KZRider

No doubt there are some great modern movies but I thought I would jump in the "Wayback Machine" -- I love silent movies!

Buster Keaton: "Steamboat Bill" ... "The Camerman" ... "The General"

Harold Lloyd: "Safety Last" ... "Why Worry" ... "One Week" -- FYI, Lloyd was born in Burchard, NE

"Metropolis" -- A Tremendous Social Commentary Film

"Battleship Potemkin" -- the Odessa Steps scene!

Some talkies, too

John Wayne: "The Searchers" ... "Red River"

Danny Kaye: "The Court Jester" ... "The Kid from Brooklyn" (then watch Harold Lloyd's "The Milky Way")

Watch how one story was treated three times: "The Maltese Falcon" a pre-code film referred to today as Dangerous Female (1931) ... "Satan Met a Lady" (1936) ... "The Maltese Falcon" (1941). The first two are awful but they make you realize how well done the classic presented.

Not exactly a fan of the song personally but it sure fits the mood of the day...

Of course, there is always that other fellow, Guy "The Champ" Chamberlin but that is another conversation.

On 10/23/2018 at 9:19 AM, Norm Peterson said:

Adrian Martinez is the best passing dual-threat QB we've ever had.

 

Taylor Martinez's best single season completion percentage: 62.7% as a senior; 6.1 yards per attempt

Brook Berringer's best single season completion percentage: 62.3% as a junior; 8.6 yards per attempt

Keithen McCant's best single season completion percentage: 57.7% as a senior; 8.7 yards per attempt

Tommie Frazier's best single season completion percentage: 56.4% as a senior; 9.3 yards per attempt

Eric Crouch's best single season completion percentage: 55.6% as a senior; 8 yards per attempt

Turner Gill's best single season completion percentage:  55.3% as a senior; 9.5 yards per attempt

Scott Frost's best single season completion percentage: 55.3% as a senior; 7.8 yards per attempt

 

Adrian Martinez:  66.1%; 7.9 yards per attempt

 

* Minimum of 30 attempts

 

Your point is well made and I am geeked about AM's future as a Husker. I would observe that IMO the best QB is not listed. In 1989 Gerry Gdowski completed 52.5% (admittedly a lower number) but his yards per attempt was 9.8 -- higher than anyone else up there. In addition he only threw 2 interceptions all season. His QB pass rating was 177.3 which would be the highest season rating in NCAA history if he had the minimum of 15 attempts per game (he had 12 per game). And to cap that he RUSHED for 925 yards at an average 7.9 per carry. (BTW, that average broke the record to that point of no one else but Mike Rozier.) It is a fun discussion but Gdowski deserves to be in the mix.

I would be surprised if MU vs Vandy doesn't go 3 games and in game 3 Vandy's depth pitching-wise proves the difference. MU is hot by Vandy is GOOD. Should be fun!

Mich just looked liked a championship team against FSU. Huskers beat 'em in the regular season and again in B1G tournament. We were SO CLOSE this year!

IMO Vandy is the best team playing which is not exactly a stretch decision to come to.

Auburn going to kick itself for awhile for booting this game away. I feel bad for the 3rd baseman because he had been having a good game until he double clutched that throw. Then the wheels just came off for Auburn. Sort of reminds me of how Huskers lost to OSU sans the home run blast.

Ark puts a runner on 3rd with one out and can't score him in the 8th. Why not bunt him in? Didn't even try. Then a hit batsman and a tough play at 2nd manufactures a run and a win. FSU didn't WIN that game as much as Ark lost it. Still a great game between two really good teams.

I am excited to see Will Bolt back in Lincoln. It will be interesting to see how his mindset impacts the team. He was a fire breathing, tough SOB on the field and I am hoping his team will be like him. He brings just a bit more gregariousness to the job that should resonate with the players IMO.

Hoisiers?

5 hours ago, cipsucks said:

 

Never thought of that.  Now, please excuse me.  I have to tell the little woman to get her rear end back in the kitchen, get dinner started and fetch me a beer. 

Freddy the Freeloader by Red Skelton

In my glory days, I played against my brother who was four years younger out by the barn where a dilapidated hoop was hung. To my knowledge, he never played for the Huskers. I couldn't beat him without cheating. And that was at my best!

Will he have regular events at Big Fred's Pizza in Omaha?

On 3/29/2019 at 10:12 PM, hhcmatt said:

Jumbo Stiehm baby!

Yesss!!!

Won 80% of games and conference champs 3 out of 4 years. Not too shabby!!

1 hour ago, uneblinstu said:

 

Hopefully the ongoing discussions are going something like:

Moos: Still want the job?

Hoiberg: You bet.

Moos: Great, let's do this again tomorrow.

3 hours ago, hskr4life said:

 

I think it gives good insight into how the hire of coaches can work and should show that Moos "top 3" could have included anyone really.

IIRC, Moos said he had a handful of coaches in mind when Riley was fired, too. And that he called them to gauge their interest. But we know now that he only really had one coach he was keen to pursue in Frost and he got him. Methinks 3 only really means 1 and, whoever that is, he intends to get him, too. Time will tell.

2 hours ago, Ashfan said:

 

Drummer not doing the Freddie. But can you blame him?

6 minutes ago, hhcmatt said:

 

Yes indeed. I assume he is talking about Miles not being fired here yesterday

Wish he would have used just a few more characters and made it clear. But, I guess, it is my bad.

Thanks!

"Firm and final" seems awfully different from "all bets are off."

Maybe it is just me.

3 minutes ago, hhcmatt said:

In case anyone is worrying about this

 

 

Is this the same guy who, I think a day or so ago, said he had no idea and that all bets were off regarding this? Somebody skilled in Twitter find that quote, please.

14 minutes ago, Nighthawk said:

Wonder if we will eventually know who the top 3 he mentioned were. 

I expect only if the one we hire is one of them.

2 minutes ago, Handy Johnson said:

Not surprised, that paper is written on the level of a 6th grader and it shows...

No need to insult 6th graders

1 minute ago, hhcmatt said:

 

Couldn't hurt. And might help win a couple of current players.