Nebraska vs Mizzou
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maskershake
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Somehow we need more husker fans to show up at Boulder. That's the only way for us to win! It has to seem like a home game!
bball_backer
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That crowd was absolutely pathetic. Senior night. Last home Big XII game EVER. Many former Husker greats on the court at halftime. Plus it was MUCKING FIZZOU! How do you not get pumped? I was in shock at how terrible the atmosphere was. :rant
Great win for the guys. Baylor lost tonight at Okie State, making conference tourney seeding very interesting. Keep playin, boys. Never know what could happen.
Great win for the guys. Baylor lost tonight at Okie State, making conference tourney seeding very interesting. Keep playin, boys. Never know what could happen.
Lyons in the Sea of Red.
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You can't honestly expect much from the crowd after going from tournament talks to losing to Iowa state. I was actually surprised by how many people were there.
Backer, I honestly don't understand this comment (and the hundreds of others like it.)
Are the former players that speak, lying when they talk about their love of their time here, the fans, the atmosphere? I don't believe it's ever been drastically different than it is now (?)
IMHO, the place has been pretty well filled this season for a team that only toyed with thoughts of the big dance; sometimes way up, sometimes way down... and despite being a great gym (for its day) it is still a crappy destination. (You know I've had gallons of the Arena koolaid!) Remember, the vast majority of fans had to rush around to finish work, change clothes, get kids, and just physically get to the game to even be there... they didn't have time to properly 'prime' for the experience. (Now, once the event is staged down in the Haymarket, where having much pre-show punch, and easily walking to the game is the order of the day, I expect bigger & better things!)
Finally, I admit I just don't get the notion of 'staying berserk' for an entire game - it's just contrived to me... the crowd and atmosphere swells, explodes, or retreats some with the flow of the game. I do, however, think the natural 'energy' at our home games does a pretty good job of reflecting what our team is good at (defense), there's a real connection of our crowd to the shot clock when we're on defense. If the team was a perennial top 10 that was fighting for a national seed each game, I can see how the expectation/intensity would be different... but for now, I think we do alright (!?)
...just thoughts.
bball_backer
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The crowd of today is definitely different than the crowd of the 80s and 90s (granted I never experienced an 80s crowd first hand, but have heard numerous stories from many Husker fans older than myself). There's not an electricity in the air like there used to be, like there is at a Husker football game.
Nebraska was up 10 with under 4 minutes to go yesterday and the media timeout came. Up 10 with less then 4 to play against a ranked Mizzou team, last home Big XII game EVER, that's exciting stuff. I stood up and cheered. Not one person in my section or the sections to either side of me stood, and there was barely an applause. Are you kidding me?
The crowd was good for the Texas game and a handful of others, but nothing like it used to be and certainly not even close to the atmosphere you get at other Big XII venues. I understand what you're saying about the team not being great and people rushing home from work, but if it was a good crowd we wouldn't be discussing these excuses. You are correct about the shot clock, when it hits 10 the crowd gets loud, but what about the 25 seconds before that?
Your points are taken.
On some things, i s'pose we will just disagree... you have to go back to '82 for my student days, so I've been through a few different regimes - successes and failures. Honestly, I think a lot of it is like the city of Lincoln itself; it had one flavor/perception when I was a student, it had another slightly quieter atmosphere when I moved back and lived in a mid-town area, still close-ish to downtown, and now a completely different character living and working 'out on the edge'. It's the same town, pretty much, I've just seen it from different perspectives. (It will never again feel like what it did when you and the buds 'had a few pops' and got down to the game to fight for the best seats.)
Note; it doesn't mean that 40 somethings aren't still crazy about the damn thing (you should be in my weekly 'garage discussions' libations included!)
Finally, the football analogy is a tough one... THAT involves us all working very hard to get somewhat polluted before going to the game (regardless of the time of day), and the notion that WE'RE THE FRIGGIN' BEST AND WE'RE GONNA STOMP WHOEVER COMES IN HERE!!!! I know it's a chicken and egg thing, but in basketball, we just ain't there yet. (You have to understand that some of the reserve of the fans can be attributed to nerves on the part of the fans themselves - Oh sh**********t what are we gonna do!!!!!????????)
IMHO.
bball_backer
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I know that bball dude and others so go to the games, as do I. I was going nuts like I do every game in section C1 up close to the top with visiting fans behind me. For those who do not go the games, you have no right to ever comment on the crowd unless you are there. I'll tell you exactly why people don't get pumped up, it is because the students are forced to sit behind the hoops in a small section which is almost nearly impossible to fire up the crowd, they do help,, they are loud, and they sure get on the refs right in their faces. If you watch good teams, they have students along one whole side of court going crazy the whole time. It helps, it looks amazing on TV, and sure gets on the other team when the whole length of the floor they are hearing it. The *$($#'s in the A section should not even be allowed into the game, they do nothing, and what is worse is they stand DURING THE TIMEOUTS, and not during the game, what the *%&$. That is what pisses me off, let me who has had my tickets for 5 years in the same spot toward the top, who is freaking out the whole game, move down so I can tear Frank Martins face off with great comments (no profanity), but good stuff. That is still why I think TO sucks as an AD, and basketball will never get better unless the student support is appreciated, not some old a-hole that won't go nuts when we do something awesome. The other thing that you all some of you on this board should try is Cheering for your guys instead of always finding something wrong with what happened, so what? The other team did something good, cheer for your team, do not berate someone because their rebound numbers are low, because they missed 2 open threes in a row. This is half of you, and how half the crowd cheers. If you just would cheer for our team instead of complaining "about what they did wrong" (remember most teams make plays too) the games would be loud. Its like that rule is you don't have anything good to say about the team then shut your bleepin mouths you cowards. Ya Diaz didn't have a rebound, he also had two sweet baskets in the run that put us way up, so shut it. Section C1 Row 24, I am the nuts guy near the isle. Scripted
bball_backer
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Ha, I know you! Well I don't know you, but I know there's a guy that's always freakin out right in that area up there in C1, so I assume it's you. You are one of the loudest fans in the Bob, I'll give you that.
Bwahahahahaha! I think I do too!!!! :clap :clap :clap :clap
Keep it up! and I agree with the comments re: 'always bitching'...
btw, I think they're working hard to solve that A section debacle with the design of the new Arena - I believe the students will 'wrap' the court.
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