Abdullah the Butcher Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Polo. You have convinced me. We need to fire Pelini ASAP. Finish the season first. I was being sarcastic. Firing Pelini in my opinion would set us back another 10 years... I believe it would be a conference title within 3 years. Of which you have no proof. Where's your proof? Quote Link to comment
RedRedJarvisRedwine Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 I got 80 proof gents! It's really all the proof you need. Quote Link to comment
Count 'Bility Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 I got 80 proof gents! It's really all the proof you need. Never enough. Always too much. Quote Link to comment
Stumpy1 Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 parity applies more to the fact that a mid-level can knock off a powerhouse - which was not even thinkable 20 years ago. the power house schools are still going to win 9+ most years and finish in the top 25...but the bottom feeders are paying 1million+ to coaches and pouring money into the programs at a similar pace as the mid-level and almost keeping pace with the top level schools. The gap between Baylor and Oklahoma isn't what it once was, the gap between Kansas and Nebraska isn't where it once was. There is money for everyone now. This right here plus the fact that some teams catch lightning in a bottle for a year or 2. Quote Link to comment
True2tRA Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 I think this whole parity thing is misunderstood. Yes, there is parity. There are more athletes and there is more money, but that only means that the teams that had no money now have money. The teams that had money, have even more. The teams that had no athletes, now have athletes. The teams that always had athletes, now have more athletes. Athleticism as a whole has increased due to the advances of sports training, medicine, and supplementation. If people are using parity as some sort of excuse to be mediocre, well that's just not right. If there are more athletes and better athletes to recruit, then that simply means Nebraska should be a program that gets to be a bit more picky in who we recruit. We should not be limited. Quote Link to comment
TheSker Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 The teams that had no athletes, now have athletes. The teams that always had athletes, now have more athletes. Actually some teams are down to 85 athletes now....which is less. Oh say Nebraska for example. Quote Link to comment
True2tRA Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 The teams that had no athletes, now have athletes. The teams that always had athletes, now have more athletes. Actually some teams are down to 85 athletes now....which is less. Oh say Nebraska for example. Maybe I wasn't as clear as I needed to be.... I meant " athletes" as in the overall talent on the team, not necessarily just the number of players. To be more clear maybe I put it this way. Team A may have 100 players while Team B has 85. Team B could still have more athletes, or be more athletic. Quote Link to comment
NUpolo8 Posted October 16, 2014 Author Share Posted October 16, 2014 The teams that had no athletes, now have athletes. The teams that always had athletes, now have more athletes. Actually some teams are down to 85 athletes now....which is less. Oh say Nebraska for example. Actually Nebraska is voluntarily down to 76 or so Quote Link to comment
Stumpy1 Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 The teams that had no athletes, now have athletes. The teams that always had athletes, now have more athletes.Actually some teams are down to 85 athletes now....which is less. Oh say Nebraska for example. Actually Nebraska is voluntarily down to 76 or so So are a bunch of other teams in the B1G. Quote Link to comment
NUpolo8 Posted October 16, 2014 Author Share Posted October 16, 2014 The teams that had no athletes, now have athletes. The teams that always had athletes, now have more athletes. Actually some teams are down to 85 athletes now....which is less. Oh say Nebraska for example. Actually Nebraska is voluntarily down to 76 or so So are a bunch of other teams in the B1G. Which explains a lot. 1 Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 The teams that had no athletes, now have athletes. The teams that always had athletes, now have more athletes.Actually some teams are down to 85 athletes now....which is less. Oh say Nebraska for example. Actually Nebraska is voluntarily down to 76 or so Factually inaccurate. Quote Link to comment
NUpolo8 Posted October 16, 2014 Author Share Posted October 16, 2014 Fine, 78, taking away walk ons awarded and the late long snapper addition. Quote Link to comment
Landlord Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 I think this whole parity thing is misunderstood. Yes, there is parity. There are more athletes and there is more money, but that only means that the teams that had no money now have money. The teams that had money, have even more. The teams that had no athletes, now have athletes. The teams that always had athletes, now have more athletes. Athleticism as a whole has increased due to the advances of sports training, medicine, and supplementation. If people are using parity as some sort of excuse to be mediocre, well that's just not right. If there are more athletes and better athletes to recruit, then that simply means Nebraska should be a program that gets to be a bit more picky in who we recruit. We should not be limited. We only shouldn't be limited if parity is the only factor weighing against us. But it's not. Scholarship reductions, rules against partial qualifiers, expanded tv coverage and networks and a prolonged valley of talent in Nebraska high schools have all limited us disproportionately more than they have limited other schools over the last 15-20 years. Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Fine, 78, taking away walk ons awarded and the late long snapper addition. Still no. Quote Link to comment
NUpolo8 Posted October 16, 2014 Author Share Posted October 16, 2014 Yes, actually. http://dataomaha.com/documents/husker-scholarship-distribution Quote Link to comment
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