what if Stories - Burnt Orange Nation
Question of the week: An option for a penalty shot?
Sometimes, games are punctuated by too many penalties and too much time by either (or both) teams short-handed. I'm not trying to present this as a Tampa Bay Lightning issue, but as a general observation of the game of ice hockey. Of course, certain teams are quite good with the man-advantage,...
What if...UNO and UNL Were In Cahoots With The Wrestling Programs?
Think about it for a second. UNO has a wrestling program that has won ump-teen National Championships and UNL is moving into the Big Ten conference where wrestling is big time. Maybe Trev Alberts secretly killed the UNO program in order to make UNL's stronger. The kids could transfer to Lincoln...
What If....the Tom Osborne/Lawrence Phillips Incident Happened Today?
He's a legendary coach of a legendary football program. He is revered among his loyal fans and other coaches throughout the country. Off the field, he is actively involved in charities such as: Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the Ronald McDonald House to name a few. His players' graduation...
What if... Bill Callahan Had Kept Bo Pelini On As Defensive Coordinator?
In 2003, Steve Pederson came to town and fired Frank Solich because he didn't want to see Nebraska "surrender the conference to Oklahoma and Texas". We all know what happened next. He hired Bill Callahan to be our head coach. This was supposed to usher in a new era of football at Nebraska. The...
What if... Bo Pelini Was a Media Darling?
What if... Bo Pelini was a media darling? Bo Pelini doesn't like the media. End of story.He barred the media from having access to fall camp last season when information leaked out about injuries. He kept quiet when the Taylor Martinez rumors spread around after the A&M game about...
What if... Blaine Gabbert had attended Nebraska?
In May of 2007 a high school quarterback by the name of Blaine Gabbert committed to the University of Nebraska to play collegiate football. Bill Callahan was still the head football coach at UNL and Shawn Watson was putting the pieces together for his west coast offense. However, the 2007...
Hockey What If? The Dale Hunter Hit
The saying goes, hindsight is 20/20. When people look back over their lives, they always question what might have been. For fans of any sports team it's no different. From the Mets trading Nolan Ryan, to the Flyers trade for Lindros fans have always imagined what if? When it comes to asking what...
Khabibulin and the Domino Effect
The Point After from the St. Petersburg Times, a joint effort by columnists John Romano and Gary Shelton, featured this post about... well, basically skimming a reflection on circumstances that led to the Lightning losing goalie Nikolai Khabibulin to the Chicago Blackhawks in the post-lockout 2005...
We Could Play the "What If" Game All Day...
As I was watching highlights of Denver's 58 point slaughtering of New Orleans, I couldn't help but feel nostalgic. I'm sure every single Pistons fan has seen clips of this series and wondered, "What if we still had Chauncey Billups?" I wasn't, though. Not this time, at least. I already know...
What if college football had a playoff?
This is Part One of a Two Part series. Check back for the second at a later date. Better yet, what impact would it have on Utah's current football program? Sure, we like to discuss the possibility of a playoff happening and how it would better college football as a whole, but there really isn't...
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