No worries, we'll never go anywhere near Grassy. In fact, we're going to be just as moderated as BN, but in such a way where the mods are much more empowered. They can ban, view IPs, etc. They'll decide based on 'community standards' (meaning not just one person's opinion, or based upon incoming whines from those easily offended) what should or shouldn't be edited or deleted, etc. If it can be said on network primetime tv, it can be said here. And I think that's largely the way BN is now, but in the past words like "pissed", "ass" and others like those have been censored. I know I've spoken a lot about this already, but I gave off the wrong picture with some of my comments before, and I want to be entirely clear that while "fun" is the focus, a free for all is not.
This isn't here just so we can be lewd, crude and obnoxious. It's just intended to be another good place to talk, with certain liberties, freedoms and environments that we collectively find important - regardless of what other boards do or do not employ themselves. Bottom line is that the stats and player input are "the site", and having a forum seemed a nice addition to that. Obviously we only have the latter now, but with time, it will simply be a compliment to the main features.
As far as bringing in fans from other schools, that's defintely something I'm concerned about, and I'm open to any and all opinions. I am planning on trying to loosely affiliate with some of the major 'indy' sites out there from other schools. Sites like umgoblue, huskerpedia, etc. etc., they're actually all over the place, and many are bigger than their Rivals or Insiders counterparts. Visiting fans is a big thing with me, and I'll be at BN as long as I'm welcome probably to get some of that exposure.
I've been thinking about sensitive issues (like practice reports), and wondered about all of that. We have the capacity to create invisible, private and protected forums that certain people could have access to. Anything unsuitable for public consumption could be discussed in those, and people already inside could pick and choose who else to invite in. Obviously I more than respect the uni's wishes and the sensitivity of certain things, just thinking out loud about the things we can do.