Continuing on…
at #14 Nebraska 31, #7 Missouri 17
#11 Nebraska 31, at Iowa State 30
at #9 Nebraska 20, Kansas 3
#9 Nebraska 6, at #18 Texas A&M 3, Fucking Blind-Assed Homer Zebras 6
at #16 Nebraska 45, Colorado 17
#7 Wisconsin 34, at Purdue 13
at #6 Wisconsin 83, Indiana 10
#6 Wisconsin 48, Michigan 28
at #5 Wisconsin 70, Northwestern 23
at Dallas 17, Jacksonville 35
Dallas 7, at Green Bay 45
Dallas 33, at NY Football Douchebags 20
at Dallas 35, Detroit 19
at Dallas 27, New Orleans 30 (Thanksgiving)
Husker fans, keep reminding yourself:  Taylor Martinez is only a freshman.  He will  get better.
He did well enough against Missouri before tweaking his ankle and missing the second half, as well as subsequent games against Iowa State & Colorado (Cody Green did well enough in Martinez’ absence).
But Nebraska needs good quarterback play in order to do well, and until the position gets more dependable, it – and Nebraska’s overall play – is going to be a crapshoot.
Now.  This disturbs the Hell™ outta me.
For Nebraska, the victory was a happy ending to a tumultuous week. Chancellor Harvey Perlman on Sunday called out Pelini for his intense and animated outbursts directed toward officials and Martinez. Pelini publicly apologized for his behavior on Monday.
On Tuesday, defensive coordinator Carl Pelini, Bo’s brother, apologized for knocking a video camera out of the hands of a reporter on the field after the A&M game and athletic director Tom Osborne issued a statement saying he expected Bo Pelini to tone down his antics.
Well, Tom & Harvey, I suppose if you’re upset with a coach that wants to win as badly as Bo Pelini, you could  always go hire a coach that was a bit more laid back.  Someone, say, like Bill Callahan – I hear he’s  avaiable.
Of course, the reason  Pelini was pissed off might’ve had something to do with this.
Nebraska finished with 16 penalties for 145 yards, a situation that had Pelini irate and yelling at the officials for much of the game. He was called for unsportsmanlike conduct early in the fourth quarter after a particularly long tirade.
That was opposed to Texas Asslicks & Maggots only having two penalties called on them.  Hell – there were more blown calls that went against Nebraska than Assclowns & Morons had called on them all night.
An obvious A&M pass-interference penalty inside the 10 that the back judge looked directly  at, saw  the defender’s hand on the receiver’s backside whilst going over said backside, before swallowing his whistle anyway.  A phantom pass-interference call on the Huskers that got flagged immediately.  A Husker roughing-the-passer call for a legal hit.
And then Harvey Perlman & Tom Osborne wring their hands in angst and wonder why Bo’s slightly upset.  Here’s a hint, gents:  You think Bo’s torqued?  I’d’ve been positively nuclear.  Then  I’d’ve called your gutless asses out for not going to bat for the university.
But I guess that’s what happens when you’ve gotten used to Bill Callahan & losing.
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Bucky need not worry about that.  They’re rolling.  83 points against Indiana, 70 points against Northwestern, neither one of which will ever be confused with, say, New Mexico, and the Fear Of God™ has been put into this scribe.
Because they’re very likely going to be TCU’s opponent on January 1st in the Rose Bowl.  If any team can match up with TCU in the BCS, it’s these guys.  I’d almost rather play Smurf Turf Fuckhead State again.
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Wade Phillips seemed resigned to losing.  (Not that he actually was; it just seemed that way.)  That’s why Owner Jethro had no choice but to fire Coach Stay-Puf’s doughboy ass after the Green Bay debacle.
Since then, of course, the ‘Boyz have played a lot better.  Well, most of them, anyway – Roy “UT gang-hand-signal” Williams is still a piece of shit – he pulled his usual catch-the-ball-run-get-hit-and-fumble routine against the Saints, which allowed the ‘Boys to snatch defeat from the jaws of a third-straight victory.  Seriously, the sooner they get Butterfingers Roy out of the lineup, the better off the Cowboys will be.
Other than that, they had an exceptional effort against the Douchebags, and took care of business against the Lions.  Bryan McCann, who bounced around a couple teams’ practice squads after Dallas cut him in training camp, looks like he could be a real find.  For a rookie, he plays some nicely smart football – his 101-yard pick-six against the D-bags and his 93-yard punt return vs. the Lions were the linchpin for both victories.  McCann could be an Everson Walls/Larry Brown-type fixture around here for a few years.
Jon Kitna is doing okay in place of the injured Tony Romo, and Dez Bryant is having a fairly decent rookie year.  The running game still isn’t doing that hot – Jean-Jacques Taylor had the line of the year the other day:
Until two weeks ago, Felix couldn’t make a telephone pole miss.
Brilliant.  Kudos & props.
But the running game is a function of the line, and it still sucks.  Look for new faces there next season (assuming there is  a “next season”).
Even the defense is playing better, now that Paul Pasqualoni has gone to a little bit more zone in the secondary, which avoids leaving his corners on an island, where it’s more than clear that they don’t do so well.
Look for Jason Garrett to shed the “interim” tag sometime in the future.
Record during this interval:  18-6.  Overall:  67-16.  One Perfect Football Weekend™ achieved.
Only have two teams playing in the PFW this coming weekend.  Trouble is, they’re playing each other.  We’ll talk about that tomorrow.
The Mississippi State bulldogs began the year with a goal to qualify for a bowl game. This they have done. The finished out their regualr season with the traditional Mississippi State, University of Mississippi game. This game is known in Mississippi as the “Egg Bowl” and this year MSU took the win.
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2010
Posted by David Hartung @ 12:39
A side thought, Obama is a product of the Chicago political machine. How can anyone possibly believe him to be honest?
In January, it seems that our taxes will go up significantly, here is a site which runs down what those increases will be. Please note that all tax payers are are having their taxes raised. 🙁