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I don't know. I would have to say that if Green is the legit #2 then he's not redshirting. I can't imagine the coaches keeping him out if he can contribute. Then again, they barely played Witt last year and he should have gotten some reps as the #2, so who knows.

I think most everyone has been pretty willing to take the LP bad with the good. Speaking for myself, I'm just done with the bad. We had him for three years, and we've been "paying for it" four times as long now. You have to wonder, when is it over? Thankfully it seems like we'll have only one more news cycle with LP - when he's actually sentenced. From then we won't hear about him for years and years, until he's released from prison. But if/when he's released, and they talk about "former NFL and Nebraska player Lawrence Phillips," at that point you would have to agree that it's too much, yes? Or is it never too much, and once he's been part of the program, it's OK to associate him with us 20, 30, 40 years later?

This is correct. My understanding is that Compton suited up at least a couple of times last year but didn't get in the game, preserving his redshirt.

Yeah. Nevermind me. Work boiling up to the frontal lobes, and I'm off this afternoon. Carry on. =)

Pretty much.

Message boarding is tough. Someone can always find something to counter any point. Any point. It's the jungle, that's what it is. I'm pretty much in agreement with all of this: I get the analogy of redshirting/leaving for the NFL. But no matter what any kid wants or whatever line they draw in the sand, the coach can always just not play them, so the coach has the final say in that. And then the kid can leave school, or go to the NFL, or whatever, but that's not (to me) an ability to determine if they redshirt or not. That's probably a semantic argument at that point, though. I don't know much about Green, but I gather he's a pretty good kid. I think if there's a potential for him to redshirt Bo and Green will talk about it before it's done. And it could be a situation where they say, "You're going to redshirt, but be ready. If Lee goes down, your redshirt is pulled, period." But being a good kid, I don't get the impression he's going to bolt for another school if Bo wants him to sit. I figure the same thing will happen with Green that happened with Compton and Cooper last year, with the caveat that QB is our thinnest position, whereas LB and WR were chock full of players we could get by with last year. And, this whole conversation could be completely academic if Green is so good he HAS to be played. Who knows - he could snatch the starting spot from ZLee before camp is over. Then all the brain waves we've spent talking about this will be for naught... but it's a good conversation to have nonetheless.

Fight?

I think we already knew that. The question is, how severe was the damage? Not all ACL's are the same. Do you know the exact extent of the injury he suffered in the Spring? How large was the tear, how much (if any) collateral damage there was, etc? EDIT after the fact - I'm not trying to bust your ####s here. I'm a layman in ACL injuries, and I'm just trying to figure this out. I get your point that nobody ever sees someone coming back from an ACL in three months. I'm just amazed that the medical staff, the off-site doctor (and I'm pretty sure I know who that is) and the coaches would put him on the field if he wasn't ready. It doesn't wash with a group of people who are, supposedly, dedicated to keeping these kids as healthy as possible.

I think there's mixed feelings about Pedey across the landscape of NU athletics. From what I recall, several programs thought very well of him, including Volleyball, Basketball (both flavors) and the baseball team. Aside from the one COLOSSAL failure regarding the football program, I think he was regarded well around the U.

Robsker, I get what you're saying and I'm not refuting that, but I would like to point out that college football is about 2x to 3x the money-maker that hoops is, and it's far more popular overall. And yes, Pederson landed on his feet, in a place where he's happy and where he's had success. Nothing wrong with that.

Qvale is supposed to be this phenom, so maybe he is just that good. All it says is he's getting reps, not that he's locked down the #2 spot. That could mean someone ahead of him got dinged up and sat out a practice, too.

They have a formula for balancing things out. It's not as skewed as you might think. Ok, I didn't really look to hard at the formula. I just saw that Pitt had hardly any teams included in this table of Fall and Winter Sports, only 4 or so, it has to play a part don't you think? The Director's Cup is a pretty big deal. I'm guessing it's not just some random bunch of numbers thrown together with little thought.

They have a formula for balancing things out. It's not as skewed as you might think.

He landed at a school whose current sports programs are comparable, or, arguably, better than NU. So.... yeah, he landed on his feet. The NACDA Director's Cup is probably the best way to determine that, and the two schools are not comparable in those standings. Last year Nebraska ranked 31st in Div 1A. I'm not quite sure where Pittsburgh ended up, but they weren't in the top 50. The complete standings can be found HERE.

Clearly, he took the Red Pill. Whoa.

I was at that game and the whole time it was like, "What in the world is going on here!?!????" I'd agree it was an omen game.

It's been known to happen. Nevermind, then.

I don't believe I quoted any points to refute, nor did I call out any poster. I was simply stating an observation from reading different articles and posts from this and other message boards. If you don't believe it involved you personally, there's no need to ask me if I'm calling you out. Eh. You're speaking directly about parts of a conversation that Junior and I were having, quoting something he said in response to something I said, to which I directly responded. So it's pretty logical to assume that I'm one of those "some" you're speaking about. And to be clear, I'm asking because you're either misunderstanding what I'm saying or misrepresenting what I'm saying, and the conversation would be better if that was cleared up.

Blinky, just curious whose points you're refuting, because if it's me, I'm not making any of the points you're alleging.

Every accusation that the medical guys did something wrong MUST start with an accurate description of Spano's initial diagnosis. Without that everything else is just speculation

Love his show. I DVR it every week.

A) I am crazy. But that's beside the point. 3) If what I said made it sound like I wanted criminals, that's not what I meant. I would rather have a bunch of walk-ons who lose than have guys like Junior is hinting (Play me or I'm leaving) on the team and win. That's where this is all coming from. Something probably got lost in translation somewhere along the way, or I wasn't clear what I was saying. I think that's more clear.

I'm going to go ahead and disagree with you on that one. You done jumped the shark on this one, guy. Criminal tendencies do not equal big egos. That's a pretty simple equation. Michael Jordan isn't a criminal. Tiger Woods isn't a criminal. There is no study of any kind anywhere that you could point to which shows that successful competitors are prone to committing crimes. Not only have I not jumped the shark, I'm not even skiing. I'm not even wearing a cool leather jacket. But I can turn on jukeboxes with a bump of my fist.

I'm going to go ahead and disagree with you on that one.

You would rather see a bunch of walk-ons lose ten games a year than bare the grief of a good team being fielded by virtue of standard industry practices? College football is dirty. Brooke Berringer was dirty? Trev Albers was dirty? Ahman Green was dirty? Come on. One bad apple doesn't spoil the whole bunch. What you're better off saying is that college football isn't immune to the pressures of society. But again, we're talking about the kids running the program rather than the coaches. This is a tangent, and that's not at all what I'm talking about with Junior.