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It all starts with pressure and play making ability at the line of scrimmage. Barry Turner. If this guy can break out, and Suh and Allen are as solid as last year, there is going to be some serious havoc in opposing backfields.

KU has a lot of issues....probably just as many as us....and they still haven't done anything to make us think they can take the Big 12 north.

The Steelers were the best team in the NFL last year. All other teams had their chance and failed. That's why the playoffs work. Because all arguments against the team that won end with the winning team pointing to a scoreboard. As far as the "every game counts" theory, well, let's just say that is a load of garbage. If you start the season ranked low or not ranked, you automatically have less of a chance to win the title. Teams that had great winning seasons a year ago are in better position when some clearly don't have a team like they had the year before. And the teams that start at the very top can lose early in the season without much penalty. That said, the congress should not get involved. This is the NCAA's mess, and, if they want to blow it, there is nothing that can be done about it.

Let's keeping talking about these guys and how it really was just two short years ago. We talk about these events just as we do other tragic historic events...so that they will never repeat themselves.

Snead ahead of Bradford? Interesting. Suh at No. 2. Got to love that. Suh is really coming into his own. I definitely think we have not seen his best work, which should make life alot easier for the DT who plays next to him and should also create more chances for the DEs when the interior line collapses to work doubles on the big fella.

We have a ways to go. We have been clearly out-athleted for a while now. Remember back to the Alamo when we played Michigan....they had better athletes and we won, but it was a really tough win. Clemson last year seemed to have better athletes and we hung on and eeked it out. Now the reality, on a national scale, Clemson of last year and Michigan of a few years ago were not players for the title. Anything is possible, but we would have to beat teams that are better than us athlete vs. athlete. That's tough to do when you would have to do it four or five times in one year.

Sorry, there is no escaping this slump. We split with Northern Colorado and could have easily lost both those games. Nebraska may beat Iowa...but get ready for a sound beatings by TAMU, Creighton, Kansas....

hey it could be worse... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bAN7Ts0xBo touché

Oh, go ahead, change the tunnel walk, maybe then we will end up with a song like this one. That would be just great...

Proof is found in results.... Pelini is on his way as a head coach. Coach Callahan came to NU and a losing season followed. Bo Pelini came and scored nine wins. When Pelini came here the first time the defense improved....he left, went to other programs and continued to excell as a coordinator. He carried that success on as a head coach. This last year proved that he could put together a staff and get a program turned around. Just remember how many question marks there were on the 2008 team. Bo is a good coach, but he is just as good as a leader. More solid seasons should follow. As a Husker fan, I could not be more pleased.

I give the respect to certain QBs. Vince was good.....Darian Hagan was a game changer for Colorado....but my handle says it all..... I think of it this way.... Only Nixon could go to China and only Tommie could lead an option team past the Canes in Miami....

My bad...only six bowl wins..... Sorry KSU fan.

Kansas State became the first NCAA team to lose 500 games in 1988. Then came Snyder....who scored 11 bowl wins and 136 games, as many as his predecessors had won from 1935 to 1988. The Wildcats won the Big 12 one time and played in a BCS bowl twice. How do those accomplishments rectify 53 years of futile play? Looking at those numbers, one would think, that any K-State fan would temper his rhetoric toward Nebraska. Just a refresher about what NU has been up to.... Nebraska has claimed 46 conference championships and part or all of five national championships: 1970, 1971, 1994, 1995, and 1997. This marked the first time since Notre Dame in 1946-49 when a team won three national championships in four seasons. Nebraska posted a 60-3-0 record between the 1993-97 seasons. ESPN.com has named the 1971 Nebraska Cornhusker team the greatest team of all time. NU's all time mark, 817–337–40 (.707) KSU's all time mark, 453–598–41 (.434) What was that again K-State fan...I can't hear you, I guess I must have a couple of those national championship rings stuck in my ears again.

If college football ended today, and not another game was played, Nebraska would be remembered for its 800 plus wins.....and its five national titles. What would K-State be known for? They would be known as one of the worst programs ever in history. I, as an NU fan, can live with our rep. Can K-State fan live with his?

Lester Ward....the guy who will benefit if Q can't stop fumbling.

Two points. First of all, three of his throws, in that short video, were behind the receiver. Secondly, pitch and catch means ZERO. He needs to run the O before we know anything.

After reviewing the numbers, I can see why TO went the route that he did. It would be an embarrasment for our coach to rank so low on the Big 12 salary list.

I am pulling for Spano, I really am, but I would feel better if the QB who starts is the QB who wins the job, not the QB we got to put in because so-and-so is hurt. I feel we will miss Witt this year, not because he is a potential Heisman winner, but because, with the right attitude, he would have added to the competitive nature of the position.

If Zac Lee is injured, the QB situation could get dicey in a heartbeat. Witt is gone. Spano has no game experience at all and only one year in the system. Cody Green had a small injury, and, as Bo has pointed out, is really still a high schooler at this point. Taylor Martinez won't get here until August and would definitely be hard for him to pick up the system that fast. Who is left? The move of LaTravis to the QB spot could end up being one of those necessity is the mother of invention kind of deals.

Wow....what a list of talent. I would vote, but I simply can't decide. All those guys were simply great players.

Ralph is great. I like Groce though. He was just one of my favs. Bias here, nothing more.

Since everyone seems to be on the Bo bandwagon, I thought I would throw in just a touch of critism. First, Bo wasn't competitive with every team on the schedule. We got pounded by Oklahoma and Missouri and even Bo will admit he made a really, really bad call with the fake FG against Colorado. Secondly, the economy sucks right now. I know that Bo wasn't getting paid a lot by any standard, but couldn't this wait until, well, the economy clears up in 2010 (We hope). Lastly, what would it hurt to wait just one more season. If we are right about Bo, the contract would make as much sense next year as it does right now. Now, go ahead and throw stones. I like Bo and certainly want to see the Huskers succeed. Also, I trust Osborne to do the right thing and the man must have his reasons. Still, from the outside looking in, the concerns above seem to have at least a little bit of weight.

UNO has a lot to play for in a game like this. NU doesn't and a lot of players lose reps, so coaches are unable to successfully evaluate the full roster. The only way it would work if it was a controlled scrimmage format just like the spring game. The competitive element would be removed in this case, and, if that were to happen, what would be the point of NU vs. UNO anyway?

A QB that can run....that's great, but I would much rather see a couple of elite RBs take the run workload from the signal caller. We haven't had truly great RBs for a looooonnnnnnnggggg time at NU.

With a new quarterback, and WRs getting their first work as the main targets, NU will need to need to have a strong running game, a solid defense and difference making special teams play. Sounds like we have all that. This team might just have some big bowl game potential.