SealBeachHusker

Dude, you're right...incredibly tacky.

Love this quote from Suh after winning the award: Humble AND still focused on Arizona. Gawd, I'm gonna miss this guy GBR!

Great acknowledgment for his hard work and talent. A bit of vindication for a joke of Heisman process. Go SUHHHHHHH!

I didn't think about that. Hmmm...probably for Nebraska fans. Essentially what you're asking is how many offensive possessions will we get? I'll be napping through most of our offensive snaps. Defense is where the action is. That's why I really hope those attending the game make a real effort to "feed the beast"! Defenses thrive on loud crowds and emotion...keep it loud traveling Huskers!

For Nebraska fans or non-Nebraska fans?

Yeah, Pac 10 is very solid...they went undefeated in bowls last year. While I understand it's all about the matchups, an undefeated bowl season is always impressive. And stats can be misleading, too. Across the board the Pac 10 has relatively low ranked defensive units...but, is that because they have very good offenses?? Who knows? I do think Bo thrives for these types of matchups and won't let the team overlook the game at all. And I hope the crowd will be pumped and take over the stadium. Defenses thrive on emotion, this is a game where the fans can really part of the effort by staying loud!

I think we can get very good talent here, but I'd rather have great attitudes. Osborne's recruiting classes were good to very good...seldom "great", but the coaches were really able to develop good talent into greatness. On the other hand, throughout the 80's and 90's USC had very highly ranked recruiting classes (often top 5) and still they were horrendous. I love the fact that we have coaches that seem to be able to coach and teach the game.

Thanks and same to you. I just started posting here but it seems like a great bunch of folks.

One specific item was "partial qualifiers" which were voted down for the conference when it changed to the Big 12. Larger metros, such as those in Texas, are host to a plethora of Junior Colleges. If a recruit was struggling academically, Nebraska would need to get them in as a partial qualifier, where the recruit would need to get his grades up while in college, but could still be admitted to the school and part of the football program. In locations with a strong Junior College system like Texas and California you do not need these partial qualifiers as you can direct struggling players into a local Junior College with a verbal promise to bring them in upon improvement of their grades. Nebraska does not have this pool of Junior College football programs in which to place partial qualifiers or from which to draw once struggling players. This was a distinct advantage for Texas. It hampered Nebraska, and allowed Texas to stockpile players in the JC system, while not having to waste schollies on young struggling players.

Especially since Suh came out and said Bo talked him into staying. But why should people let silly things like quotes from the players get in the way of their fantasy? Yup,

The first recruiting class Bo was ever in charge of came in at 28th. So far this class (2010) is coming in at 30th. With 120 Div. 1A teams, I'd say that puts Bo fairly well above average. Playing devil's advocate here, I would not put Nebraska in the same recruiting pool as 120 D1 teams. At the very least the pool should only include the BCS conferences, and if that is the case recruiting is not all that impressive. But, he also took over a program in shambles and trying to rebuild it's reputation. Nebraska is not the geographic draw that many other schools are, so their success is a large part of the draw to come to the school. I think the fact that Bo was able to convince Suh to stay, TWICE, indicates he can be a very convincing recruiter.

I'd like to know how you know this? From what I've seen he has really struggled at landing high ranking defensive linemen...... The only reason I would think that he may not have landed Suh was that Bo likely does very little recruiting in Oregon. But, if the question is "could" Bo recruit Suh, I think the answer is absolutely "Yes". The fact that he convinced him to stay, not once, but twice says a lot.

My issue would simply be this. Ingram is not even the top rusher in the SEC...Gerhart is best RB this year, but last year several RB's had more yards...Donald Brown of UConn had over 2,000 to Gerhart's 1,700 this year. What Suh did was not only tops this year by far (he had better stats than whole defensive lines), but his stats were some of the best at his position EVER. Suh missing out on this really is a shame. They need to either create a defensive Heisman award, or simply call the Heisman what it is, the best offensive player on the best team of the year award.

My issue would simply be this. Ingram is not even the top rusher in the SEC...Gerhart is best RB this year, but last year several RB's had more yards...Donald Brown of UConn had over 2,000 to Gerhart's 1,700 this year. What Suh did was not only tops this year by far (he had better stats than whole defensive lines), but his stats were some of the best at his position ever. Sum missing out on this really is a shame. They need to either create a defensive heisman award, or simply call the Heisman what it is, the best offensive player on the best team of the year award.

LMAO...that's awesome. Seems like the quite guy Suh might have a little smack talk in him...lol

stiffarmtrophy's twitter page links to this article...he's skeptical as to the reliability of the report. quote name='Nexus' date='Dec 12 2009, 01:57 AM' post='541733'] Nice find. So we're dealing with a hack journalist?

Citing what as their source? i saw it to. probably the same story as this thread. on stiffarmtrophy's twitter page he mentions they quoted his numbers on ESPN2 about 15 mins ago, but that would have just been his current standings...not a winner. Other than that, they must be referring to the Alabama report. Isn't the Heisman show on ESPN? No way they leak and announce it on their own network.

Citing what as their source?

Why, cuz we believe Suh has a legit chance at being named the best player in college football? It's not like he choked and was on the ground winded like Sapp.

For the record, I'm right there with ya' Seattle. I think Suh is making up ground quickly and the non-traditional votes for Suh will be the ones least likely to be made public early. I really to believe it will be Suh in a close but clear vote...as he will have the most 1st place votes for sure.

Based on what, "US News" rankings? Those have been shown to measure very little related to true academic quality, and a concerted effort has been made by reputable institutions to not cooperate with the bogus report. Nebraska was categorized as a Carnegie "Research I University" in 1994...this category was renamed "Doctoral/Research University-Extensive" in 2000. One of 59 in the United States. If you measured strictly the academic offerings, research, and admissions/quality of students....UNL stands up quite well with Iowa, Indiana and Michigan State. UNL is also more selective than all three. Admissions Data (2008) UNL: * Percent of Applicants Admitted: 63% * Test Scores -- 25th / 75th Percentile o SAT Critical Reading: 510 / 670 o SAT Math: 530 / 670 o SAT Writing: - / - + (what these SAT numbers mean) + (Big 12 SAT Comparison Chart) o ACT Composite: 22 / 28 o ACT English: 21 / 28 o ACT Math: 21 / 28 + (what these ACT numbers mean) + (Big 12 ACT Comparison Chart) Admissions Data (2008) Iowa: * Percent of Applicants Admitted: 82% * Test Scores -- 25th / 75th Percentile o SAT Critical Reading: 510 / 660 o SAT Math: 560 / 680 o SAT Writing: - / - + (what these SAT numbers mean) + (Big Ten SAT comparison chart) o ACT Composite: 23 / 28 o ACT English: 22 / 28 o ACT Math: 22 / 28 + (what these ACT numbers mean) + (Big Ten ACT comparison chart) Admissions Data (2008) Indiana: * Percent of Applicants Admitted: 71% * Test Scores -- 25th / 75th Percentile o SAT Critical Reading: 510 / 620 o SAT Math: 530 / 640 o SAT Writing: 500 / 620 + (what these SAT numbers mean) + (Big Ten SAT comparison chart) + (public university SAT chart) o ACT Composite: 23 / 29 o ACT English: 23 / 29 o ACT Math: 23 / 29 + (what these ACT numbers mean) + (Big Ten ACT comparison chart) + (public university ACT chart) Admissions Data (2008) Michigan State: * Percent of Applicants Admitted: 70% * Test Scores -- 25th / 75th Percentile o SAT Critical Reading: 480 / 620 o SAT Math: 540 / 660 o SAT Writing: 480 / 610 + (what these SAT numbers mean) + (Big Ten SAT comparison chart) o ACT Composite: 23 / 27 o ACT English: 22 / 28 o ACT Math: 22 / 28 + (what these ACT numbers mean) + (Big Ten ACT comparison chart)

Suh should run around the Heisman show sneaking up behind McCoy saying..."Boo"

Suh should run around the Heisman show sneaking up behind McCoy saying..."Boo"

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writ...ex.html?cnn=yes

That's what I got out of it.