WhatDoIKnow

The weather forecast I saw does not look good. Not sure who that favors. Probably a low scoring game.

Like a volleyball spike going through blockers hands. Except lower than that.

I learned that this was pretty much an even matchup between two mediocre B1G opponents. Nothing more, nothing less. I do agree with the posters that said we probably lose this game previous years which is a positive.

I'm not necessarily against college athletes getting paid by private businesses for the use of their name and likeness. I'm sure we have volleyball players that could earn some extra money around here. I'm just not sure Nebraska could compete in the area. We are a football crazy state with some big boosters, but do you really think we can compete private money-wise with the states of Texas, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Ohio, Michigan and Oklahoma? You can probably add in South Carolina, Arkansas, Tennessee, Pennsylvania and a few others I'm just not thinking of right now. We don't have to split the pie like some of the other states I guess, but I believe we would still be at a $ disadvantage just based on population and alumni base. A couple posters in this thread have mentioned donating, but I bet there are crazy fans in Alabama and Georgia willing to go into poverty to buy a championship. I can see this creating a bigger competitive divide. Again, I'm not completely against college athletes getting paid by private businesses, I'm just not sure it benefits Nebraska. ETA: And I'm just thinking about football. Could be huge money race in college basketball.

I wonder if EA will pay every player a flat rate or if it will be tiered based on their previous years performance. I could see them only including P5 schools and a few others they have deals with.

I've heard talk of them moving the Game Day headquarters to Lincoln. Nice central location. Bad weather and can't travel? Just stay in Lincoln. Kind of like Letterman's Top 10 list being based in Lincoln before moving to Wahoo because Lincoln tried to trademark the word "Top".

It must have been in an NFL game I was watching yesterday, but the ref that gave the call on a similar situation said something like, "recovered in the immediate action of the play." Not sure if those were the exact words but it was something similar. Illinois did not recover the Martinez fumble "in the immediate action". Maybe it's not clearing stated in the college football rules. If one of our players had recovered a kick while out of bounds instead of Illinois we would be applauding it as a smart play. Sometimes players from other teams make smart plays. :shrug:

Those threads are sad, amazing, and entertaining all at the same time. Fun if you're a reasonable fan/person. So many WILD swings and overreactions in games like this.

This whole "When the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor" exchange is killing me. Thank you.

The Illinois player touching the ball while he was out of bounds on the kickoff was just a smart play. I was at a party so couldn't hear what they were saying about it on tv. I was upset at the time but didn't know the rule. Sometimes the other team makes smart plays and that was one of them. I still don't know what happened on the Martinez pass/fumble. Was there a whistle or not? If there wasn't why didn't they give Illinois a TD since their player picked it up and ran into the endzone. If there was, why wasn't it a dead ball? Again, I couldn't hear what the announcers were saying.

Do you know what page that is on? ETA: Nevermind. Found it. End of page 39 continuing onto 40.

Osborne used to prep a little for Oklahoma each week. Beating them was that important. The source of that info is a former defensive player from the early 80s. The team was good enough to do it back then and the schedule allowed for it. We are not good enough to do that now. I agree with your second point, the offense had a bad day. Things usually aren't as bad as they seem after week 1, or as good.

Do we know if the half-game suspension was for this legal issue or the drug paraphernalia? Also, how old was Maurice when all of this took place? Sorry, I'm not clear on all the details. ETA: Nevermind. I found the timeline.

We sure do get beat by a lot of teams we beat in recruiting.

I'm starting to come around to the vanilla offensive game plan talk. I rewatched the first series of (probably scripted) plays and the offense looked great. Hit TE Stoll a few times for nice gaines, got Spielman and Robinson involved early. I'm guessing we see more of that in the future. Did we go back to the TE at all in the 2nd half? Martinez went down in the first game last year. He may have been on a short leash as far as what they wanted him to do running the ball in this opener. He was still able to dance out of some pressure pretty easily.

Not going to overreact after 1 game, but can't say I wasn't disappointed with Martinez play. He wasn't making any reads. He knew he was going to Mo on the INT. On one of the other earlier near-INTs he had Spielman breaking open to the sideline but tried to force it to his first read. Felt a lot different after his first game last year.

Can our offense just punt on first down the next time they see the field?

I have no problem with someone saying they want Washington to stay because he will help the team win football games. Or people that say they want him to stay because he is talented and they don't want another team to have him. I may not agree with those opinions, but I can respect the honesty. Are people going to stop cheering for the team if he IS removed?

Posturing sure, but elitist? ETA: And the team is bigger than 1 or even a few players. You can cheer for a team and hope they do well without necessarily being happy about a few individuals on that team. (see C. Peter)

Wow. Do you think that is a little bit of a stretch?

Absolutely, so can I, but it's not the 90s or even the 00s anymore. I'm not saying he should go to jail or not play football again. What I'm saying is that in my opinion IF he is guilty of what he is accused, he should not play football at the University of Nebraska again. Doesn't matter to me if the legal penalty is only a slap on the wrist.

Again, I do not completely disagree with what you're saying. There are still a lot of IFs. IF he held onto the video for two years, or obtained it again from someone he knew still had it, that shows some poor character IMO. He had plenty of time to do the right thing and delete it. Why would you hold onto a video of your current GF engaged in acts with someone else? Again, all IFs. The university can support Washington through the process, and I would hope they would do so. Even if he does get what amounts to a slap on the wrist, it is my opinion that he shouldn't be a member of the team if he used the video for revenge. At some point character matters. All IFs.

I agree with part of what you are saying. It's a different story if he did not send the video after holding onto it for two years. I said nothing about throwing him in jail. There is a huge gap between being in jail and not being a member of the football team.

Thanks. ETA: I will be surprised if he is a member of the football team in 2019.

I have not been following this story that closely. Can someone please verify this very basic timeline? The video was originally sent out to many people in 2016? In 2018 Washington sent the video to the female involved?