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I think you are wrong. Football revenues far exceed basketball only schools. Paying one team isn't the hard part, paying every scholarship athlete the stipend and the other expenses go up.

http://journalstar.com/sports/huskers/mens-basketball/nu-s-smith-brings-smarts-athleticism-to-point-guard/article_1420789a-8150-5151-a4d0-d83c2c6c80ad.html A Great Read on Tarin Smith in today's LJS! LJS: NU's Smith brings smarts, athleticism to point guard He decided to take business calculus as his first college course in June....... Smith, a business administration major, had a high school grade-point average on the north side of 4.0 and was valedictorian of his senior class at St. Anthony’s High School in Jersey City, New Jersey....... Remember that when you hear Nebraska coach Tim Miles talk about Smith’s intelligence and high basketball IQ......... “He might be our most athletic kid on the team,” Miles said. “The other day he went down the lane in one of our workouts and went off his wrong foot, his left foot, and dunked it left-handed over like Moses (Abraham) or Walt (Pitchford) or somebody like that. “You’re like, ‘What just happened?’ That’s hard to do. At least, it’s hard for me to do.” Just got to like the kind of recruits Miles attracts (and the staff he is building)!

I see it differently. The B1G does enough to prop up NU's laurels. We don't need, and shouldn't want, CU and UNO to get good because it heightens recruiting battles locally when a good player does arise. I'd much rather have them be crappy and give us the upper hand with the better team, better conference, etc to coast to easy recruiting victories. I liken it to when KU, KSU, and Mizzou were crappy in football Nebraska cleaned up the stars in those states. When those teams got better we started losing out on some. With the limited talent already around NU for hoops you want to maximize your chances. Thats my take anyways. Having three teams that are competitive in their conferences and provide consistent opportunities to go to the dance is good for NU. It will raise the awareness of instate kids that basketball is a legitimate option, not just football (and to a lesser extent baseball) and hopefully from that you'll see more local talent emerge. More awareness, more opportunities, more exposure, more interest.Frankly, if Miles keeps building like it looks like he will, we'll be our own standard, it won't matter what Creighton or UNO do, but having three D1 teams that are competitive in the state isn't something that NU should discourage. In my opinion, Nebraska doesn't need that.If Nebraska is consistently competitive in the Big Ten (which is arguably the #1 basketball conference right now) and if Nebraska has consistent opportunities to go to the NCAA tournament...then that will raise the awareness of instate kids that basketball is a legitimate option (not just football). If you talk to high school coaches in the state (especially in the Omaha metro) they will tell you that Nebraska is already on the verge of an increase of high quality local talent. We are currently seeing more awareness of Nebraska basketball (both locally and nationally)...Nebraska's continued success under Tim Miles will lead to these high school kids realizing that tUNL is full of legit opportunities...Tim Miles has already started to generate MUCH more exposure and MUCH more interest (both locally and nationally). And I doubt that Nebraska's 3 biggest recruiting wins of this offseason (Andrew White III, Ed Morrow, and Glynn Watson) care how successful Creighton or UNO are. In my opinion, the only thing that matters for this Nebraska basketball program is growing the Nebrasketball brand both locally and nationally. theUniversityOfNebraska

Not our job. That's why Eichorst gets paid good money. Find someone who can make the NU football program competitive on the national level again. Bo has improved? How so? Last I checked he has lost 4 games every single year. Last I checked his team still commits penalties and turnovers at a high rate. The only thing that may save him this year from losing 4 games is our God awful schedule. We have clearly flat lined under him. Clearly we haven't. But the good thing is we can come back at the end of the season and revisit these posts. And if I'm wrong, I'll own it. But if you don't think we've hit our recruiting stride the past 2-3 years, again, your mind is made up and you aren't paying attention. If you don't think the front four defensively is heads and tails above where it was in earlier years, you're not watching. And for those whining about the depth, we played missing about 8 starters last night and still came close on the road against a good team. A work in progress (see, O-line and linebackers, and your point about penalties and turnovers is valid), but it is in fact progressing, not flat-lining. Special teams is a specific example of that; there is noticeable improvement this year. Just because we're in year 7 doesn't mean a staff can't keep getting better; T.O. did that 20 years into it in '93 after several rough years. 2015 and 2016 classes are looking good, and to blow it all up and start over again would not be good. But, I know none of this will convince the anti-Bo folks. Let's just check back at the end of the season, and I'll go on record as predicting high levels of success (barring even further long term injuries to key guys like AA, Tommy, Gregory, Maliek, and VV).

Not if you're paying attention. Future is bright. Sorry, not getting sucked into that. Same problems under Pelini that we have had six years now. Future is bright if you are satisfied with zero championships and 9-10 wins.

That was fun. Wish we could have won that to spite those that quit watching and gave up on the boys.

I mean, you can't get stuff like this on TBS:

These TBS broadcasters really make one appreciate Rex and Ryan.

This sounds good, where'd you get the goods? Scout pay site