Tell me about Nebraska

[pubes 139]

1 hour ago, RollLeft said:

This is one of the best responses I have ever seen. 

[mr. sunshine 2,859]

5 minutes ago, pubes said:

This is one of the best responses I have ever seen. 

Just the way he looks should be a warning sign. He’s the villain in every 80s movie all rolled into one 

[mulletpelini 5,225]

4 hours ago, pubes said:

Seems like the university contacted the ncaa to put frost in a nice big pot of hot water. Great thing to do to a coach at the start of a season. 
 

The main takeaway from this to me is fuck the ncaa. 
last week they said Baylor did nothing wrong for blatantly allowing student athletes to rape other students. Now theyre making a splash about some mildly organized off campus practices that featured an analyst’s presence. 
fuck you ncaa. You need to burn. 

5 year self imposed bowl ban, retroactive to 2017.  AKA, Oklahoma redshirt penalty.

[Francisco 2.0 32,602]

https://theathletic.com/2777798/2021/08/18/sherman-ncaa-investigation-into-nebraska-football-costs-scott-frost-benefit-of-the-doubt/

 

Spoiler

If Scott Frost can’t fix the woes that ail Nebraska football and his time as its coach ultimately ends in an unceremonious departure, Wednesday will loom as a date to remember.

What a strange scene it was after practice as Frost and athletic director Trev Alberts, on the job for less than one month, emerged, unannounced, from a door on the second-level concourse at Memorial Stadium.

In a show of unity to address the morning report by the Action Network’s Brett McMurphy of an NCAA investigation into Frost and the football program over possible improper use of analysts and consultants, Frost and Alberts appeared for five minutes before a throng of media gathered to hear from players and other coaches.

It was, in a word, awkward, one of those unforgettable moments that can largely define a failed regime.

Most importantly, the report was true, Alberts said. Nebraska is complying with the NCAA. Coaches have been accessible and collaborative with investigators, Alberts said, and will “continue to do whatever the NCAA has asked us to do.”

Alberts said the investigation predates his July hire and that he learned of it after he started — which means that University of Nebraska-Lincoln chancellor Ronnie Green and Nebraska system president Ted Carter either didn’t know of the investigation last month, or they didn’t tell Alberts.

Either way, that’s … awkward. Again.

McMurphy also reported that Nebraska violated rules by holding off-campus workouts under the direction of strength and conditioning staff last year during the pandemic shutdown of team activities. And he reported that Frost and former chief of staff Gerrod Lambrecht, without approval from then-AD Bill Moos, led the efforts to replace Oklahoma on the Huskers’ September schedule.

That final bit of information, noted previously by The Athletic, adds spice to another ugly episode from this offseason ahead of Frost’s fourth year as the Aug. 28 opener looms at Illinois.

All of it is unappetizing, unfitting of an institution that prides itself on competing with integrity and a tradition of success.

Alberts talked in such platitudes just four weeks ago at his introductory news conference. Since, he’s been forced to confront the uncomfortable reality of messy conditions that festered under Moos, pushed into retirement on June 30 with a $2.9 million settlement to depart 18 months before the end of his contract.

Last week in discussing his visits this preseason to football practice, Alberts said he likes to study body language. He learns a lot from it, he said.

What Alberts saw Wednesday from Frost spoke more than the coach offered with his words. His demeanor, as an observer noted, was reminiscent of a teenager pulled by his father to a neighbor’s porch after getting busted for toilet-papering the house on the previous night.

Normally stoic with the media, Frost, 46, stood for most of their session with his arms folded across his chest as Alberts explained the purpose of their appearance.

“This is an ongoing investigation,” the AD said. “So while we would love to provide additional context and details, we simply can’t do that at this time. But I wanted to come here with Scott and acknowledge, you saw that there is an active investigation with our football program. We will continue to comply as we have done, and unfortunately, we’re not able to share details.”

As for the nature of the potential violations, they pale in comparison to other recent college scandals.

Analysts are not permitted by the NCAA to engage in direct coaching of players. Nebraska employs six analysts to assist its full-time coaches in addition to a recruiting analyst, a data analyst, several quality control coaches and volunteers.

Before last season, Frost plucked Jonathan Rutledge from Auburn as a special-teams analyst in place of hiring an on-field coordinator. Rutledge, named in McMurphy’s report, was fired in January, saying his lack of contact in practice with the Huskers limited his effectiveness. He declined to comment when contacted Wednesday. Frost has since placed outside linebackers coach Mike Dawson in charge of special teams.

Even if combined with punishment for managing improper workouts, the sanctions for Nebraska likely to result from this level of cheating would be minor. The NCAA is largely toothless today.

Frost is set to receive $5 million per year through Dec. 31, 2026. His contract reads that he’s subject to disciplinary or corrective action for violating any NCAA rule and may be suspended or terminated if “found to have been involved in any deliberate or serious violation of (NCAA) rules.”

But let’s be real. Frost won’t lose his job specifically for this level of potential misconduct.

What he’s lost is leverage. Before this investigation began, Frost’s job did not appear in jeopardy unless the bottom fell out on the Huskers this fall. We’re talking a 2-10 or 3-9 season, unlikely in even the worst-case scenario.

Though 12-20 in three seasons, Frost owns equity for his pedigree as a former Nebraska quarterback who won a national championship under Tom Osborne. He benefits from the patience required to wait for the opening of Nebraska’s new football complex, under construction through 2023.

He’s owed $25 million, and Nebraska took a financial hit during the pandemic. Alberts is new on the job and needs time to make solid evaluations.

They’re all check marks in Frost’s column. But the stain of this revelation takes him back to Square 1. Frost could finish 7-5 and get sent packing if the administration chooses to use an NCAA investigation against him.

Coaches who cheat to win big today amid a seemingly lawless NCAA environment are met with cheers. But if you cheat and still can’t win, little forgiveness awaits.

Asked about Nebraska’s pandemic workouts before players were allowed back on campus in June 2020, Frost said all decisions were made “with the best interest and health of our players in mind.”

“Everything we did was approved by the athletic department administration and campus administration,” Frost said.

As for that Oklahoma mess that won’t go away, Frost said he never made a phone call in an attempt to alter the schedule.

“That not my job,” he said.

It’s all his job — the schedule, the workouts, the use of analysts, assignments for assistants and other staff. The buck stops with the head coach, who looked and talked Wednesday like he wanted no part of this mess. Whatever benefit of the doubt remains on Frost’s side, it has diminished considerably.

 

Edited August 19, 2021 by Francisco 2.0

[mulletpelini 5,225]

27 minutes ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

https://theathletic.com/2777798/2021/08/18/sherman-ncaa-investigation-into-nebraska-football-costs-scott-frost-benefit-of-the-doubt/

 

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Before last season, Frost plucked Jonathan Rutledge from Auburn as a special-teams analyst in place of hiring an on-field coordinator. Rutledge, named in McMurphy’s report, was fired in January, saying his lack of contact in practice with the Huskers limited his effectiveness. He declined to comment when contacted Wednesday. Frost has since placed outside linebackers coach Mike Dawson in charge of special teams.

 

So they're being investigated for what he said there wasn't enough of.  Guess we know how things work in the SEC....shocked I tell ya.

[Helobious 9,823]

How can you cheat and still be that shitty. 

[Nivek 17,415]

Just a chef's kills that trev alberts is there to watch this all go down on his watch.   

[Nueces River Rat 5,796]

On 8/18/2021 at 8:09 AM, TexasMan said:

They're back, baby

 

 

 

 

 

Have they blamed us for this too?   

 

[Thatguy 9,371]

On 8/18/2021 at 12:14 PM, WhatTheBuck said:

What’s the Longhorns’ excuse?

<Ducking and running for cover.>

  Your fucking bullshit ass coach and his bullshit ass offensive philosophy is what the problem is. This motherfucker is gonna come strolling into our locker room swinging his dick all over the place. You ain't Urban Meyer motherfucker! Was that motherfucker wearing cleats on the sideline too? Fuck that smug, punk ass motherfucker. He can take his bitch ass back to Hiney Gate!

 

 Rant over!

[WhatTheBuck 28,931]

19 minutes ago, Thatguy said:

  Your fucking bullshit ass coach and his bullshit ass offensive philosophy is what the problem is. This motherfucker is gonna come strolling into our locker room swinging his dick all over the place. You ain't Urban Meyer motherfucker! Was that motherfucker wearing cleats on the sideline too? Fuck that smug, punk ass motherfucker. He can take his bitch ass back to Hiney Gate!

 Rant over!

Quinn started classes this week. 😛

 

[Thatguy 9,371]

3 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

Quinn started classes this week. 😛

 

  Touche brother...well played!

[Hornius Emeritus 12,806]

From the Athletic:


Tread lightly, Nebraska.

The allure of saving $20 million is tempting, sure. But beware of the catch: Don’t dive in headfirst. Ask Kansas and Tennessee how deep that water can get.

Michael Lyons has had a front-row seat for both instances. The Dallas-based trial lawyer is now intimately familiar with this increasingly well-worn path. Kansas tried to walk it to save $3 million and get rid of David Beaty. It didn’t work. Now Tennessee is well into the woods trying to save a shade under $13 million to get rid of Jeremy Pruitt.

Nebraska hasn’t gone down that road yet. Allowing coach Scott Frost to address an ongoing NCAA investigation hours after it became public is a good sign for his future. But if the violations and losses pile up, the Huskers will have options. The school ought to avoid the most dangerous playbook for getting rid of Frost, who has a $20 million buyout if dismissed before Dec. 31, if it chooses to do so this year.

“The playbook is, ‘Let’s get out of our contract with our coach,’” Lyons said. “‘We want to fire our coach because he hasn’t won enough games. But we don’t want to pay his buyout. So we’ll hire this law firm to come in and conduct a phony investigation. That investigation will be outcome-oriented to try and drum up whatever we can to try and implicate our head coach and hopefully trigger a trapdoor provision that amounts to a for-cause termination.

“‘And then we can get our cheese out of our trap with this coach that’s not winning enough games by firing him for cause based upon a self-inflicted investigation where we turn ourselves into the NCAA.’”
The Huskers haven’t shown signs of threatening the approach yet, but the 2021 season has yet to begin. The temptation may grow, depending on the outcome of games this fall.

Frost’s buyout outpaces Beaty and Pruitt combined, but Wednesday’s news that the Huskers are under NCAA investigation still struck a similar chord — even if Frost is a former Nebraska player who was welcomed home as a conquering hero after leading UCF to an undefeated season in 2017.

How Nebraska’s investigation began is still unclear. So is the road ahead. But as the Huskers face a fork in the road, they would be wise to learn lessons from the attempts by Kansas and Tennessee to do what Nebraska will have an option to do in the coming months, despite the relatively tame nature of the alleged violations, which include analysts having too much contact with players and players working out when they weren’t allowed on campus during the COVID-19 pandemic.
New Nebraska athletic director Trev Alberts said Wednesday he was not aware of the investigation when he was hired a little more than a month ago.

“This is an ongoing investigation,” Alberts told reporters on Wednesday. “So while we would love to provide additional context and details, we simply can’t do that at this time. But I wanted to come here with Scott and acknowledge, you saw that there is an active investigation with our football program. We will continue to comply as we have done, and unfortunately, we’re not able to share details.”
As for Frost, he’s nine days away from the first game of a crucial season for his future in Lincoln. He’s 12-20 in three seasons and still looking for his first .500 record. Nebraska fans cutting loose their favorite son is about like Urban Meyer cutting Tim Tebow from the Jaguars, but Frost’s tenure at Nebraska looks headed on a similar trajectory, barring a breakout 2021 season after being picked to finish fifth in the Big Ten West by Cleveland.com’s preseason media poll with 34 voters.

If the losses pile up in Frost’s fourth season, he’ll have a group of fans and boosters motivated to turn the page to the next coach chasing Tom Osborne’s legacy, though after a pandemic-fueled budget crunch across the state and country, they may be far less motivated to pony up $20 million for the right to pay a new coach $5 million per year.

The illegal workouts and illegal use of analysts alleged in the initial investigation of Nebraska are unlikely to produce Level I violations, but turn over too many rocks, and prepare to be snakebit.

“When you go looking for violations, be careful what you ask for,” Lyons said. “Because any number of these schools at any given time have serious violations going on, not simply within whatever sport they seek to implicate their coach in, but in other sports. And what happens is you start conducting interviews — worse yet, you invite the wolf to the party. Now the NCAA is at the trough and they’re interviewing people and asking questions, and pretty soon you’ve got a raging forest fire that’s out of control — e.g., see the University of Tennessee.

“That’s exactly what Tennessee did, and in the case of David Beaty and Kansas, that’s what they did. They did it to themselves. And here’s the irony: These universities are lining up to pay law firms hundreds of thousands, and in Tennessee’s and Kansas’ case, I bet millions of dollars in attorney fees to light their athletic program on fire.”

Lyons sued on Beaty’s behalf after Kansas fired him for cause. One of Beaty’s chief offenses: Analysts doing more than is allowed by NCAA rule. Last June, Kansas settled with Beaty for $2.55 million after refusing to pay a $3 million buyout.

Lyons is representing Pruitt and is preparing to file a lawsuit to pursue Pruitt’s buyout at Tennessee, which was denied after a Tennessee-initiated investigation unearthed far more serious NCAA violations than Nebraska currently faces. Even if Tennessee saves money on Pruitt’s buyout, it will still pay a different kind of price, as shortcuts in life often demand. Lyons has seen it.
 

“I have had very successful agents who represent big-time college football coaches who have told me, ‘In the face of this kind of shenanigans, I will never steer my client to one of these universities,’” Lyons said.
 

College football coaches, often with a long list of topics that prompt paranoia, have added a new one to the list: Athletic departments trying to squeeze out from under gigantic, once-promised contracts. Lyons knows because he gets calls from coaches about it often, worried they might be next.
 

“They despise these programs that do this and they understand and their agents understand it’s a cottage industry,” Lyons said. “It’s been engineered by lawyers who are making a profit. And you want to get a marquee coach on a long-term contract? You think any good coach is gonna go sign with anybody who’s got their fingers crossed behind their back? You are destroying your athletic program, and these athletic directors and their general counsel at universities that are assisting them in doing this are very myopic in what they’re thinking.”

Athletic departments willing to do anything to escape an eight-figure buyout can quickly find that the ends have not justified the means. One more judicious route schools can take: Learning of violations themselves and leveraging them to convince a coach to settle, lest those violations become public. Still, even that gets around to coaches. An unfulfilled promise is still a promise, written and signed by all parties, unfulfilled.
But the nuclear option? Nobody survives that and no one benefits.

In college football, cheating is shrugged off by winners and, lately, is being used in court to get rid of losers. But the maneuver is rarely, if ever, as clean as schools hope. And skirting on that short-term bill almost always means long-term consequences on a number of fronts.
 

“They may be saving, in their minds, the amount of the buyout,” Lyons said. “In David Beaty’s case, that didn’t work out for them. But what they’re buying is bad PR, the potential for serious violations that impugn the sport in question or other sports — bigger violations. And they’re putting themselves in line that when the next violation happens, they’ll look back and say, ‘Well, you violated the rules on this countable coach thing,’ or whatever jaywalking offense they want to turn themselves in for in order to avoid paying their coach. But if you get through the public perception, if you get through the, ‘Hey, we may be putting the program at risk,’ the worst thing of the entire deal in my opinion is what happens to your reputation in the coaching ranks.”

There’s no shortcut to paying that kind of mortgage. If the losses begin to pile up for Nebraska and the easy way out of paying Frost’s buyout starts to look more attractive, it’s best to learn that tough lesson the easy way: From someone else

[trza-hawk 269]

Looks like the matchup against Illinois will have its own nationwide broadcast time slot so everyone has a chance to see what these two teams have to show us.

[DFW Horn 6,657]

 

Quote

 

“I have had very successful agents who represent big-time college football coaches who have told me, ‘In the face of this kind of shenanigans, I will never steer my client to one of these universities,’” Lyons said.
 

College football coaches, often with a long list of topics that prompt paranoia, have added a new one to the list: Athletic departments trying to squeeze out from under gigantic, once-promised contracts. Lyons knows because he gets calls from coaches about it often, worried they might be next.

 

Like KU could get any shittier as a football program and UTe could be more underachieving.

Fuck 'em both

[mulletpelini 5,225]

TLDR honeymoon is over

[Duane Moore 5,757]

On 8/20/2021 at 8:28 AM, Hornius Emeritus said:

From the Athletic:


Tread lightly, Nebraska.

The allure of saving $20 million is tempting, sure. But beware of the catch: Don’t dive in headfirst. Ask Kansas and Tennessee how deep that water can get.

Michael Lyons has had a front-row seat for both instances. The Dallas-based trial lawyer is now intimately familiar with this increasingly well-worn path. Kansas tried to walk it to save $3 million and get rid of David Beaty. It didn’t work. Now Tennessee is well into the woods trying to save a shade under $13 million to get rid of Jeremy Pruitt.

Nebraska hasn’t gone down that road yet. Allowing coach Scott Frost to address an ongoing NCAA investigation hours after it became public is a good sign for his future. But if the violations and losses pile up, the Huskers will have options. The school ought to avoid the most dangerous playbook for getting rid of Frost, who has a $20 million buyout if dismissed before Dec. 31, if it chooses to do so this year.

“The playbook is, ‘Let’s get out of our contract with our coach,’” Lyons said. “‘We want to fire our coach because he hasn’t won enough games. But we don’t want to pay his buyout. So we’ll hire this law firm to come in and conduct a phony investigation. That investigation will be outcome-oriented to try and drum up whatever we can to try and implicate our head coach and hopefully trigger a trapdoor provision that amounts to a for-cause termination.

“‘And then we can get our cheese out of our trap with this coach that’s not winning enough games by firing him for cause based upon a self-inflicted investigation where we turn ourselves into the NCAA.’”
The Huskers haven’t shown signs of threatening the approach yet, but the 2021 season has yet to begin. The temptation may grow, depending on the outcome of games this fall.

Frost’s buyout outpaces Beaty and Pruitt combined, but Wednesday’s news that the Huskers are under NCAA investigation still struck a similar chord — even if Frost is a former Nebraska player who was welcomed home as a conquering hero after leading UCF to an undefeated season in 2017.

How Nebraska’s investigation began is still unclear. So is the road ahead. But as the Huskers face a fork in the road, they would be wise to learn lessons from the attempts by Kansas and Tennessee to do what Nebraska will have an option to do in the coming months, despite the relatively tame nature of the alleged violations, which include analysts having too much contact with players and players working out when they weren’t allowed on campus during the COVID-19 pandemic.
New Nebraska athletic director Trev Alberts said Wednesday he was not aware of the investigation when he was hired a little more than a month ago.

“This is an ongoing investigation,” Alberts told reporters on Wednesday. “So while we would love to provide additional context and details, we simply can’t do that at this time. But I wanted to come here with Scott and acknowledge, you saw that there is an active investigation with our football program. We will continue to comply as we have done, and unfortunately, we’re not able to share details.”
As for Frost, he’s nine days away from the first game of a crucial season for his future in Lincoln. He’s 12-20 in three seasons and still looking for his first .500 record. Nebraska fans cutting loose their favorite son is about like Urban Meyer cutting Tim Tebow from the Jaguars, but Frost’s tenure at Nebraska looks headed on a similar trajectory, barring a breakout 2021 season after being picked to finish fifth in the Big Ten West by Cleveland.com’s preseason media poll with 34 voters.

If the losses pile up in Frost’s fourth season, he’ll have a group of fans and boosters motivated to turn the page to the next coach chasing Tom Osborne’s legacy, though after a pandemic-fueled budget crunch across the state and country, they may be far less motivated to pony up $20 million for the right to pay a new coach $5 million per year.

The illegal workouts and illegal use of analysts alleged in the initial investigation of Nebraska are unlikely to produce Level I violations, but turn over too many rocks, and prepare to be snakebit.

“When you go looking for violations, be careful what you ask for,” Lyons said. “Because any number of these schools at any given time have serious violations going on, not simply within whatever sport they seek to implicate their coach in, but in other sports. And what happens is you start conducting interviews — worse yet, you invite the wolf to the party. Now the NCAA is at the trough and they’re interviewing people and asking questions, and pretty soon you’ve got a raging forest fire that’s out of control — e.g., see the University of Tennessee.

“That’s exactly what Tennessee did, and in the case of David Beaty and Kansas, that’s what they did. They did it to themselves. And here’s the irony: These universities are lining up to pay law firms hundreds of thousands, and in Tennessee’s and Kansas’ case, I bet millions of dollars in attorney fees to light their athletic program on fire.”

Lyons sued on Beaty’s behalf after Kansas fired him for cause. One of Beaty’s chief offenses: Analysts doing more than is allowed by NCAA rule. Last June, Kansas settled with Beaty for $2.55 million after refusing to pay a $3 million buyout.

Lyons is representing Pruitt and is preparing to file a lawsuit to pursue Pruitt’s buyout at Tennessee, which was denied after a Tennessee-initiated investigation unearthed far more serious NCAA violations than Nebraska currently faces. Even if Tennessee saves money on Pruitt’s buyout, it will still pay a different kind of price, as shortcuts in life often demand. Lyons has seen it.
 

“I have had very successful agents who represent big-time college football coaches who have told me, ‘In the face of this kind of shenanigans, I will never steer my client to one of these universities,’” Lyons said.
 

College football coaches, often with a long list of topics that prompt paranoia, have added a new one to the list: Athletic departments trying to squeeze out from under gigantic, once-promised contracts. Lyons knows because he gets calls from coaches about it often, worried they might be next.
 

“They despise these programs that do this and they understand and their agents understand it’s a cottage industry,” Lyons said. “It’s been engineered by lawyers who are making a profit. And you want to get a marquee coach on a long-term contract? You think any good coach is gonna go sign with anybody who’s got their fingers crossed behind their back? You are destroying your athletic program, and these athletic directors and their general counsel at universities that are assisting them in doing this are very myopic in what they’re thinking.”

Athletic departments willing to do anything to escape an eight-figure buyout can quickly find that the ends have not justified the means. One more judicious route schools can take: Learning of violations themselves and leveraging them to convince a coach to settle, lest those violations become public. Still, even that gets around to coaches. An unfulfilled promise is still a promise, written and signed by all parties, unfulfilled.
But the nuclear option? Nobody survives that and no one benefits.

In college football, cheating is shrugged off by winners and, lately, is being used in court to get rid of losers. But the maneuver is rarely, if ever, as clean as schools hope. And skirting on that short-term bill almost always means long-term consequences on a number of fronts.
 

“They may be saving, in their minds, the amount of the buyout,” Lyons said. “In David Beaty’s case, that didn’t work out for them. But what they’re buying is bad PR, the potential for serious violations that impugn the sport in question or other sports — bigger violations. And they’re putting themselves in line that when the next violation happens, they’ll look back and say, ‘Well, you violated the rules on this countable coach thing,’ or whatever jaywalking offense they want to turn themselves in for in order to avoid paying their coach. But if you get through the public perception, if you get through the, ‘Hey, we may be putting the program at risk,’ the worst thing of the entire deal in my opinion is what happens to your reputation in the coaching ranks.”

There’s no shortcut to paying that kind of mortgage. If the losses begin to pile up for Nebraska and the easy way out of paying Frost’s buyout starts to look more attractive, it’s best to learn that tough lesson the easy way: From someone else

Journalism in 2021: Having the lawyer representing two coaches who got fired for cause for NCAA violations and are suing their universities as the primary source and “expert opinion” for why universities shouldn’t fire coaches over NCAA violations. 

Edited August 22, 2021 by Duane Moore

[DFW Horn 6,657]

Got a few texts from a corn fan boy yesterday with the following stale, uninformed, media hack bullet points;

• UT has now killed two conferences
• LHN sucks and not sharing T3 revenues drove CU, Zou, NU, and aggy away
• UT won't be competitive in the SEC

I politely reminded him that NU never voted for equal revenue sharing and was unsuccessful trying to launch their own network. But, I guess ignorance is indeed bliss.

I also told him corn now has an opportunity to return to the Big 12 along with aggy, Zou, and CU to show us "how to be a good partner" and run a small-market league. Profitably, equitably, and "fairly". 

[notre dame joe 205]

On 8/22/2021 at 5:51 AM, Duane Moore said:

Journalism in 2021: Having the lawyer representing two coaches who got fired for cause for NCAA violations and are suing their universities as the primary source and “expert opinion” for why universities shouldn’t fire coaches over NCAA violations. 

Baylor got sued by 52 coaches per year.

[trza-hawk 269]

Bo Pelini on a podcast? Yes!

 

[ztejas 44,233]

On 8/19/2021 at 7:22 PM, WhatTheBuck said:

Quinn started classes this week. 😛

 

I'm so confused. Players skip their entire senior years now? How is this even allowed? Is he graduating high school a year early? What bullshit graduation track is that? 

The fact that these kids are still billed as "student athletes" is a fucking joke. Just make attending class optional. They're all about to be semi professional athletes anyway. Continuing this charade is just going to fuck up the educational integrity of high schools and colleges. 

BTW - I knew he was sitting out his senior year - I didn't know he was "enrolling" at tOSU as a 17 year old. What are we doing here? 

Edited August 25, 2021 by ztejas

[Dnaguy 12,632]

8 hours ago, ztejas said:

I'm so confused. Players skip their entire senior years now? How is this even allowed? Is he graduating high school a year early? What bullshit graduation track is that? 

The fact that these kids are still billed as "student athletes" is a fucking joke. Just make attending class optional. They're all about to be semi professional athletes anyway. Continuing this charade is just going to fuck up the educational integrity of high schools and colleges. 

BTW - I knew he was sitting out his senior year - I didn't know he was "enrolling" at tOSU as a 17 year old. What are we doing here? 

 

He's already 18 and he turned 18 back in March.

He was held back a year or something.

And this is about $, NIL, and the fact that Texas doesn't allow NIL for UIL sports... which is actually kind of double standard and shitty.

He inked some deal with a Kamboucha company that gave him some sort of equity stake.

You don't pass that shit up so you can stay in high school and win a state championship that means absolutely dick in the grand scheme of things.

Equity stakes in companies can lead to wealth.

Being the qb at Ohio State can lead to $.

He's grabbing the brass ring.

[Droopy 2,639]

1 hour ago, Dnaguy said:

 

He's already 18 and he turned 18 back in March.

He was held back a year or something.

And this is about $, NIL, and the fact that Texas doesn't allow NIL for UIL sports... which is actually kind of double standard and shitty.

He inked some deal with a Kamboucha company that gave him some sort of equity stake.

You don't pass that shit up so you can stay in high school and win a state championship that means absolutely dick in the grand scheme of things.

Equity stakes in companies can lead to wealth.

Being the qb at Ohio State can lead to $.

He's grabbing the brass ring.

… for tOSU, so who gives a fuck. The only reason to care will be if he’s in the portal in 2 years. 

[LTtxfan 50,007]

10 DAYS... 🤘

 

[VoteforHank 136]

I dunno. Even our Little League team beats that Nebraska ass. 

[trza-hawk 269]

Okay, I listened to the podcast with Bo Pelini and one of his former players talking for over an hour. No tough questions or anything like that, the microphone pickup was spotty, and the delivery and body language was sub par. Some of the highlights:

 

- Pelini's teams had the highest GPAs of any time at Nebraska (keep in mind this is at Nebraska), he would keep track of players attendance and call kids out at team meetings if they missed classes. He would visit the bars around Lincoln and set some of them as off limits to his players. Nebby had fewer kids getting in trouble compared to other football schools in his time there.

 

- His win and loss record was a success. Better than the guy before him, or the two guys after him. Only a couple other guys had better records during his time as a FBS head coach.

 

- Recruiting was tough, he had to cast a wide net across several states. Some of their best players were not offered by big schools or they couldn't play the position they wanted to or were too small. They could get guys being recruited by a South Florida or AAC level team but not any guys offered by the big schools.

 

- The other host of the podcast played for Rich Rod and Brady Hoke at Michigan, and the fan base already wanted Harbaugh there the whole time after Lloyd Carr left, and Harbaugh is finding out that winning 9 or 10 games a year is tough even at Michigan.

[pubes 139]

Pelini is a fucking weird guy. Cares so much about his players doing well and succeeding off the field but berates them on the sidelines in front of a national audience. The players sure liked him at the time though. 
the nail in the bo coffin for me was LSU’s defense last year. They were fucking so horrible that I can’t help but think he’s concepts ask too much of players and his shit doesn’t work. 

[Brothahorn 10,097]

Should have kept Solich.

[pubes 139]

One really interesting way to distract your fan base from the absolute massive pile of aids jizz being shot out of your entire football program’s gaping destroyed asshole is to do something like this with no regard to recent events or really anything. It’s actually more embarrassing than the lil red fakes that came out. 

[DFW Horn 6,657]

18 hours ago, pubes said:

One really interesting way to distract your fan base from the absolute massive pile of aids jizz being shot out of your entire football program’s gaping destroyed asshole is to do something like this with no regard to recent events or really anything. It’s actually more embarrassing than the lil red fakes that came out. 

Pretty accurate description of this new jersey. White camo?

Woof

[Carl Spackler 3,615]

Stellar start to the season.

[MonkeyDoughnut 10,806]

Does Frost see Monday? He's lost all support. 2022 recruiting currently has Nebraska dead last in the Big 10. It's not like recruiting will get better keeping him.

IMO - Yes is the answer since they signed a new contract in 2019 that would cost them $15M to buyout now. They will save $5M by waiting until January 1st....

Is it worth an extra $5M to get rid of him now? Guess we'll see 

[DFW Horn 6,657]

 

 

[Francisco 2.0 32,602]

 

 

[Beau Vine 55,867]

 

[DFW Horn 6,657]

Yes, Turtle Tom to Lincoln needs to happen

 

[ztejas 44,233]

Surely Fickell can get a better job.

[DFW Horn 6,657]

 

[NYBevo 1,762]

[Horn80 6,361]

1 hour ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

Brando’s picture should be in the urban dictionary for dipshit.

 

 

[Beau Vine 55,867]

 

[El Diablo 4,232]

On 8/25/2021 at 5:29 AM, Dnaguy said:

 

He's already 18 and he turned 18 back in March.

He was held back a year or something.

And this is about $, NIL, and the fact that Texas doesn't allow NIL for UIL sports... which is actually kind of double standard and shitty.

He inked some deal with a Kamboucha company that gave him some sort of equity stake.

You don't pass that shit up so you can stay in high school and win a state championship that means absolutely dick in the grand scheme of things.

Equity stakes in companies can lead to wealth.

Being the qb at Ohio State can lead to $.

He's grabbing the brass ring.

Blashpemy.

 

[ztejas 44,233]

9 minutes ago, Horn80 said:

 

I thought Frost would do well there. Like get them back to 9-10 win seasons.

Never in a million years did I think he'd play for a national title let alone win one. 

[GTX Horn 1,725]

1 hour ago, MonkeyDoughnut said:

Does Frost see Monday? He's lost all support. 2022 recruiting currently has Nebraska dead last in the Big 10. It's not like recruiting will get better keeping him.

IMO - Yes is the answer since they signed a new contract in 2019 that would cost them $15M to buyout now. They will save $5M by waiting until January 1st....

Is it worth an extra $5M to get rid of him now? Guess we'll see 

Wow, you know it’s bad when you can’t out-recruit Rutgers.

1 hour ago, DFW Horn said:

Yes, Turtle Tom to Lincoln needs to happen

 

I know he failed here, but he wouldn’t be their worst option and I could see him actually being fairly successful there (anywhere from 7-5 to 9-3).

[Gaffords 778]

2 hours ago, MonkeyDoughnut said:

Does Frost see Monday? He's lost all support. 2022 recruiting currently has Nebraska dead last in the Big 10. It's not like recruiting will get better keeping him.

IMO - Yes is the answer since they signed a new contract in 2019 that would cost them $15M to buyout now. They will save $5M by waiting until January 1st....

Is it worth an extra $5M to get rid of him now? Guess we'll see 

It might be wise if Frost doesn't see the sun set in Nebraska today.

[Sbbruin 22,144]

44 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

 

I’m dying 

[Dirk X West 772]

Nebraska needs to get back to what made them successful in the first place, which was pumping functionally illiterate farm boys full of steroids.

[mr. sunshine 2,859]

2 hours ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

“Tim Brando is built for success and I’m going to tell you he will win multiple allsomest broadcaster ever awards, but he will be shitcanned by CBS and forced to suck SEC cock from afar while shitting all over the team you love. He could be the next generation’s Benito Mussolini.”

 

 

[Nolacycling 893]

The beginning of the end was when hay started to be bundled in those huge rolls instead of bales.

[TrashMaster G 18,109]

3 hours ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

This says everything you need to know about Tim Brando's value as a college football commentator.

[trza-hawk 269]

I am hearing Matt Campbell to Nebraska, done deal, AD already loading up the song "Signed Sealed Delivered" on his Spotify playlist for a big announcement soon after the OU game.