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The spring game should not be televised. Far fewer people would show up. Without TV coverage, more people in the stands, better atmosphere for the kids. Just come out and show your support while you can before the dull summer months, I'll be there...
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I do not mind the excitement after a big play is made in the NFL. But the staged dances, Terrel Owens type action is what I hate. Act like you have been there before.
But the NFL game is all about percentages, you know just about every play what is going to happen, when they will pass, who will carry the rock. It is just too boring for me. Talent is there, and early games are somewhat good, but as the season goes on the need to make plays on a losing team becomes, hey I could get hurt doing that, aligaotr arms late in the year are quite evident. Less effort, less emotion. Business as ususal.
It is business, short careers playing for money and nothing else for most.
Unfortunately college is turning the same way. Kids used to grow up living to play for their favorite college team, be it Nebraska, Oklahoma, Penn State. Now it is about who has the facilities, the most play stateions, the newest gyms, and did I get laid while on my visit. Both are changing, and I am not fooled that it is not about money, see our spring game.
The bolded part I agree with. The italicized part is ridiculous. Like I said, do you remember the Miami Hurricanes and the celebrations they did? And the NFL and NCAA now both have rules in place to prevent ridiculous T.O. celebrations. And saying that the NFL is predictable and boring is also the kind of general statement that you can't back up in any way. It isn't. Make a game thread sometime where you predict whether the next play will be a run or a pass, or who will get the ball. You'll do just as well in a NFL game as you would in a college game. Less effort and emotion, come on. These guys are competitors. They want to win. Its not like they graduated college and decided that winning is overrated.
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Everyone, regardless of age, should find self-serving actions and attitudes, grandstanding and drawing attention to ones self as being distasteful, unethical, and wrong. That those who are older see this more clearly is testimony of how poorly we (us old codgers) parented and how lacking in discernment the younger generation is....
OH... and I am really OLD
Right, but that being said...these guys are amped up. They make a play, they are going to celebrate. The act of celebrating, whether intentional or not, often brings attention to them. There's something to be said for acting the right way and promoting good sportsmanship, at any level. But insinuating that this attention-drawing only happens in the NFL, or happens more in the NFL, is ridiculous. And there are now penalties in place at both levels to try and curb this.
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There are way too many overpaid prima donna crybaby showboat thugs in the NFL and way too much corruption involved. Add the media spin that almost turns a season into a scripted soap opera that reminds me of the WWF and it's enough to turn my stomach. Thats why the same elements seeping their way into college football make me furious. It would be nice to lock up the people involved in coligate corruption and ban them from football for life.
Overpaid? probably. But to suggest that there are more showboaters and thugs in the NFL than NCAA is ignorant. There have always been thugs in both leagues. Have you ever heard of the Miami Hurricanes? That was 25-30 years ago. Lawrence Phillips? One of our own. These are big physical athletes playing a violent game, many coming from a rough background. There is not more thuggery in the NFL than there is in college; it is just more visible.
I'm very similar. I might watch 3-4 NFL games a year one of which is the Super Bowl. I dont like some of the rules (i.e cant shove a receiver out of bounds while in the air, and the rediculous protection of the QB)
The push-out rule was taken out 2 years ago; it was only in the league for a couple of years. Protection of the QB happens at both levels and is good for safety, although it kind of sucks for the game. Just ask Courtney Osborne if they protect QBs at the collegiate leve.
I do not watch the NFL at all... not even typically, the Super Bowl. My problem is all the arrogant grandstanding --- the displays of self-serving "I'm the man" when a nice catch is made, a big hit is made or when someone gets a sack. I hate that kind of thing and it has so gotten out of hand. It has begun to bleed down to the college level too where.. even there, they let these kids grandstand more than they ought.
Exactly how old are you?
Main reason I don't watch many entire NFL games is commercials, the whole freaking game has been reorganized to maximize commercial breaks. Half the time I just want a team to get a 1st so they don't have to punt and go to commercial. NFL Red Zone is the only way to watch Sunday football as far as I'm concerned.
College games take longer than NFL games; There are at least as many, if not more, commercials in the college game. Duh, the NFL is commercialized, it is a professional football league.
I love Nebraska, but I'm not really all that interested in CFB outside of the Huskers. The NFL meanwhile, has a lot of good players I like to follow from a variety of teams. There are a lot of games that are easy to get into on any given Sunday. I don't know where the animosity comes from...but I love the NFL, and I love watching it.
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"Oh but we have so many better things to do in Texas" hurr durr
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By the way everyone, today is April 1st. Keep on drinking the Kool-Aid tho.
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This is so unfortunate. Many of the players doc loses would never amount to anything anyways, but I think we were gonna need bear next season pretty badly. I hope this isnt a reflection of how doc treats his players but this happens way to often for me to not draw that conclusion...
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4.7 is absolutely fine for a power back
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First choice: '96 Big 12 Champ. vs Texas, for obvious reasons. This game absolutely set the tone for NU-UT in the Big 12
Second choice: '09 Big 12 Champ. vs Texas. I was at that game, it was absolutely devastating. It would have been a gigantic statement for Husker football.
Third choice: '10 Big 12 Champ. Again, big statement game, and the opportunity to leave the Big 12 by winning the championship.
Fourth choice: '83 Orange Bowl, beat Miami, get Tom his championship, yadayada. But I almost like the iconic loss.
Fifth choice: '01 Colorado. A piece of Husker football died that day, and I think we have yet to get it back.
Others that come to mind:
02? home vs. Texas
That loss at Texas in '99 which was our only loss (Texas theme is pretty evident)
'96 Arizona State
'93 Orange Bowl vs FSU
Some embarassing losses, such as
'09 ISU
the 70-10 TTU game
76-39 vs. KU
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Well, so far the Big 10 has helped us keep tradition (our Friday after Thanksgiving game). The Big 12 destroyed tradition (terminated our OU rivalry) so that is one thing at least.
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Well, so far the Big 10 has helped us keep tradition (our Friday after Thanksgiving game). The Big 12 destroyed tradition (terminated our OU rivalry) so that is one thing at least.
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Farmageddon for sure.
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Actually, Diaz requires attention as well. Sometimes he inexplicably takes an ugly fade away hook shot, but he's also backed guys down very often. Without Diaz on the floor, this team would not have 7 conference wins. He may be frustrating to watch, but that doesn't change the fact that Nebraska needs him. Look at the KSU game - NU lost a close one to a really good team. Why? Because Diaz was unable to finish. When he is able to finish, Nebraska wins more often than not. Do you really think Doc would continue to give him 30+ minutes if he had a better option?
Exactly. Nobody thinks that Diaz is a dominating post player. He's a big guy that uses his length to score the ball. And look at the improvement from last year to this year. He busted his ass in the offseason to gain 25 pounds (lets see any poster on here gain that much muscle in a year). If he can do that again, he'll probably improve some more, which would be nice. He's no Alex Maric, but the team still needs him. Saying that the team's 2nd leading scorer is a problem area for us is a bit ridiculous.
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Ohio State, but I had to think for awhile...Iowa is a very close 2nd
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Diaz is some of nebraska's problems. At 6'11" he cannot even be a consistent reboubder not to mention terrible ball handling skills
Come on, he's 2nd leading scorer and vital to the team. Let him gain 15 more pounds in the offseason and he will have more size/strength which will help a lot on rebounding. He's had a bad moment or two but he's definitely not one of the problems.
My ass he is vital to the team. Diaz is the worst big man I've ever watched play. He gets owned most games by players that are way smaller than him. He can't rebound worth a crap, he is clumsy, terrible ball handler, and he is about as bad as Shaq at free throws. The only compliment I can give him is that he has a decent quick hook shot that gets him points, but that is it. I don't think 15 pounds would do much good either. He could weigh as much as Almeida and he would still suck.
And your solution is to what, pay Jared Sullinger to come play here? I never said he was a dominating force inside, I simply said he's an important part of the team we have now.
My solution would be bench him. I don't think Almeida is very good either but Almeida is wayyyyy better than Diaz. I disagree that he is important to the team right now, every game I have watched this season, Nebraska plays better when he is not on the floor.
I'd say they are equal especially considering Almeida's conditioning issues which are just about the exact opposite of Diaz's. Diaz can't fight for rebounds; Andre can't run up and down the court for 6 minutes. Almeida finds himself out of position on defense quite a lot too (although he is getting a lot better at that. And FWIW I do think that Almeida has more potential than Diaz does.) I have been to 15+ games this season, and I have seen no evidence that Nebraska is a worse team with Diaz out there, and clearly Doc hasn't either. So I am going to say I disagree with you and leave it at that.
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Diaz is some of nebraska's problems. At 6'11" he cannot even be a consistent reboubder not to mention terrible ball handling skills
Come on, he's 2nd leading scorer and vital to the team. Let him gain 15 more pounds in the offseason and he will have more size/strength which will help a lot on rebounding. He's had a bad moment or two but he's definitely not one of the problems.
My ass he is vital to the team. Diaz is the worst big man I've ever watched play. He gets owned most games by players that are way smaller than him. He can't rebound worth a crap, he is clumsy, terrible ball handler, and he is about as bad as Shaq at free throws. The only compliment I can give him is that he has a decent quick hook shot that gets him points, but that is it. I don't think 15 pounds would do much good either. He could weigh as much as Almeida and he would still suck.
And your solution is to what, pay Jared Sullinger to come play here? I never said he was a dominating force inside, I simply said he's an important part of the team we have now.
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Diaz is some of nebraska's problems. At 6'11" he cannot even be a consistent reboubder not to mention terrible ball handling skills
Come on, he's 2nd leading scorer and vital to the team. Let him gain 15 more pounds in the offseason and he will have more size/strength which will help a lot on rebounding. He's had a bad moment or two but he's definitely not one of the problems.
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This thread is a headache and a half
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Lol at people voting anyone but Taylor Martinez right now. Jesus, you could argue Zac last season based on experience alone, but people voting for Turner, Carnes, etc despite them never playing a snap for us, come on. The kid was a Heisman dark horse, then got injured and his production fell off. Yes, he faced tougher defenses into the season as well. But lets not forget he was just a freshman and now has a season of experience (hard-earned experience at that) under his belt too. (He just needs to learn to make some of the throws that he couldn't last season) There is zero basis, no available information, no reference point for voting anyone but Taylor right now. (Yes, we've seen Cody. Don't bother trying to make an argument there. Decent QB, not as good as Taylor.) After the spring game, I mean at least we will see some of them play and can argue (probably pointlessly) about that. But right now this poll is pointless.
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another push is on the way to get "Nebrasketball" trending on twitter
LOL thats not going to happen my friend. Not even close. Cute though.
gtfo
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listening to Colin is like dragging a cheese grader over your junk
This. Rome >>>> Cow Herd
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Any thoughts on the length of this contract? 20 years seems pretty excessive.
BTN Offered to Televise the Spring Game
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Pay-Per-View then? (a cheap, like $10 one?) with a Lincoln b*******... I wonder how many people would complain about that