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  1. I know some were never on the Christy bandwagon to begin with, I wanted to give him a shot to prove himself but he's not doing much to silence the day-one critics and it's getting harder to watch/listen. There are a few guys doing just fine and Walsh was obviously one tonight, but everyone else, hold your breath because who the hell knows what they're gonna look like game by game so far. If they had confidence in anyone else, Walsh doesn't get left in as long as he was. That should not be the case this far into the Bolt Era. Good god.

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  2. For context: Ole Miss' lineup to start the game had these averages 1-9: .432, .381, .381, .366, .394, .351., .250, .333 and .244. This is freaking insane.

     

    The starter, Caleb Clark, only pitched 2/3 of an inning. The issue was a defensive shift allowed a weak dribbler to turn into a single, and then a bad missed strike 3 call with 2 outs gave a superior hitter a second chance, and Clark probably felt like his only hope was to throw it over the middle of the plate :LOLtartar guess what? That's not gonna work.

     

    I'm not saying that the umpires lost the game for NU. They squeezed Ole Miss pitching, too. But a correct strike call would have ended the inning with 0 runs. It probably could have looked a little prettier with a fair strike zone. But Ole Miss is still better.

     

    Clark, a true freshman, lost his composure a bit, and the 4th-ranked team that has more guys hitting over .350 (!!) than under took advantage. Garza could have cut them off at 5 in the first inning, coming in with 2 outs and the bases loaded, but gave up a bases-clearing double before putting up some donuts to allow Nebraska to cut the lead in half. For some reason, they then pulled Garza, and Worthley gave up 3 runs. That kind of ended it. Perry was just ok (2 runs, only one earned), and then a couple more freshmen finished the game.

     

    It wasn't good, but it isn't an RPI killer either, and that is the best hitting team in America. By a lot.

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  3. 18 hours ago, admo said:

    Lastly, I am very critical of Bolt after the 1st series.  He already changed the lineups and dropped Matthews from leadoff after a few games.  Against USA he moved him back to leadoff after a good game.  Speaking from my own experience, hitters (players) hate this.  Bolt displayed a panic move.

    :laughpound:facepalm:

     

    Try actually listening to the broadcasts. Matthews was put back in leadoff because the opposing pitcher was left-handed. His lineups are based on matchups, not previous-game performances and "panic moves".

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  4. 17 hours ago, CyHawk said:

    Congrats to the Huskers on the win today! Especially in the first half, the players played with allot of pride. It was good to see for Coach Joseph, the team, the school, and the fans. I am also thankful that you kept the Hawks away from Ohio State in the B1G Championship game, as it would have been a bloodbath. Whoever you next coach is, hopefully you will find success, just keep your ego and personal goals in check, as it may take some time.

    Ohio State you say?

     

    HEE HEE

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  5. 1 hour ago, man eating mastodon said:

    You get opportunity when you win, that's what he did. Got another one for losing in the NFL so I'm not sure what I'm trying to say.

    It also hasn't been announced yet, and the search firm Alberts hired kept the lid so freaking tight on the USC process nobody saw Lincoln Riley coming until the actual press conference, so who knows? But bottom line, I will definitely not guarantee Rhule would be wildly successful at Nebraska, but I'm seeing and hearing a lot of "HIS RECORD SUCKS!" or "HE CAN'T RECRUIT PLAYERS TO THE BIG 10!" which is just odd because he didn't stick around at those two jobs very long to really get a handle on any of that.

  6. Rhule's NFL failure was less embarrassing than Urban Meyer's spectacular flame-out. The only difference is Rhule didn't stay at either of his college jobs to prove his 10+ win seasons at Temple and Baylor weren't somehow flukes.

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  7. 12 minutes ago, Hilzy24 said:

    You couldn’t be more right. We have never been the same program since that very game!

    The cracks were showing the year before when Oklahoma scored 31 points in a row and thumped the pre-season #1 team in the country.

     

    The "curse" began when Bill Byrne was not allowed to hire his own coach. If he had been able to hire a guy like Mack Brown or even Bob Stoops, Nebraska would most likely have been far better off.

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  8. I don't know who makes the call on rain delays, but it was reported that Purdue declined Maryland's request for a Friday doubleheader based on a "window" today. The window was there, and Purdue didn't take it, meaning there is strong evidence of cowardly intent. If I were a fan of that program, I would be deeply embarrassed. I don't think the Big 10 front office had any say, so blaming them just makes us look stupid (I saw one person on either Twitter or FB, forget which, saying it was Kevin Warren's decision. Please, let's stop with that crap.)

     

    But with that said, the series loss to Minnesota means this team doesn't deserve jack. That was not as embarrassing as being such a bunch of craven infants as Purdue is, but still extremely shameful. The season ending today is fair, and winning 3 of the last 4 is a nice little consolation heading into next year, where by all accounts Will Bolt will be going scorched earth on the roster, looking to bring in 18 new players (apparently the roster capacity does bump up to 40, too, which helps.)

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  9. On 1/27/2022 at 6:39 PM, Scarlet said:

    f#&% me Alice...there goes my credit score

    I wonder if you put a bunch of spoons on your face (since vaccines magnetize you, you know, according to this brave doctor), I'm talking, like, hundreds and hundreds of spoons, if all that metal will help dampen the signals beaming out of your headbones from the TOXIC JAAARRRRRRRRBBBBB and save your Google credit score? I didn't even know Google had its own credit service but it does not surprise me.

     

    :waste

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  10. 1 hour ago, BigRedBuster said:

    So, if Fred were to be let go in the middle of the season due to this, I’m assuming Doc would be interim HC?

     

    I have no idea, but that seems possible if they had to recall the Mayor immediately.

     

    9 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said:

    So, if the rumors are true, I still don't get why the team has played so friggen bad.

     

    Unless, the team knew what was being investigated behind the scenes and that distracted them from just playing good BB.

    Some people are using the flu to excuse the losses to Michigan and Auburn, admittedly that may have added to the margin of defeat a little. But I just don't think Hoiberg is as good a coach as advertised :hmmph TJ Otzelberger was the real genius at ISU, kind of like how Tim Miles never sniffed the NCAAs again after Craig Smith left.

  11. 2 minutes ago, Hedley Lamarr said:

    He still talks way to much about catching a "break" or if one thing happened different etc. As if going 3-9 is not his fault but up to luck and how the chips may fall type of crap. I am going to start using this at my job and see how long I last. 

    That's exactly why Bill Parcells said "you are what your record says you are", zero tolerance for magical thinking (i.e. "bad luck"). Our opponents could probably say "if we just had one or two more breaks or less mistakes we would have beaten NU by double digits!" <_<

  12. 20 minutes ago, huskerfan333157 said:

    This dude wants to run the ball over 70% of the time yet Wisconsin has NEVER ran the ball that much. They're around 61% to 66% at their highest run percentage in past 20 years. I just looked it up.

    Wisconsin ran 60 plays in the 2012 CCG, 50 of which were runs (83%). 3 of their TDs were runs of 56, 57 and 68, and they had a 9-yard TD that was a 1-play drive thanks to a turnover. Wisconsin did not throw a single pass in the second half. Hilarious for anyone to cite that one game as a model for Nebraska to follow when it had far more to do with Pelini being so ill-prepared it's amazing he ever got a job again than anything Wisconsin did.

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