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Sports betting might not be a good idea for you then................ Actually, sports betting may be perfect for them. If a person really thinks NU should be 4-5 point dogs then this would be the ideal game to bet on MSU. You would be getting an extra 8+/- pt cushion. I haven't bet all year but MSU +4.5 sounds too good to be true. Based on having watched both teams I see nothing that leads me to believe the Huskers will play a complete 4 quarter game or that our D will miraculously "come around" this week. Hey if a guy has to be disappointed in how the game goes, making a little extra cash in the process can't hurt. And if you lose the bet, so what, your Huskers just won a big game. I am just saying as an original thought if that was the spread he thought, it was way off. The idealist ways of someones system are probably way different then mine, some people bet many games a week with parlays, and O/Us and first/second half score ect. Others will bet 4 games and then bet 24 parleys between those four games two just like a four horse trifecta box. I am not one to judge a persons handicapping because I have been wrong before, just saying a normal betting person who watches lines and such, would know Nebraska was going to favored by about 4 points. Remember the lines do not care about score, the objective is to receive even money on each side of the bet. Personally I do not bet college games only keep track of the ones I would, I have seen to many people and friends and still do get caught up in sports betting, peoples gut feeling can lose many dollars. I had this discussion on Sat night with a pal that likes to do this stuff and we both came to the conclusion of about a 4 point favorite, you must put the Wisconsin game aside when thinking about spreads.

Sports betting might not be a good idea for you then................

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Seriously do not buy tickets on the web. Go in front the southwest corner of the stadium and you find people welling tickets for like 40 bucks like 40 minutes before the game. People who buy tickets for more then face value puzzle me greatly, I have never at any stadium in the country (and I have been to many other stadiums) for big or small games ever paid more then face value. That southwest corner, others take this advice as well, Ohio state tickets literally were 25 dollars 40 minutes before the game.

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If you didn't boo, then it shouldn't be a big deal, secondly for all the people who "turned the channel" or shut the game off you should be embarrassed. I love watching a majority of this board eat their crow. 1. I haven't missed a home game in 11 years 2. I have never once in my life ever left my seat before zeros on the clock ever, even the oklahoma state meltdown 3. Most people do not boo, but some in the stands will always boo decisions or want another coach/player, if it is not you then who cares let the idiots sound like idiots.

Yep leaving friday at noon, I'll be wearing a corduroy coat with a hat to match.

It is funny that you complain about crowd noise, but the can't be beat thing is not cool or disliked. Seriously dudes that could get as loud as the husker power. Do not complain about it when all they are doing is trying to make noise. They are trying to get it load hey baby sure gets the crowd fired up. God it shook the stadium, you guys could seriously complain about any thing. Don't reply I'm on my way to wyoming.

Yeah, it's weird. Both punters and place-kickers, we have a long history of getting really good players. Good kickers come here to kick, the wind of nebraska has been said by former kickers to be the best to prepare in. It is heavy air and always windy. Walk on or not come here to kick and practice for two years it is going to be hard to beat people out.

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Yeah, but we are coming from Niles Paul who seemed to be the perpetual freshman when it came to mistakes... Really? You are a troll my friend If everyone who's ever griped about Niles and his ham-fisted ball carrying ways is a troll, then about 3/4 of this board are trolls. See topic for thread, see the good conversation about backs, look at random bash on a player that played his ass off and made some mistakes, if that post in this thread is not troll worthy then I don't know what is

Yeah, but we are coming from Niles Paul who seemed to be the perpetual freshman when it came to mistakes... Really? You are a troll my friend

+ 1 to hercules

I can not believe that you guys care about this so much. Who freaking cares, having it on TV does nothing for recruiting, you know how to recruit, win in the regular season. All of your arguments for it on TV or dumb, if you want to see go, if you can't who cares.

Exactly. Nobody thinks that Diaz is a dominating post player. He's a big guy that uses his length to score the ball. And look at the improvement from last year to this year. He busted his ass in the offseason to gain 25 pounds (lets see any poster on here gain that much muscle in a year). If he can do that again, he'll probably improve some more, which would be nice. He's no Alex Maric, but the team still needs him. Saying that the team's 2nd leading scorer is a problem area for us is a bit ridiculous. +1 Finally some people who actually understand schematics and the game of basketball, not just sweet dunks and behind the back passes. Yes those are fun and happen and create momentum. Diaz is the second leading scorer and should be on the floor when at all possible. I like the new look with both big men, they can clear paths. Rebounding aside Diaz plays well for what he does, good role player, and he plays good defense and keeps his man in front of him.

I am told my favorite screams are: Come on (First name of opposing coach), who do you think you are? Come on Are you serious!?!?!? (This is my personal favorite) Let's go baby/red/now!!! Baby!!!

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

Arg, Doc texted Lane Girndle on Sports Nightly. Diaz is fine and is a full go, MRI are not big deals unless they find something. He's fine he will play his same minutes.

Here I will try to give some facts: If we win all four games to end the season we will be ranked in the top 25 going into the conference tourny and will be in the NCAA even if we lose in that. Our RPI would rise into the mid to low 30s If we go 3 of 4 and two of the wins are against Mizz and KS then we likely be in without having to win in the big 12. We will have 5 wins over the top 50 RPI and 4 over the top 30 which would clearly put us in the tourny. Most bubble teams boast maybe 2 big wins, we could possibly have 4 and it would be really hard to keep us out. If we win at home and lose on the road we will have to win 2 in the big 12 to get in.

This is not true, first it is being built for the club hockey team and the university. The arena as I understand can be built to hold more fans in need be. Second they don;t build 18 million dollar arenas to not hold a program. I have first hand knowledge because my old roommate in college was the captain of the club team when they brought it back in 04. He played all four years and was involved in securing the donation for the arena. If possible the University would have a team if they can get another womens sport, and this case it probably will be womens hockey. And the club team has beaten some of the scholarship teams. UNO and UNL each having a team would not be a bad thing. The Mavs would not lose recruits, because they have a great coach and fans, if anything it could pump up both programs. Being in the same university system has nothing to do with Lincoln not getting a team. And a 1500 fan arena in a small venue could be awesome and great fan experience. The university could charge a lot for ticket. Look I have first hand knowledge of this, it will be a sport soon after that rink gets built. And to who ever called me Bird, I'm gonna kick your anonymous ass, because obviously you must know me.

Thank you. And now you have made me do my research, because your wrong. Here you go My link And here is another one, gosh the University would never think of doing that....ooooo damn My link

Yes but it's 24/7 and its paid by UNL.

Oops. Looks like Uncle Ron's is going to be closed for a little while. Probably similar to the situation when Niles Paul was caught drinking in Main Street. It was closed for ten days, or something like that. That is absolutely not true by the way.

Disagree. It's well known CU's weakness is inside, frankly it was expected the bigs have a good game against a team like CU: loaded on guards, no inside presence. You want to talk stats, how about this: 85-151 (.563). That's Diaz's stat line on the season. Last year he shot 52%. 56% is not terrible, and Diaz has stepped it up a little bit. This certainly isn't the worst percentage in the league, BUT if you look at teams with strong inside game (which is the sole reason Doc plays JBD, he wants to run his offense starting on the inside), those teams' big man almost always shoots over 60%. Also, a lot of those guys (Morris for KU) will shoot 15 footers and even 3's, JBD doesn't shoot past 5 foot. (Almeida shoots 66%, just for comparison) Here's the stat that's really alarming: Rebounding totals. Walker - 93 Diaz - 85 McCray - 80 Jeter - 71 Diaz should be dominating the boards, but he's not. I have no clue why. I'm not going to completely rip Diaz, because I think he's better this year. It's just so frustrating to watch him sometimes. If he throws it down instead of laying it up even half the times he has the opportunity, he'd be shooting at a much higher percentage, and if he'd aggressively crash the boards he could easily get 10 a night. This is the guy who went for 20 and 10 against Cole Aldrich last year, that's what's so frustrating. It funny your quote about 60 percent, why don't you take a look at the stats in the Big12 there is only 2 that shoot over 60 and they are both pros, and where is Diaz, ohh that's right he is 9th in percentage in the league. And second that stat isn't alarming Walker gets rebounds, why is that bad? He gets rebounds and scores, but since Diaz doesn't get them its bad? Sometimes others get rebounds to.