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So the system the way it is now, is ok? Yes.

Not all of that TV has to do with conference. There was a large change in mindset in college sports during that time where before administrators thought TV would kill actual attendance to now where it has proven to have little to no impact but rather has increased exposure for schools and programs. So while Texas's population helped with contracts in that department TV games have gone from something rare to something networks fight over rights to. So we'd have seen an increase in TV exposure either way, probably just substantially less money from it.

I'd like to add more then just my second to this post. I am a UNO alum. I've had family attend and work at the university. I couldn't care less about Maverick sports outside of Hockey. I've never heard of anyone attending a maverick football game except one time a few years ago when CSTV or something was on campus to broadcast it on a friday night. Everyone who's interested in college football at UNO either roots for UNL or is one of the T-shirt Texas fans. I honestly didn't even realize until yesterday they actually had a wrestling team let alone that they were a powerhouse in D2. (Who cares about D2?) So the outrage in the "community" online is beyond ridiculous. I can understand it on campus because of the personal relationships but I'd bet 99% of Omaha is shrugging their shoulders about football and is surprised to learn UNO had a wrestling team. When I was attending I'd have loved it if they'd have axed football and tore up the old "stadium" not for hockey but to add parking to north campus which has always been a complete cluster.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED. Here's what we DO know. Charles Jackson believed/was led to believe that Marvin Sanders would be his position coach after signing his LOI with Nebraska. That information was absolutely incorrect. Where we differ is the conclusions that we draw from those facts. From what I've heard Pelini couldn't talk due to legal reasons. If that was the case I think Pelini made lemon shots out of lemons. If your told by the University lawyers to keep your trap shut I think Pelini did the right thing by focusing on doing his job and and getting his class signed. Pelini could have easily given the kid a heads up without rising to the level of a legal disclosure. I'm not seeing a lot of sympathy for a kid that basically signed a contract under false pretenses and has no recourse. But hey . . . he's locked into NU so that's all that matters, right? I believe you are missing the part of the whole thing where the original article said "Had the Sanders news come out before signing day, Jackson said he probably still would have signed with Nebraska." So in the end, he said himself he'd likely be locked into Nebraska anyways. I have sympathy for the kid that his position coach couldn't continue with the program. I don't think anyone wanted to see Sanders gone based on his coaching. How much sympathy is really needed when he stated himself it wouldn't have made a difference in the original article? If he was asking for a release and NU wasn't granting it that'd be a different story. Why are we supposed to be up in arms about this towards the program when all we really know officially is the OWH baited and took a gut reaction from a kid out of context in order to write a hatchet job article so they could try and get more hits for their content? Cripes.

If he mentions one thing about the coaching staff he takes the day away from welcoming the university's newest football players (and probably eats into a few other universities national recruiting coverage as that would become a big CFB story of the day). He was absolutely right to not address that line of questioning today. It wasn't his fault it slipped out from Indiana in the first place.

OK, I'll try to go slower... Good because trying to decipher what you said before... Well, I had to lump together two posts to try and find some sense that there was actual meaning behind it and that still was very very iffy. I know what it takes for the military academies, its relatively high (and by that I mean the mid 20s ACT). Those are the people supposed to lead troops and all. That's not was I was contemplating and you know it. Academy requirements are an easy thing to find. Hell I've toured two of the academies in person before college and even googled it AGAIN before I made that assertion which you quoted... Welcome to the internet, where we research what we say before we say it so we don't look like morons. Most recruits don't end up in an academy, and well are you kidding me? You think some kid on a football field carrying a ball has more decision making then some 18 year old in the military? As for me. Unfortunately I don't have the eyesight to be a fighter pilot (I'm still dreaming about it though (I'd be good, I have 3d spacial awareness second to only fatal1ty and a very few select pc gamers)) the air force academy at Colorado springs was my dream. However your laughable attempt to turn this around failed... Lets see what is next... While everybody loves to point out the exceptions, the data supports the validity of the ACT for college success. As to success in life, well, first success must be defined and then, well, there will be no need for more of this sentence... Here is your problem then, and you quoted it yourself. You are making assumptions based on the test score statistics. Do you know this kid personally? no, you dont. My test score would have told you I'd have excelled at UNL, maybe even been a band member ;P. Knapplc's would have done the same. He flunked out of UNL and I droppeed out of MCC after we got our scores. and I am betting his was higher then mine. Are we relaying anecdotes? yes. Is that any worse then relaying statistics as some sort of gospel? no. I graduated (and I am going to break knapplc's rule here about discussing GPA or ACT scores) with just barely over ONE HALF of MR. Heard's gpa through highscool. (I was accepted to UNL too, heh, so you can all just take a minute to imagine how that reflects on your degree... or future degree right now). I was a strait D student doing just what I could to get the grades that would get me out of the hell-hole I called high-school. Aside from about 4 teachers classes in HS... I didn't touch homework for 3 and 1/2 years. However I knew more then... dare I say (YOU) 307husker, and 95+% of your classmates... Since you are the one offended and if you don't believe that well... Those statistics you were so eager to point out before regarding the ACT says I did. I was wrong. Those tests I took 12-15 years ago were right. Just who knew I'd be using that score to brag I was a intellectual bad-ass against some dude on a message board 12 years later. First time that score was actually useful, well, that is excepting the devaluation of the degrees anyone got from schools I was accepted to out of high-school. Good counterargument. The data does support it. Edit: I see red... However none, absolutely none of the arguments about the ACT and our scores changes the fact that Braylon Heard is taking the test, to the best of his ability... As many times as he can to qualify to get into Nebraska because that is where he wants to go. Rather then a kudos for getting the score he was shooting for or a "better luck in February" this is what springs up.

I wonder what the ACT score is for the average recruit to the armed forces is out of high school... I'd be willing to bet its not mid 20s especially for jobs like infantry. Those people seem to do fine with all kinds of pressure situations around that same age. What the hell are you talking about? I don't think anybody's really said that. I think a few of us said jumping to conclusions about the potential student (and in your other post how they will handle pressure situations, LOL) someone can be based off a standardized test is a bit ridiculous based on our experience. You know we are becoming a nation of wimps, I mean they don't even play football in blizzards anymore. Generalizations, logical fallacies, and stringing cliche together does not a point make.

I think what Knapplc was trying to point out is that's a pretty big jump. I fall into the same category as him, with a really good ACT score especially considering how little I did in school, with a high-school GPA that frankly I shouldn't have been allowed to graduate with. I dropped out of community college because I couldn't stand school anymore the year after I graduated. I've since gone back after a few years of smartening up in the workforce. There were kids in high-school that I thought were dumb as rocks with 4.0s that did awful on the test that went to college and graduated well before I will. It's one hundred percent about finding a degree path that you enjoy and putting in the work. The test doesn't measure some sort of innate aptitude you will have for college well, if at all. Tests in college aren't really comparable in my experience especially since they are singularly focused. He may struggle, may not, but you cant really draw that conclusion from an ACT score. With the Kid's persistence on trying to take this test to qualify I wouldn't bet against him though.

No it is cumulative based on the 4 sections of the test, you get a score for each. The NCAA just adds them rather then averages them.

It was posted to brag, it really has no bearing on Heard trying to qualify. As others have pointed out scores really have no bearing on how successful or not you are going to be in college. Next test is in Feb.

When you took it you didn't have that knawing throught in the back of your mind telling you that if you didn't get an 18-19 everything you'd dreamed of might not be achievable. I can't imagine the pressure he was under. I feel kind of bad for the kid that he didn't get the score he needed. What I don't feel bad about is that he needed that high of a score to begin with. Everyone has that feeling. If its not for NCAA athletics its for admissions, these tests play a large part of determining where you spend the next 4 years of your life if you are college bound. Every school has cutoff points for entry based on the scores. That being said, the dude bragging about getting a 28 without studying... your score is irrelevant. There are a lot of factors that go into how successful people are at these tests. Including what courses you progressed through, how good a test taker you are, etc. Can everyone get a 28 without studying? No, most people struggle to get average scores with studying, that's how the test is designed to work. These things are simply easier for some people than others.

Doubtful. I hope the Oregon Fans don't want him here. I also wonder a little about his character after not doing more to stop LP from dragging a mutual friend (and Nebraska's reputation) down a flight of stairs. I'm willing to chalk it up to lack of experience. Well he did stop Oregon's thug RB Blount two years ago from jumping into the stands to attack fans at Boise State. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb1ihBb1EYc So he's batting .500 on restraining psychopath running backs. (Although of the two I'd be a little more afraid of LP)

Not worth getting up in arms about. They'll continue to look like idiots and Suh will continue to prove then wrong in the NFL just as he did with McCoy.

Probably OSU, whenever we beat Michigan.

I have a feeling we are in for another amusing bungle of a head coach search at Michigan. If I'm not mistaken Les Miles was headed there last time they did this.

As soon as Osborne is gone would be my guess.

That'd make it two years in a row he sat on the sidelines because it was what the huskers needed to win games. Although 2009 it wasn't voluntarily... it was just three and out or turnovers so often that's what it ended up being. I like Lee, he seems like a good guy. He played hurt and tried hard kept his head up the last 2 seasons. Somehow though between looking absolutely horrible in 2009 and being the backup he became "exactly what the huskers needed to win." Give me a break. We have a stable of receivers that couldn't catch a cold with any consistency, a line that is suspect at best pass blocking, he has absolutely no explosiveness in the run game, and a defense without Suh. That's before you take into account that he was reportedly injured again mid-season this year and only returned for a few series against CU in the senior day game. He showed nothing in 2009 that would make him the Brett Farve (circa 2009) like savior some of you seem to want to make him out to be. It's more then a little ridiculous.

Pretty much all the sports media talking heads, especially nationally, probably make up 99% of what they "speculate" about from "inside sources." It's just the way it works, throw enough at a wall to see what sticks and then claim you were right and connected. ESPN is full of absolute morons when it comes to coaching speculation because nobody is going to give them any info so they guess and hope they are right. Bob Stoops was supposedly taking over Florida last year already when Urban stepped down for a day, he was the leading Candidate for Notre Dame and will probably be Taking over Michigan according to ESPN should they fire Rich Rod without Harbaugh announcing the firing at the press conference, which was a job that had Les Miles ready to abandon his LSU tigers before the national championship game to take over. Like OU we are probably just going to have to get used to it year in and year out, because apparently to all the talking heads at ESPN this isn't a destination job and Bo is looking for an escape to easy recruiting where he'll need his "big time school" private jets to fly across 1 state and slightly bigger paychecks in places that are more expensive to live in. It's asinine.

Awesome. When Crouch ran over that MU defender it made the hit Luck put on that guy earlier this year look like a love tap. Next play in that series Crouch was making cuts that t-mart still dreams of. Small correction: that was a Hawkeye defender he ran over.

Wow, that Nike marketing department brainwashing really worked on you. That's like saying Tiger Woods won championships because he was playing with Nike gear or Michael Jordan was the greatest basketball player ever because of his Air Jordans. Both of those men were at the top of their game simply because they were supreme athletes, had enormous god-given talent, and put in years of hard work. That's where Nike's branding comes in. Nike sponsors teams and individuals around the world that play for championships with the hope that it gives you "The wannabe athlete" (well actually not you so much as the 3rd-12th graders cause they grow out of their $100+ sneakers every few months) the impression that Nike gear will help you run faster, jump higher, and play at a championship level. They want you to associate the swoosh with champions and obviously they succeeded by paying huge endorsement deals with big stars and sponsoring teams. Their gear is no better then most other big sporting goods manufacturers and honestly isn't even their gear past the design, they simply outsource the manufacture of most of it to southeast Asia then sell it here for way more then its worth. It doesn't make a difference who sponsors the team as long as the gear isn't falling apart on the field. It's a business decision. Someone will because they want to be the sponsor when the team wins championships. So everyone watching will subconsciously think the same way as miamihrrcns2001 and associate their products with champions, want to be a champion, and buy their stuff.

Exactly. I like the logo (but not wild about the color) and I like Legends for a division name. Leaders sounds like they decided to try and be "hip" and make one of the names "progressive" and "forward-thinking" which are advertising buzzwords. I think they looked at everything they had and it all said Solid, Permanent, OLD, and they wanted to balance that with something about the future. I think it failed. "Leaders" is what you come up with when you try too hard. Still, if this is the biggest mistake they make in this process, I'm damned happy about it. This is my problem with the logo too, the coloring is off-putting. You have a simple block letter style logo that shy's away from whatever boldness they were trying to portray with a weak powder blue color scheme. It looks even worse when you pair it with a big bold black B. I'm also not a fan of a big blocks of color with white cutout letters. Its personal preference, but it looks like someone's nephew dropped the ball. "Legends" is an okay division name but you kinda paint yourself into a corner with it. Where do you go? "Lore," "Myth," "Tradition"? I like two of those better then "Leaders" and all it would have taken was a thesaurus to come up with them. There simply isn't a lot that is gonna go with that word for cross division marketing. X's and O's was fine, simple, but not very exciting from a marketing standpoint.

We do everything. jliehr, how exactly do I do that? I know next to nothing about coding, other than what I have been able to slap together in this site. It's not coding to turn off directory browsing, it'd be in the httpd.conf in a <directory> tag. You can find more information about that here http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#directory and here http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#options .

Took the words right out of my mouth. Frankly I can't believe people would actually email someone in the AD asking for a coach to be fired, are our fans really that dumb? I guess the answer is yes. So shame on anyone who did and thanks to Tom Osborne for being classy about it.

This is an excellent explanation about why the delay before Nebraska becomes a full share member and the scheduling. Thank you.

Yeah its ridiculous. The transfer rumors have already been proven false by the "people with inside connections" on a few other boards. While people here choose to ignore them, then make up their fantasy stories about the "loner quarterback" with all the athletic ability in the world but a horrible person, that the anecdotal evidence even around here doesn't support from actual interactions with the young man. Who apparently at this point is now this guy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrllCZw8jiM Get a grip, hes a red shirt freshman quarterback, hes learning and growing up. Support his play or criticize it, but character assassination of kid playing on the team by making things up about him is just sad.