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1 minute ago, runningblind said:

Wildly different circumstances there. Nebraska when TO took over was already rolling, and had a slew of advantages over other teams in that era. Michigan State never did, and it was a different set of circumstances overall in the mid 90s. Alabama has inherent advantages over MSU, so you can't really compare those jobs.  Saban won 7 titles, at two schools, in a time when you have to do more to win one. He's top 2 or 3, if not #1, easily.

TO had a lot to do with getting Nebraska rolling before he was named head coach. Your point about the advantages at Bama somewhat proves my point.

I fall back to the MLM adage of Whether you believe you can or you can't, you're right. I believe Saban believed he couldn't win like he wanted to at MSU so he chose an easier path with the inherent recruiting advantages the South has inherited over the past 30ish years. I didn't see guys like Osborne, Paterno, and others leave Northern schools because they couldn't develop a program and convince their bosses to provide the required level of support to do so. 

I can easily see an argument for calling Saban the greatest. Simply by numbers, no one accomplished what he has. But on the way to deifying him, lets not gloss over the path he took to set up himself up to best achieve those numbers. 

Interesting that Michigan St was brought up. I may be the only one to die on this hill, but while I consider Saban one of the all-time bests, I struggle to put him above Osborne and others simply for what he was unwilling/unable to do MSU. 

Just using Osborne as the example, I think TO could've won at the same rate as Saban at UA if their situations were flipped. I can't say that I think Saban would've had the same level of success at Nebraska if their roles were reversed. 

Point was the only thing that SO FAR has changed for him is that he is currently on a better team. We don't yet know whether he made the correct decision from the perspective of his football career. If the argument stops with hes on a better team, then sure, he made the correct decision to transfer. 

He might have been an all-american star this past season at NU in Tony White's defense. We'll never know.

3 minutes ago, Husker in WI said:

 

Would you rather play every snap for a team fighting for bowl eligibility, or play a significant role on a national champion who is still easily a 9-10 win team next year? It's not like he was just watching from the bench - he went to a better situation, both from the team and personal perspectives.

Would depend on my priorities. If the assumption is that getting drafted is the priority, I don't yet see a case where he has improved his draft stock by switching teams. 

17 hours ago, Big Red Viking said:

Ernie Hausman made the right decision.

We'll see. Sure he gets to claim a natty, but has his own profile improved?

If Harbaugh leaves along with many of this season's 2-deep, they might not seem so awesome next season.

2 hours ago, HANC said:

Did anyone watch? I could not. Opinions on how each guy faired?

I only saw a couple of West possessions in 3rd quarter. Nelson caught a pass and made some nice moves to extend the play. West OL with Brix and Pyle in there were road-grading the East DL. 

I haven't read through the 38 page argument, but if they signed the GOR / TV contract and its found to be invalid, then I don't know what constitutes a contract.

If this goes through does any contract anyone ever signed now void?  And perhaps to be less dramatic, does it mean none of the conferences contracts are valid? 

29 minutes ago, SouthLincoln Husker said:

I said this before he committed, but I was told I was wrong.  I could not find the article, so I let it be.  I think the move to Georgia made him home sick. 

To which home? 

2 hours ago, gossamorharpy said:

Its so critical we run the table the first 7 weeks or start 6-1 at worse next year.  That last 5 game stretch of ohio state, ucla, usc, wisconsin, iowa is scary AF yet gonna be awesome

Ohio St, sure. Why are the rest of these teams so scary? Not saying NU will win them all if in any, but...

USC 7-5 and no Williams

UCLA 6-6 new QB

Wisconsin 7-5 (NU took to OT on road)

Iowa 10-3 (dubious record and a terrible pick away from NU beating them 2 straight)

40 minutes ago, commando said:

Nebraska has placed a few NFL QB's.   Jerry Tagge, Vince Farragamo (sp?), Dave Humm.....maybe others that i can't recall right now.   Brook Berringer was also on a lot of draft boards before that plane crash.  to say it never happened in Nebraskas history is just wrong

Turner Gill would've been drafted had he not chosen baseball. I assume Bruce Matheson was drafted (he had a couple of cups of coffee in the league).

1 hour ago, Toe said:

 

As far as the competition side goes, it sounds like Raiola is OK with not being guaranteed the starting job this year, he just wants a legit chance to compete for it (probably not happening at Georgia if Beck comes back). As for the McCords, I think they (and particularly his dad) were OK with a QB competition until they saw who the competition was going to be. Dad got panicky and started making more demands, and apparently it reached the point where Rhule threw up his hands and said we're not gonna be able to do this.

 

 

 

 

 

This is the most reasonable take I've read on why McCord didn't work out. 

2 hours ago, Mavric said:

 

Lets not share secrets like was done in the day with S&C.

19 hours ago, runningblind said:

You have more liberty to b!+ch and moan if you are a booster. 

Just now donated. Expect to see more huskerboard posts from me. 

26 minutes ago, Mavric said:

 

Which team is getting the other 21.5%?

3 hours ago, Mavric said:

 

I suppose thats possible, but not sure Raiola fits in that box. 

While NU fans don't yet have the same W-L expectations as OSU right now, Lincoln is still a fish bowl similar to Columbus.

1 hour ago, ZRod said:

Did you actually find this on ESPN? The article I saw was an AP News article, not ESPN.

 

 

There's a whole separate board of you really want to have a political discussion.

No, I don't. Yes, it was an ESPN article.

8 minutes ago, RedDenver said:

You can eye roll all you want, but its not conservatives that generally paint football as the "bad guys" when its sports v academics.

I suppose the football program could give back to the university, but that's beside the point. See what having an awesome football has done for Alabama's enrollment and the whole of Tuscaloosa, then lets talk. 

7 minutes ago, Dr. Strangelove said:

It's sort of interesting that this is an attempt to get Congress to keep collegiate athletes from being designated as employees. I don't know if any of the legislation being proposed will happen fast enough to prevent the Supreme Court from upending their plans over night.

 

It's certainly the wild west right now for college athletes.

This will continue to be the case until the top schools stop trying to keep CFB from becoming a true minor league with a CBA.

While NCAA leadership has been awful, truthfully I don't what could've been done to stop CFB from heading this direction whether or not different decisions had been made sooner. All it would've taken is for one player to 'want more and sue', and CFB would likely be in this same spot. 

28 minutes ago, admo said:

It would be just our luck if UTEP hires Scott Frost.  And then he hires Bo Pelini as DC.  Game 1.  

Would be an easy victory

Getting close to where universities need to determine if they want to sponsor football as an extra-curricular activity or sponsor a minor league team.

I continue to wonder if the minor league will require players to remain students and if there remains a finite number of years of eligibility. 

8 hours ago, Mavric said:

But I've been told aTm spent MILLIONS on NIL and we were way behind....

 

 

Who or what is "slice bread"?

Thats what scared playing calling gets ya