Enhance

I think this thread will be very helpful for our Clemson visitors on this board and many other posters who may not completely understand our passion for Husker football and why we treat it the way we do. Nebraska isn't a very large state in terms of population. Because of this, we are denied the luxuries of other states that have the population and economy to afford pro football teams, baseball teams, basketball teams, and more than one major university. We are so passionate about Husker football and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln because they are our football, baseball, basketball, etc. We have nothing else major to fall back on and come together with as a state. Nothing has been around long enough or been enjoyed as much over the years as Husker football. If we had more major sports, I guarantee the entire state wouldn't be as passionate about Husker football as they are, but it's all we have. That's why Nebraska is so special to us, because no other state has a tradition of one major sports team that has captured the hearts of an entire state like the Huskers have. Most Husker fans grow up breathing the Husker aroma. Most of our families are born and raised Nebraskans, and the tradition of Husker football has been passed down for generations. I, personally, was born in 1989 and grew up right in the thick of arguably the greatest decade of football by any college football team ever. Three National Championships and a 1995 squad that blew our minds just fueled my passion. I hope this clears up any questions that visitors might have. Feel free to add something to the post if you feel I forgot it. In short, I just wanted to explain to everyone why Nebraska fans are the way they are. We have nothing that unifies us like Husker football, and we don't have the population or economy that could support any other major sports team right now. All we have is the Huskers, and that's why we are Nebraska.

You have not lived in nebraska since 93. If you even clapped for another team the put their fist in your face. My standard reply (which i used a few times) was if you hit me, I will not hit back. That way it is an assault, not a fight, and you (the deranged fan) will be arrested. We had a nice thing going with all the Clemson fans here, and now you just took a little something away from it. Can you blame Nebraska for it's passion? We haveno pro football team, pro baseball team, pro basketball team, or anything else major (in terms of sports). The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is our football, our basketball, our baseball, etc. People just can't seem to understand that for one reason or another. I will not be at Clancy's on 114 Dodge on Thursday, I will be at home enjoying the game with family and friends the way it should be done. I hope you feel real cool issuing an assertive attack on Husker fans to come out there and screw with you (and don't say that's not what you're saying, because you are specifically calling out Husker fans to come find you in a BAR of all places). Grow up, have some class, and be like the rest of your Clemson brothers on this board and talk real football. Don't waste our time with petty challenges.

I didn't read all the posts on here, but unless somebody else got this I think I ousted a lot of people. The entire 1995 National Championship Season on DVD set. No commercial breaks, no waiting for timeouts to get over, just play after play of the greatest team in football history.

...except minus the sarcasm.. The all whites suck. HTH. Seriously, I don't remember when the last time was Nebraska wore all whites before last year's debacle in Buffalo. But because of my lack of memory, as far I'm concerned we are 0-1 in all whites and we suck @$$ when we wear them.

Of all the reasons I have heard, I think the most hurtful was that it had to do with rape/sexual assault. I don't remember where I read it (I thought it was on this board), but I almost blew up. How dare anybody accuse Glenn of rape/sexual assault when there is absolutely no evidence to support this. Plus, if it were some sort of felony, it would be in the news without a doubt. Again, I don't remember where I read this (it was on some message board), but it was completely disgraceful to even bring up without any hard evidence.

"Speed" is just a term popularly coined by ESPN and it's analysts. Statistically speaking, the actual speed (in 40 yard dash time) is just as good as any other team. SEC/ACC teams aren't just automatically "faster" on defense because they are in the SEC/ACC. It all comes down to execution, and SEC/ACC defenses appear to fly to the ball. Here's the fault though, which is the huge debate. Are SEC/ACC offenses bad which makes the defenses look great, or are the SEC/ACC defenses just that good? I tend to think it's a little bit of both. Obviously, nobody in the ACC is as powerful offensively as Oklahoma or Texas, for that matter. I would seriously doubt anybody in the SEC is that great offensively either, even Florida. Personally, I feel Clemson's defense is ranked so high because they haven't played any overly explosive offenses. If Clemson were in the Big 12, they would not be ranked in the top 40 defensively. The matchup between NU-CU and OU-FU is going to say a lot.

I agree with this. Think about it, before we played Missouri we were running a very complicated multi-set offense. We had power I, shotgun, ace, and many others. Callahan's playbook was 800,000,000 pages long and was very complicated, which forced players to have to tirelessly work with the playbook to understand the offense (perhaps players were so worried about the offensive scheme they forgot fundamentals?) Watson retained a lot of Callahan's playbook and kept going at it with the West-Coast multi-set offense. After Missouri, we primarily switched to shotgun spread formations. I can't even tell you the last time I saw the power I on the field when it wasn't 3rd or 4th and short. I know we have done power I but it has become very rare. Even with the shotgun spread attack, however, players need to know the playbook and the importance of timing (which is a key component of the spread offense). Dumbing down the offense (for lack of a better term) would result in us changing our offensive scheme again. I don't think their is any offense that could be easier to run then perhaps a power run game, but even power run option games means players need to understand schemes, strong blocking, and you have to have a quarterback to run it well. TL:DRSimply put, dumbing down the offense more would result in a change of offense, and I don't think there is any offense that can be learned simply. Put players in when they are ready and understand, because this type of offense doesn't have the ability to include a lot of young players.

He can't pick up the defense is what I hear. Younger players are outplaying him and getting the defense better.

If I'm not mistaken the Big 12 is only allowed to send two teams to BCS bowl games, and Texas and Oklahoma are much better teams than Texas Tech. Tech may have beaten Texas, but we all know Texas and OU are the better teams. A team thats gets blown out as badly as Tech did against OU doesn't deserve a bcs bowl bid. (It's my honest opinion, especially after the 2001 season when the fuffaloes ripped us and then we went to the national championship game)

Anybody know about Cody Green's championship game status in Texas? It's today but I haven't seen any updates on LJS, OWH, or any other website.

The thing about football is that it takes precedence over a lot of things. On Thanksgiving, for example, UNL had Wednesday through Friday off from school that week for break. The team was forced, however, to stay on campus for practice and preparation until Saturday after the Friday game. Many of the Huskers said they postponed family things until the game was over that Friday after Thanksgiving, so I expect they will do the same with Christmas things until after the bowl game.

1995-96 Fiesta Bowl. Florida Gator "Fun and Gun" offense. Nebraska was a 5 point underdog to the offense that "couldn't be stopped". Here's how it goes these days. Big 12 offenses are great, defense lacks. SEC offenses suck, defenses are great. I think it's going to be a close game, but I think we might know by the end of the first half who is going to win. Either OU will be dominating offensively or Florida will be dominating OU's offense.

i wouldnt go that far...... you have no idea who turner brings in as defensive coordinator. and I think its clear turner is a fine coach. i'm not saying Turner is a bad coach, and the 6-6 record might be a stretch, but clearly the Pelini hire came from a defensive standpoint. I don't think TO would risk hiring Gill as HC and wait for him to make his defensive coordinator choice. Pelini was brought in with a strong focus on defense and Pelini is a guy with proven results. Given Pelini's defensive knowledge, he is the safer choice.

This is why sportswriters not associated with Nebraska should not cover Nebraska. He obviously didn't know about the giant problems Nebraska had at defense last year, and Gill couldn't have righted the defensive woes like Pelini did. Pelini may have fewer years of general "coaching" experience, but he has been the DC at 3 major BCS schools: Nebraska, OU, and LSU. It's ridiculous to claim that Gill would have been the better choice. Gill was an "assistant" when Nebraska won 3 national titles, but Pelini was a coordinator during his dominant championship run at LSU. Gill may have gotten a good Buffalo team to start winning, but he hasn't proven yet that he can maintain winning teams. If he tanks it next year and Buffalo goes 6-6 or worse, will there still be all this talk about Gill being the possible better hire? I don't think so. Given Nebraska's defensive woes and lack of passion, Pelini is the obvious better choice. Gill as head coach this year? I don't see us going better then 6-6.

I did a CPU vs. CPU game with Nebraska vs. Clemson, and Nebraska won 38-21.

I think with the fact that this is only our 3rd bowl game in 5 years and that we missed a bowl game last year a lot of Nebraska faithful will be on their way to the Gator Bowl. We all know how well Nebraska travels. Don't rule out the distance being a factor though. Nebraska vs. Notre Dame in Southbend, 2001, is a perfect example.

You're going to have to hear them anyways. Turner Gill is too good to come back and just be an assistant; he knows that, his players know that, Nebraska knows that. It'd be great, but it's just not going to happen. No guy would go back to their alma mater to be an assistant coach if another Division 1 head coaching opportunity was right around the corner. It'd would be pretty damn sweet to have him on the staff though.

Nebraska also likes to get fly-overs for it's big games (apparently they pump up the crowd and get us jacked up). We have this uncanny ability, however, to always mess up the timing of the plane(s). "Oooooh say can you *WHOOOOOOOOOOOSH*" was popular in 2008 OR... "...and the home of the brave! *45 seconds go by* **WHOOOOOOOOSH**" Yeah..we rock.

That video is awesome - I think I'm a Nebraska fan now (except, you know, when you play Clemson)... I feel so honored to be going bowling with you guys. Wow... Well make sure you hang out on this board more often! We would love to have you on here. I have felt the same way about Clemson after all this time chatting with Clemson fans. I really enjoy the Clemson program and will root for them in all their games in the future (except for any future NU-CU match ups lol). Welcome to the Board!

Not to dis on the Clemson fans that I've grown to really like and respect on this board, and not to disrespect your opinion, but I think FSU would have been a way more difficult opponent than CU and I think, right now, FSU is a more stable and a better football program than both Clemson and Nebraska. They have a very tenured head coach down there at FSU who has played in some big games, while we have a first year head coach which has done well with bowls in his lifetime but has never coached from a head coach standpoint.

I see you've been introduced to Oldman, our resident sit-on-the-porch-and-spray-kids-with-the-hose-guy/troll. < oldman

TOP is everything with this team...but that has kind of been needed in Nebraska for a long time, hasn't it? Without a doubt, and now more than ever with our still-in-progress defense. I have no doubt Carl and Bo will get this team where it needs to be defensively, but we need a ball-controlling offense to make it easier on the defense without question.

What? They call holding (and all other penalties) on teams other than NU? Oh yeah - it won't be B12 refs. If Clemson wanted to be sure of a win, they would DEMAND Big12 refs. ROFL. Words can't even explain how much I hate B12 refs.

An observation...which I could be wrong...could be right: In Missouri, Iowa, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas it is much easier to be a bandwagon fan. If your team isn't doing well, you support the other college team or one of the pro teams in your state. In Nebraska we don't have a pro team, and we don't have another major college team - so we don't have anyone else to support. IMHO that is to the university's benefit in Nebraska. We have a fan base that has no other options if they like football. That is why we automatically win every argument no matter what Nebraska is our baseball, our football, our basketball, etc. It's tough for anybody else to understand because if their team isn't doing well they have a lot of other options (in-state) to fall back on. We literally have none. ^^^^This is also why it's important for Nebraska to consistently dominate in football, that way we have something to do with our lives other than