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  1. Congratulations to Chucky. I wish him well. I'll gladly cheer him on except for the one or two (sometimes maybe three) times per year they play Nebraska. No hard feelings. None at all. I don't feel dissed the way Akoy Agau left us hanging. Happy for Chucky and good luck in all your future endeavors.
    4 points
  2. 49r

    Opening Night Scrimmage

    If we could get 17 or 18 wins (which would almost certainly put us in the NIT) you'd have to consider that a massive success I'd say.
    4 points
  3. I think the trick to enjoying the season will be to savor the good games which we will have while tempering expectations to avoid the letdowns we experienced Saturday when we go up against truly elite teams. The number of victories we have will be secondary to the foundation we build for future success.
    3 points
  4. This team will lay the foundation that will REALLY take off next year. You’ll add Banton/Walker/Arop (off a RS) 25 lbs of “man muscle” on Yvan & Kevin & the full bloom of Ohio’s Mr Basketball Samari Curtiss...
    3 points
  5. Was at the scrimmage last night. I just want to be crystal, crystal clear here: I’M NOT SAYING WE’VE BEEN SOLD A LEMON OR THAT WE SUCK OR THAT HOIBERG SUCKS OR THAT MILES NEEDS TO BE BACK OR THAT OUR PETS HEADS ARE FALLING OFF.... but.... if I were you, reader of this post, I’d slightly temper and adjust my expectations for THIS SEASON. Here’s just a few thoughts: -Higher chance we have a rough year this year than a good year. Lots of skinny dudes, with almost no bigs. B1G not gonna be fun this year. -Yvan is not ready. Closer to 6’7” than he is 6’9”. Huge build (and a huge head, so he’s always going to perplex this board in regards to his “true” height), very strong, but was working against fellow, 6’7”, freshman Kevin Cross. I don’t think we lucked into our own secret Giannis, but he’ll be a serviceable banger if he sticks around. -Mack is as advertised. Not sure he can shoot from outside. Shot from deep does not look natural or rhythmic. But boy can he slash the paint, finish, and find dudes. I’d describe him as a “violent” driver. -History says Jervay Green will struggle this year (JUCO shooter/scorers in their first year of D1), and I imagine he’ll prove that trend correct. He’ll show flashes of brilliance from time to time and probably have a very good senior year next year. -Is Stevenson eligible? Because if he isn’t I’m not sure who will get a rebound. -Kavas (sp?) and Cheatman (sp?) are really nice, experienced senior plays that I wish many of our previous teams had on them. Not superstars by any means, but complete basketball players (for what they do), that will be very serviceable. -Burke is a sprinter with the ball in his hands. Nice guy to have with Mack. Not sure if he can shoot, but he’s a hard working, athletic, aggressive player. -(gonna sneak this in here) Last years healthy top 6 beats whoever this years top 6 is pretty handily. There’s no Robys, Copelands, or Palmers out there. Miles shouldn’t be allowed to coach again after squandering our opportunity last year. I didn’t say that. I don’t mean that. I’m sorry Tim I still love you. -This years team will have a lot more serviceable, decent players that can just play ball than we’ve had in years past. Problem is we don’t have a definitive 1-5 and will be missing some serious size and girth (my wife agrees hey-o). -Banton (sp?) can literally be as good as he wants to be. If intangibles are there, all-big ten will be there.
    3 points
  6. Glynn was a nightmare for the other PGs to play against and an absolute rock in taking care of the ball but he wasn't a guy who could take the ball to the hole and wasn't necessarily making his teammates better through his passing (you can blame some/much of that on our style of offense). Not sure what Chucky has in the verbal leadership department one often looks for in a PG but Glynn unfortunately didn't have that.
    2 points
  7. Disappointing. However, and I know everyone always says this when we miss out on someone, but I think we are in with better fits. He’s almost completely tapped out physically and athletically. But I’m sure he’ll be a pain in our ass at Wisconsin.
    2 points
  8. At least he didn't go to Creighton. Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk
    2 points
  9. hhcmatt

    Opening Night Scrimmage

    Agree there. If this teams ends the season over .500 we've done well. If nothing else the pace should make things fun to watch, especially at the beginning.
    2 points
  10. Addendum to yesterdays press release: Nebraska announces Ed Weir Stadium will be the temporary home for the gigantic egg being laid tonight.
    2 points
  11. And THAT, ladies and gentlemen, is the Nebraska Chiropractic Physicians' Message Board Posting of the Day. "Get your life back with Chiropractic."
    1 point
  12. Obviously, this writer has forgotten that Iowa's worst nightmare, the God of Thunder, is still on the roster.
    1 point
  13. Just wanted to clarify, as I realize this post is coming off a bit bitter and dick-ish. I still think that Chucky is a phenomenal player and will be a pain in our ass (as I mentioned before). When I say he is athletically and physically tapped out, that is still tapping out at a very good athlete and good body for the Big 10. But he kind of reminds me of Mike Gessell in that regard (who was also a great player). I just think we are in on players with more potential that are equally as competitive as Chucky right now. Just my opinion.
    1 point
  14. We won 19 last year and probably should have won 25. I'd say if we won 16-18 that's considered a success this year. Anything above that gets the mayor a lifetime contract. Ha
    1 point
  15. Roby, Copeland, Palmer we’re without a doubt big ten bodies. You’re flat out wrong if you disagree with that. Watson had serious big 10 experience. Borchart would start on this years team.
    1 point
  16. While it stinks to lose a top in-state prospect, especially to a conference rival, things like this happen occasionally after a coaching change. Rebuilding that relationship means the new coaches are starting from scratch versus teams that have months and years of relationships in the bank. Just part of the fallout from making coaching changes. I'm confident Coach Hoiberg & Co will be able to overcome this loss. On the other hand, if your coach had been in place for several years and had made recruiting Hepburn (and Mors for that matter) an extremely high priority, and still lost the top in-state prospect (and Mors) on the same weekend, then it should be setting off alarm bells and red warning lights everywhere. I would imagine the Monday blues are pretty heavy in a certain basketball coach's office today.
    1 point
  17. We don't need to be better than last year's team. We just want to win more games, however that happens.
    1 point
  18. Glynn Watson was a tough playmaking point guard—a Rivals four-star (Hepburn is a three-star). Cam Mack, a sophomore this year, appears to be a tough playmaking point guard—at least, he Is recognized as one of of last year’s top players in all junior colleges—following a single season of play.
    1 point
  19. Miles offered him real early and it felt like we had a leg up there. Hoiberg and Co were obviously still interested but where was Hepburn in our list of 4+ offers to 2021 PGs these days?
    1 point
  20. I didn’t have big expectations for this team this year. I think a hair under .500 would be a good goal in conference play and nine wins in the nonconference schedule should be the goal.
    1 point
  21. Huskerpapa

    2019 Football Outlook

    As I have said, over-hype sets very unfair expectations. The most level headed expectation I heard set in the preseason was by Bill Moos who said he thought six wins would be a reasonable expectation...well, I think that is pretty good expectation. But you know what, Ohio State is loaded with talent. And you know what else, if we could have somewhat held this game close, we would have lost because Ohio State were heads and tails better than us on special teams. Good grief, we were placed in a position to fair catch returnable kick-offs. We can still have a good season, we are better than last year, but we still are still in need of a lot of talent.
    1 point
  22. I’m going to temper expectations but I’m not sure about last year vs this year result, it’s hard to tell based on one half hearted made for fans scrimmage... There were reports that Burke and Palmer in practice last year went head to head and took turns getting the best of each other. So, Banton guards Roby, Yvan on Copeland, Burke on Palmer, Hannif on Tom Allen and Mack on Glynn...I don’t see this years team getting blown out, I actually think it’s a bit closer - and this years bench is deeper than last years, even our walkons are an upgrade. Still love Trueblood though. I do believe we are a deeper and faster team than last year, maybe not better...
    1 point
  23. I’m all for tempering expectations, especially for a team that has never played together. But history says that little of prediction value can be drawn from a show-off scrimmage like this. That being said, here are my two predictions: barring injury, this team will: 1. be better at the end of the season than at the beginning; and 2. make greater progress than other teams as they gel together.
    1 point
  24. HuskerFever

    2019 Football Outlook

    I owe Bo Pelini an apology. And I hate that guy I wonder how Pelini would've done with the roster that Riley left us with.
    1 point
  25. I didn't buy much stock into everything because it's a scrimmage obviously. It's FLASHED some skill sets more than anything I thought -mack and Burke need to be together in the backcourt. Not sure if there's a backcourt who can keep up with them. You can see the natural speed in them right away with the ball in their hands. They need to spell each other so one of them is always on the court. Will be huge in my opinion -i noticed it was mentioned, green will likely flash great scoring prowess this year, but few and far in-between. -i thought yvan was strong, constantly active and moving (big thing for me at the 5), but after him I it looks pretty bad. -Stevenson looked slow as others said, but I believe he was going through the motions. - I don't know if it means anything, but the ASSUMED starters (Burke, Mack, cheathem, and Yvan) had Thor with them on the "Red" team to start out. Just an observation. Could be nothing or something. -my girl loved banton and I really think he can be huge for us next year. Preferably he puts on some muscle but he looks so smooth and instincts are there. Just wonder if his motor is constant as others have stated. We'll struggle because of our bigs in the big ten. Our backcourt players can probably compete with everyone, but in the big ten it's a bigs conference. Unless Cross (who didn't look that bad. He just needs to reshape his body) can put on 30 lbs of muscle in *checks watch* a month it'll be rough down low. Had a great time and I love the potential of this team.
    1 point
  26. Huskerpapa

    Ouedraogo

    He should help this year, perhaps even play a pretty important role, but he is not a savior, nor should he be. But he certainly looks like a player. I would take him over Jordy in a heartbeat.
    1 point
  27. hhcmatt

    Opening Night Scrimmage

    more like this
    1 point
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