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There's also a 101 ways to cook a chicken, what's your point? Exactly what constitutes a "had it up to here with you" gesture? Grabbing your crotch like Michael Jackson? Smacking yourself in the head like Marlyn Manson? Like i said, and i am sure many posters agree with me on this and you will be hard pressed to find anyone who disagrees with me but Callahan's opinion of what they ran and what USC runs holds more weight then your opinion FF. That's just the truth. The only thing you are doing is stating nothing more then an opinion and we all know what opinions are like right?

A post from Rojo from Huskerpedia CU's Hawkins, the Spread, and not being in "the wacky WAC." I. Boise State has had the Offense: The last guy to exit Boise State with the Spread Offense was Dirk Koetter to Arizona State. Five years later his record at ASU is 33-28. Now Dan Hawkins takes the Spread (and Arizona State's Offensive Coordinator, Mark Helfrich) to Colorado. Boise State has consistently put up big numbers in "Total Offense." Last year the Broncos ranked #29----and in prior Hawkins’ years #4, #7, #1, #14. But it’s off to the Big 12 now.... II. Talent level: The WAC vrs the Big 12 A look at the 2005 NFL Draft: --WAC: 4 players drafted from the whole 9-team conference. --Big 12: 34 players drafted. . III. Why is the WAC “wacky”? A look at defense. It’s a conference “personality”: WAC teams have typically emphasized offense. Defensively the WAC is generally loaded with well-below-average defenses. Look at the stats for 2005. A. WAC “Total Defense” rankings: Average rank---#83. --#116: New Mexico State --#104: San Jose State --#102: Hawaii --#97: Idaho --#88: Nevada --#81: Utah State --#66: Louisiana Tech --#51: Boise State --#38: Fresno State B. Big 12 “Total Defense” rankings: Average rank---#44. Half of the Big 12 ranked better than the best seen in the WAC last year (Fresno State---#38). --#107: Texas A&M --#95: Oklahoma State --#63: Baylor --#50: Missouri --#45: Kansas State --#41: Colorado . --#35: Iowa State --#30: Texas Tech --#26: Nebraska --#13: Oklahoma --#11: Kansas --#10: Texas . The Bottom Line: 1) The Big 12 is becoming a “Spread Offense” conference. Oklahoma and Texas Tech do well when their defenses are good. Missouri and Oklahoma State… less so at this time. 2) How will Colorado do? --The positive: Hawkins is bringing in a generally experienced Spread Offense staff. --A negative? He’s also bringing half of his Boise defensive staff. One thing’s for sure: Week-after-week it will be apparent to all of them… it’s not called “the wacky Big 12.” Just some things to think about…..

Husker fund-raising effort gains steam BY STEVEN M. SIPPLE / Lincoln Journal Star Signs point to the Nebraska athletic facilities’ fund-raising campaign experiencing an upswing. How much and when remain to be seen, but at least two well-known donors indicated plans are in the works for major contributions. “We’ll comment on gifts when the time is right,” Nebraska Chancellor Harvey Perlman said Wednesday. Calls to several major donors turned up no specifics, but Howard Hawks of Omaha and Dan Cook of Dallas indicated they are either on the verge of making sizable donations or made them recently. “I’m just going to ask you to be patient,” Hawks said. Although Nebraska athletic director Steve Pederson hasn’t released exact figures recently, between $16 million and $22 million is believed to have been raised and/or pledged since the plan to upgrade facilities was unveiled in November of 2003. Work continues on the $50 million project, expected to be completed this summer. The last major donation came from Charles and Romona Myers, who donated $5 million in December of 2004. Charles Myers, reached at his winter home in Scottsdale, Ariz., said he wouldn’t be surprised if the number of private donations increases in coming months in part because of Nebraska’s recent football success. The Huskers finished the season with a three-game winning streak, pushing their record to 8-4 after a 5-6 mark in 2004 “Honest to God, I think people will pitch in,” said Myers, noting that the last part of his donation was received by NU last month. “Some people maybe thought all the changes in the football program (two years ago) were the wrong thing to do initially. But now it looks like they were the right thing. I think all the naysayers will want to be friends again. “Let me ask you: If you and I started a company from scratch, don’t you think there would be a few wrinkles at first?” Hawks, whose donation in March of 2000 enabled the Haymarket Park project to proceed as scheduled, has taken a patient approach to the football program’s development since Bill Callahan took over as head coach in January of 2004. “When he came on board,” Hawks said, “I told myself I’m going to watch and be relaxed about it until 2007, then I’ll look to see if we’re getting back to the course where we had a history of being.” Lincoln native Dale Jensen, part- owner of the Arizona Diamondbacks and Phoenix Suns, said Nebraska’s strong finish in football will help fund raising but that success next season might also be vital. Jensen said he is optimistic about Callahan and company. “There has been a continued progression of improvement,” Jensen said. Nebraska’s fund-raising efforts started slowly, falling far short of Pederson’s original goal to have $20 million raised by the end of 2003. The athletic director said the coaching change prevented him from putting more time into the fund drive. The slow start necessitated the Nebraska Board of Regents, of which Hawks is chairman, to issue bonds in April 2004 to ensure payment of the project. Jensen donated early in the process and hasn’t been asked for more money, he said. “If they felt they were in trouble, I think I would’ve heard from them again,” he said. Said Perlman: “It’s not, or ever been, in a state of crisis.” Pederson emphasized the importance of smaller contributions and said he’s been encouraged by fans’ willingness to make donations as part of the purchase of tickets in the new North Stadium seating section. He said the amount of giving has been steady and not necessarily tied to the football team’s late-season surge. “We’ve got some neat things going on,” Pederson said, “but I don’t want to get ahead of ourselves.” A group of Nebraska officials, including Perlman, are scheduled to travel to Dallas next week to meet with Cook, whose family donation made possible the Cook Pavilion indoor football practice facility on the NU campus. “They’ll be talking to me about a lot of things, including a discussion about (the athletic fund drive),” Cook said Wednesday. Cook has said his donation to the fund drive will be in the form of a “challenge grant.” In other words, Cook will give a certain amount of money after a certain amount is raised. The 70-year-old Cook continues to stress the importance of maintaining strong athletic facilities. His close friend, 77-year-old Oklahoma State alum T. Boone Pickens, recently donated $165 million to OSU’s athletic program. “It just tells you Oklahoma State will get stronger and stronger,” said Cook, who sat with Pickens’ wife at a recent White House function. “We have a good coaching staff and good fans at Nebraska. “But we’re not the only great facility out there anymore. And getting players to come to Nebraska, you have to have something a little extra special.” Sports editor John Mabry contributed to this report Link I like this quote:

Are you serious? I was booted off 2 websites? Kewl Keep up the good work. Apperently you think i am realiable for information since you managed to follow me from these "2 websites" i got booted from. Like 2 people advised you already, take it to the woodshed.

From my understanding, Ricky's neighborhood isn't that bad. Not saying that there aren't gangs where he lives, but what amazes me is the location of where the USC campus is located in particular, right on the outskirts between Crip territory and the 18th street gang which is a branchoff of the Surenos gang i mentioned earlier. It's amazing how bad L.A is after watching the documentary "Hood to Hood" which came out last year. I recommend everyone to see that DVD and ask themselves "and kids are going to school (USC) in that kinda neighborhood"?

Yes that's true. It houses one of the largest gangs in America. Surenos and Nortenos who have a very bad history between the 2 of them over Surenos stealing a large cocaine shippment from Nortenos

Hard to take a site serious like Scout when they blatantly have inaccurate information (see the Corey Young link i provided). Steve Ryan has also been wrong on so many occasions, but there is no need to bring it up here. I am just stating what i know based on facts i have seen where the info was not even close to being the truth. Let me repeat that, it's not an opinion and more or so based on visual evidence. As far as the Georgia visit, i don't know who started it, why it started, how it started. One thing is for sure, Deas has cancelled his official trip to NU 3 times. That's not once, or twice, but 3 times. If he does visit NU (and i am not saying NU is out of it just yet because recruits are flip flopper's when it comes to official visits with less then 2 weeks remaining so he could easily put us back in as fast as he took us out), it's only for him to go to a JUCO school like Butler C.C. and then land him possibly in next years recruiting class. Right now there's so many rumours flying about him that your guess is as good as mine, but i am going to operate under the assumption that he has eliminated NU for the time being unless he shows up in Lincoln this weekend and not Georgia. The only thing we can do is wait it out right now and see what happens, but if he is in Athens this weekend, don't be surprised. Heck, he may cancel his visit to Lincoln/Athen and just commit tomorrow morning to a school. Quite honestly, i have no clue why we are even after him. He will be an academic casualty

Dubois: Two-peats, three-peats and two-steps toward playoff By BY CARL DUBOIS Advocate Sports Writer Congratulations to Texas for its Two-Peat. The Longhorns beat the Southern California Trojans 41-38 late Wednesday in the Rose Bowl, the BCS national championship game. That’s two consecutive Rose Bowl victories for Texas, which should seize the opportunity to bill itself as repeat national champion. Marketing is everything, you know. USC (and ABC and its sister network, ESPN) taught us in 2003 that the Rose Bowl can be the national championship game, even when it’s not, if enough people decide it is. Go for it, ’Horns. Hook ’em if you can. That’s how USC entered Wednesday’s game on a quest for what everybody called a Three-Peat (or a Three-Pete, for USC coach Pete Carroll). Do the math, comedian and USC fan Will Ferrell said during ABC’s pregame show. The Trojans are playing in their third national championship game in three years, he said. Tell that to LSU, which has the ADT trophy, the crystal football signifying the BCS national championship for the 2003 season. Nick Saban held one aloft after the 2004 Nokia Sugar Bowl. Pete Carroll held one aloft after the 2005 Fed-Ex Orange Bowl. Mack Brown held one aloft after the 2006 Rose Bowl Presented by Keith Jackson. Anybody see a repeat in there? It’s old news to remind you that every major conference in the country agreed to take the human element out of it as much as possible by following a system that picks two teams to play for Division I-A college football’s national championship. Carroll liked the system in 2003 before LSU passed USC in the standings and won the right to play and beat Oklahoma for the national championship. Before LSU made that jump, Saban said he would respect the system whatever the outcome. Carroll changed his tune, declaring the 2004 Rose Bowl the national championship game. Jackson bought the hype and billed the game accordingly, despite the fact nobody in America suggested that a Michigan victory over the Trojans in that game would earn Michigan a national title. USC quarterback Matt Leinart wore a T-shirt ripping the BCS with a thinly veiled obscenity, but he and Carroll embraced the system when the Trojans won the 2004 version of the BCS national championship. After USC lost Wednesday to Texas, Leinart insisted the Trojans have the better team. Following USC’s logic, that means the Trojans got their Three-Peat after all, because it’s all about declaring yourself the best whether or not things fall your way. So, for the second time in three seasons, the “best team in college football history” — Oklahoma in 2003, USC in 2005 — bit the dust in the only national championship game agreed upon before the season by the major conferences. After the fact, it’s a free-for-all to declare your team the best. That’s why Texas needs to remind everyone it has consecutive victories in the Rose Bowl, the game for all the marbles if you want it to be. Meanwhile, LSU should guard its ADT trophy jealously, perhaps with an ADT security system. One day, it might be the only proof the Tigers won a national championship. All of the crazy talk — a Three-Peat, a Three-Pete, a Two-and-a-half-Peat and Will Ferrell’s USC math — overshadowed what was one of the best games in college football history, featuring one of the best individual performances in college football history (by Texas quarterback Vince Young) and played on, as we were told, the best playing surface in Rose Bowl history. Chris Fowler inspired ESPN to spend the last few weeks pitting USC against the best teams of all time in virtual matchups, hoping to help people determine whether the Trojans were the best team in college football history: USC 2005 vs. Nebraska 1995, USC 2005 vs. Miami 2001, USC 2005 vs. USC 1978 and so forth. Perhaps ESPN (and the Trojans) should have spent more time analyzing USC 2005 vs. Texas 2005. The best thing about the media and coaches being revealed as flawed in their ability to evaluate teams as the best in college football history (or the best in the current season) is it’s an increasing part of the slow but inevitable journey toward a playoff. One day fans will look back in bewilderment that once upon a time the powers that be thought it was appropriate to do it any other way. Link

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Nebraska has cancelled his visit now that Kenny Wilson is no longer taking any additional visits.

don't be to upset about it. I doubt he qualifies to any of those schools, specially Florida St. I see him going the Juco route or at least a prep school

His mom wanted him to go out of state since he began his recruitment and now all of a sudden when he commits, she changes her tone to wanting him to go to Fresno St? I don't buy it. That's just my opinion, but it's pointless anyways. As i said earlier, untill he steps on campus and shows he actually qualified, i don't look at him as a solid commit yet. The ONLY thing i can think of that would make his mom switch all of a sudden her tone would be Ricky not making the grades to get into NU. We have less then 2 weeks to go before LOI. We will see what happens

I say this because if you look at that site again and go under the 10/8 visits, they have Corey young visiting. That's not correct. Corey young just visited NU this past weekend officiallly. Corey Young works weekends and was unable to get into an official and unofficiall visit untill just recently.

He is solid. His mom likes his decision and Ricky has no second thoughts about it that i know of

I had a feeling it was going to be a link to a scout.com visit list. Scout.com is very bad at updating visit lists most of the time. He is going to Georgia on 1/20

In for a visit when? He just visited Auburn on Friday, Florida St on Monday and is visiting LSU on 1/27 and plans on visiting Georgia on 1/20. Where did you see he was visiting? P.S: I am eating a Runza as we speak

Well Said. The comparions that Carson was giving and the one Callahan was giving have nothing to do with each other.

He is a 2 for 2 player and can petition the NCAA to grant him a third year since he never attendaed classes at Grambling

Rumour has it that he has eliminated Nebraska and is down to Auburn and Florida St.

I expect him to see the field often next season. I believe Marlon Starts but Glenn and Wilson share playing time as backups. I think this pretty much does it for B Jackson unless one of those 3 goes down with an injury.

Is going to commit to Arizona in the next few days

Kenny Wilson cancelled both of his visits to Tennessee and Florida and will not be making anymore visits. Say's he's solid to NU. He graduates in May and will be here for summer conditioning.

The USC series was not the first non-confernece game Peterson scheduled when he took office in 2003. I remember this clearly because KSU had just come off a home and home series against USC in 2002 and 2003 and USC had already Nebraska on the schedule. Bill is the guy who had USC scheduled, not Pederson. *Note the date of the article May 4, 2001 Football season is still several months away, but work on football scheduling never stops. Earlier this spring, for example, USC signed a contract for a home-and-home series with Arkansas in 2005 and 2006. This continues our philosophy of trying to put together the best schedules we can. Next season, for example, besides Notre Dame, we'll play Kansas State, which went 11-3 last season and was ranked eighth in the final poll. That game will take place in the Coliseum on September 8. In 2002, we'll play three major intersectional games, in addition to Notre Dame, facing Auburn, Colorado and Kansas State in a row at the start of the season. Considering the strength of the Pac-10, I don't think anyone in the country will play a tougher schedule than USC will that year. In 2003, we'll open the season with Auburn and BYU. In the next few years we'll also play Nebraska (in 2006-2007), Ohio State (2008-2009), and, of course, Arkansas. I think it's important to play quality opponents. As we strive to restore the greatness of our football program under new coach Pete Carroll, we want to do it against the best competition. Players come to USC not only to be the best, but to play the best. That, of course, is one of the reasons we continue to play Notre Dame every year. This has been the country's No. 1 intersectional series for 75 years, but, when you line up against Notre Dame, you better be ready to play. The Irish have the best winning percentage in college football history. Of course, it's good for college football when schools maintain all of their traditional rivalries. This is not always easy. For example, teams in the Pac-10 play eight conference games every year, skipping one opponent to make the schedule work. Obviously, we will never skip UCLA, but we also have worked it out so we will never miss Stanford or California, two schools we first played in 1905 and 1915. I think that's important. Our goal then is to perpetuate our long-term rivalries and play the best intersectional opponents we can find. That's a recipe for a great schedule. link

Nay, still believe it: http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/flatearth.html I guess that everyone on here knows more about USCs offense then does their former qb????? And i guess Jim "dropped the chalupa" Rose knows more about Cal then their own fans So if you say it's not a WCO, it's true, but someone who coaches and has been doing it for almost 30 years has no clue right? I am more inclined to believe an actual professional then an amateur like yourself, specially who always has something negative to say and claims he's a husker yet cant even treat the main head coach with some respect.

Commenting on the Texas win over USC in the rosebowl: Texarkana Texas High quarterback Ryan Mallett, who may be the nation's top-ranked junior quarterback prospect, said when anyone wins a national championship, every recruit wants that school to offer a scholarship. "If USC, Penn State or Ohio State had won, then everyone would want to go to that school," said Mallet, who is still looking at 30 schools, including Texas.