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Let's hope not. That's a good article, btw.

Huskers Have Some Big Investments in the Redshirt Market By Brandon Vogel www.hailvarsity.com April 20, 2020 <snip> Three-point plan for Nebraska to live up to that ranking: 1) Redshirt years must pay off, 2) You have to defend the run in the Big Ten, and 3) Rediscover offensive efficiency. Nebraska has redshirted 83% of the players in its first two recruiting classes under Frost. That’s the highest rate among the class of 2018 coaches at Power 5 jobs and it’s not really close. Chad Morris redshirted two-thirds of his first two classes at Arkansas. Joe Moorhead redshirted 65.7% of his two classes at Mississippi State. Both coaches only got two classes; Morris was fired in November after a 4-18 start, Moorhead in January after going 14-12 with back-to-back bowl trips. Those two had the second- and third-highest redshirt rates. Frost’s two-year redshirt rate is also higher than all 11 of the new Power 5 coaches in the class of 2019, the second group of coaches to tackle a new job and early signing at the same time. So far the 24 coaches at this level faced with that exact challenge have, on average, redshirted 49.8% of their first classes at their new jobs. Kelly played 18 of the 27 players in his first class right away, the lowest one-year redshirt rate (33.3%) of any coach in this group. Mack Brown is the second-lowest, redshirting 37.5% of his first class at North Carolina. LINK ============================================================ The article says our 83% redshirt rate is very high. That surprises me. I mean, with the new rules allowing a player to appear in four games before losing his shirt, it seems like the redshirt rates would skyrocket. Heh.

Historic U.S. Job Losses in Perspective By Jeff Desjardins Published 6 days ago on April 17, 2020 www.visualcapitalist.com These Charts Put the Historic U.S. Job Losses in Perspective. When recessions hit, it’s not unusual to see millions of jobs lost. Such episodes are a regular part of the business cycle and when they occur, most businesses do their best to tough things out. Then, as time progresses, it gradually becomes clear that spending must be curtailed, budget cuts must be made, and workers must unfortunately be sent home. This economic process normally takes months, or even years, to unwind. But, the COVID-19 pandemic has thrown a wrench into the economic status quo, creating a situation that is incomparable to any previous downturn. Instead of a gradual economic transition to slower growth prospects, business operations have suddenly screeched to a halt with no clear window to resume. Beyond Comparison The Great Lockdown of the economy has been completely unprecedented, both in terms of the speed of the shutdown and its impact on jobs. As a result, the statistics being released are completely surreal. Perhaps the best example of this is number for initial jobless claims in the U.S., which tops 22 million over the last four weeks. LINK ======================================================= There is a chart in the article showing the worst months for job losses in the past 50 years. This past month was over 4X worst than any other employment crisis.

Molly's Game. Best movie on Netflix right now.

Start watching a new sport. I choose women's pole vaulting.

GSG posted this in a different thread. It's pretty good. Even though it dredges up a lot of bad memories.

Say what you will, but Dickerson was probably the second best recruit in Nebraska this year. It hurts to lose him. Oh well.

Over 100 Years Ago, Artists Were Asked to Depict the Year 2000, These Were The Results www.canyouactually.com March 30, 2020 LINK Some were pretty close: Others, not so much:

Would you be making this same point if Donald Trump had said, "Come to Chinatown!" back in late February?

True enough. I'm just thinking about the guys we lost from last season. And how unimpressive our run stop defenses was even when we had them.

I've been taking my dog to work with me the past couple months. She's come to expect it now. Waits for me by the gate in the morning. I put an old blanket on a couch at work, and she sleeps about 95% of the time. It's a dog's life. lol

Something about glass houses.

Oh great. Now I'm worried about THAT too. lol

This coming from one of the biggest critics of the president's handling of this crisis. lol (She said this towards the end of February.)

This snippet hits the nail on the head. The 2020 season (if it happens!) is going to depend on whether we can field a D-line worthy of Big 10 play. Will we have the D-line we need? I am skeptical.

In response Chinese students circulated these Demark flags. lulz In reference to Denmark surrendering to the Germans in four hours during WWII. In reference to ... well, you get it. lol

^^This was published in a Danish newspaper.

Yeah, but in the spirit of this "Spring Game" they'll be giving out Monopoly money refunds.

There wouldn't be a problem with the employees maintaining social distancing. The pro shop has been closed for about three weeks. My club doesn't take tee times--it's first come, first serve. The pro simply put score cards, tees, etc. on a folding table near the first tee. The problem is, some of the members weren't practicing social distancing. Guys who live on the course were riding their own carts (normally prohibited). The day before the course closed there were groups playing in 5-somes to 7-somes. I think one of the non-golf neighbors complained.

Agreed. I was going by Rival's listing Stick as a pro-style QB. Would have been fun to see him play for the Huskers.

Well, Nebraska high schools anyway. (Which is what you meant, I realize.) Nebraska Nathan Enderle, 2011 (160), North Platte Easton Stick, 2019 (166), Creighton Prep (Omaha) When Enderle was being recruited we had a need for pro-style QBs under Callahan. We could have used him. When Easton Stick came along Pelini was using more of a running QB offense with Tommie Armstrong. So, not so much need for Stick.