we agree!
Easy123 - you also know that post #16 was sincerely meant as a compliment to you and your kiddos.
Single Digit Questions
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Easy123 - you also know that post #16 was sincerely meant as a compliment to you and your kiddos.
8 wins is the floor for my prediction.
Edit: of those 8 one will be vs the Puffs and one will come via Hawks
IMO, our record depends on a couple of variables.
First, NU has to come from behind late in the game and win against a good opponent.
NU has to be able to maintain a small lead in the 4th quarter against a real good opponent on the road.
NU has to prove they are able to play complete game(s) and not beat themselves.
NU has to learn how to win.
There are others.
In the others category I would add not giving the ball to the other team 4-5 times a game.
Well of course that fits into every variable posted, don’t you think.
In the 80's and 90's between NU, OU, FSU, Miami, there was plenty of that stuff going around, then of course, we have Urban Meyers and his gang of thugs.Urban did not
It's been synonymous with big winning programs for 80 years.
nothing wrong with taking in a Lawrence Phillips and trying to do well for him. Or Aaron Hernandez. If the kid can play ball that’s all that matters. Coaches are paid for results on the scoreboard.
I think coach Osborne actually began a process that lead to the great heights this program finally achieved.
Back in the day, NU took very few juco transfers. When NU did take them, Bruce Pickens, Brian Davis, etal, those guys were immediate starters and big producers on the field. They generally became 1st round draft picks. But, NU did so sparingly.
I think TO adopted the same philosophy when we started to bring in the Christian Peters, Abdul Mohammed, LP types. Yes, we can take 1 or two real STUDS but we can't take too many to bring too much potential negative press upon us.
Before you know it, that 1 or 2 turned into 5 or 6, next thing you know, NU is OU, FSU and Miami.
And the results showed just that.
c30, i totally agree on your take with Lawrence Phillips. Tom always admitted that he wanted to give LP a chance because of his lousy upbringing.
I don't think there's anything wrong with giving a kid a chance, its even better when he is a superstar like LP.
I'm glad we had him, cause I sure didn't wanna face that dude if he were dotting the "I" at OU, FSU, Miami, or Florida.
What a stud, what a sad story and ending. He could not exorcise those inner demons.
Not many know this but LP was reported to be a good student so I don't know if 'thug' applied.
What he was not was emotionally stable. If he felt aggressive he couldn't let it go by.
He actually slept in the bushes as a teen.
We used to call it, “getting some p###y”
Rhule feels the single digit thing worked well at his previous schools so I'm good with it. I actually like it, and I've been a big bitch & moaner about introducing new traditions before a coach actually achieved anything here like pounding the rock pregame or serenading the student section post game.
I'm relieved. By the thread title I thought this was going to be a thread about people who have been digitally penetrated by a single digit, like during a proctology exam.
