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How about going undefeated in conference at home for the first time since I was just 5 years old. I didn't dare bring that up until the game was over, but what a feat!

Looks like it's Utah. Listening to Walton is painful.

I wonder what others here think are the chances Nana Akenton can make a leap into the rotation next year?

I didn't mean to be political in any way, nor did I consider this off topic. I value the sports coverage we get from OWH and LJS. It's been a long journey and yes, sometimes a love-hate relationship I've had with Barfknecht and Shatel in particular. Can't tell you how angry those two made me in the 90s when they dared to focus on sliding attendance and controversial news items like team walk-outs, etc. during the Nee years. How dare they! It took me a few years to understand it's not their job to write only about the things I want to hear. Now, I'm one of their biggest fans. I hope we have these papers rolling off the press for years to come , whether it's in print or e-paper form.

It's easy to take our local newspapers for granted. But yesterday's news of additional staffing cuts and another downsizing of print by the Omaha World Herald is a reminder that subscriptions sustain reporting. I would imagine many here are regular readers. I would urge anyone here that does not subscribe to the Omaha World-Herald or Lincoln Journal-Star to take up a subscription today http://www.omaha.com/columnists/grace/grace-the-world-herald-has-taken-some-hits-but-we/article_7adee8f1-757f-5278-bc87-f2a824336b93.html

OK, I see it now. Yeah, if Boehm said that, it's a bunch of smoke and mirrors. As Cip said, pretty silly to assign a specific percentage on such a cluster of a process and consider it accurate.

So going back to this statement - according to Marc Boehm per.... OWH? LJS? Directly from his mouth to your ear? Where did this come from anyway?

You are right. I need to take some more math lessons.

Not happening. We might win our last 3, but Purdue isn't going to drop 3 more to PSU, Ill and MN.

I think it helps if the administration takes the lead by giving fans permission to stand all game. Otherwise it's generally considered rude to be standing for any length of time. I can understand how those with physical limitations would be less than excited for this arrangement. Hopefully ticket neighbors watch out for each other next time this happens so it's an enjoyable experience for everyone.

I keep telling the few friends that I have that Penn St scares me more than Maryland. I'd say a team who is walking into halftime just now with a 24 pt lead over the #8 team in the nation warrants some attention.

This is the Huskers' 4th conference road win - a feat that hasn't been matched since 1999. Should the Huskers beat the Illini in a couple weeks in Champaign, that would be the first time we won 5 on the road since 1976.

Someone wake me up because I must be dreaming. We're complaining about our soft inside defense and yet we've just scored 90 on the road against a Big Ten team and moved to 18-8. How often does this happen to a Husker BB fan? Enjoy the ride

TAYLOR!!! WOW!!!

8-0 run. That's huge!

We looked so good for a while there. I mean, when's the last time we hung 44 points on the road against a Big Ten team. Feels funny to be disappointed with a 7 point lead at halftime, but we took the foot off the gas there the last 2 minutes.

I gotta say, every time we get into the "first 4 out" conversation the last 15 years, we wilt like a daffodil in the Arizona desert (exception being 2014). So I'm really anxious about tonight's game given the 8 day layoff. It would be a very encouraging sign if they won in Minneapolis tonight, because this feels like a classic let-down scenario.

I heard him say that last night as well. Actually, that feat has been matched on several occasions (in orange) in the last 27 years. 1992 was the last time it took less than 25 games to reach 17 wins.

Percentage-wise, we have the potential to make history. Let's say we go 5-1 the rest of the way and finish at 13-5 (.722). That would be our best conference record since '65-66 (12-2 and .857). Even finishing 4-2 for a 12-6 record (.667) would be our best showing since '75-76 (10-4, .714). Either way, it's a better in-conference record than some of our more celebrated teams: -77-78 NIT team (22-8 and 9-5) -82-83 NIT Final 4 team (22-10 and 9-5) -85-86 NCAA team (19-10 and 8-6) -all 5 of Danny's NCAA teams, none that ever did better in-conference than 9-5 in 1991.

The only other time in program history we have had 17 regular season wins in January is 1991. And this is the best start in-conference after 12 games since 1999 (we were 9-3).

Gawd, I love this thing called winning.

Hey, we have a game in just 8 days. Let's finish this one up

I'm nostalgic for an 8 team conference where teams are within 500 miles of each other.

Depends on who we are playing, don't you think? Would agree that Rutgers as an opponent would call for more Borchardt.

We stepped on their throats the first half and didn't let up the 2nd. And when was the last time that we won a game against a top 25 team and our student section didn't storm the floor? Refreshing to see players and fans alike act like wins over top 25 teams is to be expected.