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His choices for assistants were hamstrung earlier by perceived pressure from T.O. Most responding here are neglecting the root cause of the recruiting "failures". Frank was actually a pretty fair recruiter, but a number of his holdover staff were aging and had trouble getting out on the road with surgeries, knee issues, etc. He couldn't do it alone. His 7-7 season was a giant blemish, but remember the trigger in the bowl game with Eli Manning when our backup fullback misread a punt fake call and we ended up turning it over? Still wouldn't have been a great season, but 8-6 would have been easier to stomach and preserve some records. Frank did have a legit shot at the Pitt job, but Ditka basically demanded a "Pitt"guy. It would have been interesting because of his Ohio/Pitt recruiting area ties to see how that might of gone. And then he did get an offer from Army but chose to sit out a year and sift through things. The Army gig would have been really interesting as an option guy in power position.....it Might have proven more successful then Ohio. Still, it's all speculation but certainly an interesting thread going on here..............

A lot of our runs in this tourney came not through our efforts, but through gifts of walks by the opponents

The immutable laws of mathematics should dictate an OCCASIONAL call going our way! However, when hitters are ZERO for the game with runners in scoring position...it's hard to use the Umps as an excuse. So many of our strikeouts are by LOOKING, you'd think the coaches would be basically reminding them we've got plenty of Lookers...if you want to participate....Be Agressive! They grind with other aspects of the game, and congrats to reaching the championship game, but it's frustrating to watch them go down with the bat on the shoulder so many times.

Hawk-snotted....

Gone

Fort was a shooting MACHINE...........today they would label him a volume shooter..........

After Friday night, I'd wager not many would have predicted a series win for the Huskers. (Certainly not me). Congrats to these grinders for bowing up! And, it looks like the offensive funk may be dissipating....

I'm guessing Pavelka will need to enroll in a "Nebrasketball as a second language" course.............

There will be money to be made selling programs at next year's opener.

Hoiberg delivers again!

Has anyone heard any recent rumblings about former HCTM and his future plans? Wondering if he is still in Lincoln? Or if he plans on coaching again in the future? Or maybe just sitting out a year and pondering? Whatever he decides, I hope it works out for him......

I don't think there's anything "obvious" about next year. He's getting his players in place at the pace he's allowed, and I have great faith they will be at least competitive next year even with an entirely new roster. I do think, simply because of timing, that next year will be his toughest year, but I'd be genuinely surprised if he was "setteling" his first year while waiting for future players.

If they were marginal fits for his offense, it's actually beneficial to BOTH sides to clear things out now. It gets the players launched into the portal to begin their careers anew and I'm guessing HCFH will have NO problem filling his roster with better fits.......

Actually, I thought the move to the Big Ten would be a giant home run. I truly expected baseball to be the first sport to dominate. This has been a huge and disappointing disaster.

I guess I'm not surprised ...since the bats have been dormant for a month now...