Nebraska To Play Washington In Holiday Bowl
by Jon Johnston on Dec 5, 2010 8:04 PM CST
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It's official - Nebraska will head to the Holiday Bowl to play Washington again. The Holiday Bowl is a great game, great finishes, but it has to be somewhat of a letdown to go to the same bowl we went to last year while playing an opponent we played earlier in the season.
I was looking forward to playing Iowa, getting that hate started a year early, and going to wherever the hell the Insight Bowl is, but no, Missouri gets the pick over Nebraska.
Oh, hell. I'm still pissed off at Shawn Watson after last night's Big 12 title game. I don't see myself getting any less crabby after this selection.
Yay! Jake Locker! Chris Polk! Kill the Huskies!
Whooeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Our brilliant readers have pointed this out
The Big 12 pressured them to take Missery.
See cheeseandcorn’s comment.
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yeah
I should have promoted that…… but I’m just in a fog, pissed off, still drinking beer angrily.
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by Go Big Rev on Dec 5, 2010 10:09 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Almost makes this whole thread worth it
awesome. Great pickup, that song was what I was thinking about.
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This won't happen in the BIG 10
You guys got screwed here. And that from an MSU fan that got Alabama in the Cap One Bowl despite having beaten Wisconsin who gets the Rose Bowl and TCU.
by That Guy Green on Dec 6, 2010 9:22 AM CST up reply actions
Alright
The burden is on Bo to channel the anger from this slight and channel it into constructive destruction of the Huskies.
There could not be a worse way to end the season than to lose in a rematch to a team that we beat by 5 touchdowns earlier this year.
Oh and Insight Bowl: may you go bankrupt after only 20,000 fans bother to show up.
"My hardest job is to convince the people of Nebraska that 10-1 is not a losing season." - Tom Osborne
Agreed
And hopefully a thorough ass kicking it shall be.
by ManAgainstWorld on Dec 5, 2010 8:50 PM CST up reply actions
I am amused
At the amount of optimism over on the UW site. Nice people, but even with the intangible advantages UW has, there’s just no ignoring the huge disparity in talent.
"My hardest job is to convince the people of Nebraska that 10-1 is not a losing season." - Tom Osborne
Hey now
first bowl game in 8 years. We were 0-12 only 2 years ago, now here we are. Allow us our optimism yet a while :)
Earl Thomas = God-send
well
I hope we don’t humilate them too badly — especially if this is one of the games that they put on the teevee. I hear they’re nice people and I wish them well.
Heh
Don’t get me wrong guys, I really do like all of you, and I’m happy to see you get into a bowl game, I’m just not seeing how Washington can be competitive if Nebraska plays decently.
For the record I do think it’ll be much closer than 35 points this time around.
"My hardest job is to convince the people of Nebraska that 10-1 is not a losing season." - Tom Osborne
Sure, you have huge talent advantage in the trenches...
… But it’s not like you guys are the models of consistency. South Dakota State stood toe to toe to you. Kansas held you to twenty. Iowa St? You didn’t score a TD against TAMU. UW now has something it didn’t have the first time we played you … Experience to go with tape on teams successfully beating you. add in the fact that you all are DISAPPOINTED to be in the Holiday Bowl and, no doubt, completely lacking respect for UW in a game being played in PAC country, and, sure, why not a glimmer of optimism?
Damn, my eyeball tastes good.
Once again
Notice that about half of those factors you listed included some variant of Nebraska not playing well. I totally recognize that if we come into the game down and not respecting Washington, the game could get much more interesting than any of us over here want.
"My hardest job is to convince the people of Nebraska that 10-1 is not a losing season." - Tom Osborne
Ahhh, but you said "decently"...and I said "glimmer of hope"
…you guys should be heavily favored, but the talent disparity is not as great as you might think and guys who were horrible in our first matchup have performed more like themselves in many other games this season. I’d also point out that playing top 10 teams is nothing new for us. This game won’t be too big for our boys.
Damn, my eyeball tastes good.
I do hope that Washington brings it
For a couple of reasons. One, a game that’s over by halftime doesn’t do either team any good. And two, I’m enough of a fan of the game in general to recognize that it would be a shame for a player like Jake Locker to end his career with a game even slightly resembling his first go around against us.
Believe it or not, I’m actually more worried about this game than I’ve been letting on. I can’t think of a team in the country that has a list of reasons to not show up as long as Nebraska’s is.
Washington is not a bad team. It’s got a good offense and yeah, ok, a pretty bad defense. But even that defense is probably better than say….South Dakota State’s. So yes, if NU takes the night off, they could quite possibly lose.
"My hardest job is to convince the people of Nebraska that 10-1 is not a losing season." - Tom Osborne
I think you'll find that our D has actually improved markedly since our last meeting.
… Although one of our DT’s suffered a career threatening injury against WSU.
The real inconsistency is our O-Line. We’ve shuffled in 6 configurations so far this season and have featured two tru freshman and two walk ons at different points. That unit has muted the better than average skill talent we have at QB, WR, and TB. You can look for us to play a lot more sets with 6 OL’s in there. We will not use the TE as much and we will try to challenge your 3-3-5 with a lot of zone and perimeter runs. If you counter with another man down, we’ll start running a bunch of short passing routes with Jake rolling out. These are things you didn’t see so much our first time.
Damn, my eyeball tastes good.
by Gekko Mojo on Dec 6, 2010 12:46 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Yes, Agreed
I am tired of all the complaining, what has happened to our class A fans, Let’s leave
having a good time winning in the Holiday bowl. Ya can spend all your time B…. & then we
get beat and who looks like the fools. I had a great time last year in San Diego and hope to
again this year, glad they want us back. We have a great team, they love their coach and now it’s time to Party and enjoy the end of a great season, before we start all over again next year. Let’s hope to have a repeat win & GBR.
Hardware was involved last night, too.
And I’d rather have the big 12 trophy as Dr. Tom’s doorstop than the Holiday Bowl trophy.
Ohhh, depression…
What?
…sorry I fell asleep
by HuskerINtheArmy on Dec 5, 2010 9:25 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Crappie...
a 9 PM Central kick? Looks like I’ll be celebrating New Years Eve a day early!!!
Any lawyers in the house?
Surely if there was behind the scenes dealing with the Insight there’s a claim of some sort that can be filed, right? I mean, when an entity that supposedly represents you (Big 12…we’re still a member, dammit) does something to harm your status and, coincidentally, gets a bigger chunk of cash in the process for itself…there’s some legalities involved there. Right?
P.S.
I can’t imagine a game that’ll be less watched nationally than this one. 10-3 vs. 6-6 in a rematch of an all-sorts-of-ugly.
I can hear the ratings freefalling in San Diego from all the way up here.
by ManAgainstWorld on Dec 5, 2010 8:49 PM CST up reply actions
Still
More Husker fans will go to San Diego than Missouri fans to Phoenix.
At first I was fighting the urge to blame the Big 12 for this, but there’s no other explanation. The Insight had a GOLDEN matchup with Nebraska and Iowa. There’d have been national interest, the game was a guaranteed sellout. Instead they take one of the most notoriously underachieving fan bases in the country.
I love how the Missouri fans are crowing about how Nebraska got shafted. As if they actually did anything to best us, apart from being next in line after Beebe seemingly blackmailed the Insight bowl into passing on Nebraska.
"My hardest job is to convince the people of Nebraska that 10-1 is not a losing season." - Tom Osborne
Let them think that...
In all honesty, there was really only one opponent that would have been to get excited over and that would have been against Iowa. Last night was our bowl game. This will just seem like another Kansas.
I'd have been excited about playing Michigan
That would have been a fun matchup.
"My hardest job is to convince the people of Nebraska that 10-1 is not a losing season." - Tom Osborne
that made little sense...
remove “they lack”
IF
I’d known Martinez would be near/at 100 percent by then, Robinson vs. Martinez would have been a matchup to thrill me (even though it makes the holidays with my Wolverine inlaws a living hell…Alamo Bowl memories…).
Besides, the over/under on quarterback fumbles for that game could have been set at 7.5 or 8.5.
by ManAgainstWorld on Dec 5, 2010 9:12 PM CST up reply actions
Yes, I'm a lawyer
And the only claim here is frivolous. Let’s get past this and move on. Support our team and hope they crush the Huskies.
When has that
ever stopped a lawyer previously?
by ManAgainstWorld on Dec 5, 2010 9:21 PM CST up reply actions
Ha, no shit.
Lawer: “What’s that, you’re having neck pain”?
Client: “No, not really. I feel ok.”
Lawer: “You’re having neck pain, trust me.”
This is absolutely fucking criminal.
I mean, seriously. Can we appeal this shit? It’s a triple-screw job to Nebraska, Washington and the Holiday Bowl, itself. It’s embarrassing.
It's wrong, and it sucks
but let’s get over it and move on. Support our team in the game they have to play.
We have to have the UW team come to this site
and read all of your wisdom.
Please stop trying to take everything as a personal slight
I know it might seem as though this is about the Huskies, but it’s not.
Who wants to play a rematch in a bowl against anyone, let alone a team you beat by 35? As I said elsewhere in the thread, people aren’t mad about playing Washington because Washington sucks (they don’t), but because we already played Washington and we’re playing them again in 10 months. It’s the same reason we didn’t want to play Oklahoma State again in the Big 12 title game: These games are for playing someone different, someone you didn’t already play two and half months ago.
by Cheeseandcorn on Dec 6, 2010 8:52 PM CST up reply actions
In all seriousness, Husky fans,
I hope you won’t be offended by our less-than-enthusiastic response. This is all about the massive ass-reaming we’re getting from our soon-to-be ex-conference. Apparently Dan Beebe is the “throw all the shit out onto the curb and then light it on fire” kind of ex-gf.
Which reminds me: this is proving more true than I ever thought possible.
"...water for the corn." — petromax spambot
That's hysterical
Hadn’t seen that one yet. LOL, glad you posted it!
by ManAgainstWorld on Dec 5, 2010 9:23 PM CST up reply actions
Whatever helps UW in the psychological battle is fine by me...
… You guys get screwed and I’m glad you lack respect of us as an opponent. Knock yourselves out.
Damn, my eyeball tastes good.
It's not lack of respect on my part.
I was really surprised by how the first game turned out, and a rematch always favors the team that lost the first time around.
"...water for the corn." — petromax spambot
That's true. The irony is that UW was obviously way overconfident in round 1.
If it’s any consolation, most of us think you got screwed. If it works to our advantage, we’ll take it.
Damn, my eyeball tastes good.
What do you expect from the Big 12
You guys quit. Why did you quit?
Some people handle break-ups with class.
Some people take all of your shit, throw it on the curb, and light it on fire. It didn’t have to end like this, and the bad feelings didn’t start with us.
"...water for the corn." — petromax spambot
You're all delusional....big surprise....
No one screwed Nebraska out of a better bowl game….while you did beat Missouri (thanks to a dominating first quarter)…you also lost two ranked teams that Missouri beat….no one in the big 12 is responsible for Missouri being ranked higher in EVERY poll that matters. If you want to blame someone blame one of the most unimaginative offensive coordinators in the country. Do you guys ever get tired of playing the victim? Maybe Missouri should be crying about A&M getting the Cotten Bowl….
by mpfische on Dec 5, 2010 9:43 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
listen
I’m all for opposing views, but your timing is really shitty. I’m in a really pissed off mood right now, and I’ve tolerated your posts in the past.
You guys are walking a thin line in the next few days – just a warning.
Is it our fault we lost the Big 12 title game? Yeah, it is. Can Missouri ever win a damned thing? Probably not, because the Big 12 North will no longer exist without us.
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Speaking of delusional...
Did you hear that Missouri might be going to the Big Ten?
Oh wait.
Now would be a very good time for you to retire to RMN to celebrate with your own fans.
This has been an enormously frustrating 24 hours for Nebraska, and anything but heartfelt sympathy will not be well received.
Missouri fans scream to high heaven every year about how “they get no respect.” Guess what, you bring that on yourselves by not traveling to your bowl games. The Insight Bowl is going to be half empty again this year as a result of the Big 12’s meddling. You think you were actually the more attractive candidate? REALLY?! You guys were the ones who got passed up by THIS SAME BOWL last year for 6-6 ISU. Dream on…
"My hardest job is to convince the people of Nebraska that 10-1 is not a losing season." - Tom Osborne
by jdhusker on Dec 5, 2010 10:06 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
The sad thing is
Iowa fans travel for bowl games. So expect Sun Devil Stadium to fill the Mizzou’s seat allotment with black and gold.
Looks like Hawkeyes are as excited about their matchup as the Cornhuskers are with the Huskies. (http://www.blackheartgoldpants.com/2010/12/5/1857569/iowa-hawkeyes-get-wish-will-play-late-night-game-in-desert-not-on-new#comments)
Damn, I wished you guys could have played four quarters on Saturday.
That's why they picked Mizzou
One won’t be able to differentiate Mizzou fans from Iowa fans on the teevee, so it’ll look like Mizzou showed up to a bowl game.
by Albino Tornado on Dec 6, 2010 11:24 AM CST up reply actions
Oh no, this guy's back
Ah well, just like last time, no one gives a fuck. Have a good one!
31-17
We beat Mizzou’s ass up and down the field. 1st Quarter my ass. We pounded the ball up Mizzou’s weak middle for nearly the entire 4th Quarter as well.
Nebraska is better than Missouri. This year and last year. This year Misery’s story is “but for that first quarter…” and last year your story was “but for Gabbert’s ankle…”
Grow up mpfische. You’re a giant tool.
By taking Missouri over Nebraska
The Insight Bowl gets not only a team that lost head-to-head and in the division standings to the other, but also:
1) Far fewer fans attending the game (less $)
2) A team that draws consistently lower TV ratings (less $)
3) A much less intriguing storyline (less $)
Huff and puff all you want, but there’s simply no logical reason for the Insight Bowl to make this decision, outside of external pressure. This is simply a terrible decision by the Insight Bowl from every practical angle. Nice try, though.
by Cheeseandcorn on Dec 5, 2010 10:34 PM CST up reply actions
But Iowa fans have two shots to get tickets...
Probably easier to get tickets from Columbia than from Iowa City…
Actually, you are the delusional one...
A quick glance at the UWDawgPound and BlackHeartGoldPants indicate that, yes, everybody else thinks that Nebraska got screwed here.
And we are seriously pissed
We were really looking forward to starting the rivalary early and now we both got screwed. I’m hoping the team takes it out on Mizzou and curb stomps them into a bloody pulp. I was so looking forward to getting my hate on… now I’ve got my ANGRY hurt on!
Just weird....
At least Nebraska has some rationale for feeling mistreated, Iowa’s emotions are just confusing. They finish the year losing three in a row including NorthW and Minnesota, and they’re complaining about getting a 10-2 top 15 opponent. If they were in the Big 12 they’d be lucky to go to Shreveport.
And as far as Nebraka being better than Missouri…who knows….teams and fans find all sorts of reasons for losing, NU was certainly better than MU in Lincoln this this year must Missouri crushed A&M and soundly beat OU which NU couldn’t do.
BTW, is there any truth to the rumor that you guys turned down the Alamo Bowl which is actually higher than the Holiday?
Iowa is not upset about getting a highly ranked opponent
Iowa is upset that they don’t get to kick off their rivalry with Nebraska a year early. Bowl games are generally pretty meaningless. Playing NU would have added significance to an otherwise mid-tier bowl game.
And no, I’m quite sure that rumor is false.
"My hardest job is to convince the people of Nebraska that 10-1 is not a losing season." - Tom Osborne
That's just dumb....
Iowa has jack to complain about, the bowl system worked to their benefit as opposed to Missouri and Nebraska. All this conference affiliation crap makes for dumb match-ups. The fact that two teams outside of the top-30 (Washington and Iowa) are even considered for post-season games against top-15 teams is absurd on its face. Neither MU or NU have anything to play for, both are expected to win and their isn’t much drama. Affiliations should be done away with in favor of matching up teams with comparable records/rankings. Iowa should be thrilled that they’ve got a chance to play ANY team a victory against which will leave them in the top-25.
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah
We are bowl eligible and the logical match up was us v NU… This isn’t a slight against Mizzou, hardly. But this game has no national revelence so we were hoping it was going to be more than a vacation.
From my perspective, this is Hawkeyes v Huskers:
Pack the stadium: Check.
Interesting story: Check.
Bowl makes good money and good TV ratings: Check.
Two teams that are going to fight like it’s the mNC because the game means something: Check
What the Insight bowl did? Fail.
BTW, I wouldn’t overlook our bowl record. If we field the team that played MSU a curb stompin is a comin…
I didn't even know the "Cotten Bowl" was as option.
And that’s another reason we’re leaving the Big 12. The acedemics are much better than whatever backwoods illiterate education you most likely received.
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by nateforchiefs on Dec 6, 2010 6:32 PM CST up reply actions
On a serious note
Anyone remember Michigan’s disapointment in 2005 when it was announced they would be facing Calahan’s Nebraska team in the Alamo Bowl, then Nebraska proceeded to erase an 11 point deficit to come back and win that game that they “had no business playing Michigan in”?
Yeah, that’s nothing like the huge pile of “fuck off” that was just dumped on Nebraska moments ago. (See what I did there?)
This is a no-win game for us
I have every confidence that a rested, prepared NU team will repeat their dismantling of UW.
So, even if we win big, meh.
I hate this matchup.
This is the time
Where we shut the fuck up, we get a little rest, we strap up and get ready to put on a show. Bad game or not, we’ve really done a great job of making asses of ourselves this year. It’s time for a whole lot less talk, and a hell of a lot more rock.
by Mactruck on Dec 5, 2010 10:12 PM CST reply actions 2 recs
You know, that's actually a really good bit of advice.
I’m getting angrier and angrier about this tonight. Time to unplug and go to bed. ‘Night, y’all.
"...water for the corn." — petromax spambot
Agreed...
but I don’t think Husker fans will let this whole Big 12 deal die until we gear up for next season. I just hope Washington doesn’t take this as disrespect…it’s just misplaced anger. We can’t sleep on them or we will be the Michigan team mentioned above (not sure of the year…2004/2005).
by huskerforlife15 on Dec 5, 2010 10:27 PM CST up reply actions
Yes
Washington DOES have enough talent on offense to make it a game if we come out out unfocused.
I’m thinking about writing a post over on the UW Dawg Pound to explain this. I really like the members of that blog over there, and the fact that we’re pissed has NOTHING to do with them. It has everything to do with….a lot of stuff.
"My hardest job is to convince the people of Nebraska that 10-1 is not a losing season." - Tom Osborne
Agreed.
I don’t care if we beat them by 35 or they beat us by 35. The fact that it’s a rematch – and a game that will be played yet again early next year – is what pisses me off.
I’m actually a bit worried about this game. No healthy Taylor Martinez + first bowl game in 7 years for UW + UW desire for revenge + letdown bowl bid for Nebraska = Upset alert.
by Cheeseandcorn on Dec 5, 2010 10:37 PM CST up reply actions
the Huskies have been a resilent group according to coach Sark
Most Husky fans were not happy when we heard the matchup. We know we are a ways away and need a couple of more years. We would have preferred Notre Dame or some 7 and 5 team.
I believe in Coach Sark and he wants this rematch. We did not compete in the Nebraska like we did beating USC in LA. In the Nebraska game we had 12 true freshman playing who were “star struck” – Nebraska is pretty intimidating for someone who was in high school 2 months before the game. They are not freshman anymore and Jake Locker really wants to redeem himself for such a poor showing. This game is going to be a dog fight.
2 years ago we were 0 and 12, 1 year ago 5 and 7 last year and 6 and 6 this year. We have had a couple of top 25 recruiting class and impressing the Southern California recruits will be a big deal in San Diego.
So, my point is, I would pay attention to this game if I were you.
Is there any part of the post you replied to
That suggests I’m not going to pay attention to this game? Jeez, I just put my own on upset alert against a team they beat by 35 on the road earlier this year. What more do you want?
by Cheeseandcorn on Dec 6, 2010 8:55 PM CST up reply actions
yep
And yes…..very easy to get mad about this and a lot of things. We’ve certainly been provoked, but we need to handle this better. Rest assured, this will be the last time the Big 12 EVER screws us.
"My hardest job is to convince the people of Nebraska that 10-1 is not a losing season." - Tom Osborne
They
Don’t worry they will always find a way. I didn’t expect this so why should I believe nothing else will happen. NU goes 24 and whatever in basketball. Beebe will find a way to keep us out of the big dance. Don’t jinx us by saying there is nothing left to screw us on.
Volleyball's safe...
Even Beebe can’t dip his diseased little wick in that.
This is probably aimed at me, at least in part
Seeing as I’m the only one who’s dropped the F-bomb in either thread. :-)
I wasn’t actually that angry about the A&M game, the Martin suspension, the Big 12 North trophy, etc., but I’m downright livid about this. Tough to explain why.
Your advice is good, though. I’m going into surgery tomorrow – when I come to, I’ll try to carry my comfortably numb state over into my thoughts about the Big 12.
by Cheeseandcorn on Dec 5, 2010 10:45 PM CST up reply actions
I am wondering
if the Nebraska traveling fans want to go to San Diego to this game. What would the big XII gain or lose if they are responsible for low attendance at two bowls?
That's what I'm wondering
I’m also curious about whether the Holiday Bowl responds to the Big 12’s slight by refusing to be tied with them when bowl alignments are reshuffled next year.
by Cheeseandcorn on Dec 6, 2010 7:26 AM CST up reply actions
Important to remember
As we all chew on a bit of shit sandwich here, that we’re all Husker fans and part of Husker Nation. Yes, this bowl invite feels like a groin kick (or at least another aTm fondle…), but we owe it to the team to support them and turn out en masse just like we normally would. I hope a sea of red makes its way to San Diego.
We’ll be there supporting the team, taking the kids to Sea World and the San Diego Zoo and wearing as much red as we can. Hope many others will do likewise.
And can I also suggest that anyone going find a screen printer to slap the Big Ten logo on whatever Nebraska attire you’ll be wearing to the game. I see no reason why we should relegate the honors of parting shot to the Big 12 ;)
GO BIG RED!!
by ManAgainstWorld on Dec 5, 2010 11:23 PM CST reply actions 2 recs
That is
the best thing I’ve heard so far. Spread the word.
My brother-in-law does T-shirts & stuff. I am gonna have him make up some stuff for me. Can’t make it to Holiday Bowl but I will be in front of a TV.
Be miserable or motivate yourself. What's to be done it's always YOUR choice.
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by MtJulietTNBillsFan on Dec 6, 2010 12:41 AM CST up reply actions
just wanted to say....
I’m not a husker fan, but people in the family are. I do have to say that the Huskers did shoot themselves in the foot for losing to the Sooners Sat. night. That’s locked in stone. Huskers playing in the Holiday bowl is a giant mistake. It’s Beebe’s way of saying screw you to Nebraska as a parting shot. Why else would the Insight bowl pass them over for Mizzou, the same team that got passed over last year for IA St? I’m sure that if Colorado had been bowl eligible that Beebe would have black balled them as well for leaving the conference. People tend to forget that the only reason Mizzou is ranked higher than Neb in the BCS is because Neb lost in the title game, otherwise Neb would be higher ranked. There’s no way that Mizzou should have been chosen over runner up champ of big 12. Nebraska, thank your lucky stars that you are coming into a real conference where things tend to be fair and not catered to an dominant egotistical team like Texas. Nebraska, stomp the Huskies again, and welcome to the Big 10!
You got screwed with playing UW!!!!
Hey guys I am a Wazzu fan and all I can say is that I am sorry!!! You guys are a great team that should be playing in a BCS game and i thought you could of played for the national championship this year and now for your bowl game you get to play a terrible UW team!! First off they beat us last night in the final 2 minutes. Despite the difference in record at the end of the season we even in talent. Now if we played Nebraska, we would get killed!! So you guys are going to blow them out just like in August.
Every team UW beat this year is not bowl eligible, that right there tells you how good they are. Jake Locker is a bust and there is not much talent around him beside polk and kearse and on defense all they have is foster. UW going to the holiday bowl is a disgrace and I feel for you. They should be playing in a humanitarian bowl in Boise not a good bowl game. I wish the BCS would match bowls based on talent and records and not seeds from a division. I believe that you guys should be playing someone like alabama or LSU not a 6-6 UW team! So Anyways from Pullman, Washington, my condolences go to all Nebraska Fans for this match up!
INTERPRETATION
“Wazzu” is Washington State University. We Husky fans have to live with (and sometime be married to) these people.
There is a term in the State of Washington when someone really screws up; we say that someone “Couged It” as Mbrentin just did.
big bummer
We feel for you guys, NEB definitely got shafted by the insight bowl, a lovely parting gift from your soon-to-be-ex-conference indeed.
Dawgs are not excited about the rematch either (it wouldn’t be quite as bad if we did not play a 3rd time next year!) but I have to admit it is worse for NEB…at least we get a chance to prove that we have made progress and make this one a game (and Locker can exact some revenge)…whereas even a NEB blowout doesn’t prove anything we didn’t already know.
At least we all get to enjoy the weather in San Diego, life is not all bad, see you there!
GO DAWGS!!
BTW – I cannot help but mention that Mbrentin’s comment above is not just irritating (for reasons I will politely keep to myself) but it is also factually wrong. Syracuse is bowl eligible and for the purposes of this argument I would also count USC.
by montlakeBarnacle on Dec 6, 2010 3:18 AM CST reply actions
And a few others would be if they could have beaten us...
…plus, all of those teams have L’s against two top 4 teams. OSU has 4 losses against 3 of the top 4 plus Boise St.
Damn, my eyeball tastes good.
I am
happy to be going to a bowl. Is it the one the Huskers would have liked to get, probably not. But I remember a few years back when getting to any bowl would have been thrilling. I am not particularly excited about the rematch. Their is no storylines or mysteries to examine and talk about for the next few weeks. We know if we pressure Locker we will win. Our run defense is better than it was in week three, which really spells trouble for their offense. I think it will be a toss up who the rematch benefits more. But, this time around I think it will be a lot closer game, because I don’t expect Locker to play that bad again. Which is to bad because anything less than a blowout by the Huskers will be looked down upon by many.
Greg Davis....
….out at Texas. Along with their O-line coach. Sounds like a good two-for-one deal to me!
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