Nobody is playing “good” defense in the B12 this year so the scoring average and yards per game are skewed. The only game that the D cost us was the Va Tech game, and even there our offense wasn’t as evolved.
KU thought they would roll into Lincoln and pick our secondary apart. The D-Line in large part and the D in all won us that game.

waited until we were “back” with a defense like the old days, he might be waiting so long that the tradition would start fading away.

We have two more games – win them – and it’s still a pretty decent year for a first-year coach.

What’s kind of sad is that Cody Glenn won’t be getting one. And maybe that’s why they’re coming out now. Glenn was one of the emotional leaders of the defense. The Blackshirts are coming out now as an emotional lift.

the names of the chosen ones!

In total, 11 Blackshirts were handed out to: Pierre Allen, Larry Asante, Phillip Dillard, Eric Hagg, Armando Murillo, Zach Potter, Ty Steinkuhler, Clayton Sievers, Ndamukong Suh, Anthony West and Tyler Wortman.

on Sunday I was thinking about when the Blackshirts would be handed out so tradition would still be remembered. I “knew” it had to be this year and was trying to think when the best time would be. In comes Glenn. (a whole different story about kids that think they are bigger then the program)

I think Corn Blight nailed it..Glenn is an emotional leader and something needed to happen to keep our attitudes up. I think there wasn’t going to be a perfect time this season (this isn’t the ’95 team), so again, Pelini impresses me again with his thoughtfulness.

BLACKSHIRTS ARE BACK!

it could be that Bo said “you know what a lot of traditions have been broken the last 4 years so heres what we are going to do. You can earn Blackshirts by beating a ranked team or becoming bowl eligable. Dont preform one of those and the shirts stay in the storeroom.” Didn’t we accomplish both last week.

It was time. You cannot judge this (and probably future) defense(s) on how things were measured in the past. The offenses that they are facing today are far from those of the Devaney and Osbourne eras.

Also, we have faced more Top 10 ranked teams this year than any season in recent memory. Even our best defenses of the past would have had a problem with TT , Oklahoma and possible even Missouri. I also think that we would beat Va Tech if we would play them again – at this time of the season.

Pelini understands very well what he is doing doing with the Blackshirts and why!

GBR