BOrnography?

Is anyone else starting to get nervous about the depth of glory restoring that's dominated this off season? It was nice early on. Bo fulfilled all of the immediate needs for most Nebraska fans right away with his simple man approach. The spring game was a giant success if not terribly interesting. The unity council is back and Frank Solich shouldn't have been fired.

While I appreciated the honesty out of Bo in regards to the short ball coach, his comments did elicit an eye roll out of me. Everything is starting to seem a little too easy at this point, too neat and tidy. You can't just come back, do everything the old way and succeed, right?

That's the question I've been wrestling with lately.

Today I may have found an answer: BOrnography. Ladies and gentlemen, "A Return to Tradition":

"A DVD compilation of the historical events marking the move back to Nebraska Football Tradition in 2008. See the full footage of the 1997 Championship reunion banquet featuring Charlie McBride, Jason Peter and Coach Osborne. It was the middle of the '07 season when the banquet took place, and things were looking tough for the '07 Huskers. hear the amazing insights and heart warming reflections offered by the former coaches and players, including some hilarious comments from the always entertaining Jason Peter. See the imploring request from coach Osborne for the '07 players to show their support and encouragement to the embattled 2007 Huskers. Also see the entire Bo Pelini introduction press conference and hear Bo set forth in his own words his vision for bringing tradition back to NU. And finally see highlights from the 2008 Spring Game, complete with the post game comments from coach Pelini and select players. 2007 was a tough year, but the future looks bright! DVD video, Husker Vision footage, 140 minutes."

See a banquet! Hear Tom tell the '97 team that, hell, high water, or embarrassing home beatdown, they're gonna get down there on the sidelines and CHEER, dadgumit! Watch Bo Pelini do that thing where you crane your neck and pull against the collar of your shirt with your index finger because you hate wearing ties!

OK, now there's no question about my level of concern. There is no Bill Callahan era video and that's fine, but Bo getting one before a game has even been played? It's much worse than I thought.

But then again, if the devil exploded and all evil in the world vanished, what sort of video would you want?

ESPN's take on the Red-White game

I'm a few days late on this but I was waiting for the fine people at Red Lasso to hook me up with an account.

What follows is the Nebraska portion of ESPN's College Game Day Final from last Saturday. If, like me, you weren't able to make it Lincoln of were out of the country (DT, Jeff), here's what they were saying right after it happened...



I felt like their post-spring assessment of Nebraska was pretty spot on. Ed Cunningham foresees "7-5ish" which seems about right and he cuts right through the feel good aspects of the Cody Glenn story to point out that a converted running back would probably start at linebacker if the season started today. While intriguing, that's typically not a good sign. (No pressure, Will Compton.)

Tom Luginbill, on the other hand, seems a bit more enamored with the Cornhuskers, specifically Joe Ganz. The irony here, of course, is that Luginbill is one of those professional star givers and Joe Ganz, out of high school, was not much of a star getter.

If you had to rank the signal-callers in the suddenly QBgasmic Big 12 heading into 2008 where does Ganz fit in? I'm thinking the 7, 8, 9 range is fair depending upon your opinions of Freeman, McGee and Hawkins.

Virginia Tech and the Short End of the Stick

I REALLY hope this guy gets Virginia Tech tickets next year...



And in unrelated news:

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Spring, it's all about getting better.

Trev talks child rearin'

Here's something I didn't know: Trev Albert's kids are Georgia Bulldogs fans. This makes Trev Alberts angry. But it doesn't make Trev Alberts so angry that he'd do something truly damaging like write a blog about it. (Ed: Should you change your mind, Trev, they have videos to help you.*)



The piece in question can be found here. Personally, I enjoyed the piece, thought it struck the right balance between humor and honesty and it's inclusion here confuses me for two reasons: 1) Out of the thousands of blog posts out there, this is the one that really riled Trev up? and 2) What, exactly, is the take here?

Is Chris Rasmussen, the writer in question, not supposed to want his daughter to be a Royals fan? Would it be okay for him to be angry about that? I don't know what Trev wants and that makes me angry because he's usually very clear. Trev's not known for subtlety which makes the absence of a firm take all the more alarming.

It also makes it a lot like this post but what's a Cornhusker blog supposed to do when there's no real news and barely even enough fluff on which to opine? In fact, from now on I think that, when this is the case out there in Huskerland, you can probably count on a video featuring Trev Alberts. While said videos may not always be altogether lucid, they'll never be dull.

Maybe if I do that, I'll get my own blog included in a "What the Blog" segment. C'mon, Trev. We're both Cornhuskers here...sort of.

* Self-indulgent link!! Hi-five!

The Six Inches In Front of Your Face

All in all, Any Given Sunday was a pretty forgettable movie. If not for a stray eyeball on the field--is there a word for losing an eyeball? disorbited?--and Al Pacino's big game speech, we would probably only remember it for the Crusader-inspired uniforms of the Dallas Knights.

However, if you mash-up said pre-game speech with some Tunnel Walk clips, well, that is pure magic...