[Husker] NU vs. PSU

[Smith, William]

As most of you have not forgotten, there is a football game on Saturday.   

There is a clearly an imposing context to this game.   While both sides face distractions galore,unfortunately I think Nebraska faces more disadvantages than does Penn State.  It's hard to tell if the emotion of the day will distract or motivate Penn State's players and coaches, but I am more worried that Nebraska faces more uncertainties and will have a more difficult time preparing for a game in such volatile circumstances.  

Here's hoping the October 29 and not the November 5 team shows up in State College.

Bill Smith
Towson, MD



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On Nov 9, 2011, at 1:49 PM, "Mike Jaixen" <mikejaixen at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Penn State and JoePa likely knew what Jerry Sandusky was doing in 1998.
> 
> http://www.timesonline.com/columnists/sports/mark_madden/madden-sandusky-a-state-secret/article_863d3c82-5e6f-11e0-9ae5-001a4bcf6878.html
> 
>  
> Mike Jaixen
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> http://www.cornnation.com
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> From: Steve Cornelius <sscornelius at gmail.com>
> To: Husker List <husker at tssi.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 9, 2011 11:26 AM
> Subject: Re: [Husker] NU vs. PSU
> 
> Actually, I do think it's a "Penn State 'thing.'" Sandusky was allowed
> unfettered access to the football offices after 2002 when the grad
> assistant reported the deviant behavior to Joe Pa. Paterno "is" Penn State
> and he has overall responsibility for the football program. I agree that
> the players are not involved, but I have a hard time believing none of the
> other coaches were unaware of what was going on. This will be debated for
> years in both the criminal and civil courtrooms.
> 
> Dirk Chatelain has a pretty column this morning. He thinks the game should
> be cancelled. It won't happen, but I can't argue with his logic:
> http://goo.gl/E51c5.
> 
> Makes you appreciate how Tom Osborne went out -- one or two years too early
> rather than a year too late.
> 
> GBR!!
> 
> --
> Steve Cornelius
> 
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> 
> 
> On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 10:53 AM, Nick Chevance <nickchevance at gmail.com>wrote:
> 
>> 
>> I don't see this as a "Penn State" thing.  Sure, this happened at Penn
>> State, but it involved none of the players, almost none of the
>> coaching staff, and its not even remotely related to football, or this
>> game.  Its going to be an interesting game, no doubt, but I think it
>> was going to be an interesting game without the circus coming to town
>> and setting up in the athletic department offices.
>> 
>> The question to me is how will this affect team preparation.  They've
>> had an off week to prepare.  That can't be good for us.  We played
>> poorly last week, which wasn't good for us.  And they are a good team
>> - not great, or even the best in the conference, but fully capable of
>> beating us at home.  Frankly I'm much more worried about our ability
>> to come back after that loss to NwU than how this whole mess plays on
>> the field with the Penn State team.
>> 
>> So, what's the line today?  Still 2.5 points?  And what factors go in
>> to making that line?
>> 
>> Nick
>> 
>> --
>> “You can lead a horse to prune juice, but you can't make him drink it.
>> Nor would you want to.”
>> Space Ghost
>> 
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