Nebraska Cornhuskers (corn)

[knapplc]

Looks like starting at noon, the BTN goes wall to wall Huskers. Welcome aboard.

DVR is set. I have the day off. Can't wait!

 

[stowfan]

Over the long week end, the BTN showed replays of both the 1998 Orange Bowl and the 1998 Rose Bowl. If I had to vote on number one based on those two games, Nebraska would have to get my vote. Holding Tennessee to nine points into the third quarter was impressive.

 

[knapplc]

Over the long week end, the BTN showed replays of both the 1998 Orange Bowl and the 1998 Rose Bowl. If I had to vote on number one based on those two games, Nebraska would have to get my vote. Holding Tennessee to nine points into the third quarter was impressive.

Sagarin's computer rankings for 1997 had Michigan finishing fourth, with Nebraska on top. It wasn't really that close, when you look at the body of work throughout the season by both teams and then their bowl games. Peerless Price, Peyton Manning and Jamal Lewis, Shaun Ellis, Terry Fair and Leonard Little - this is not a chopped-liver team, and the Huskers demolished them.

Meanwhile, Michigan eked out a win over Ryan Leaf and Wazoo, a lackluster team. Nebraska whipped the #3 team in the country, while Michigan barely beat the #8 team in the country.

Rankings and teams that Nebraska beat in the final AP Poll:

7 - Tennessee
8 - Kansas State
18 - Washington
20 - Texas A&M
23 - Missouri

Rankings and teams that Michigan beat in the final AP Poll:

9 - Washington State
12 - The Buckeyes
16 - Penn State



Nebraska beat more ranked teams, and higher ranked teams, and more decisively.

I mean, yeah - I'm biased. But it really shouldn't have been a split vote.

 

[knapplc]

DVR is set. I have the day off. Can't wait!

Saddest thing about this weekend was that the rain over the weekend really spread out the daughter's softball tournament, so I ended up not having time to watch any of these games. They're all recorded, though, and I'm going to have a grand old time watching these games again.

 

[DallasHusker]

How so you get in trouble in Nebraska? If you file a gun the odds of hitting anything but a dirt mound, a rusting tractor or a prairie dog are a billion to one. Rape is out of the question, as since the invention of barn door locks, the whole state is damn near celibate. Now, if [censored] poor passing offenses were criminalized, then you might have some ex-cons running around the state.

Careful there, 'Rube. The last time you tried to talk similar [Mark May] about the Huskers, I had to put you in your place regarding your characterization of Lincoln vis-a-vis Apple stores and Starbucks. I'm sure I can do it again, if need be. For now, I'll just say that at least we know to fire our guns, vs. file them. :!

 

[JCOSU86]

"There will be some mixed emotions; we have a long history with schools like Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri and Iowa State," said Osborne, who coached 25 games against each of those teams. "It's sad to be leaving them, but on the other hand our fans, coaches and athletes are all looking forward to being in the Big Ten. This is not to disparage anyone in the Big 12 -- we had a great amount of respect for all of those schools -- but in terms of how we view academics and athletics, we're probably a little more like-minded across the board with those in the Big Ten than the Big 12."

I still say to bring 'em. Only the Cyclones don't bring something to the table and even they will be a natural rival to the Hawkeyes. Beats the pathetic love that Ntre Ame gets.

 

[knapplc]

Well.... this sucks.

NU self-reports violation regarding textbooks

The University of Nebraska Athletic Department announced Tuesday that it has self-reported NCAA violations pertaining to student-athletes who inadvertently received recommended course textbooks, in addition to their required textbooks.

Recommended textbooks are not permissible under NCAA legislation. Nebraska submitted a report to the NCAA on the matter just recently.

Nebraska uncovered the violations on its own, and conducted an investigation into the situation.

Nebraska found that "no intentional wrongdoing, no monetary reward and no competitive advantage was gained on any part of the student-athletes involved."

Staff at the University Bookstore provided the recommended textbooks believing it permissible that student-athletes receive them.

This happened with student athletes between the spring of 2007 and fall of 2010. The total value of the textbooks comes to $27,869.47, with the average cost amounting to less than $60 per athlete.

The compliance department found 181 student-athletes whose extra benefits from the books totaled less than $100 and 57 athletes whose benefits totaled more than that. The athletes involved individually paid a charity of their choice to the amount of the extra benefit received.

Nebraska athletic director Tom Osborne said Tuesday he didn't know a timetable on when the NCAA might render its opinion, but suspected it would not come until maybe October at the earliest.

"The important thing to understand is that opposed to as some other NCAA cases involving books, no student-athletes received any money. In other words, they didn't sell their books and pocket the money," Osborne said. "There was no scam of that type. No one knowingly violated any rules. The student-athletes simply did what they were told they could do. The extra benefit was really simply the use of some books they probably normally would not have bought. ... There was no athletic competitive advantage. In other words, there was no recruit that came here, nobody that was given a leg up in terms of competitive ability and certainly no coaches were involved at all in this.

"The error that we made was we simply did not monitor the situation as we should have. We probably should have had regular communication with the bookstore from our compliance office, and in turn, it would have been very helpful had the bookstore at some point have given us a call and said, "Is this something we can do?"

While not the most serious of missteps you'll find, Osborne said the situation is "embarrassing."
"I had hoped that something like this wouldn't happen," Osborne said. "But I guess if there is any redeeming factor, it's that nobody intentionally did anything. We simply did not monitor things as closely as we should have."

I cannot fathom how giving athletes textbooks, even non-essential textbooks, is "inadvertent." I don't think we're going to find out that Joe Schmoe in the same class was also given the same book. The deciding factor is clearly that the guy receiving the book is an athlete. How freaking dumb can you be?

I would also like to know what the hell our Compliance Department is doing not uncovering this for four years.

I suppose if I had to see a violation from my school, something regarding textbooks would be the least of all evils. It's still embarrassing and stupid, though.

 

[Sportsbuck28]

It's a joke that because it's a 'reccomended' and not 'required' textbook that that's a violation.

 

[OHSportsFan]

I suppose if I had to see a violation from my school, something regarding textbooks would be the least of all evils. It's still embarrassing and stupid, though.

Seriously.

I don't know about you but this is a bit of a laugher in my eyes. Give the athletes any books they may need.

I wouldn't even be embarrassed about this. At all.

 

[Diego-Bucks]

Yeah, that's a joke. Textbooks that are recommended for a course are given to scholarship athletes. No big deal. Yes, its a violation but its the best kind, the one that helps athletes in their edumacation.

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

Well.... this sucks.



I cannot fathom how giving athletes textbooks, even non-essential textbooks, is "inadvertent." I don't think we're going to find out that Joe Schmoe in the same class was also given the same book. The deciding factor is clearly that the guy receiving the book is an athlete. How freaking dumb can you be?

I would also like to know what the hell our Compliance Department is doing not uncovering this for four years.

I suppose if I had to see a violation from my school, something regarding textbooks would be the least of all evils. It's still embarrassing and stupid, though.

Worse than SMU. I don't care if your team gets the death penalty! :p

 

[Saw31]

Sagarin's computer rankings for 1997 had Michigan finishing fourth, with Nebraska on top. It wasn't really that close, when you look at the body of work throughout the season by both teams and then their bowl games. Peerless Price, Peyton Manning and Jamal Lewis, Shaun Ellis, Terry Fair and Leonard Little - this is not a chopped-liver team, and the Huskers demolished them.

Meanwhile, Michigan eked out a win over Ryan Leaf and Wazoo, a lackluster team. Nebraska whipped the #3 team in the country, while Michigan barely beat the #8 team in the country.

Rankings and teams that Nebraska beat in the final AP Poll:

7 - Tennessee
8 - Kansas State
18 - Washington
20 - Texas A&M
23 - Missouri

Rankings and teams that Michigan beat in the final AP Poll:

9 - Washington State
12 - The Buckeyes
16 - Penn State



Nebraska beat more ranked teams, and higher ranked teams, and more decisively.

I mean, yeah - I'm biased. But it really shouldn't have been a split vote.

I've said it for years. Nebraska would have kicked the shit out of M*ch*g*n that year. The one I've always wanted to see was a PSU/NU game from a few years earlier. That would have been one hell of a game...

 

[BB73]

Well.... this sucks.



I cannot fathom how giving athletes textbooks, even non-essential textbooks, is "inadvertent." I don't think we're going to find out that Joe Schmoe in the same class was also given the same book. The deciding factor is clearly that the guy receiving the book is an athlete. How freaking dumb can you be?

I would also like to know what the hell our Compliance Department is doing not uncovering this for four years.

I suppose if I had to see a violation from my school, something regarding textbooks would be the least of all evils. It's still embarrassing and stupid, though.

So THAT'S how Nebraska has has the most Academic All-Americans among college football programs - extra books! :tongue2:

This is a minor issue unless they are selling both sets of books and getting extra money that way.

 

[Jaxbuck]

Do you want to play "compare the rap sheets?" I think I have a box full of Florida ammo from the Spurrier era, chock full of assaults on women, dozens of arrests, weapons charges and the like.

Do we want to throw all that [Mark May] down on each other, or can we let the ghosts of Lawrence Phillips' career at Nebraska die?

Don't forget the Galen Hall years when talking rap sheets with a gator fan. They got into some serious trouble back then and its like a collective amnesia when you bring it up (probably because 65% of them became gator fans circa 1996).

 

[Tlangs]

Sagarin's computer rankings for 1997 had Michigan finishing fourth, with Nebraska on top.

Not too mention that Michigan played in their bowl game with an ineligible player after Woodson took a free trip to party with his future agent and got a free suit for his Heisman ceremony.