Ohio St. Buckeyes (11-7) vs. Nebraska (9-8) Game Thread

[GATA]

Meh. I'll be over this loss in about 30 minutes. That sucked, but I'll keep telling myself that the three freshmen will get better. They'll make shots and learn to move their feet on D.

 

Just sucks to waste a special season from Tai.

[colhusker]

1 minute ago, jayschool said:

Yep. So many one- and two-possession games in the B1G. We got a few, now we've dropped a few. Time to roll the ball in the other direction.

 

(Man, that sucked, though, right?)

Yep

We have had more ups and downs with this team than the Tetons and Rocky mountains have combined.

[a0t0w0]

3 minutes ago, hhcdave said:

Anyone else just wish the university would put us out of our misery and eliminate the program? We have been choking since B.C, days (and that's not Barry Collier)

 

Really really disappointing and really really  getting sick of this. Same thing every year. What's the definition of insanity? 

Dang.  That's harsh.

[hskr4life]

Those that asked me when the half-time-posters would come out... probably tonight or tomorrow

[Nebrasketballer]

 

[RedEyedFanatic]

3 minutes ago, GATA said:

Meh. I'll be over this loss in about 30 minutes. That sucked, but I'll keep telling myself that the three freshmen will get better. They'll make shots and learn to move their feet on D.

 

Just sucks to waste a special season from Tai.

I feel like the last few seasons have been wasting special senior seasons. At some point the law of averages has to kick in on that right?

[a0t0w0]

5 minutes ago, hhcdave said:

Anyone else just wish the university would put us out of our misery and eliminate the program? We have been choking since B.C, days (and that's not Barry Collier)

 

Really really disappointing and really really  getting sick of this. Same thing every year. What's the definition of insanity? 

 

I'm more upset by what you wrote, given who you are, than any politician has done or said in years.  Do you really not see hope?

[huskerbaseball13]

5 minutes ago, hhcdave said:

Anyone else just wish the university would put us out of our misery and eliminate the program? We have been choking since B.C, days (and that's not Barry Collier)

 

Really really disappointing and really really  getting sick of this. Same thing every year. What's the definition of insanity? 

Hang in there. Somebody will get it done...eventually.  If not Miles next year then maybe the guy after that.  Perhaps those that bitch about the fans will turn their attention to our mediocre home record since year 1 of PBA? Protecting the vault...nope. 

[Huskerone]

 

[a0t0w0]

At least they didn't beat us by 60.  

 

#footballonnotice

[hhcdave]

I'm only being 50% serious. I just feel like I've been gut punched about as much as I can take without healing. 

[colhusker]

On a positive note, we got this years float trip planned tonight.

[GATA]

Maybe it's because I never had NCAA tournament hope, but the sting from this loss already is wearing off. 

[a0t0w0]

1 minute ago, GATA said:

Maybe it's because I never had NCAA tournament hope, but the sting from this loss already is wearing off. 

 

Lol. It's called the conference tournament.  Who do you pick over nu in that situation.  

 

Don't answer...just meditate

[trickey]

The thing that is hardest for me to swallow is the belief that we would be at least 5-1 if Ed is healthy. Throw in Gill and I wonder if anyone here thinks we would not have AT LEAST two more B1G wins.

[Cowboy Kermit]

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[rr52]

This loss goes directly to whoever designed the out of bounds defense on game winning shot. The ball was being taken out of bounds at a point where Jacobsen has to cut off the  angle so that Buckeyes can't have a lay up. He needed to be playing off the inbounders left hand about 5-6 feet and in line with the basket. This cuts off any lay up chances and also takes away any long passes that way as backboard is blocking any potential for a long cross court pass. And by playing off it also gives him time to read and possibly knock down/interecept a pass in that direction. In any last second defensive situation you want to force the offense to catch the ball moving away from the basket so the defense should've been forcing any potential shooter towards the OSU bench. I could've handled getting beat by a 15+ foot fade away but letting them drop the ball in the basket is unacceptable. I don't blame Watson at all. If Jacobsen is in the above described defensive position the pass can't be delivered to that spot and in bounder has to look for another option. This one falls directly to whoever gave defensive instructions in the last time out.

[jimmykc]

Too bad it takes a loss like this one to cause an hhcdave post. I am waiting for someone to resurrect the "Rock Bottom" thread.

[49r]

I know that @jayschool doesn't hang around much outside game threads, but do want to make note here for the record that, as crushed as we all were last night by that gut punch of a game, we should all take some degree of consolation that hey, at least we aren't Colorado:

 

Sun Jan 1	59	41	Utah	L, 76-60	68		Away	10-4	0-1
Thu Jan 5	68	123	Arizona St.	L, 78-77	67		Away	10-5	0-2
Sat Jan 7	68	17	Arizona	L, 82-73	72		Away	10-6	0-3
Thu Jan 12	69	12	UCLA	L, 104-89	76		Home	10-7	0-4
Sun Jan 15	73	56	USC	L, 71-68	66		Home	10-8	0-5
Wed Jan 18	78	124	Washington	L, 85-83	78	OT	Away	10-9	0-6

[huskerbaseball13]

8 minutes ago, 49r said:

I know that @jayschool doesn't hang around much outside game threads, but do want to make note here for the record that, as crushed as we all were last night by that gut punch of a game, we should all take some degree of consolation that hey, at least we aren't Colorado:

 

Sun Jan 1	59	41	Utah	L, 76-60	68		Away	10-4	0-1
Thu Jan 5	68	123	Arizona St.	L, 78-77	67		Away	10-5	0-2
Sat Jan 7	68	17	Arizona	L, 82-73	72		Away	10-6	0-3
Thu Jan 12	69	12	UCLA	L, 104-89	76		Home	10-7	0-4
Sun Jan 15	73	56	USC	L, 71-68	66		Home	10-8	0-5
Wed Jan 18	78	124	Washington	L, 85-83	78	OT	Away	10-9	0-6

 

Well that's what they get for having a good football team this year. 

[jayschool]

3 hours ago, 49r said:

I know that @jayschool doesn't hang around much outside game threads, but do want to make note here for the record that, as crushed as we all were last night by that gut punch of a game, we should all take some degree of consolation that hey, at least we aren't Colorado:

 

Sun Jan 1	59	41	Utah	L, 76-60	68		Away	10-4	0-1
Thu Jan 5	68	123	Arizona St.	L, 78-77	67		Away	10-5	0-2
Sat Jan 7	68	17	Arizona	L, 82-73	72		Away	10-6	0-3
Thu Jan 12	69	12	UCLA	L, 104-89	76		Home	10-7	0-4
Sun Jan 15	73	56	USC	L, 71-68	66		Home	10-8	0-5
Wed Jan 18	78	124	Washington	L, 85-83	78	OT	Away	10-9	0-6

HA! Love it! (Just because they pay my salary doesn't mean I have to root for their athletic teams, right?)

[49r]

32 minutes ago, jayschool said:

HA! Love it! (Just because they pay my salary doesn't mean I have to root for their athletic teams, right?)

 

Reading their message board this season has really brought back vivid memories of the end of the Nee era at NU.  Unprecedented levels of success there (even though all they have to show for it is a fluky conference tourney win and one win in the NCAA tourney - both in the same year with Bzdelik's recruits) have them thinking that they as a program are on a level far higher, and deserve more.

 

They're gonna run the best coach they've had since Sox Walseth out of town trying to be Arizona or something and will end up with Barry Collier.

 

I get a little bit of Schadenfreude out of that.