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@Undone You didn't really need to transcribe it, that quote was already posted above. Still, the play itself wasn't the problem so much as the players' collective failure to bounce back from it, mentally.

That's something that I think a lot of people forget. After the first week or so of fall camp, the competition was narrowed down to Gebbia and Martinez. Bunch wasn't getting nearly as many reps during that time as those two were, and of course in hindsight we all wish he had.

Yeah, it's really goofy since the last board software update. I think having just the +1 without all the other options was fine, and much simpler.

Since there's some question as to who exactly he was talking about, he was responding to this question: "You worried at all that your players and your team, that you'll lose them at all?" So yeah, not talking about recruits or whatever. ESPN currently shows 51.6% Nebraska 48.4% Purdue.

And that tip was so goddamn lucky on their end, but it's like it just set the tone for the rest of the game.

Moos mentioned that.

That's true of any game this season that Martinez gets injured in.

He had two INTs, but he did complete 19 out of 27 - a 70% completion rate. With approximately one game each, Bunch has a QBR of 124 to Martinez's 160. It seemed like the line was holding up better against Colorado than Troy, though, so that's something to consider.

Is it just me, or is "They didn't want to compete at our level" a really unprofessional accusation for an AD to be making? I could see a player saying something like that, maybe a coach, but an AD? I would expect them to be a little more classy in their handling of the business side of things.

@jsneb83

Might end up being a game of musical chairs with the cancellations and rescheduling. Better to secure something now and be certain that you won't be left without a place to sit later on.

As far as odds against Michigan go, let's keep in mind that Martinez was supposed to have three games under his belt at this point, but instead has less than one full game of experience right now. Even if he's physically healthy on Saturday, there's no replacement for experience.

It's like deja vu all over again!

Maybe if you restrict it to just high school recruits. Otherwise, Tanner Lee wins that award without question.

And the scholarship, which could have been given to someone else if he'd left a little sooner. Bunch is a redshirt sophomore.

@knapplc I'm pretty sure it's more the site itself that they're concerned with, not user content. They provide BBCode for their images, after all. I think it's more like if the forum had a feature to upload images straight to Imgur solely for display on this site, that would be against their rules.

TBH, I wonder if that was a nice way of saying "Bunch sucks at those passes."

For the question of whether Troy is better than Colorado goes, I'm leaning toward yes. Last year, Colorado was a 5-win team, while Troy was an 11-win team whose best win was against a ranked LSU squad. Honestly, the Colorado game felt like a Bo-era loss to me. We were the better team on the field, and it really wasn't even close. But we couldn't get out of our own way and pissed the game away with a few ugly mistakes. Troy felt more like the Arkansas State game last year: they're a G5 team that came in and played a pretty decent game. Biggest difference is that last year, we were watching a guy who was supposed to be an amazing QB making his first start as a Husker, while this year we were watching a guy who was supposed to be a third-stringer making his first start as a Husker. Let's not sugar-coat it, though: they're both ugly losses against teams we should have beaten.

We are terrible at ball security. Some people thought Martinez looked great in this preseason video, but I was scared because of the way he was flailing his arm around when he was carrying the ball. And I noticed the same thing from our guys today (Bell IIRC) - just waving the ball all around as they're carrying it. What's really scary is that you can't blame Riley for either of them, they're both Frost guys.

That's against Imgur's Terms of Service, BTW: "Also, don't use Imgur to host image libraries you link to from elsewhere, content for your website, advertising, avatars, or anything else that turns us into your content delivery network."

And now I'm picturing Burt Reynolds dressed up as a pretty princess...

Right, like how is this not considered a form of targeting? Are they only concerned with concussions, to the point that they don't really care about stuff like being able to walk?

I think it could be fairly described as large, but to be honest I think it was really more of a scarlet. Not that there's anything wrong with that, of course.

Translation: "I'm basically fine with players deliberately trying to injure each other, and I think we should all just turn a blind eye to it."