Bowfin

Since these three young men were in Chicago, they should have jumped on the L train and went down south to Cicero Avenue and commune with some others who share the same mindset... ...just as long as they don't wear any Husker red...or any red at all...or any blue. Because the reality that exists outside of kneeling during a football game is that a young black man is 60 times more likely to be killed by someone who looks like himself than he is being killed by a cop. In Chicago, that "60 times more likely" is raised exponentially to be in the thousands. So after they spend a week in Fuller Park, all three guys can come back and give a report. Nothing like real world, eye witness experience to go with "Monkey see, monkey do", social justice theory. Maybe next game these three can lie face down on the 50 yard line to commemorate every young black man murdered by another young black man because of gangs or drugs..

So bump the position up to 40 hours every week and make it full time, is that what you're saying?

I have a real hard time trying to gauge just how fast Armstrong is. On that last QB draw for the TD, he looks like he is just loping along effortlessly and the other defensive guys are really moving, but they don't seem to ever catch up to him until the end zone. Maybe he just has a long, fluid stride or something, but it looks like he is never in a hurry but always gets to the corner or first down marker or end zone ahead of everybody else...easily, a lot of the time.

Which ones were our bad wins again?

No need for me to argue the point. I'll let the actual on the field results speak for themselves, you explain why this play was better than it actually was.

The worst part is we had someone on the sidelines who thought that play call was hands down better than giving the ball to Ozigbo... ...and he gets paid to think that way.

I guess my first question is who is Mark Mays and my second question is why should any of us care what he thinks? Nobody goes through this world liked by everybody, so it is best to adjust expectations accordingly. Cornhusker fans seem especially vulnerable to the terrible thought that not everybody loves them and their team.

Another week of a "too cool" college player dropping the ball before he actually crosses the goal line. It was Oklahoma's Mixon, now it is Cal's running back. Seminole Dalvin Cook dropped the ball while getting ready for an end zone celebration, trading a TD for a FG. This week, Cal's Enwere almost gave Texas a chance to tie the game with similar jackassery. I swear, how hard is it to hand the ball to the ref when you see a touchdown signal or hold on to the frickin' ball for an extra half second? Have cell phones caused generational ADD disorder that causes this? (at the 2:00 mark) Then we have @sshats like Desmond Howard criticizing Andy Janovich for wrapping the ball up when he saw he was going to cross the end zone. I guess Desmond is from the DeSean Jackson school of end zone theatrics sans the touchdown.

There is a lot of shuffling that can go on this week. As the number of teams who remain undefeated got whittled down and a few ranked teams recorded their second loss, it becomes harder to exclude Nebraska, especially after a win against a ranked opponent that gets a lot of press. That being said, if we don't crack the Top 25 this week, just win the next one and the next one and that zero in the loss column speaks louder and louder on our behalf.

Tackling is a skill that is or isn't taught, not a talent. There is not a "tackling gene" in the makeup of human DNA.

I would've thought Carl would go to a Carls Jr. burger joint...on account of the commercials with girls eating the burgers and its name and whatnot...

Study the picture The Dude posted. That guy has two Big Macs and look how healthy he is! Also, Internet doesn't always equal truth. Remember the rumor that went around a long time ago that McDonalds was grinding up earthworms to put into their burgers to save money? Then somebody did the math on how much a dozen nightcrawlers cost at a bait shop and the worms ended up being way more expensive per pound than the finest steaks? Lastly, we all are going to end up dead regardless of what we eat. I'll take a few less years on this earth before leveling up if I get to eat McDonalds, Gimbal's jelly beans, and everything that can fit on a grill, rather than dying with a belly full of bean sprouts and protein shakes. I do respect your right to disagree and your decision not make the lines any longer at McDonalds come Monday.

I am repeating myself here, but I think injuries will decide this as much as anything else...unfortunately. We need both of them to rotate to be able to pound people like I think we would want to do.

That just makes them easier to smack around. They are a PAC 10 team. Everybody knows if you play physical against a PAC 10 team that they will soon fold and collapse like a cheap lawn chair. That conference gets giddy over the thought of a pageant covered in roses for Pete's sake! Not an Iron Bowl or a Red River Shootout or Paul Bunyan's axe, but ROSES!!

Corso had a pretty good day, what with being on the sidelines for Louisville's beat down of the Seminoles and making Desmond look even more clueless.

Riley went hard after a win this game. He went for it on three(?) fourth downs, getting two of them. A clear case of playing for a win rather than playing not to lose. Now he will be walking around Lincoln all week, going up to the Starbucks barista next Thursday and saying, "Please excuse my appearance what with the sticky shirt and soggy hat. Those darned rascals I coach soaked me in Gatorade last Saturday...you know...like they do to all coaches after a big win against an old nemesis. "I've got a good notion to make the whole lot of them run stairs, but it meant so much to them that I suppose I'll let it slide this time...as long as it doesn't become a nasty habit. I plan on going home and changing real soon, because everybody is seeing me like this."

Well, the Ducks message board will either get over it or die from it. In either case, it won't be a long term problem.

Explain what you mean by "your place"... ...I'm just worried for you, that's all.

I was (and still am) confused as to what exactly that play was supposed to look like. Was it a busted play? Something tricky that blew up in Oregon's faces? A missed assignment? I will take the results, but that play didn't look too healthy right from the start...

In which Ocean were you when you crossed and met up with King Neptune?

Winning... ...and a free Big Mac from McDonalds.

I listened to the first half on the radio coming back from the 426 Cellar Winery and Matt Davidson was really b!tching about all of the holding and pushing going on before the refs started to call it. Being an WR, he might have noticed it before the rest of us, but Westerkamp seemed steamed about it as well. So I think that Oregon bought and paid for every yellow flag they got.

This was one of those "Live by the sword, die by the sword" things. It works great except when it doesn't. Riley looked like a genius and maybe gave a little boost to his own team by saying, "Double extra points?! We don't need no stinkin' double extra points if we get enough touchdowns to go with our single extra points!"

God bless you Rod Dzuris for making this happen on Monday! This win would have been a hollow victory indeed if I looked into my McDonald's sack and saw just one sad and lonely Big Mac. I would always have regretted what might have been...

Thanks for sharing...