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I hope they change the spelling of the first one. "Outland Trophy Winers"

Oops.

I wish former players would just say they support the team and will be cheering for them on Saturdays, whether you agree with the style of play or not. Little interviews like this are non-productive. They either make the former player look like a bitter "back in my day" guy, they create unnecessary controversy, or they make it seem as I there's a rift between current and former team personnel.

Have you followed the Jimmy Graham franchise tag story at all? He's maybe the league's best TE, but for salary purposes no one is sure whether to list him as a TE or WR. Why? Because he, along with all the league's best TEs, lines up as a WR at least as often as he lines up as part of the line.

This is all Beck means.

Stop flipping out.

 

 

How dare him be confident he can complete more than 50 percent of his passes with a 1 to 1 td to int ratio. Bc that is what we have coming back. I think tommy will make a big jump this year but as an incoming guy I wouldn't be intimidated by what we have coming back.

If he comes, he will be up against a QB that has at least 1 yr starting experience (whoever that is) plus three other scholarship QB currently on the roster, and potentially Dillman coming at the same time (if he heals from injury). Confidence is great, but expecting to walk into the starting spot on day 1 without working for it is not realistic.

I wouldn't take what GKF said as gospel because she heard him talk once and jumped to a huge conclusion about him, that could be the furthest thing from the truth. Let's not spread that around like we know that's the way he is.

 

 

 

Bos gonna get us over the hump with a 11-1 reg season en route to a big ten championship. Braxton miller will be hurt for the year in week three as ohio st plummets to a 7-5 record followed by the resignation of urban meyer due to an "ailment". Bo rides off into the sunset towards Columbus with his middle finger in the air. "f#*k the fans"

I know you're joking, but if Bo thinks the media is bad in Lincoln I would love to see him try them on for size as a head coach in Columbus or the Sec

I dont think he thinks its bad here. I think he just deals with it like he does cuz its how he wants to handle it. Not to mention hes been pretty damn good with our media over the past few years aside from the iowa game blowout. This whole idea that he "hates" our media and is always bickering with them is such a crock of sh#t. If he had a championship of some sort hed get a complete free pass on this as saban does, whom happens to make bo look like a complete angel when it comes to dealing the media.

And yes i was joking. Yet i can see such a thing happen in the future. Minus the whole middle finger thing of course.

The media "thing" is not a crock. And to say he's a good guy with the media outside of the Iowa game is like saying OJ was a decent dude outside of the whole violent streak/stabby

Chill out, dude.

 

 

I know that I have changed in my expectations, being less than they ever have been. Losses used to make me sick, lived them for days, weeks and years sometimes. Not anymore. I guess I have began to expect the disappointments and roll with the punch. I never thought I would think that way, but I honestly do.

I'm gonna go ahead and say that your change in expectation and your change in dealing with losses is a good thing. A grown man who lives with losses of a college football team for days, weeks, months, etc. is a bit overboard, IMO. I don't think expecting disappointment is necessarily great, but being able to be disappointed with a loss and not have it ruin your day/week/month/life? I'd call that OK.

I hate to be the one to break the news to you, but The Yankees, The Red Sox, the Dallas Cowboys, and the Nebraska CornHuskers and any other team you can think of with an insanely devoted fan base was built upon these fans. I also hate to break it to ya, but 300+ consecutive sellouts don't just happen, so if you've been in that stadium in the last fifty years, I'll have to let you know that you were surrounded by exactly this type of people you so arrogantly speak of.

 

Your opinion is yours, but if you don't think this is big business, built upon the devotion of insane, maniacal, fanatical people willing to fork over their hard earned bucks year after year, after year, after year, in hopes of witnessing their team beat the piss out of every opponent they play......well, then you don't get it bud.

I know that I have changed in my expectations, being less than they ever have been. Losses used to make me sick, lived them for days, weeks and years sometimes. Not anymore. I guess I have began to expect the disappointments and roll with the punch. I never thought I would think that way, but I honestly do.

 

All this talk about Bo's job security, especially some people's insinuation that he will eventually be fired, is beyond worthless discussion.

If you don't like Bo, fine. You're entitled to your opinion. But at least wait until the season starts before starting such talk.

Or don't and keep looking like idiots arguing about firing a coach that the rest of college football thinks is doing a fine job.

Yeah, that last part of your statement, not so much. There are very few Bo supporters that don't wave the N flag.

Anyway, my point is that discussing the firing of a coach with a pretty good winning percentage and before the season is even close to starting is dumb.

All this talk about Bo's job security, especially some people's insinuation that he will eventually be fired, is beyond worthless discussion.

If you don't like Bo, fine. You're entitled to your opinion. But at least wait until the season starts before starting such talk.

Or don't and keep looking like idiots arguing about firing a coach that the rest of college football thinks is doing a fine job.

So, this is annoying....

CCG was a microcasm of Bo's tenure. He left guys in who were blowing it and did not yank them out. Not to bag on Martinez, BUT IIRC, he led the nation in fumbles for 3 years. He did not lose them all, but never sat a down. People have said there is a doghouse (who knows). Last year, IMO, Bo changed and it showed. He played true fresh, he tried to get athletes on the field etc...

 

Bo spoke at the beginning of the year, again IIRC, that Wisky used the same game plan as they did in the first meeting in which the D did a great job of stopping the sweep. (Hurts that cam moved inside with no depth)That game, we whiffed and whiffed big. Bo has said time and time again (as have players) that the system works great unless one guy doesn't play with in it. It was obvious that is what happened in the CCG. Guys weren't supporting one another. Throw in Borlan abusing Martinez and no one on the OL giving 2 craps and I see a team that had packed it in.

 

Bo has made strides last year in getting guys on the field, gaining depth, actively in game teaching etc... Recruiting is finally catching up as evidenced by the athletes on the field and depth on DL, LB, RB, WR etc..... Simplified O to allow the game to work for TA etc....

 

In the days of old, J Peter and Co would have beat someones a$$ who was out to show themselves as an individual. That is the leadership we need. Lewis and Cotton appear to have this as does Mitchell on D. Need VV or RG to get in that mold as well.

 

I think this year, we see a much better team. It might not show in win/loss column, but it will show in complete games, nastiness, team work, fundamentals and coaching etc.....

 

Didn't Bo put Zac Lee in against Texas in 2010 and Taylor and his father go ballistic?

 

I'd say you're on point with Valentine being that guy. Gregory is likely gone after this year and VV is a good example of re-motivating himself with positive results.

Obviously it's both, but if you want some credibility here, at least acknowledge that some are responding well to Bo's leadership.

I think you're reading it wrong, knapp. If you would have bolded Kenny saying "the hard work doesn't stop," the perception if the quote would change.

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#Huskers RB commit Kendall Bussey (@KBJ_5) ran a 10.5 100m (broke school record) & is on his way to #Nebraska for the spring game.

 

 

 

Garrison has quietly turned into our best recruiter.

 

Really wish the staff would focus as heavily on recruiting from about August thru November as they do during December and January. The end result would be consistent top 20 classes. It would certainly be a giant middle finger to alot of the critics, too.

I know where you are coming from. But, Aug-Nov recruiting will become much easier and will almost take care of itself once we start winning and are consistently a top 10 team. For now we have to push to get the great recruits on the team late and worry more about coaching/teaching during the year so wins will come and recruiting will become easier.

Bigger question, for him anyway: will Taylor be healthy/ready for NU pro day?

And please don't argue about whether he's good enough or not, cuz that's not the question.

Fans are divided against fans, but most rational fans will be the same fans regardless of who the coach is. Fans are divideded against Bo Pelini, but most rational fans believe he is working hard to improve the team.

Basically, some fans are in turmoil, but the program is not. This board is in turmoil, but the board is not representative of the program.

Quite from Sean McDonough: "Randy Gregory is a man!"

There had to be a second spitter

Drawing a blank.

 

Little help here, people?

 

I thought Nebraska's uniforms looked good:

 

 

On a human note, UCLA got to win one for Pasquale:

 

 

...and your first half looked really good. All is not lost.

Can this be the official "fullback run-moar option-play defense like the peters-coach like Tom" thread? Get them all out of the way in one shot

If players are requesting that fans wear black, then I don't see much reason to go against that request. I hope there's a lot of black on Saturday.

Only one thing bugs me after rewatching this, and after watching the Denver-Baltimore game last night. After getting into the endzone he drops his hands to his side and drops the ball on the ground. I know it doesn't cost us here, but if he does this just a second earlier it's a touchback and ball to Wyoming.

 

I didn't remember noticing this earlier, I'm so used to seeing Burkhead, Martinez, Bell, etc all either hand the ball to the ref or toss it to the ref.

Maybe you're seeing something I'm not...but it looked to me like he didin't drop the ball until he was 8 yards into the end zone. That should never be a problem.

 

I don't like that he dropped the ball.

 

I'm used to seeing our players hand it directly to the ref. dropping it could bite us in the ass.

i think you're joking. You're joking, right? Right?

 

I can't be the only one that watched the Denver/Baltimore game.

 

Dropping the ball is a bad habit.i personally don't like it because it is unnecessary and can change a TD into a turnover.

 

I can't believe you have such a problem with something that I mentioned bugs me.

Only one thing bugs me after rewatching this, and after watching the Denver-Baltimore game last night. After getting into the endzone he drops his hands to his side and drops the ball on the ground. I know it doesn't cost us here, but if he does this just a second earlier it's a touchback and ball to Wyoming.

 

I didn't remember noticing this earlier, I'm so used to seeing Burkhead, Martinez, Bell, etc all either hand the ball to the ref or toss it to the ref.

Maybe you're seeing something I'm not...but it looked to me like he didin't drop the ball until he was 8 yards into the end zone. That should never be a problem.

 

I don't like that he dropped the ball.

 

I'm used to seeing our players hand it directly to the ref. dropping it could bite us in the ass.

Been using Moblie for the last year or so, finally got my laptop charger the other day. 64,000 + views and 30 pages, holy crap.. Well done. Been nice seeing the status updates again, i had forgotten all about them.

You obviously didn't know that you could have scrolled to the bottom of the page and hit "Full Version" and could have seen all that.

 

Damn, so your telling me I didn't have to hold the phone up to my face to see pictures lol. Can't zoom on the iPhone on mobile, huge pain in the ass.

Herbstreit never makes any thought provoking statement. He doesn't bring anything to the table that someone else hasn't already said and he doesn't think outside of the box. He just seems pop culture, at least that's the card he always plays.

 

Little side topic...Pelini and Herbstreit played a couple seasons together at OSU, what's their history?

Word is Pelini thinks he is a douche. Probably cuz he never mentioned Nebraska.