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27 minutes ago, SL Xpress said:

That's because we're not in the SEC yet. Those Florida fans will learn. 

Nebraskans have a hate for Texas that goes well beyond CWS, btw. We don't see it in football much any more because both programs have struggled with relevancy, but in volleyball you see it all the time. 

They really do. Most of my family is from Nebraska and it’s hilariously pathetic. I watched the ‘09 Big 12 Championship with all of them. I was a fucking teenager celebrating a last second kick for a conference title and berth in the national championship, and my uncle’s wife cussed me out and finished with “I hope you’re happy.” All I said was “ Of course I am.” Especially because they had been shitting on me since the moment they locked up their division. They hated us before that game obviously, but the one second being put back on the clock will haunt them forever. They completely disregard the fact that the ball hit the sideline with a second left, claiming a BCS conspiracy just like Pelini. Sure wish the BCS had conspired for us in ‘08.

Even with that amazing moment, the 2010 victory was the sweetest for me because they were just so confident they would get the last laugh against us before running off to the Big 10. Corn aggy.

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That 2010 Nebraska game was glorious, and pretty much the closest thing to destiny that you’ll see in sports.  Gilbert was 4/16 for 62 yards passing, and we still won anyway as Nebraska literally dropped like 4 TD passes and had a comedy of errors in every way imaginable.  

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4 hours ago, MAUFRAIS said:

That is somewhat true, but also there’s just nothing out there like horns down.

Basically we did so well at creating a hand sign that its inverse works better as a hand sign than anything our opponents could come up with.

What impresses me most is how opposing fans can get their extended fingers to point downward while their knuckles are dragging.  

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4 minutes ago, longhornmatt said:

That 2010 Nebraska game was glorious, and pretty much the closest thing to destiny that you’ll see in sports.  Gilbert was 4/16 for 62 yards passing, and we still won anyway as Nebraska literally dropped like 4 TD passes and had a comedy of errors in every way imaginable.  

That was the story of that series. Nebraska snatching defeat from the jaws of victory over and over again. The '96 inaugural championship game, "maybe we'll beat them by 21 points!" Roll left. 

Breaking their long home winning streak in '98 with Ricky Williams. The last time Nebraska fans ever gave a Longhorn a standing ovation. The '99 game in Austin where they fumbled the ball inside the red zone over and over. The 2002 game that broke another home winning streak with a couple of missed field goals and throwing an interception from the Texas 13 yard line with 10 seconds to play rather than kick the field goal to tie it. 

2006 where Nebraska had the game wrapped up gaining a first down until Aaron Ross caused the fumble which allowed Texas to drive down for Ryan Bailey's game winning kick. Jamaal Charles going absolutely apeshit in the fourth quarter in 2007.

Nebraska went 1-9 in Big 12 play against UT, many of those years at a time when they were the top football program in the country. 

Add to that Nebraska felt like Texas just came in and took over. The SWC commissioner was named the new Big 12 commissioner. The league offices were moved from Kansas City to Dallas. The league held a championship game over Nebraska's objections. The league banned partial qualifiers. There was a lingering bitterness towards Texas from fans that weren't even around from stories passed down from older generations. It's basically a meme at this point. 

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1 hour ago, longhornmatt said:

That 2010 Nebraska game was glorious, and pretty much the closest thing to destiny that you’ll see in sports.  Gilbert was 4/16 for 62 yards passing, and we still won anyway as Nebraska literally dropped like 4 TD passes and had a comedy of errors in every way imaginable.  

There was no way they were losing that game after that kickass hype video they produced for that game...

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13 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Bro, how?
 

Literally about a dozen options to choose from and they chose the one who choked?

 

Jerome Tang tho. That’s robbery 

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I mean, how can you not give coach of the year to the guy who came up with the idea of breathing exercises during a timeout late in a close game? It takes a genius to think outside the box like that. 

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shaka smart reminds me of my time working in west austin, where everything is flash over substance, where what's trendy is all that matters. people have been tripping over their dicks for more than a decade to exclaim what a great coach shaka smart is, as if his statistical and empirical track record does not irrefutably prove otherwise. people cannot wait to just gush over the amazingness of this completely average-but-flashy coach. he's like myer's hand soap, p terry's, or kendra scott jewelry- everyone loves to act like he's just the most amazing thing out there, but i can go buy HEB's generic version of all of these things and it will still be just as good.

it doesn't really matter what he does, the college basketball community (nearly) as a whole will still love to sit around and nod in agreement as they all talk about what a fantastic coach he is, despite all evidence to the contrary. it would be very annoying if it wasn't so entertaining to watch him fail spectacularly year after year.

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On 3/31/2023 at 1:10 PM, shadow_operative said:

shaka smart reminds me of my time working in west austin, where everything is flash over substance, where what's trendy is all that matters. people have been tripping over their dicks for more than a decade to exclaim what a great coach shaka smart is, as if his statistical and empirical track record does not irrefutably prove otherwise. people cannot wait to just gush over the amazingness of this completely average-but-flashy coach. he's like myer's hand soap, p terry's, or kendra scott jewelry- everyone loves to act like he's just the most amazing thing out there, but i can go buy HEB's generic version of all of these things and it will still be just as good.

it doesn't really matter what he does, the college basketball community (nearly) as a whole will still love to sit around and nod in agreement as they all talk about what a fantastic coach he is, despite all evidence to the contrary. it would be very annoying if it wasn't so entertaining to watch him fail spectacularly year after year.

The college basketball media doesn't want to acknowledge that he had to get out of the Big 12 because his reputation was on life support.   He was getting outcoached consistently.  He'll win 65% or so of his games in the Big East.  It is overall harder than the A10 but easier than the Big 12. He'll make the tournament 4 out of 5 years if I had to guess.

It was funny to see the marquette fans saying they needed to look for an experienced assistant coach to help him.  yeah, very good recruiter, 5th in the big 12 kind of coach.

In fact, he'd be a fantastic assistant coach.

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13 minutes ago, dcar00 said:

The college basketball media doesn't want to acknowledge that he had to get out of the Big 12 because his reputation was on life support.   He was getting outcoached consistently.  He'll win 65% or so of his games in the Big East.  It is overall harder than the A10 but easier than the Big 12. He'll make the tournament 4 out of 5 years if I had to guess.

It was funny to see the marquette fans saying they needed to look for an experienced assistant coach to help him.  yeah, very good recruiter, 5th in the big 12 kind of coach.

In fact, he'd be a fantastic assistant coach.

This. He’s such a nice, upstanding man that it had to be big bad Texas and not his total inability to coach at Texas/in the Big 12….

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ha! The Shaka lovefest continues.  Oh boy, Marquette really is stuck with him for an extra year now, aren't they?  So, the next thing is for an extension and it never ends.  One thing to consider, he will be their coach longer than he was ours, I predict.  

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43 minutes ago, Js1 said:

3 years in a row, Texas versus a previous coach lol

That's pretty fucking crazy actually, somebody in scheduling at ESPN obviously meant this.  Barnes in Knoxville.  Smart in Milwaukee.  I'm sure we'll play at Ole Miss in 2024.  

Maybe Penders will come back to George Washington and we can face off with them.  

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How on earth does a second round upset to a team 5 seeds lower get you a national coach of the year award?

Yay, the best coach in the country took his team all the way to the final 32!  What a run!  And now he's won one tournament game in the last 10 years!  Isn't he amazing??

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