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I've mentioned before here, I have a family member who is trans. Believe me, this is not something someone would choose to do, or do to feel like a "special snowflake". FU for suggesting that, btw.

He (transitioned gender) now has a beard, are you saying he should still use the ladies' room? You don't think that might freak anyone out?

I have another MTF friend. She uses the ladies' room. She says (in her sister's book) that she absolutely will not talk in the ladies' room, especially in a stall, for fear that her voice will betray her and someone will call the cops. But seeing her at a glance, you would have a hard time telling, and she would draw a lot more attention using the men's room.

This is not the same thing as cross-dressing.

I don't know what to do about creeps that will use this as a loophole to peep in the opposite gender's restroom. I also don't know what to do about creep's that peep in the same gender's restroom. I think that is a different issue that would be good to be solved. Separately. I feel very certain that nearly all trans people dread public restrooms and want to get in and out with as little attention as possible.

As much as I liked Austria and Sweden, and got around fine as a tourist just speaking English, I think actually living there full time would be more difficult. I could learn the language, but I'm not sure I'm up to that. I took Spanish in HS and college, but couldn't make out anything in Spain. So, English countries are probably it for me.

Canada would be a pretty easy choice, both culturally and distance-wise. New Zealand does appeal to me, a lot, but I've never been. I'd definitely consider Scotland, then Ireland and Australia, and finally the rest of the UK.

To move to most of these places and stay legally for longer than a visit, you either need a green card type visa (not sure they call them that everywhere) or enough money in local country investments.

I'd think that Frazier's health issues would be a part as well, and how Berringer and then Turman stepped in and kept it running, though that story may have lost some luster after Ohio St 2014.

The controversies don't mean that much without them happening to a championship team. I expect them to show a decent amount of game action to frame that.

The championships aren't much of a story (outside of Nebraska) without the controversies and tragedy, so expect to see a decent amount on that too.

Where the emphasis is, is the question. I'll wait and see it before reacting either way.

I'm pretty encouraged by the link in The Duke's post #5 that the story of how the team pulled together during the turmoil will be a significant part. This doesn't sound like a hatchet job. We shall see.

9 seconds and a timeout left and we can't do better than that?

Hey! A 3!

6-2 after 9 minutes, LOL

I wouldnt give the same advice about sick days. I get a sh#t ton of sick days, but I never use them. If youre sick, of course use them. But my morality tells me that I should limit my mental health days to very little.

Agree. I don't think I've ever had a job that had "sick days" so I guess I don't know for sure but that sounds right. But definitely use your vacation days. If the culture at the company is to not use them, consider if you are at the right place for life work/balance. As far as notice, it varies, in part depending on how critical you are for coverage. I've had jobs where it was no problem to call or send an email that I was "taking a day". I don't see the problem with asking your boss, if you put it in the perspective of just wanting to know what is expected so you don't create a problem.

The heck is this?

Is this a joke?

Oregon State guy???

I hear he's a super nice guy.

Favorite off-season thread thus far! As an alum, I don't mind it. But I don't really know why anyone uses it. I haven't seen it on any university materials or anything. It just seems like we are talking about an abbreviation a few fans use on a message board.

Yes, I realize I wasn't very clear, but I was talking about it's use here.

This is just weird.

I know, right? I thought I'd have more on my side. Oh well. I'll cringe in silence from now on.

You're 100% right. Please call the athletic department tomorrow morning and ask them to reach out to every fan/media outlet to get them to stop.

I thought I'd start with this board. Your way sounds a lot easier.

I don't think potential recruits really care too much about the school's fight song.

 

If you would listen to a lot of schools' fight songs, they are pretty old-fashioned and "out of date".

Again. It's not really about the song. And if you actually read all of my last post I acknowledged that most school fight songs are dated.

What I was referring to was the number of times here that people use "DONU".

 

I believe the term being square is being complementary indicating one is true and honest and decent as in a square dealer. One who does what he is supposed to do in other words. One being teased for being 'a square' I interpreted to mean very straight laced and a little too decent and a Mr, goody two shoes. Nothing bad frankly. Basically one could have described Tom Osborne as the ultimate 'square'. Nothing wrong with being a good old fashioned square.

Pretty much this.

 

You have to understand the term not necessarily in modern day terms. Think of when the song was written.

 

Girls are the fairest

Boys are the squarest

 

Both compliments.

 

Sure, I understand that, but it's kind of like showing pictures of campus with students walking around wearing beanies and whatever else that hasn't been seen in 50 years. Out of date, and I think Nebraska is already viewed as being behind the times in many ways. Not that it's all bad, but maybe it's not the image we want to perpetuate? Or probably it's so minor of a thing that it just doesn't matter, or is seen as distinctive, and maybe even favorably nostalgic to some, I guess.

And it's not just the song but even if it was, using something written by a class of 1924 grad maybe isn't what's going to help attract recruits, though I guess most school songs are dated.

Anyway, I guess it's just me that it sounds so old-fashioned to, and not in a good way. I appreciate the replies.

To me, DONU sounds like what someone's grandmother might call us. Or maybe it's like referring to "dear old grand dad" while rolling your eyes at something he does. It sounds corny (no pun intended). Look at the lyrics to the song:

 

There is no place like Nebraska,
Dear old Nebraska U.
Where the girls are the fairest,
The boys are the squarest,
Of any old school that I knew.

 

Maybe being called a square doesn't have the negative connotation that it had when I was growing up.

People talk about alternate uniforms, and rockin' tunnel songs as things that would make today's kids identify with the school, yet we try to get recruits to come to DONU? I read that, and wonder how many kids think it's a hick place they will take a pass on.

As far as I'm concerned, the only reason to type "donu" is if you're going to finish it with a "t", as in "donut".

It's the off-season, you know. Just wondering how many others read it that way.

 

Hate to say it, but personally, the health concerns would've kept me at bay as a future employer from a head coaching perspective.

I don't think it would have for me. Respectability and stability are both things he would've brought, and if you have to do it again in a few years, that's fine. Granted, he may not have been the best option still, but it doesn't totally cross him off the list. Given how things ultimately transpired, it may be for the best -- as Kill retired halfway into '15, right?

 

He had known health issues that forced him to retire not even a year later. How would he have brought stability? I mean, there's a chance that he could've stayed healthy enough, but I don't think anyone was too surprised when he had to step down. That's just not a good risk to take, IMO.

Glad to wake up to this news. Didn't see his video. Didn't like it! :-) Not a fan of the new "tude". Just commit and play football. Be like Walter Peyton ... that is "sweetness"!

You didn't see it, but you didn't like it? How does that happen?

And I'm not a fan of misspelling names, especially of legends.

I didn't figure I'd like the video, but it was pretty good. Different. Or maybe not, since I usually don't watch these.

No Barry Sanders?

I think these were guys we recruited hard and we had a very good shot at, but missed. We looked at Sanders but didn't even offer, right?

 

 

 

 

 

I've avoided this question on purpose but I really have to wonder why would a person put themselves in the predicament of not having income on purpose. Stupid move if you ask me. Hey, I totally get that an existing job may suck ass and that a change needs to be made. Fine. Get the replacement job secured THEN quit. I really have to wonder how lazy a person is being that can't make that simple, logical step before quitting. Unless you are independently wealthy and don't need income, why would you even consider such a thing? Is somebody else going to put food on your table and pay your bills when you don't find that new job? Grow up.

 

Or people need to learn to create income without a job and actually run their own life.

Elaborate.

Run their own business. There are tons of different possibilities, such as franchises, new start-ups, or home based businesses. All three can have relatively low overhead which means relatively low risk, and in the case of home based businesses, extremely high reward if done correctly. With those, you just have to be willing to withstand a temporary loss of esteem from some people around you. Key word temporary.

That's not "creating income without having a job." Running a business is the business owner's job. Making $ playing poker for a living is a job. Studying stock market behavior and making $ that way is a job.

Point well taken. That's why I elaborated mostly on the home based business option. That's really the best and simplest way to generate income without taking up so much time. You build a team once and have the ability to be paid off of it for the rest of your life. It's called residual income, which we don't learn about in school (it's a shame really).

 

Obviously, there are people that don't like them for whatever silly reason, but insurance works exactly the same way. Real estate as well.

 

But to JJHusker1's point, which was directly on point to the topic, it doesn't seem too smart to quit your job without at least getting started on your own business. Those home based businesses may be low risk but they usually take time to get off the ground, if they ever do.

Maybe coaches should have the same one year sit-out rule.

Similar passing stats to TA. -287 yards rushing in 2 years, so don't expect any mobility. Still, it's good to have someone with game experience available.

 

TO was 2 plays from 2 more Nattys--2 plays. That makes 5 as 3 + 2 = 5. And he was pretty damn close to at least 2 more, that makes 7. Oz's teams, like now, were mostly made up of 3* players over the decades, Saban has a plethora of 4-5* guys, 2 and 3 deep. You could say that Saban is the best recruiter of all time and not get much push back. OZ was an offensive genius on the same level or superior to Saban's defensive genius. Oz maintained 70+% winning over 3 decades, Saban may be gone in a year or 2. '95 Huskers arguably the best CFB team ever fielded and I would agree that it was. Like I said, OZ is arguably the best coach of all time.

 

Your math is off.

If a coach has 3 titles, and almost wins 4 more (not sure where the last 2 "pretty damn close" come from, but whatever), how many titles does he have?

Answer: 3

 

You're not a mod, so don't tell me what to read and post. Besides, I can hear the crying from outside the thread.

Well actually.... He's not wrong.

 

If you don't like it, don't post. What you did was what we like to call threadshitting and it is frowned upon.

 

Thanks!

 

Fine. But it's not just that I don't like the thread. I think the topic makes us look really bad as a fan base. I hate to see that.

 

 

 

It was almost 20 years ago. Let it go.

SI just tweeted this a few moments ago. We need to tell them to let this go too, right?

 

 

Not even close to the same thing. I thought you were smarter than this, but I guess not. The thread topic did not happen "on this day", it was just randomly started for no apparent reason other than to whine about having to share the title. The tweet is simply stating a fact or two that happened on this date. It is not trying to rekindle a controversy that cannot possibly be resolved. I agree with the opinion that we would've rolled Michigan, but that does not make it a fact.

 

If you don't like the topic, don't read it and don't post in it.

 

You're not a mod, so don't tell me what to read and post. Besides, I can hear the crying from outside the thread.

Someone posted elsewhere, I think it was the 10-15 year thread, that the fans deserve a championship in that time frame. The pathetic whining in this thread tells me otherwise.

Oh, and I love the revisionist history that Osborne wanted to play Michigan after the bowl games but they chickened out. Find me a link to that, or I call BS. Yes, he would've loved to have played them in the bowl, but knew the contractual obligation to the Rose Bowl made that impossible. There's no way the NCAA was going to allow an extra game after the bowls. Osborne never proposed or supported a post-bowl game against Michigan. It would've been fruitless to try. You people just look ignorant claiming he did, and that Michigan backed down.