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Maybe he's just worried the offense will continue to struggle, and he will feel like he's on the field the whole game.  

He would have good reason to feel this way.

I think we need to give up the idea of Manning being a meaningful presence for Nebraska.  

I mean, the signs are all there.  We've been "friend-zoned" and he's just stringing us along...

4 minutes ago, Husker in WI said:

...although over the past couple years I've started caring more about the floor. The ceiling seems pretty far.

^^^So much this.

It's too bad to lose such an athlete, but if he's sticking to QB, it's really not much of a loss.  AND, it opens the door to get a good QB to Nebraska, so it may end up being a net positive.

100% sincere "best of luck" to Wandale.  He gave his all while he played for Nebraska and I hope he finds success in the future.

2 hours ago, BoKnowsD said:

this did not turn out to go well

Neither did your user name.

2 hours ago, NebraskaHarry said:

Are you saying they shouldn't have wanted to play the season if they didn't want to play one meaningless game at the end of a very long year? 

No, I'm saying they should continue to fight hard and play games to improve the program and represent their university to the best of their ability.

Optics are bad IMO. 

File lawsuits to play, then decline a final game when the season hasn't gone your way....

Disappointing.

I'm personally highly biased, as I transferred for athletic reasons, but I don't see the transfer portal as that big of a deal.  People change and learn a lot fresh out of high school.  I don't think signing an NLI should start some sort of prison sentence where you HAVE to stay at any certain school.

As for paying athletes, it's hard to believe that it won't become some sort of slippery slope that fundamentally changes college athletics.  I think it would be particularly helpful for Nebraska, so selfishly I'm OK with it, but I'm not sure that it will be a good thing for college athletics as a whole.

22 hours ago, Cy the Cyclone said:

That's what I was thinking.  Kansas could use the money, plus they have a center that hikes the ball over the QBs head ever higher than yours does and with alarming frequency.  

I'm almost embarrassed by how hard I laughed at this.

1 minute ago, runningblind said:

Got a better idea? Do you enjoy the same 3 teams winning every year since the playoff started? I sure don't.  

I certainly don't have a worse idea.

I thought I read that for this year (only) the primary deciding factor is the # of losses, not the # of wins.  Anybody read the rules directly?

4 minutes ago, Mavric said:

This is a nice play where you can see the speed.

 

 

This reminded me of TMagic speed where it looks like the opposing players are in slow motion.

Feels good. Feels REAL good.

6 minutes ago, Mavric said:

 

I agree with this.  But I do find it ... interesting? ... ironic? ... something?  ... that Madison - as I understand it - is probably towards the end of the scale with being more strict on prevention measures yet they seem to be having more trouble than anyone else.

Meh, college kids aren't known for their level headed altruistic decision making skills

Lol. Poor Bo.

1 hour ago, jaws said:

 

Why would we presume it was from playing Wisconsin? 

Because it neatly fits his narrative?

1 minute ago, jaws said:

You guys better watch out or the B1G will move you to the East and make you play all away games. 

 

What the heck is the B1G trying to do here? This isn't a good look by them. 

At this point, would anybody REALLY be surprised by this?

I have no idea as to how it would benefit the B1G to be against Nebraska's success in football.  We are, despite Hawkeye fan objections, a premium football brand.  It would greatly benefit the entire conference if we rose to a perennial top 10 or even 20 team.  I have no doubt that we're headed that direction and that SF will take us there.  He's sacrificed the first couple of years of his tenure in terms of instant success, in order to build a stronger foundation for much bigger success down the road.

However, it's getting more and more difficult to look past some of these things.

I think the real play was to force the big 10 to say "no" again.  By doing so, Nebraska puts themselves in an interesting position with the B1G. 4d chess or simple frustrated defiance? 

Thinking beyond the current power 5 structure? Is the separation of power 5 football and the NCAA near?

How does this help Nebraska? The odds of it actually happening were very slim so there has to be another reason.

10 minutes ago, knapplc said:

"Choosing to opt out" when you don't meet the Big Ten's threshold is bulls#!t.

 

They didn't want to play a road game with their fourth-string QB, without their head coach, and get whipped.

 

 

Like I said, they scared.  

They scared.

Click bait. Disregard.

My primary concern is that more of the team may also test positive forcing a cancellation of the game.  It might be nice to get WI without their emerging star QB, but I'd rather play them with Mertz than not play them at all.