The words that mean NU football may change soon

[At Large]

DiT mentioned to me that they suffered a lot more under Blake by losing to a lot of crappy teams. While this is true, the differences between the situations dictate change regardless of the bottom falling out.

The more I think about it, the more I think that unless Callahan can salvage a season out of his recruits, that he's a goner. The money can be scraped together, but I'd bet money that it'll be a 2 for 1 deal, that our AD Steve Pedersen must go with Callahan.

He came back to NU the unanimous choice for the AD job. He actually worked under Osborne as recruiting coordinator. He had a semi-impressive resume. Besides the fact, NU fans were a little sick of B$ll Byrne, who rubbed people the wrong way by actually asking for donations to get tickets.

SP came in with great fanfare, asked for the support of "1.7 million walkons" and immediately set to work on firing Frank Solich. He dictated that there be no embarrassing losses and I'm assuming at least 9 wins. He unveiled a new facility upgrade, but failed to invite the coach, which spoke volumes. Frank lost three in blowout fashion, but appeared to be turning things around. I was leery of him getting fired because he was starting to get things turned around, but SP has clearly made up his mind earlier. He canned him and immediately split the NU nation into two camps.

At his press conference, he explained that he refused to sit by while the program 'gravitated towards mediocrity.'

It's those words that will lead to his downfall. Just like George 41's ill-fated 'Read my lips' speech that people held him accountable for, so to will SP be held accountable.

The guy literally can't go outside to greet the fans without getting booed. He's refusing to take calls on his call-in show anymore. I know that when he fired FS, some donors declared their pocket books closed while SP is there. More are now doing that.

He replaced a product that was on thin legs admittedly and replaced it with a product that is so bland, that you swore he served you Spam when he promised you steak.

Unfortunately for him, NU fans are neither stupid or blind. They know football well. They can see when they've been had. We watch in horror as Callahan's team (I've stopped calling them Nebraska as of last week, which I did without even thinking) fail to get first downs running in the easiest situations. We see offensive players that run half-hearted short routes and getting pushed around. We see our line collapsing faster than you can spit. Some plays, it's like they go out of their way to block no one while the rest of the defense runs around them and into the backfield. We're told of the amazing recruits, but it's now year four and those receiver recruits still haven't seen the field because they don't know that massive playbook. We pull our hair as the team will struggle to score, then go into a two-minute offense for three straight possessions, score three times, and then go back to the shifting and jerking off stuff. Why in the hell don't you run an offense that the players are actually good at?? It's as if Callahan feels that he's cheating by putting his QB in shotgun and scoring fast. Oh, and the delay of game and false start penalties aren't helping.

Callahan used to brag about how big his playbook was and how complicated the play names were. For example, it might be something like Wolf Slant Fire Monkey Ass Leg Hurts Oww (or something like that). The point it, it's 8 words long and needlessly complex. If I was a player getting that play, it'd be like "Are you fucking kidding me?" Our QB Sam Keller goes to the sidelines to get the play directly. He should just hold out his wristband with plays and say 'Point'.

Defense is a bigger cluster. Gone is the defense that used to punch people in the mouth. Now we get punched, or rather, they stand there and wait to be punched. Cosgrove after the MU game was asked why he continued to rush Missouri with a 3-man front. His response was, “You know what, I’m going to say just one thing: With what they do, the way they spread the field, there’s only so much you can do,” Cosgrove said. “If you try to get into a blitz game with them, they’ll tear you apart, because they spread you out. They go sideline to sideline and goal line to goal line, and you have to be smart in how you defend."

Are you fucking kidding me????????????????? You gave up 606 yards! That's not being torn apart?

The old coach (Pelini) was a fiery, in-your-face, motivational coach. Cosgrove seems to have the strength of Brian Denehy before his heart gave out in Tommy Boy. He was hired by his trophy wife, Callahan, who is probably going to get him killed by stepping into shit that he wasn't prepared for.

I could go on and on and on, but all I can say is that the words of Steve Pedersen are definitely remembered. He promised us Disney World, but instead we got the State Fair with carnies for coaches. Thanks, Steve.

[Danimal]

Pedey should've just nutted-up and fired Solich right-away if he was going to do it. It was obvious when Pedey didn't want to give new assistants decent-length contracts and didn't invite Solich to the ceremony for the new football facility(classless to say the least) that Pedey had already made-up his mind. Ya we did have three games that got out of hand but we were muddling-through with a safety at qb. A Jammmall Lord-led offense doesn't afford much in the way of playcalling. With a legit qb all three losses are significantly closer and Mizzou possibly could have been a win. But pedey in his arrogance assumed the worst about the staff, assumed he had more support than he did, and assumed he'd make a killer hire. Then he talked a bunch of shit that he has failed to back-up. He gave flipflopped on why he fired Solich early without giving the real reason-fearing that 10th win. Then he lied about repeatedly getting shot-down in his coach-search. Since then he has done nothing but protect BC, even giving him an unearned exstension. Now he is hiding from the public, no longer taking calls on his weekly radio-spot. I just have no respect for the guy. He needs to be gone.

[Ken]

Where did I read...or was it on TV...someone referring to the Nebraska defense as "the pink shirt defense"?

I think it was muttered on TV. I almost fell out!

Comedy gold, ya' got there. Never heard that before.

Anyways, I've said it before and I'll say it again... NU screwed up BIG time not going after Rich Rodriguez, but rather Callahan. RR would have fit the NU program perfectly. I still think whomever gets RR as their head coach will be set for some time.

[Terry in Crapchester]

I still think whomever gets RR as their head coach will be set for some time.

Why would he leave, in all honesty? He's coaching at his alma mater, and it's hard to envision a better setting anywhere for him. It might be a bit of a stretch to call West Virginia the dominant team in the Big East, but at West Virginia he's capable of competing for a conference title in a BCS conference every year. There aren't many schools where you can say that. USC and Ohio State, maybe. Florida State could've been on that list until about 2-3 years ago. But that's about it.

Yeah, I know money talks and what not, but more than that has to enter into the decision-making process for Rodriguez, if he's smart anyway.

[Goober McTuber]

Why would he leave, in all honesty? He's coaching at his alma mater, and it's hard to envision a better setting anywhere for him. It might be a bit of a stretch to call West Virginia the dominant team in the Big East, but at West Virginia he's capable of competing for a conference title in a BCS conference every year. There aren't many schools where you can say that. USC and Ohio State, maybe. Florida State could've been on that list until about 2-3 years ago. But that's about it.

Iowa belongs at the top of that list.

Sincerely,

theNOJ

[Terry in Crapchester]

It might be a bit of a stretch to call West Virginia the dominant team in the Big East, but at West Virginia he's capable of competing for a conference title in a BCS conference every year. There aren't many schools where you can say that. USC and Ohio State, maybe. Florida State could've been on that list until about 2-3 years ago. But that's about it.

*ahem*

2000, 2002, 2004, 2006 Big 12 champions.

Lost in Big 12 title game in 2003.

Would have gone to Big 12 title game but for a loss on the last play of the last game of the season in 2001.

No more than two conference losses in any season since 2000 with an 86% conference winning percentage.

I think there's another team that's capable of competing for a BCS Conference title every year...

You left out '05, of course. :wink:

But other than that, point taken.

[Danimal]

The top guys on my list in '03:

Urban Meyer
Rich Rodriquez
Norm Chow-wanted the job
Dan Hawkins- CU is now on their way and Neb would have had a better transition-year, Neb had more talent in '04 than CU in '06

Urban would've been a tough get, Rodriquez wouldn't be easy, we'd have had to thrown around some big cash since he is a WV-guy. Chow or Hawkins could've been ours' IMO.

What could've made things awesome was if Pedey hadn't burned his bridges with Pelini. If we could've kept him at DC with Chow as our OC/qb-coach? Sounds like money to me. Bo was actually going to bring in Lane Kiffin to be OC if Bo got the HC-job. That would've been a pretty-nice combo too.

[Danimal]

Ya Chow would definitely need assistants that could recruit since he,himself is kinda personality-deficient. Before hiring him I'd be sure he'd work on his people-skills, still staight-forward but less abrasive. But dude is flat-out fucking brilliant and it isn't like he is just a dick. I think he'd put the right coaches around him and really bust his ass to succeed.

He probably would've gotten the BYU-job back in the day but the Mormons don't have a history of good race-relations. They are definitely improving now but BYU was founded by a total racist in Brigham Young. No Chow didn't bare the "mark of Cain"(being black) but I don't think they were ready for Chow to be the face of the team.

[Danimal]

Ya I actually have heard of that incident before, one reason I pulled-up the race-card.

Actually both the "curse of Ham" and "mark of Cain" have been applied to rationalize racism by mormons and some fundamentalist religions as-well(I looked it up on Wikipedia). It is no-longer doctrine of the mainstream LDS but the backwoods-types still follow it plus you'll still find remnants of that old-guard thinking. That can only go-away with time, but at least folks are trying.

[Adelpiero]

colorado is on their way????? since when?

they beat a team that pulled the parachute, packed it in, got ready for Tejas. OU pissed that game away.


i remember hearing the same bullshit from nebraska fans, about Huskers are back! How is that going?

[The Seer]

WHAT IN THE FUCK ARE YOU GUYS COMPLAINING ABOUT?

THIS GUY STOLE DORRELL'S LUNCH MONEY!!!!!!

[Danimal]

colorado is on their way????? since when?

they beat a team that pulled the parachute, packed it in, got ready for Tejas. OU pissed that game away.


i remember hearing the same bullshit from nebraska fans, about Huskers are back! How is that going?

Colorado was 2-10 last year and have already doubled that win-total genius. They have played well in and won the last three games and would have went to the wire with FSU and ASU if not for dropped-passes. They are improving. Tell me why they aren't on their way? Other than that you are just opinionated as fuck and you say so? I'm not saying they are there. They will probably finish like 7-5 this season. But they are getting better and considering Hawkins's history should continue to do so. Plus CU earned that win over OU, they dominated the whole second-half and CU turnovers had a significant hand in getting OU the lead in the first place. OU didn't own CU then decide the game was over. Ya there was a letdown but there was much more to the game than that letdown.

Hawkins is a long-term proven coach. Which is why CU's growth shouldn't be stunted like NU's. Plus CU is currently playing with the results from shitty recruit-classes. While Hawkins isn't really a shmoozer their talent can only get better. Ya there is a possibility he couldn't work, he could become another Franchione at ATM, but as long as CU is improving I don't think saying CU is on their way is out-of-line. Plus I didn't say what they were on their way to, you assumed it was back to another national title. I just meant they'd be good, like consistent top25.

As far as the 'skers go when have you seen me or AtLarge rimjob Callahan? Ya I thought he'd probably work-out better than this(shakes head in disgust) but I've thought for a long time that we may have traded-away coaching to get recruiting, also thought all-along that Coz and Elmassian were crony-hires. When he got hired to begin with I didn't think BC was a killer acquisition. He coached in a Superbowl, he also had his team quit on him and got canned. I considered him a mixed-bag from the start could work-out if he'd learned some lessons from his raiders-experience. Even at the time I'd have preferred to hire Bo since Bo had turned-around our D, could recruit, could motivate, and got the team together to play well in the bowl after Solich got canned. Of course some were drinking the kool-aid from the start but there were skeptics as-well.

[MiketheangrydrunkenCUfan]

colorado is on their way????? since when?

they beat a team that pulled the parachute, packed it in, got ready for Tejas. OU pissed that game away.


i remember hearing the same bullshit from nebraska fans, about Huskers are back! How is that going?

Colorado was 2-10 last year and have already doubled that win-total genius. They have played well in and won the last three games and would have went to the wire with FSU and ASU if not for dropped-passes. They are improving. Tell me why they aren't on their way? Other than that you are just opinionated as fuck and you say so? I'm not saying they are there. They will probably finish like 7-5 this season. But they are getting better and considering Hawkins's history should continue to do so. Plus CU earned that win over OU, they dominated the whole second-half and CU turnovers had a significant hand in getting OU the lead in the first place. OU didn't own CU then decide the game was over. Ya there was a letdown but there was much more to the game than that letdown.

Hawkins is a long-term proven coach. Which is why CU's growth shouldn't be stunted like NU's. Plus CU is currently playing with the results from shitty recruit-classes. While Hawkins isn't really a shmoozer their talent can only get better. Ya there is a possibility he couldn't work, he could become another Franchione at ATM, but as long as CU is improving I don't think saying CU is on their way is out-of-line. Plus I didn't say what they were on their way to, you assumed it was back to another national title. I just meant they'd be good, like consistent top25.

As far as the 'skers go when have you seen me or AtLarge rimjob Callahan? Ya I thought he'd probably work-out better than this(shakes head in disgust) but I've thought for a long time that we may have traded-away coaching to get recruiting, also thought all-along that Coz and Elmassian were crony-hires. When he got hired to begin with I didn't think BC was a killer acquisition. He coached in a Superbowl, he also had his team quit on him and got canned. I considered him a mixed-bag from the start could work-out if he'd learned some lessons from his raiders-experience. Even at the time I'd have preferred to hire Bo since Bo had turned-around our D, could recruit, could motivate, and got the team together to play well in the bowl after Solich got canned. Of course some were drinking the kool-aid from the start but there were skeptics as-well.

You'll have to forgive Adel his tardliness. In order to be "on the way back," you would've had to have been somewhere in the first place, which automatically excludes Mizzou from the discussion. Since they've never won anything of significance, their fans' only recourse is to revel in the misfortunes of others as the Tiggers continue their legacy of mediocrity...

[Adelpiero]

colorado is on their way????? since when?

they beat a team that pulled the parachute, packed it in, got ready for Tejas. OU pissed that game away.


i remember hearing the same bullshit from nebraska fans, about Huskers are back! How is that going?

Colorado was 2-10 last year and have already doubled that win-total genius. They have played well in and won the last three games and would have went to the wire with FSU and ASU if not for dropped-passes. They are improving. Tell me why they aren't on their way? Other than that you are just opinionated as fuck and you say so? I'm not saying they are there. They will probably finish like 7-5 this season. But they are getting better and considering Hawkins's history should continue to do so. Plus CU earned that win over OU, they dominated the whole second-half and CU turnovers had a significant hand in getting OU the lead in the first place. OU didn't own CU then decide the game was over. Ya there was a letdown but there was much more to the game than that letdown.

Hawkins is a long-term proven coach. Which is why CU's growth shouldn't be stunted like NU's. Plus CU is currently playing with the results from shitty recruit-classes. While Hawkins isn't really a shmoozer their talent can only get better. Ya there is a possibility he couldn't work, he could become another Franchione at ATM, but as long as CU is improving I don't think saying CU is on their way is out-of-line. Plus I didn't say what they were on their way to, you assumed it was back to another national title. I just meant they'd be good, like consistent top25.

As far as the 'skers go when have you seen me or AtLarge rimjob Callahan? Ya I thought he'd probably work-out better than this(shakes head in disgust) but I've thought for a long time that we may have traded-away coaching to get recruiting, also thought all-along that Coz and Elmassian were crony-hires. When he got hired to begin with I didn't think BC was a killer acquisition. He coached in a Superbowl, he also had his team quit on him and got canned. I considered him a mixed-bag from the start could work-out if he'd learned some lessons from his raiders-experience. Even at the time I'd have preferred to hire Bo since Bo had turned-around our D, could recruit, could motivate, and got the team together to play well in the bowl after Solich got canned. Of course some were drinking the kool-aid from the start but there were skeptics as-well.

You'll have to forgive Adel his tardliness. In order to be "on the way back," you would've had to have been somewhere in the first place, which automatically excludes Mizzou from the discussion. Since they've never won anything of significance, their fans' only recourse is to revel in the misfortunes of others as the Tiggers continue their legacy of mediocrity...

Colorado is fucking back!


i was wrong.


hey drunktard, do we really need to do this again? I made you look like a jerkoff last time you came in here beating your chest over CU. Only to flop just as i predicted.

CU is a mediocre team at best, Losing to them is a very bad loss.

But you mother fuckers are back!!!

[At Large]

Any bets on how your Tigers will do tomorrow? I already know my team sucks and makes any team that plays it look like the best team in the fucking country, so it's amusing to me that you are on cloud nine. Have fun against OU tomorrow with your sure loss. ;)

[Adelpiero]

Any bets on how your Tigers will do tomorrow? I already know my team sucks and makes any team that plays it look like the best team in the fucking country, so it's amusing to me that you are on cloud nine. Have fun against OU tomorrow with your sure loss. ;)

hey fucktard

its pretty hard to see there is a MU/OU thread in this forum. Which states my opinion on the game, but heaven forbid you actually scrolled down.

[MiketheangrydrunkenCUfan]

Colorado is fucking back!


i was wrong.


hey drunktard, do we really need to do this again? I made you look like a jerkoff last time you came in here beating your chest over CU. Only to flop just as i predicted.

CU is a mediocre team at best, Losing to them is a very bad loss.

But you mother fuckers are back!!!

a) Nobody said Colorado is "back," just that they're on their way

b) the only one beating their chest around here is you

c) I'd rather be mediocre for a few years on the way back than to be perpetually mediocre, but hey, that's just me.

War having won an outright conference championship since man walked on the moon.

[King Crimson]

Danimal: i'd disagree about Hawkins not being a shmoozer. he's an excellent shmoozer. in fact, his skill as a PR guy appears to be his greatest trait. he wasn't a co-ordinator at Boise.

he's kind of a new age Barry Switzer as far as a a combo of "awshucks" charisma and (at least public) brash self-confidence.

any measure of success CU is having now, will pay dividends recruiting in next year's class. closing the deal is another thing, but a lot of pretty highly regarded kids are listing CU alongside Cal, UCLA, Oregon etc. when Barney's last two classes were choosing CU over WAC offers. If he gets into Texas too, look out.

though, this year, 7 wins and a bowl is still about what i'd guess (and the high-side of my original prediction). with NU looking beatable in Boulder.

Adel: CU was a bad loss for OU, but not too hard to see coming the week before UT. but, you might be wary you still have a roadie to Boulder and there could be North hopes on the line for both teams in that one. You guys have not played well at Folsom traditionally.

[Adelpiero]

Folsom?

they havent won in the little Apple in 10+ years.


CU will finish at .500 or 5-7. And lets add that they get Baylor and ISU, 2 locks. So they go 3-7 against rest of competition? yikes Lets also add that this team lost to a Div 1AA team recently.


Someone wants to claim that KST is on their way back, OK, 2 straight years of wins vs top10 Tejas and will fight it out for Big12 N. KU loss was devastating for them, but they should go over .500 in conference and another bowl game. Prince is doing a very good job, KST hit rock bottom before he got there, so he is getting them on their way back.

KU? Undefeated and won in Little Apple for first time in 10+ years. I could see them becoming a flava of the month, but c'mon with the CU stuff. Lets let it play out first before we annoint them.


I jocked Illinois since the MU loss, i took shit for it, now my hype was gold, they are a good team, not great, but explosive and has 2 players who are very good. They have 3 quality wins already, can CU say that?


And not one time have u seen me beating the MU drum, they should go 10-2 with the talent they have, wether the coaching allows it is the big question. Im enjoying the season, ass fucking the thugskers is always great. I took a SHOW ME attitude since opening day, im not touting this team till they prove they can make the next step. Is their offense primo? u bet your bolognie tits, but gameday coaching is something that has always crippled them. I sit back and watch. If they lose to OU, not really a big deal, i didnt expect them to win before the season, it was one of their losses i had penciled in along with @ KST.

Gameday in an hour, i out!

[King Crimson]

all i'm saying is MU still has to play at Colorado and historically Mizzou struggles in Boulder so i wouldn't be chalking that one up just yet, the other stuff you are getting from somewhere else. i haven't posted about KSU this year, to my knowledge.

but, what is interesting since we are pulling things out of our ass, is how Wags and MU boards have been yakking about how NU is a one of MU's "quality wins" but harp on OU playing Utah State and UNT. Miami is listed as not a quality win....but "quality" NU is hardly setting the world on fire down 31-0 to OSU in Lincoln.

needless to say there's been no mention of the two patsies MU played....and the traditionally cupcake OOC schedule you guys have played for the last half-decade.

when did Missouri become the high-brow expert on playing a tough OOC? was it when you backed out of playing Iowa? lost to Troy? Bowling Green?

one roadie to Oxford, Mississippi hardly makes you a road warrior.

[At Large]

I like to refer to them as 'Callahan's team'. You ain't seen nothing yet. Wait until next week when the stadium has a lot of no shows.

[At Large]

DiT mentioned to me that they suffered a lot more under Blake by losing to a lot of crappy teams. While this is true, the differences between the situations dictate change regardless of the bottom falling out.

The more I think about it, the more I think that unless Callahan can salvage a season out of his recruits, that he's a goner. The money can be scraped together, but I'd bet money that it'll be a 2 for 1 deal, that our AD Steve Pedersen must go with Callahan.

He came back to NU the unanimous choice for the AD job. He actually worked under Osborne as recruiting coordinator. He had a semi-impressive resume. Besides the fact, NU fans were a little sick of B$ll Byrne, who rubbed people the wrong way by actually asking for donations to get tickets.

SP came in with great fanfare, asked for the support of "1.7 million walkons" and immediately set to work on firing Frank Solich. He dictated that there be no embarrassing losses and I'm assuming at least 9 wins. He unveiled a new facility upgrade, but failed to invite the coach, which spoke volumes. Frank lost three in blowout fashion, but appeared to be turning things around. I was leery of him getting fired because he was starting to get things turned around, but SP has clearly made up his mind earlier. He canned him and immediately split the NU nation into two camps.

At his press conference, he explained that he refused to sit by while the program 'gravitated towards mediocrity.'

It's those words that will lead to his downfall. Just like George 41's ill-fated 'Read my lips' speech that people held him accountable for, so to will SP be held accountable.

The guy literally can't go outside to greet the fans without getting booed. He's refusing to take calls on his call-in show anymore. I know that when he fired FS, some donors declared their pocket books closed while SP is there. More are now doing that.

He replaced a product that was on thin legs admittedly and replaced it with a product that is so bland, that you swore he served you Spam when he promised you steak.

Unfortunately for him, NU fans are neither stupid or blind. They know football well. They can see when they've been had. We watch in horror as Callahan's team (I've stopped calling them Nebraska as of last week, which I did without even thinking) fail to get first downs running in the easiest situations. We see offensive players that run half-hearted short routes and getting pushed around. We see our line collapsing faster than you can spit. Some plays, it's like they go out of their way to block no one while the rest of the defense runs around them and into the backfield. We're told of the amazing recruits, but it's now year four and those receiver recruits still haven't seen the field because they don't know that massive playbook. We pull our hair as the team will struggle to score, then go into a two-minute offense for three straight possessions, score three times, and then go back to the shifting and jerking off stuff. Why in the hell don't you run an offense that the players are actually good at?? It's as if Callahan feels that he's cheating by putting his QB in shotgun and scoring fast. Oh, and the delay of game and false start penalties aren't helping.

Callahan used to brag about how big his playbook was and how complicated the play names were. For example, it might be something like Wolf Slant Fire Monkey Ass Leg Hurts Oww (or something like that). The point it, it's 8 words long and needlessly complex. If I was a player getting that play, it'd be like "Are you fucking kidding me?" Our QB Sam Keller goes to the sidelines to get the play directly. He should just hold out his wristband with plays and say 'Point'.

Defense is a bigger cluster. Gone is the defense that used to punch people in the mouth. Now we get punched, or rather, they stand there and wait to be punched. Cosgrove after the MU game was asked why he continued to rush Missouri with a 3-man front. His response was, “You know what, I’m going to say just one thing: With what they do, the way they spread the field, there’s only so much you can do,” Cosgrove said. “If you try to get into a blitz game with them, they’ll tear you apart, because they spread you out. They go sideline to sideline and goal line to goal line, and you have to be smart in how you defend."

Are you fucking kidding me????????????????? You gave up 606 yards! That's not being torn apart?

The old coach (Pelini) was a fiery, in-your-face, motivational coach. Cosgrove seems to have the strength of Brian Denehy before his heart gave out in Tommy Boy. He was hired by his trophy wife, Callahan, who is probably going to get him killed by stepping into shit that he wasn't prepared for.

I could go on and on and on, but all I can say is that the words of Steve Pedersen are definitely remembered. He promised us Disney World, but instead we got the State Fair with carnies for coaches. Thanks, Steve.

Damn... it's like I could see into the future or something. By the way, Adel, where are the other coaches that your buddy supposedly said were supposed to go with Pedersen? ;) I mean, I heard that, too, but then again, so did nearly everyone else...

[Danimal]

I don't think CU finishes 5-7. They already have four wins and five games left to play. That includes ISU and Neb coming to Boulder. Plus CU is capable of pulling-off another big win.

Like a lot of people I was unimpressed with the Prince hire at KSU. But I like what I hear in his interviews and what I see on the field. I think his idea of winning thru defense and special-team, being a midwestern Va Tech, is a good idea. The KU-game could have ended differently if Freeman took care of the rock better. Beamer-ball requires winning the turnover-battle. Granted KU turned the ball over too but they have a good enough O to overcome that. But KSU does seem to be headed in the right direction.

KU giving away home-field could cost them BIG. They don't have OU, Texas, or even Tech on their sched. They are very capable of going into the that last game at Mizzou undefeated. In Lawrence their chances against Mizzou are good. In Arrowhead it gets tougher.

[Cuda]

When you mentioned "Words that mean NU football may change soon" I naturally assumed you meant words like

1. Investigation

2. Eligibility

3. Arrest

4. Grade Point Average

5. Indictment

6. Toxicology Report

7. Kickbacks

8. Hush Money

9. Firearms

10. Sodomy

Not to worry. Bringing back Dr. Tom is going to mean a return of all those words to Lincoln too.