Is it just me...
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JTrain
All-Conference
SuperBigFan69
Head Coach
For me its the BC stench still, its like I dont want to get to excited because I get this fear that during the game they will show BC sneaking into the coaches box with a Jets ski mask on and going all Steven Segal on Watson neck and then putting on the headset and starting to call plays.
I think the Skers just need a big road win to finally wash away that BC smell of all talk, a good first 5 minutes a brutal next 45 minutes, then 10 minutes of amazing numbers during garbage time.
I think the Skers just need a big road win to finally wash away that BC smell of all talk, a good first 5 minutes a brutal next 45 minutes, then 10 minutes of amazing numbers during garbage time.
The Maudfather
All-American
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cmb23
All-Conference
We are going to a friend's house to watch the game Saturday with a small group of people. Last night I sent him a text "This is the most quiet and calm pre-week to a 'big game' that I can ever remember." We haven't had many 'big games' recently.
I think the quiet/calm this time is because fans actually think we can win this game. Before when we would go to Oklahoma, Missouri, etc....fans were as 'confident' and 'proud' as ever to put on a front. It was s show of false bravado. Most knew inside that, even though we want to win, we probably wouldn't.
Now it is the opposite. There are no ridiculous exclamations of "We are going to trash them! We're going to shock the world!"...because deep down inside, maybe, we just think we are the....dare I say...a better team?!?!
I'm ready! Too bad it can't be the night game! GBR!!!
I think the quiet/calm this time is because fans actually think we can win this game. Before when we would go to Oklahoma, Missouri, etc....fans were as 'confident' and 'proud' as ever to put on a front. It was s show of false bravado. Most knew inside that, even though we want to win, we probably wouldn't.
Now it is the opposite. There are no ridiculous exclamations of "We are going to trash them! We're going to shock the world!"...because deep down inside, maybe, we just think we are the....dare I say...a better team?!?!
I'm ready! Too bad it can't be the night game! GBR!!!
killer cacti
All-Conference
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HuskerfaninOkieland
Heisman Trophy Winner
As always, I remain cautiously optimistic. I hope the Huskers win but I try not to get my hopes and dreams up to much for fear they'll lose. If they lose, I hope it's a well fought battle and took them to the very bitter end. If we can our butts handed to us, I'll be po'ed.
Street Novelist
All-American
BlackShirt1340
Five-Star Recruit
lunchpail
Do you have to be drunk or high to believe in the Huskers?
This is a Husker site you know.
What you got for a score....100-0 Va Tech.
Oh yea, you just keep believing in the Hokies. They dominated us so much last year while we were adjusting to a first year coach.
And there is a great reason to believe in them this year...why they lost in a close game to Alabama, which ended last year with a loss to Utah. And besides, they demolished Marshall. Yes, Marshall.
And they play in one of the toughest leagues in the country, right?
Yea, all the evidence is in....Nebraska is DOOOMED.
By the way, tell Coach Hawk hello the next time you see him....Buff fan.
:dumdum
Do you have to be drunk or high to believe in the Huskers?
This is a Husker site you know.
What you got for a score....100-0 Va Tech.
Oh yea, you just keep believing in the Hokies. They dominated us so much last year while we were adjusting to a first year coach.
And there is a great reason to believe in them this year...why they lost in a close game to Alabama, which ended last year with a loss to Utah. And besides, they demolished Marshall. Yes, Marshall.
And they play in one of the toughest leagues in the country, right?
Yea, all the evidence is in....Nebraska is DOOOMED.
By the way, tell Coach Hawk hello the next time you see him....Buff fan.
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craigsker
Special Teams Player
Every year I write down my predictions on which games we'll win and which games we lose. When I wrote this one down back in July, I had it as a loss and unfortunately, I'm sticking with my prediction.
I believe the program is heading in the right direction and we have the right staff but we're only in year two of the Pelini era. For me personally, I always believed it would take at least three years to right the ship. We haven't beat a ranked team since we beat #2 Washington in '98 (?), our defense, which was supposed to be the strength of the team this year is being shown up by our upstart offense, and we're visiting a very hostile stadium. I'm just not seeing the "fire in the belly" from our defense. I may also still be carrying around the stench of those recent close losses to Texas Tech (2) and Texas that we could've won.
For the love of God Huskers, please prove me wrong and turn the college football world on their heels. I would love that!
BlackShirt1340
Five-Star Recruit
Don't give up hope just yet. Don't worry about the offense showing up the defense. The defense wasn't supposed to be the strength of our team. Our offense has been clicking for about 3-4 years now under Watson. Pelini just installed his defense last year, it will take some time. Now, the defensive line was supposed to be the strength of the defense and that has looked suspect at times. And the last time we beat a ranked team on the road was when we beat Texas A & M at College Station 28-27 in 2006 when they were #24. The last time we beat a top 20 team in a true road game was 1997 at Washington, who, yes was #2. I've been at those texas and texas tech games and watched the others on tv and I know how heartbreaking that is. :madash
But our offense can move the ball on anybody in the country. We have an offense that is just as good as last years, but with less turnovers, because, as of right now, I believe from watching him that Zac Lee makes better decisions in the pocket then Joe Ganz. It looks like he senses the pressure a lot better and just has a better pure passer mentality... as well as being able to scramble if he needs to. :horns2
The only thing that will stop us in this game is if we beat ourselves. Penalties and turnovers were our downfall last year and that is the only thing that will be our downfall this year if we let it. Play smart football and we come out of Blacksburg unscathed... don't and we lose, guaranteed.
And as far as not seeing the "fire in the belly" from our defense... In the first game, Pelini kept it very vanilla and I can see how it would be difficult to get the fire in the belly mentality when playing FAU. In the second game, we faced a team that ran the ball 60% of the time and was highly overmatched against us. We had that game under control from the kickoff until the end. It is difficult to gauge how well a defense will play until they match a team with equal talent in a hostile environment where they HAVE to have that fire in the belly mentality or else. You don't think Pelini will have these kids ready to tear down walls and smash heads for him come Saturday?
Look at it this way. Think about how important we all find this game. How excited, nervous, pumped, whatever everyone is. I guarantee you that the football team, which KNOWS what it is up against and what the opposition is looking like will come out ready to play and a thousand times more jacked than you or I would be. Now is that saying that we will win? No, we may lose this game. But we will not come out flat like we did so many f#$*ing years under Billy C. GBR! :horns2
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Hats off to huskers for taking on the toughest preconference test in all big 12 and that includes BYU. VT is always a top 10 Defense with a QB who did enough to beat you in lincoln last yr and is improved this yr. Most predictions by the experts has hokies as heavy favorites but if you do upset them, it would raise perceptions of your program.
On the other hand a bad loss would totally erase all the preseason expectations and hype. but it is why you play the games as a test to see where you are. Huskers have a brutal schedule with so many tough games on the road, good luck in all but october 8th.
On the other hand a bad loss would totally erase all the preseason expectations and hype. but it is why you play the games as a test to see where you are. Huskers have a brutal schedule with so many tough games on the road, good luck in all but october 8th.
huskerhandy35
Five-Star Recruit
Huh!? SC grads talking smack about the Huskers? Bah! Ha! Ha! Ha! Now that's so idiotic, i'm surprised they are grads? Such stupid/ignorant behavior i'd expect from a high school drop-out, not a college grad. who should show some hint of intelligence!
That being said, I'd ignore them or just laugh it off as if you could careless what they think. They sure as heck don't deserve any acknowledgement.
That being said, I'd ignore them or just laugh it off as if you could careless what they think. They sure as heck don't deserve any acknowledgement.