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If anyone had told me we would score 24 points on Kansas in the first half, I'd have been ecstatic, and I would have expected to be very much in the game.

I would love for Coach Osborne to - just this once - go back on his word and fire that abomination of a Defensive Coordinator as soon as the gun sounds on this game.

I have to say, both these guys are great fighters and outstanding leaders/faces to our programs for these past three years. I couldn't be more happy that we have had Taylor, Keller, and now Ganz.

Sadly, I think Keller would have benefited from just one more season and wasn't completely ready. Taylor was much improved in year 2 over year 1. Taylor was a great player and one of my recent favorites.

Let's see...Taylor got two full seasons to play and Keller just 9 games. Don't think one can really do a fair comparison. If I remember correctly from another thread, Keller's first year numbers are better than Zac's, so if Keller had a second year, he might improve even further.

 

I like both guys, but in the end I probably would probably go with Taylor just because of the toughness that we saw from him...again, Keller really does not have the opportunity to make that same kind of impression.

Some great replies to the question up there. ^^^ I would liked to have seen what Sam could have done with a second year, but even still I'm not sure he would have surpassed Zac. Taylor is a special guy, the kind of QB you don't see very often.

In the end, I'm just glad both came to play for Nebraska.

NEITHER!!!!!!!!!

There both rejects or drop-outs from other D-1 programs.

They couldn't cut it there but here there a starter.

You really should state ahead of time that you're a blithering idiot before making posts this stupid. Not only can you not spell, you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about.

Thank goodness you're not indicative of the average Husker fan.

Without Keller we would have never been able to score on that 1st drive. Ganz was able to run the option on the 3rd & 6 and then that 3 yard TD run when the pass broke down was great.

 

Our offense is doing great, our Defense just sucks.

This is very true. Keller is a good QB. It's just possible that Ganz is better.

I will not disrespect the heart and guts Sam Keller showed in his brief time here.

I think TO should go to the locker room at half and fire him now. This is pitiful

If only.

Dude, you're commenting on the KU game - so why not put this in that thread? You really thought this needed its own thread?

I have the game on tape delay to edit out commercials and I just got done with the first half. That was at the same time the best and worst half of football I've seen us play all year! ! ! ! ! !

Offense - GREAT job! Ganz is a dream! A couple of drops cost him some numbers, and he's thrown a couple of dangerous passes, but overall he has been remarkable. I am SO happy with him.

Defense - That was perhaps the worst defensive half I have ever seen, Texas Tech included, and I don't ever even want to hear the name of our future former DC again. The man is a complete fraud.

What is perhaps most shocking is that the first half featured what may have been the best single effort by an NU defender this year - Andre Jones' tackle where he fought through the WR and tackled the screen man for a loss. Amazing play.

The sad thing about that play? We used to have 5-10 of those every game.

I would like to see T.O. fire our DC right now, before the game is even over. That would be awesome, and only what the man deserves.

That is the kind of desire that the star ratings do not measure.

QFT

This is also the reason I give little credence to the recruiting rankings.

WOO HOO!!!

Welcome home, Paul!

Rose isn't that bad! I can't believe all the guys who don't like him. He's not as good as Bremser, but nobody will ever be that good again.

I knew that wasn't your stuff, Husker, which is why I was trying to be clear that I wasn't calling you out. I think that, aside from the academic stuff, everything the author of that list "dug up" is pretty normal stuff for the kind of personality it takes to be a head coach.

I have to say that I'm a smidge concerned about this right after the Texas loss. Maybe there's a bit of a hangover from the Texas match, but we've lost more games in the last two matches than we've lost in the previous 30 matches combined!

This is not the worst time for a slump (pre-tournament), but it's not exactly a GOOD time for one, either.

http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=1200...;u_sid=10173289

 

Does anyone know if Jordan will be attending NU. If there is one family that knows and could teach the rest of this team about what it means to play football at NU it would be the Makovicka's. It looks like we probably will see numerous other Makovicka's wearing the "N" as there are already 5 grandsons.......WOW! I can't wait.

God bless the Makovickas!!!

Any time anyone from that family wants to suit up, I say we let them.

We practically did that against Texas, though. If we step it up more, KU will not score more than 21. BELIEVE IT!

 

:-P Hey, I've been saying this for the past few weeks. Soooner or later, we're going to pull it off!

I agree that it is possible. This team has yet to play to its potential. I will be watching, hoping to see it.

I'm just afraid that it is highly improbable.

My commenst below in BOLD:

"Not so fast, My Friend"-(in my Lee Corso voice).

 

Mangino is one of only five NCAA Division I-A football coaches who did not play college football.

---So? What's the significance of that? If the guy can coach, he can coach.

 

* 2004 Kansas-Texas game

In 2004, Mangino paid a $5,000 fine for suggesting that officials acted with favoritism in an offensive pass interference call that affected the outcome of a game against Texas. Mangino implied that money and a BCS berth for the Big 12 Conference influenced the officials to make a call in favor of Texas. He and athletic director Lew Perkins issued public apologies the day after the incident.

---Again... so? He only said aloud what every coach thinks probably four or five times every season. I'll guarantee you Bob Devany said far worse. Guarantee.

 

 

 

* NCAA penalties and probation

In 2006, the NCAA found five major violations including academic fraud had been committed by members of the Jayhawk football program under Mark Mangino. These major violations, along with four others from other sports contributed to the NCAA charging the Kansas University Athletics with "lack of institutional control". A graduate assistant was found to have supplied answers to correspondence courses being taken by potential athletes. As a result, the football team was limited for two years in its recruitment of junior college transfers, and lost two scholarships for each of the 2007 and 2008 seasons.

---This... not so good. No excuses for this. Get control of your program, or suffer the consequences. If this happens again the penalty will be far more stiff than limited Jucos and a couple of scholarships gone. Not cool, this one.

 

* High school referee incident

During a high school football game, Mark Mangino was documented screaming and cursing at a high school referee for missing a call in which his son was involved. Mangino was asked to leave the game but refused. Security was called and Mangino was removed from the game. Mangino has been since banned from all Lawrence High School athletic events.[1]

--- Eh... not so good, but not a world breaker, either. He's a hothead, that's for sure. But this is not that big of a deal, really.

 

* Raimond Pendleton incident

In 2007, during the season opener against the Central Michigan Chippewas, KU's Raimond Pendleton returned a CMU punt 77 yards for a touchdown. Pendleton dove into the end zone and was promptly flagged for excessive celebration, giving the Jayhawks a 15-yard penalty. When Pendleton returned to the sideline, Mangino promptly pulled him aside for a profanity-laced tongue-lashing. A video was shot of this exchange and posted on YouTube, and it quickly became one of the most-watched videos on the site for the week. [1] Mangino said he was bothered that the TV station that caught the video, WIBW-TV of Topeka, Kansas, ran the unedited audio on its Web site. Pendleton downplayed it, saying that he deserved it. WIBW deleted the video from its webpage, but a censored version of Mangino's tirade is available on the website of WDAF-TV in Kansas City, Missouri.

--- Again, so? He used potty-mouth words at one of his players? Apparently the person who found this significant has never played organized sports, and especially not football beyond Pop Warner. Coaches swear. It's not the end of the world.

Basically, if this is all the "dirt" they can dig up on Mangino, I'd say he's doing pretty good. I'm troubled by the academic fraud stuff. That's not cool at all, and there's no minimizing it. But the rest - it's just crap. Someone was looking for dirt, and when you look for dirt, you can usually find it. Mostly to me that all amounts to needless sniping, aside from the academics.

I will be happy if we hold them to 40. I will probably have kittens if we hold them to 21 or less.

But we're not going to. Not with Cos calling the shots.

Welcome to Rumorville!

While this may be true, it's still a rumor.

Short of baking kittens into pie, I'm not sure I could be bothered to care more about Steve Pederson. He's gone, he needed to be gone, and now that he's gone we can move forward.

Awesome! I won't be wasting much time in there, that much I can tell you.

I like his voice. I think he does a decent job of calling the games. I'm not too concerned when he adds inflection to his voice when the other team has a big play - it helps build the image of what's going on on the field.

Of course, NOBODY will ever compare to Lyle Bremser. When I grew up my Saturday day afternoon chore during Fall was splitting wood for our woodburner. Three hours in the chilly air with nothing by Lyle to keep me company - those were good times.

I liked Kent Pavelka well enough, and if I had to choose between Kent and Jim I'd probably choose Kent.

I'm cool with Rose, though.

PS - Warren Swain was an abomination. Thank God he's gone!

Pro QBs can NOT scramble! That is pure nonsense! Aside from rarities like Mike Vick, Randall Cunningham, Steve Young, Doug Flutie and maybe a couple of others, most every single QB in the NFL is taught to stay in that pocket, period.

Seriously dude, that's just plain wrong.

What blows my mind is that the Texas Tech DC had the courage and integrity to resign after his team gave up 40-something points earlier this year, yet Cosgrove continues to stay in his job with a historically bad defense.

And the worst thing about this is that we actually have some pretty decent guys on the D! We have athletes, just no coaching.

Pathetic!

JGS, you make many valid points, and I can't say I totally disagree with your 45-9 prediction. It's very possible.

But it's important to remember that Husker Fans aren't the only ones dissing Kansas' schedule. This is being done - legitimately, I might add - all across the nation. Kansas has NOT played a difficult schedule, and there's not much argument about it. Texas A&M? They stink. Just because they beat Nebraska at Nebraska doesn't make them good, because... well... we stink too!

The Jayhawks are a good team, they have a good coach, they have a good AD, and overall it's a very respectable program that has earned their top ten ranking as much as anyone else in the top ten (and more than, say, Ohio State or Boston College, who have played NOBODY).

But none of that means that Kansas has truly arrived yet. To really taste success, they need to win the Big XII North (something they could very easily do), and then go on to win the Big XII Championship. After that, go to a bowl game and either win it or play very respectably in it.

You have to remember where Husker Fans are coming from:

25 straight 9-win seasons.

30-something straight bowl games.

Five National Championships.

I-don't-know-how-many conference Championships.

Three Heisman Trophy winners.

Ridiculous numbers of Academic All-Americans.

288 games sold out in a row.

A massive national fan base.

Blah, blah, blah, blah....

Imagine that Kansas had every one of those accolades, and Nebraska had none. Then imagine how you would regard the Huskers if we suddenly had a good season and earned our way into the top ten. You would be reacting exactly the way we are to Kansas' current success.

The vast majority of Husker Fans that I have ever spoken to really respect Kansas. We like your program, we like your players, your coaches and your fans. You're pretty good people, so we have no reason to trash you guys. Sure there are those imbeciles who will, but there are those same imbeciles amongst Iowa State fans and Baylor fans and Texas fans - imbeciles are even there amongst Kansas fans. You have to ignore those guys, and not take it too personally. That's all.

Good luck to your team this week, and for the rest of the season. For my part, I'll be looking forward to seeing how Coach Mangino and his troops do, and I'll be rooting for you guys in every game after this weekend.

I voted "Other." While speculation about Pelini is fun and all, there is as yet nothing to make anyone think BP will succeed BC. "Bogasms" aside, the guy is untested and perhaps unqualified for the job.

 

I personally think Frank Solich has as good of a chance of returning to coach again as Bo Pelini has of taking over.

 

Everyones untested until they get a chance HC job. Even T.O. was untested before he became head coach of Nebraska.

 

The poll was who people think will get the head coach not who is popular.

It is inherently a popularity contest because none of us know the answer. Bo P is the flavor of the month, but he's no more likely to be our next HC than Solich, or anyone else for that matter, as far as we all know now. So everyone is left to guess, and their guesses are based on what? Conjecture springing from popularity, that's what.

Interesting. Good to know.

I voted "Other." While speculation about Pelini is fun and all, there is as yet nothing to make anyone think BP will succeed BC. "Bogasms" aside, the guy is untested and perhaps unqualified for the job.

I personally think Frank Solich has as good of a chance of returning to coach again as Bo Pelini has of taking over.