New Nebraska coach Bo Pelini has forbidden his teams from frequenting select Lincoln watering holes this spring after several Cornhuskers were involved in several alcohol-related incidents earlier this year.
In order to ensure his team was heeding his edict, Pelini and Nebraska assistant athletic director of football operations Jeff Jamrog made an unannounced stroll through several bars last Thursday night, according to a report in the Lincoln Journal Star. ... Read More
Six points. Six points is what we watched our beloved Huskers get against Mizzou, that would have been Ok in 2004, but our crappy team actually won that year or in 2005, but we got 24 that game and it was a close game until the end of the 3rd quarter.
Personally, I had a wedding to attend to and was a little upset that I didn't get to watch the game live (at the time), but then I saw some of the groomsmen walking back from the bar (which they snuck out to watch the game) early, I realized that we were in trouble. And now I'm happy that I didn't experience this loss live because if I were at home, I would have probably thrown the controller through my new LCD.
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Sam Keller showed a great posture of a leader. Answering Ball State's onslaught, punch for punch. I love this guy. He's fired up and plays with fire in his eyes. Lucky had a solid game, while it looked like Castille was benched, I didn't see him at all after the fumble. Call me old school, but I liked the call, you fumble, you sit. Next game he'll hang on a little tighter. I can't really judge our O line because Ball St's defensive line is one of the worst in the country. But I will give major props to our receiving unit, especially a walk-on TE Sean Hill. This guy catches the ball, as simple as that. He waited 4 years to do this, now it's his turn and he is definitely shining.
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Well, well, well. So I don't think I am going to spend much time recapping the game on this installment. I think I will just rant. What the hell happened to the rush defense? What the hell happened to our secondary? See we started off doing good, but then Pete Carroll decided to do this thing and adapt his game plan so he could win, something Callahan has yet to show. What was going on with the D-Line? A one-legged Nazi midget with AIDS could have run through the holes that USC was making in our line. I will be honest I didn't think the Huskers were going to win going in to the game, but I thought we could given USC a good run. Then during the first, I thought we had a chance. We took the lead on a TD and a field goal. I actually thought we might pull off a win.
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I can let you know now that I was not impressed with the victory over Wake Forest at all. Yeah we're sitting with a perfect record of 2-0 right now, but if it were not for some Wake Forest mistakes at the end of the game, we might not have walked away with the "W" today. Who knew that Wake Forest's replacement QB was going to be like Rain Man and tear our defense apart. I know they were the ACC champions, but shit. Wake Forest's WR Moore was like Seabiscuit, running all over the field.
Oh, and all the bullshit that Keller just needs to get the dust off and he will be our savior, drop it. I bet if you blew the dust off of Condoleezza Rice's vagina it would still be a lousy lay. And if he is still "rusty" what the hell has he been doing at practice (that question was rhetorical, don't reply back)? I thought the whole reason they have training camps and practice was to get the dust off. On a few of the plays I actually thought that Helen Keller was playing QB. I would probably take Helen's deaf, blind and mute ass over Sam Keller right now. 3 turnovers isn't going to do it buddy. What was going on when he fumbled the snap? The only thing you have to do is fall on the ball and it looked like he was trying to teabag it.
I will say the running game, while not as lucrative as last week was still good. Lucky ended the game with nearly 100 yards, and he had the 22-yard TD run in the third. Castille also looked decent. He definitely had some good runs powering through the Demon Deacons D, but our rush defense sure blew it on this one. Everyone found out that the Blackshirts have a weakness and that is running the ball to the outside. They did have some key plays that helped the Huskers win, but consistency is the key. Suh definitely stepped it up this game and Octavien had some good plays, but was relatively quiet.
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This is the "no BS" approach to what is happening in Lincoln and the Husker nation. Let this be the precursor to what is to come every week for the rest of the season. So how did the game start? Well let us just say that I have had handies from armless hookers that started out better than this game did, but like my handy everything got better once the feet were involved. It's like the kid with down's syndrome who finally figured out that the square peg doesn't fit in the round hole.
The first and second series didn't really give anyone hope as to what was to come and I can not say that Keller's performance was the best to begin with nor the best through out the game, but the team certainly found their groove. Lucky's 266 all purpose yards and 4 touchdowns could set the stage for what could be one of the best seasons for the backs in Husker history, however the passing game couldn't keep up. Hell, if it wasn't for the fact that the Wolfpack cornerbacks had their hands all over our receivers like a gay guy in a dick store, then Keller may have never made the TD pass to Lucky on the first scoring drive.
That pass may have made everything seem promising, but all good things come to an end. Later in the first Keller's threw an interception to Nevada's Amaya, which he returned 80 yards for a score putting the Huskers down 10-7. Thank god that the 80-yard return on defense nearly matched the Wolfpack's total offense, showing us that the Blackshirts came to play. ... Read More
Who's ready for Husker football to start? I know I am. It's been too long and these last 7 days are going to be the longest.
I'm ready for Lucky to bust a long run or Keller to connect on a huge pass. I'm ready for that first touchdown. I'm going to scream my head off and will make sure that the neighbors hear me. I'm ready for our Blackshirts to take the field for the first time this season. I'm ready for the first interception that our D will make and hopefully will take it in for six. I'm ready for that first bone crushing hit, which maybe Steve Octavien will deliver. I'm ready for us to start 3-0 and later shock the nation. I'm ready to talk a little smack to all the USC fans after Nebraska does the unthinkable. I'm ready for Lil Red, Herby and "Husker! POWER!" chants. I'm ready to hear the band play 'Hail Varsity'. I'm ready for the tunnel walk, red balloons and another consecutive home sellout.
Some of you know that this year there will be yet another change in the rulebook. The kick-offs will be moved to the 30-yard line from the 35. Now considering that the Huskers have not had a touchback capable kicker since the invention of the wheel. I think this will fair us pretty good. Also to take in consideration that only top 20 schools out of 119 get the cream of the crop recruits (kickers included), this should even out the battlefield a little bit. Giving those weaker schools with speed a better chance to compete.
On a down side, you can pretty much say goodbye to the onside kick. It will only be used in a desperate situation. Much like when the goalie is pulled in hockey. If the return team recovers, they have a sure shot at a FG, not to mention a very short field for a TD.
All-in-all kickoffs should be pretty interesting this year. How will the coaches combat this rule change? My guess is that if the opposition has an A+ return team, we will see sky kicks that will land at the opponent's 30-35, which will cause the return man to signal a fair catch. Or an obvious out of bounds kick. Illegal procedure, yes, but I'll take that over a 50 yard return or a possible TD any day.
It's official. ESPN Classic sucks. I came to this conclusion last night, after I realized that they play mostly Husker losses, and sneak in a win once in a while.
I will address the most annoying thing first. '93 NC Florida St game. They have shown this game so many times, that when I flip by EPSN classic, I'm half expecting it to be on. Why God, why? Did someone screw up in the contract and add an extra zero on the amount of times this was supposed to be shown? I dunno...
Then ESPN also thinks it's "classic" to put embarrassing loses of NU in bowl games. Such as '88-'89 Orange bowl loss to Miami. When I turn to this channel,I expect to see a classic match up, not a 23-3 domination.
I still haven't seen ANY of our championship games. 94 Miami vs. NU is a top 10 NC game. C'mon ESPN!!! In fact the only victories I've seen were 97 Mizzou once and the latest Alamo bowl a few times. ESPN are such haters.
Now that you have been informed, we need to gather the masses and do something about this travesty.
