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Tag: Nebraska

  • Big Red to the Big 10 (Ten years later)

    Big Red to the Big 10 (Ten years later)

    It has now been ten years since Nebraska left the Big 12 Conference for the Big 10 on June 11, 2010. On that date, the Huskers made the move out of a conference they had been a core member of since 1907, when they were original members of a conference that morphed from the MVIAA […]

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  • Good Teams Win, Great Teams Cover: Week 9 College Football Picks

    Good Teams Win, Great Teams Cover: Week 9 College Football Picks

    Northwestern/Iowa Under 37.5- Both of these teams have some offensive concerns to say the least. Northwestern can’t do anything well, averaging less than 4 yards per rush, completing less than 50% of their passes, and operating at a -6 in turnover margin this season. Iowa has spent most of their season trying to change their […]

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  • The 2019 Tailgate Society College Football Preview

    The 2019 Tailgate Society College Football Preview

    While the usual suspects appear set to be making a run at the college football playoff, there’s always plenty of room for surprises in the world of college football.

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  • Face App: What a time to be Alive!

    Face App: What a time to be Alive!

    The latest phenomena in social media and online apps is the FaceApp. Its security and privacy issues aside, it has created a buzz across the world that has provided many laughs and grimaces.

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  • The Big Ten is Just Fine: Defending Conference Expansion

    The Big Ten is Just Fine: Defending Conference Expansion

    On Tuesday, the website “Go Iowa Awesome” posted an article by Patrick Vint arguing, to quote the article title, that “the Big Ten needs to contract.” Yes, as in actually kick schools out.

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  • Hallowed Ground

    Hallowed Ground

    On Wednesday, the University of Nebraska announced that Ron Brown would be named the new director of player development for the Nebraska Football Program. Brown previously coached at Liberty University, and returns to Nebraska after coaching in multiple roles over a 24 year stretch in Lincoln, ending in 2014. Brown’s hiring has garnered praise from […]

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  • Grading the College Football Coaching Carousel

    Grading the College Football Coaching Carousel

    There are few things I love more than the silly season of college football. The twists, turns, rumors, and fabrications of the coaching carousel far outweigh the action that occurs on the field.

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  • Every power five conference needs a triple option team

    Every power five conference needs a triple option team

    If we’re honest with ourselves as fans of college football, there’s always a little added intrigue when a playoff contender takes on a triple option foe.

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  • Nebraska has no choice but to hire Scott Frost

    Nebraska has no choice but to hire Scott Frost

    It’s taken me a while to get to this point in my own head, but after Saturday’s 54-21 beatdown at the hands of Minnesota I’m there. Nebraska has no choice but to hire Scott Frost.

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