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Norm, in this instance, I think it's called Taijacking.

"Talent" struggles all the time."Talent" can also bust-out of D1 and never play again or go to a smaller school. Saying someone is talented doesn't automatically equal success. Also, just because someone is starting does not mean they are all that talented. Conversely, just because someone isn't starting does not mean they aren't talented. Corey Maggette only started a couple games in his one season at Duke (Chris Carrawell/Shane Battier got the rest) and was a lottery pick. He's been in the league for something-like 15 years now and has avg'd 16pts 5rebs and 2 asts over that period. Battier puts up smaller numbers and Carrawell barely even had a cup of coffee in the league. Tai's ceiling is much higher than any of the starting guards you mentioned. That doesn't mean anything though. He could start. He could be the 6th man. He could blow up and dominate. He could struggle and take some time to figure it out. He could start, play 30 mpg, and look incredible at times while looking completely out of his element at others. You seem to be wanting to make it as black and white as possible, while there's a ton of gray area.

Then why are you a fan of Creighton if you don't like horrible and lame jokes?

In his defense, he IS going to be playing for the defending National Champion in an arena with 23,000 fans every night. I thought he went w/ Auburn... guess I forgot about his whereabouts! Oh yeah, my bad. Reading and attention to detail I guess are not my strong suits today.

Nothing against F Scott Fitzgerald; just not a fan of horrible and lame jokes. Horrible? Lame? Meh. Everyone's having a little fun with it except the uptight guy in the blue sweater vest. (And "horrible and lame"? Were you running short on adjectives this morning?) Guess his speed is more in the lines of knock knock jokes. Knock-Knock Who's there? BIg East Big East who? Big East who used to be a BCS conference Husker fan: "Knock-knock" College hoops fan: "Who's there?" Husker fan: "Nebraska." College Hoops fan: "Who's that?" What a lame and horrible joke.

Nothing against F Scott Fitzgerald; just not a fan of horrible and lame jokes. Horrible? Lame? Meh. Everyone's having a little fun with it except the uptight guy in the blue sweater vest. (And "horrible and lame"? Were you running short on adjectives this morning?) Guess his speed is more in the lines of knock knock jokes. Knock-Knock Who's there? BIg East Big East who? Big East who used to be a BCS conference

Win or lose on the Elbert Robinson sweepstakes, the reality of the visit and the substance of the Rivals interview provide an unmistakable and unequivocal measurement of the progress Nebrasketball is making on the recruiting circuit. Consider this: 1. When was the last time a recruit ranked this highly (i) made a visit here, and (ii) left with rave reviews? 2. When was the last time any recruit (i) made an official visited here, and (ii) then left for further official visits to the likes of Ohio St. and Georgetown? 3. When was the last time a fan on a message board of the likes of either Ohio St. or Georgetown describes a Husker Rivals article on a recruiting visit as "a very disturbing read" and then nervously attempts the "enjoying his official trips" and "saying the right things" dismissive? 4. When was the last time Nebrasketball had a legitimate chance in one year to sign both (i) an ESPN 4-Star / Rivals 150 recruit (Hammond), and (ii) an ESPN 4-Star / Rivals 4-Star recruit (Robinson)? It seems that the answer to all four questions is probably, "Never!"

Norm is humoring himself.

What's with the bright orange, Elbert??? He needs to way to stand out just in case there are a bunch of other 7 foot dudes walking around.

wrote "The Great Gatzby." I wonder if C Elbert Robinson has seen the movie.

As far as our tunnel walk goes (I guess since we're now completely off topic here), I don't see why people - read, your typical Husker football fan - insist that somehow Sirius is a "tradition" for NU. It was a cheap ripoff by a lazy HuskerVision crew to whip something together in '94 (the first time they had replay boards in the stadium). This tunnel walk production is something that should be updated at least every year, IMO. I guess to try to bring this back full circle to being back on topic...the hoops intro should also be updated regularly.

In his defense, he IS going to be playing for the defending National Champion in an arena with 23,000 fans every night. I thought he went w/ Auburn... guess I forgot about his whereabouts! Oh yeah, my bad. Reading and attention to detail I guess are not my strong suits today. You must have been thinking of Akoy Agau.... The hot weather is melting my brain.

I thought about going all Dion Waiters (best player at Syracuse for his two years there, never started a game, drafted #4), but that would've been a jerkmove. My apologies for the Maggette attack.

"Talent" struggles all the time."Talent" can also bust-out of D1 and never play again or go to a smaller school. Saying someone is talented doesn't automatically equal success. Also, just because someone is starting does not mean they are all that talented. Conversely, just because someone isn't starting does not mean they aren't talented. Corey Maggette only started a couple games in his one season at Duke (Chris Carrawell/Shane Battier got the rest) and was a lottery pick. He's been in the league for something-like 15 years now and has avg'd 16pts 5rebs and 2 asts over that period. Battier puts up smaller numbers and Carrawell barely even had a cup of coffee in the league. Tai's ceiling is much higher than any of the starting guards you mentioned. That doesn't mean anything though. He could start. He could be the 6th man. He could blow up and dominate. He could struggle and take some time to figure it out. He could start, play 30 mpg, and look incredible at times while looking completely out of his element at others. You seem to be wanting to make it as black and white as possible, while there's a ton of gray area. OK, so now you're going all Corey Maggette on me. I see how you are.

In his defense, he IS going to be playing for the defending National Champion in an arena with 23,000 fans every night. I thought he went w/ Auburn... guess I forgot about his whereabouts! Oh yeah, my bad. Reading and attention to detail I guess are not my strong suits today. Just today?

Nothing against F Scott Fitzgerald; just not a fan of horrible and lame jokes. Horrible? Lame? Meh. Everyone's having a little fun with it except the uptight guy in the blue sweater vest. (And "horrible and lame"? Were you running short on adjectives this morning?) Guess his speed is more in the lines of knock knock jokes. Knock-Knock Who's there? BIg East Big East who? Big East who used to be a BCS conference Husker fan: "Knock-knock" College hoops fan: "Who's there?" Husker fan: "Nebraska." College Hoops fan: "Who's that?" Just enjoy your last year of being good cause the Jays will take a huge step backwards next year and will be hard for them to compete in the Big East. You can feel the Creighton fan base nervious that the tide is turning and the Huskers will a better basketball program than Creighton after this year. Unless Coach McDermott has another All-American son, this will be the last time Creighton will be good for a long time.

"Talent" struggles all the time."Talent" can also bust-out of D1 and never play again or go to a smaller school. Saying someone is talented doesn't automatically equal success. Also, just because someone is starting does not mean they are all that talented. Conversely, just because someone isn't starting does not mean they aren't talented. Corey Maggette only started a couple games in his one season at Duke (Chris Carrawell/Shane Battier got the rest) and was a lottery pick. He's been in the league for something-like 15 years now and has avg'd 16pts 5rebs and 2 asts over that period. Battier puts up smaller numbers and Carrawell barely even had a cup of coffee in the league. Tai's ceiling is much higher than any of the starting guards you mentioned. That doesn't mean anything though. He could start. He could be the 6th man. He could blow up and dominate. He could struggle and take some time to figure it out. He could start, play 30 mpg, and look incredible at times while looking completely out of his element at others. You seem to be wanting to make it as black and white as possible, while there's a ton of gray area. I've heard there are 50 shades of grey!

In his defense, he IS going to be playing for the defending National Champion in an arena with 23,000 fans every night. Assuming you have Atewe and Agau confused here?

Nothing against F Scott Fitzgerald; just not a fan of horrible and lame jokes. Horrible? Lame? Meh. Everyone's having a little fun with it except the uptight guy in the blue sweater vest. (And "horrible and lame"? Were you running short on adjectives this morning?) Guess his speed is more in the lines of knock knock jokes.

I'm not sure I could stomach him on the team.

I was hoping we'd get in on PF Chang.

Vicariously. Then let's chill on the character attacks. He's a public figure. It comes with the job. I don't think anyone has a problem with you disagreeing with what he writes and having a counter argument or opposing view and expressing that. That does come comes with the job and I'm confident he's fine with that. Calling the guy a dick or a douche, IMO, is a character attack, or a personality attack, whatever you want to call it. If you've never actually met the guy and/or interacted with him to base that claim on, then I do think that's out of bounds. Will you defend Aaron Craft like this when he takes a beating here when we play tOSU? I don't remember anyone defending him last year. I'd hope I would. If I didn't last year, I should have. Playing basketball or being a newspaper writer that writes and says things you disagree with isn't grounds for being called some of the names I've seen thrown around on here. And frankly, I haven't seen anything in Craft's game or heard of anything he's done that would warrant those things either.

TCP, I agree with doing everything possible to make the Arena "student-centric", but to get rid of donor requirements entirely outside of the suites seems a bit extreme. How would you fund the programs? For many boosters, there has to be incentive to give the higher amounts. Donations would decline significantly. Perhaps attendance would also. If I can't buy better seats (because I choose to spend my hard-earned $$ that way), I'm staying home rather than sit in the Norm Rafters. I'd like to allocate a lot of great seats for students--but that still leaves a lot of Arena to allocate among fans who are willing to contribute. There should be a "time clock" everyone punches upon entering or leaving the PBA. Those fans with the most accumulated hours earn points, and those points go towards seat priority. If students camp out, they punch the clock any time they're in line (skip class, get more points). Something like this could easily be set up with some kind of GPS check-in/check-out system and your cell phone. You enter the building (with your phone) and you're automatically "checked-in" and earning priority points. The diehards with the most points get to choose from the best seats. Which results in more passionate, noisy fans making a difference where it counts the most.

It is fairly weaksauce for athletic apparel. It'd be fine on some type of athletic department letterhead, business card, or some other type of "professional" use where boring and safe is pretty standard. It honestly looks like it could have been created by a 7th grade art student (apologies to any 7th grade art students in the audience). I liked the script, but understand the need for an update. I don't think this was the right choice.

Norm is humoring himself. So he is no longer master of his own domain?

Norm is humoring himself. Yikes...isn't that called hedonism???

Get that kid some Adidas gear pronto!

New visit next week: C Everett Koop Jr. His conditioning is incredible because he never smokes.

I wouldn't read too much into this.

Nothing against F Scott Fitzgerald; just not a fan of horrible and lame jokes.

Husker >> Jaysker >> JayFan >>>>>>>> JayFan from Nebraska who hates Nebraska football just to be a jerk >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>me

Nothing against F Scott Fitzgerald; just not a fan of horrible and lame jokes. Horrible? Lame? Meh. Everyone's having a little fun with it except the uptight guy in the blue sweater vest. (And "horrible and lame"? Were you running short on adjectives this morning?) Guess his speed is more in the lines of knock knock jokes. Knock-Knock Who's there? BIg East Big East who? Big East who used to be a BCS conference Husker fan: "Knock-knock" College hoops fan: "Who's there?" Husker fan: "Nebraska." College Hoops fan: "Who's that?"