Hoiskers travel to Ioway City as 4.5 dogs

[scarletred]

Win able game tonight, this isn’t one of Frans better teams.

Can we continue the hot shooting streak..
Nebraska has two game winning streak and this is the only meeting of the year.

 

[leodisflowers]

Win able game tonight, this isn’t one of Frans better teams.

Can we continue the hot shooting streak..
Nebraska has two game winning streak and this is the only meeting of the year.

Let's go boys. Seems kind of odd they are dogs, but we do suck on the road.

 

[huskerfan1414]

This is the game historical nebraska loses.
Big game here. Are the Nebraska “next-years” a thing of the past?

 

[regionsdoc]

Let's go boys. Seems kind of odd they are dogs, but we do suck on the road.

3 days after a very emotional win over #1. On the road. It’s got ‘let down’ written all over it.

 

[Husker4real]

This is the game historical nebraska loses.
Big game here. Are the Nebraska “next-years” a thing of the past?

I know exactly what you mean. This team sure looks different than most (almost all) NU basketball teams; but I still expect the clock to strike midnight at any moment and they turn back into a pumpkin.

 

[TampaBaySkers]

Would be a very nice W, but not needed.

 

[Anegada1]

3 days after a very emotional win over #1. On the road. Its got ‘let down’ written all over it.

i would generally agree with you, but imo this team seems to have a toughness and resiliency other teams may have lacked. I think we pull out a win.

 

[scarletred]

Would be a very nice W, but not needed.

Any time we play Ioway in the big 3 sports 🏈 🏀⚾️ it’s important to win…

Don’t fool yourself..

 

[TampaBaySkers]

Any time we play Ioway in the big 3 sports 🏈 🏀⚾️ it’s important to win…

Don’t fool yourself..

I don’t judge our success vs mediocre programs

 

[scarletred]

I don’t judge our success vs mediocre programs

You also live in Tampa and don’t rub elbows with people across the river..

No judgement here..

 

[IowaHuskr]

Would be a very nice W, but not needed.

Fran still can't believe we beat them twice last season. He will try to have his players amped up since they need this game badly. Plus the alcohol consumed in Iowa City tonight before tipoff will be excessive. This will definitely be the toughest game of the next three for the Huskers. Iowa will try to turn the game into a track meet and we need to slow down the pace with defense and rebounding to sneak out a "W".

 

[dinglefritz]

Do they bus over to Io_a City or take a charter flight?

 

[mwulf]

Weather will be brutal will there even be a home court advantage?

 

[huskerfan1414]

Would be a very nice W, but not needed.

If we lose this game, they will not make the ncaa tourney.
Im willing to bet a permaban.
(Not that I want you permabanned dont take it the wrong way haha)

 

[V-Doub]

Let's go boys. Seems kind of odd they are dogs, but we do suck on the road.

I’m guessing Vegas/Public want to see us beat a decent B1G team on the road before they can trust us. I thought this spread could be anywhere between NU -2 to NU +2. Didn’t see either team being a 4+ pt favorite. Let’s fvcking go boys!

 

[Gary.Busey]

Do they bus over to Io_a City or take a charter flight?

🛩 🛩 yesterday

 

[BTF69]

Man, I totally feel like this is an Iowa win. Not sure how I will bet it yet, but, it seems like that is the play.

 

[mgbreis]

Love that we're dogs, hopefully Fred is making the point that no one believes in them.

 

[SickOfPractice]

Husker BBall pessimistic me will watch tonight, expecting to lose. It's ingrained in me not to get my Husker hoop hopes up.

This W would be as important as any in showing "Not this year! Not this team!"

 

[scarletred]

Man, I totally feel like this is an Iowa win. Not sure how I will bet it yet, but, it seems like that is the play.

That’s exactly what everyone thought last year when we visited Ioway City too..

 

[BTF69]

That’s exactly what everyone thought last year when we visited Ioway City too..

I don't remember what happened but sounds like it was a Husker win???

 

[scarletred]

I don't remember what happened but sounds like it was a Husker win???

Read the OP in the thread..

 

[TampaBaySkers]

If we lose this game, they will not make the ncaa tourney.
Im willing to bet a permaban.
(Not that I want you permabanned dont take it the wrong way haha)

What? YUGE overreaction. It’s tough to win on the road and Iowa is around 50 in KenPom so they are no slouch.

 

[BHoppy]

Weather will be brutal will there even be a home court advantage?

I would bet there is less than 3000 there. Still cleaning up from the snow on Tuesday and now already had plenty today and winds are supposed to gust up to 45 mph. Will be a white out.

 

[9and4]

I would bet there is less than 3000 there. Still cleaning up from the snow on Tuesday and now already had plenty today and winds are supposed to gust up to 45 mph. Will be a white out.

So happy to be out of Iowa City. Especially in the winter. And I grew up in Nebraska. The weather in Iowa is just a hair worse, as hard as that is to believe. And IC is the Banana Belt compared to Crapids, Waterloo and anything north or Hwy 30.

Great cultural venues, and if you're into it, the Hawkeyes, but dog awful winters.

FWIW, 48 and cloudy here in Baltimore.

Sorry, not sorry.

 

[TampaBaySkers]

I would bet there is less than 3000 there. Still cleaning up from the snow on Tuesday and now already had plenty today and winds are supposed to gust up to 45 mph. Will be a white out.

So a typical Iowa game?

 

[AVeritas]

N beat k-state in manhattan, they can certainly beat all those slow white dudes at ioway.

 

[huskerfan1414]

What? YUGE overreaction. It’s tough to win on the road and Iowa is around 50 in KenPom so they are no slouch.

It has less to do with that and more to do with nebraska being nebraska.

If we lose this game we wont make the tourney. Im not saying we couldnt still make the tourney, Im saying we wont.

 

[TampaBaySkers]

It has less to do with that and more to do with nebraska being nebraska.

If we lose this game we wont make the tourney. Im not saying we couldnt still make the tourney, Im saying we wont.

True but Nebraska being Nebraska doesn’t beat #1 ranked teams along with beating msu and ksu on the road.

 

[huskerfan1414]

True but Nebraska being Nebraska doesn’t beat #1 ranked teams along with beating msu and ksu on the road.

Beating the #1 team and getting everyones hopes up only to finish with 18 wins is like the most nebraska thing nebraska can do.

Lets just plan on doing what big boy teams do tonight and win a game we should.

 

[scarletred]

N beat k-state in manhattan, they can certainly beat all those slow white dudes at ioway.

Ioway has a higher NET than 12-3 K-State..

 

[SWIowahawks]

Win able game tonight, this isn’t one of Frans better teams.

Can we continue the hot shooting streak..
Nebraska has two game winning streak and this is the only meeting of the year.

It’s a Fran defense, wide open threes all night.

 

[TampaBaySkers]

Beating the #1 team and getting everyones hopes up only to finish with 18 wins is like the most nebraska thing nebraska can do.

Lets just plan on doing what big boy teams do tonight and win a game we should.

I sure hope so, but I won’t panic if they lose. Now if they drop the next two to Rutgers and NW then yeah I’ll start to worry.. but tonight’s game in a vacuum isn’t a must win

 

[mwulf]

NW also beat Purdue .....

 

[TampaBaySkers]

NW also beat Purdue .....

and #8 #5 #10 #11 #23 lost to Purdue…

 

[PvilleHuskerTim]

Huskers essentially in multiple 4-game stretches in January and February. They need to go at least 2-2 in all of them, and any 3-1 mark provides a little cushion for future mini-stretches. A win tonight certainly helps in case there is a future lull.

 

[big red22]

Let's go boys. Seems kind of odd they are dogs, but we do suck on the road.

We suck on the road? How exactly? Cause we lost to a 12-3 (3-1) Minnesota team on the road? A top 10 Wisconsin Team? We also beat a 12-3 Kansas State on the road by 16? Those are our 3 road games and nothing there says we SUCK at road games

 

[big red22]

Ioway has a higher NET than 12-3 K-State..

Iowa is also ranked in the 100's on a ton of RPI sites. Head to Head neutral court KState wins 7 of 10 against Iowa

 

[HuskerO]

We suck on the road? How exactly? Cause we lost to a 12-3 (3-1) Minnesota team on the road? A top 10 Wisconsin Team? We also beat a 12-3 Kansas State on the road by 16? Those are our 3 road games and nothing there says we SUCK at road games

Maybe he meant historically? But historically we've just plain sucked.

 

[Scott559]

Glad the Huskers made it safely to I.C. Carver will be dead in regard to fan support, (Worse than normal). I took Nebraska and the points, The Huskers are the better team. I know I am supposed to hate the Huskers but I am honestly happy to see Fred having success, Classy guy.
Hope all of you are surviving the storms Ok, It’s been pretty nasty here in central Iowa today.