knapplc
International Man of Mystery
One off-hand comment about nine wins got me thinking - we have tons of excuses for Husker Problems. They date back decades. Lately we've separated ourselves into a couple of camps (E or I), but that's just the most recent stuff. There's tons more.
So many more that we really need to organize them. We need a list, like the Rules of the Internet (NSFW), the most famous of which is probably Rule 34 (If it exists, there's pr0n of it).
Basically, you can sit around bickering about Taylor Martinez and Bo's departure to Miami or you can help with this list. Don't be a chump. Chip in.
The list so far (in no particular order - numbers are for reference only):
Excuse 1 - It's Bill Callahan's Fault
Excuse 2 - :01 second
Excuse 3 - We should be back in the Big XII.
Excuse 4 - Bo Pelini inherited a wrecked ship, Osborne inherited a team that had won two national championships.
Excuse 5 - The cameras always focus on Bo.
Excuse 6 - Tape-gate.
Excuse 7 - Bill Callahan didn't wear Nebraska gear to a presser once.
Excuse 8 - Aaron Green didn't get a fair chance. Neither did Cody Green. It's not easy being Green.
Excuse 9 - #9wins
Excuse 10 - Harvey Perlman meddles in the program too much.
Excuse 11 - Taylor Martinez is the best quarterback to ever play for Nebraska.
Excuse 12 - It's the defense.
Excuse 13 - Too many 11am games.
Excuse 14 - Tim Miles is better at social media than Bo.
Excuse 15 - Hire Scott Frost.
Excuse 16 - Barney Cotton is the root of all our woes.
Excuse 17 - A player said something on twitter.
Excuse 18 - We're not the greatest fans.
Excuse 19 - Shawn Eichorst doesn't support Bo.
Excuse 20 - That booster said something once.
Excuse 21 - Bo only hires his friends
Excuse 22 - Stars don't matter.
Excuse 23 - The backups don't get enough playing time.
Excuse 24 - ESPN sucks and/or hates us.
Excuse 25 - The Media hates us.
Excuse 26 - Signing small classes hurt your rankings
Excuse 27 - Large recruiting classes have more lower-ranked players and hurts your rankings
Excuse 28 - We need to run the Option more.
Excuse 29 - We need to pass it more.
Excuse 30 - We need to run it more.
Excuse 31 - Tim Beck!!!!!!
Excuse 32 - We don't use the Fullback anymore
Excuse 33 - Callahan killed the Walk-On program
Excuse 34 - Does Bo ever take a good picture?
Excuse 35 - We should have kept Shawn Watson
Excuse 36 - Bring back Marvin Sanders!
Excuse 37 - That Penn State player was out of bounds.
Excuse 38 - Suh got robbed of the Heisman
Excuse 39 - Tommie Frazier got robbed of the Heisman
Excuse 40 - That Florida State player fumbled at the goal line.
Excuse 41 - We play more games now
Excuse 42 - We don't have enough night games
Excuse 43 - Our schedule is too weak.
Excuse 44 - The southern schools never play in the cold
Excuse 45 - All our bowl games are played in the opponents' home stadiums
Excuse 46 - The SEC oversigns
Excuse 47 - Our Offensive Coordinator/Defensive Coordinator is terrible
Excuse 48 - Our linebackers coach is terrible
Excuse 49 - Our offensive line coach is terrible
Excuse 50 - Other teams have a quarterbacks coach. Why don't we have a quarterbacks coach?
Excuse 51 - I'd rather do things the right way with quality guys and lose a few than be like the SEC
Excuse 52 - It's hard to recruit southern kids to a cold-weather school
Excuse 53 - Nebraska doesn't have an ocean/beaches
Excuse 54 - Too far from home (or anything actually)
Excuse 55 - The Administration doesn't support Bo so we can't land big-time recruits
Excuse 56 - We don't spend enough on recruiting so we can't land big-time recruits
Excuse 57 - We need a bigger recruiting staff to land big-time recruits
Excuse 58 - We can't recruit in Texas because we moved to the Big Ten
Excuse 59 - Missouri, Kansas and/or Kansas State are better therefore we can't steal as many recruits from those areas
Excuse 60 - Nebraska talent is not what it once was
Excuse 61 - Nebraska HS offenses no longer fit the Huskers scheme which hurts our numbers
Excuse 62 - We suck at basketball, so there's not a big game for visiting recruits in January
Excuse 63 - Omaha is the closest major airport, so flights in are a logistical nightmare
Excuse 64 - We don't cheat/oversign/pay the players
Excuse 65 - It's easier to get into another school academically
Excuse 66 - There is too much pressure from the fans' unrealistic expectations!
Excuse 67 - The top of the student section is empty.
Excuse 68 - The blue hairs don't stand up and cheer.
Excuse 69 - The stadium sound system sucks.
Excuse 70 - Callahan left the cupboard bare for Bo in 2008
Excuse 71 - Dirk Chatelain wrote a trolling article
Excuse 72 - Our Strength & Conditioning / Dobson is subpar
Excuse 73 - The players read these boards and our negativity affects them
Excuse 74 - Coach Brown is too preachy
Excuse 75 - We lose when we wear alternate uniforms
Excuse 76 - If you think/say/do/don't do ___________ you aren't a true fan.
Excuse 77 - Steve Pederson
Excuse 78 - The Refs hate us
Excuse 79 - The Defense / Offense / whole team gave up
Excuse 80 - They came to win, not to play the game
Excuse 81 - Callahan closed the door to former players
Excuse 82 - We can't / won't / don't make adjustments
Excuse 83 - Bo's dog house
Excuse 84 - The refs won't call holding on our opponents
Excuse 85 - It isn't the 90s anymore
Excuse 86 - The announcers/analysts have no clue what they're talking about / are biased (against us)
Excuse 87 - Brent Musburger's open container ticket cost us votes in a poll
Excuse 88 - Huskerboard/social media isn't serious enough nor supportive of the players
Excuse 89 - We never play well on National TV
Excuse 90 - We always play down to the level of competition
Excuse 91 - Lawrence Phillips made our team look like a bunch of thugs
Excuse 92 - Bo never plays Freshman
Excuse 93 - The players won't play for Bo
There are more. Tons and tons more. Help me out.
So many more that we really need to organize them. We need a list, like the Rules of the Internet (NSFW), the most famous of which is probably Rule 34 (If it exists, there's pr0n of it).
Basically, you can sit around bickering about Taylor Martinez and Bo's departure to Miami or you can help with this list. Don't be a chump. Chip in.
The list so far (in no particular order - numbers are for reference only):
Excuse 1 - It's Bill Callahan's Fault
Excuse 2 - :01 second
Excuse 3 - We should be back in the Big XII.
Excuse 4 - Bo Pelini inherited a wrecked ship, Osborne inherited a team that had won two national championships.
Excuse 5 - The cameras always focus on Bo.
Excuse 6 - Tape-gate.
Excuse 7 - Bill Callahan didn't wear Nebraska gear to a presser once.
Excuse 8 - Aaron Green didn't get a fair chance. Neither did Cody Green. It's not easy being Green.
Excuse 9 - #9wins
Excuse 10 - Harvey Perlman meddles in the program too much.
Excuse 11 - Taylor Martinez is the best quarterback to ever play for Nebraska.
Excuse 12 - It's the defense.
Excuse 13 - Too many 11am games.
Excuse 14 - Tim Miles is better at social media than Bo.
Excuse 15 - Hire Scott Frost.
Excuse 16 - Barney Cotton is the root of all our woes.
Excuse 17 - A player said something on twitter.
Excuse 18 - We're not the greatest fans.
Excuse 19 - Shawn Eichorst doesn't support Bo.
Excuse 20 - That booster said something once.
Excuse 21 - Bo only hires his friends
Excuse 22 - Stars don't matter.
Excuse 23 - The backups don't get enough playing time.
Excuse 24 - ESPN sucks and/or hates us.
Excuse 25 - The Media hates us.
Excuse 26 - Signing small classes hurt your rankings
Excuse 27 - Large recruiting classes have more lower-ranked players and hurts your rankings
Excuse 28 - We need to run the Option more.
Excuse 29 - We need to pass it more.
Excuse 30 - We need to run it more.
Excuse 31 - Tim Beck!!!!!!
Excuse 32 - We don't use the Fullback anymore
Excuse 33 - Callahan killed the Walk-On program
Excuse 34 - Does Bo ever take a good picture?
Excuse 35 - We should have kept Shawn Watson
Excuse 36 - Bring back Marvin Sanders!
Excuse 37 - That Penn State player was out of bounds.
Excuse 38 - Suh got robbed of the Heisman
Excuse 39 - Tommie Frazier got robbed of the Heisman
Excuse 40 - That Florida State player fumbled at the goal line.
Excuse 41 - We play more games now
Excuse 42 - We don't have enough night games
Excuse 43 - Our schedule is too weak.
Excuse 44 - The southern schools never play in the cold
Excuse 45 - All our bowl games are played in the opponents' home stadiums
Excuse 46 - The SEC oversigns
Excuse 47 - Our Offensive Coordinator/Defensive Coordinator is terrible
Excuse 48 - Our linebackers coach is terrible
Excuse 49 - Our offensive line coach is terrible
Excuse 50 - Other teams have a quarterbacks coach. Why don't we have a quarterbacks coach?
Excuse 51 - I'd rather do things the right way with quality guys and lose a few than be like the SEC
Excuse 52 - It's hard to recruit southern kids to a cold-weather school
Excuse 53 - Nebraska doesn't have an ocean/beaches
Excuse 54 - Too far from home (or anything actually)
Excuse 55 - The Administration doesn't support Bo so we can't land big-time recruits
Excuse 56 - We don't spend enough on recruiting so we can't land big-time recruits
Excuse 57 - We need a bigger recruiting staff to land big-time recruits
Excuse 58 - We can't recruit in Texas because we moved to the Big Ten
Excuse 59 - Missouri, Kansas and/or Kansas State are better therefore we can't steal as many recruits from those areas
Excuse 60 - Nebraska talent is not what it once was
Excuse 61 - Nebraska HS offenses no longer fit the Huskers scheme which hurts our numbers
Excuse 62 - We suck at basketball, so there's not a big game for visiting recruits in January
Excuse 63 - Omaha is the closest major airport, so flights in are a logistical nightmare
Excuse 64 - We don't cheat/oversign/pay the players
Excuse 65 - It's easier to get into another school academically
Excuse 66 - There is too much pressure from the fans' unrealistic expectations!
Excuse 67 - The top of the student section is empty.
Excuse 68 - The blue hairs don't stand up and cheer.
Excuse 69 - The stadium sound system sucks.
Excuse 70 - Callahan left the cupboard bare for Bo in 2008
Excuse 71 - Dirk Chatelain wrote a trolling article
Excuse 72 - Our Strength & Conditioning / Dobson is subpar
Excuse 73 - The players read these boards and our negativity affects them
Excuse 74 - Coach Brown is too preachy
Excuse 75 - We lose when we wear alternate uniforms
Excuse 76 - If you think/say/do/don't do ___________ you aren't a true fan.
Excuse 77 - Steve Pederson
Excuse 78 - The Refs hate us
Excuse 79 - The Defense / Offense / whole team gave up
Excuse 80 - They came to win, not to play the game
Excuse 81 - Callahan closed the door to former players
Excuse 82 - We can't / won't / don't make adjustments
Excuse 83 - Bo's dog house
Excuse 84 - The refs won't call holding on our opponents
Excuse 85 - It isn't the 90s anymore
Excuse 86 - The announcers/analysts have no clue what they're talking about / are biased (against us)
Excuse 87 - Brent Musburger's open container ticket cost us votes in a poll
Excuse 88 - Huskerboard/social media isn't serious enough nor supportive of the players
Excuse 89 - We never play well on National TV
Excuse 90 - We always play down to the level of competition
Excuse 91 - Lawrence Phillips made our team look like a bunch of thugs
Excuse 92 - Bo never plays Freshman
Excuse 93 - The players won't play for Bo
There are more. Tons and tons more. Help me out.
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