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Big Ten Nebraska (BBCF, 2010+)

The Premise:

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Nebraska's in the Big 10 one year early for the 2010 season, and Bo Pelini's in his first year in charge. Coach Pelini and crew are trying to get these Huskers well acclimated in their new conference, hoping to establish a new winning tradition. Nebraska starts the season unranked as Bo Pelini inherits a roster that has some superstars, and a lot of holes. It's gonna be a process...

The Setup:

I'm using Greydog Software's excellent Bowl Bound College Football simulator to play this dynasty (all fictional players, etc).

I'm playing this with a playoff postseason, because however you feel about having one in real life, in games it's a whole lot more interesting. I also made a few personal mods to reflect the conference movements (NU, CU, Boise, Utah) and knocked down Nebraska's "Team Prestige" a notch so I'd start out with a weaker team - and give myself a challenge.

Current Season - 2011

History

2010: 7-6 (4-4), Music City Bowl-W, 437 OFF (20th), 388 DEF (67th), AP #35, Coaches #35, BCS #40, CPU #28
2011: 7-6 (3-5), Armed Forces Bowl-W, 427 OFF (25th), 332 DEF (11th), AP #38, Coaches #39, CPU #37, BCS #51

It's my first try at a dynasty here and I'm not sure how everything's supposed to work, so feedback's definitely appreciated - as well as any help or advice as to how to make this a better dynasty journal. You guys are the pros; I'm just the newbie. Thanks!

eSI: new conference layouts

Electronic Sports Illustrated

New-look conferences to highlight 2010 NCAA season
Stuart Elmand
August 12, 2010

It's a baffling numbers-game situation right now, as leagues are swapping members around and retaining their current numbers-based names. I admit, it's been a mess trying to keep track of everything, with the Pac "12" and the Big EleveN...and most unfortunately, the Big 12, which now just looks like it's overcompensating for something. Did these conference commissioners ever think, back in the day, that they were building up huge money-making brands that were all too dependent on an ephemeral member count?! Fortunately, I've got the breakdown of the new conference splits:

Big 10

East
Ohio State
Michigan
Michigan State
Purdue
Northwestern
Indiana

West
Penn State
Iowa
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Illinois
Minnesota

Pac 10

North
Cal
Oregon
Oregon State
Washington
Washington State
Stanford

South
USC
UCLA
Arizona
Arizona State
Utah
Colorado

Training camps are in full swing around the country, as the regular season is just weeks away. I'll be back next week with my inaugural power rankings for the upcoming season, plus a breakdown of how things look in each conference - especially the new-look Big 10 and Pac 10.

Plus, a playoff preview! You've heard about it all offseason now, but the NCAA is now deciding its national championship in the old-school playoff team way. I've always been a bowl games proponent, as they offer a nice end-of-season reward and getaway for the players. They will continue to do so - for the mediocre teams.

Re: Big Ten Nebraska (BBCF, 2010+)

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><link href="http://pujols4mvp.webs.com/osdyn/osdyn.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /></head><body><center><div id="osdyn"><div id="hdr-custom-sml" style="background-color:#CD0000;">Nebraska Cornhuskers - 2010 Depth Chart - Regular Offense</div><table align="center" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" class="tblspacer" style="border-top:0;"><tr class="colhead-sml"><td align="center" width="8%"></td><td align="center" width="23%">Starter</td><td align="center" width="23%">2nd</td><td align="center" width="23%">3rd</td><td align="center" width="23%">4th</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center">WR</td><td align="center">Thad Abdullah </td><td align="center">Art Turner</td><td align="center">Chris Gamble</td><td align="center"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center">TE</td><td align="center">Ray Krepfle </td><td align="center">Jason Ameche </td><td align="center">Ken Small </td><td align="center">Isaac Chesser </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center">LT</td><td align="center">Quincy Holmes</td><td align="center">Aaron Jenkins</td><td align="center">Turk Walker</td><td align="center"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center">LG</td><td align="center">Reggie Redden</td><td align="center">Terry Horn</td><td align="center">Rodney Bryson</td><td align="center"></td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center">C</td><td align="center">Bobby Reese</td><td align="center">Eric Taylor</td><td align="center">Gary Barber</td><td align="center"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center">RG</td><td align="center">Elbert Thrash</td><td align="center">Troy Bowens </td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center">RT</td><td align="center">J.J. Barnwell</td><td align="center">Aaron Jenkins</td><td align="center">Butch Downs</td><td align="center"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center">WR</td><td align="center">Ryan Alexander </td><td align="center">J.W. Swayne</td><td align="center">Chris Gamble</td><td align="center"></td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center">QB</td><td align="center">T.J. Flutie</td><td align="center">Dameane Monk</td><td align="center">Anthony Crowell</td><td align="center"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center">FB</td><td align="center">Greg Asari-Dokubo</td><td align="center">Windrell Swayne</td><td align="center">Bert Natkin</td><td align="center"></td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center">HB</td><td align="center">Flip Quander</td><td align="center">Doug Lenda</td><td align="center">Gary Brenner </td><td align="center"></td></tr></table><div id="hdr-custom-sml" style="background-color:#CD0000;">Nebraska Cornhuskers - 2010 Depth Chart - Base 4-3 Defense</div><table align="center" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" class="tblspacer" style="border-top:0;"><tr class="colhead-sml"><td align="center" width="8%"></td><td align="center" width="23%">Starter</td><td align="center" width="23%">2nd</td><td align="center" width="23%">3rd</td><td align="center" width="23%">4th</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center">LDE</td><td align="center">Ernest Boutwell</td><td align="center">Bill Rackley</td><td align="center">Dameane Shepherd</td><td align="center"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td aliGn="center">LDT</td><td align="center">Rian Cesaire</td><td align="center">Quentin Tarkenton</td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center">RDT</td><td align="center">Terry Streets</td><td align="center">Dan Meador</td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td aliGn="center">RDE</td><td align="center">R.J. Kindt</td><td align="center">Leon St. Louis</td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center">WLB</td><td align="center">Tra Stevens</td><td align="center">Charlie Harstad</td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td aliGn="center">MLB</td><td align="center">David Stonesifer</td><td align="center">Madre Brewster</td><td align="center">Joe Bates</td><td align="center">Dennis Metcalf</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center">SLB</td><td align="center">Jim Bates</td><td align="center">Leon Manning</td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td aliGn="center">CB</td><td align="center">John Satterwhite</td><td align="center">Matt Manning</td><td align="center">Terrence Fiss</td><td align="center"></td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center">SS</td><td align="center">Dickie Brooks</td><td align="center">Charles Shell</td><td align="center">Mike Fazande</td><td align="center"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td aliGn="center">FS</td><td align="center">James Johnston</td><td align="center">Josh Walik</td><td align="center">Walt Tuilagi</td><td align="center"></td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center">CB</td><td align="center">Todd Bailey</td><td align="center">Maurice Schobel</td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td></tr></table><div id="hdr-custom-sml" style="background-color:#CD0000;">Nebraska Cornhuskers - 2010 Depth Chart - Special Teams</div><table align="center" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" class="tblspacer" style="border-top:0;"><tr class="colhead-sml"><td align="center" width="8%"></td><td align="center" width="23%">Starter</td><td align="center" width="23%">2nd</td><td align="center" width="23%">3rd</td><td align="center" width="23%">4th</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center">K</td><td align="center">James Stewart</td><td align="center">Erron Carolan</td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center">P</td><td align="center">Billy Haselrig</td><td align="center">Ernie Price</td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center">H</td><td align="center">Billy Haselrig</td><td align="center">Ernie Price </td><td align="center">Dameane Monk</td><td align="center"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center">PR</td><td align="center">Charles Shell</td><td align="center">Mike Fazande</td><td align="center">James Johnston</td><td align="center"></td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center">KR</td><td align="center">Ryan Alexander</td><td align="center">Thad Abdullah</td><td align="center">Charles Shell</td><td align="center"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center">LS</td><td align="center">Gary Barber</td><td align="center">Isaac Chesser</td><td align="center">Ken Small</td><td align="center"></td></tr></table><div align="right"><a href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com" target="_blank">OperationSports.com</a></div></div></center></body></html>

N.B. - I'm playing this as a clean slate; treating it as an all new staff with no continuity. Another one of the departures from real life, but as I'm unfamiliar with the roster there's no sense in pretending the staff is familiar with the players in a previous context.

Offense

It remains to be seen what Shawn Watson will do with this offense, but there are a few budding stars on this roster. Redshirt junior T.J. Flutie is a strong-armed, smart passer that has all the physical tools (6'4-231) and has NFL scouts all over him already - despite never having started a game. He's got a go-to man in 6'5 junior Thad Abdullah. Senior Flip Quander will carry the load at tailback, with monster fullback Greg Asari-Dokubo (6'0-245) paving the way for him. It's going to be a tough go of it with a very thin O-line, however.

The Pelini-squared crew will have their work cut out for them as well. Robert "I can't believe the game named him Dickie, I mean, for real?" Brooks had a solid freshman campaign and will look to lead this year's Husker secondary, with senior run-stuffer Terry Streets trying to do his best Ndamukong Suh impression. There's really just not a lot of talent here, but the reclamation project is a big reason why Tom Osborne brought Bo back. They must be hoping that Shawnee, Kansas cornerback Maurice Schobel - a high 3-star recruit and one of the Pelini crew's late prize grabs after the hiring - to provide some spark to this shorthanded unit.

Is optimism high? After last season - not really - but word is the Huskers are nonetheless not far from the Top 25. You know the saying - a little preseason overhyping never hurt anyone.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><link href="http://pujols4mvp.webs.com/osdyn/osdyn.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /></head><body><center><div id="osdyn"><div id="hdr-custom-sml" style="background-color:#CD0000;">Nebraska Cornhuskers - 2010 Regular Season Schedule</div><table align="center" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" class="tblspacer" style="border-top:0;"><tr class="colhead-sml"><td align="center" width="23%">Week</td><td align="center" width="23%">Date</td><td align="center" width="23%">Opponent</td><td align="center" width="23%">Result</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"> <td align="center">1</td><td align="center">Aug 21</td><td align="center">Oklahoma</td><td align="center">-</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">Aug 28</td><td align="center">Buffalo</td><td align="center">-</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"> <td align="center">3</td><td align="center">Sep 4</td><td align="center">FIU</td><td align="center">-</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">Sep 11</td><td align="center">at Wisconsin</td><td align="center">-</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">Sep 18</td><td align="center">at Michigan</td><td align="center">-</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center">6</td><td align="center">Sep 25</td><td align="center">Minnesota</td><td align="center">-</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center">7</td><td align="center">Oct 2</td><td align="center">Purdue</td><td align="center">-</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center">8</td><td align="center">Oct 9</td><td align="center">at Michigan State</td><td align="center">-</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center">9</td><td align="center">Oct 16</td><td align="center">Iowa</td><td align="center">-</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center">10</td><td align="center">Oct 23</td><td align="center">at Penn State</td><td align="center">-</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center">12</td><td align="center">Nov 6</td><td align="center">Illinois</td><td align="center">-</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center">13</td><td align="center">Nov 13</td><td align="center">Troy</td><td align="center">-</td></tr></table><div align="right"><a href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com" target="_blank">OperationSports.com</a></div></div></center></body></html>

Re: Big Ten Nebraska (BBCF, 2010+)

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><link href="http://pujols4mvp.webs.com/osdyn/osdyn.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /></head><body><center><div id="osdyn"><div id="hdr-grey-sml" style="text-align:center;">NCAA Scoreboard - Oklahoma (0-0) at Nebraska (0-0)</div><table align="center" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" class="tblspacer" style="border-top:0;"><tr class="evenrow"><td valign="top" width="60%"><table align="center" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" class="tblspacer"><tr class="colhead-sml"><td align="left" width="58%">August 21, 2010</td><td align="center" width="8%">1</td><td align="center" width="8%">2</td><td align="center" width="8%">3</td><td align="center" width="8%">4</td><td align="center" width="10%">F</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="left">#4 Oklahoma</td><td align="center">10</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">17</td><td align="center" style="background:#CC0000;">30</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="left">Nebraska</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">10</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">7</td><td align="center" style="background:#CC0000;">17</td></tr></table><div id="hdr-grey-sml" style="text-align:left; text-indent:3px;">Top Performers</div><table align="center" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" style="border-top:0;"><tr class="colhead-sml"><td align="left">Oklahoma - Stats</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="left">RB S.Crocker - 23 car, 141 yds</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="left">OLB A.DeRogatis - 14 tak, 1 sack, 3 stf, 1 int, 1 PD</td></tr><tr class="colhead-sml"><td align="left">Nebraska - Stats</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="left">WR T.Abdullah - 7 rec, 126 yds, TD</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="left">DE E.Boutwell - 4 tak, 2 sack, 1 stf, 1 defl</td></tr></table></td><td valign="top" width="40%"><div id="hdr-grey-sml" style="text-align:left; text-indent:3px;">Team Stats Comparison</div><table align="center" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" style="border-top:0;"><tr class="colhead-sml"><td width="60%"></td><td align="right" width="20%">OU</td><td align="right" width="20%">NU</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="left">First Downs</td><td align="right">18</td><td align="right">23</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="left">3rd Down Efficiency</td><td align="right">4-13</td><td align="right">11-21</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="left">4th Down Efficiency</td><td align="right">0-0</td><td align="right">1-1</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="left">Total Yards</td><td align="right">358</td><td align="right">491</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="left">Passing Yards</td><td align="right">204</td><td align="right">404</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="left">Rushing Yards</td><td align="right">154</td><td align="right">87</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="left">Penalties-Penalty Yards</td><td align="right">2-20</td><td align="right">4-35</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="left">Turnovers</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="left">Time of Possession</td><td align="right">26:21</td><td align="right">33:44</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="2"><div id="hdr-grey-sml" style="text-align:left; text-indent:3px;">Scoring Summary</div><table align="center" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" style="border-top:0;"><tr class="colhead-sml"><td align="left" colspan="3">First Quarter</td><td align="center">OU</td><td align="center">NU</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="8%">OU</td><td align="center" width="8%">9:11</td><td align="left" width="68%">Terrance McCrary 51 YD FG</td><td align="center" width="8%">3</td><td align="center" width="8%">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="8%">OU</td><td align="center" width="8%">5:22</td><td align="left" width="68%">Brian James 13 YD Pass from Kemp Sutton (Terrance McCrary PAT)</td><td align="center" width="8%">10</td><td align="center" width="8%">0</td></tr><tr class="colhead-sml"><td align="left" colspan="3">Second Quarter</td><td align="center">OU</td><td align="center">NU</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="8%">NU</td><td align="center" width="8%">10:31</td><td align="left" width="68%">James Stewart 31 YD FG</td><td align="center" width="8%">10</td><td align="center" width="8%">3</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="8%">OU</td><td align="center" width="8%">2:12</td><td align="left" width="68%">Terrance McCrary 38 YD FG</td><td align="center" width="8%">13</td><td align="center" width="8%">3</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="8%">NU</td><td align="center" width="8%">0:32</td><td align="left" width="68%">Thad Abdullah 73 YD Pass from John Howton (James Stewart PAT)</td><td align="center" width="8%">13</td><td align="center" width="8%">10</td></tr><tr class="colhead-sml"><td align="left" colspan="3">Fourth Quarter</td><td align="center">OU</td><td align="center">NU</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="8%">OU</td><td align="center" width="8%">12:07</td><td align="left" width="68%">Brian James 53 YD Pass from Kemp Sutton (Terrance McCrary PAT)</td><td align="center" width="8%">20</td><td align="center" width="8%">10</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="8%">OU</td><td align="center" width="8%">11:10</td><td align="left" width="68%">Al DeRogatis 14 YD INT Return (Terrance McCrary PAT)</td><td align="center" width="8%">27</td><td align="center" width="8%">10</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="8%">OU</td><td align="center" width="8%">4:37</td><td align="left" width="68%">Terrance McCrary 30 YD FG</td><td align="center" width="8%">30</td><td align="center" width="8%">10</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="8%">NU</td><td align="center" width="8%">1:17</td><td align="left" width="68%">Ray Krepfle 25 YD Pass from T.J. Flutie</td><td align="center" width="8%">30</td><td align="center" width="8%">17</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="2"><div style="float:left; width:292px;"><div id="hdr-custom-sml" style="background-color:#A30000; text-align:left; text-indent:3px;">Oklahoma</div><table align="center" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" class="tblspacer" style="border-top:0;"><tr class="colhead-sml"><td align="left" width="44%">Passing</td><td align="right" width="14%">C/ATT</td><td align="right" width="14%">YDS</td><td align="right" width="14%">TD</td><td align="right" width="14%">INT</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="left">QB K.Sutton</td><td align="right">10/21</td><td align="right">204</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="colhead-sml"><td align="left">Rushing</td><td align="right">ATT</td><td align="right">YDS</td><td align="right">AVG</td><td align="right">TD</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="left">RB S.Crocker</td><td align="right">23</td><td align="right">141</td><td align="right">6.13</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="left">RB K.Burton</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">19</td><td align="right">3.80</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="left">QB K. Sutton</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0.71</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="colhead-sml"><td align="left">Receiving</td><td align="right">REC</td><td align="right">YDS</td><td align="right">AVG</td><td align="right">TD</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="left">WR B.Kemoea</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">111</td><td align="right">22.2</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="left">WR B.James</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">85</td><td align="right">28.3</td><td align="right">2</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="left">RB K.Burton</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">7.0</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="left">WR P.Milburn</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="colhead-sml"><td align="left">Kicking</td><td align="right">FGM/A</td><td align="right">XPM/A</td><td align="right">PTS</td><td align="right">LONG</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="left">K T.McCrary</td><td align="right">3/3</td><td align="right">3/3</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">51</td></tr><tr class="colhead-sml"><td align="left">Punting</td><td align="right">NO.</td><td align="right">NET</td><td align="right">AVG</td><td align="right">IN 20</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="left">P J.Riemersma</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">39.0</td><td align="right">42.0</td><td align="right">1</td></tr></table></div><div style="float:right; width:292px;"><div id="hdr-custom-sml" style="background-color:#D20000; text-align:left; text-indent:3px;">Nebraska</div><table align="center" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" class="tblspacer" style="border-top:0;"><tr class="colhead-sml"><td align="left" width="44%">Passing</td><td align="right" width="14%">C/ATT</td><td align="right" width="14%">YDS</td><td align="right" width="14%">TD</td><td align="right" width="14%">INT</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="left">QB T.Flutie</td><td align="right">20/35</td><td align="right">256</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="left">QB J.Howton</td><td align="right">7/14</td><td align="right">148</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="colhead-sml"><td align="left">Rushing</td><td align="right">ATT</td><td align="right">YDS</td><td align="right">AVG</td><td align="right">TD</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="left">RB F.Quander</td><td align="right">23</td><td align="right">49</td><td align="right">2.13</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="left">RB D.Lenda</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">38</td><td align="right">4.22</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="left">QB J.Howton</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">9.0</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="left">QB T.Flutie</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">6.0</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="colhead-sml"><td align="left">Receiving</td><td align="right">REC</td><td align="right">YDS</td><td align="right">AVG</td><td align="right">TD</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="left">WR T.Abdullah</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">126</td><td align="right">18.0</td><td align="right">1</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="left">WR R.Alexander</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">88</td><td align="right">14.7</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="left">TE R.Krepfle</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">63</td><td align="right">12.6</td><td align="right">1</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="left">RB F.Quander</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">49</td><td align="right">16.3</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="left">WR J.Swayne</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">43</td><td align="right">10.8</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="left">FB G.Asari-Dokubo</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">20</td><td align="right">20.0</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="left">RB D.Lenda</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">15</td><td align="right">15.0</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="colhead-sml"><td align="left">Kicking</td><td align="right">FGM/A</td><td align="right">XPM/A</td><td align="right">PTS</td><td align="right">LONG</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="left">K J.Stewart</td><td align="right">1/2</td><td align="right">2/2</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">31</td></tr><tr class="colhead-sml"><td align="left">Punting</td><td align="right">NO.</td><td align="right">NET</td><td align="right">AVG</td><td align="right">IN 20</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="left">P B.Haselrig</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">40.3</td><td align="right">50.7</td><td align="right">0</td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div align="right"><a href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com" target="_blank">OperationSports.com</a></div></div></center></body></html>

Re: Big Ten Nebraska (BBCF, 2010+)

Tough start, good luck in the Big 10. Just don't beat my Spartans too bad :)

Re: Big Ten Nebraska (BBCF, 2010+)

OU-NU Classic Once More
Nevin Nipple, Omaha Weekly Herald
August 28, 2010

How's this for a monumental start to the season. Consider the game we just witnessed: it kicked off the 2010 college football season, marked Nebraska's first game as a Big 10 member, and featured the return of one of college football's most classic rivalries. Yep, old school Big 8 and Big 12 buddies Oklahoma and Nebraska are bringing the heat once more, this time in an out-of-conference opener, but the energy and the anticipation are as fresh as ever.

And then there's Doug Flutie's kid making his first college start in rockin' Memorial Stadium before a record 86,900-count Sea of Red.

It was a sellout crowd that sat in stunned silence as they watched T.J. Flutie, the redshirt junior signal-caller for the Cornhuskers, writhe in agony as he struggled to pick himself up from the ground in just the first quarter - after a broken play and a first-down garnering 6-yard scramble on third down, deep in his own territory.

The shocked 'ohhh's' turned into tentative cheers as Flutie finally got himself up and, clutching his back, limped all the way to the sideline with the help of his teammates. Not exactly the way this was supposed to go down.

And it was followed with another shocker: Flutie's replacement, freshman dual-threat speedster John Howton, a 3-star recruit and January commitment from Wichita, Kansas. After a summer of speculation regarding the talented youngster, we finally have an answer: redshirt, off. Howton dazzled with his legs and with his arms - finding Thad Abdullah on a deep seam for 73 yards to end the half with the Huskers trailing by just 3. Do we have a quarterback controversy in Lincoln?

It's possible - as the established #2 man now, Howton has elevated himself to the status of Fan Favorite - but make no mistake, this is Flutie's team, as it has been since the day after the Huskers' season ended last November against Colorado. And Flutie showed it by returning, injury and all, to play the entire second half.

It was rough going. The Sooner defenders were talented and strong, brutally mauling a Husker OL that looked battered and beaten by the second quarter. Flutie was clearly hurting and yet, hung in there, taking hit after hit, sack after sack. He played Heisman candidate Ken Sutton, his Sooner counterpart, to a 0-0 draw in the third, before the wheels fell off for the entire team in the final period.

Long pass. Pick six. In sixty seconds, the Husker hopes were sent crashing down. From trailing the #4 team by a very attainable 3 points in the 4th quarter to staring at the tail end of a 27-10 deficit.

But there's a funny thing about this year's Cornhuskers: they don't quit. Flutie, the team's unquestioned leader, didn't, in spite of his back issues. And the team followed suit. Sooner tailback Scott Crocker was unrelenting in his punishment of the Husker D, but the Huskers kept grinding until they finally found an opportunity late in the game.

Call it garbage time if you want. But the Huskers played this game to the end. After Flutie's terrific 25-yard lob to tight end Ray Krepfle in the corner of the endzone, James Stewart, the freshman kicker from Gibbon, NE, converted a beautiful onside kick. That wasn't garbage time - it was just an incredible kick that would make any kicker proud. And Flutie had the Huskers driving again, down into the red zone, where time expired as he took another shot at the endzone - one that would have ended the game 30-23.

It was as rough a loss as any, but Husker fans can take heart after all the positives shown by a tough-as-nails squad battling the #4 team in the country - and knowing they will see these guys again next year. The Huskers will now be able to take a breather before their Big Ten slate opens up, with Buffalo and FIU in back-to-back weeks.

Word on Flutie is a strained oblique right now, so that's definitely a situation to watch in the coming week. The Huskers are also down starting outside LB Jim Bates with a strained knee ligament - awaiting test results.

Husker fans shouldn't take this next match too lightly, though: that's Turner Gill's team in Buffalo, and though the former Husker great has now moved on to coaching Kansas, he ingrained 'overachieving' firmly into those players and that's not something they'll soon drop. The Bulls lost their first match to Big Ten opponent Northwestern in a 38-45 shootout and put up one of the nation's Top 10 offensive performances in Week 1.

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Re: Big Ten Nebraska (BBCF, 2010+)

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Originally Posted by hockeyplaya2724 (Post 2041235652)

Tough start, good luck in the Big 10. Just don't beat my Spartans too bad :)

Thanks! We're on the road this year and it'll be a tough draw...we're pretty evenly matched in this game, I think. :whitsmile you should definitely check back for that game!

Re: Big Ten Nebraska (BBCF, 2010+)

:y5:

I just lost to freakin' Buffalo! Not NFL Buffalo...COLLEGE BUFFALO! :shocked:

Updates tomorrow. I'm seriously crying inside here...not cool at all. And it's a text sim without difficulty levels, so there wasn't much I could do about it...just one of those games...