No more blackshirts

[dinglefritz]

If Mike Riley had decided to do away with the blackshirts for the majority of a season I suspect it would have been met with widespread condemnation

Often people’s opinions are influenced more by who made a decision rather than the actual decision

Mickey no doubt has cred. Riley did not

 

[Pete Malloy]

The term lost its meaning in the last 20 years.

 

[bmb81664]

Sure...but then when do you give them? at the end of the season, after EVERY game?

Maybe when the defense cracks the top 100.

 

[BigRedBeliever]

I think its a pretty harsh rash decision. Let them work for it. If they do well, they earned them. It should be a week to week decision. MJ needs to reconsider...

 

[Walleye 1]

I think its a pretty harsh rash decision. Let them work for it. If they do well, they earned them. It should be a week to week decision. MJ needs to reconsider...

No he doesn't. I support the call. Get back to basics and improve.

 

[HuskerDana_rivals188993]

im a big mickey fan but this is really making me question him

So, I just want to make sure we are clear on your position. You don't question Scott Frost when it is obvious that the program is a complete dumpster fire, but question Mickey Joseph after he has to takes over the dumpster fire and has that same team playing with a pulse? Over a black practice jersey? Geezus.....

Edit: I hate to call you out...and I love the Blackshirt tradition as much as anyone, but if the Blackshirts are gone this year....and Mickey has this team playing sound football, I am more than okay with that.

 

[SeaOfRed75]

The term lost its meaning in the last 20 years.

Trigger warning..........

**** OFF WITH THIS LAST TWENTY YEARS ********!!!!

The 2009 defense was one of our best ever. 2010 wasn't bad either.

******* Math people.

 

[SuperBigFan]

Trigger warning..........

**** OFF WITH THIS LAST TWENTY YEARS ********!!!!

The 2009 defense was one of our best ever. 2010 wasn't bad either.

****ing Math people.

Ha!

Husker fans all of a sudden think that every Husker D was the 85 Bears...

 

[inWV]

It wasn’t Mike Corgan it was George Kelly who bought them because the owner said he couldn’t get any takers for these black jerseys and George said I’ll take them..https://huskers.com/sports/2018/1/26/211694410.aspx?id=1069

Corgan was the guy according to an article where Kelly was interviewed. George probably said he’d take them, as he coached Dline.

https://huskers.com/sports/2018/1/26/211694410.aspx?id=1069

 

[jteten]

Somewhere along the way, Nebraska managed to screw up this very simple, yet cool tradition.

Let the first team defense wear black jerseys.

Hard to argue with this.

 

[SeaOfRed75]

Ha!

Husker fans all of a sudden think that every Husker D was the 85 Bears...

Suh makes the 09 defense close just by himself.

And are you seriously trying to say the 09 D wasn't exceptional?

 

[SuperBigFan]

Suh makes the 09 defense close just by himself.

And are you seriously trying to say the 09 D wasn't exceptional?

No, it was amazing.

I am saying that all of a sudden some of these nuts are trying to pretend like every Husker D was the 09 D...and that blackshirts are not for the starters.

 

[inWV]

The Blackshirts is a moniker used to refer to NU Ds for decades and will be used whether they wear black practice jerseys or not. The more important thing Is if the kids can play like the teams that did wear the black.

 

[leodisflowers]

Suh makes the 09 defense close just by himself.

And are you seriously trying to say the 09 D wasn't exceptional?

That D was ****** filthy. Like national title filthy

 

[Walleye 1]

Well tonights defensive performance should put this argument to rest.