"I Hate Montana State" Buffs Bites
by irish1611
on Nov 19, 2008 9:20 AM MST
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Has there ever been such a smaller school to ever wreak havoc on a BCS school? The Bobcats from Montana State beat the Buffs last night 85 - 82 in overtime. The Buffs got down by 15 at one point in the second half, showed some resolve and were in a position to win the game at the end of regulation until MSU's Bobby Howard scored with no time remaining on the clock. Howard led all scorers with 24 last night. The Buffs missed too many free throws, got out rebounded on the offensive end and couldn't defend against the three ball. But I am in agreement with Neil Woelk, this is the type of learning pains that a program is going to go through when you have only 2 upperclassmen on the roster. In the end, this is a good lesson for a young team. But let's not schedule Montana State for anything ever again.
How about this non-conference schedule for Nebraska next year: Florida Atlantic, Louisiana-Lafayette, Virginia Tech and Arkansas State...Buffs isn't much better with West Virginia, Miami (OH), Wyoming and CSU. We deserve a break after this year though. Hopefully Arkansas State "A&M's" Nebraska next year.
Pat Forde of ESPN says RB Darrell Scott was supposed to be "the freshman RB star" this year. That hasn't been the case for various reasons. Instead it has been RB Jacquizz Rodgers from Oregon State. Scott's day is coming Mr. Forde.
Want an Oklahoman's perspective on Boulder, Folsom Field, Westminster, Denver, the E470 toll way, driving from DIA to Boulder, and other ramblings, read this. Sounds like this guy needs to get out more or out of Oklahoma!
One player who has dissapointed this year has been LB Michael Sipili. Now Sipili is not practicing with the team:
Linebacker Michael Sipili is not practicing, and Dan Hawkins said he’s “out of the loop at this point.” The coach said Sipili’s absence is due to “a combination of things. We’re just trying to get him to focus right now.”
I don't remember a lot of years like this one. The Buffs have lost players to quitting, injuries, academics, illness, suspension, theft and now a lack of focus? Focus. Sometimes you wonder what's going on in that old locker room.
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what the heck sipili?
I’ve been wondering where he’s been. He had an entire year to get his act together and “focus” last year after his arrest. The whole recruiting pipeline we have with Samoans and Hawaiians due to Cabral isn’t really doing much good when about 90% of them never contribute because they’re getting in trouble with the law or not eligible academically. I hope that doesn’t sound horribly racist but thems the facts.
by nebraskasux on Nov 19, 2008 10:21 AM MST 0 recs
not racist, just the fact. Dizon was a beast but
Sione Tau and Sipili have been disappointments and Kai left the team after a position change.
This can all change if Katoa starts dominating
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by irish1611 on
Nov 19, 2008 10:28 AM MST
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There have been plenty of other coaches recruits who have failed as well so we are not
singling out just Cabral’s guys. I would say this, we are lucky to have Cabral as a coach. I think he makes Ron Collins look better. Cabral and Brown are both good coaches who should probably be in charge.
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Nov 19, 2008 10:47 AM MST
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