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"When did Matt Millen become such a ding dong?" Oh, about 30 years ago at least. After the Huskers clubbed his Penn State team 42-17, Millen whined about "Big 8 blocking" which he felt was unmanly. I hear they loved him in Detroit.

Carl Pelini needs to learn how to be a better defensive coach. I never thought I'd say that, but it's obvious he's been outcoached badly the last 2 weeks.

"Seriously, Nebraska fans, have you ever seen officiating this bad"? You should see what a particular Big 12 crew did to us 3 times last year as a going away gift. My sympathies though. We know how it feels.

I nominate Andrew Green for the Erwin Sweeney Futility Award. Any seconds?

That was a 10 point swing thanks to the refs. Considering what has happened to us today and in the past, we were due an officiating break. Carl better start blitzing or we're in real trouble. At least make them work for it.

Washington's OC is outcoaching Carl, just like last week. I hope there are some defensive adjustments made soon before it's too late.

What struck me was how FS coaches surprised the Husker coaching staff on both sides of the line of scrimmage and how slow they were to make adjustments. That has to improve. I expect a sophomore QB and other new players to screw up. That's just how it is. It takes time. Crick is a senior and his play was disappointing to say the least.

Cyclone Football Trivia Contest Q: What do Iowa State and Missouri have in common? A: Empty football trophy cases.

We'd have lost this one going away if Watson was still our OC. Say what you want, but Beck is a better OC in Game #2 than that dufus Watson was after 4 years of OC experience.

This reminds me a lot of the South Dakota game last year. Nobody shows up: not the offense, not the defense, not the special teams, not even the coaching staff. Unfortunately, FS is a lot better team than South Dakota. This will get ugly unless there's an attitude change all around at the half. Geeez.

Wanna know how good a coach Barney is? Just ask any Iowa Stater. We didn't listen to Colorado's warnings about Watson either. We paid the price.

I wish Cody Green the very best of luck. While he's obviously a great guy, it's also obvious he's not great (or even particularly good) QB material, at least at the D1 level. I think his leaving will have minimal negative impact.

wrong.......very wrong. What does this have to do with Gabberts???? Last I knew none of them were ever on a Nebraska football roster. Or Missouri's.

That game brings out the worst of the worst - on both sides. My wife and I were invited to the Iowa-ISU game in Iowa city. As "neutrals", she dressed in Iowa colors and I dressed in Iowa State red (I just happen to have a lot of red clothing). Big mistake on my part. Before the game was over, even the wife was harassing me.

I hope I'm wrong but I can see PSU being the new Colorado and Iowa the Miz-Zoo replacement Penn State allows liquor sales in their stadium just like good ol' CU. With similar results as most Husker's who've been to a game in Happy Valley can attest. Just ask Turner Gill. Iowa fans have a lot in common with Missouri fans: redneck arrogant and rude to opponent's fans. I was amazed at the level of hostility to ISU fans in Iowa City.

sorry..didn't see it

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/blog/dr_saturday/post/Superlatives-The-worst-calls-of-2010?urn=ncaaf-306866

Narcissism is nature's compensation for mediocrity.

HEY HEY HEY..... you lose

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1990 was only the 4th consecutive bowl loss. Tho the end of 1990 was disasterous. I do business with a man was with the team from 1990 thru 1994. He pins the 90's success to 3 major happenings. 1) psychology. Osborne, a doctor of psychology, and Jack Stark began the unity council and created the close knit atmosphere that allowed the team to succeed thru all upcoming adversity that had crumbled them in some of the previous years. College sports is all about mentality, cuz there is no motivation from money as in pros. Osborne and Stark knew this and revolutionized the way student athletes were coped with mentally. 2) Defense. Starting in 1992, McBride and the D began a transition from the conventional 52 to what was the new fling at the time, 43. It was full go by the end of 93. Basically all they did was make safeties outside backers and outside backers DEs to create speed. It allowed the D compete with the slinging offenses in the big bowls, then dominate them. 3) Strenght and conditioning. Boyd Epply (sp?) revolutionized strenght and conditioning in college football, maybe in sports all together. Nobody was at Nebraska's level in this phase all decade. NU was taking walkons and developing them into 5 star caliber talent. How many walkons who played 8 or 6 man in Podunk Nebraska wound up in the NFL. They are trying to get point #1 back on track, and it's working but is does take some time, esp since Bo's first 3 years have been dealing with players left over from Callahan, who obviously knew nothing of the sort. Problem is is its not a secret no more and all programs are doing similar things to create unity. Point 2, again, I think Bo again is revolutionizing defense in college football. The things he is doing were very rare if not ever done, and it's been successful. Strenght and Conditioning. It's obvious every one caught up with Nebraska by the end of the decade and now everyone's pretty even in the sort, now it's just a matter of work ethic, who wants to put in the time. One thing i dont recall is any major coaching changes taking place after 1990. For the most part all the main cogs of the staff were there for the run in the 90's. Im not trying to be antoginistic in any way, but this came from someone who was on those teams and his feeling on how the major success was created. The issue is, how much more can you do with these phases to be ahead of the pack again, there's only so much that can be done, they may already be maxed out by everyone. Now it's just a matter of putting in the work and executing. From scholarship limits to equality in money and facilities, the parody of College football is becoming more and more. Everyone's always looking for that style of play that is a step above the rest and every now and then someone finds one that is great for a few years (power T, wishbone, triple option, single back, spread pass, spread option, pistol, no-huddle) then everyone does it, then everyone finds a way to stop it until the next new fling comes around. Bottom line is, you have to have the talent, the coaches, and the willingness to put in the work. Thanks for correcting my memory on the number of bowl losses (5) rather then 6 or 7. Those losses came the next two years. My point was showing the courage to make gut wrenching changes rather than making more excuses, especially when failure is repetitive. I never said there were coaching changes. Thankfully, NU had a solid group of coaches at that time (a decade later that was another story), but they still had to revamp their entire approach to be successful. The #1 major change was that the Huskers began recruiting speed, from places they had avoided recruiting from in the past. Top to bottom. Offense and defense. Or 4. But as i said, i was not trying to be antagonistic in any way, if anything i was agreeing with your overall thought, but I was just instilling the fact that 1) we had not lost 6 or 7 straight bowl games at the time, but rather 4, and 2) I took "radical coaching changes" as firing/hiring as opposed to overall organizational changes. So i suppose we agree to agree or something of the sort? I also just went on to make points that came from someone who grew up in Nebraska and was a part of the team in those 5 years that were a catapult. Oh, you weren't trying to be a smarta**? Of course you were. You just wanted to correct the number of losses from 6-7 to 4? Give me a break. So what? What does that have to do with the point being made? If you think I stated there were coaches fired, that's your cognitive reading problem, not mine. Those "insider" points you seem to be so very proud of have been published and are rather well known. I just wanted to set the record straight, not trying to be antagonistic or anything of the sort..... You say you agree. Fine. Thank you. I'm honored. wow. someone needs a nap. i guess if you dont want someone making corrections, then post the facts, dont just throw numbers out. No, somebody needs to grow up. You remind me of the self-appointed, self-important putzes on the Board that spell and grammar check posts so they can nitpick to prove how superior they are. They have nothing else to offer. Get a life Junior. P.S.- Sorry to burst the little "ego bubble" on your "Insider Information" that was published over 15 years ago. LOL!

Have you seen the part Pittsburg where Pitt is located? The hire was fitting. That's cold Vince. Besides, I feel sorry for Pitt. They're stuck with Pedey as AD. What an arrogant buffoon.

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