2017 SG - Thorir Thorbjarnarson - LOI

[Donkey]

13 hours ago, huskercwg said:

I went out and "google earthed" his hometown.  It is a beautiful location but it looks cold.  They have a Domino's Pizza, I kid you not.  I cannot pronounce the names of the other restaurants.  Point is, there may be a bit of a culture shock with this young man. 

 

I was in Iceland a few years ago and saw a number of Domino's Pizza advertisements featuring the 'Noid (a common ad campaign here in the US back in the '80s).  The signature food of Iceland is hotdogs.  Seriously.  3/4s of the Icelandic population is in the Reykjavik area and the other side of island is only a few hours away.   I was there in November, and found it in the 40s-50s.  Tons of tourism there (probably its top revenue).  Icelandic Air figured out that it was about ~5-6 hours from both the US eastern seaboard and Europe.  People flying between the US and Europe will break up their travel with a 24 hour layover in Iceland.  Culture may not be as big of a deal as you may think.  

 

One very interesting tidbit.  A good percentage of the population believes in fairies.    

[hskr4life]

6 hours ago, Donkey said:

 

I was in Iceland a few years ago and saw a number of Domino's Pizza advertisements featuring the 'Noid (a common ad campaign here in the US back in the '80s).  The signature food of Iceland is hotdogs.  Seriously.  3/4s of the Icelandic population is in the Reykjavik area and the other side of island is only a few hours away.   I was there in November, and found it in the 40s-50s.  Tons of tourism there (probably its top revenue).  Icelandic Air figured out that it was about ~5-6 hours from both the US eastern seaboard and Europe.  People flying between the US and Europe will break up their travel with a 24 hour layover in Iceland.  Culture may not be as big of a deal as you may think.  

 

One very interesting tidbit.  A good percentage of the population believes in fairies.    

 

 

Well I am now officially sold.  This team needs a basketball fairy.  Please oh please let this fairy bring us an NCAA tourney win!

Edited August 8, 2017 by hskr4life

[Red Don]

A little bit of Good Luck (for a change) would certainly go a long way!

[BigTate]

 

[Huskerpapa]

55 minutes ago, BigTate said:

 

Looks like a cross between ABBA and Children of the Corn

[Swan88]

This is from Huskers.com:

 

Thorbjarnarson played for KR Reykjavik in the Icelandic League last year, averaging 10.2 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game for a team that went 26-8 and won the league championship in the top pro league in the country. He shot 53 percent from the field, including 38 percent from 3-point range last winter. His team has won the title in each of the past three seasons.

 

Here's the link:  http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=211660409

Edited August 9, 2017 by Swan88

[AuroranHusker]

29 minutes ago, Swan88 said:

This is from Huskers.com:

 

Thorbjarnarson played for KR Reykjavik in the Icelandic League last year, averaging 10.2 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game for a team that went 26-8 and won the league championship in the top pro league in the country. He shot 53 percent from the field, including 38 percent from 3-point range last winter. His team has won the title in each of the past three seasons.

 

Here's the link:  http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=211660409

 

 

 

26-8. A team had Richard van Poelgeest on the roster the prior year.

 

26-8. A team had Thorir Thorbjarnarson prior to coming to Nebraska.

 

Hmmm.

[Norm Peterson]

3 hours ago, Swan88 said:

 He shot 53 percent from the field, including 38 percent from 3-point range last winter. 

 

Here's the link:  http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=211660409

 

He shot 38% from 3 last winter. You see that, all you haters?  (I don't mean guys on THIS board.)

[AuroranHusker]

11 minutes ago, Norm Peterson said:

 

He shot 38% from 3 last winter. You see that, all you haters?  (I don't mean guys on THIS board.)

 

Edited August 9, 2017 by AuroranHusker

[trickey]

put this in the wrong place...sorry

Edited August 9, 2017 by trickey
wrong section

[trickey]

same

Edited August 9, 2017 by trickey

[Swan88]

 

[throwback]

Well, there goes about 10% of our Adidas apparel budget for the year. Those letters aren't cheap.

[Norm Peterson]

 Kid needs to start showing up at the gym for leg day. 

Edited August 29, 2017 by Norm Peterson

[AuroranHusker]

#34... Lance Jeter wore that number.

 

[atskooc]

54 minutes ago, AuroranHusker said:

#34... Lance Jeter wore that number.

 

He also played football.

 

This is the "Lance Jeter played football" comment of the week.

[49r]

1 hour ago, atskooc said:

He also played football.

 

This is the "Lance Jeter played football" comment of the week.

 

Speaking of which...is @The_nebrasketball_podcast still doing their thing I wonder???

[AuroranHusker]

2 minutes ago, 49r said:

 

Speaking of which...is @The_nebrasketball_podcast still doing their thing I wonder???

 

Is Kevin Bacon going to be involved in this at some point?