[Husker] 2006 FB Schedule

[Lee]

When you have a dynasty such as Nebraska has had since Devaney it is tough 
to get "great" teams to come to Nebraska in what I call "The Big Twelve" 
preseason. We all remember "great" teams that were rated high that came into 
Lincoln and their hinders handed to them on a tin platter thus ruining their 
rating before the Conference season starts. Remember NU at UCLA in the 90s? 
We did not want to go there and they killed us. Cripes I still remember 
sitting on my deck, listening to that game and thinking about jumping off my 
deck.

So I view it this way: spring practice, summer drills, fall practice and 
then the Conference schedule.

It is tough to criticize a AD when you really understand no one wants to 
come to Lincoln to play. Perhaps we should zero in and see who Miami, 
Florida State, Okalahoma, Texas, Penn State  and the likes play in 
preseason. I have watched this and they are no different then NU.

The way I understand it is that most of the pre-conference games are 
actually lined up 5 years in advance. If we have that many openings for 2006 
then some teams must have bowed out after they committed. We are very well 
aware of the fact that in the last 10 years there have been teams cancel 
their trip to Lincoln at the last minute and (I believe) actually pay a fee 
for ducking the game. When this happens what is the AD to do? Just not have 
a game that Saturday? Lose the revenue? If so then everybody will be after 
his head for losing money.

Boy I miss the RED CLAD LOON this year. Yoo-hoo do you hear me (us)?

Lee Wilmart
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve" <HuskerzDad at insightbb.com>
To: "'Huskerz'" <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 7:15 PM
Subject: RE: [Husker] 2006 FB Schedule


Are you guys serious... Arkansas State, Troy?   How ironic that the Sun Belt
conference teams are mentioned.  Do their referees come to Lincoln, too?
Maybe they can team up with Steve Usecheck (sp)...

As a season ticket holder, it would be nice to see someone do something more
challenging with the schedule.  I'd enjoy the close games, rather than the
blowouts...as long as the team gives 100% effort.

I'd think that potential recruits would be more interested in playing other
top athletes.

Steve G
Loves Park, IL

(deep behind enemy lines in big TelEveN country)



-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Lambert [mailto:slimmer37 at hamilton.net]
Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 5:20 PM
To: Mark Landin; Steve
Cc: Huskerz
Subject: Re: [Husker] 2006 FB Schedule

I read in the Lincoln Star that Arkansas St. and Troy where coming to
Lincoln next year. And the fact that both of these teams are in the Sun Belt

Conference.

                                  Tony Lambert
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Landin" <marklandin at gmail.com>
To: "Steve" <HuskerzDad at insightbb.com>
Cc: "Huskerz" <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 5:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Husker] 2006 FB Schedule


The AD is responsible for scheduling. He may delegate those tasks to
delegates like the Asst. AD for Football Operations.

There are currently two openings in the 2006 schedule. Considering that our
department likes to schedule a "1 hard, 1 medium, and 1 easy" NC schedule,
with USC fitting in the "hard" slot, expect to fill the other slots with an
Illinois State-type and an Arkansas-type.


On 12/30/05, Steve <HuskerzDad at insightbb.com> wrote:
>
> Whose job is it to schedule future opponents?
>
> Are there still two or three openings on the 2006 schedule?  Is it normal
> to not have the following year's non-conference schedule wrapped up by >
>now?
>
> What teams in the top 75 have open dates that might schedule Nebraska?
>
> Is there any chance that the responsible party will schedule a decent
> home-and-away series with a perennial top 25 team?
>
> Steve G
> Loves Park, IL
>
> (deep behind enemy lines in big TelEveN country)

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