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Because priorities....
Bring UCF in on Oct. 27th you crybabies....or go there.
This is the mentality of husker fan. A hurricane that is approaching which potentially destroys homes and businesses and takes lives. And they think, "how can we capitalize to get an extra game!?!" And they wonder why people enjoy seeing them become a larger dumpster fire than they already are!!
I grew up close to there and this is so true. It is all they have; front page football stories in the middle of May.
How many ACC/SEC, or even Sun Belt-level teams would be a sure win for the Fuskers to get bowl eligible?
As did I, just across the river. Still have a home in Omaha but live in Ireland now. When I was back in June turned on 590 and the first thing heard was about the football team and recruiting. It really gets old...
Your attempt to try to spin this into something that makes Nebraska look weak is silly and petty. It's a smart move. There are reasons Power5 teams schedule lower level FBS and FCS schools - to hopefully get a win and to fill the stadium and make money. It's why they pay those teams to come play. It's why Iowa does the same thing.
Nebraska has a P5 team (Oklahoma, Colorado, Tennessee, Arizona) scheduled 14 times in the next 16 seasons to go along with the plethora MAC schools, a CUSA, and a couple AAC schools. It's bad business to not try to reschedule a home game. Why would you leave millions on the table? Also, the value a bowl game has to a young Husker team is really important, so why is it a bad thing to try to re-schedule with the same intent you scheduled with when you originally put Akron on the calendar? The same reason Iowa puts NIU, North Texas, Wyoming, Miami OH, Mid Tennessee State on it's schedule. Make money, get wins.
He was insinuating the opportunistic intent of the OWH column in poor taste, cherry picking an easy win. You have college kids playing a game vs people lives and livelihoods will almost assuredly end.
I tend to agree it makes Nebraskans (or OWH), not the FB program, look a bit detached with priorities.
You missed the point others were making. The hurricane is going to wreck people's lives and this article is talking about how this will help schedule a football game. Nobody is saying they shouldn't try to reschedule a game. The article, however, seems to be in bad taste that Nebraska is priotitizing a football game.
I think the opening paragraph makes it very clear that a football game is nothing compared to the potential for lives impacted by the hurricane.
1) I think the opening paragraph makes it very clear that a football game is nothing compared to the potential for lives impacted by the hurricane: "Let’s start with the obvious disclaimer: It’d be better if Hurricane Florence suddenly, mysteriously dissipated over the Atlantic Ocean and didn’t make landfall in the United States. How a college football schedule might be impacted pales in comparison to the human and property devastation of a potential Category 4 hurricane."
2) This was an article written by a sports writer without any quotes from the Nebraska AD or coaches. It is pure speculation on his part, trying to fill space. Is it in bad taste? Probably. Did it come from anywhere within the Nebraska AD? No.
I don't disagree. I think the problem is the OWH puts it out, and starts the conversation, by and large. There is no need and probably isn't much of a conversation if the OWH/McKoewen doesn't write this article. He's the type of guy that is always trying to find an angle that others haven't thought of. It's not really my style. When I saw the article posted on HuskerMax, I did a bit of an eyeroll. This is what our media is talking about?? I just think it's unfair to say it says anything about a fanbase or the AD, coaches, etc. It's the OWH.
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If you have to put a disclaimer in a column maybe it isn’t the best time to write said column.
I am not defending the column. But I think the fact that the first thing he says is, it would be better if the hurricane weren't a thing, and that no one mentioned it, tells me most people read a headline and didn't even attempt to read the article.
Essentially his article says: here are the football games that could be impacted, and this is what it could mean if Nebraska wants to schedule one of them. Is that a really horrible thing to do after saying "it would be better if the hurricane would dissipate into nothing and impact no one"?
One other thing, perhaps the writer is naive about what its like to live through a hurricane and the aftermath. This isn't a thunderstorm with lightning that cancels a game. I think he's from rural Midwest. Not saying it's okay to write, but definitely not very well thought out on his part, maybe because he doesn't even realize how bad it is. Who knows. I don't think it means hes a horrible person, but it probably wasn't a good decision. I'll agree with you there.
I don't think he should have written it. Doesn't mean I'm right. I don't know the struggles of writing for a newspaper. But I'm trying to understand the push to create content.
That is stunning even for the World-Herald. People may die in this event, and even if not that flooding and destruction and interruption of lives who are fellow Americans. But by all means it means more opportunities to schedule a 12th game, so let's highlight that. Just because you can write a story does not mean that you should.
I thought it would be how Frost was going to drive to the Carolinas and with his God-like powers, convince the hurricane to go away. After all, is there anything he cant do according to those west of the Missouri River?
Agree on the OWH and the writer. Don't think this represents Husker fans.
Im not sure where I ever insinuated that the AD or university had anything to do with the article.
Way to go, baller. You pulled the Fusker trolls back in here. It had been a nice 3-day reprieve from them.
I agree that the mass cancellation of games does potentially impact Nebraska in that there will be more teams needing to make up games, which increases the odds of getting a 12th game. But can't this story be written next week, or the week after? Once it can be determined the extent of the damage and lives impacted? Just think they need an editor over there to do his/her job. Go ahead and research the story and have it ready to go at a more palatable time.
Yeah, you're dead on. It could wait. In my opinion, it SHOULD wait. I don't know what it's like to have to chase stories and try to be the first to market with every piece of news, but I am not disagreeing with you on my preference for the timing to be different.
I am not actually all that interested in potential opponents until there are actually opponents available, if that makes sense? I don't care who we could possibly maybe play if the hurricane disrupts enough stuff. Just tell me who's available once they are available.
Good reasonable post. Some of the Iowa posters are unable to weigh this if "Iowa was in the same situation".
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The handle is @PlannedSickDays and you put out this heartless, clueless, stupid post. It fits. Just change it to @dumbass&clueless. Go ahead and drive down after the disaster is done - buy some cheap assets. Go take advantage - piece of caca.
Nothing like rejoicing over the possibility being able to take advantage of someone else's misery.
Nothing like rejoicing over the possibility being able to take advantage of someone else's misery.
