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I agree, it just gives you two helmet options so I decided to go with a "modernized" version of the throwback helmets from last year. Since there is a second option, you should have done the smart move and made the helmets a hot magenta. Pink has been shown to lower the aggression of people viewing it. In Iowa, they paint the entire visitor's locker room pink for this reason.

I think it is commendable that my punctuation is nearly spot-on except for that last part, in spite of the rampant mistypes.

Can a mod delete this thread please?

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I'm really against the "black for black's sake" jersey thing that Nike has going on. It sells, and impressionable recruits see that hip hop stars all wear black sports jerseys (starting with Oakland...), so they want to wear black too. Cue Virginia Tech. Ugliest looking things on the planet this year to real football fans, but they're down with the clowns. Not even the school's colors. It's retarded. I know Nebraska calls their defense the "Blackshirts", but if they had black jerseys for game day, I would petition the government for an embargo on Adidas products. If Nike does a black uniform for Ohio State, I think people will openly revolt. It's bad enough that the Pro Combat uniforms are taking the place of the traditional Ohio State colors for the traditional season-ending match up against that other school.

Welcome to the forum! Huskies meet Huskers. That's a sitcom in the making.

Aren't the refs for this game going to be Big 12 refs? The visiting team for these ooc games brings the refs (ACC refs were at Ohio State, Big Ten refs were at Alabama, etc.).

I think it is safe to conclude that the strongest conference in college football - in all of Division 1 - is the Missouri Valley Conference, led by North Dakota State. The unyielding Bison defense did not let up a single touchdown to the Big 12 [basketball] power in what the pundits call an "upset", but an upset it was not. We are witnessing the resurgence of the North Dakota State Bison as the premier football powerhouse of the modern era. Evidence of this is that a defeated Kansas played a ranked FBS team - Georgia Tech - and emerged victorious. Which means: North Dakota State > Kansas > Georgia Tech :nanalama

M*ch*gan is the only ranked D-1 FBS (formerly D-1A) team in college football history to lose to a D-1 FCS (formerly D-1AA). This could change soon.

Not sure I agree with that assessment. You have to look at what they did in context of the society. World War II was, almost inarguably, the last time the country was virtually united in the face of a threat. The country as a whole believed, almost to a person, that if the threat represented by the Nazi's and their allies was not defeated, it would mean the end of America. I would like to believe that capability still exists in society - but that we haven't encountered the level of threat that we all perceive as truely capable of destroying our way of life. Some might argue that radical Islamic represents that threat. I would agree that they have certainly pledged our destruction - I would disagree that they constitute a viable threat of the level of Nazi Germany. Certainly we have to face it and, at the very least, contain it (it could be argued that the conflicts we face today can't be totally defeated, just as in any guerrila war you can't identify all enemy combatants, and there is little centralized control over "cells" that are fanatical to the death). But it doesn't represent the level of threat that Nazi Germany did. Additionally, we have to remember that the people that fought World War II (who have been, in my mind, correctly identified as the "Greatest Generation") were somewhat unique. They had survived deprevations that are beyond our experience. They existed at a time when self-sacrifice was not only considered appropriate - it was necessary. That component has been lacking in society for a couple of generations, at least. Does that mean that it would never surface? No - if the circumstances are right, I firmly believe it would. That's a good assessment, more drawn out than what I wrote. I don't mean that modern Marines aren't physically capable - hell, in WWII, most Marines couldn't even swim - but that the kind of determination that existed in World War II wouldn't surface again until, as you said, people truly believe their existence was at stake and were generally more familiar with the kinds of sacrifice that was expected on everyday terms, as you say.

Yeah. That comes with the territory of being a powerhouse team... Hell, a powerhouse anything (like, the United States or Standard Oil). Every little defeat is a big victory for someone else. Like Ohio State in 2007 when Ohio State was upset by Illinois, or more recently with Purdue in 2009, their fans went crazy. Purdue even had signs at the basketball game between the two that taunted Ohio State football (we won the basketball game, by the way). You can't blame them, as you can't blame the Cyclone fan. I'm sure it's the best thing that happened to them in their respective season. They don't have bowl games to look forward to. That's what they live off of, and all parties deserve the situation.

Iowa won the 1958 MNC. No. I think they are very pleased with how their program has developed over the last decade or so. At the moment, Iowa is a superior team to Nebraska. They are just really anxious to compete against Nebraska in the Big Ten, and think that they should probably get all their trash talking in quick before Nebraska rebounds. There isn't any "hate" yet. I believe there is a lot of rabble-rousing going on both sides because of the imminence of the upcoming competition and geographic proximity, but I think both sides are really too quick to label each other. Iowa is a vastly different culture from the yuppies in Colorado, and if you really wanted to, you could see this as a respectful-but-heated rivalry, but from what I have seen on Huskerboard, Nebraska's Big 12 habit is to adopt a policy of unregulated hatred of everyone covered by a veil of sanctimony. From what I see, you guys really want them to hate you. It makes you feel good. Them fightin words pal There is a thread in the NCAA forum of this site titled: I HATE IOWA FANS!!!!!!![...] It's the truth. I'm not saying you guys aren't classy fans or have a respected program - otherwise I wouldn't be hanging around here - but it is kind of in your fan ethos though to brew up massive amounts of hate for other fans - not even their program, coaches, players, etc - and in this case, for no particular reason. Maybe it just developed from a history of hard knocks in the Big 12 or something. I have no clue where it stems from, but you guys always act incredulous when other people speak badly of Nebraska fans when it isn't that hard to see why sometimes. It is clear to many Ohio State and Penn State fans why people would speak badly about our fans, and that is because we have some rowdy a$$hole$ who flip over cars, peg people with beer cans, and burn couches. But from what I see, most Ohio State and Penn State people have pretty objective views of fans/programs who aren't their bitter rivals. It isn't the case with the fans on Huskerboard at least, who leave no civility to Colorado, Kansas State, Mizzouri, Iowa State, Texas, etc., and has now reached a new level of ridiculousness with a team and fans who you basically have no history with (Iowa). In my honest opinion, I think it grows from being in a really fractal conference like the Big 12 so that everyone becomes your enemy. I have seen a lot of Big Ten fans on the internet react to Husker fans this way. I don't get it myself. Maybe someone should explain it to me. Hell, even Penn State and Michigan State fans didn't care much for each other with their invented rivalry, but for all the complaining you guys do about Colorado and their invented rivalry with Nebraska, you guys get very worked up about it. I sincerely don't mean to make a big fight out of this, I am just pointing this out. That these Iowa threads are getting a bit ridiculous, and if you guys reflected on this for a minute, there isn't anything I'm saying that isn't unwarranted.

LOL saw that. Sad thing is she probably does have one Now that's a West Virginia joke. +1 Current score, 10:17 in the Second: WVU: 3 MU: 14

The thing I will give to Chicago is that they know how to make an attraction out of their best pizza places. In New York, someone may go to 99 cent pizza and not think that much of New York Pizza, because the best places aren't well advertised (Lombardi's, Grimaldi's, Ray's Pizza (the original), Ray's Original Pizza [not the original], Famous Ray's, de Fara's, etc). That being said, the 99 cent pizza chain (local to Manhattan) is an amazing value for good pizza. It is standing room only, no toppings, no drinks or anything, you just pay 99 cents and you get a slice of cheese pizza that is very satisfactory. It has a cult following among NYU students.

Did you pay for the cab in treasury bonds or something?

Good start by Marshall.

Very interesting read, though I disagree on the last part. The soldiers and Marines in WWII were something else that we couldn't compare to this day. My own drill instructor said there was no f'ing way they could do Iwo Jima today. Those guys were crazy.

They can't even fill their own stadium and he's trying to knock Ohio Stadium?

Rudy served in the Navy for four years before attending Notre Dame, but that wouldn't have made a good underdog story in the movie.

Iowa won the 1958 MNC. No. I think they are very pleased with how their program has developed over the last decade or so. At the moment, Iowa is a superior team to Nebraska. They are just really anxious to compete against Nebraska in the Big Ten, and think that they should probably get all their trash talking in quick before Nebraska rebounds. There isn't any "hate" yet. I believe there is a lot of rabble-rousing going on both sides because of the imminence of the upcoming competition and geographic proximity, but I think both sides are really too quick to label each other. Iowa is a vastly different culture from the yuppies in Colorado, and if you really wanted to, you could see this as a respectful-but-heated rivalry, but from what I have seen on Huskerboard, Nebraska's Big 12 habit is to adopt a policy of unregulated hatred of everyone covered by a veil of sanctimony. From what I see, you guys really want them to hate you. It makes you feel good.

Hey, that's what I call them... Anyway, why don't you wear black or white? They didn't say that you have to wear purple, did they?

Plus f'ing one.

Unnecessary, since Wyoming will win by two scores.

... Everyone? It's Idaho.