Game Thread Official Nebraska Vs. Cockeye Game Day Thread

[whoboppin]

BTN showing 2014 Nebraska vs Cockeye right now.

Damn I forgot how good that game was and the playmakers we had, only for Pelini to get fired the next day.

Armstrong throwing YOLO bombs.
Abdullah refusing to get tackled
Bell making electric catches
Westercamp with pillows for hands
Pierson-El with several incredible punt returns.

If Pelini was about 25% less asshole and would have hired a real DC to challenge him, I think he could have done it. So it goes.

 

[SOHusker11]

Being a Nebraska fan has been terrible the past decade or so, but put that aside and just imagine being a Cockeye fan

Cockeye fan life

• Start season and play 2 games vs Miami of Ohio and Northern Cockeye equivalents. Average score is like 25-12 and 1 of the TDs is a special teams TD or defensive score
• Every year the marquee non-conference game is boring ass ISU. You win most of these games which is nice, but you also lose your fair share to them about a third of the time. Big Trip for the fanbase is to Ames. Average score is about 20-16
• Big Ten gives you easy ass schedule every year. In 7 to 8 of the 9 conference games, your entire strategy is to play the most boring, soul crushing brand of football imaginable. Throw for like 132 yards and punt 8-10 times a game and hope your opponent makes a mistake. In about 5 of these games flip a coin. If you get heads 4 times, you are 10-2. If you get tails 4 times you are 7-5. Average score is about 24-21
• Other game vs an elite opponent you get murdered and every calls you a fraud. Average score is about 42-7
• Play a bowl vs like Kentucky or Mississippi St because no bowl wants to see your boring team and finish 8-5 most years
• Offseason - Ignore Racism and give Ferentz a lifetime contract extension for fear of becoming Purdoodoo or Northwestern. Talk trash about your old QB and that this new QB will get the job done for us. It obviously isnt Ferentz that is making these QBs terrible.

^Repeat for 30 years with about 4 good seasons mixed in.

Just a depressing existence as a fan.

This is about as good of a summary as you'll get. A+

 

[Baron Winnebago]

BTN showing 2014 Nebraska vs Cockeye right now.

Damn I forgot how good that game was and the playmakers we had, only for Pelini to get fired the next day.

Armstrong throwing YOLO bombs.
Abdullah refusing to get tackled
Bell making electric catches
Westercamp with pillows for hands
Pierson-El with several incredible punt returns.

I truly don’t remember much about the game. We erased a 17 point deficit, took the lead, then Cockeye took the lead with a couple minutes to play. We just kicked a field goal to send it to OT.

I'm not familiar with, how do you say, punt returns?

 

[Kaladin]

Being a Nebraska fan has been terrible the past decade or so, but put that aside and just imagine being a Cockeye fan

Cockeye fan life

• Start season and play 2 games vs Miami of Ohio and Northern Cockeye equivalents. Average score is like 25-12 and 1 of the TDs is a special teams TD or defensive score
• Every year the marquee non-conference game is boring ass ISU. You win most of these games which is nice, but you also lose your fair share to them about a third of the time. Big Trip for the fanbase is to Ames. Average score is about 20-16
• Big Ten gives you easy ass schedule every year. In 7 to 8 of the 9 conference games, your entire strategy is to play the most boring, soul crushing brand of football imaginable. Throw for like 132 yards and punt 8-10 times a game and hope your opponent makes a mistake. In about 5 of these games flip a coin. If you get heads 4 times, you are 10-2. If you get tails 4 times you are 7-5. Average score is about 24-21
• Other game vs an elite opponent you get murdered and every calls you a fraud. Average score is about 42-7
• Play a bowl vs like Kentucky or Mississippi St because no bowl wants to see your boring team and finish 8-5 most years
• Offseason - Ignore Racism and give Ferentz a lifetime contract extension for fear of becoming Purdoodoo or Northwestern. Talk trash about your old QB and that this new QB will get the job done for us. It obviously isnt Ferentz that is making these QBs terrible.

^Repeat for 30 years with about 4 good seasons mixed in.

Just a depressing existence as a fan.

And they have no hope for the future. Nothing to look forward to other than maybe KKK stepping down and a new coach but what good coach wants to go to Cockeye

 

[Kaladin]

If Pelini was about 25% less asshole and would have hired a real DC to challenge him, I think he could have done it. So it goes.

I wonder how Pelini would do in the age of NLI since he wouldn’t have to recruit

 

[doublewing]

• Offseason - Ignore Racism and give Ferentz a lifetime contract extension for fear of becoming Purdoodoo or Northwestern. Talk trash about your old QB and that this new QB will get the job done for us. It obviously isnt Ferentz that is making these QBs terrible.

What is interesting about Cockeye and with each passing year it is less coincidental, is that somehow Cockeye has gone 20 years without an athletic QB. The last time they had one it was Brad Banks and it was their best season under Ferentz. Playmaking QB who won games and was the Heisman runner-up.

Since then, Kirk has gone with non-athletic palookas that are not game changers and more often a liability in big games. They've had teams in position to win conference championships but decisions like these give them a defined ceiling.

BTW, I could have changed "athletic" to black QB. Maybe that explains it.

 

[22*43*51]

Being a Nebraska fan has been terrible the past decade or so, but put that aside and just imagine being a Cockeye fan

Cockeye fan life

• Start season and play 2 games vs Miami of Ohio and Northern Cockeye equivalents. Average score is like 25-12 and 1 of the TDs is a special teams TD or defensive score
• Every year the marquee non-conference game is boring ass ISU. You win most of these games which is nice, but you also lose your fair share to them about a third of the time. Big Trip for the fanbase is to Ames. Average score is about 20-16
• Big Ten gives you easy ass schedule every year. In 7 to 8 of the 9 conference games, your entire strategy is to play the most boring, soul crushing brand of football imaginable. Throw for like 132 yards and punt 8-10 times a game and hope your opponent makes a mistake. In about 5 of these games flip a coin. If you get heads 4 times, you are 10-2. If you get tails 4 times you are 7-5. Average score is about 24-21
• Other game vs an elite opponent you get murdered and every calls you a fraud. Average score is about 42-7
• Play a bowl vs like Kentucky or Mississippi St because no bowl wants to see your boring team and finish 8-5 most years
• Offseason - Ignore Racism and give Ferentz a lifetime contract extension for fear of becoming Purdoodoo or Northwestern. Talk trash about your old QB and that this new QB will get the job done for us. It obviously isnt Ferentz that is making these QBs terrible.

^Repeat for 30 years with about 4 good seasons mixed in.

Just a depressing existence as a fan.

For the life of me I’m trying to remember if I have ever wrote a paragraph about a rival team.

Let me think….

 

[whoboppin]

I wonder how Pelini would do in the age of NLI since he wouldn’t have to recruit

Pelini's biggest flaw would still be his defense. WiscyDicks ran the kryptonite to it. I have never understood how someone with his defensive mind wasn't able to make adjustments or prepare for a downhill running scheme. Even bad teams don't give up 400-500 rushing yards to WiscyDicks. It just doesn't make sense to me. If he hires a real DC instead of a yes man, maybe he would have been able to solve it.

Personally, I didnt really care about all his off the field nonsense, he had to go because he was giving up 500 yards rushing to teams.

 

[Kaladin]

For the life of me I’m trying to remember if I have ever wrote a paragraph about a rival team.

Cool story bro

 

[Baron Winnebago]

For the life of me I’m trying to remember if I have ever wrote a paragraph about a rival team.

But have you ever written a paragraph though?

 

[doublewing]

For the life of me I’m trying to remember if I have ever wrote a paragraph about a rival team.

Just 45K posts on a rival team's board.

 

[LoudHogRider]

For the life of me I’m trying to remember if I have ever wrote a paragraph about a rival team.

The use of AI can help you with your words, amigo.

 

[whoboppin]

For the life of me I’m trying to remember if I have ever wrote a paragraph about a rival team.

You have 45,000 messages on this board

 

[BingoDingo]

For the life of me I’m trying to remember if I have ever wrote a paragraph about a rival team.

Let me think….

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[Herbie]

Ok state down 21-0 and about to go 0-9 in the big 12.

Maybe the mullet will be fired and we can hire the mullet to be the skullets qb coach

 

[HerbRedman]

Prediction tracker:

HOL: 3/3 picked NU win
247: 4/4 picked NU win
OWH: 3/3 picked IA win

So each show was unanimous in picking their winner.

 

[Herbie]

Prediction tracker:

HOL: 3/3 picked NU win
247: 4/4 picked NU win
OWH: 3/3 picked IA win

So each show was unanimous in picking their winner.

OWH loves to be pessimistic

 

[Tell_Sackett]

Pelini's biggest flaw would still be his defense. WiscyDicks ran the kryptonite to it. I have never understood how someone with his defensive mind wasn't able to make adjustments or prepare for a downhill running scheme. Even bad teams don't give up 400-500 rushing yards to WiscyDicks. It just doesn't make sense to me. If he hires a real DC instead of a yes man, maybe he would have been able to solve it.

Personally, I didnt really care about all his off the field nonsense, he had to go because he was giving up 500 yards rushing to teams.

Pelini's attitude and demeanor is the main reason he is no longer coaching at a high level program imo. That type of demeanor may work for a coordinator, but the head man has to possess better communication and leadership qualities.

When my nephew was being recruited, I'm not sure if NU ever showed any real interest in him, but he wouldn't have even considered Nebraska purely due to Pelini's attitude and how he treated people. I'm sure there were plenty of other recruits that took that stance. Pelini wasn't good enough to overcome his major personality flaw and if you are middling at your job, AD's won't put up with it either.

 

[BIGSTICK67]

Prediction tracker:

HOL: 3/3 picked NU win
247: 4/4 picked NU win
OWH: 3/3 picked IA win

So each show was unanimous in picking their winner.

I mean. Does it matter?

If everyone knew they'd be betting (and winning) most of the time.

Also realizing you just sharing information, but never understood why people get so rustled about this. Onescoreloss is obviously rustled. Ha ha!

 

[Cash68847]

BTN showing 2014 Nebraska vs Cockeye right now.

Damn I forgot how good that game was and the playmakers we had, only for Pelini to get fired the next day.

Armstrong throwing YOLO bombs.
Abdullah refusing to get tackled
Bell making electric catches
Westercamp with pillows for hands
Pierson-El with several incredible punt returns.

I truly don’t remember much about the game. We erased a 17 point deficit, took the lead, then Cockeye took the lead with a couple minutes to play. We just kicked a field goal to send it to OT.

That team had more talent than the team this year.