uneblinstu's postgame chatter : vol 17; ed 5 - Creighton

One piece the Jays might be able to add in the front court is guard Fedor Zugic from Montenegro. Reportedly a baller, but hasn't been cleared by the NCAA.

WHAT A WEEKEND!

Something is brewing in Lincoln for men's athletics again!

Love how invested Fred is in the success of all the teams at DONU

Talked to Conner Essigian at the Football game today, told him you know you OWN Omaha now Right? Hip Pocket… He couldn’t Stop Smiling  

21 hours ago, BugeaterZ said:

I thought the same thing. Not even the early 90's?

Huskers won in Omaha in 1991, 1993, and 1995.   So three road wins in a row in the 1990's and 7 straight wins.   I think the quote last night was first back to back road wins at CHI.

4 minutes ago, Alwaysred said:

Huskers won in Omaha in 1991, 1993, and 1995.   So three road wins in a row in the 1990's and 7 straight wins.   I think the quote last night was first back to back road wins at CHI.

The quote is literally: "2nd straight road win vs. Creighton for 1st time in series history."

It was fun when the husker football fans let out a huge cheer when the score from last night was announced.  Jayskers had to have a slow embarrassing burn!

I’ve never been so glad to be wrong about Husker Hoops! GBR!!!!

4 hours ago, Huskerpapa said:

It was fun when the husker football fans let out a huge cheer when the score from last night was announced.  Jayskers had to have a slow embarrassing burn!

It was at this moment... everyone in the crowd knew if you were a Jaysker. Can't hide forever!

Rewatching the game on BTN+ because.. why not?

I'm at the U4 TO in the 1st half and man Creighton has to be feeling like we felt all those years. Literally we're getting good shots, getting to the line, and making shots. They are out of sorts, airballing threes (cough cough Issac), and missing shots at the rim.

Literally, this is the pain we've all felt so many times before.

14 hours ago, Jacob Bigelow said:

Some morning after reading from me for anybody interested
 

A blue out and they didn’t even wear Blue. 
 

Doh

13 hours ago, 49r said:

Love how invested Fred is in the success of all the teams at DONU

Not just Fred but all of our coaches, Matt rhule especially.  I think new and better leadership has led to success which has led to more of a tight knit group of student athletes.  It’s a fun time to be a Husker fan.  

13 hours ago, HuskerFever said:

 

The quote is literally: "2nd straight road win vs. Creighton for 1st time in series history."

Lost in translation for sure and really good catch about the Chi Center @Alwaysred because I bet that's where this chryon came from.

We've actually had 2 winning streaks on the road of 3 games as we had one in the 80s thanks to the NIT

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8 hours ago, hskr4life said:

Rewatching the game on BTN+ because.. why not?

 

I'm at the U4 TO in the 1st half and man Creighton has to be feeling like we felt all those years. Literally we're getting good shots, getting to the line, and making shots. They are out of sorts, airballing threes (cough cough Issac), and missing shots at the rim.

 

Literally, this is the pain we've all felt so many times before.

This.

I've been thinking roughly the exact same thing. I'm not rejoicing in the fact one of their guys got hurt, but the thought had crossed my mind many times in the past that Creighton had enjoyed a lot of good fortune over the years and had avoided things like the injury bug, whereas we have Isaac Copeland blow a knee in a year where we might have otherwise made the dance.

They've had games against us where they shot out of their minds. Where everything seemed to fall for them. That luck had to run out eventually.

And maybe it finally has. And all at once. I'm sure their fans are probably pretty good at handling adversity, though, so they should take this all in stride. 

I always said that worm would eventually turn.

A completely self-inflicted injury. He began the jump shot going straight up, wasn't fading at all, then decided to try to draw a foul. Left foot landed behind the three point line, kicked his right leg way out to try to make it seem like Rollie was in his landing area and his right foot landed three feet inside the arc. Landed very awkwardly because of it. This stuff drives me nuts. I hope the era of trying to deceive officials into calling fouls rather than just playing basketball comes to an end soon. Very unfortunate for Creighton because Ashworth is so vital to their team this year. 

56 minutes ago, Norm Peterson said:

 

This.

 

I've been thinking roughly the exact same thing. I'm not rejoicing in the fact one of their guys got hurt, but the thought had crossed my mind many times in the past that Creighton had enjoyed a lot of good fortune over the years and had avoided things like the injury bug, whereas we have Isaac Copeland blow a knee in a year where we might have otherwise made the dance.

 

They've had games against us where they shot out of their minds. Where everything seemed to fall for them. That luck had to run out eventually.

 

And maybe it finally has. And all at once. I'm sure their fans are probably pretty good at handling adversity, though, so they should take this all in stride. 

 

I always said that worm would eventually turn.

I’m not old enough to remember the series before the mid 90s, but Creighton has dominated the last 15-20 years and still the all time head to head is about even. It is about time we take the lead back after these last two decades. 

10 hours ago, ShortDust said:

A blue out and they didn’t even wear Blue. 
 

Doh

At times it probably felt like a “blue” out. Especially when we were up 18.

1 hour ago, Vinny said:

I’m not old enough to remember the series before the mid 90s, but Creighton has dominated the last 15-20 years and still the all time head to head is about even. It is about time we take the lead back after these last two decades. 

Doc and Altman were 50/50 against each other at NU and CU,

2 hours ago, Vinny said:

I’m not old enough to remember the series before the mid 90s, but Creighton has dominated the last 15-20 years and still the all time head to head is about even. It is about time we take the lead back after these last two decades. 

They were pretty terrible for a long stretch in the 1980s and early 1990s until Altman got it going. When I was growing up, NU just didn't lose to those guys, so we built a pretty big series lead.

I mean it was a rivalry game (kind of), but it was also a series where you could go to the Civic 30 minutes before tipoff and buy decent seats from the box office with a 75/25 NU crowd. 

Altman flipped the series and basically saved their entire athletic program, or they'd still be a mid-level Mo Valley team. Pretty crazy to think how lucky they got with that hire - especially the timing with conference realignment on the horizon.

It's beyond time for us to flip it again, that's for sure.

The wiki seems to show 14-6 over the last 20. Thanks for keeping it close, Doc! 

3 hours ago, Norm Peterson said:

 

This.

 

I've been thinking roughly the exact same thing. I'm not rejoicing in the fact one of their guys got hurt, but the thought had crossed my mind many times in the past that Creighton had enjoyed a lot of good fortune over the years and had avoided things like the injury bug, whereas we have Isaac Copeland blow a knee in a year where we might have otherwise made the dance.

 

They've had games against us where they shot out of their minds. Where everything seemed to fall for them. That luck had to run out eventually.

 

And maybe it finally has. And all at once. I'm sure their fans are probably pretty good at handling adversity, though, so they should take this all in stride. 

 

I always said that worm would eventually turn.

I know what your saying but to be fair and if I remember correctly Creighton did lose a couple of their top players two years in a row just before the NCAA tournament a few years ago.  I can't remember names but one was a score first point guard.  I could look it up but you know.....it's Creighton.