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Wow. You've decided someone who covers human interest stories isn't a "journalist". To me, that rings of self-importance.

The journalist point there was more a crack at how much money I make than anything. A couple years out of college, I'm not really in position to donate to anybody.

Sloppy bull pen performance this weekend. Glad to win 2 out of 3, easily could've swept though.

Holy collapse

Looking excellent in game three...bugs me even more with what happened in game one.

Maybe the baseball team would let her play here.

Not exactly. All indications though are pointing toward Sam Haiby (the 5'9 swing guard out of Moorhead, MN) listed above, as being a silent commit. Right now she's juggling her time playing for the North Titan AAU team and the Moorhead baseball team. I believe it's just a matter of time that she announces. A few other D-1 schools have jumped on her bandwagon lately though, namely Iowa State and Wisconsin.

Dean: You need to rethink or re-spin your post. David Halberstam, Roger Angell, Frank Deford and hundreds of other writers who have written about "people playing games" might find your comments ludicrous if not downright insulting. I sort of see your point, but to denigrate an entire profession because of some bad examples is unfair. Remember, when it comes right down to it we all play games and anyone who writes well about human nature, whether on the playing field, the battlefield or in daily life, does us all a service.And now I shall get down from my own self important soapbox.

10 games left - 3 below .500 conf teams and Creighton. Gotta win at least 8 of those.

Thank the lord.

Four makes per game is essentially Steph Curry level which is going to be tough to replicate. Even if Allen's utilization is high as a freshman, I feel his ceiling for attempts is going to be 3 or 4 per game. If his game is sufficiently diverse such that he isn't only a 3-point specialist, then some of his attempts will be from closer-in. Maybe someone like Palmer or Nana (less likely) fulfills the sharpshooting role next year and and is also good for 4 attempts per game? But they would do that at the expense of some of McVeigh's shots. Our offense was pretty stagnant last year, but I'm also hoping we improve our FG% so overall attempts may not change much. The offense we are replacing from last year: Tai: 14 FGA per game Morrow/Jacobson/Horne/Fuller: 18 FGA per game With Glynn/Jordy/Roby/Taylor/Gill (hopefully) getting more production and the addition of Palmer/Copeland/Nana and to a much lesser extent Duby, I don't think there's going to be 10+ FGA to give to Allen.

He's making room for the five stars they're bringing in. Total team player move on his part.

You do know the national leader in 3's per game last year averaged 3.91? And only 30 players nationally averaged 3.0 or more. AW3 averaged 3.19.

Dang, Dean - you alright?

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When RCJ came to Nebraska she essentially had a contract. She could get a chance to play but would not have a scholarship. She chose to come. At the end of the year they would re-evaluate. Coach decided not to offer a scholarship. I'm not sure where you find an ethical dilemma. Did Coach tell her she would get a scholarship her sophomore year? I don't think so. If you are saying it would be "nice" if it had worked out differently, I would agree. But I also think it would be "nice" if liberals and conservatives could get along, if there was no world hunger and pay-per-view was free.

Jacob: I, for one, am glad to have you here. At least you present a somewhat different point of view and are not a troll. Journalists are always welcome and usually have some bits of inside information unavailable to the rest of us. I'll even offer to lend you a "Walter" for an avatar. How about Walter "Boom-boom" Beck?

I'll bite. I was born and raised in Omaha during the '90s. Thus, I watched Husker football games. As I grew older, my family started going to Creighton games, and I became a fan of them as well. Then I attended Creighton and grew into a fan of all of their sports. I have no allegiance to the University of Nebraska. Bu I enjoy watching football and the Huskers are the football team I grew up watching. I don't understand why it's so hard for some to understand or why cheering for both is so hated. If Creighton had a football team, the phenomenon may not exist to this degree. But Nebraska as a state loves its football, and that includes Omaha. Would you prefer Omaha residents cheered for some random team they have no connection or proximity to? Why does it matter to you so much? (For the record, that goes for Creighton fans that hate "Jayskers" too) I don't understand why people care so much about what sports teams other people enjoy watching.

Do I need to be a fan of a team to cover it? Is that what fans want in terms of coverage of their teams, just total homer writing? I don't feel strongly about Nebraska either way. At this point of my life, covering the Huskers is a job and I try to do that as best I can.

Well, just because you root for Creighton doesn't mean you are any more mature then the Husker fan who roots against CU in every game. It's just a choice of what teams you love, like, don't care about, or hate. That's what fans are about. Has nothing to do with "childish". There are a bunch of Yankee-Red Sox fans, OU vs. OSU (The "Aggie rivalries"), MU vs. KU fans. There would be millions of "childish" people, I guess. If you choose to root for Creighton, fine and dandy. But it's a choice, not a badge of honor. Someone who enjoys rooting against them in every game isn't being childish. They're being sports fans. Are you equally critical of Jayskers who root for NU football and hate NU Basketball?

This knee jerk hatred of all things Creighton is so childish. I know of no one who supports Husker basketball more than myself (since 1956 at age 6) but I totally respect CU basketball and root for them whenever they are not playing the Huskers.

Hello, all. I'm glad to read that some of you enjoy my work. I can't remember saying anything particularly bad about Akenten. Something I've said probably more than once is that even if Nana doesn't turn into an all-conference player his floor seems pretty high as a long, athletic shooter, and teams can always use that type of player. He didn't crack the Rivals150 until their final update and I wasn't fortunate enough to have gotten the chance to see him play much if at all outside of highlight reels which are nothing to go buy. I was relying on how he was perceived by the scouting services and something I was told by someone I know who had seen him play. I actually like the fit quite a bit and he seems to have had a terrific senior season. I did indeed have that column 80% written before the Thomas Allen commitment. That certainly made for a more positive conclusion to the piece. It's starting to look more and more like Miles will have the pieces to form that identity I was talking about. And I know it's not ground-breaking stuff, but my editors wanted me to start writing a weekly column with the offseason closing in and I thought I'd start with my read of where the program sits at this point. hhcdimes nailed the most important part. It doesn't matter if he has an idea in his head of what he wants his team's identity to be it doesn't play out on the court, and it won't if he doesn't have the right kind of players to run that system. I certainly am a Creighton fan. I'm an alumnus who has lived in Omaha my whole life. But hard as it may be for some to believe, I've never hated Nebraska basketball like most Creighton fans seem to. I'm definitely not a fan, but I'm not out to get the program with anything I write. And as someone who has to watch these games, I'd much rather see the Huskers play good basketball than the alternative. Writing about winning is more enjoyable than losing. At the end of the day, I write about what I see. I appreciate the kind words thebasketballjones, Nebrasketball Jake and dimes. I checked out the other discussion about my column, and dimes, you have a good point about assists. You're right that ball movement is the kind of basketball I was raised on (Steve Nash is my favorite player of all time). But looking at last year's team, it seems like a lot of the players on the roster are guys who needed offense created for them in order to be effective. I's fine if ball movement isn't something Nebraska prioritizes, but for the dribble-drive offense to work Miles needs better floor spacing and more guys that can actually convert those opportunities into points.

I realize even before I write this that you will not agree with my point, and likely most on the board as well. If you want to keep things light, don't read this and carry on with your day. You have been warned. No one enjoys sports more than I and there are some truly great things that happen in sports but we are talking about human interest stories at best. There is no one who encapsulates this sense of over-importance of sport in American society then Skip Bayles. We are talking about people that are really good at playing kid's games. I sometimes fall in this camp but as a society we ignore the real ills we face in this world and focus on people playing games. I also admit that I turn to sports (and this board) at time to distract me and let me forget for awhile the more serious things that are happening out there. All of that are truly useful things at times. We all need somewhere to escape. But your use of the term "journalist" rings of this self-importance. There are some really good sports writers, but that's what they are, writers about people playing games. Your use of the word in conjunction with an organization that carries the name of a university fight song devalues journalism and the importance in a democratic society of good journalism. This in an age where their reputation has been unfairly impugned by both sides of the spectrum for their own personal gain and lumped in with people that lie for a living for profit and power. I've never read anything you have written - yet. You might be a wonderful sports writer but that doesn't make you a journalist. I apologize to those who will feel this entry harms the tone of the board (I told you not to read this) and to those who will find it's tone hypocritical. As I stated earlier, I love sports but I think we alll (myself as well) need to realize that our opinions on sports and in reality the sports themselves, in the big picture, is not that important after all. (Yes, even yours nustudent)