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Nebraska Commit Andrew Rodriguez Chosen for Army All-America Bowl

2009-10-31T13:52:02Z

By now, y'all are probably really getting sick of the K-State fan coming over here and talking about your recruits, but I had to share this one with you. Nebraska OL commit Andrew Rodriguez, from my hometown of Aurora, Nebraska, was chosen to play in the Army All-America Bowl in San Antonio. I strongly suggest you watch the first video on that link, where A-Rod puts on his All-America jersey and addresses the Aurora High School crowd. He's a great kid, he's come a long way, and he hasn't forgotten the people that helped him get there. I hope for the best for this guy at Nebraska.

Tailgating in Waco

2009-10-27T13:57:52Z

Attending the Husker at Baylor Game this weekend, need to find a Husker freindly tailgate. We will be attending a Friday Night High School game North of Dallas, the Husker game on Saturday then the Cowboys on Sunday. Travelling light, won't have a lot to contribute except tailgate MARGARITA'S. Father/Son trip, 2 dads, 2 boys ages 12 and 13, ALL FOOTBALL ALL THE TIME!

GO HUSKERS

how 'bout dem Cowboys

See ya on Saturday!

RedRaider fan of Husker Fans!

2009-10-23T01:56:51Z

Me and a few friends drove from DFW to Lincoln last week and I have to say....I was totally amazed. I had heard stories about how good the Nebraska fans were but what we experienced was incredible. Before the game at Buffalo Wild Wings, several times Husker fans got up from their table...walked to ours...introduced themselves, thanked us for coming to Lincoln, and wished us good luck. After the game...we got high fives....knuckle-bumps and all sorts of congrats from Husker fans, bartenders, etc... Y'all have something to be very proud of up there. We promise to bring some of that same spirit down to Lubbock next time we're out there. Go Huskers!

Blackshirt tradition never dies

2009-10-22T06:03:19Z

Oh, enough with the Blackshirt talk. Enough. It's only a nickname and a point of pride for our starters now; tradition. Charlie McBride isn't here to hand a defender that practice jersey, with Osborne overseeing the grand moment. This tradition started with the likes of players like Broderick Thomas, who looked like he was going to hurt whoever he hit on every play. That attitude kept Nebraska in the hunt for the Big Eight every year despite abysmal offenses that only scored twice in some games. If continued publicly, this tradition risks inflating the egos of some very mediocre Huskers. However, if discontinued, seems like an affront to the fans of Cornhusker football. No more talk about this. It's lose-lose and pointless to argue..........at least until celebrating a conference championship.............Go Bugeaters

Ask A Cyclone

2009-10-22T03:28:03Z

Husker Fans,

I wanted to open up the floor to give you a chance to ask questions about the Iowa State Cyclones. If there's anything you want to know about the team, coaching staff, school, etc., feel free to ask! I will do my best to check a couple of times a day.

I also sent some questions to the writers of Corn Nation, and hope to have those responses up on Clone Chronicles later this week.

Looking forward to the matchup this weekend, and looking forward to answering your questions!

Conspiracy?

2009-10-20T20:39:58Z

I just went to vote for Ndamukong Suh for Heisman on Nissan's website, but I had to write his name in! Considering he's in the lead by a mile over everyone else (and Tebow and other "front runners" are still listed as choices), I found it intriguing that Suh wasn't a choice. Is this just a glitch, or is this a conspiracy to slow down Suh's voters?? Or am I reading too much into it?

Six Husker Woes

2009-10-19T13:26:42Z

I've decided to compile a short and sweet list of the top 6 reasons we are where we are...in the gutter.

#1. Husker fans are TOO loyal at times. I don't care if TO is AD or not...when you have the sellout streak that we do...you don't REALLY worry about your football program. Sure, we'd like to get back to mid-90s form, but it's not as if UNL is hurting for cash right now and at the end of the day, it's all business. If we had a pro team, or at least another division 1-A college team, I guarantee that would snap some necks in Lincoln and it wouldn't take a decade to bring us back from the dead.

#2. Watson needs to go. If I see another shotgun QB option draw keeper BS 3 yard weak lame shit play, I will make myself barf while hanging upside down so that my stomach acids runs down into my eyes and blinds me. The play calling at NU has never been the sorta thing to turn heads across the country, but the past few games it has been downright smelly turd. I can tell you the three general plays that we run every god damn game. The previously mentioned vomit inducing shotgun QB option where Lee can keep the ball or hand it to Helu depending on what he sees is #1. #2 is about a 4 yard out pattern where the WR/TE makes the weakest fake like he's going to run a shallow slant, then backs towards the sideline waiting for Lee to throw it at his knees which means no chance in hell that he'll be able to run with the ball. The 3rd play is a WR screen that has worked once in the history of football, yet coaches still call it because (I'm guessing here) it looks like a big ding-a-ling on the playsheet and that makes Watson giggle.

#3. Lee is afraid. He's afraid to lose his job. He's afraid to make mistakes that cost us the game. He's the exact opposite of that Ganz/Favre mentality where you force the issue, which results in a few more INTs, but also a few more TDs. Lees stats at the moment read like this: 1213 yards, 10 TDs, 3 INTs. QB rating: 141.8. That doesn't look half bad. He completed 73% of his passes against Tech. That's not bad. The problem is, he averaged 8 yards per completion. Sheffield averaged over 10. It doesn't seem like a big diff, but it is. Sheffield stretched the field. He took chances. He was confident that he could squeeze it in, and if he didn't, his wideouts would make a play...and they did...twice on the first drive they may amazing catches even though there was great coverage on the play. That's the biggest problem with Lee. The other major concern has been noted by every Husker fan with a pulse, and that's that Lee can't go through his progressions, he stares down wherever the ball is going, and I don't see Green doing any better. The diff is...Gree has time to get better, Lee doesn't. I say bench him now and prepare for the future.

#4. Our players don't believe in the Husker tradition. I see the fire in Pelini and most of the rest of the staff. I don't see it in our players. I just got done watching highlights of the 1998 Orange Bowl against Tennessee. It was night and day compared to who we have this year. Callahan and his players thought this was an NFL type gig where a winning record got you paid. The current crop of players might be suffering from the mentality of, "as long as we're bettern than Callahan". That's fine the first year..not the second. No fire, no effort, no determination, no balls. Suh, Helu, and a few others are the exception..but anyone who watched the Tech game saw that our guys just lack that undying enthusiasm to compete and win.

#5. We believe the hype. When we're ranked #15, we believe it. When we're ranked #40, we believe it. We need to not worry about that shit and go play the game like we're the better team. I guarantee that a lot of our guys thought Tech was a worse team because of their ranking. In my opinion, they were VERY under-rated, and they should probably be the #15 team after saturday. The point is...we lay down and die for bigtime teams. We expect to roll over unranked teams. We are too tied up in what others think of us. Maybe all college teams are like this, but it doesn't change the fact that it's hurtful to our team and we need to only concern ourselves with one thing. Wins.

#6. We don't play to our strengths. We allowed 25 yards rushing on 25 carries against Tech. Yet they were able to pass on us with ease. I know that's their gameplan, but that's also where our strengths and weaknesses lie. We lost to VT because of our pass defense. If VT had a better passing QB, they wouldn't of needed a last second bomb to pull out the win. They had chances. The holes in our secondary are there. Missouri couldn't exploit it because of the rain, and the rest of the teams we played were junk. The only reason TT didn't put up gaudy numbers is because our D-line is fantastic and we got good pressure on their QB. Our poor secondary will get burnt again though. I don't know if it's defensive play calling, player ability, or that we're just not gellin, but it's flawed. So the whole point of this rant....if your secondary is crap and your D-line is amazing...we need to be in a nickel/dime/quarter defense every god damn play. I don't care who we're playing. Giving up a long pass play right before halftime to TT because of a SINGLE missed tackle is unacceptable. What kind of defensive play calling is that? You need to have dudes deep...especially against Tech. Did we really suspect a run in that situation? So sad.

Doomed By History: What LSU Fans Need to Learn From Nebraska.

2009-10-19T06:11:16Z

Note to my friends at Corn Nation: This is not intended as a slight against you in any way - it is a message to my fellow Tiger fans but I would appreciate your insight. Thanks - Henry Ball

"I will not let Nebraska gravitate into mediocrity" said Steve Pederson, then Athletic Director at the University of Nebraska, after firing head coach Frank Solich in 2003.

Steve Pederson had acquiesced to the outcry from the loudest corn-critics; those that impatiently demanded an immediate return to the final days of Tom Osborne's tenure when the Corn Husker Nation was awarded three national championships in four years.

Those voices were dismissive of the success Solich had enjoyed - National Runner-up and Fiesta Bowl Champion in his second year, two division and one conference championship in his first four years and 58 wins in six years, which was better than both of his predecessors, Tom Osborne and Bob Devaney who are in the College Football Hall of Fame - claiming that he had enjoyed that success 'only because of Tom Osborne’s recruits'.

To make matters worse, Solich had rebounded from a disappointing 7-7 2002 campaign that was crowned by a loss in the independence Bowl to up-and-coming Eli Manning's Ole Miss Rebels.

In 2003 Solich got Nebraska off to a 5-0 start with wins versus Oklahoma State and Penn State before suffering its first loss to conference foe Missouri. That loss rattled the nay-sayers and the 'Fire Frank' campaign was in high gear.

Despite finishing the year with a very respectable 9-3 record and invitation to the Alamo Bowl and a top 20 ranking Steve Petersen made the move and infamous statement mentioned above.

Read the Entire Article: (And see what lesson we can learn)

The four biggest problems that I see

2009-10-19T01:10:23Z

After the game was over and my jaw was picked up from the floor from the shock it took. Started to rant, rave, and throw things in glorious rage. After I was told to shut up from the wife drank my problems away. Wanted to write a post right then and there but waited until i can go over the game with a somewhat cool head.

First problem is something that I haven't realy heard mention, Offensive leadership. On the other side of the ball there is tons and tons of leaders. Def line alone has Suh, Turner and in a way Allen and Crick. Not to mention Asante, Dillard and O'Hanalon. On Offense their is really no vocal, get on my back and lets go type of player. We had that in Swift and Ganz and so many other seniors. In fact there is only one senior starting in Hickman, which is great, for 2010 season. This season nobody on offense has taken that step and it is really hurting us.

Second is so aggravating to me its damn near painful, the penelties. Most of them fall directly on the olines lap, with the holding and fast starts. Even hickman got some and he has the ball! When you throw in the delay in games and illegel substution it just is enough to drive you to drink. ( more than usual that is, right blight? ) They must be at least corrected a little to even begin to move foward to a better program.

Third is catching the ball pure and simple. Paul has been OK at times and I'm real happy that Brooks is doing so well this year but everybody else, sorry just not going to cut it. Kinnie and Guyllien have flat out dropped the ball. Somebody please put out an a.p.b. for Holt because wow he has Sucked after the first game. Bell and Cooper are to raw and we really haven't seen to much of anybody else. Its been brought up that where are the tight ends and I totally agree with that. hell go to three or four tight end sets if you have too. It can't hurt.

Four is the run. Yes we are very thin at the running back position but notice I said run. Where are the qb draws and some spread plays just to open up the box a bit? How about some play action bombs to spread out the field a little to get a running play open. how many runs did we see this weekend where the rb was touched before he got to the line of scrimmage because the lbs were not respecting the pass. Or really even a commitment to being physical with the ball?

There are a lot of things you can find fault with yesterdays game, save Suh and most of the def. It will be an interesting week that is for sure.

Poll

What is Neb number one problem?

Offensive leadership

9 votes

Penalties

6 votes

Catching the Ball

5 votes

20 votes | Poll has closed

Good ESPN Article on Nebraska Commit Andrew Rodriguez

2009-10-17T04:03:03Z

Hey Huskers, most of you probably know me as the K-State blogger here on SB Nation, but in a former life I was a kid growing up in Aurora, Nebraska. A friend pointed me toward this excellent article about Aurora offensive lineman Andrew Rodriguez, who will be a Husker next fall. He's been a key player for an Aurora team that won the Class B state championship last season and may be on its way to doing so again this season.

The article focuses on A-Rod's interesting history, growing up in Spanish Harlem before moving to Aurora. My dad still teaches at Aurora High School and says that not only is the kid an outstanding athlete, but he's as nice of a kid as you'd ever want to meet. I'll be hoping for the best for this guy, even if he is wearing scarlet and cream.

my picks for this weekend

2009-10-17T03:04:28Z

Baylor vs iowa st..... Um going to go with they cy team just that eventually they should win a game.

Ku vs the slightly struggling buffs..... Neither team has played inspired def so have to go with jayhawks because at least they now who there qb is.

mizzou vs okie st..... Have to go with the tiggers, okie st has just looked flat this year

atm vs ksu... move along nothing to see here, but if you do ugh um atm in a pillow fight

south car vs Alabama... I'm a ball coach fan and HATE Nick Satan so a piece of me will die by picking alabama

so cal vs the most overrated team in the nation.....please please please fire weiss, hope the irish get blown out, by over a hundred, by the first quarter. Please

Va tech vs the triple option team... have to vote for the hokies to make us look better

the red river game.... I lost a bet so I have to wear a longhorn shirt and please feel sorry for me. Longhorns by at least a td

neb vs leach's pirates.... By at least two tds if Suh steps up his game ( according to the sporting news )

proper fan ettiquete

2009-10-16T02:20:37Z

If any of you was still up for that awesome mizzou game did you get a chance to go to rock em nation? Well somebody did that was a husker fan and to put it bluntly, was an ass. So before another game happens please remember these rules of thumbs.

1.) Would you talk like that in front of your mother and grandmother? This person was using languege that made me blush and my mouth is horrible. SO before you put your foot in mouth think of what to say.

2.) Would you like somebody to talk about your team in the same manner if losing? This is the easiest one of all because if you don't know what its like to have an opposingng fan base be rude as possible. Ask a husker fan that went to a game where Ksu or Cu spanked us nasty. Had a relative called a w***e and worse while somebody else vandalized a husker fan car at a Cu game once. in case your wondering this is not proper behaviour for a true fan to act.

3.) Are you representing your team in a proper fashion? Bo may be a little bit cocky and lets just say he can be gruff but he wouldn't call anybodies fans f****ng Hillbillies ( sorry had to do it ) So if our head coach doesn't do it than we shouldn't either.

So in short its ok to brag about your team but just don't be an ass about it.

Menelik Holt Problems?

2009-10-14T22:05:20Z

I'm hearing rumors Holt has been kicked off the team. Yeah probably violation of team rules and thats all we'll hear. HMMMM discipline problems in Lincoln? Oh no say it isnt sooo......... Something isnt right down there if this is true. Lets hope Iam hearing wrong but I heard about Castille a couple days ahead of time. Guess we need some Nannys down there? Kids cant act like adults? OHH Geez c'mon guys!! We're better than this.

Coverage Map for Texas Tech @ Nebraska

2009-10-14T21:55:18Z

Here's the coverage map for the games this weekend. May your coverage be blue and your team red. Click the map for a clearer image of the map.

Ask a Red Raider

2009-10-14T12:19:22Z

I've invited folks from Double-T Nation over to Corn Nation to help out as I'm going to be pretty busy for most of the week and my schedule probably isn't going to allow me to answer questions like I would in a normal week.

Ask all your questions about the Texas Tech Red Raiders, offense, defense, special teams, coaching, etc., and what you can expect to see this week against the Nebraska Cornhuskers.

The pain of Colorado should be reminder of what Husker fans went thru

2009-10-14T02:31:08Z

For those of you who have watched the agony that has been the Buffaloes this year. Your more than likely a person of one or two camps, either your a glutton for punishment or gleeful of a fallen foe. I'm a little bit of both truth to be told. But no matter what your opinion is you have to admit that there is a lot of similarties to what they are going thru and what we did a few years ago. Week end and week out both of the teams under performed and was just plain lousy. Defense was a joke, turnovers were abundant and the coaching staff was shoveling manure and saying that it was fine to walk thru. How many times did we hear Callahan say that it wasn't the coaching staffs fault or something along those lines. You hear the same things coming from Hawkins. The trouble is we had Dr. Tom and they have nobody like that.

Dr. Tom came back to our program to be our saviour and you could almost hear a sigh of relief coming from the entire Husker nation. CU sadly has nobody that can be that savior and whats worse they may not have the funding to get a top flight coach or to buy out Hawk's contract. So even if the buffaloes go win less in the rest of their games you may see the head coach back again next year.

To truly understand how bad they are just look at some facts, there strength it seems is the running game. So they pass it more than run. Def is awful as well so a strong running game will help that side of the ball, but again they PASS more than run. Which was a downfall of Callahan if I remember correctly. Burned a redshirt for the same guy two years in a row and the season is all ready pretty much in the tubes, Hmm remind you of anyone. There are lots of other reasons why they suck but there is one core reason of all the problems, management.

I hope that they can pull themselves out of this problem. Just don't see how its going to happen and it will take a long, long time to fix

Suh for Heisman

2009-10-10T21:32:57Z

Ok, it's about time to get serious about this guy. Schools around the country would be promoting Suh big time at this point in the season, maybe we should too?

If a grass-roots movement exists in college football, I can't think of a better school to pull that off than the University of Nebraska. If Suh played for Notre Dame, USC, Florida, Texas, OU, Miami, Ohio State, or Michigan,....he would be at the top of the list. With Tebow and Bradford missing games, and the rest of the pack playing inconsistent football, the only big name left with a real shot is Colt McCoy. But what happens if McCoy and Suh both rack up huge numbers en route to a showdown for the Big 12, and during that game Suh eats the Texas QB for lunch while recording another Colorado-type interception? It could very well happen, and we need to be there for him if and when it does. The media is key, so start writing the bloggers and sportswriters.The greatest fans in the game should be able to catch the media's attention, and drive it all the way to a Heisman trophy.

Suh deserves it if he keeps playing like he has. There isn't a defensive player out there who can compare with Suh, and there isn't an offensive player who can hold him.

(Husker Mike adding this: I'm promoting this to the front page so more of you see this poll question. What has to be done to keep the "Suh for Heisman" campaign rolling?)

Poll

What does Ndamakong Suh have to do to win the Heisman?

Play well consistently, and at least get the Huskers to the Big 12 title game. The media will do the rest.

41 votes

Suh needs to dominate individual stats, but the Husker record is not that important.

1 votes

He needs to dominate individually, while the Huskers need to win the conference outright.

94 votes

Suh has no chance regardless of what he or the team does, after all...he doesn't play for the Fighting Irish.

41 votes

177 votes | Poll has closed

Vote for Suh for Heisman

2009-10-10T05:04:10Z

Vote for Ndamukong Suh for Heisman.

The the most dominate player in college football get some love. I am tired of the media's love affair with Tim Tebow. Suh is one of the freakiest college players in a long time. Sacks, tackles, taking on double teams, Interceptions, and chasing down the ball carrier like an animal after a kill. This guy changes the way you scheme and play the game. Give Suh some pub

http://promo.espn.go.com/espn/contests/theheismanvote/2009/

(Husker Mike here: I've fixed the link to ESPN.com on this link. You'll need to write Suh's name in, so copy "Ndamukong Suh" from this page before voting. )

Husker Heroes: Missouri Monsoon Edition

2009-10-09T18:44:32Z

Ndamukong Suh - Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuhperman! It's time to talk about this guy as one of the best defensive lineman in Nebraska history, and he's approaching Rich Glover territory at the nose (yeah, he's that good). Dude is a beast of a human being, he has incredible agility, and he can get anywhere on the field because he never stops. He gets stronger as the game goes on. And he's a smart cookie. He has an amazing way of demonstrating both his perceptive and athletic abilities during a single play. Blaine Gabbert was the victim of many of these feats, but two in particular stand out. Early in the game, Suh broke through the interior of the line and latched on to Gabbert, executing his patented QB throwdown technique and twisting Gabbo's ankle in the process (he limped the rest of the game). And of course, there was Suh's interception on the first play after the long touchdown pass to Niles Paul, an act of foresight, instinct, and athletic supremacy. In retrospect, I feel that this was the most important play in the entire comeback. Listen, I haven't had this much fun watching a Husker since Eric Crouch. And, by the way, you know what Eric Crouch has, don't you?

Niles Paul - That's it. I don't care anymore about what he did in the preseason. This Paul is a baller. Forget about the muffed punts and the holding penalty for now. Niles Paul stepped up and made two big plays in the 4th quarter, when the Huskers absolutely had to have them to make a game of it, with the entire receiving corps in the midst of their biggest disappearing act of the year (and that's saying something). First, he torched freshman DB Robert Steeples on a post route, hauled in Zac Lee's finest pass of the game, and easily outran safety Jarrell Harrison, who had to come from the other side when Jasper Simmons bit on a short route. The touchdown snapped Husker fans and players alike out of a vicious stupor, and it seemed to flip a switch on the Nebraska sideline. Paul's next play carried a bit larger degree of difficulty. He worked around Kevin Rutland's outside shoulder and got airborne just in time to snare another Lee spiral before the oncoming safety could interfere. Once the Huskers took the lead with that play, it was all but over. No matter what happens in his career, Niles Paul will always have last night in Columbia. Just please stop catching every punt.

The cornerbacks - Getting pressure from the front four helped, but this group was the other big factor in shutting down Mizzou's passing game. Prince Amukamara, Dejon Gomes, and Alfonzo Dennard all have the speed and instincts to stick with burners like Danario Alexander, and they have the timing to make plays on seemingly-open receivers. Support in the run game was excellent as well, including clutch TFLs from Gomes and Dennard to help salt away the win. Unfortunately, the one thing they don't have is receiving skills (no major suprise), with Gomes the only one who could hang onto a pass. Prince dropped an easy pick, and he committed a face mask penalty, but he also looked like the best player of the bunch. Inconsistent in the past, I loved seeing him on top of his game in a tough environment. But credit really goes to the entire unit, and even Larry Asante and the safeties, for effective pass prevention against a play-making offense.

Zac Lee - Who does he remind you of with those crazy antics? I was thinking The Riddler. He's a very weird dude, and I mean that in the best way. Would I mean that in a good way if he'd lost? You know, probably not. Yes, I talked about wanting Cody Green in, maybe just for a series, maybe just try to run a little option. Was it madness? Frustration? Would it really work? No, it probably wouldn't. But that's how bad Zac Lee was for three wet, depressing quarters. It was a worse performance than Lee submitted at Virginia Tech. This was not a Bud Foster defense. This was just Lee missing open receivers, on short throws even, and he was also non-existent as a runner. But then, late in the game, when all seemed lost and Green was on the doorstep, a receiver got separation, a safety jumped an underneath route, and Zac Lee found it in him to make the throw of his life. And then, what do you know? He made the throw of his life again a few plays later. Then he found his tight end under pressure to seal the deal, and he stood facing the Husker sideline, posed, with his arms stretched wide, his jubilation radiating outward through all of Husker Nation. Those throws from Zac Lee, plus a big play from a very big man, are what won a crucial road game on a miserable night in Misery.

Poll

Who's your Husker Hero from the Missouri game?

Ndamukong Suh

51 votes

Zac Lee

1 votes

Niles Paul

1 votes

Somebody else

0 votes

53 votes | Poll has closed

MIZZOU>YOU NUBS

2009-10-09T03:35:43Z

Man it feels good to be whooping up the Nubs... again... Cry more because Mizzou owns you and it's very apparent in this game. I'm sure you've all turned the game by now.

Maybe Suh will spit on Gabbert like he did Chase ??? What a scumbag thug, spitting is the lowest you can get.

Maybe next year guys!!!

......NAHHHH you'll lose again next year also!!! LOL!!!

Signed,

Your lovely MIZZOU FAN!!