Hand out some Blackshirts...it is time!!

[trouble]

Didn't they get like 350 yds total off.?

 

NO Blackshirts.

 

Over 70 of those yards came in the last 3 minutes or so...

yea, and that makes it a whole lot better.

 

Well... Considering our backups were in that entire time I dont think it says anything about our starters.

[skersfan]

We were playing the 109th rated team in the country on their first game. It says a whole lot to me.

[Apathy]

I would hand out the Blackshirts after we beat Virginia Tech and Missouri at home but that's "IF" we beat VT and Mizzou.

 

I don't care how much yards Mizzou gets on us just as long as we beat them because that'll be huge for our Defense to hold Mizzou long enough for our Offense to take over to get the W.

[Nate]

I say no Blackshirts until next season (IF they deserve them)

 

No need to rush this. If they get their Blackshirts now that means they wont have as much to play for anymore.

[zoogs]

I say no Blackshirts until next season (IF they deserve them)

 

No need to rush this. If they get their Blackshirts now that means they wont have as much to play for anymore.

 

 

Sucks for the seniors.

[papersun87]

I don't care when they get the Blackshirts. They all wear the same color to the games anyway, and the GAMES are the only thing that matters.

 

What if they play well against Mizzou and get the Shirts, then go out the next week at get slaughtered by Tech? Is Pelini just going to be giving and taking away practice jerseys all season? How big a distraction would that be for the team?

[teleman77]

The defense will get the "Blackshirts" when they deserve them, and they don't yet. Three creampuffs do not a Blackshirt make, and Bo knows this.

If Nebraska can beat V.T and........ win or lose, put up a respectable showing against Missouri.........then I feel they deserve them.

 

But Bo will give'em out when HE thinks they're ready. I'm pretty sure he don't give a damn what we think............and that's a good thing.

[clone]

BO knows defense... he'll know when and if they should be handed out. And whether they should be individually awarded or a given as a group hug.

 

It's his decision.

 

He'll do the right thing.

 

 

GO BO!!

[BOBELIEVER]

pretty sure it'll be time when the head coach says it's time.... I have a feeling if some players really show up big at the VT game there may be a couple handed out... I love the motivation factor !

[Aim9]

I'm generally echoing everyone else here but Bo needs to hand them out either now or after VT. Something tells me our defense won't feel like they deserve blackshirts after playing Missouri and Texas Tech. Also, he won't want to go the whole season without them.

 

On a totally unrelated note, I would like to say hats off to Zac Bowman for handing his in last year. I still can't believe he was benched- he was far and away our best defensive player last year.

[captain obvious]

I'm generally echoing everyone else here but Bo needs to hand them out either now or after VT. Something tells me our defense won't feel like they deserve blackshirts after playing Missouri and Texas Tech. Also, he won't want to go the whole season without them.

 

On a totally unrelated note, I would like to say hats off to Zac Bowman for handing his in last year. I still can't believe he was benched- he was far and away our best defensive player last year.

 

Yeah. Now, next week, or never.

 

I think the coaches should continue to use them as motivational tools, but it's getting to the point where they need to just hand them out and challenge the players to uphold the tradition. It's not like blackshirts don't lose. They just hit hard and never give up. Hand them out after practice next week if they've been putting in the time and effort that's expected of them. I bet the players will respond positively on the field.

[np_husker]

Assuming the shirts are handed out in a week or two, would everyone rather see them handed out prior to the VA Tech game or prior to the Mizzou game? Do you think it will serve as motivation before one of the big games on the horizon?

[clone]

I'm with those saying that they should be handed out individually to defensive standouts. The rest will work harder to earn one.

 

But BO has forgotten more about motivating a defense than we'll ever know.

 

I trust he'll do the right thing.

 

 

GO BO!!

[BLKSHRTS]

I think that the guys need to realize that they play for a team that used to have defenses that made men like peyton manning buckle and cry like a school girl. I know guys that earned blackshirts in the 90's and they told me that coaches Osborne and McBride had to call practices over early because the guys were playing too physical and they didn't want our guys hurting our own guys. We need to have a unit of assassins so aggressive and violent on that field that NOBODY wants to share that field with them. These men need to be tenacious and have a killer instinct like the units of the 90's. Guys like Wistrom and Peter and Tomich and Vanden Bosch need to give these guys a lesson on what it is to BE a blackshirt. There should be no doubt that this defensive unit is a brotherhood of the most bad @#$ dudes that walk the earth.

I want to see some crushing hits and more guys flying around the ball before they're "rewarded" with the blackshirt. I forgot who said it but that blackshirt should be like a ranger tabs or the SEAL trident.... only handed out to those deserving to wear it

 

BRING ON TECH...

[jayhawk]

K-State beat a bunch of chumps too, and got handled by Louisville. After last year, with the score a thons NU gave up, I would make them play against some good teams and play well b4 even considering handing out crap.