Service Academies
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Playing the service academies is stupid. Sure there is the patriotic spin to it but all three employ cut blocking schemes in order to make up for lack of size. You are putting your front seven at risk by playing them for a win nobody will remember.
There was some talk once about NU playing Air Force at Mile High Stadium, but I don't think that will happen. The buzz later turned to NU playing Wyoming at Mile High Stadium, but that game ended up being in Laramie. I just don't think the communities where these schools are located are too keen on giving up the big payday Husker fans would bring.
Not a NU fan so explain your point to me...is it if you are guilty of doing something it makes it acceptable for others to do it also?
When Nebraska still had there freshman/JV team Air Force was there main rival. I believe at the end they played them 2 times a year. I would like to see the huskers schedule them.
Why do you use the word "guilty"? A team can cut block all game and not get flagged. So what are they "guilty" of?
LOL...stop arguing just to argue. The NFL just passed a rule, this year, to define this saying a cut block and chop block (already illegal both in the NFL and CFB) are the same thing. You sound out of touch and stupid. The basic concept is going after a player's knees is a bad and an unethical thing. So stop arguing just to argue.
Not an NU fan on any level? Then why are you here all the time?
And no, I don't approve of cut blocks, whether they are legal or not. I was just trying to say that there would be some historical irony in Nebraska refusing to play someone because they cut block.
But maybe Osborne's teams did not cut block. It has always been my understanding that they did. Perhaps someone on here with detailed knowledge of our blocking under Osborne can correct me if I am wrong. I know many of our opponents accused us of cut blocking. But maybe that was just sour grapes mixing with exaggeration.
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Recorded. I could anonymously post this quote on the Michigan board and they would know who I was talking about.
not a fan of playing the service academies
to me, it's a lose/lose scenario
to me, it's a lose/lose scenario
Speaking of the service academies, here is some very sad news on a great former AFA Falcon:
RIP Dee Dowis
RIP Dee Dowis
1) We ain't talking bout the NFL. (But saying the NFL has made ALL cut blocking illegal is flat out wrong)
2) We ain't talking bout chop blocks. (High-low is illegal)
3) Calling me names? And I'm the one arguing?
4) You play to WIN THE GAME. So if I'm the coach of a team, Im going to do everything within the rules to win. And cut blocking IS NOT ILLEGAL. (Even in the NFL, watch a Seattle or Denver game or any team that employs zone blocking and you will still see a cut block on many plays)
I'm here because I like to get to know what is happening with other B10 teams...especially when we have recruits in common which my school (Michigan) and yours have a few this year.
I was out of line on saying you sounded stupid and out of touch...my apologies for that
Sure but that doesn't mean you have to line up to play teams (ooc) that are known for it. That was my response to the original question...you shouldn't want to play the services academies because you are basically asking for a season ending injury to a front 7 player or two
So your contention is that every opponent a service academy plays loses 1-2 players per game?
No need to play Army, Navy or Air Force, I am just questioning the fact that those teams end the season of 36-72 DLinemen each year.
No..."asking for it" is an expression that doesn't necessarily mean it will happen...just that it could. And before you say that could happen in any game against any team...sure...but the prevalence of it happening because of chop blocks is way higher than without them.
But a cut block isn't the same as a chop block. It's like saying a motorcycle is a car.
The NFL now disagrees with you...wouldn't surprise me if the NCAA follows...and a better analogy would be a motorcycle to whatever a you call those motorcycles with 3 wheels...just variations of something that essentially does the same thing
I think you need to go do some reading on what exactly the new NFL rule is. I think you oversell your position that all cut blocking is banned.
Beat me to it. The NFL has NOT banned cut blocks at the point of attack along the line of scrimmage. Those blocks are STILL LEGAL
FTW means "For the Win". So yes, you should like it
I texted that to Planored the other day and he thought I was so hip. I didn't make the term up!