uneblinstu's postgame chatter: vol 15, ed 29: Minnesota

Had a big long conversation with my father about my irrational fear that we're going lose this because we're Nebraska and that's what we do. And it did not happen

5 minutes ago, cornfed24-7 said:

Had a big long conversation with my father about my irrational fear that we're going lose this because we're Nebraska and that's what we do. And it did not happen

Not this year.

Great effort today when the 3s weren't falling and when Keisei was struggling with cramps and when Minny just refused to lay down.

So many different guys stepped up, very impressive. I don't think anyone played poorly. 

Great job doing what we were expected to do today. The stakes go up big time Tuesday night. These seniors deserve to go out with a win, so we need to make it happen.

9 minutes ago, throwback said:

So many different guys stepped up, very impressive. I don't think anyone played poorly. 

All five starters had double digits. Then add in Sam Hoiberg as a bonus.

Very physical game and a good job (I thought) by the refs of letting the game play out.

Once again it appeared Keisei had issues with cramps.  Those buggers are getting a tad worrisome. 

Everyone who played had good contributions.   Great to see.  Especially great to see Oleg with some good minutes given his parents are in town.

Man, Sam Hoiberg does a lot of little things well, and quite frankly, many big things too.

Big cheers today for the couple Dylan Riola appearances...a Rhule shot and numerous shots of Mr. And Mrs. Tominaga appearances.   Man he is a big dude...and she is a small lady.  Did I mention he is huge.  Heck, Oleg's parents are 6'11 and 6'4...so BIG parents.

By the way, a certain recruit that was directly behind our bench was pretty darn tall as well.

Nice win men.  Keep it going!

1 minute ago, HuskerFever said:

 

Pity the fans sitting behind him...he sort of blocks the sun.

Air BnB had a solid 13 minutes today, & what else can you really say about the “Governor”? He’ll be the Media Darling at the B1G Tourney…

Current status of our predictions:

Total Wins (predicted at start of season):

91% predicted wins at or below 15 total wins

Remaining predictions: 16 (x2), 19

Conference Wins (predicted in December):

100% predicted wins at or below 8 conference wins

Remaining predictions: None.

1 hour ago, Huskerpapa said:

Pity the fans sitting behind him...he sort of blocks the sun.

Well it was rising!

On a day that Walker and Tominaga didn't have their best games, we got solid game from Breidenbach, good games from Lawrence and Wilcher and awesome games from the two Sam's.  Add in good minutes from Oleg and Dawson and well, bring on Sparty.

Fellas it’s gotta be said….Sam Hoiberg is DOG!

Loved Walker leading the break, And i'm yelling give it up. Then I said ok that worked out okay.

7 minutes ago, The Polish Rifle said:

Fellas it’s gotta be said….Sam Hoiberg is DOG!

He's gonna be the player that the oppossing fans are gonna hate.

11 minutes ago, The Polish Rifle said:

Fellas it’s gotta be said….Sam Hoiberg is DOG!

Absolutely!  Gotta keep Fred so we don’t lose Sam.

16 minutes ago, The Polish Rifle said:

Fellas it’s gotta be said….Sam Hoiberg is DOG!

Can you win 6th man of the year if you only play about half a year?

2 hours ago, cornfed24-7 said:

Had a big long conversation with my father about my irrational fear that we're going lose this because we're Nebraska and that's what we do. And it did not happen

That was my worry.  It would be the most Nebrasketball thing to do.  They couldn't put the Goophers away, but never let them get real close, either.

2 hours ago, Huskerpapa said:

Once again it appeared Keisei had issues with cramps.  Those buggers are getting a tad worrisome.

When he was shooting FTs late in the game, the announcers were talking about him not wanting to drink any water.  Did anyone else hear that and what the heck is that all about?

2 hours ago, throwback said:

Ha - just saw Fred's postgame interview on BTN.

 

"Ben Johnson is doing an amazing job, etc, etc, etc..."

 

Sure is nice to have our coach be the one to heap false praise on the coach of the team that's in last place for a change.

 

So true.  I do think Minnesota actually has a decent group of freshmen.  Especially Payne.  Thought he looked pretty good after the first game and this game didn't change my opinion.  He could be a pain in the coming years.  No idea if Johnson is the guy to keep those guys there and mesh the pieces together.

2 hours ago, Huskerpapa said:

Big cheers today for the couple Dylan Riola appearances...a Rhule shot and numerous shots of Mr. And Mrs. Tominaga appearances.   Man he is a big dude...and she is a small lady.  Did I mention he is huge.  Heck, Oleg's parents are 6'11 and 6'4...so BIG parents.

 

By the way, a certain recruit that was directly behind our bench was pretty darn tall as well.

 

Nice win men.  Keep it going!

Time for my "old man get off my lawn" thoughts. Raiola, Rhule and Tominaga parents get screen time and huge cheers. Why is 4* recruit John Bol not getting shown any love? 

11 points, 6 boards, 5-5 from the line, 2 steals, just 1 TO in 23 minutes.... from Sam Hoiberg.  That's amazing.

GLUE GUY!

1 hour ago, Bugeaters1 said:

He's gonna be the player that the oppossing fans are gonna hate.

But unlike the kid from Indiana, he is not dirty like Gibbs and the kid from Wisconsin who's name slips my mind.

4 minutes ago, colhusker said:

1 hour ago, Bugeaters1 said:

He's gonna be the player that the oppossing fans are gonna hate.

But unlike the kid from Indiana, he is not dirty like Gibbs and the kid from Wisconsin who's name slips my mind.

You left out Aaron Craft.

1 hour ago, The Polish Rifle said:

Fellas it’s gotta be said….Sam Hoiberg is DOG!

You can obviously tell he’s a Coaches Kid & a lifelong Gym Rat. The “Governor” that folks of every Political persuasion can get behind…