Latest posts from “The Grand Island Independent Forums” board. Latest posts from “The Grand Island Independent Forums” board. http://www.independentforums.com/index.php Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:05:17 -0500 cthusker Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:46:56 -0500 http://www.independentforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=106780#p106780 http://www.independentforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=106780#p106780 Re: Turner thoughts.
Sadly I don't believe he'll even get 3 years unless KU starts winning some games! He stepped into a very bad situation and it's simply going to take time to get things turned around. The cupboard was pretty bare but it seems no one is really to interested in that fact. Perkins did some good things at KU with upgrading facilities and hiring TG but had to much baggage with these embarrassing investigations.

With Perkins gone Gill will not be in a great position with the new AD should he struggle very long. Does that sound vaguely familiar? It's going to be a tough situation and he's going to have to get things cranked up for next season if he wants to survive IMO. KU fans seemed almost split on the his hire so the only answer is winning.... nothing else is going to do. BTW.. TG decided to remove player names from the jersey's and folks are already angry about that one. They are saying oh.. what's next.. singing kumbayaon the 50 after every loss?

It's certainly not an ideal situation for TG and I wish him nothing but the best.....]]> franko Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:58:01 -0500 http://www.independentforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=106779#p106779 http://www.independentforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=106779#p106779 Re: Turner thoughts. ]]> jimbo Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:25:28 -0500 http://www.independentforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=106778#p106778 http://www.independentforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=106778#p106778 Re: Is NU Really #6? CensoRED wrote:
No, NU is really #1. Get used to it.

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Well Those are two reasons we are #1]]> 1standten Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:52:06 -0500 http://www.independentforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=106777#p106777 http://www.independentforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=106777#p106777 Re: Turner thoughts. darthflex wrote:
It hurt me to see that but I wasn't entirely surprised. Kansas has some players back but they really lost the heart of the group that carried them the past few years, led by Reesing. I was pretty sure KU would finish last in the North and perhaps the Big 12 if Robert Griffin at Baylor is healthy.

Gill turned around Buffalo in time...but he's not coaching the the MAC anymore, either. He needs time. NDSU is a pretty good 1AA team, by the way. That was probably the worst team Gill could have opened against.

Anyway, if you look at the stats, KU should have won that game. NDSU didn't move the ball all night and KU had some turnovers at terrible times. It wasn't quite as bad as it looked. What really worries me is fan perception: losing to a 1AA is a tough first impression to shake.


Yeah, ask Danny Hawkins about shaking that one off. :lol:]]> HuskNHold Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:34:11 -0500 http://www.independentforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=106776#p106776 http://www.independentforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=106776#p106776 Re: Is NU Really #6? TEN-!!]]> HuskNHold Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:31:16 -0500 http://www.independentforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=106775#p106775 http://www.independentforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=106775#p106775 Re: Turner thoughts.
:twisted:]]> pokerchips Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:05:18 -0500 http://www.independentforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=106774#p106774 http://www.independentforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=106774#p106774 Re: Is NU Really #6? CensoRED wrote:
No, NU is really #1. Get used to it.

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first of all, I just wanted to post the pic again. :mrgreen:
2nd of all, I thought the picture was saying we were #2.......then I noticed the foam finger :mrgreen:]]> Idaho Husker Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:08:44 -0500 http://www.independentforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=106773#p106773 http://www.independentforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=106773#p106773 Re: Is NU Really #6?
That being said, it is hard to argue with the girl in the picture.]]> gihusker Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:32:06 -0500 http://www.independentforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=106772#p106772 http://www.independentforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=106772#p106772 Re: Is NU Really #6? 1standten wrote:
Are we #6? If we keep winning yes, if we lose a game then no. That's why ranking anybody after one or two games is silly.
This early in the season, ranking mean absolutely nothing except to the TV networks trying to market a game.
I pretty much ignore rankings until late october, early november.
This.

In conversations with people I have barely mentioned our rankings. I feel like we need to earn them by doing more than beating Arizona....]]> darthflex Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:45:41 -0500 http://www.independentforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=106771#p106771 http://www.independentforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=106771#p106771 Re: Martinez making a push for #1 QB? EngineeRED wrote:
EngineeRED wrote:
darthflex wrote:
21 at the half? WKU might be the worst team to visit Memorial Stadium in 20 years. They'll be very lucky it isn't 21-0 in the first 10 minutes of the game. 50 point lead at the half wouldn't surprise me. WKU is a horrible team with a new, rookie coach. :ohmy:


Well, considering my official score prediction is 63-3, I expect a bit more by half too. I said 21 because I kind of always see that as a magic number in terms of bringing the backups in.


Well, I should have stayed with 21 at half.


Why? :oops: :wink:]]> darthflex Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:42:31 -0500 http://www.independentforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=106770#p106770 http://www.independentforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=106770#p106770 Re: Blake? franko wrote:
Another stellar billlllly boy product.


Actually, I believe the Blake hire was specifically arranged by none other than Steve Pederson. Kind of makes perfect sense when you consider it that way, doesn't it?

:evil:]]> darthflex Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:39:51 -0500 http://www.independentforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=106769#p106769 http://www.independentforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=106769#p106769 Re: Jerseys
Speaking of uniforms, I wish Nebraska would ditch the black shoes and sacks and go back to:

1) The 2001 look (long red socks)

-OR-

2) The 1980's style white shoes & socks...they look faster!

I bet Pelini lies awake at night considering his team's fashion options! :D Actually, I had a coach in high school who despised all-white uniforms. As a coach, I'm the other way around...I hate for any of my teams to wear a color-on-color home uniforms...it looks like arena football!]]> darthflex Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:32:07 -0500 http://www.independentforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=106768#p106768 http://www.independentforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=106768#p106768 Re: Turner thoughts.
Gill turned around Buffalo in time...but he's not coaching the the MAC anymore, either. He needs time. NDSU is a pretty good 1AA team, by the way. That was probably the worst team Gill could have opened against.

Anyway, if you look at the stats, KU should have won that game. NDSU didn't move the ball all night and KU had some turnovers at terrible times. It wasn't quite as bad as it looked. What really worries me is fan perception: losing to a 1AA is a tough first impression to shake.]]> darthflex Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:25:52 -0500 http://www.independentforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=106767#p106767 http://www.independentforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=106767#p106767 Re: WTH With the Jerseys?
But I will say this: the Boise team I watched last night was very, very good. VaTech was very close to getting run out of that place. At this exact point in the season, there are very few teams I'd put money on to beat Boise on a neutral field. Actually, off the top of my head, the only team I could confidently predict to beat Boise would be Alabama.

I was a confirmed Boise skeptic until they beat OU a few years ago. Everybody remembers the trick plays but it's easy to forget that Boise held a big lead for most of that game; OU was lucky to be in a close game at the end.]]> darthflex Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:19:32 -0500 http://www.independentforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=106766#p106766 http://www.independentforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=106766#p106766 Re: Is NU Really #6? CensoRED wrote:
No, NU is really #1. Get used to it.

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I intended to post my opinion regarding where Nebraska currently deserves to be ranked but, after seeing the picture CensoRED posted, I seemed to have lost my train of throught. :D]]> flredfan Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:07:23 -0500 http://www.independentforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&p=106765#p106765 http://www.independentforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&p=106765#p106765 Re: Obumblecare Vs Free Markets...
As for Obumblecare, does anyone besides me remember how Obumbles tried desperately to tie health care reform to the economy, preaching how it's passage would help the economy? How's that working out? Has ANY of the Democrats up for reelection used that line in any of their campaign ads or speeches? I haven't heard a word of that from Obumbles himself! Funny, how we were told that Obumblecare would be soooo good for us, once it was passed. Well, it sure contributed to the uncertainty that is hampering economic recovery.

Repeal the farce!]]> 1standten Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:48:36 -0500 http://www.independentforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=106764#p106764 http://www.independentforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=106764#p106764 Re: WTH With the Jerseys?
Aside from that, B-State simply doesn't play the level of competition to get themselves into the NC game, regardless what Herbsheet and Mushburger have to say. Those two clowns jumped from wagon to wagon more times than I've ever witnessed in a single game.

It was basically a matchup between two decent teams, but both of whom played poorly in more than one quarter of the game. Neither is close to NC caliber imho.]]> howsoon99 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:36:10 -0500 http://www.independentforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=106763#p106763 http://www.independentforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=106763#p106763 Re: Pick em 2010 http://www.bigredhuskers.com/matchups

And the server is running kind of slow. Will check into that.]]> howsoon99 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:31:54 -0500 http://www.independentforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=106762#p106762 http://www.independentforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=106762#p106762 Re: WTH With the Jerseys? EngineeRED wrote:
howsoon99 wrote:
People want to say BSU does not play anyone, they say the WAC sucks, and that if they had to play the same schedule as Big XII, or Pac Ten then they would end up 9-3. Possibly, but you lose a major component while gearing up for that argument: recruiting. Do you think Boise State would really lose recruiting battles if they were in a BCS league? Do you think that they would not start gaining the same type of talent that a BCS school can get?


No, I really don't lose a major part of my argument. If they are in a BCS conference, there is no argument.

But that is exactly what you are claiming. That if BSU had to play a schedule like Texas, they would be 9-3. Which means if they were playing a schedule like that, they are part of the league. What that means, is that with all the talent that BSU has now, they would increase it because there is no longer the stigma of going to a non-AQ conference to the recruits. They would be able to not only build the talent level , but the depth of that level. Meaning that with the talent they have now, it would be built, and more deep, that they would be in a cycle to lose 2 a year, maybe 3 occasionally, and possibly one or two times losing 4 games. But that would be the exception, not the rule.

Why not take a look at Husker history. When Callahan took over, did they really have less talent than Ball State? Or Southern Miss? Or what about all those teams they lost to? No. Coaching makes up for differences in the talent. Boise State is very well coached. Add annual AQ-conference talent level to that exceptional coaching and you have a great team in the works.]]> howsoon99 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:23:56 -0500 http://www.independentforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=106761#p106761 http://www.independentforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=106761#p106761 Re: WTH With the Jerseys? EngineeRED wrote:
howsoon99 wrote:
So are you meaning to tell me, that a team that returns 20 starters, went undefeated last year, beat the #4 team (at the end of the last season even) would not be as good in the Big XII?


Yes, that is what I am telling you. Give them Texas' schedule this year and I believe they end up 9-3, losing to OU, NU, and one other of Okie St, TAMU, or TTech.

Dismiss it all you want, but SoS means something. Their conference is full of tomato cans. No getting around that.

ERED, take a look around, people want to say that these non AQ conferences have less quality than a AQ conference. While this may be true on a whole, you need to look at the body of work of Boise State. Who have they lost to, and did they win the games they were supposed to win?
2009 - Undefeated, beat 2 ranked teams in the process
2008 - 1 loss to #11 TCU

So in the past 2 seasons, they are 26-1. They have already beat OU before, and are not intimidated by them, or by any other team. Sure first week impressions can be misleading, but OU had problems with Utah State! So I am not sure that Boise State loses to them, ERED. UNL on the other hand, I would like to say would beat them, but WKU did put up some big numbers when they really should not have. And the other three, really? Okie St is breaking in a new signal caller, TTU has a coach in charge running the spread when it has been proven he can not coach a team that runs the spread, and since when has a Sherman led A&M team been a tough team? They were 6-7 last year, lost to CU, Arkansas, and K State. In 2008 they were 4-8. Just because the name is Texas A&M does not mean that Boise State would lose to them.

So who is left in the South in the Big XII?
Texas - Legit
OU - Possibly legit, more to prove this year
Okie St - No
Baylor - outside of Griffin, who do they have?
Texas A&M - mid div at best
Texas Tech - Tuberville led spread teams have one thing in common: failure

How about the North:
Nebraska - possibly legit, more to prove this year
Kansas - do not think this year is good
K State - no
Mizzou - Possibly, more to prove this year
Colorado - no
Iowa State - overachieved last year

I fail to see how BSU would have a tougher time with the players they have this year, in the Big XII this year.]]> 1standten Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:32:03 -0500 http://www.independentforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=106760#p106760 http://www.independentforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=106760#p106760 Re: Is NU Really #6? This early in the season, ranking mean absolutely nothing except to the TV networks trying to market a game.
I pretty much ignore rankings until late october, early november.]]> EngineeRED Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:29:54 -0500 http://www.independentforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=106759#p106759 http://www.independentforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=106759#p106759 Re: WTH With the Jerseys? NorthPlatteKnight wrote:
EngineeRED wrote:
howsoon99 wrote:
So are you meaning to tell me, that a team that returns 20 starters, went undefeated last year, beat the #4 team (at the end of the last season even) would not be as good in the Big XII?


Yes, that is what I am telling you. Give them Texas' schedule this year and I believe they end up 9-3, losing to OU, NU, and one other of Okie St, TAMU, or TTech.

Dismiss it all you want, but SoS means something. Their conference is full of tomato cans. No getting around that.


I think you might be saying that out of habit or denial, friend. THAT is a good, GOOD football team. Made a lot of mistakes in what amounted to a road game against a high quality opponent and still found a way to win. "Tomato cans"? And ours isn't? They will, if they take care of business have 2-3 wins better than any of ours (-) Texas. Not sold of OSU yet. They COULD enter that conversation, but I doubt it.


Texas > Va Tech
Okie St > Oregon St
TAMU > Fresno St
Idaho = Idaho

Not sure what 3 wins you are finding that are better than ours.]]> CensoRED Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:29:26 -0500 http://www.independentforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=106758#p106758 http://www.independentforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=106758#p106758 Re: Is NU Really #6?
Image]]> EngineeRED Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:27:21 -0500 http://www.independentforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=106757#p106757 http://www.independentforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=106757#p106757 Re: WTH With the Jerseys? howsoon99 wrote:
People want to say BSU does not play anyone, they say the WAC sucks, and that if they had to play the same schedule as Big XII, or Pac Ten then they would end up 9-3. Possibly, but you lose a major component while gearing up for that argument: recruiting. Do you think Boise State would really lose recruiting battles if they were in a BCS league? Do you think that they would not start gaining the same type of talent that a BCS school can get?


No, I really don't lose a major part of my argument. If they are in a BCS conference, there is no argument.]]> indianahusker Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:05:17 -0500 http://www.independentforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=106756#p106756 http://www.independentforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=106756#p106756 Is NU Really #6?
Again, time will tell.]]>