jimmykc

NU 77, Rutgers 68

The thrill of anticipation is palpable.

Does that include the wife?

Don't forget Little Bill Daggett in " Unforgiven", one of my favorites. It is interesting that he reportedly thought "Hoosiers" would be a huge flop, proving he is a much better actor than judge of movies. Also, according to a report I happened upon this morning, his friend Dustin Hoffman persuaded him to persist after he couldn't find work after acting school.

We'll just have to see what happens with Gavin, but the sports (and real) world is filled with people who tried and tried and failed and failed but persisted and eventually succeeded. One example is Gene Hackman who was told many times he did not have the looks or ability to become an actor but kept trying to get a break and eventually morphed into... Coach Norman Dale.

Boilmakers 69, Husks 65 (I wish it were a home game).

I got bored with the football game last night and switched to the end of the Mich State/Washington game to see if the Huskies could reach the degree of ineptitude shown by the Huskers against Sparty (they tried but failed to succeed). Anyway, I was rewarded by noting Villhelm (who is featured in Lindy's with a photo this year) is as gawky as ever (I still like him) and seeing one of the infrequent baskets by Nick Sanders (who is Barry's son and a redshirt for Izzo) and Christian King (who is Rich's son and second year redshirt for Sprinkle). And I believe I just set the HHC record for number of parentheses (7) in a single post. (So, there's that.) Also, that shows there are more interesting things to do than smoke cigarettes and watch Captain Kangaroo.

Two more sage predictions and I am then forgetting this game: 1. Neither Sandfort will ever score 27 points in one half again. 2. (Barring unforeseen injuries) Nebraska will win its last regular season game with Iowa to gain some momentum going into the tournaments.

I'm just glad it was on Peacock. I listened to it on radio and turned it off after I heard Kent say we won on a buzzer beater and went to bed happy!

Iowa

I try not to make a prediction in the afterglow of a Husker victory, but too cold to do much else, so here goes. NU 76, Iowa 69 5 Huskers get bench points. Unfortunately, this one is on Peacock.

Let's play some ugly ball. NU 69 UCLA 66

The basic premise of many of the comparisons on this thread should hinge on the fact that those who left did not want to play for NU (for any number of personal reasons) and those who are here (presumably) wanted to play for NU. A more interesting question for me is who is the most successful player to have transferred from NU. Cross and Horne are candidates, as is my personal favorite, Charlie Easley. However, my vote goes with Teddy Allen. The last I could find was that he was on the roster of a G league Rio Grande Valley Vipers team which also listed Jack McVeigh and Kevin Cross as teammates. Couldn't tell if that is up to date, though.

NU 80, Southern 60

May we get a partridge in our pear tree tonight which doesn't lay an egg. Merry Christmas to all!