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Disagree. He uses stats and facts. Sure it comes across as negative, but the football team sucked. Hard to put much positve considering the past 20 years. So when these stats and facts get pushed out more it can seem negative but its reality. I dont need someome to try to push sunshine on me when its raining. He is snarky at times but I think people take that too seriously cause they are frustrated over the state of the program. But i think he puts things in perspective. Im sure im in the minority though.

We don't know how Hoiberg handles redshirts...does he dictate them or do the guys? Did they want Arop? Did they not? We had 2-3 guys sitting out already which turned into 3 guys and now we're down to 9 scholarship players with Curtis out. He'll get more playing time as this thing goes along. Otherwise, guys today don't redshirt. This deal where we think we can build up an advantage through fifth year seniors through guys that aren't going to play right away isn't how modern day top level D-1 programs work unfortunately. The purpose of a redshirt these days is so you don't miss a year when you transfer somewhere else.

He's also the best writer in sports journalism in the state.

Dec 9th, 2019 Show #6 - Hoiberg on the road, then Gates Hoiberg recaps the Georgia Tech and Creighton games Georgia Tech: had a large Nebraska crowd, weren't really aggressive in the first half as we went to the FT line 0 times Creighton: Stagnant on the offensive end which led to poor shot selection which fed the Jay's transition game. They were confident and were going down hill. We started chasing rebounds instead of getting back on D, which you can't do against Creighton. In the 2nd half we were attacking the rim and getting into our sets...unfortunately we were trading baskets. We got it down to 17 and Burke gets a steal that goes off the ref's foot. Responded well on Monday with a really good practice and will play on Friday and Sunday Talked about the 2 timeouts he called in a row because guys weren't getting back in transition which was the game plan Thor started because Mack was a minute late. Went on to talk about his time as a player under Larry Bird where Bird told the team he had never been late in his NBA career for anything and this was what he expected from the team. Hoiberg has the philosophy that if Bird, a top 10 player can be on time for everything, then there is no excuse for anyone playing for him to be late and thus it was an easy call to not start Mack. Went on to compliment Thor about his work in the off-season and you're seeing that pay off in his shot, confidence, and that he's rarely out of position defensively. Sharp asks about the lack of finishing off the rim. Hoiberg notes that players are taking shots off-balance and it's impacting their accuracy. There are times where we penetrate into the lane and we should kick to an open shooter on the backside but instead try to shoot the ball over a defender. Thought we were great in the second half vs Creighton because we were attacking North-South. They work on finishing drills every day. HCFH talked about rivalries and how much he loved playing in those games vs Iowa. He rattles off his record of 3-1 vs Iowa as a player and specifically mentions the loss as a sophomore where he played poorly. States his 4-1 record as a coach and called them 4 of the best wins of his coaching career. (As you can tell, he is very much about rivalries and beating rivals) Gets into upcoming games: Indiana really guards you and they have physicality at all positions. It will be a completely different game than vs the Jays who wanted to go up and down and shoot 3s. The Hoosiers will beat you up a little and crash the boards. So instead of trying to get back and find shooters we're going to have to keep them off the glass. Noted that Purdue beat a slow team like Virginia by a lot of points which is tough to do. They have a ton of size and they're physical. ----------- Some nuggets from Gates Thor and Easley are often the first two guys in for practice Morning practice helps for being able to get somewhere for recruiting if needed and making sure that guys are getting to bed on time They want Kavas to keep shooting when he's open, don't hesitate Burke needs to stay locked in and don't gamble because that will get him pulled off the court Gates thinks that Arop is the only player not redshirting that has elite B1G athleticism. (He said a couple of guys sitting out has that)

Can he be our Chauncey Billups? You know, the local guy who eschews offers from several blue-blood program and goes to State U., leading them to new levels of success? Please?

I'm a few days late on this but... For those of you that went to the game, did you catch the little bowling stunt by Billy BlueJay during a media timeout later in the second half? So Billy Bluejay lays on a scooter at halfcourt and there are giant bowling pins set up under one of the baskets...pretty standard mascot stunt right? WRONG So the Krayton Krazies (or whatever you call those students in stripes) push and hold him all the way through the pins to the baseline, at this point this is probably the lamest stunt I've ever seen at a D1 basketball game... little did we know it was all a setup! As the crowd looks on in ambivalence, the PA announcer says something to the tune of, "Way to go Billy Bluejay! One of the best mascots in D1 athletics! He sure does love his bowling - at least someone around here is going BOWLING" The Jayskers and vests have no idea how to react, do they boo? do they cheer? Do they yell, "go back to your shanties!" at the people in red one more time? So the whole crowd just settles in a surprised "ohhhhh" It honestly was the highlight of the game for me. Unfortunately not many people were left to witness it. I just love that they set up those whole stupid stunt just so they could use the bowling punchline. Bravo Jays!

Couldn't have said it better myself, Jimmy

@jimmykc I think that image not properly displaying on the site to the point where you know this is obviously what no one wants to see probably unintentionally brings home your thoughts on a basketball penalty box.

I probably should have used the phrase "massive improvement" as opposed to "significant imrprovement" because while I think you're right that we will improve and that it likely will be significant, I'm not sure it will enough to match 'THE VISION'. 'THE VISION' is that Iowa St was not great their first year under Hoiberg and then went to make the tournament the next year so this will happen at Nebraska. We will see how this team ends but right now it looks significantly worse than Hoiberg's first ISU team. I don't think this is much of a sell but I would not root for us to set the standard for poor teams at Nebraska this season.

I do think the Elam Ending would be intriguing. If I could sign CBB up for a month trial with no commitment as long as I remembered to cancel my payment by the deadline, I'd do it.

Dirk’s a Jackass, not a realist. He writes stuff just to rile people up and get clicks period.

Honest question:. why does being a realist always seem to be negative? Like if I am a Ohio State fan being a realist would mean that my team is going to win it all correct? But what if I think we are going to lose to LSU in the final, does that mean I am not a realist?

I just get a chuckle over Sip...he's like lets give the football team the benefit of the doubt but he's also like how much longer can husker fans deal with the way the basketball team is playing. honestly. A good number of husker fans (included the jayskers) thought that Frost was going to be the second coming. Yet a good number of us thought that the basketball team would struggle this year. They are proving that. I respect Sip...but honestly with stuff like that he's stirring a pot that doesn't need stirring.

You may be on to something. Let's see if this works.

AAAA baseball begins the same day when the Royals host the White Sox.

I love it, but Chauncey was on another level in high school. Pretty amazing chauncey went to boulder. Hunter is an uber athletic kid with upside, whereas Chauncey was already a legend at this point in his hs career.

i noticed realtimerpi has corrected nebraska's record to 8-1 and are sitting at an rpi of 85. watched minny dismantle GW tuesday night on espn+ (btw, BTN+ should only charge $4.99/mo also) minny was practically hitting on all cylinders. freshman led the way with 23 points, 7 boards, 4 steals, 2 blocks, 2 assists. think she was 4 of 6 from 3pt land. they have so many 3 point shooters. had a 4 guard starting lineup (along with Bello).

I think it is a decent bet all three sitting will start next year unless Drago really improves. Add the JC guys improving like most do it should give us hope.

Let's see what happens with the guys sitting out. One of our biggest, most glaring weaknesses is rebounding. My guess is three of the best rebounders on the team are sitting out as transfers. Another glaring weakness is shooting and, well … we have three of our best rebounders sitting out as transfers.

Nah he has his cult following. Just not a fan of his. He has to many traits of Jaysker.

Depends on what it's the final of.

That’s pretty much where I am as well.

Yer spot on Matt, most “Husker Fans” have tuned out the Basketball team before the season even starts. That article was directed to the people on this board & how many of these gut punches can WE take before we tune out. Since many/most of us were weaned on 7th or 8th place finishes in the Big 8, he grossly underestimates our level of masochism... We’re in it for the long haul regardless, but an 0-fer in Conference is almost unthinkable, there’s too many other bad teams.

Not counting some of their games they've played overseas, yes it is.

If that is what his message was and everyone else interpreted it a different way, that would indicate to me he didn't make his point very well.

It would seem the point that Sipple was trying to make was 'how many bad losses can you take this season before you stop caring about the team until next year' and conveyed this poorly enough that no one understood it this way.

Might have learned it from Dirky and his click bait crap.

Social media in a nutshell.

Now this is funny! Just so you know... if Kavas shoots lights out and goes off for 20, I’m plastering my face on there and heading down to our local university. I got 4 years of eligibility left ya know!

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Can't quite put my finger on it, but that image looks doctored. Did you photoshop a smiley face on Steph Curry's headband?

It should also get a couple players healed up as well. Sent from my moto z3 using Tapatalk

You expect me to read the whole thread? And not just spout off ignorantly? Sheesh. Tough crowd.

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my only concern is the shooting. we're going to get better defensively next year, but i didn't think we'd be shooting the ball this bad.

I thought their high water mark was that ‘95 NIT battle between Don Ameeche’ & the Huskers here in Lincoln...

Weird Curtis didn't want the free trip to Omaha

He should owe us money!!! What a waste buying guys like him out all of the time to leave us with a shambled program......again!