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Master___Pain · 09-22-2005, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by DBroncos4life

Pain you are on ignore. People have been qouting you. Its pretty easy for me to see what you have been saying when they do that. I saw that you took a shot at me knowing that I do have you on ignore I told them what I said in my PM. My rep that I sent you on the other had did have lots of cuss words. rofl

Yawn...now PM another husker fan and tell them to quote me so you can respond again

BMF Bronco · 09-22-2005, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Master___Pain

Yawn...now PM another husker fan and tell them to quote me so you can respond again

Like this?

Master___Pain · 09-22-2005, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by BMF Bronco

Like this?

Excellent! rofl

BMF Bronco · 09-22-2005, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Master___Pain

Excellent! rofl

Glad to be of assisstance!

On another note, other than being arch rivals, why do you two have such disdain for the other?

Master___Pain · 09-22-2005, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by BMF Bronco

Glad to be of assisstance!

On another note, other than being arch rivals, why do you two have such disdain for the other?

I have no clue, he does not like me apparently. No skin off my back. I don't have any disdain for the guy at all, I just call him out when I feel like he's wearing the deeply tinted red colored glasses, which he's does not take kindly to.

I am a buff there for I am the

, allegedly.

BMF Bronco · 09-22-2005, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Master___Pain

I have no clue, he does not like me apparently. No skin off my back. I don't have any disdain for the guy at all, I just call him out when I feel like he's wearing the deeply tinted red colored glasses, which he's does not take kindly to.

I am a buff there for I am the

, allegedly.

that is defintely true, but you seem to be a pretty cool satan.

Saulbadguy · 09-22-2005, 03:31 PM

K-S-U...Wildcats! K-S-U...Wildcats! Kaaaay....Essss.....Youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...Wildcats !
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Master___Pain · 09-22-2005, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by BMF Bronco

that is defintely true, but you seem to be a pretty cool satan.

Wait till November!! You might be singing a different tune.

FADERPROOF · 09-22-2005, 03:58 PM

The Cornhuskers have scraped through the nation's 153rd-toughest schedule with minimal impressiveness. They're 106th in total offense, still flailing with Bill Callahan's West Coast attack. Without significant improvement during this bye week, Nebraska is facing a long Big 12 season.
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Look on the brightside, you guys didn't lose to UC Davis!(mandatory Pac-10 burn right there.)

DBroncos4life · 09-22-2005, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by FADERPROOF

The Cornhuskers have scraped through the nation's 153rd-toughest schedule with minimal impressiveness. They're 106th in total offense, still flailing with Bill Callahan's West Coast attack. Without significant improvement during this bye week, Nebraska is facing a long Big 12 season.
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Look on the brightside, you guys didn't lose to UC Davis!(mandatory Pac-10 burn right there.)

No doubt we need to get things fixed fast for the up coming two games. I hope that Chris Brooks can get some reps and play some in these games. Hes a freshman but Ive heard he was a very good WR before he hurt his knee. We need to play better and find someone besides Cory Ross to make plays on O. I hope they can fix the O some during the bye week or we are in for a long season. I don't see our D holding up if they are on the field all day.

FADERPROOF · 09-22-2005, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by DBroncos4life

No doubt we need to get things fixed fast for the up coming two games. I hope that Chris Brooks can get some reps and play some in these games. Hes a freshman but Ive heard he was a very good WR before he hurt his knee. We need to play better and find someone besides Cory Ross to make plays on O. I hope they can fix the O some during the bye week or we are in for a long season. I don't see our D holding up if they are on the field all day.

Any word on Marlon Lucky and how he is doing?

FADERPROOF · 09-22-2005, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by BMF Bronco

Okay, what will it take, my 3.85 GPA from college, my magna cum laude honors, my two degrees?

Just because I have a 12 inch penis, doesnt make me a porn star.

Saulbadguy · 09-22-2005, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by FADERPROOF

Any word on Marlon Lucky and how he is doing?

He is obviously the best back since Ahman Green.

DBroncos4life · 09-22-2005, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by FADERPROOF

Any word on Marlon Lucky and how he is doing?

He has played very little. I don't see him playing that much this year. Only way is if Ross gets hurt. Beck won't play much this year either. We have too many first year guys starting for us as it is.

DBroncos4life · 09-22-2005, 10:06 PM

NU is in the running for David Ausberry and Chris Bell the 3rd and 5th best WRs in the Nation according to rivials. Landing one of them would do our O wonders IMO. We don't have a WR that teams will fear right now. Josh Freeman the 7th best QB in the nation is a solid commit for us right now as well. That boy is huge. 6'6" 240 pounds. Our coaching staff is doing a great job of getting talent now they have to get that talent to carry over to the field. In a lot of ways its like the Broncos. We got the talent now lets see it on the field. Right now I still think NU is atleast a year away from seeing it on the field. This year we are just getting our younger players on the field and seeing what they can do for us in the future. The players on the D look great its the guys that are on the other side of the ball that need the work. Also the top three TE's in the nation have intrest in us as well. He really could use one of them as well. Lossing Matt was a huge blow to Callahan. Im hoping that the AD doesn't get jumpy and can Cally before we get to see what his top kids can do. I think we owe it too him to ride this out, and if he does get canned they should take our AD with him. I really don't like that guy.

BMF Bronco · 09-23-2005, 07:17 AM

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Originally Posted by FADERPROOF

Just because I have a 12 inch penis, doesnt make me a porn star.

You better spit it out, you're gonna

choke on that!

Evenrude · 09-23-2005, 07:55 AM

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Originally Posted by FADERPROOF

Any word on Marlon Lucky and how he is doing?

Word is that they are putting in several plays during the bye week to get him in as a slot reciever. Meanwhile fellow-freshman RB Cody Glenn will be getting more touches at RB. I like this Glenn kid.... he is a bruiser.

I'm not going to be too criticle of the team until they lose a game. If they get blown out next Saturday and the offense is pathetic, then there will be some serious turmoil in Husker Nation.

Evenrude · 09-23-2005, 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Master___Pain

See Husker fans, I told you he was a Satan spawn!! As is anything that comes from the Raiders.

What about Shanahan?

I am still cautiously optimistic about Callahan as a coach...... but it is do or die time for him no doubt.

Nuggets4 · 09-23-2005, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Evenrude

What about Shanahan?

I am still cautiously optimistic about Callahan as a coach...... but it is do or die time for him no doubt.

Shanahan was young and poor and had no idea those videos would end up on the internet!!!!

Oh wait, that's something else.....

DBroncos4life · 09-23-2005, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Evenrude

Word is that they are putting in several plays during the bye week to get him in as a slot reciever. Meanwhile fellow-freshman RB Cody Glenn will be getting more touches at RB. I like this Glenn kid.... he is a bruiser.

I'm not going to be too criticle of the team until they lose a game. If they get blown out next Saturday and the offense is pathetic, then there will be some serious turmoil in Husker Nation.

Any word on how Brooks is doing? I know he has been playing some but he wasn't up to seed from what I was told. Do they think he will be getting more reps soon?

DBroncos4life · 09-23-2005, 09:47 PM

wow ISU just about lost to Army. They pulled it out at the end 28 to 21.

DBroncos4life · 09-24-2005, 04:36 PM

Husker receiver Brooks regaining focus
BY BRIAN ROSENTHAL / Lincoln Journal Star
Saturday, Sep 24, 2005 - 01:29:04 am CDT

Freshman wide receiver Chris Brooks missed time this fall after undergoing minor knee surgery. (William Lauer)

A knee injury during the first week of fall camp certainly didn’t help Chris Brooks.

The true freshman wide receiver needed minor surgery and missed about three weeks of valuable practice time.

After playing sparingly in Nebraska’s season opener against Maine, Brooks hasn’t played a snap the last two games.

Said wide receivers coach Ted Gilmore the week before the Pittsburgh game: “(Brooks) has got to prove he’s ready to play, and right now, in my opinion, he’s got a ways to go. … The trust factor’s not there yet.”

Brooks, though, isn’t blaming injuries or inexperience for his lack of playing time.

“My biggest problem was practice habits,” Brooks said. “I wasn’t a real big practice guy, and that’s what I’m working on. I’m working on bursting out of all of my cuts, finishing plays and just making plays in practice.

“I believe if I continue to do that, I’ll gain the coaches’ trust, and they’ll put me out there when I need to be out there.”

Gilmore, who’s on the road recruiting this week, wasn’t available for comment, but Nebraska offensive coordinator Jay Norvell said Wednesday he’s been encouraged by Brooks’ progress this week.

Brooks said he hears daily reminders from the coaching staff — head coach Bill Callahan, in particular — about giving better effort in practice.

“Coach Callahan, he chews me out every day,” Brooks said. “He pulls me aside and he’s like, ‘Chris, you’ve got to get going. You gotta do it, you gotta do it.’

“I kind of got the heat early, in training camp, when I would catch a ball and kind of lag. They’d pull me to the side and say, ‘You can’t do that. You’ve got to finish.’ And that’s what I’m trying to do. Just seeing Cory Ross do that every play, whether it’s a little handoff or what, he finishes plays. That’s something I really took from him, just finishing plays in practice.”

The 6-foot-2, 195-pound Brooks was among those highly touted recruits many figured could make an impact this season.

For Brooks, that hasn’t happened. Yet, anyway.

“The time is now,” Brooks said. “I have to turn it on. I have to take it to another level.

“When you come to Nebraska, everyone expects you to do so many big things. You just have to live up to it. Everyone that signed here … they knew all the pressures and all the standards that were set. But we have to do an excellent job of reaching those standards. And we have to set the bar even higher for those coming in.”

Brooks is one of several Nebraska receivers making a concerted effort to improve during a bye week. As a group, the receivers have struggled in different areas — dropping balls, not running crisp routes and, most recently, not freeing themselves from man coverage.

Pittsburgh, in particular, pressed NU’s receivers and many times disrupted the offense’s timing. Callahan said more teams are playing that type of technique throughout the Big 12 Conference, too.

“That’s a big issue,” Nebraska receiver Mark LeFlore said. “They’ve been doing it a lot, crowding the box to stop Cory (Ross) and just sticking one corner out there on the receiver, saying, ‘We’re going to shut you down and be the great equalizer.’

“That can’t happen in our offense. We just have to practice getting off the ball. There’s really no excuse for it. Get off the ball, get your depth and make the play.”

Brooks said coaches have been stressing the importance of beating bump-and-run coverage this week in practice.

“You’ve got to beat pressure, you’ve got to be physical,” Brooks said. “If you just have the mentality that you’re not going to let anyone stop you, you’re going to beat press (coverage). You’re going to be physical, and you’re not going to let anyone get their hands on you.”

Receiver Terrence Nunn said receivers simply have to be able to beat man coverage at any time. “That’s how it’s been since high school,” the sophomore said.

Nunn said the receivers need to click and get their timing down, and that a week off would help.

Brooks, though, wants to play today.

“Who needs time off?” Brooks said. “I always say I’ll sleep when I’m dead. We don’t need time off. We just need to continue doing what we’re doing as a team, and we’ll do better.”

We really could use him on the field!!!!!

DBroncos4life · 09-25-2005, 10:33 PM

I thought some of the Huskers fans here would like to read this.

100% COTTEN: Red Carpet Treatment
by Stan Cotten

Sept. 11, 2005

The Nebraska game sure wasn't much fun. Losing never is. But never in my life, well 26 years of it anyway, have I ventured into enemy territory and been treated anywhere close to as well as I was in Lincoln, Nebraska. From my where I sat that was the nicest, most sportsmanlike group I'd ever encountered.

Nebraska football has some great traditions. I wonder if the Red Carpet Treatment for opponents is one of them. It sure didn't feel like it suddenly happened that the Huskers decided they would be courteous to a visiting group. Rather it seemed as if this was inside of them. And had been.

It was their way of life.

The Wake Forest-Nebraska game was sold out at Memorial Stadium. It was the 270th straight time (an NCAA record) that all of the tickets had been gobbled up to make the gathering the third largest city in Nebraska on game day. Those folks in red sure do love their football. And their opponents, too.

I quit counting the times that the locals went out of their way to extend a hand and a warm greeting. When asked about a good spot for a bite to eat, Wesley the bellhop, an Army National Guard Reservesman just back from boot camp in Ft. Jackson, South Carolina, not only had several suggestions, but he offered to take us wherever we wanted to go. You could see in his eyes that he wasn't doing this out of duty. It was his pleasure. The ride was just a few blocks, but we tipped the kid five bucks. It seemed right.

Clent Gentry, Josh Nixon and I went in search of a good local spot for breakfast on Saturday morning. While walking down the street, an elderly gentleman approached us and asked if we were looking for a good breakfast spot. How did he know? He sent us off to Kuhl's just around the corner. Stella, the owner, seated us in a booth just like she had no doubt thousands of others before us in over 35 years of business. I couldn't finish my pancakes and eggs. And for once my per diem covered the tab - plus tip! Now that's a breakfast.

On the way back to the hotel we passed several people who could tell we "weren't from around there." Smiles and "have a great day!" flowed freely. Even from a scalper. Do they treat the Sooners this way? Something tells me they do. And mean it.

The stadium wasn't that far from The Cornhusker Hotel, so Josh and I walked to the game. Was everybody in Lincoln really this happy? They sure seemed to be, and maybe when you never lose at home it's easy to be that way. But I actually had envisioned Wake Forest winning a close game, the Husker fans leaving in disbelief that a team from a basketball conference could have actually come into Memorial Stadium and beaten their beloved Big Red - and those same fans patting us on the backs after the game for a job well-done and bidding us to come again, real soon. I honestly think that would have happened had the score been reversed.

The Cornhusker faithful cheered the Deacons as they ran onto the field, and the Nebraska band welcomed their opponents with the Wake Forest fight song. If only the Husker team had been so accommodating. But Bill Callahan's team did what it was supposed to try to do. Win. And the fans did their part, too.

Do you think they knew something we didn't?

Florida_Bronco · 09-26-2005, 04:24 AM

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Originally Posted by DBroncos4life

I thought some of the Huskers fans here would like to read this.

100% COTTEN: Red Carpet Treatment
by Stan Cotten

Sept. 11, 2005

The Nebraska game sure wasn't much fun. Losing never is. But never in my life, well 26 years of it anyway, have I ventured into enemy territory and been treated anywhere close to as well as I was in Lincoln, Nebraska. From my where I sat that was the nicest, most sportsmanlike group I'd ever encountered.

Nebraska football has some great traditions. I wonder if the Red Carpet Treatment for opponents is one of them. It sure didn't feel like it suddenly happened that the Huskers decided they would be courteous to a visiting group. Rather it seemed as if this was inside of them. And had been.

It was their way of life.

The Wake Forest-Nebraska game was sold out at Memorial Stadium. It was the 270th straight time (an NCAA record) that all of the tickets had been gobbled up to make the gathering the third largest city in Nebraska on game day. Those folks in red sure do love their football. And their opponents, too.

I quit counting the times that the locals went out of their way to extend a hand and a warm greeting. When asked about a good spot for a bite to eat, Wesley the bellhop, an Army National Guard Reservesman just back from boot camp in Ft. Jackson, South Carolina, not only had several suggestions, but he offered to take us wherever we wanted to go. You could see in his eyes that he wasn't doing this out of duty. It was his pleasure. The ride was just a few blocks, but we tipped the kid five bucks. It seemed right.

Clent Gentry, Josh Nixon and I went in search of a good local spot for breakfast on Saturday morning. While walking down the street, an elderly gentleman approached us and asked if we were looking for a good breakfast spot. How did he know? He sent us off to Kuhl's just around the corner. Stella, the owner, seated us in a booth just like she had no doubt thousands of others before us in over 35 years of business. I couldn't finish my pancakes and eggs. And for once my per diem covered the tab - plus tip! Now that's a breakfast.

On the way back to the hotel we passed several people who could tell we "weren't from around there." Smiles and "have a great day!" flowed freely. Even from a scalper. Do they treat the Sooners this way? Something tells me they do. And mean it.

The stadium wasn't that far from The Cornhusker Hotel, so Josh and I walked to the game. Was everybody in Lincoln really this happy? They sure seemed to be, and maybe when you never lose at home it's easy to be that way. But I actually had envisioned Wake Forest winning a close game, the Husker fans leaving in disbelief that a team from a basketball conference could have actually come into Memorial Stadium and beaten their beloved Big Red - and those same fans patting us on the backs after the game for a job well-done and bidding us to come again, real soon. I honestly think that would have happened had the score been reversed.

The Cornhusker faithful cheered the Deacons as they ran onto the field, and the Nebraska band welcomed their opponents with the Wake Forest fight song. If only the Husker team had been so accommodating. But Bill Callahan's team did what it was supposed to try to do. Win. And the fans did their part, too.

Do you think they knew something we didn't?

Wow, great post DB. Really shows what NU and their fans are all about.

DBroncos4life · 09-26-2005, 12:15 PM

The guys over at another board have come up with an idea of monumental proportions (obviously kicked off by McKeon's suggestion that the students wear black shirts) and could be something that would give Memorial Stadium an even more intimidating presence.

Husker77 who used to post here sent an email to Channel 7 (theomahachannel.com) asking for help implementing the idea that black towels be waved by fans at the game in support of the blackshirts. The sports director emailed back stating that it was an interesting idea that he was going to run by the powers-that-be.

Regardless of their action on this, we need to get this idea going. Being a huge Steeler fan, I can vouch for towel waving. The Terrible Towel is famous! Let's make the Blackshirt Towel as famous in college football. This is a grassroots effort that has to start somewhere. Let's help the guys over at BRB kick this thing off....and lets try to get it started at the ISU game.

This defense has seemingly improved incredibly over the past year. The blackshirts name is something known all over the country. Nebraska's tradition of excellence has been build upon a foundation of defensive excellence. How amazing would be be to see 77,000 fans waving black towels and screaming like maniacs whenever the blackshirts take the field.

If you agree, bring a black towel to the game next Saturday. Tell your friends, family, etc., to do the same.

Let's to start a tradition that could be massive!

We all know and love the RED OUT....let's kick off the BLACK OUT!

I don't know how well this is going over but it sounds like a cool thing.

09-25-2005, 10:33 PM	#248
DBroncos4life Hey pic Mod!?!?! FU Why yes, that is Bacon Bacon. Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: The wrong side of right. Posts: 26,532	Cool read I thought some of the Huskers fans here would like to read this. 100% COTTEN: Red Carpet Treatment by Stan Cotten Sept. 11, 2005 The Nebraska game sure wasn't much fun. Losing never is. But never in my life, well 26 years of it anyway, have I ventured into enemy territory and been treated anywhere close to as well as I was in Lincoln, Nebraska. From my where I sat that was the nicest, most sportsmanlike group I'd ever encountered. Nebraska football has some great traditions. I wonder if the Red Carpet Treatment for opponents is one of them. It sure didn't feel like it suddenly happened that the Huskers decided they would be courteous to a visiting group. Rather it seemed as if this was inside of them. And had been. It was their way of life. The Wake Forest-Nebraska game was sold out at Memorial Stadium. It was the 270th straight time (an NCAA record) that all of the tickets had been gobbled up to make the gathering the third largest city in Nebraska on game day. Those folks in red sure do love their football. And their opponents, too. I quit counting the times that the locals went out of their way to extend a hand and a warm greeting. When asked about a good spot for a bite to eat, Wesley the bellhop, an Army National Guard Reservesman just back from boot camp in Ft. Jackson, South Carolina, not only had several suggestions, but he offered to take us wherever we wanted to go. You could see in his eyes that he wasn't doing this out of duty. It was his pleasure. The ride was just a few blocks, but we tipped the kid five bucks. It seemed right. Clent Gentry, Josh Nixon and I went in search of a good local spot for breakfast on Saturday morning. While walking down the street, an elderly gentleman approached us and asked if we were looking for a good breakfast spot. How did he know? He sent us off to Kuhl's just around the corner. Stella, the owner, seated us in a booth just like she had no doubt thousands of others before us in over 35 years of business. I couldn't finish my pancakes and eggs. And for once my per diem covered the tab - plus tip! Now that's a breakfast. On the way back to the hotel we passed several people who could tell we "weren't from around there." Smiles and "have a great day!" flowed freely. Even from a scalper. Do they treat the Sooners this way? Something tells me they do. And mean it. The stadium wasn't that far from The Cornhusker Hotel, so Josh and I walked to the game. Was everybody in Lincoln really this happy? They sure seemed to be, and maybe when you never lose at home it's easy to be that way. But I actually had envisioned Wake Forest winning a close game, the Husker fans leaving in disbelief that a team from a basketball conference could have actually come into Memorial Stadium and beaten their beloved Big Red - and those same fans patting us on the backs after the game for a job well-done and bidding us to come again, real soon. I honestly think that would have happened had the score been reversed. The Cornhusker faithful cheered the Deacons as they ran onto the field, and the Nebraska band welcomed their opponents with the Wake Forest fight song. If only the Husker team had been so accommodating. But Bill Callahan's team did what it was supposed to try to do. Win. And the fans did their part, too. Do you think they knew something we didn't?

09-26-2005, 12:15 PM	#250
DBroncos4life Hey pic Mod!?!?! FU Why yes, that is Bacon Bacon. Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: The wrong side of right. Posts: 26,532	Fun idea from another board The guys over at another board have come up with an idea of monumental proportions (obviously kicked off by McKeon's suggestion that the students wear black shirts) and could be something that would give Memorial Stadium an even more intimidating presence. Husker77 who used to post here sent an email to Channel 7 (theomahachannel.com) asking for help implementing the idea that black towels be waved by fans at the game in support of the blackshirts. The sports director emailed back stating that it was an interesting idea that he was going to run by the powers-that-be. Regardless of their action on this, we need to get this idea going. Being a huge Steeler fan, I can vouch for towel waving. The Terrible Towel is famous! Let's make the Blackshirt Towel as famous in college football. This is a grassroots effort that has to start somewhere. Let's help the guys over at BRB kick this thing off....and lets try to get it started at the ISU game. This defense has seemingly improved incredibly over the past year. The blackshirts name is something known all over the country. Nebraska's tradition of excellence has been build upon a foundation of defensive excellence. How amazing would be be to see 77,000 fans waving black towels and screaming like maniacs whenever the blackshirts take the field. If you agree, bring a black towel to the game next Saturday. Tell your friends, family, etc., to do the same. Let's to start a tradition that could be massive! We all know and love the RED OUT....let's kick off the BLACK OUT! I don't know how well this is going over but it sounds like a cool thing.

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09-22-2005, 03:31 PM	#232
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09-22-2005, 03:58 PM	#234
FADERPROOF Bucknuts Colossus Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Eastlake OH Posts: 17,338	The Cornhuskers have scraped through the nation's 153rd-toughest schedule with minimal impressiveness. They're 106th in total offense, still flailing with Bill Callahan's West Coast attack. Without significant improvement during this bye week, Nebraska is facing a long Big 12 season. ---------------------------------------------------- Look on the brightside, you guys didn't lose to UC Davis!(mandatory Pac-10 burn right there.)

09-22-2005, 10:06 PM	#240
DBroncos4life Hey pic Mod!?!?! FU Why yes, that is Bacon Bacon. Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: The wrong side of right. Posts: 26,532	NU is in the running for David Ausberry and Chris Bell the 3rd and 5th best WRs in the Nation according to rivials. Landing one of them would do our O wonders IMO. We don't have a WR that teams will fear right now. Josh Freeman the 7th best QB in the nation is a solid commit for us right now as well. That boy is huge. 6'6" 240 pounds. Our coaching staff is doing a great job of getting talent now they have to get that talent to carry over to the field. In a lot of ways its like the Broncos. We got the talent now lets see it on the field. Right now I still think NU is atleast a year away from seeing it on the field. This year we are just getting our younger players on the field and seeing what they can do for us in the future. The players on the D look great its the guys that are on the other side of the ball that need the work. Also the top three TE's in the nation have intrest in us as well. He really could use one of them as well. Lossing Matt was a huge blow to Callahan. Im hoping that the AD doesn't get jumpy and can Cally before we get to see what his top kids can do. I think we owe it too him to ride this out, and if he does get canned they should take our AD with him. I really don't like that guy.

09-23-2005, 09:47 PM	#246
DBroncos4life Hey pic Mod!?!?! FU Why yes, that is Bacon Bacon. Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: The wrong side of right. Posts: 26,532	wow ISU just about lost to Army. They pulled it out at the end 28 to 21.

09-24-2005, 04:36 PM	#247
DBroncos4life Hey pic Mod!?!?! FU Why yes, that is Bacon Bacon. Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: The wrong side of right. Posts: 26,532	Husker receiver Brooks regaining focus BY BRIAN ROSENTHAL / Lincoln Journal Star Saturday, Sep 24, 2005 - 01:29:04 am CDT Freshman wide receiver Chris Brooks missed time this fall after undergoing minor knee surgery. (William Lauer) A knee injury during the first week of fall camp certainly didn’t help Chris Brooks. The true freshman wide receiver needed minor surgery and missed about three weeks of valuable practice time. After playing sparingly in Nebraska’s season opener against Maine, Brooks hasn’t played a snap the last two games. Said wide receivers coach Ted Gilmore the week before the Pittsburgh game: “(Brooks) has got to prove he’s ready to play, and right now, in my opinion, he’s got a ways to go. … The trust factor’s not there yet.” Brooks, though, isn’t blaming injuries or inexperience for his lack of playing time. “My biggest problem was practice habits,” Brooks said. “I wasn’t a real big practice guy, and that’s what I’m working on. I’m working on bursting out of all of my cuts, finishing plays and just making plays in practice. “I believe if I continue to do that, I’ll gain the coaches’ trust, and they’ll put me out there when I need to be out there.” Gilmore, who’s on the road recruiting this week, wasn’t available for comment, but Nebraska offensive coordinator Jay Norvell said Wednesday he’s been encouraged by Brooks’ progress this week. Brooks said he hears daily reminders from the coaching staff — head coach Bill Callahan, in particular — about giving better effort in practice. “Coach Callahan, he chews me out every day,” Brooks said. “He pulls me aside and he’s like, ‘Chris, you’ve got to get going. You gotta do it, you gotta do it.’ “I kind of got the heat early, in training camp, when I would catch a ball and kind of lag. They’d pull me to the side and say, ‘You can’t do that. You’ve got to finish.’ And that’s what I’m trying to do. Just seeing Cory Ross do that every play, whether it’s a little handoff or what, he finishes plays. That’s something I really took from him, just finishing plays in practice.” The 6-foot-2, 195-pound Brooks was among those highly touted recruits many figured could make an impact this season. For Brooks, that hasn’t happened. Yet, anyway. “The time is now,” Brooks said. “I have to turn it on. I have to take it to another level. “When you come to Nebraska, everyone expects you to do so many big things. You just have to live up to it. Everyone that signed here … they knew all the pressures and all the standards that were set. But we have to do an excellent job of reaching those standards. And we have to set the bar even higher for those coming in.” Brooks is one of several Nebraska receivers making a concerted effort to improve during a bye week. As a group, the receivers have struggled in different areas — dropping balls, not running crisp routes and, most recently, not freeing themselves from man coverage. Pittsburgh, in particular, pressed NU’s receivers and many times disrupted the offense’s timing. Callahan said more teams are playing that type of technique throughout the Big 12 Conference, too. “That’s a big issue,” Nebraska receiver Mark LeFlore said. “They’ve been doing it a lot, crowding the box to stop Cory (Ross) and just sticking one corner out there on the receiver, saying, ‘We’re going to shut you down and be the great equalizer.’ “That can’t happen in our offense. We just have to practice getting off the ball. There’s really no excuse for it. Get off the ball, get your depth and make the play.” Brooks said coaches have been stressing the importance of beating bump-and-run coverage this week in practice. “You’ve got to beat pressure, you’ve got to be physical,” Brooks said. “If you just have the mentality that you’re not going to let anyone stop you, you’re going to beat press (coverage). You’re going to be physical, and you’re not going to let anyone get their hands on you.” Receiver Terrence Nunn said receivers simply have to be able to beat man coverage at any time. “That’s how it’s been since high school,” the sophomore said. Nunn said the receivers need to click and get their timing down, and that a week off would help. Brooks, though, wants to play today. “Who needs time off?” Brooks said. “I always say I’ll sleep when I’m dead. We don’t need time off. We just need to continue doing what we’re doing as a team, and we’ll do better.” We really could use him on the field!!!!!