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Norm, I sense a Sheldon Jeter like obsession coming on....

It was tepid at best. YES, it should be continued. As I have urged many times in the past (and I'll repeat the argument again, just in case anyone missed it) this is uniquely Husker. It fits the moment. It energizes the crowd. It's certainly less disrespectful than "who cares, you suck." And it builds a home-court environment before the opening tip. So, YES we should keep doing it. And doing it. And, as long as we each continue to draw breath, do it some more.

I'd like to think that if we don't designate a #NOSITSUNDAY sooner, that the Creighton game this year would get that designation.Hell no. Why waste it on an unranked, non-conference opponent that we will be favored over?

OH YEAH!

Here's Pat Forde's take on Petteway: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/25-most-intriguing-players-in-college-basketball-082240520.html "Hair and beard combination makes him look like a Biblical shepherd, but he's a thoroughly modern playmaker at off-guard. In a system that thrives on defense and tempo control, Petteway has the leeway (and responsibility) to take plenty of shots on the offensive end. He's a streak shooter with occasionally shameless shot selection — but he's also a huge reason why the Cornhuskers made the NCAA tournament last year for the first time in 16 years, and are in the preseason top 25 this year." More on Petteway... http://www.omaha.com/huskers/blogs/huskers-terran-petteway-named-one-of-college-basketball-s-most/article_77378a50-6b61-11e4-8c97-8f8db83676b9.html

Picked up a couple nose-bleed season tickets recently through the Husker ticket office--had been on the wait list for awhile.

It should become our Senior night tradition. #NoSitSeniors

I will allow an exception for the state of Mississippi. And, somewhat related to this, didn't Oklahoma used to have a basketball-only mascot named "Top Dawg"???

Does Pat read this site? That is almost word for word what some of us have said about Terran and his shot selection.

Any team outside of Georgia who spells "dog" with an "aw" should be slapped.

No Sit Saturday??? Or we're just starting sunday really, really early that week.

No Sit Saturday???

We did need him. He didn't play because he wasn't good enough. If anyone was saving a redshirt for transferring, it was him. The staff wanted him to redshirt because they knew he was a project (they didn't know how big). The staff recommends but ultimately defers to the player. Do you think the staff wanted to redshirt Deverell coming in from Juco? To say that we recruited this guy and wanted him to save his redshirt for transferring is ludicrous. Hammond is more of a Brandon Ubel, not a Surge. He's not a guy we recruited because we needed tall humans. We actually scouted him. He's a guy who is going to contribute for us but then we'll look back during his senior year and think "what-if" he had put on muscle his freshman year instead of playing.

We're there, dude!

So if he plays it's either because he's good enough to contribute now or because he's bad enough that he needs to save the redshirt year for a transfer? This question has about a million different answers and probably none of them are right. It's one of those things that no matter what happens you probably get to the end of the season and second guess how something happened. So I guess you make the best decision possible at the time and just go with it and live with the outcome.

You didn't see it because I posted it 9 weeks ago. (I was getting antsy for the season to arrive. What can I say?)

Well if we were to get this kid then we would need to lock down Harriman, because not only is he fluent in Australian, able to speak some New Zealander he might also know enough Of the Queens English so that we would not need to hire an interpreter for any or all of them. I bet practice could be a problem with so many guys speaking so many different languages.

We do have a lot coming back next year. About the only thing we don't have coming back is a legitimate center. That is why I would take a healthy Leslee back in a heartbeat. He may not be all-conference, but he is big enough, strong enough, mature enough, experienced enough and talented enough to play and play effectively in the B1G. If he doesn't come back (which by all accounts he will not), I can almost guarantee that next year we are going to be saying "I wish we had Leslee for just one more year" just like we are all saying right now "I wish Leslee had not gotten hurt and that he could play all year". How is it any different next year than this year in that regard. There is a very good chance that Terran will not return next year. That would leave an open scholarship. In fact, I bet Miles is almost counting on it. This will be evidenced by the fact that he will continue to recruit for the spring signing period and I would bet that he will obtain at least one verbal commit before the end of the season (thus, before TP makes his final decision about returning). If he does, are you going to be saying that Miles shouldn't have obtained a verbal commitment b/c we don't know if TP is leaving and we don't have anyone that could/should be subject to attrition? All I am saying is that I doubt that even Miles is going to be able to go out and find a legit big man that can come in NEXT year and be as good or better than Leslee. And if he cannot, then I would rather have Leslee next year and let the future years sort themselves out. He has already signed 3 quality freshman for 2015. That is plenty to keep the youth movement in place. What we need next year is an experienced and legit big man and Leslee fits that bill. In the end, all this discussion doesn't matter b/c by all reports Miles doesn't think Leslee would qualify for a 6th year even if he applied (although that surprises me considering his history of injury). I am just speaking in hypothetical and IMO I would take Leslee next year over an open scholarship without hesitation whatsoever.

What's our head coach think of this outstanding class?! Jessica Shepard: Lanie Page: Rachel Blackburn: Maddie Simon: http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=209763218

Also liked the comment that somebody (maybe Jean's cousin) thinks that Tarren is mean. And it took Gibbs to expose that. I was almost crying at that question it was so funny and stupid.

Gotta love the focus on these words in that tweet: "Integrity, trust, respect, teamwork, loyalty." Not only is Tim Miles landing supeb players, but he is also getting smart, high-character, team-first men. Amazing!

Blown away ... https://twitter.com/HuskerHoops/status/532604965781372929

I am so frickin stoked you guys have no idea. I'm just having a hard time with how to describe it. This. Look over on the women's board and it's just as good if not better. This is a banner day for Nebraska basketball. Guys and gals.

http://www.indystar.com/story/sports/columnists/gregg-doyel/2014/11/11/doyel-keadys-killer-combover-gone-but-not-forgotten/18805373/

That's a good question,trickey, but no. I split it up because if I left it all together in one post, it would have been so long even I wouldn't have read it.

What is Ballswatter's rivals rank and what other schools are after him?

Col...the quote is from Rivals not Swan.

Funny, I said he be a steal for Creighton bout a month ago qnd caught a lot a crap. Now you cats is recognizing him as a legit baller?!? I ball at OSA and can yell ya that Patton has really developed. He a huge steal for Creighton. Their staff deserve some credit for spotting the kid fore he blowed up. With coach bailing on Central. North gonna be the new power in class A. They gots it going in football goo

I can't +1 this enough. This is exactly why Husker Power is so great!