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Nebraska wins 7-4.

I don't think it's physically possible for Northwestern's stadium to hold more than 1,000. Worst stadium in the Big 10, and there are several hideous fields in this conference.

The team used to do this on Sundays if they split the first two games, I'll assume this was coach Bolt's idea? I like it, it gave them some attitude, I just hope we get to see the black jersey every weekend.

On one play, the runner at second (I forget who it was for sure) held up to see if the ball was going to be caught, he got thrown out at the plate. The guys on the radio said he probably should not have hesitated, the likelihood of it being caught was not high.

I think sometimes coaches will agree to implement the rule during a doubleheader, as well.

Good win, pretty good series.

Erstad said before the season started that the early games would be used to see what the entire roster was made of. How the coaches handle situations right now might not reflect how they will be handled down the line with more at stake. I think they wanted to see Niederklein work out of the jam and were confident that he was capable of doing so, too bad it didn't work out last night, it was definitely hard to listen as it happened

And NET still has 6 games of their own, so 10 total games televised in the state (NET games are free online), 2 more than last season.

The games against Creighton in TD Ameritrade Park should still be televised by NET/CBS College Sports. It'd be nice if the Big Ten will allow NET to air their usual 5-6 games at Haymarket.

Thanks for the heads up. 2/11 last year was the week before opening day, so I'm not sure what they're waiting for this year; fwiw last year BTN had 30 games on TV and 50 more online according to this article: http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/02/11/big-ten-network-2011-college-baseball-schedule/

The Big 10 Network announced their baseball broadcast schedule on Feb. 11th last season, so expect a blurb any day now

Nebraska doesn't play Michigan State in the regular season, so that'll help. . .

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No doubt, it probably won't be this nice for the home opener in March.

If I weren't so damned lazy, I'd post the screencaps of the two UW lineman downfield on one of the puppies' TDs. Should have been a penalty and a TD off the board. I hope Wazzu beats you this year.

I don't doubt the effort, but I thought the song fizzled out at the end a little bit. I don't know when they shot this, but I agree that the crowds look small. Using some footage from the lines outside the stadium at fan day might have helped.

An Applebee's or Chili's (TGI Friday's? I don't know, they're all the same) across from our hotel in St. Louis, watching the La Tech game of 1998. My cousin, not being a fan of any team, got married that day A couple anti-NU fans were there muttering a lot when NU withstood the Rattay-Edwards barrage of the 3rd quarter, but overall, not that unusual.

http://my.journalstar.com/post/Husker_Extra_Group/Husker_Extra/blog/the_crowds_.html Here's the averages if anyone's interested. EDIT: wrong link, now fixed.

It's over.

I hope you're right. Baseball games are too fun of an event to be wasted with having a crappy team. I'm not going to demand CWS appearances every other year like some people on this board probably do, but I feel like with the facilities and talent we can pull in, we should at least be qualifying for the NCAA tournament nearly every year. Here's to hoping your friend is right. Any input on possible replacements? I think we'd all love Erstad, especially since a few players I know say they love the guy, but apparently he doesn't really want the position. Will Bolt was the only candidate mentioned. If it had been anybody other than who told me, I would be skeptical, but this guy is always right. Even so, I will be nervous until Osborne himself says something.

I don't believe Osborne would say anything to the press that he feels would put added pressure on the team. He has also not shied away from explicitly stating when a coach will be back the next season. That hasn't happened, because the last time I heard him say anything, Nebraska still had a shot to qualify for the Big 12 Tournament. A friend of mine who is pretty close to the athletic dept. tells me there were benchmarks, and none of them have been met, and Osborne will make a move. I don't have any reason to doubt him.

Ha! Yeah right. Nope, sounds like the decision has been made for change. The Hawks family did not pony up for the stadium to sit empty.

No postseason for the 3rd straight year. Anderson's done.

Props to Creighton for leaving that pitcher in way too long, otherwise it's not much of a game.