Realistic Preview of Hawks on Nebby Board

[mopkins]

One of my good friends married a Nebraska girl. They remind me a lot of Notre Dame fans...good in the 80s, irrelevant this century, and their fans live in this fairy tale world where their team is a national powerhouse

 

[Knight78]

A couple of key players? Like the returning All B1G QB and an AA OG? Shoot, our OL was a MASH unit of hobbled 1st teamers and inexperienced 2nd teamers, and we were down to our 3rd team QB.

Soft tissue injuries have been hard on NU the past few years. But, it is what it is.

Kind of like Iowa's in 2012? Where Nebraska won 13-7?

 

[HawkeyeDenis]

Wisconsin returned 3 on defense and 6 on offense but that's all right they can reload. I ll believe it when I see it.

 

[deanvogs]

Kind of like Iowa's in 2012? Where Nebraska won 13-7?

This is just it. Iowa had two of it poorer teams in the KF era in 2011 and 2012, and Nebby just managed to to get close wins both years. Iowa had decent team last year and just waxed Nebby. I think it will be more of the same in Kinnick the day after Thanksgiving.

 

[MoseSchrute]

Yah, the wife's side of the family are Husker fans....brutal 2 years ago when we just had to stop in North Platte, NE, when Iowa had them at home....man, did I get an ear full.....Hell, even my wife's cousin (7 years old at the time) called me when we left and not even on I-80 yet and said that Iowa sucks.....Damn them Huskers......

However, last year, listening to the Husker post game....I sweat to God, someone committed Harry Carey on there......I thought the world was coming to an end....priceless.....

It was a real hard choice for me last year choosing which post-game to listen to. I switched back and forth, but wish I had listened to more of the Husker crying.

 

[tweeterhawk]

I would grade the caliber of writing as barely above second grade but setting that aside for a moment I think it's pretty fair and relatively accurate.

i do find it extremely interesting, and likely quite telling about the level of angst in Huskerville, that their online "poll" accompanying the piece is relatively even -- a combined 52 percent seeing a Fusker victory over Iowa and 48 percent seeing a win by the good guys. An open, non-scientific survey on a site like that should be heavily weighted in favor of the homers. This one ain't. STLOLOLOLOLOLOL.

 

[Benddontbreak]

A couple of key players? Like the returning All B1G QB and an AA OG? Shoot, our OL was a MASH unit of hobbled 1st teamers and inexperienced 2nd teamers, and we were down to our 3rd team QB.

Soft tissue injuries have been hard on NU the past few years. But, it is what it is.

Tell me you aren’t referring to T-Mart.

 

[PhoenixHawk]

I would grade the caliber of writing as barely above second grade but setting that aside for a moment I think it's pretty fair and relatively accurate.

i do find it extremely interesting, and likely quite telling about the level of angst in Huskerville, that their online "poll" accompanying the piece is relatively even -- a combined 52 percent seeing a Fusker victory over Iowa and 48 percent seeing a win by the good guys. An open, non-scientific survey on a site like that should be heavily weighted in favor of the homers. This one ain't. STLOLOLOLOLOLOL.

Reality has slooowly been setting in in huskerland. A good portion of their fanbase (especially those too young to remember them - like everyone under 30) actually understands that they are no longer a national power.