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Regaining Relevance

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:12:53 -0500

Regular readers of this site know I have often discussed the importance of media coverage in football generally and for the Huskers specifically. The key point in my arguments always being that the path to a program being powerful, important and, yes, dominant starts with a first step - achieving relevance. Relevance, not just locally but regionally and nationally is the first gateway to Nebraska being what it once was more than a decade ago. And more times than I care to remember, my calling...

MOCK DRAFT v3.0

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:30:29 -0500

Here is my latest updates to my ongoing mock draft. The standings have been changed to reflect this weekend’s outcomes, and I have also taken some of the comments I received into consideration. Here it is: Buccaneers: Ndamukong Suh, DT, Nebraska – The Bucs take a dominant big guy to help solidify the D-line. Rams: Jimmy Clausen, [...]

Nebraska DT Suh pleads guilty to driving charge

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:29:51 -0500

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- Nebraska's star defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh (en-DOM'-uh-ken soo) has pleaded guilty to negligent driving and paid a $60 fine.

Nebraska Cornhuskers DT Ndamukong Suh pleads guilty to driving charge

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:32:09 -0500

Nebraska's star defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh has pleaded guilty to negligent driving and paid a $60 fine.

Nebraska's Suh pays small fine for negligent driving

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:03:00 -0500

Nebraska's star defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh has pleaded guilty to negligent driving and paid a $60 fine.

Alex Henery - The Skinny Assassin

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:57:44 -0500

Ndamukong Suh is an award candidate, and All-American, and a real war daddy. And, make no mistake, that I admire Roy Helu Jr. But, with apologies to Jared Crick, Larry Asante and others...Nebraska's next best player weighs about 190 pounds dripping wet. Alex Henery is an absolute stud. He makes the big kicks to win games and in his first year as a full-time punter, he was a difference maker in Nebraska's North-Division clinching win over Kansas State. For his efforts, he was named Big...

Nebraska dumps Kansas St. to win Big 12 North

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:13:05 -0500

LINCOLN, Neb.(AP) Roy Helu Jr. ran 26 times for 95 yards and a touchdown, and Nebraska defeated Kansas State 17-3 to win the Big 12 North on Saturday night.

Nebraska edges Kansas State to win Big 12 North

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:12:00 -0500

Roy Helu Jr. ran 26 times for 95 yards and a touchdown, and Nebraska defeated Kansas State 17-3 to win the Big 12 North on Saturday night.

Nebraska knocks off K-State to win Big 12 North

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:08:05 -0500

Roy Helu Jr. ran 26 times for 95 yards and a touchdown, and Nebraska defeated Kansas State 17-3 to win the Big 12 North on Saturday night.

Pregame Cram: Can Kansas State run on Nebraska?

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:22:36 -0500

Inside the day's key match-ups. As a 6-5 team with two wins over I-AA outfits and only one victory over a team with a winning record -- a one-point escape from fellow 6-5 mediocrity Iowa State in the Big 12 opener -- Kansas State probably has no claim to "disrespect" today at Nebraska. Still: You don't see too many 16.5-point spreads in games with the division championship up for grabs. The winner today in Lincoln is heading to Dallas as the North Division's sacrificial...

Live Chat extra: Lions should target best cover corner in second round of 2010 draft

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:11:33 -0500

Assuming the Lions get Nebraska defensive lineman Ndamukong Suh in the first round, they should focus on cornerback in the second round. Candidates include Wake Forest's Brandon Ghee.

Brian VanOchten on The Huge Show: Nebraska's Ndamukong Suh should be on Lions' draft radar

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:28:55 -0500

"If Martin Mayhew is making his plans for draft night, he's looking at the kid from Nebraska and thinking 'there's a guy who can do what Minnesota did to us," VanOchten said.

Best Player? Most Valuable? Answer to Both Is Man Named Suh

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:30:00 -0500

by Terrance HarrisFiled under: Nebraska, Big 12, HeismanDepending on who is debating, the Heisman Trophy is awarded to either the best college football player in the country or the one who simply means the most to his team. Whichever side of the coin you fall on, you have to come back Nebraska senior defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh. Certainly playing in the trenches of the defensive line isn't the sexiest place to find the nation's most preeminent player. Watching Suh defy double- and ...

Quarterback controversy or no, Nebraska's offense has no clothes

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:14:15 -0500

Scroll down or click here to join the Doc's game day live blog, covering every game all day long. Iowa State 9, Nebraska 7. Cornhusker fans didn't know who their quarterback would be before kickoff, and maybe it wouldn't have mattered if it had been freshman Cody Green instead of embattled incumbent Zac Lee -- Lee, after all, wasn't responsible for any of five Cornhusker fumbles, three of them killing obvious scoring drives that Lee helped march inside the Iowa State 10-yard-...

The Cynic's Guide to College Football: Greatest Fan Ever

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:53:00 -0500

I first heard about this story early in the week and I wanted to write about it then. The only problem was, frankly, I found it hard to believe. It sounded like ESPN had decided to start producing their own soap opera. But after checking with some friends in Nebraska and confirming it's legit, I just had to pass it along. Rex Plock. 1920-2009 The fine gentleman above was Rex Plock. He passed away last Sunday at the age of 89. In the course of his interesting life, he was a World War II ...

Nebraska Cornhuskers Football Begins the Pelini-Era!

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:39:27 -0500

After years of dominance under Tom Osborne, Nebraska has been looking for a consistent leader of their team. Frank Solich had his wins, but parted ways after a mediocre 2002 year, and key loses towards the end of 2003. Bill Callahan led mediocre teams that Cornhusker faithful would like to forget. Today the Bo Pelini-era began! Read more by following the link!

Top Ten Reasons Why Turner Gill Gets the Nebraska Job

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:02:01 -0500

Offering up Ten reasons why Turner Gill is the next head coach at Nebraska (and five that he isn't).

The Homecoming that Wasn't Oklahoma State 45 Huskers 14

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 23:33:09 -0500

Well here we were Saturday morning in front of the 287th consecutive sell-out for the 2007 Homecoming game. In front of the last Huskers National Championship team, the 1997 squad, along with their greatest coach Dr. Tom Osborne. Playing a team, Oklahoma State that had not won in Memorial Stadium since 1960, the table was set right? WRONG! Well talk about a MAJOR disappointment. 45 to 14 says it all. 31 to nothing at halftime, 86 to 20; that is the combined score of the Huskers last 2 conference games. I am glad that I did not get the game on pay per view; it would have been a waste of my hard earned money. Not since I was 2 years old, back in 1958 have my Huskers suffered such a humiliating defeat at home, that loss was to Missouri 31 to 0. This is the first time in the teams 118 years of existence, since the team was called the Bugeaters, that they have they allowed 4 different teams to score 40 or more points in a single season. This team has given up on the season, given up on the coach and it looks like they have given up on themselves also. These Cowboys averaged more than 8 yards per play in this game, and finished the game with 551 total yards. Oklahoma State was up 17 to nothing before the Huskers even had a first down. Fans were leaving this homecoming game before half time, which by the way, saw the Cowboys having the advantage 31 to 0. Thought we had a "chance" in the second half, well Sam Keller ended all thoughts of that on our first series with an interception. The only positive note I can mention in this article is that Freshman Quentin Castille rushed for his first 100 yard game, gaining 102 yards on 20 carries. We Nebraska fans have seen our beloved Huskers gain national attention over the past 25 years for various streaks of the positive side. It looks like now we are about to set records that may be just as impressive on the losing side also. There is one thing that has become perfectly clear to this fan at this point of the season, Pederson and Callahan MUST GO. They have become a cancer that has now spread to the team, and if there is any hope at all of saving this team, the cancer must be removed as soon as possible. We have reached a point that is so low that even my bottom 5 rankings don't do it justice. Frank Solich was fired by Pederson, which appears to be when the cancer first appeared, after completing a 9-3 season and gaining a bowl game invitation. Pederson, which of course is his right, decided that Solich was not going in the right direction, was not satisfied that the team was righting itself, even after Solich fired several long time Husker coaches in an attempt to make Pederson happy. Solich's record at time of his dismissal was 58-19 for a .753 winning percentage for 6 full seasons, an average season of 9-3, just slightly lower than Dr. Tom's 10-2 average record over his 25 seasons. Callahan's record, as it stand now after this game is 26-18 for a .590 winning percentage after 3 and a half seasons. This is Pederson's definition of "bringing the team back to the elite level". Well I may not be a freaking genius, but I can tell when someone is "pissing on my head and telling me it is raining" and this is exactly what Pederson is doing. Pederson may be Nebraska born and bred, but if he seriously believes that Callahan is the man who can take Nebraska football back to the National title picture, he is really viewing the situation through "rose colored glasses". I know that the man is smarter than this, because the other sports at Nebraska have actually flourished during his tenure, including the woman's volleyball team who are the defending national champions. See; now look at what has happened, I am "pimping" freakin woman's volleyball. Damn it Pederson, wake up and do the right thing and get rid of Callahan, if you don't you will be run out of town with him. Show us all that you have what it takes to make the tough decision. I may be back later in the week to give you my insight to the game against the Texas A & M Aggies, which was the Big 12 team that I had predicted, would have the problems and be firing their coach, which still remains a possibility, but right now it looks like Dennis Franchione is safer than Callahan. Go GBR.