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This to me is very plausible.

I've heard this before but no one ever elaborates. PM me and elaborate, please. I'll have what Elf's having, please. Me too if possible.

My guess is that either footballscoop is wrong or there is another hc job in the works.

I lived in Omaha for 20+ years. I recently moved back to the Houston area. On a technical level, Runza's burgers are probably better than Whataburger. However, I do not pine for Runza's hamburgers the way I did for a Whataburger. When I visit Nebraska, I'm not sure I will stop at the first Runza I see the way I always stopped at the first Whataburger I saw when driving back to Texas. I hope we find a good offensive coordinator. Edit: I don't know if my sig tag shows because I'm on the mobile site, but even though I don't live there anymore, I'm still Nebraskan by choice.

You, sir or madam,are my hero.

I moved to Omaha from Texas alone during the week between Christmas 1989 and New Years Day 1990. Didn't follow college football too closely in Texas, but I was keenly aware of all of the SWC teams. It was impossible not to be aware of Husker football during that time. I dated a girl and went to her parents' house to watch the loss to Washington in about '92. Sometime during that time, I read in the paper about Kenny Walker, and how the fans would "clap" for him by shaking their hands in the air because he was deaf. I thought that was pretty cool. I moved back to Texas for a couple years in '95 and brought a (different) girl with me and we got married down there. By then I was dyed red. We watched the missed field goal game and I was giving her the play by play because she couldn't bear to watch. I remember going nuts when they won the first NC and everybody thought I was crazy. My in-laws came down for Christmas the next year and we all watched the Fiesta Bowl route of Florida. I remember ordering pizza and we were all decked out in red and the pizza guy thought we were nuts. By the third NC (that great man), we'd moved back to Omaha. Lived in Omaha until last spring. Had season tickets for one year, went to a total of about 20 games, including Minny and Illinois the last two years. Last fall, I took my family to a Husker Heroes event in the practice facility for families of special needs kids. I had a pretty good idea at that time we'd be moving, and I just about broke down looking at that old stadium for the last time. We just moved back to the Houston area, but I was able to watch every game on cable and listen to the post game show on the internet. I will bleed Husker red forever, for sure. Edit: fixed a grammatical error.

Not only that but he nailed the firing, timing and all. I've been here since the beginning. It's over now. The Sock is dead, long live the Sock. Edit: meant to be included with the previous quote. Dumb phone.

OK, I wanted to get in this thread. As usual, I have nothing constructive to add to the discussion. Except this: as full of epicness as this thread is, it may not be the single most epic thread in HB history. That may belong to the thread about the Youtube video being marked up by Husker fans. I say "may", instead of definitely is, because this thread is a uniter, not a divider.

League City wishes you well.

He's a wide receiver who blocks. How can you not respect that?

^^^^^

I mostly listened on the radio, but what little tv I did watch I noticed that. Did they ever mention that we were playing without our senior 5 year starter at qb?

HE'S NOT?! No, he isn't. That is the reason I started this thread, I obviously wasn't clear. I didn't start the thread because he called the Huskers stuck on "not good enough", or that he compared them to the Cowboys. I also had higher hopes for this season and agree that it was a wasted opportunity for many reasons: coaches, injuries, players, etc... However, Dirk says Bo is coaching for his 6th straight 9 win season, that is a flat out misrepresentation of the facts. Bo Pelini has had more 10 win seasons in his first 5 years as a coach than 9 win seasons. He has coached in championship games in half of his seasons here. Dirk CAN write whatever he wants, it's just sad that he chooses to. I've been a Husker fan for half my life, and a Cowboy fan all my life. I've made these same comparisons. However, for Dirk to use "9 win seasons" as a mark here is dishonest. I know his job is to stir the pot, but he's using a broken stick to stir it. It cements his status as a hack with an axe to grind in my opinion.

Sorry, no. Maybe Bo was stupid for saying what he did in front of an open mic just before starting his show. But it was a conversation between three people (sounds like). They were speaking in hushed tones. Have you ever gone home to your spouse and complained about your boss and called him a farkhead? Ever vented to your neighbors or your best friend? This was a betrayal of epic proportions.

There are over 700 replies to this thread, all evincing shock at Pelini's actions in some form or another. Everyone agrees Bo will have to answer for what he said. But that's a separate issue from the tool who released this recording. HuskerBoard, you see, is capable of walking and chewing gum. Simultaneously. I was calling out the utter absurdity of thinking that it's the person releasing the recording who lacks respect for the fans. Of course this was a calculated release by someone with an agenda. So what? It was the perfect time to release it. People have legitimate reasons to want Pelini gone, and some may have legitimate reasons to have their identities concealed. That's how things work. What legitimate reason for concealing their identities?

I finally got around to listening to the recording just before jumping onto Huskerboard. It sounds to me like an emotional guy shooting the bull with a couple of other people and venting. Whoever made that recording and kept it, and whoever sent it to Deadspin today, they are snakes in the grass. I agree that their are cracks in the program, possibly cracks that couldn't be fixed even before today. But this, this is low.

+1

I have a real problem with any player on a football field being considered defenseless. I do not agree with the call. That said, I think the refs could make a case that Kenny targeted and launched based on how the kid flew and landed, and the way Kenny acted immediately after the play. However, the real problem is that the recipient of the hit (don't know his name, sorry), wasn't aware of his surroundings on the field. If his head had been on a swivel, he would have reacted to Kenny's presence and there would be no discussion as to whether it was a clean block. We still would have scored on the play. He wasn't paying attention and he got clocked. The only way the kid doesn't get whacked is if Kenny slows up. Sorry, but if I'm not paying attention and run a stop sign, it's my fault if I get hit. Not a great analogy, but if you're not aware of your surroundings on the field, you're gonna get whacked because you're going full speed, not reacting to an approaching blocker. In other words, it's not Kenny's fault the other guy didn't know he was there, and it would not have been a full speed collision if he had.

Jello. Firm Jello though, not that chunky, cuby watery stuff.

That was at the corn maze at Vala's Pumpkin Patch just outside of Omaha. They had Herbie in several places at Vala's, which they described as a Lincoln-area attraction.

Karma man. This board actually helped me see things straight two years ago. I still get emotional about it, which is kind of pathetic on my part.

Edit: dumb post so I deleted it.

I've been to exactly two NU road games, if you count a bowl game a road game. Both were in the state of Texas. One was the MU game in the Alamobowl, the one with the crazy finish. Just based on those two experiences I can tell you that Big 10 programs and fans have more class in their little fingers that Bix 12 programs and fans could ever hope to have. It's still taking some getting used to, but we're home now. We're home.

My whole point: it's not an either-or thing. I stand by Bo as I have said, but I choose not to be livid over that article, because it's not worth being livid over. But go ahead, you can keep drawing those battle lines. The idea that if you thought Dirk's article wasn't garbage, you are against Bo and against the team...is what saddens me. And Chuck, I was basing that on the comments I read on Dirk's article before the Ohio State game. A lot of people agreed with him. Or at the least didn't consider it anti-team, the way it's being portrayed now. Of course - we can sweepingly proclaim all those fans who made those comments as anti-team. But of course. Hate on Dirk, or you hate on the team. Good luck rallying people to your "side", knapp, I think you'll have no trouble. I wonder why sides even need to be drawn. I thought that we were all fans who supported the team. Silly me. There are going to be some entries in this thread that I haven't read yet, so I'm sorry if I'm repeating something that someone has already said. My problem with Dirk is the history. He has a history of second guessing, and stupidly so. No links here (sorry) but you can go review some of his old articles. So Friday's article is just another piece of drivel. Does it stand on its own? Maybe, maybe not. But my opinion of his opinion is jaded by what to me is a bias against Pelini, and some really dumb statements about what Bo "should have done." If you want me to dig up links it'll be at a later time when I'm less tired.