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The extension was needed but it doesn't mean much in the grand scheme of things. I'd guess that if HP is still here at the end of next season without announcing his retirement Bo is gone unless something changes. If he comes up 8-5 he'll be shown the door. If he runs 10-2 he'll move on to a different gig. I know he wants to be at NU but neither he nor Miles were part of HP's plans going into last fall and these seasons were suppose to be deal breakers for both of them. One had help from outside influences to stay and the other one put together a dream season.

When you request away game tickets at this point, what are the odds of actually getting them?

It really depends on the game. Usually B10 traditional powers are in high demand and hard to get.

 

2010-11 bar chart revenue? Misprint? Like $13.4 instead of $3.4 ?

 

from OWH article: UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman says he has no regrets over the deal he negotiated with the Big Ten in 2010

I always distrust Harvey

For someone who teaches contract law and is supposed to be an expert in contract negotiations and relationship building for those contracts he seems to make things pretty tough on dear old NU.

Jeebus Kriest. With Maryland comes TV sets. It's that simple. Get over it. That's what it's always going to be about.

While i understand that why not pick a better school? If the ACC is willing to let them go and walk out the door easily maybe they know Marlyand doesn't add that much in terms of tv?

I dont know. Part of me is as frustrated about it as anyone, but they bring something to the table that maybe we just dont know about yet. I dont but Delaney must. There must be something there so we'll see how it plays out.

The idea is to get the market to expand down the east coast. There are plans to still add another team from a Georgia or FL market to grab that population. Then the B10 along with Fox will have a built in ports market as large or larger than ESPN and in areas that are considered sports rabid. Its part of the reason why ESPN got involved with the conferences last year when teams were moving. The rumors were out there and they felt a little vulnerable.

There was some discussion about UNL starting their own media service that would give you access to practice reports, off season workouts, players, coaches, recruiting services (off the record of course. wink.wink.). Coaches would give break down after the games as well as let you in on other behind the scene stuff. I'm sure it will be mostly good PR stories (Think of the OWH during the 80's and 90's or Randy York kind of stuff now.) I don't know if it died or if its a year off. I do know it would limit some of the contact the local services and news outlets would get to the program which is greatly desired by the AD. I'd bet if its a go you'll know something by fall camp. I'd hold out till then. It may be part of the 2017 full membership stuff.

My answer is Bill Bryne. He was so focused on the directors cup and wanting to win it our football facilities stalled. People caught up and pushed ahead of us and left us with a disadvantage that Frank, Bill and Bo all had to work through.

HJax was thrown around quite a bit last night

Wondered if this would happen. Have thought for last couple months that some might happen with Harvey. Went from starter to non-player and #4 on the depth chart last season. Now he has Coop and LeRoy firmly ahead of him and young guys like Singleton, Martinez, maybe Gerry ready to rock and roll after their RS years. If it is really HJax, best of luck to him but I just haven't seen him be athletic enough for it to hurt us too much....reminds me a lot of PJ Smith.

If thats the case unless he goes down a level he's done playing. I don't think he was set to graduate where he could transfer someplace else for a last season of D1. Perhaps I'm incorrect.

You get to remove one thing from the history of this program. You could remove Doug DuBose from our history, and he would never have played here, nobody would know about him, and someone else would have taken his place.

 

You could remove the Callahan Era. Or Steve Pederson. Or Lil Red. You could remove the "Husker / Power" chant. You could remove Runzas.

 

What would you remove, why, and how would it affect the program as we know it today?

Why you be hate'n on Dougie?

How has Rich Fisher not gotten a pay increase?!

 

The guy has been great recruiting and developing the Wide Receivers.

 

But I am curious what this article is about.

 

http://journalstar.c...19bb2963f4.html

If they make it hard to keep good assistant coaches it makes it hard to do your job well as a head coach. Just saying.....

Winning on the road will the key to a good year.

Agree. All four games are ones we could lose based on how hard it is to win at home against a b10 team. NW is a worry already. MSU will probably be a favorite to win again.

It's not our place to judge who they are as people or how they live their lives, and 99% of people criticizing them aren't criticizing those areas. Why would these players give that crap an ounce of thought anyway? You're going to let some stranger tell you how to be and how to live?

 

People can criticize on field performance by the coaches and players all they want to. It's part of being a fan. If you're going to sit here and tell me fans have the right to voice their positive opinions but not voice the things that should improve, I'd love to know what aspect of life you know of that only comes with a positive side and no negatives. It's all about how you let it affect you. I get judged by the job I do in my line of work almost every day, and usually by people that don't even know my name let alone on a personal level. Stop being so f'ing hypocritical. These coaches and players aren't immune to this stuff just because they are Huskers. They are people, and everybody deals with criticism. Get over it.

I would guess its just the opposite. I don't know what you do but I'd guess you're judged very little on the job that you actually do. Like most of us you get a pass on the majority of things you don't do correctly or to the level that's actually expected. As someone who's employed hundreds of people I've yet to find someone who does the job to the level that I find perfectly acceptable. Every employee has had a weakness, good days and bad days. Everyone makes mistakes almost every day big or something as small as texting someone when they shouldn't be using their phone. By all accounts when you get to work it should be 100% about the job for the company. There shouldn't be chit chat, personal calls, texts, people on the internet. You should run late or clock out early. You should be there for every customer 100%, make every product 100% correctly so there is never a mistake or the product never fails. Every time you don't have a perfect day at what you do that you're under performing. How often do you get called out for it? I'd bet very seldom. The fact is there is a level of acceptance that goes along with everyone's performances, strengths, weaknesses, and allowances are given. Why shouldn't we give that same thing to players and coaches just because their imperfections are more public?

I'd say the majority of Husker fans don't understand what the players and coaches go through on a daily basis. To be fair most fans don't have the ability or chance to coach or play at that level so their isn't a chance to get that perspective, but it doesn't make it ok to be dumb asses either. I wonder how many of us would like it if people who only say about 2% of our life or work performance made judgments on it. I fail almost daily in my job in some regard or another. I don't make a phone call when I should, I take the time to read a message board instead of giving my total attention to the company, I miss a sale because I miss read a customers willingness to buy. Difference is we don't get called out for it by a public.

 

I was called out at a game once when I was bitching out the players who appeared to be making mistakes, (by a former player) and told "I don't see you down there playing, or having that ability to even be down there. Maybe you should lay off a bit. Enjoy the game for the highs and lows but stop blaming the players and coaches. They're trying their best." That day I pretty much changed my attitude and perspective.

Jesus, status quo. Why change anything? Everything is perfect.

 

The decision was already made to keep them for this year, which I think made this the logical and necessary next step...an extension for assistants isn't necessarily cementing everything as perfect.

Unless we see a seven win season or Bo decides he wants to leave I were a betting man I would have bet SE has been given notice he has a year to prove he is AD worthy. I'm also guessing we may have a new Chancellor before fall if certain directives aren't met and as of now there is an ego betting he can't be replaced.

Rumors (weak ones at this point because its not a guy I can always trust his info, but he's usually pretty on the know when it comes to recruiting) that we might have two more commits that no one knows about yet. I guess we'll know in a day or so.

One of the recruiting experts was on Saturday's Hail Varsity radio show and I can't remember who, so I'm not going to guess, said there were two current commits who could 'drop off' the 2014 class. He didn't mention names, but he said if you follow recruiting close enough, you could tell where the coaches have visited lately and where they hadn't. Co-host Mark Kranack (sp) did some investigating at the commercial time out and put Lockheart on this list. Kranack also listed Josh Kalu, but Bo was there on 1/22.

 

any ideas on who the other potential drop would be?

 

Stewart. Rumor is Lockhart and Stewart may not make it for academic issues. Of course, coaches and the recruits have said nothing publicly. However, coaches have not visited either recruit since the dead period has been up, visiting all others.

correct and Lockharts coach said he will not make it to Nebraska.

Pop corn guy here.

That combined with the fact I was told Tubman is out makes it pretty likely.

Do you like McClain better than Tubman?

Either are great pickups. I think McClain is a better compliment to our current guys.

That combined with the fact I was told Tubman is out makes it pretty likely.

If I could do the popcorn eating smilie guy from an iPad I would.

....I got ya....as long as you promise it's true..

I had a text we picked up 2.

If I could do the popcorn eating smilie guy from an iPad I would.

You usually recruit a kid a while before you decide to officially offer. Much like Sedric King, we've been recruiting him since his junior season but we finally offered just a couple of weeks ago.

 

As far as Suttles goes, it's hard to judge a kids character sitting in his living room. Things change when he moves away from his parents, and has basically free range to do whatever he wants. Every program goes through it.

In addition to Suttles, I remember people commenting on him about how polite he was in interviews. Saying "yes sir, no sir". You just never really know.

Suttles had is offer pulled during his visit because of some things he did that team hosts didn't like. (I had not realized that until last summer). He met with the coach and explained them away. He was given a second chance and short lease. Tha'ts why he's not here.

If anyone has issues with the money Bo is making they should also take issue with the money that Shawn is making. He's one of the highest paid AD's with almost no experience. He was hired on potential just like Bo. He's also made some pretty big errors this year PR wise that someone in his positions shouldn't make as well as with the relationships with his top two mens coaches. That being said. I understand he's got a hard job. He's also in an uncomfortable position at the moment and probably doing some things outside his core belief system. I don't think that makes it 100% excusable but its probably reality.

Lots of energy (Coach Red Bull).

 

Word was he wasn't very circumspect about keeping internal information internal............

Lol. That was actually my favorite thing about him.

If I recall, Ekeler was promoted off the staff for whatever reason.

He wasn't very good at following recruiting rules. He had a hand in making one of our top targets ineligible and then we couldn't recruit him after he was reinstated by NCAA.

5 star Gerald Willis DE also plays on the karr team can we get him too

We're making good headway. Enough that someone might want to make a profile.

srs?

Yes. Kaz has been in his ear. It's still a bit of a shot but from the sounds of it he may have reached out once he found out that we have an opening with Moss being gone.