The Dude

You're thinking of this from the perspective of a program with no history. From 1900-1999, nothing at all distinguished Iowa football from Kansas football, Indiana football, Illinois football, Missouri football, etc. It's just another football program, and until you win a championship or three, you're never going to be on equal terms with Ohio State or Michigan or Penn State. No I am looking at it from the view of, I would rather have a 60's GTO and a new caddy cts. Now given one or the other I would take the cts, as I can get more use out of it today. The GTO would be cool, to show or brag that I have one, but not all that useful or pratical by todays standards. And I'd rather have a '70 Chevelle (Nebraska) than a '72 Pinto (Iowa).

From what I've heard and read it's mostly the "Tressel is a saint and is only the victim of a witch hunt" crowd that wants the AD and President fired.

I think it's stupid because it's the same exact shirt Iowa State fans wear when they play Iowa...

Iowa is an American rock band that became popular in the 1970s initially on Album-Oriented Rock charts, and later with hit singles such as "Carry On Wayward Son" and "Dust in the Wind".

Likewise that NU fans think that the defensive QB being I injured in the first game (Cort Dennison) and a true freshman, in his third game in college, is sent in to lead a defense. It's disingenuous of you to think that that had no impact on the game. Hell, at least you had Martinez there for the bowl game Dennison didn't even suit up for the first game. NU's defensive QB was also out of that game due to injury...

Hard to say really, but it would most certainly be possible. If he does end up at Nebraska I imagine he'll have more of an impact on the baseball team than the football team.

So, do you think an invite to the DBHOF is in order. Easy with your inductees... He shoulda walked down the goddamned hall and told somebody then.... He's not a rat lol how noble of him.

Luckily, you get a chance to prove it wasn't a fluke in a couple months.

What throws? I can only remember the one that was intended for Martinez. But no way Jamal makes that throw if the line can't block.

Right because I didn't go out of my way to post a disclaimer stating that I was trolling. Seriously I didn't. No honestly, that totally didn't happen.

Wyomin'.

Colorado left? Good on them.

Inb4 the Wrath of Hujan.

At a certain level, what you say makes sense. Perhaps it is semantics. Perhaps not. If by expect, a conference championship each year you mean to hope for -- and deeply hope for... to have as a goal ..sure. That is me too. If by expect you mean it is the birthright of the Husker fan to win championships, that we are the best program out there and always must be the best, and success is defined as having been achieved only when we literally are the best... then, well no. There are many great programs out there... we are, perhaps, numbered among them (certainly we are historically). But, championships/repeat championships/domination is/are few and far between in the college football world of today --- there is a great deal of such parity --- to "expect" seems to me to be a bit presumptuous. Unless, again it is semantics. If we can say that it is equally reasonable for the Ohio State , the Penn State, and the Wisconsin fans to say the same thing (We are OSU, We are Wisconsin, We are PSU... we expect to win the Championship)-- and it is nearly as reasonable for the Iowa and Michigan State fans to say the same thing --- if that is the case ... we are on the same page and the only difference is semantics. I think you are correct though, when you say "When our expectations drop as a fanbase, then the money goes away, players stop wanting to come to Nebraska" --- or, at least, fan expectations are a contributor. Too low a fan-base expectation is indeed a problem. But so too is too high a fan-base expectation. I’d contend that unrealistically high a fan expectation may have a greater impact (a negative impact) on the team than too low an expectation. In any event, I am not calling for low expectations in the absolute sense — just lower and more realistic expectations in the relativistic sense. Or... maybe that is not as accurate as saying this... I am calling others to maybe have more patience in expecting (in the literal sense of the term expect) championships. We have had to climb from a pretty big hole... we are climbing, sure, and it is reasonable to hope... but not expect (literally). Yes... We are Nebraska — but we are not the only talented team in the conference and have no more a legit warrant to expect the conference championship than an array of others. That said, no one has a greater warrant than us. We have a shot What would you think if Bo said that kind of garbage to his players? If you don't expect to win, just stay home. Of course Bo can't say that --- he is a coach. He must motivate his players and cannot speak in a manner counter to such. As fans, we are free from such constraints. Coaches are not. You talk as if "we" are on the team --- "expect to win or go home." When we --- as in us personally -- are in actual competition we need to be driven... but we are only fans. What... do you pretend you are on the team or something --- do you think your attitude effects the team? As fans you simply assess the landscape as it is --- NU has a reasonable shot, I suppose, at winning the B12 --- comparable to 3 or so others. That is just reality. I certainly wish that NU would win it --- and they might. But, they have about a 1 in 4 chance (assuming that 3 others are, essentially just as likely to win). Thus, with 1 in 4 odds, I do not expect. I hope. I was just illustrating how it's a terrible attitude to have. Nebraska should always be striving to be the best. It's never ok to lose. Just because we haven't won as much as we would like in recent years doesn't make it ok. If think fan expectations don't impact a program you're lying to yourself. And yes as fans it is our job as fans to motivate the team, that's kinda the point. And I'd say our chances of winning the B12 are about zero since we're not in that conference as of July 1.

Abdullah to WR. That's all I'm going to say.

What "attacking" are you refering to? There's a whole lot of overreacting going on in here.

I believe Hank Williams Jr. said it best when he said "mind your own business". And I'm not trying to be rude, it's seriously the best advice you got in this thread. Try it, it's liberating.

I'm fine with that part. Didn't bug me much before I was born, probably won't be much of an issue after I die.

What does that matter? lol Anyways I'll be purchasing this album. Haven't listened to much Tech N9ne in recent years but I'mma Tell is still one of my favorite hip-hop songs. Worldwide Choppers is insane.

(If it wasn't obvious that was a troll post on my behalf). I'll go sit in the corner now.

Yeah, I'm never doing that either. Because they say "THE Ohio State University?" I've always found that pretentious and unnecessary, probably like you two. Do they really think anyone confuses Ohio State with the Ohio Bobcats? I put the "t" on there sometimes as a joke, kind of the opposite reason they do it. It's history time folks: Hard to be pretentious when it was simply stating that Ohio State was the land grant university. We also didn't even have a football team back then. I've never heard anyone call it The Ohio State University. It's always Thee Ohio State University. Which according to history, is factually incorrect. And very pretentious in my opinion. Hard to not sound pretentious when you're using pronouns from ancient dialects when refering to your school.

I know it sucks getting dumped, but they'll get over it. Give em time.

Sir Edwin Stargazer sounds better to me.

Ditka.

Feed that mustache son.