Klas3131

EXACTLY! I'll never dog on a kid that is giving effort. And he played hard, even in blowout losses. I wish him nothing but the best.

Agree 100%! To say that this is a travesty is just not taking your rose colored glasses on. Branham had a fantastic year. You put their stats next to each other and it's very close. When things are that close, many times the reward goes to the player on the better team. It stink for Bryce, but Branham is a worthy choice.

Call me crazy, but I'd rather play the team (Penn State) that we just throttled than a team that dismantled us twice. There is a reason they dismantled us twice. We have a tough time with them. I can't dismiss the 2 games against them this year as "well, we're playing better now". That's true, but they had their ways with the Huskers - twice. And Iowa? Good Lord, we can't match up with their athleticism. They have too many scorers. You take 2 away, there are 3 more ready to score. And if you get by Iowa, you have Rutgers. They can't score, but they'll just beat you up for 40 minutes. Win that and then you have to try to get through Illinois and Purdue, who are HORRIBLE matchups? On weary legs? The last 3 games have been great, but not enough to erase the 1st 17 games of the conference season. With all that being said, I'll still root like a mad man tonight that they can somehow beat the Purple Kitties.....

Nebraska 68 Northwestern 76 0 Those of you picking 5 wins - love the enthusiasm, but you are all freaking nuts....... :)

Nice quote of The Clash, Norm! Excellent work!

Huskers 62 Stinkin' Badgers - 76

Nebraska 68 Ohio State 82 3

Fred has had 3 seasons. 7-25. 7-20. And unless they pull a big upset, probably 7-25 again in year 3. The close losses last year gave us some hope. And having arguably one of our best recruiting classes coming in this year, with some good transfers, had us hoping for a possible tourney berth. Or at least in the conversation for 1. Instead, this is the worst of the 3 years, with the best players. The team seems disinterested. Watch the bench. Fred has the 1000 yard stare. Doc is asleep in his chair. Matt A stares into pace. Armon is the exception as he appears to be the most engaged. To me, the 1 thing you can control each night is effort and playing hard. There is not excuse not to. They haven't played hard the last half of the season. That's on the coaches. We are all Husker hoops fans. Why else would we be here? I don't understand the angst between a few posters towards each other. I understand that some thing it's best to give Fred another year. I don't agree, but I understand the sentiment. But to be told that "we just don't get it" doesn't sit well with me. I know what I'm seeing from Fred, and it's not good.

I get what you are saying. But we are looking at a 25 loss, 20 loss and 25 loss season in Fred's 3 seasons. If he was at 17 losses, as 49r said, you are looking at being within a few games above or below .500 and possibly be in the conversation for a post season tourney of some kind.

Probably should have said that Bryce is the "highest rated recruit" they've ever had.....

No kidding. It seems like 20 years since that night. NEVER did I envision this disaster.

Iowa - 97 Nebraska - 61 Thud. Again.

And what do we have now, 3 years into Hoiberg's regime? 3 years, 3 completely different teams, 3 trainwrecks. It shouldn't look like this in Year 3. NU has the best player they've ever had in Bryce, and some other good pieces. And it looks horrible EVERY night. I don't see it looking better next year. Bryce is gone. Other will leave. Will any of these incoming recruits stick with their commitment? They see what is happening and Fred is probably gone (if not this year, next year). The team looks disinterested. The coaching staff on the sideline looks disinterested (other than Gates at times). It's criminal that a team with some decent talent is THIS bad. I watched Minnesota/Wisconsin last night. It's a miracle NU beat them. A miracle. NU is not only 14th out of 14 teams, they are SO FAR away from #13 - ridiculous. I love Fred the person, but Fred the coach has been a disaster.

Opening night. Ugh. The hype was off the charts. I bought in BIG TIME. Fred told us this would be a fun team to watch and would give maximum effort EVERY night. I can tell you I'm not having any fun watching this team. I feel duped.

Handy, I hope you're right, but I don't see it happening. The players do NOT like this new proposal by the owners and I don't think they're going to pass it. I don't think we'll see any sports until 2021, unfortunately.