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Zurp
I have misplaced my pants.
knapplc;1940268; said:
The show can be pretty good, too, except that the lists can be a little bit screwy. Of course, anytime you make a list of "Top <blank>s of the <decade>s", you'll get people upset/angry/annoyed/etc. But I get the feeling that they try to appease the lesser teams by putting their dudes on the list, instead of the 3rd or 4th players from the greater teams.
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muffler dragon
Bien. Bien chiludo.
knapplc;1940268; said:
She's a'ight.
http://www.google.com/search?q=char...a=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CAsQ_AUoAQ
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
knapplc;1940268; said:
She passes the "look test":
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ScriptOhio;1940369; said:She passes the "look test":
I believe that's a model that's also named Charissa Thompson, not the sports reporter, who isn't bad on her own.
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DallasHusker
Husker with a Buckeye wife!
Hi guys, haven't been around a lot during the long off-season, but wow, been pretty eventful around the Big 10, and especially Ohio State of late! I just read through this thread. Have to agree that we're very thin on QB's, that could be our achilles heel this year. But if either Martinez matures into a very good QB or Carnes steps up and takes the starter job, then we could have a great year.
Meanwhile, Sporting News says we have "far and away the conference?s most complete defense?bank on the league?s preseason Defensive Player of the Year to come from Lincoln", and we're their pre-season pick to win the conference!
http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-fo...the-favorite-in-the-new-big-ten#ixzz1OopWTZUJ
Meanwhile, Sporting News says we have "far and away the conference?s most complete defense?bank on the league?s preseason Defensive Player of the Year to come from Lincoln", and we're their pre-season pick to win the conference!
http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-fo...the-favorite-in-the-new-big-ten#ixzz1OopWTZUJ
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CHU
Hall of Fame
knapplc;1940396; said:
Too bad that "Big Ten Cookout" show isn't on anymore or you'd see her tailgating around Memorial Stadium.
I remember walking past St. John Arena in Columbus one Saturday morning and seeing her eat a hot dog with a camera shoved in her face for some reason (on the B1G Cookout show).
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muffler dragon
Bien. Bien chiludo.
DallasHusker;1940401; said:
Good to "see" you again.
I have to give the article a solid, "meh", as the author didn't really utilize much thought. Nonetheless, it's cool for 'Husker faithful to have a good feeling as the enter.
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knapplc
Nebraska is a Volleyball school
We are absolutely the favorites to win the Big Ten this year! Absolutely!
Well, unless you count the fact that our O Line hasn't performed well over the past three years, falling apart in embarrassing fashion in several games (the Holiday Bowl against Washington being the most recent example). We lack proven depth at Guard and our Center is undersized and got pushed around several times last year. Entering a conference where there's more of a focus on the run than in the Big XII, and defenses are geared to stop the run with solid D Lines, that could be a problem.
And while we're at it, we should probably talk about the fact that our QB, while fleet of foot when healthy, spent the better part of last season sucking it up once his legs got dinged up, and his top two backups have left the team due to graduation and transfer, and the fact that one of our much-ballyhooed QB recruits is now a raw but very fast WR, and our new #2 QB is a redshirt freshman, so if #1 goes down we're starting a guy who's never faced live D1A football competition before.
Or the fact that we lost Nebraska's #4 all-time rusher to the draft, and our new #1 guy, while full of heart and tough as nails, is undersized and has never carried the rock more than 25 times in a college game. And the fact that backing him up are a cadre of underachievers who will likely never see the field, meaning that we'll have to hope that one of three incoming freshman, while highly-ranked in recruiting circles but without a second of live football, can somehow exceed expectations and provide solid backup minutes. Or the fact that we barely have a blocking fullback to pave the way in short-yardage.
Then there's the fact that our WR corps is a group of dropped-pass artists, and they've had barely a lick of competent coaching in four years, and they lost their "best" WR to the draft last year, and our QB is not a natural passer so he can barely get them the ball.
Of course, there's also the fact that our D Line inexplicably gave up a LOT of rushing yards to some very pedestrian rushing offenses last year (W. Kentucky and South Dakota State being the most concerning), and we finished the year ranked a very mediocre 60-something against the rush. Again, in a conference where pretty much every team knows the value of a solid rushing game, that can be a problem.
Then there's the fact that we lost three brilliant defenders in the defensive backfield, and we have to rebuild with guys who have shown flashes of brilliance but have never been relied upon to carry the whole load in their careers, and you have some question marks in the secondary as well.
Add to that the fact that our LB corps was shelled last season when our top two LBs went down with leg injuries in Fall camp, one of whom lost the whole year and the other came back at about 3/4 speed, and we have no proven depth behind any of them, that's kind of a concern, too.
Not to mention the fact that we lost our kickoff specialist, a guy who was in the top ten in the nation in touchbacks, and we also lost to graduation (and the NFL draft) the most accurate place kicker in college football history, and that can kinda be a concern, too.
And on top of all that, there's the fact that we dismissed our OC and WR coach (and recruiting coordinator) after the bowl debacle, and the fact that our O Line coach can't seem to teach anyone anything, and the fact that our new WR coach was a high school coach last year and the year before that he had been out of coaching for half a decade, and the fact that we lost our much-respected DB coach due to "personal issues," and that we've had to add about a bazillion GAs to help coach the O Line, and the fact that our head coach has never won a conference title, so there's that.
But seriously. Aside from all that, we are definitely, definitely a lock to win the Big Ten this year.
Run, don't walk, to your bookie.
Well, unless you count the fact that our O Line hasn't performed well over the past three years, falling apart in embarrassing fashion in several games (the Holiday Bowl against Washington being the most recent example). We lack proven depth at Guard and our Center is undersized and got pushed around several times last year. Entering a conference where there's more of a focus on the run than in the Big XII, and defenses are geared to stop the run with solid D Lines, that could be a problem.
And while we're at it, we should probably talk about the fact that our QB, while fleet of foot when healthy, spent the better part of last season sucking it up once his legs got dinged up, and his top two backups have left the team due to graduation and transfer, and the fact that one of our much-ballyhooed QB recruits is now a raw but very fast WR, and our new #2 QB is a redshirt freshman, so if #1 goes down we're starting a guy who's never faced live D1A football competition before.
Or the fact that we lost Nebraska's #4 all-time rusher to the draft, and our new #1 guy, while full of heart and tough as nails, is undersized and has never carried the rock more than 25 times in a college game. And the fact that backing him up are a cadre of underachievers who will likely never see the field, meaning that we'll have to hope that one of three incoming freshman, while highly-ranked in recruiting circles but without a second of live football, can somehow exceed expectations and provide solid backup minutes. Or the fact that we barely have a blocking fullback to pave the way in short-yardage.
Then there's the fact that our WR corps is a group of dropped-pass artists, and they've had barely a lick of competent coaching in four years, and they lost their "best" WR to the draft last year, and our QB is not a natural passer so he can barely get them the ball.
Of course, there's also the fact that our D Line inexplicably gave up a LOT of rushing yards to some very pedestrian rushing offenses last year (W. Kentucky and South Dakota State being the most concerning), and we finished the year ranked a very mediocre 60-something against the rush. Again, in a conference where pretty much every team knows the value of a solid rushing game, that can be a problem.
Then there's the fact that we lost three brilliant defenders in the defensive backfield, and we have to rebuild with guys who have shown flashes of brilliance but have never been relied upon to carry the whole load in their careers, and you have some question marks in the secondary as well.
Add to that the fact that our LB corps was shelled last season when our top two LBs went down with leg injuries in Fall camp, one of whom lost the whole year and the other came back at about 3/4 speed, and we have no proven depth behind any of them, that's kind of a concern, too.
Not to mention the fact that we lost our kickoff specialist, a guy who was in the top ten in the nation in touchbacks, and we also lost to graduation (and the NFL draft) the most accurate place kicker in college football history, and that can kinda be a concern, too.
And on top of all that, there's the fact that we dismissed our OC and WR coach (and recruiting coordinator) after the bowl debacle, and the fact that our O Line coach can't seem to teach anyone anything, and the fact that our new WR coach was a high school coach last year and the year before that he had been out of coaching for half a decade, and the fact that we lost our much-respected DB coach due to "personal issues," and that we've had to add about a bazillion GAs to help coach the O Line, and the fact that our head coach has never won a conference title, so there's that.
But seriously. Aside from all that, we are definitely, definitely a lock to win the Big Ten this year.
Run, don't walk, to your bookie.
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muffler dragon
Bien. Bien chiludo.
Well... you do have a bad ass video that you play at the beginning of games. Always a pretty good start. 
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