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great mulch deal if youre in the omaha area and a do it your-selfer @ dailydealomaha

deal good thru end of day or until 25 sold. colored brown or natural (my personal choice, colored mulch is nasty stuff, it will rub off/dye your house, block walls, etc.) you cannot go to menards and buy the bags, lug them home, empty them out, etc, for anywhere close to that price.

Iowa game 4/26 I'll be in Lincoln or at Huber Haus Bockfest in Omaha 3/26. Always down for the Playhouse or Binions.

ive been thinking about going to the bockfest, never been, although I do enjoy the Crescent/Huber Haus itself every once in awhile. maybe we can get GM_Tood in here, get some Bellevue/Omaha flavor going, he's meet up down. The only one ive met from the board so far that Im aware of. Him and I grabbed a couple at Barretts BarleyCorn a few months back. I think he plays volleyball there if IIRC. Im not a big strip club guy, but I do happen to be friends with several people that work at Sarie's, and Im never shy for some blackjack/buffet action across the river. The new DJ's Dugout downtown is also quite good.

You can also find me at the Brazen Head around noon on St Paddys...(17th)

"shed a light?" Really? This recruiting services stuff Isnt under the radar. Quickly becoming the next wave of sensationalized offseason newsbunk. I mean, people think these recruiting companies have compiled these vast databases for Joe Fat Blow on the couch's general football knowledge and payment of 10 dollars a month? Any of you ever see or even pay yourself 10 or 20 bucks when you where in high school to some company that came out and set up combine type drills, for a fancy print out and your stats on their website? Theyre not making that info for you, nor making their real money, their very business, off of Johnny having a slip saying he ran 4.78 or giving Joe Fat the latest 'scoop' for his message board du jour. People don't think, or are really shocked to learn that they charge colleges for their vast information that an army of recruiters could never collect on their own?

Uh-oh...what if the ACT and SAT's are corrupt as well! Theyre telling all these schools who to select. Oh, but you say the schools dont pay these programs. Not newsworthy. Well, maybe that's where they are smarter. They charge application fees tho, require these tests be taken, dont they? The tests cost money, dont they? How is it different, really? They hand still feeds the mouth.

Oh, but a 34 ACT is a better get than a 32, they have to have that in place...right???...RIGHT! But it doesn't mean either side is guaranteed getting their moneys worth out of the deal. 34's feel free to argue, we're both here for some reason.

Hell, its been featured in movies. Multiple movies. Ones with active coaches themselves in, that at one point or another shows a recruiting guru being rushed to get Tommy Tuberwhosit the latest and most exclusive 'knowledgeable' reports on a prospect. All of the sudden there is supposed to be outrage over this? I notice the article states that it hasnt been widely publicized...well, geez, I guess thats a guilty plea right there. It wasnt news! Lets make it news!

Are some schools likely skirting these practices by paying shady reps of a sort directly for commitments and calling them recruiting services? Sure. This is college football after all, unlike all those academics, especially those with or gearing for journalism degrees types that would never cheat on a standardized test.

But theyre just as likely doing it through plumbers, trucking companies, miracle jobs and contracts, etc. The mock shock some put out over this "newly found scandal" is hilarious. I know I ranted a bit there...but come on. Agh.

no band this weekend, and ive got friends in lincoln that could use a visit. been cravin bisonwitches lately as well. ive got all my excuses in line guys...

if all else, you can find me in the old market rather easily, as i live down here.

there is a common, easy solution to all of this guys. we need a point man. oddly, too many indians and not enough chiefs.

someone pulls the trigger, and puts their money where their mouth is. go make one decent t, wherever and whatever on it (simpler and less 'insider' the better) post a pic of you in it, and then you rake in the pennies when everyone sees they actually exist and someone has taken the plunge.

it wont be me. im allergic to creativity, and more importantly, an expert procrastinator. most importantly, your tshirt money very well may end up at the bar crawl in liquid form instead of cotton.

bring it. Never deep fried a hawk before. First time for everything.

they're both just as guilty. the CIA will use him and not worry about his family and such because it has bigger goals in mind, or a priority that it sees worth it to dangle this man and extract every ounce of 'success' out of him.

his shortsighted view of not wanting to let his country down, or extracting revenge for his father at all costs, is no better. he is ultimately risking his family, and his family of a the joy of a father, for his own personal beliefs, or whatever you want to call it. he may be a great terrorist hunter, but nothing he does is going to end it-and im sure he is aware of this, as smart as the article makes him out to be. he is blinded by vengeance. if he didnt have a family then its a different story.

all the visa stuff is fluff. this man can capture men no one else can, will risk cross border missions, has worked with the shadiest of organizations in the world, but has to rely on some silly piece of paper from the USA to get his family somewhere safe? please.

he stays there, him and/or his family will die. im sure he'll get a great big medal or something.

the OC at colorado (where they decimated world weed supplies cheebin his riddance) and the head coaching reference (without mentioning that he lost twice as many games as he won) are classic.

"Yeah, i was a car salesman at Big Nuts Toyota...didnt work out though, I never sold a car."

the guy has proved nothing other than being a scourge.

that we have one would be a good start fuzzy. seriously, what kind of question is that? people act like the defense has so much to prove because the big ten is sooooo different...its not, folks. it really isnt that dramatic of a change. the conference shift is chevy vs ford, not chevy vs the space program. what is dramatic is Nebraska's offense. its like a gawldarn soap opera.

maybe your looking for specifics or something? i think several different expectations have been laid out clear as day already in the thread.

im fully prepared for slaughter, been considering this a long time. wasnt impressed much with prince this year honestly, especially top 10 pick worthy. the worst thing that could have happened to prince this year did- he was the fastest, most elite back of a numbers heavy secondary...4-5-even 6 guys playing essentially corner/safety hybrid spots. prince realistically learned/gained NOTHING this year as a true island corner, and as evidence I submit the OSU shellacking he took. completely unprepared for an elite, NFL caliber wide out with a cagey old gunslinger throwing to him, and being zeroed in on. You cant paint it pretty, gundy singled him out, and he was destroyed. every single week he is going to see that in the nfl. patrick peterson was a 'no fly zone' as well, with a far worse secondary around him, and still finished the year with an improved interception number of 4. Did he take some licks? Sure, but he actually played. I just cant help but look at Prince's year and be so torn...on one side glad he was guarding a third of the field perhaps excellently, on the other, disappointed that he didnt get pushed at all. Too quiet. Nothing extraordinary was asked of this supposedly extraordinary athlete. NOTHING. Patrick Peterson had a single game with 257 return yards and a TD...had a game with 2 int's...he showed up all over the field... and now with the impending lockout...oh geez...two years of not being challenged...that doesnt make a lockdown corner guys. theyre more rare than top notch qb's.

prince will be one of the bigger disappointments of this years draft, especially in the arena of what husker fans are expecting of him. As good as he is, he is a true NFL project. Ill be surprised if he has anything close to a ralph brown type career, who while never an elite/regular starting corner is an amazing 10 year vet, making his way with special teams and nickel/dime play, and was drafted 5th round.

Why is the game on Saturday not on TV or am I missing something?

Yeah its not on TV. Guess Big 12 doesn't care about the 2 teams that are leaving, even though both are fighting for a spot in the big dance.

not surprising, really.

i was searching for possible links of any sort earlier and came across this tidbit that will certainly help nebraska's stellar road record:

Tickets for the University of Colorado men's basketball game vs. Nebraska this Saturday, March 5, are SOLD OUT for the general public. Colorado has now sold out a record five men's basketball games this season.

 

The Nebraska game will not be televised, but it will be broadcast on the radio on 850 KOA for the first time this season and will be the first CU basketball game on KOA since the winter of 1983.

completely uninteresting link

gonna throw another log on he fire here...

why is there any surprise to this, i mean, BYU plays division one sports. we've seen outstanding athletes from that school pass up pro chances because of their faith...we have also seen them go the other way.

i guess im non-plussed about the whole thing. if thats how they want to represent themselves, then good on them.

do i agree with how and why it has all turned out to be so? no. not in the least.

but i do respect it. he signed up for it. ive tried to be the guy that says, 'oh come on, its college...' blah blah blah. but he accepted that scholarship. very noble of landlord to come out and say that he possibly outed himself...but come on...he was knowingly breaking the rules before that point. it obviously came after the fact that he broke them. that would be like one of our dui guys reporting themselves immediately after the cops pulled him over. "hold on officer, i need to go run some steps and report to the unity council before you arrest me..." im sure mr davies finished and said, oh...better report myself. there was probably a bit of cuddling involved.

if anything, BYU should be applauded. they drew a line in the sand, and by gawd, they stuck to it.

doesnt mean i wont be surprised to here more sordid details come out around this program. the very action of trying to deny the microscope into todays media world only will draw more scrutiny.

Nebraska would have been fine against A&M and would have had more rushing yards had it not been for just about every third and short situation getting turned into a third and long because of a penalty.

this brings up an excellent point that has been overlooked...offensive penalties/mistakes.

they have been huge. and they quickly put the defense back on the field in numerous times. do i even have to bring up a game such as the ISU home loss? ANY defense would have a mountain to climb with our offense of the last few years behind it.

you can talk til your blue in the face that nebraska's defense needs to make some dramatic change to be able to handle run based offenses, but Bo has worked in the SEC, and consistently shut down offenses far different than what the big 12 has to offer. was it really more of a shock that sdsu scored as many points as they did on us, or that the nebraska offense didnt?

if the offense can prove (see what i did there?) that they can stay on the field, thus alleviating the defense of, hell, even one drive a game, well then...there's your cookie. i remember one game last year where our offensive line said give us the damn ball and actually proved it (one drive really, and many, myself included, said oh there is the offense we need)...and we ended up losing to that team the second time around.

championships very well may be won with defense, and one squad is usually better than the other. but not to the wide gap we've experienced at the hands of the nebraska program the past few years. the offense has 2 things to prove really: that they can score when needed, and that they can consistently not f#*k up the entire operation.

the OMB...there is an arm of government doing a bang up job.

maybe third time on the ragged edge is the charm?

because thats kinda what we're lookin at. with the texas win, we made up for our 'first mistake' (tech and baylor losses, if we had those plus the texas win, sheeit) then we follow that glimpse of hope (based more on other big 12 teams mediocrity rather than our exciting win over Texas alone) by an enormous bed crapping with KSU and ISU...now we are somehow, i swear its black magic, back where we were after going an ugly 1-2 since texas, staring down a road game, of all things. geesh.

actually, the more i think about it, the less sense it makes.

exhausting, but not in the enjoyable way.

my grandpa had one installed in his yard and i have yet to see a year pass that something doesnt have to be addressed with it, and he is one of those religious maintenance types. his yard is immaculate, and the sprinkler system is like his evil nemesis. twice in the 8 years hes had it his yard has had to be torn up to replace lines. so many things go wrong with them, especially in our climate. start ups, winterization, mowing stuck heads off, sediment in the lines, replacing pumps...on and on and on. maybe he just got a bad draw, who knows. Either way, prepare for at least the first year or two to be trying.

i have a friend in the lawn and landscape business, and while he puts in enormous water features and drip irrigation regularly, he wont mess with auto sprinklers. he refers Hoich Irrigation or Millard Sprinkler. Expect a free estimate, and the inevitable upsale of other landscaping work. As far as pricing, with the free estimates and many companies in town doing it, you should be fine. The biggest way its going to get out of hand is what type and how many heads you place, how many seperate zones your yard shape will require, and how fancy of a programmer you want. The quicker the better though. My buddy is already out doing installs and is booked through the middle of June.

thats classic gobigger.

i remember a story from a few years back about a black firefighter's association in a rather large local union actually suing the 'white firefighters association'...that did not officially exist, it had only been started as a joke because they wouldnt even let their white co-workers in their clubhouse. a complete head scratcher, and rather hilarious in the end.

VERY dramatic SI.com homepage...and I was sucked in...

after reading the article, I want my ten minutes back.

seems as though the question should be "which home game will you attend or wish you could attend because some other big name school will be there and that makes it mean more" by some of the answers.

for me, the moccasin game is the game I am most excited about, because its the first game on the schedule that I get to go back and not only watch Husker football in Memorial Stadium, but see friends that I can pick up a conversation with like we worked together yesterday, when In reality its been almost a year. Call me corny if you want. But dont call me a liar or mock it.

for reference:

Elite Quaterback Academy

Space is limited in the Elite Quarterback Academy. The camp will focus on the fundamentals of the quarterback position including footwork, throwing motion, and reading coverage. The Elite Quarterback Academy is for student-athletes entering Grades 10-12.

 

What to Bring: Comfortable shorts, shirts and football shoes. For live-in campers, sheets and pillowcases will be provided. Please bring toiletries (such as toothbrush and toothpaste, soap, deodorant, etc), a bath towel, and a blanket if you have a tendency to get cold at night (the residence halls are air conditioned).

 

* June 12-14, 2011

* Commuter - $350

* Overnight - $400

Big Red Football School

Its a general camp overall, for quarterback prospects....my opinion is that he would learn many skills, not only related to football, by attending it though. Perhaps he would not have to attend this year, eh?

Give a little more info on your biased prospect, and maybe you can find a way to sponsor him. If he is at such a small school, its unlikely they attend the team camp. Standing on that field turf can do wonders for a young mans confidence and goals.

The NFL also collects another $4 billion off the NFL Network which players get no part of.

 

I'm hearing it's a 90% chance of a lockout. Nothings been agreed on.

they will recieve the television money, but will have to repay it, with interest, the year after if there are no games. its simply a lifeline.

ive also read in several places that the TV contract money alone that is paid out to each team covers players salaries for every franchise under the salary cap. that means everything else is gravy for the league and owners. are players overpaid? sure. but the NFL isnt hurting. something like a $900 million pot has been set aside for owners/teams to dip into in situations like this. I hate that all these old players are getting sh#t, dying, etc., and there is a token fund, set up by the NFLPA, that supports them, kind of. They are both greedy as heck. But the players, well, they grease the machine in the end. We shall see how big their balls are.

say youre forty years old, sittin at the tailgate...

would you bring up, "i had an invite to go to the camp, but didnt go, but i played a decent baseball game that day in...' or would you tell the story about how you went, who you saw, who you threw to?

what does he want to do?