Scratchtown Posted March 6, 2014 Author Share Posted March 6, 2014 I skipped football my junior season to get ready for basketball. Because I like playing basketball more. Thats fine. Then say that. I just don't like kids citing getting hurt as a possibility...even if its true. It just screams being scared to me...I mean you could tear your ACL in basketball too. The excuse itself doesn't make sense to me. If someone likes it more and wants to spend more time prepping for it thats perfectly fine. Maybe since they like basketball more, they would prefer the risk of tearing an ACL playing that sport instead of during one they like less. The point is that you made an unfounded and inappropriate comment about basketball and HS kids that prefer to play basketball over football for whatever their reason and you are now trying to qualify it and failing miserably. Failing? that's your opinion. Not mine. I wouldn't have stated it if I thought it was misguided. As for Landlord. I understand my argument is odd, no doubt. I will admit that most of it is irrational and probably emotional given the fact that I'm a wrestling guy at heart too. Most of my angst toward the sport is that I view the tougher and more physical sports to be football and wrestling. I don't like how the wrestling community is force fed the sport of basketball (honestly, i'm a closet basketball guy, during meaningful times of the season), and the basketball community gets a pass for calling wrestlers gay...etc... this turned into something completely separate form original topic Quote Link to comment
sd'sker Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 what would we have to sacrifice to get the baseball team back to the cws? volleyball? bowling? Quote Link to comment
StPaulHusker Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 I skipped football my junior season to get ready for basketball. Because I like playing basketball more. Thats fine. Then say that. I just don't like kids citing getting hurt as a possibility...even if its true. It just screams being scared to me...I mean you could tear your ACL in basketball too. The excuse itself doesn't make sense to me. If someone likes it more and wants to spend more time prepping for it thats perfectly fine. Maybe since they like basketball more, they would prefer the risk of tearing an ACL playing that sport instead of during one they like less. The point is that you made an unfounded and inappropriate comment about basketball and HS kids that prefer to play basketball over football for whatever their reason and you are now trying to qualify it and failing miserably. Failing? that's your opinion. Not mine. I wouldn't have stated it if I thought it was misguided. I assume you are an adult. And you are calling HS kids pussies for playing basketball over football. I think you went well past misguided Quote Link to comment
Enhance Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 No, more money is made in football plus I wouldn't want to spend every Saturday watching this team lose This. Football is and will always have to be the money maker for NU athletics. I love to see our other sports succeed and I'm having a blast watching the basketball team right now, but I think we need to be realistic. This athletic program would be a mere shadow of itself now without the money coming in from football. Failing in football hurts and is not worth having a poor season in exchange for a great one elsewhere. Quote Link to comment
husker_99 Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 How bout instead of saying 'giving up' need to word it differently. If the basketball team continues to improve over the years and start going to the tourney and if Bo doesn't improve i would think there would be questions about why the football team can't achieve the same success. Quote Link to comment
StPaulHusker Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 How bout instead of saying 'giving up' need to word it differently. If the basketball team continues to improve over the years and start going to the tourney and if Bo doesn't improve i would think there would be questions about why the football team can't achieve the same success. Just stop Quote Link to comment
husker_99 Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 How bout instead of saying 'giving up' need to word it differently. If the basketball team continues to improve over the years and start going to the tourney and if Bo doesn't improve i would think there would be questions about why the football team can't achieve the same success. Just stop lol. Quote Link to comment
RedRedJarvisRedwine Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 This is a round a bout way to get Bo fired isn't it? I'd sacrifice knowing a few people on this board for an elite 8 appearance. Quote Link to comment
zoogs Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Absolutely, I would. NU Basketball has always been a joke of a program. For them to vault into the Elite 8, with a crack at the Final Four, would be a HUGE deal. For NU Basketball, the Athletic Department, everybody. A losing season in football? We've been through those. They're down years. Is it that disastrous or different for either the football program or the athletic department to have another one, as opposed to another borderline Top-25, 4-loss finish, the kind anywhere from 20 to 40 schools in the country do every year? No. A different question would be trading a BCS bowl for a Final Four finish...and that one, I'd lean back to football, because I'd be more likely to watch it, but both sound good to me Quote Link to comment
Landlord Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 ZOOGIES IS A SHAWN WATSON APOLOGIST Quote Link to comment
Hooked on Huskers Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Hell no. Ask Duke university poll......guaranteed different results. NU basketball (and baseball, wrestling, gymnastic, etc. too) is simply fill-in sport in off season football interest. Can't wait until kick off time. In 2004 & 2008 final football losing record, I considered suicide method (just kidding) Quote Link to comment
The Dude Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Just got the copyright for "NebrasketBoard" for when Nebraska is officially a full-blown basketball school. Feels good man. 1 Quote Link to comment
HeyBurke Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 No, but I wish the atmosphere at the Vault would translate over to Memorial next season. Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 I'm too biased for this.. I have been a fan of Nebraska basketball since the dark dark days. Great...you have been a fan for 5-10 years. Quote Link to comment
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