Nebraska at Illinois

teachercd said:
Huskers seem to be fading a bit.

Illini are long but streaky, -13.5 is a big number.
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They lost to them by 26 in Lincoln and in the three games they played without Bandoumel (including Penn State where he only played 7 minutes) they have lost by an average of 15.  In the 5 games since Gary was injured they lost by an average of 12 and that includes beating Ohio State.

At this point I would be surprised if they won any more games this season other than Minnesota in Lincoln.

 
Nebraska coming out fairly strong. Playing a little too fast on the offensive end. Fred needs to focus on getting them to try and burn 20+ seconds every offensive possession to shorten the game.

 
Refs once again doing the bidding of the conference. Five+ Fouls called on us boxing out? Wish we had a situational Trey McGowens for some of these games where the foul calls would be legitimately worth it. Need a bruiser since we’re going to get a lot of fouls called on us anyways, might as well get our money’s worth.

 
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I am so tired of morale victories.  Today against IU we put up a fight that no serious basketball expert ever believed would amount to anything -- and it didn't.  Nebraska basketball continues performing at a second or even third rate level.  Frankly, we do not deserve to continue playing Big 10 basketball and it is interesting that other BIG 10 schools continue to give us lip service as though we are a competitor.  We're not a serious competitor.  We're cannon fodder and we have no reasonable explanation that this will ever change.  



Unfortunately our football team has also performed at a second rate level for a number of years. UNL football has become an unspeakable embarassment and the team has now also become cannon fodder.  We were once the benchmark in footfall as the best of the best.  How did we fall from such a great height?  The UNL athletic department, President and Chancellor are responsible and they need to answer more than serious questions.  They need to step aside.  

Coaches Rhule and Hoiberg are not the answer.  They are simply the latest cards to be played while UNL leadership continues to play the game and collect big paychecks.  In another few years we'll be dealing with the same results and the same challenges.
 
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I am so tired of morale victories.  Today against IU we put up a fight that no serious basketball expert ever believed would amount to anything -- and it didn't.  Nebraska basketball continues performing at a second or even third rate level.  Frankly, we do not deserve to continue playing Big 10 basketball and it is interesting that other BIG 10 schools continue to give us lip service as though we are a competitor.  We're not a serious competitor.  We're cannon fodder and we have no reasonable explanation that this will ever change.  



Unfortunately our football team has also performed at a second rate level for a number of years. UNL football has become an unspeakable embarassment and the team has now also become cannon fodder.  We were once the benchmark in footfall as the best of the best.  How did we fall from such a great height?  The UNL athletic department, President and Chancellor are responsible and they need to answer more than serious questions.  They need to step aside.  

Coaches Rhule and Hoiberg are not the answer.  They are simply the latest cards to be played while UNL leadership continues to play the game and collect big paychecks.  In another few years we'll be dealing with the same results and the same challenges.
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Interesting choice for a first post and no, that is not a compliment.

Having watched the basketball game (topic of this thread), we played surprisingly well for 3/4 of the game. We forced a lot of bad plays towards the end and when we didn't force ourselves into turnovers, we seemed to have to play 5 vs. 8 in again dealing with poor officiating (a Big Ten staple!). "We don't deserve to continue playing Big 10 basketball"? Maybe in previous years we would be more equipped for the MAC, but this year the team is actually fitting in the Big Ten rather nicely. It's ugly basketball, but that is the Big Ten way! 

Your trailing off into the football realm was odd. All three of the entities you mentioned, Athletic Department, President & Chancellor have changed in recent years bringing a new faith that changes will produce better results. Based on improvements in several of the lesser publicized sports, it can be argued that the changes are starting to work.

You're judging Coach Rhule by what exactly... two months of recruitment with zero games played? Call it crazy, but maybe we let things play out a bit before we start writing off the whole athletic department. The fact that Nebraska continues to play hard in these basketball games when no one gives them a legit chance after the injuries is impressive. The results aren't what any Huskers want, but the effort and identity building is progress despite how frustrating the outcomes have been.

 
NU got what it wanted, they packed it in and forced a bad 3 point shooting team to shoot a ton of 3's.  That is what kept it close and it was a smart game plan.  NU just doesn't have the juice to get into the 70's.

 
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