bball_backer

With the return of three stud starters, a closer, and influx of young arms... sure you're replacing some bats but you're also bringing in exciting young guys with loads of potential... this year is gonna be fun. I'm a little surprised more people aren't talking about it yet. The run to a B1G Title and hosting a regional begins in a mere 29 days!

Shields - definitely in a bit of a sophomore slump. I think there's more to his injury than just a recent bump in the OSU game. His explosiveness in the pre-season and first couple games was markedly different from he's displayed the past ten games or so. Webster - I think he seems to be coming around. He shows flashes of brilliance, but it's followed by ten minutes of blah. Part of his problem could very well be injury related. I don't know if Miles is going to comment on it anytime, but he's having some issues. Not sure how much that's playing a part, but could explain why he's really not shooting much.

After this weekend I was finally ready to hang up my "BO-liever" shirt and put him on the hot seat. The sixth year shouldn't be a carbon copy of the previous 5. HOWEVER, after the release of this audio and his presser today, I'm 100% back behind him. At least for now. Who hasn't said something behind closed doors that they would never want to be released to the public? The guy was less than an hour removed from an INTENSE game after an INTENSE week. He was blowing off steam to a couple confidants. If at the end of the season Bo has 4 losses, I'm all for preparing to move on without him. But for now, I just want wins. And being a bad fan on gamedays - which much of Memorial stadium is - isn't going to help. I will be the one chanting "Bo Bo Bo" when he comes out of the tunnel and I hope the rest of you will join in.

His weight is not a huge issue. As bshirt316 said, he's closer to 300 and he's not all flab, there's muscle there. This is not AA.

he hit 1000 quickly. we did our part... bring it home, Timmy!

✨ER_3-SlowMo!!!✨ ‏@ElbertRobinson8 24m I need a 1,000 followers before the end of today

Smith is a hell of a recruiter. Dude works his ass off.

Holy, he actually is talking about the NBA? He could very well be a gem. This kid may be a star. He has great potential, but no one needs to worry about him going pro after a year. He's very good right now, but he is not top 20 player in American college good. The future is outstandingly brighter with him, but rest assured he's not going pro after one year.

FWIW, the issue is not that he's failing High School. Entrance exams are completely different than passing/failing HS.

What would Ed Cunningham say about the UCLA players "yucking it up" while a player lays hurt.... douche.

I don't see how Rex could start, but after seeing everything he's done in his career it seems rather foolish to count him out of anything.

you are probably right. i am assuming that erstad thinks, and rightfully so, the only way the huskers make the NCAA tournament is to win the conference tournament. as a consequence, the three weekend starters won't play much if any on Tuesday. however, if they started Kubat or Bummer, that would give them either 4 or 5 days rest before they pitched again. i would probably go with Bummer as Kubat has only been back a month and will really need him for the Big 10 tournament. oh well, we will see. Nebraska's not throwing any weekend starters on Tuesday. That would only give them 3-4 days rest for the Michigan series (Thu.-Fri.-Sat.). Nebraska will start somebody like Pierce or Niederklein, while King, Chesnut, Howell, Hoppes and Hawkins will probably all enter the game at some point. Dylan Vogt and Josh Roeder might face a batter or two or three just for kicks. This game is meaningless, as you say. This. As much as I want to beat Creighton, Tuesday doesn't matter one lick. The ONLY thing I want out of it is to see the bats still warm.

Minnesota and NU both have winning percentages of .667. If they both go 2-1 next weekend, a likely scenario, they both remain at .667 and NU wins the tie-breaker. It's all based on conference winning percentage and nothing else. Nebraska needs to take care of business next weekend, hope for at least one Minnesota loss, and any outcome in the the OSU/IND series other than OSU going 2-1 (as that would give NU, OSU, IND the same winning percentage and NU loses the tie-breaker to both teams).

That'd be terrible (for NU), but very likely.

Getting him to campus is still going to be hard. Keith Law still projects him at 40 and it is very possible that someone will take him around there and offer him a little more money than usual because they know the deal they're getting that low.