Huskerzoo

If possible...see if the basement has a deep well...it can come in handy.  My last neighbor, Buffalo Bill, he had one, raved about it!

If you live in a northern climate that gets snow, its best to have a south facing driveway (or at least not a north facing driveway).

Avoid homes with backyards against a main road. Unless you can handle that constant noise

Haha, that's right. I forgot about that.

I've made it two days this week without spilling coffee on myself. Did get some olive oil on my Nebraska hoody though

I did that to a work polo too, right on the nipple. So, now depending on how a sales call goes I might tell them I'm lactating in excitement.

I forget who I'm talking to. Even to game day at memorial, at best I wear a hat and a hoody.

OH, we're probably okay then ;-) When you said decked out in Husker gear I pictured the guy with red & white striped overalls over his Mike Rozier signed jersey, foam finger, corn head, and red face paint. ha.

^And a giant corn ear hat. lulz

@Comfortably Numb I don't think you are prepared to go inside my head...

@ZRod....you're right, I didn't think this through 

I write behavior plans intervention plans for kids in the school systems.  behavior is an interest of mine and I have some education and experience in the field. And I just like to research and debate but it is hard to type anything elaborate out on my phone 

Football fans aside, there are lot worse places to live than Austin or Boulder.

Oh yeah, outside of the football I'm pretty stoked. I just have a hard time ever identifying with the buffs or horns.

Then don't lol! You can make it a joke and represent the Big Ref

You don't drive with ABF. They drive for you. We moved from KC to ATL. They drop off a trailer, you pack your secktion, put up a wall, they pick up and drive to your new home. You unpack and they pick the trailer back up. We had 3 days on each end. You pay for the space you use. Just a suggestion.

YouTube is your friend:

Might be able to score teh part on eBay for a few bucks.

I think the main problem is "FORD FIESTA"

@El Diaco Don't cut off your nose to spite your face. 

There are undoubtedly other viable candidates. However, he is a clear cut homerun hire before any games are played. If there is a chance he can be a successful P5 headcoach, the huskers need to bring him in or do everything they can to get him (I guess unless Riley wins out?). 

There are still other feasible coaches out there though. So not getting Frost doesn't mean we can't land a good hire and fans need to remember that. 

Usually the more you learn about a guy the more concerns come up, but I find Frost is the opposite. I still have concerns, no doubt, but I've gone from already being a big fan of the idea (have been for a long time) to seeing a big time coach growing before our eyes.

He wouldn't be my first pick. He's in the top 5 for sure tho. I hope we explore all our options.

He could work out great, then again... Just tired of the attitude that it's him or bust.

The difference in material and workmanship between a $25 and $100 shirt is really pretty slight. What is noticeable is a poor fit. Since you don't have time to get a shirt altered, I'd try to find somewhere with a large selection so you can find a good fit. Dillard's might be worth a shot. I've had bad experiences with Mens Warehouse but they should have a lot, too.

am I the only one who noticed this wedding is on a bye week?

It'd be funny if the groom was from tOSU. If so, kudos to the sister. LOL

JD = Just doo-doo.

Don't get me wrong, I love what I do for a living. It's just garbage that post-docs pay what they do. The next stage of my career should come with a 20-30k raise. Unfortunately that's two years away.

Yep.

These guys will refi federal and private student loans: https://student.drbank.com/

Porter, unfortunately it's really hard to find a second job as someone with a Ph.D. I've been applying but my resume for the last 7 years is being a therapist and teaching courses at a university. Everyone's afraid I won't stick around or that I don't have relevant experience. Additionally, I'm in a bind because I can't start a practice because I'm not licensed I can't afford to get licensed because I can't start a practice. I've been sending out...

My only advice would be to NOT refinance a used car for $2500 for 6 years. Do whatever else it takes but don't do that. At $210/mo, that thing should be paid off in about a year. Stick it out for that long then your payments will be zero. I doubt anybody would refi that small amount for 6 years anyway.

Oh, man. Surely you can take the interview if you wanted to still, right?

Gotta sign something that commits to the contract. I'm trying to negotiate it, but it means losing leverage elsewhere. It's exhausting and demoralizing.

What dept are you in?

^^Yeah man, and you can set it to every time there's a score, end of quarter, etc.

My sons second birthday party is tomorrow. He is aware I won't be going to the pizza party with him.

Unless there is some reason to expect this person will not be having another birthday next year, I know what I'd do.

Considering we have already lost 3, no more losses would be a good thing. Considering 1 of those 3 was to Minnesota and another of those 3 was a game we should've won but was a 5 turnover nightmare, maybe not so good.

Or, as carl said- surprised.

9 wins are overrated. Bo has a higher frequency of 10 win seasons. fact.

Beware of the straw man - he seems to be hiding behind every bush.

http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.MHSUICIDE?lang=en

HeyBakerMark, this is the World Health Organizations study on the suicide rates by country from 2012. You'll see Denmark at 8.8 per 100,000 for both sexes. If we look at another popular country lets say....the USA, their rates are 12.1 per 100,000.

If we were to rank order them in this study, that would put Denmark middle of the pack at 82nd in the world. The USA is tied for 50th in the world.

Do you have any other concerns about Bernie you want to talk about?

Been there. Hope for the best for you

Just wait it out man. No used getting worked up about something you don't know yet. Good luck brother!

Zoo, you have a long life ahead. I'm sure you are freaking out in the short term, but my advice would be to take the long approach.

I like Texas

I hate UTerus

Congrats Zoo!

Sounds like a great gig! Enjoy!!

Black and Chocolate labs get crunk!!!

I got a 25 dollar gift card to Target...for 12 years of teaching!

That should tell you something teach.

Well, 72 choose 36 = 4.4e20, so you're not going to find it randomly or by brute force.

Actually, if the checkboxes must be evenly divided into 8 in each set, then the maximum number of possible combinations is 27 times 16 choose 8 = 347490. You could find that by brute force on a computer.

Couldn't you just write some rules and that would enter the values into another sheet under the categories you need? It's probably more labor intensive than you would like, but that's all I can think of. I know jist enough to be dangerous in excel, so there is probably a better way...

Congrats! What's his name?!

I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'RE FINALLY GOING TO ASK ME!!!!

Congrats!

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It can't be coincidence that @Huskerzoo and his wife accept new faculty  positions the same time that KU announces a new course offering (mentioned in @RedSavage's update). First, welcome to Lawrence. Second, which of you is teaching that course?

From my experience Mike is just a more personable fellow.

Even if Riley can't coach a team that wins 10 games here, he's leaving a team that can win more than that for the next guy.

@zoogs

I'm not 100% sure I agree. I think there were many criticisms of Riley when he was hired. One of them being he was bringing a bunch of assistant coaches that were his buddies. It seems he figured that out. Riley has always come across as more of a big picture guy instead of a super hands on person like Bo was. I think this to an extent is why he's so flummoxed about what's going on. In the big picture, things should be going the right direction. The moves have seemed to be pretty good, but the details just aren't playing out in the way we might predict. In theory we have a higher talent level in our starters than we have for awhile. In theory, we have the right players for the system. Yet, something is going wrong. 

From a management perspective, you look at your mid-level managers (the assistants) to assess why the product isn't right. My (uneducated) impression is this.

1. Too many mistakes were made at the initial onboarding. Riley has enough connections we should've been putting together an A list roster from the get go. It's absurd that it's taken us this long. With that said, the hires we have made have promise for the most part I think. If this translates to reality or not I'm not sure. However, I think Williams, Williams, Bray and co are pretty solid. I think Bob has potential. I want to see what happens through the season. My field demands you need a minimum of 3 data points to make a read of a situation. When one datapoint (NIU) isn't like the others, you have to collect more information. 

2. I think this team is better in practice than on the field. I think the team has some issues with performance anxiety or something. It sucks, but I don't think that's something that's easy to evaluate in scouting and it's hard to pull the plug on a guy who kills it in practice but can't execute on the field. 

3. I think our depth right now is not good. I think we have good talent in our starters, but beyond that the team is full of journeymen and/or potential. Yes, Riley should have his guys by this point, but his guys are rSO or Jrs. While it's no longer rare to see true Fr make impacts. It's certainly still more rare than rJrs and rSr making a difference. I think you could easily make the case that 3 of our 5 best players were injured against NIU. Granted 2 of them were on D and I think our D played a good game (not amazing, but good). I still stand by my belief that our team is not deep enough to lose our starters. 

4. I think change starts at the very top. SE has had a disappointing career across the board sans volleyball. I don't think there's any reason that our basketball team should be this bad given the resources we put in. I think our baseball team continues to underachieve. I also think that SE is not objective when it comes to HCMR. Unlike HCMR who seems to be doing his best to adapt (firing those who need to be fired) which makes me want to give him more of a chance (as all you can do is adapt when the situation calls for it). I think that SE has shown nothing but rigidity. I think that unless we salvage this season somehow, SE needs to go. Our new AD can come in and really assess the state of the program and determine if HCMR is inept or not. However, in the meantime, I say keep firing coaches who can't do their job. It's not like we're firing guys after 1 year. Cav has not done anything to show that he can perform with college students. Davis has questionable recruiting at best in my opinion. Unfortunately, Nebraska is a program where there cannot be squeeky wheels. We don't have talent base to have guys who cannot coach and recruit. Further, we don't have an established system where we can find the right guy and plug him in ala Wisconsin. This is a program that seems to need everything to go right and it's just not right now. The question is: is this coaching regime the people fixing up the old fastback mustang and we're just dealing with the trial and error process that goes into repairing something amazing? or is this a situation where we're a dude trying to get the childhood he never had, so he bought a nice old car that he has no clue how to drive? 

At the end of the day, I want to make sure that we're doing everything we can to salvage the nice car. I do think there's going to be a lot of trial and error though. And it sucks. If you've ever attempted something like that, it's painful. It makes you want to quit and just trash the thing. That doesn't mean the cars bad, it just means you've got more work to do and you might need to change some parts. Eventually you'll know when you've got to sell and cut your losses, but it's hard to know exactly when that is. Right now though, I think we just need a new alternator. 

Zoo--great post. 

I'd also like to add that someone needs to tell Riley to hit up JuCo players and FCS kids to fill gaps in our depth.

We have plenty of both types of programs in the immediate vicinity, yet we're not giving them any attention. Most of these kids honestly aren't going to be world-beaters, but many will have some modicum of talent and can fill glaring roster holes. Plus, for some kids, it's a second chance at the big time, and they're going to work their ass off as a result--those kids are positive contagions for a program trying to establish a good work-ethic.  

I completely agree Vector. I have a bit of a guess that this might be a somewhat high risk high reward game that's being played and has been from the get go. 

I kind of wonder if this was a known long term rebuild aimed at 2019. Every move seems to be compromising the short term to "ensure" the long term. Now it might be backfiring because they didn't understand how bad it could get. It feels like the long game though, mainly in terms of changing culture. I think they want to have the players be theirs for as long as possible to have the "right" guys. 

I was pretty squarely in the fire Bo crowd. I don't know if HCMR was the right hire, but I thought bo had created a toxic environment. This trying to do things the right way seems to be priority number 1, even over winning. I think that could pay off long term...if the staff can make it to the long term. I have started to wonder if giving KJJ a second chance was more a favor to Keyshawn than Keyshawn being the super dad. 

It's a bit conspiracy theory, but I think there's something that happened with the football program that led to a we gotta change this no-matter what situation. To that end, JUCO guys are interesting because they usually messed up pretty big at some point. We've shown almost no willingness to go after them. I think I remember 2 guys. I would love if we could get some help from those ranks though. 

The shake-up will be so healthy and add to a quicker buy-in and turnaround.  Love it.

So is Tyjon gone?

No Tyjon is not gone. But not being able to work out with the team could put him behind big time.  

@ladyhawke I'm a professor. I love it. As of today, I have 14 projects up and running and teaching 2-3 classes a semester. School psych isn't my jam, but yeah we need good ones. 

Huskerzoo-Excellent! I couldn't have done my job without the input of both clinical and school psychologists (I'm a Speech-Language Pathologist-retired).

Congrats, Zoo!