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Dylan won’t get hurt, he can actually throw the quick outs. But, if some freak situation happens, I think Zach Wilson may still have some eligibility remaining.

Obviously you have not been watching much Husker football lately.

I would bet NIL will change that as well. If there is one thing Clark, Reese, Beukers, etc showed this year is that women are marketable in that arena as well. One NIL dollars become more significant across the board, the women will be jumping ship to the highest bidders as well and parity will ensue.

Agree! Gets a bad wrap because it was so bad in the early days, but again, women didn't even have access to reasonable high school team representation until the 80's. Also, if we are being fair, the men's game was pretty clunky back in the 70's and 80's as well. But I digress. For years you had very few women even try out. Then more tried out, then enough tried out that some got cut. Then enough tried out that a lot got cut. Then you started having the best of the best rise to the top. Then you had the up and comers start watching and emulating the best of the best which takes it up another level. Then you have the phenomenal athletes playing sports they've spent 15 years honing skills in. People have always loved to watch the Nancy Kerrigans, Mary Lou Rettons, Jacky Joyner Kerseys of the world. Sports fans appreciate well played competition. We are seeing that now in many women's sports, there is just no reason to assume they can't attract viewership when given a chance to shine.

And all I am saying is that, when it comes to "fandom," there is nothing inherently superior about men's sports vs womens, it is just what has been broadcast and hyped for the past 50 years. There is a reason that when you make Caitlyn Clark and Angel Reese a "thing," people are interested. There is a reason, when Nebraska volleyball is a "thing", people follow that much more passionately than they do mens soccer. There is a reason when you create a fan following, fans follow. The networks weren't shoving women's basketball at us this year. The networks saw a revenue stream and exploited it. Basketball fans tuned in because the product delivered.

Fixed it

What were the numbers for the Saturday prime time final 4 games, again? Again, the argument is immediately moot anyways. Fact is, give women the network and time and hype, the numbers are there.

Will he bring his Sega and Doritos?

Dudes title game drew under 15 million viewers. I’m sure we can try to come up with 100 reasons to explain it away, but there is no denying there is a market for women’s sports when they are as hyped up as men’s. And honestly, it makes complete sense.

This is actually an issue I have been very intrigued with lately. And, its probably too big to get in any one "take". But the gist of my intrigue is as follows.... For years and years and years we have considered there were 3 main sports markets in the US, and those sports markets were predominantly made up of men. MLB, NFL, NBA. The first part of the question is... Why men? Are men genetically predisposed to be fans of things more than women? Taylor Swift and Kate Spade and Stanley cups would beg to differ. Are men more drawn to sports because they have always been exposed to them culturally from dad's/grandpas/uncles etc? Do men tend to enjoy sports more because they played them growing up? I admit I do not know, but to me it stands to reason it is some form of the last two concepts. Well, starting in the 70's when title nines and thing started to come around, now you have women starting to compete in athletics in much higher numbers. If we are being honest, at first it was painful because, overall, these were NOT competitive areas as they were brand new. Basketball was slow and ugly. Softball was an underhand pitch bastard knock off of baseball. Etc. Over the last 50 year, however, the womens sports have become much more mainstream the the quality and competitiveness across the board has improved. More importantly, each year that goes by you have more and more women who grew up and PLAYED high school/college basketball. Now they are much more a part of the sports '"fan" equation. Stands to reason that marketing toward women, especially in areas like basketball, volleyball, etc could likely double your potential fan base. That said, they can only follow the things that are broadcast to them. So, again, if it is only NBA, NFL, MLB, etc, that is the only thing anybody can easily fan up and follow. Sort of a chicken and egg thing, which comes first? I don't know for sure, but I'm almost certain that the MLB is dying because those games are too many and too boring, and in its stead a womens pro volleyball match could very possibly draw more eyes more easily in the current world. Who knows?

Da fuq? Did you even watch any of it? Unless you hard core follow the men's game all season long, there isn't really much reason to believe that the men's tournament is any more interesting. Most people watch a few games here and there throughout the season and then tune in for the big dance. You pick the schools you like and pull for them. In todays men's game, you often don't even know player names or schools because there is so much movement. So, if you are pulling for Duke, Nebraska, and OSU in the men's division because you like those teams and you like to watch the game, easy enough to pick the same teams in the women's division and do the same. Go ahead and watch that LSU/Iowa game from Monday. I promise you, it is not more boring than any good men's game. ESPN has spoon fed us men's sports for so long, that is why you have an affinity for them, not because they are inherently superior.

Except he ran routes here and caught passes here. That is all the proof of "talk" of playing WR a person needs. He sounds so stupid saying what he said. You know what he didn't do? Have an interception or kick a field goal. So, I'd believe him if he had said there was never a hint of moving him to CB or placekicker. And like others said, when we finally said, "Hey guy, you aren't going to make it here as a QB but you could really be something at WR," he left to pursue QB glory somewhere else. When they said the same thing we said, he left again to get a chance at QB. When even THEY said the same thing we said, he finally admitted to his little snowflake soul that he could be better than his brother or his dad at football, just not taking snaps. It's ok to eat the humble pie, Luke. You're going to have an amazing career and make lots of money catching passes.

We are sunk.

All for the best, imo. The time is now for Hoib's to try to take this team from a team that was celebrated for making the dance for the first time in a decade to one that can actually make the dance consistently and even a short run here and there. Players like Wilcher won't get you there. There is zero special about that guy. His ceiling is too low to even be a floor guy for a contender. Whether or not Hoiberg can bring in better remains to be seen, but staying pat with players you know aren't at the level you want your program to be at isn't the move, either.

In the snow.