niko

Even the call at the end of the Texas game last year wasn't this infuriating. I can see how reasonable minds could disagree with the :01 call. I think they got it wrong, but at least reasonable minds could disagree on it. Tonight, though, the game was simply thrown from start to finish. Sure, had our offense executed and put up a few points, we wouldn't have been in the position to let the refs decide it. But still, it was a close game and had it been called fairly we would have won 10-6.

 

I don't blame the Aggies, btw. They just happened to be the team there to take advantage of the lickspittle refs on the phone with Dan Beebe.

Right. Give A&M credit -- they're a good team. They came to play. Even though they only scored 9, they've got a good QB and GRay is more than competent at RB. But the deciding factor in this game was the officiating. Without the blown calls (they weren't even close) the good guys win.

Who are we going to complain to? The Big 12? It would be nice if there was some higher level of accountability.

haven't been this anxious in a long time!

does anyone have a stream other than ESPN360? I'm overseas where ESPN live video doesn't work

Anyone? help a fan out? I'm stuck in a 3rd world country and can't watch the game on espn!

does anyone have a stream other than ESPN360? I'm overseas where ESPN live video doesn't work

can we say 1983 Miami??

If we should lose

 

NCAA rules and regulations are complex to say the least, but one area that is completely straightforward is fan communication with recruits. If any fans, boosters, alumni (or any other supporters) of Nebraska has any contact (e.g., in-person, instant message, text message, e-mail, fax, etc.) whatsoever with a recruit there are could be serious consequences such as:

 

The University of Nebraska would have an NCAA violation to report to the NCAA enforcement staff;

The recruit would become ineligible to participate in athletics at Nebraska, and before any of our coaches could continue to contact the recruit, we would have to rule him/her ineligible and then seek reinstatement through the NCAA office; and

The fan/booster/alumni involved could jeopardize their standing with the University of Nebraska athletic department.[/b]

Does any one have a copy of the actual relevant NCAA regulation rather than a letter sent from the compliance officer some years ago? If read literally (which some people apparently are doing) the compliance letter indicates that a husker fan bumping into a husker recruit at the grocery store and uttering "I'm sorry" would be a violation with serious consequences. The actual regulations are almost certainly more flexible/liberal, and I'd rather we read and quote the actual NCAA rule rather than a letter that doesn't carry any regulatory force.