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Ah hell, Jimmy. I'll go ahead....."That's what she said"

Really need Burkamper to come back and pitch great. Our pitching staff has been in crumbles the past few gamesSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Burkamper back will be big. I would like to see them work Waldron in for King, if King continues to struggle. He could replace Englelkin also. Zach has good stuff but is struggling mightily with control. One other thing--I can't say enough about Husker fans. We just dominated the tournament. 90 + percent of the crowd each day were wearing red. A couple sitting by us drove out from Lincoln just to go to the tournament plus next week's games in Long Beach.

Damn, i was First Loser once again. Thanks for posting, Fever.

I almost didn't go back to the ballpark today, which would have been a mistake. Good win today; guys were locked in offensively. Waldron came in and filled up the zone. It was nice to go a few innings without a bunch of walks. Glorious day at the ballpark!

Good for Chambers. I admire his guts in taking on, for 2 seasons in a row now, biased and arrogant refs like Eades. Izzo has good enough players that he doesn't also need every call. Screw the favoritism in this league.

More evidence of why Spurs' perspective is way out of whack.

He was. But still shouldn't have lost. Senior reliever comes in and yaks all over himself. Didn't look impressive in person. Not very good in the middle infield. Showed some fight but I don't see it happening. Have gone from bullish to bearish. Husker nation does what it does. 90 % of the crowd was wearing Husker red.

Nasty. Hope I bring us a change of fortune tomorrow.

Not including Shavon might just be fightin' words for ol' 49r!

I disagree. I don't think we complain more about the refs now than we ever did. And I think when we complain about officiating, it's because officials have blown some crucial calls. Refs get called out on message boards across the country. I doubt we're any more guilty of this than any other fan base. And I don't think there's anything wrong with complaining about bad officiating or inconsistent officiating. Because players and coaches can't comment, officials get a free pass. Why is that? And we can criticize the coach or the players and no one seems to object and say that the players and coaches are off limits. But you seem to think officials should get a free pass. Why is that? If officials are never held to public scrutiny and criticism, is there any incentive for them to not repeatedly do stupid stuff like that Eades guy? I'm not down on the floor so I don't know how Miles' behavior is any different than any other coach. There was a time in the Maryland game, though, where Turgeon's assistants had to haul him back to the bench and he was being very demonstrative in showing up the official. That should have been a T, no question. But they didn't call it. I question whether the Ts are being handed out equally. It's like hanging on the rim. Sometimes it's a technical and sometimes it's obvious. But sometimes it's called in situations that are indistinguishable from thousands of other dunks where it wasn't called. Or moving screens. They don't call it 90% of the time and then, suddenly, the last minute of a close game, one of our players will get whistled for it and it's a turnover. All I'm asking for is consistency. And when I don't see it, you're damn right I'm going to complain about it. Just like we complain about Husker players who don't seem to give full effort or Husker coaches who don't seem to make adjustments. Why are you suggesting that officials should be off limits? I think if you look close you'll see I never said referees were off limits. They are human. In my experience how you handle adversity is more important to the long term success than who was at fault. I think if you start to develop a reputation for going off and/or booing officials it affects the calls you get so it's eventually doubly bad for a coach or fan base. Take Bo Pelini ... it wasn't always what he did in the moment but often the build up of petty complaints the entire time before. I wonder if that's part of why it seems to us Miles is getting picked on. There hasn't been one game this year where I felt we were screwed. We play in a league where most other teams are much longer than us at EVERY position. That puts us at a huge disadvantage. I do think we're worse than some schools when it comes to complaining about the refs. I have been to quite a lot of college hoops games in my life and I don't recall the refs getting booed off the court at half as many times as I have the past 3 years. Well, all I know is they called a little touch foul on Tai with 9 seconds left (which had nothing to do with anyone being longer than us at any position), and then ignored a timeout attempt and an arm grab on Glynn. Whether that counts as being "screwed" is the question, I guess. As for Miles, your post makes it sound like he's considerably different than other coaches in the league. The video montage posted yesterday shows that's he's tame by comparison of some. And comparing him to Bo is absurd. Our fans aren't any worse than other places, so we just disagree on that. If for some reason Miles and/or our fan base have some reputation for being a problem, that's BS. Spend 5 minutes watching Fran McCaffray, Frank Martin, Roy Williams, Coach K, and a zillion other examples. That was more than a touch foul on Tai. We couldn't stop them going to the hoop late ... period. Over and over and over. Maybe that didn't have anything to do with being longer, but it was about being stronger at a minimum. I did not compare Tim to Bo just because I mentioned them in the same sentence. I referenced Pelini as someone who is WAY over the line. My point was that I said Miles was getting CLOSE to the line where his behavior on the T's he gets are harming rather than helping. I didn't say he was over the line yet. A technical once in a great while can help you eventually get calls or when used strategically. Push the line too much too often and you do yourself harm regarding calls. We don't know what words Miles uses and like I said one outburst by another coach might not be enough to get a T while constantly complaining by another person might achieve a Technical by accumulation practically. It's amazing how overblown most on here have made this ... I'm not saying Miles is Pelini. I used that for reference's sake. People are here are hypersensitive to any criticism of anyone it seems. All I said was I was starting to get concerned that Miles is pushing the line too much and might not be doing us any favors. Do you really think we get the two calls Penn State got in the last 23 seconds if we were at home? I don't. I flat out don't. Anyway, we'll just have to disagree on what you think is a problem or very close to it. Not even close to any line. You fail to see the point but that's OK. The point is he is getting close to the line where his behavior and drawing techs does not result in helping us get calls. Not that he's close to crossing some morality line or something. Agree to disagree for sure. It isn't about seeing the point, it's that your observations are clearly wrong. There is no "behavior" issue there. I never said there was a behavior issue ... Uh, except that part where you said "he is getting close to the line where his behavior and drawing techs does not result in helping us get calls"..

I disagree. I don't think we complain more about the refs now than we ever did. And I think when we complain about officiating, it's because officials have blown some crucial calls. Refs get called out on message boards across the country. I doubt we're any more guilty of this than any other fan base. And I don't think there's anything wrong with complaining about bad officiating or inconsistent officiating. Because players and coaches can't comment, officials get a free pass. Why is that? And we can criticize the coach or the players and no one seems to object and say that the players and coaches are off limits. But you seem to think officials should get a free pass. Why is that? If officials are never held to public scrutiny and criticism, is there any incentive for them to not repeatedly do stupid stuff like that Eades guy? I'm not down on the floor so I don't know how Miles' behavior is any different than any other coach. There was a time in the Maryland game, though, where Turgeon's assistants had to haul him back to the bench and he was being very demonstrative in showing up the official. That should have been a T, no question. But they didn't call it. I question whether the Ts are being handed out equally. It's like hanging on the rim. Sometimes it's a technical and sometimes it's obvious. But sometimes it's called in situations that are indistinguishable from thousands of other dunks where it wasn't called. Or moving screens. They don't call it 90% of the time and then, suddenly, the last minute of a close game, one of our players will get whistled for it and it's a turnover. All I'm asking for is consistency. And when I don't see it, you're damn right I'm going to complain about it. Just like we complain about Husker players who don't seem to give full effort or Husker coaches who don't seem to make adjustments. Why are you suggesting that officials should be off limits? I think if you look close you'll see I never said referees were off limits. They are human. In my experience how you handle adversity is more important to the long term success than who was at fault. I think if you start to develop a reputation for going off and/or booing officials it affects the calls you get so it's eventually doubly bad for a coach or fan base. Take Bo Pelini ... it wasn't always what he did in the moment but often the build up of petty complaints the entire time before. I wonder if that's part of why it seems to us Miles is getting picked on. There hasn't been one game this year where I felt we were screwed. We play in a league where most other teams are much longer than us at EVERY position. That puts us at a huge disadvantage. I do think we're worse than some schools when it comes to complaining about the refs. I have been to quite a lot of college hoops games in my life and I don't recall the refs getting booed off the court at half as many times as I have the past 3 years. Well, all I know is they called a little touch foul on Tai with 9 seconds left (which had nothing to do with anyone being longer than us at any position), and then ignored a timeout attempt and an arm grab on Glynn. Whether that counts as being "screwed" is the question, I guess. As for Miles, your post makes it sound like he's considerably different than other coaches in the league. The video montage posted yesterday shows that's he's tame by comparison of some. And comparing him to Bo is absurd. Our fans aren't any worse than other places, so we just disagree on that. If for some reason Miles and/or our fan base have some reputation for being a problem, that's BS. Spend 5 minutes watching Fran McCaffray, Frank Martin, Roy Williams, Coach K, and a zillion other examples. That was more than a touch foul on Tai. We couldn't stop them going to the hoop late ... period. Over and over and over. Maybe that didn't have anything to do with being longer, but it was about being stronger at a minimum. I did not compare Tim to Bo just because I mentioned them in the same sentence. I referenced Pelini as someone who is WAY over the line. My point was that I said Miles was getting CLOSE to the line where his behavior on the T's he gets are harming rather than helping. I didn't say he was over the line yet. A technical once in a great while can help you eventually get calls or when used strategically. Push the line too much too often and you do yourself harm regarding calls. We don't know what words Miles uses and like I said one outburst by another coach might not be enough to get a T while constantly complaining by another person might achieve a Technical by accumulation practically. It's amazing how overblown most on here have made this ... I'm not saying Miles is Pelini. I used that for reference's sake. People are here are hypersensitive to any criticism of anyone it seems. All I said was I was starting to get concerned that Miles is pushing the line too much and might not be doing us any favors. Do you really think we get the two calls Penn State got in the last 23 seconds if we were at home? I don't. I flat out don't. Anyway, we'll just have to disagree on what you think is a problem or very close to it. Not even close to any line. You fail to see the point but that's OK. The point is he is getting close to the line where his behavior and drawing techs does not result in helping us get calls. Not that he's close to crossing some morality line or something. Agree to disagree for sure. It isn't about seeing the point, it's that your observations are clearly wrong. There is no "behavior" issue there.

Brilliant. Especially since Mo coaches defense. Yes. I didn't stutter. We need much more emphasis on scoring. We were good on D before Mo arrived. It's clear they struggle on offense still. Offense has improved across the country due to shorter clock and how officials are calling things. But you seem to be blaming a defensive coach for our poor offense. Perhaps recruiting some shooters would better address the situation than firing the defensive coach.

I disagree. I don't think we complain more about the refs now than we ever did. And I think when we complain about officiating, it's because officials have blown some crucial calls. Refs get called out on message boards across the country. I doubt we're any more guilty of this than any other fan base. And I don't think there's anything wrong with complaining about bad officiating or inconsistent officiating. Because players and coaches can't comment, officials get a free pass. Why is that? And we can criticize the coach or the players and no one seems to object and say that the players and coaches are off limits. But you seem to think officials should get a free pass. Why is that? If officials are never held to public scrutiny and criticism, is there any incentive for them to not repeatedly do stupid stuff like that Eades guy? I'm not down on the floor so I don't know how Miles' behavior is any different than any other coach. There was a time in the Maryland game, though, where Turgeon's assistants had to haul him back to the bench and he was being very demonstrative in showing up the official. That should have been a T, no question. But they didn't call it. I question whether the Ts are being handed out equally. It's like hanging on the rim. Sometimes it's a technical and sometimes it's obvious. But sometimes it's called in situations that are indistinguishable from thousands of other dunks where it wasn't called. Or moving screens. They don't call it 90% of the time and then, suddenly, the last minute of a close game, one of our players will get whistled for it and it's a turnover. All I'm asking for is consistency. And when I don't see it, you're damn right I'm going to complain about it. Just like we complain about Husker players who don't seem to give full effort or Husker coaches who don't seem to make adjustments. Why are you suggesting that officials should be off limits? I think if you look close you'll see I never said referees were off limits. They are human. In my experience how you handle adversity is more important to the long term success than who was at fault. I think if you start to develop a reputation for going off and/or booing officials it affects the calls you get so it's eventually doubly bad for a coach or fan base. Take Bo Pelini ... it wasn't always what he did in the moment but often the build up of petty complaints the entire time before. I wonder if that's part of why it seems to us Miles is getting picked on. There hasn't been one game this year where I felt we were screwed. We play in a league where most other teams are much longer than us at EVERY position. That puts us at a huge disadvantage. I do think we're worse than some schools when it comes to complaining about the refs. I have been to quite a lot of college hoops games in my life and I don't recall the refs getting booed off the court at half as many times as I have the past 3 years. Well, all I know is they called a little touch foul on Tai with 9 seconds left (which had nothing to do with anyone being longer than us at any position), and then ignored a timeout attempt and an arm grab on Glynn. Whether that counts as being "screwed" is the question, I guess. As for Miles, your post makes it sound like he's considerably different than other coaches in the league. The video montage posted yesterday shows that's he's tame by comparison of some. And comparing him to Bo is absurd. Our fans aren't any worse than other places, so we just disagree on that. If for some reason Miles and/or our fan base have some reputation for being a problem, that's BS. Spend 5 minutes watching Fran McCaffray, Frank Martin, Roy Williams, Coach K, and a zillion other examples. That was more than a touch foul on Tai. We couldn't stop them going to the hoop late ... period. Over and over and over. Maybe that didn't have anything to do with being longer, but it was about being stronger at a minimum. I did not compare Tim to Bo just because I mentioned them in the same sentence. I referenced Pelini as someone who is WAY over the line. My point was that I said Miles was getting CLOSE to the line where his behavior on the T's he gets are harming rather than helping. I didn't say he was over the line yet. A technical once in a great while can help you eventually get calls or when used strategically. Push the line too much too often and you do yourself harm regarding calls. We don't know what words Miles uses and like I said one outburst by another coach might not be enough to get a T while constantly complaining by another person might achieve a Technical by accumulation practically. It's amazing how overblown most on here have made this ... I'm not saying Miles is Pelini. I used that for reference's sake. People are here are hypersensitive to any criticism of anyone it seems. All I said was I was starting to get concerned that Miles is pushing the line too much and might not be doing us any favors. Do you really think we get the two calls Penn State got in the last 23 seconds if we were at home? I don't. I flat out don't. Anyway, we'll just have to disagree on what you think is a problem or very close to it. Not even close to any line.

My take is yes. Especially the question about improvement from the young players. I think you will see significant improvement from Jacobson, Morrow, McVeigh, and Watson. Possibly Hammond although tonight didn't give one much hope. Continued improvement from Tai although he doesn't fit the category. So yeah, I have a lot of hope for next year;

Brilliant. Especially since Mo coaches defense.

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"There hasn't been one game this year where I felt we were screwed. We play in a league where most other teams are much longer than us at EVERY position. That puts us at a huge disadvantage." That's what she said.

I disagree. I don't think we complain more about the refs now than we ever did. And I think when we complain about officiating, it's because officials have blown some crucial calls. Refs get called out on message boards across the country. I doubt we're any more guilty of this than any other fan base. And I don't think there's anything wrong with complaining about bad officiating or inconsistent officiating. Because players and coaches can't comment, officials get a free pass. Why is that? And we can criticize the coach or the players and no one seems to object and say that the players and coaches are off limits. But you seem to think officials should get a free pass. Why is that? If officials are never held to public scrutiny and criticism, is there any incentive for them to not repeatedly do stupid stuff like that Eades guy? I'm not down on the floor so I don't know how Miles' behavior is any different than any other coach. There was a time in the Maryland game, though, where Turgeon's assistants had to haul him back to the bench and he was being very demonstrative in showing up the official. That should have been a T, no question. But they didn't call it. I question whether the Ts are being handed out equally. It's like hanging on the rim. Sometimes it's a technical and sometimes it's obvious. But sometimes it's called in situations that are indistinguishable from thousands of other dunks where it wasn't called. Or moving screens. They don't call it 90% of the time and then, suddenly, the last minute of a close game, one of our players will get whistled for it and it's a turnover. All I'm asking for is consistency. And when I don't see it, you're damn right I'm going to complain about it. Just like we complain about Husker players who don't seem to give full effort or Husker coaches who don't seem to make adjustments. Why are you suggesting that officials should be off limits? I think if you look close you'll see I never said referees were off limits. They are human. In my experience how you handle adversity is more important to the long term success than who was at fault. I think if you start to develop a reputation for going off and/or booing officials it affects the calls you get so it's eventually doubly bad for a coach or fan base. Take Bo Pelini ... it wasn't always what he did in the moment but often the build up of petty complaints the entire time before. I wonder if that's part of why it seems to us Miles is getting picked on. There hasn't been one game this year where I felt we were screwed. We play in a league where most other teams are much longer than us at EVERY position. That puts us at a huge disadvantage. I do think we're worse than some schools when it comes to complaining about the refs. I have been to quite a lot of college hoops games in my life and I don't recall the refs getting booed off the court at half as many times as I have the past 3 years. Well, all I know is they called a little touch foul on Tai with 9 seconds left (which had nothing to do with anyone being longer than us at any position), and then ignored a timeout attempt and an arm grab on Glynn. Whether that counts as being "screwed" is the question, I guess. As for Miles, your post makes it sound like he's considerably different than other coaches in the league. The video montage posted yesterday shows that's he's tame by comparison of some. And comparing him to Bo is absurd. Our fans aren't any worse than other places, so we just disagree on that. If for some reason Miles and/or our fan base have some reputation for being a problem, that's BS. Spend 5 minutes watching Fran McCaffray, Frank Martin, Roy Williams, Coach K, and a zillion other examples.

Penn State is favored by one. Between the game time and the line, Dimes may need a Lifeline from Red Don.....

Just give us a fair damn whistle for once. Then let the chips fall in what I expect to be an extremely competitive game.

OK, Dr./Trainer Smiles.

Avoiding a Wednesday showdown with Minnesota or Rutgers really isn't right nut worthy. Perhaps not, but I'd gladly give one for that elusive NCAA tournament victory. Left or right; doesn't matter; not doing much for me these days anyway.

All while ferociously guarding the opponent's best guard.

Huskers 69 PSU 66

Good effort tonight. Just undermanned losing 2 guards late in the year. It was fun watching Emily hustle for 25 minutes. 43 for Indiana was the greatest flopper of all time. Fortunately the refs quit buying what she was selling.