uneblinstu's postgame chatter : vol 17; ed 14-UCLA

12 hours ago, HuskerActuary said:

Connor needs to shoot the ball with more arc. Go back and watch it. That thing barely gets above the rim. It's simple science that you increase your odds by shooting the ball higher in the air. 

Jokes aside, I agree haha.  

13 hours ago, NUtball said:

I wouldn't bet the farm on it.  This is the B1G we're talking about.  The front office has been subtly shafting NU since the moment they joined.

Hasn't really been all that subtle if you ask me

Kent and Greg are the best basketball/football 1-2 punch in the nation and it isn’t even close.

On 1/5/2025 at 8:42 PM, AuroranHusker said:

Yeah, and the B1G did NU no favors with MSU, Indiana, and UCLA right out of the gate to start the conference slate!

With my theory that you want your single-play home games to be against teams you *could* beat at home but probably *won't* beat on the road, and your single-play road games to be against *either* teams you are unlikely to beat either way or teams you most likely *would* beat either way, I'd say this schedule sets up pretty well for us.

In other words, I'd rather get a home dub against UCLA if the odds are we lose to them at Pauley. And it's OK to lose to MSU on the road since chances are they'd also beat us at home. Better to have those home games against teams you might not beat if you played at their house but can probably win if they play us here.

In the single-play road category, we have winnable games at Washington, Penn State and Northwestern. We also have a single-play road game against an Oregon team that probably would beat us here. Single-play home games include Rutgers, USC and Minnesota.

And, notably, our closing stretch includes 3 winnable home games and a winnable road game at PSU. So ...

40 minutes ago, Norm Peterson said:

 

With my theory that you want your single-play home games to be against teams you *could* beat at home but probably *won't* beat on the road, and your single-play road games to be against *either* teams you are unlikely to beat either way or teams you most likely *would* beat either way, I'd say this schedule sets up pretty well for us.

 

In other words, I'd rather get a home dub against UCLA if the odds are we lose to them at Pauley. And it's OK to lose to MSU on the road since chances are they'd also beat us at home. Better to have those home games against teams you might not beat if you played at their house but can probably win if they play us here.

 

In the single-play road category, we have winnable games at Washington, Penn State and Northwestern. We also have a single-play road game against an Oregon team that probably would beat us here. Single-play home games include Rutgers, USC and Minnesota.

 

And, notably, our closing stretch includes 3 winnable home games and a winnable road game at PSU. So ...

I agree.  All great points.  I'd add, a schedule looks more favorable when you have a good team 

The somewhat talked about presser from Mick Cronin.  Made for good talk radio this week because you can see that Cronin isn't crediting Nebraska's home court because it takes away from the game itself.

2 hours ago, hhcmatt said:

The somewhat talked about presser from Mick Cronin.  Made for good talk radio this week because you can see that Cronin isn't crediting Nebraska's home court because it takes away from the game itself.

 

 

I would only worry about what came out if his mouth if he was telling Santa that I had been naughty and might end up with coal.

He is just a angry little elf that has trouble being a nice person.

In the words of Buddy the Elf "He must be a South Pole Elf."