HuskerMoon

For the record, being "High AF" can arguably increase one's intuition. Subjectively of course.

11-3

Finish #14.

(Not High AF, so there is a mathematical chance that I could be wrong)

No.

On 12/8/2018 at 6:04 PM, NebraskaHarry said:

Creighton is gonna break Tim Miles and every Huskers fans hearts again. Just watch Creighton light up the second half while Nebraska comes out cold. 

Fail!

On 11/13/2018 at 12:21 PM, ADS said:

Lane Kiffin to CU.

That would certainly add to the tradition of douchey personalities who coached at that School. IE: McCartney, Nueheisel, Barnett etc.

Yes.

1995 - Washington State 35-21 Win

1996 - Colorado State 65-9 Win

1996 - Texas BIGXII Title - 27-37 Loss

1997 - UCF Win 

1997 @ Missouri (Yes, that game ) 45-38 OT W

1997 Iowa State 77-14 W

1998 Louisiana Tech W

1998 @ Iowa State W

1999 @ Missouri 40-10 W

2003 Troy State W

2004 Colorado 26-20 L

2006 Nicholls State Win

2008 Kansas Win

2009 Texas Tech 10-31 L

2012 Minnesota Win

12-3

Something rare compared to the entire generation. Since only a select few people play college football and some of them (IE: Lindsay, Gebbia) would not fit into the "rise above" in regard to integrity IMO, this and analogy applies aptly.

I'd like to remind everyone that this side discussion began when I insinuated there was once a time when integrity and someone's word meant something, even to 18 and 19 year old kids. Proving that if there is a bad behavior or soceital flaw,, someone will always be there to justify or defend make an excuse for it. Reaffirming my general cynicism and generational criticism.

44 minutes ago, Landlord said:

 

 

 

Nobody gives a single s#!t about your silly opinion about how terrible the damned youths of America are. Read the thread title and get back on topic - unless you wanna tell us how Adrian Martinez is immature/lazy/irresponsible/snowflake. 

Adrian Martinez, like a great deal of College football players due to the nature of the game, is a Diamond in the rough. 

13 hours ago, Moiraine said:

 

 

Ya but that was a movie. There’s no way any teenagers acted like teenagers in the 60’s!

Teenagers and twenty somethings in the 1960s set the precedent for what we have today.

13 hours ago, Moiraine said:

 

 

 

 

The funny thing about anecdotes is it’s easy to find counterexamples and I guarantee there are examples if similar s#!t in every previous generation. It’s also easy to show your example is an anomaly and not something that’s widespread. In all of the classes I took during this decade I never experienced anything remotely similar. None of the 300 college students I taught in the past 4 years ever did anything remotely similar. Obviously there are examples of 18-22 year olds doing stupid, immature s#!t. But one anecdote does not a trend make. I wonder if maybe you went into it thinking you knew what millenials are like and that shaped your attitude toward them

Perhaps you are one of the professors and who have helped this environment to flourish, thus you have a difficult time identifying poor behavior?  Ask yourself, have you ever graded on a curve? Given a grade out of pity?  Apologized for offending a student by stating a fact in class? If any answer to this is yes, then that would explain a lot. The one academic example I have is one of the more amusing examples I have of dozens, just at the academic level. Hundreds if not thousands otherwise.

It's always funny how there is this attempt by those with certain ideology to demerit "anecdotes" because since you weren't there there is no way to prove it happened. You don't have the empirical evidence to quantify that Snowflakes have a serious problem. You can't look around and see it in the way they act and the way that impact our ever eroding culture.  The truth of the matter is that life is made up of anecdotes, and they shape every single person's worldview. 

So in my opinion you are either being dishonest about your experience with Snowflakes or you fundamentally have the same mentality and don't see a problem. 

44 minutes ago, Guy Chamberlin said:

I'm pretty torn. I really enjoy blaming Millennials for everything and figure GenZ is only going to get worse, but the young people I've actually spent time with are really solid, and if I'm being honest, we were kinda awful at their age.

Did you ever walk into class eating a full breakfast, fall asleep during lecture, make smart remarks when you were awake,  then bawl out the professor for giving you an D- (on a curve!) on a quiz in the middle of class, followed by a complaint to the Dean saying you were discriminated against?  No? I saw it live!

I'm afraid I have to disagree. The current generation is acutely entitled and lacking in constitution. I too have abundant experience with them as well, in every role you have described. Two years ago I finished my degree surrounded by them as a non traditional student. There were diamonds in the rough, but by and large they expected professors to conform to their whims, thought they were all entitled to an "A" for showing up (or not showing up), and academic dishonesty in every form was rampant. So I'm far from removed from the topic at hand. 

You're right though, you can't blame everything on them, they have adopted the worst attributes of the X'ers  (their parents) and Boomers (their grandparents) and molded it into their own mixture of fail.  

Then again, when you find one of them who has persevered over the constraints of their generation, they can be really special, and not special in the way every participation trophy winning snowflake believes themself to be, but truly special. For they have overcome the odds and are the sole hope of the future. We have some of those guys on this team. 

I stand corrected, they could be playing Pokemon go.

1 minute ago, RedDenver said:

Kids on your lawn again?

That would involve them putting their smartphone down and going outside.

3 hours ago, Moiraine said:

 

 

Back in my day, teenagers never did anything immature!

 

You're right. They shouldn't have accountability for their actions or commitments. Only the crotchety and foolish should have such expectations.

56 minutes ago, junior4949 said:

 

I know we would all like to believe that these players commit to a program, but that isn't really what happens.  Players commit to a coach or a staff.  Once that coach and staff is gone, it's not uncommon for players to leave.  Frost didn't really commit to Stanford.  He really committed to Walsh.  Once Walsh was gone, Frost left.  Did Vedral commit to UCF, or did he commit to Frost?  Gebbia leaving was the right decision for him.  I've just never understood why he waited so long.

They used to. That was back when integrity was a thing though. It was also when oral and written commitment meant something.

Your are right, this was way too short of a post and I ommitted too much for it to be pertinent. Part of being a mature adult, which in the past 18 and 19 year old young men where, was sticking with something you have made a commitment to. . I am just so used to the idea of "quit" from generation snowflake that I neglected that there might have been another choice from someone with an obvious "me first" persona,. I will also add not every member of this generation lives up to the stigma, just enough to make a very noticeable impact.

On 11/6/2018 at 9:24 AM, junior4949 said:

 

This is why I've always been puzzled as to why Gebbia  stuck around for so long.  Even had he been named the starter, it was just a matter of time (possibly a game or two) before Martinez became the starter.  I've never understood why he didn't transfer out sooner? 

I assume that much like a lot of his generation, he is in love with with himself. Coming a year removed out of high school where everybody he met wanted to lick his boots probably helped this, not to mention the amount of spazz some of the fans in this state throw at these kids. This can create a general sense of delusion.

After processing these QB ratings, I suddenly have a hankering for some Eckrich Smoked Sausage!

They don't have to be 4 and 5 stars on paper to be top tier talent on the field. If he builds it (the foundation that he's already building) they will come. It's not about geography or stars next to your name or hype. It's about work ethic, heart, fitting in the system, and talent that can be built upon. That is what will create the elite level talent that Scott Frost will hone into a powerhouse program again. 

If you mean complete teams, I can agree. They were awfully close though and had units that were as good as any in the country. 2009 Defense and 2011 Offense for example. Those coaches did not have the advantages Frost will. Mark my words, he'll reel them in. In state, regionally, nationwide.  If he puts out one over achieving league title contender (and he will) the recruits will come.

I'm not buying.  If you can get a kid to freeze their butt off in Ann Arbor Michigan or lure them with the thrills of Columbus Ohio, you can draw them to Lincoln, Nebraska. All you need to do is win. Callahan, and Pelini all brought top tier talent to Lincoln, proving it can be done. It's a given that it didn't get to Osborne levels, but nobody had ten years to build, which Frost will get and then some.

On 11/4/2018 at 5:40 PM, Mavric said:

• We don't have as much talent as Ohio State or Michgan and probably never will.

Why would you think we never will?

On 10/16/2018 at 8:50 AM, ScottyIce said:

I was just thinking about the Michigan State game years back, where you could say it was Brandon Reilly's Husker Moment with that game winning touchdown. He had a good career with Nebraska, but that was his moment. You look at a fan favorite Jordan Westerkamp and say his was the Hail Mary NW TD Catch. Janovich's TD run against Wisky to get us the lead late.

 

Who on the current team has had their POSITIVE Husker Moment? Generally speaking about older players on the team...

 

Again, try and keep this about positive moments. I realize it's sort of hard, as the players on this roster right now haven't exactly had many big wins.

 

I feel like we are still waiting for Stanley Morgan's big moment, unless you feel it's his long TD last year against Wisconsin - even though we ended up losing.

JD Spielman's opening kickoff return for a TD was just the beginning and I probably won't vividly remember his 200 yard receiving games up to this point in losing efforts.

Martinez is going to have a bunch of MOMENTS.

 

Aaron Williams' moment is definitely the pick 6 to take the lead against Wisconsin last year. I won't forget that play.

Bryan Reimers would be his game-winning TD against Oregon.

 

I'm struggling to think of anyone else ever coming up with a big play in a big spot to take a lead or win a game... Is that a good sign or a bad sign?

 

 

 

 

That is indeed a bad sign. It means we lack playmakers, and while that lack can be either due to lack of ability, heart, or due to yet developed talent, it is still a lack that has led to a whole lot of L's as of late.

Mo Washington...is good. Mo Washington, will only get better...