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47 minutes ago, knapplc said:

Something that's always bugged me: You have the money to build a 2,500+ ft/2 home, and you put it right next to the Interstate.  There's a home between Lincoln and Grand Island that is easily 2,000 ft/2 and it's not 200 yards away from the busiest, noisiest traffic corridor in the state, right off the Giltner exit.

 

If you've got the money to build that house, you've got the money to buy land a mile or more away from I-80.  You build right there, you can't open your windows at night without hearing interstate noise, and god forbid a truck comes off the highway and rumbles that Jake brake to slow down at 1am. 

 

That I do not understand.

Can't agree more.  Unless it just happens to not be that loud but I would think it would suck.  

Anyone know...over the last 10 years have they increased or decreased student tickets?  When I was at UNL there was a "lottery'  I think.   Is that a thing anymore?

Prediction:  There will be tickets on stubhub this year for under 7 dollars for a Husker home game.

1 minute ago, 4skers89 said:

I was curious what club seats are like.  It's indoors right?  Do they have a bar nearby?  Are the drinks free? Wait staff?  What kind of food?  I really don't know.  If you're warm and dry indoors it would be easy to have a good time without being distracted by the game.  Friends and I would go to a minor league baseball game on cheap beer night.  We barely noticed when the game was over and had no clue who was winning.

I don't think it is "indoors" I think they are actual seats, not a bench, no bar that I know of and no free drinks.  I think they have a wait staff...

I really don't know much about them.  I had tickets once but game them away.  

2 hours ago, Redux said:

LSU beats Auburn

I agree...This is SUCH a game that LSU wins and all of a sudden...they finish 10-2

1 minute ago, 4skers89 said:

Club seats a little over $100.  Good opportunity to experience that.

If I wanted to see an ass-kicking I would go and...ohhhhh never mind!

Wow...I literally just got an email...two tix for 100.  This is so sad.

16?  So for 21 dollars you can go to the game AND get two PBR tallboys on O street!  (Last time I saw them at two for 5)

Man...will they fall under 10 dollars?

Wow...

Honestly, Riley lovers...what say you?

I would love to see what Riley could do with 22 senior starters that all took a redshirt and were all 4 star ranked or higher.

2 minutes ago, Mavric said:

 

Here, let me give you a recap without every reading one word.

KU has been cheating...for about the last 35 years.

2 minutes ago, Nebfanatic said:

It's been said the difference between recruiting 50th and 20th isn't as big of a difference as 19th to 1st is. 

Yeah, there is some truth to that...

2 minutes ago, Isle of View said:

 

He's not a great coach.  But he ran the Alvaraska blueprint.  A trained monkey probably could win 9 games at Wisconsin with Alvarez as AD.

No...that is only possible at NU...ooopppps

3 minutes ago, Fru said:

I've a feeling this'll be the 2017 version of 2007 Oklahoma St

 

I have heard others mention that as well...would that means he has lost the team?  That sort of happened in 07, didn't it?

3 minutes ago, Mavric said:

 

Gonna try cracking down on Basketball!  I can't even imagine how difficult it would be to try and clean up the mess.  I am not sure where you begin...

2 minutes ago, skers44 said:

But really, we arent even mentioned in bowl projections currently

So it really is like a typical Riley coached team!

Yeah, but Bobby D played in the Big Ten and coached at ND which basically plays a Big Ten schedule.  I would think he knows what he needs to do.

Just now, BIG ERN said:

I'm betting Nebraska to cover. That doesn't mean I have hope in the season or anything just putting my money on odds that I think are in our favor some:

1. Not getting blown out 2 weeks at home in a row 
2. They beat us by 59 points last year. Could take us lightly 
3. Defense redeems itself
4. Offense finishes drives
5. JT is due for a letdown 

 

Now I could be in the 4th quarter telling myself I'm an idiot, but just have a betting hunch we can make this a football game. 

I could see it being closer than the 24.  Losing 38-21 or something like that

Just now, VectorVictor said:

 

Does anyone truly, actually have hope this week? I'm just hoping we keep it under the spread. 

I mean, I HOPE that NU wins...but I bet on OSU at -14.5 about 3 months ago and I am thrilled about that.

I might put more on OSU at -24...but I think I will wait for the OSU overs.  I think that will be around 34 points.

I wish I had this talent and I am jealous of people who can do things like this, in my tiny brain it just doesn't make sense but I wish that it did.

11 hours ago, ZRod said:

It's like what GSG originally said,  it's not people being jealous, it's a critique on the lack of architectural principle that please the eye. It's basic concepts, that we don't think about for homes, but anyone who remembers composition from art class should be familiar with. Symmetry, balance, flow, things like that.

 

I couldn't sleep one night and stumbled on the mcmansion subreddit and read through a lot of it. I thought it was pompous at first, but it makes a lot of sense from an artistic standpoint. Older homes from the early 20th century and earlier seem to have more balance than moder ones, and be more appealing to the eye.

If you ever watch House Hunters there are tons of people that agree with you and look for those older homes that they can fix up because of the look.

14 hours ago, Crusader Husker said:

You are right, my perspective is a little different.  I saw a girl, who now plays D-1, treat our HS badly.  She missed at least 1 big game a year for different reasons.  One was a concert.  Excuse was, it isn't my club team.  She was on a national team and played 12 months a year.  We had 5 girls recruited to college last year.  Only 2 are playing the rest are burned out.  This is also a bunch of girls who only play 1 sport a year.  The other issue is the kids who get cut.  "We spent $ 2,000 last year for club.  How did she get cut?"  I hear this stuff every year.  It has caused our coaches to keep way more kids than they should.  We have had similar issues with girls in club soccer.  We don't see it in girl's BB or any boys sports.

I could show you some emails that would make you roll your eyes from parents that "spent thousands on club VB and soccer" and they want to know why lil Amanda isn't starting on the HS team.

Also, AAU basketball is bad in terms of the recruiting but as far as high school goes, very few times does it interfere.  Like you, I looked at it from that point of view.

12 hours ago, The Dude said:

At least Americans can skip fake caring about soccer this time around.

This is so true.  I went with some friends to a bar to party for the USA/Germany game a few years back...It was tons of fun but it was clear that it was all about the party and not the game.

In the end...you can always use more talent.

27 minutes ago, lo country said:

We have the talent. We do not have the staff to maximize said talent.......Recruiting service are not perfect, but when one looks at the totality of the composites, NU is higher than any team in the West and generally would be considered the 4th best in the East......That's coaching.  Look at the play calling by Langs, the defensive fronts of Diaco....That's poor coaching.  Look at the improvements on OL due to replacements because of injuries...That's coaching.

 

Do people really think a coach who can't even manage the clock after 40 years of coaching is really going to be able to maximize talent.....Remember when people said he would be able to do so much more with more talent, facilities, etc.......Well the proof is currently in the pudding that he hasn't and isn't going to get NU where it wants to be.  That's coaching....

Agreed!

It is not a slam to call a coach average.  They keep records and it is easy to see who is average and that is what Riley is.  The real issue is not that Riley is average as a coach it is that for the longest time "experts" wanted to jock him up as this coach that was average due to his environment but that really wasn't the case.  People also liked to pretend that the 45 pound plates in Corvallis were not 45 pounds...and that they only had one squat rack...Riley isn't a bad coach he is just average.  

3 minutes ago, Saunders said:

How many times are we going to bring up this narrative?

 

We are getting more raw talent than anyone else in our division. We aren't developing and coaching it, and that's why we're losing.

 

The end.

I am thinking this is the new "toxins" right?

I guess this means that there are not many excuses left, right?  If Riley wasn't nice and friendly and personable these excuses would all be gone by now.  We have used up the...

New offense

Wait for the statue qb

New defense

Toxins

Texts from former coaches (or was that under toxins)

Now it is recruiting rankings

By my count...that is all of them!

Could it be that a guy who has coached like 150 games and is around .500 is just that...

13 hours ago, knapplc said:

 

Clearly you didn't see my man Tanner Lee scamper against Wisconsin.

Ha...I was on my feet the entire time...all 4 yards!