly. Vandy is a better qb. The stats may not show it, but it does not change the fact. I'll believe it when I see it. Vandenberg has an uglier delivery than Stanzi and he has ZERO mobility. I'm not joking when I say it's murder to be a pocket QB against Nebraska's pass rush. I don't care how good your O Line is, they're not going to keep an immobile QB on his feet all game. Heck, Gabbert is at least somewhat "mobile" and we plastered him several times last year, and Mizzou has an O Line I'd compare to Iowa's any day of the week.

Rex's QB Rating = 396.0 I didn't even know it could get that high.