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Post by holidayhusker on Jul 15, 2011 23:49:12 GMT -5
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Post by pedro el leon on Jul 16, 2011 2:18:50 GMT -5
I might "man hug" it out... But I am NOT kissing holidayhusker! |
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Post by mikegarrison on Jul 16, 2011 5:31:30 GMT -5
I might "man hug" it out... But I am NOT kissing holidayhusker! It will be fine as long as you have one of these. |
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Post by redincolorado on Jul 16, 2011 5:57:53 GMT -5
You're not seriously trying to claim San Antonio was really a "neutral court," are you? Absolutely YES I AM. The colosium in Nebraska is an intimate setting. The fans are down close to the action and the place is packed to the rafters. At San Antonio the fans were seated in another distant universe by comparison and while the "official" attendance was listed as 9,000+---they barely put a dent in that cavernous place. So yeah----San Antonio was/is an exponentially different environment than the Colosium. Quite simply there is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more involved in a "home court" than simply the # of fans. This is why AD Tom Osborne was careful to get a LOT of coach Cooks input for the upcoming volleyball specific remake of the Devaney center. Just as, or even MORE important than doubling the attendance was maintaining that down close to the action intimacy. Have you ever been to a match in the colosium?? To even suggest that the environment in San Antonio was comparably a "home court" is beyond laughable, it's downright ludicrous. |
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Post by holidayhusker on Jul 16, 2011 7:23:30 GMT -5
I might "man hug" it out... But I am NOT kissing holidayhusker! LOL...Oh come on!!! Pucker UP!!! |
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Post by jgrout on Jul 16, 2011 13:01:13 GMT -5
I can't say that I don't prefer Little Red... |
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Post by mikegarrison on Jul 16, 2011 20:19:58 GMT -5
You're not seriously trying to claim San Antonio was really a "neutral court," are you? Absolutely YES I AM. The colosium in Nebraska is an intimate setting. The fans are down close to the action and the place is packed to the rafters. At San Antonio the fans were seated in another distant universe by comparison and while the "official" attendance was listed as 9,000+---they barely put a dent in that cavernous place. So yeah----San Antonio was/is an exponentially different environment than the Colosium. Quite simply there is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more involved in a "home court" than simply the # of fans. This is why AD Tom Osborne was careful to get a LOT of coach Cooks input for the upcoming volleyball specific remake of the Devaney center. Just as, or even MORE important than doubling the attendance was maintaining that down close to the action intimacy. Have you ever been to a match in the colosium?? To even suggest that the environment in San Antonio was comparably a "home court" is beyond laughable, it's downright ludicrous. So when the NCAA championships are held in Seattle (at Key Arena), if the Huskies are playing you are going to say they don't have the home court advantage, because their real home court is Hec Ed Pavilion? |
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Post by holidayhusker on Jul 16, 2011 20:26:15 GMT -5
You're not seriously trying to claim San Antonio was really a "neutral court," are you? So...anywhere Husker fans show up from now on is , "Home Court Advantage?" Are you searching for excuses if your team loses? Calling San Antonia home court advantage is just ridiculous. |
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Post by Ye Olde Dawg on Jul 16, 2011 21:08:15 GMT -5
You're not seriously trying to claim San Antonio was really a "neutral court," are you? Absolutely YES I AM. The colosium in Nebraska is an intimate setting. The fans are down close to the action .... Have you ever been to a match in the colosium?? To even suggest that the environment in San Antonio was comparably a "home court" is beyond laughable, it's downright ludicrous. Look,we'll give you all that. San Sntonio isn't the same as the Coloseum. Fine, so the Huskers were on the road not just in a technical sense, but in a meaningful way. But to say that it was neutral is also ludicrous. Not with the vast majority of the crowd cheering for the Huskers. At best, call it something in between. |
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Post by redincolorado on Jul 17, 2011 17:04:05 GMT -5
Absolutely YES I AM. The colosium in Nebraska is an intimate setting. The fans are down close to the action and the place is packed to the rafters. At San Antonio the fans were seated in another distant universe by comparison and while the "official" attendance was listed as 9,000+---they barely put a dent in that cavernous place. So yeah----San Antonio was/is an exponentially different environment than the Colosium. Quite simply there is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more involved in a "home court" than simply the # of fans. This is why AD Tom Osborne was careful to get a LOT of coach Cooks input for the upcoming volleyball specific remake of the Devaney center. Just as, or even MORE important than doubling the attendance was maintaining that down close to the action intimacy. Have you ever been to a match in the colosium?? To even suggest that the environment in San Antonio was comparably a "home court" is beyond laughable, it's downright ludicrous. So when the NCAA championships are held in Seattle (at Key Arena), if the Huskies are playing you are going to say they don't have the home court advantage, because their real home court is Hec Ed Pavilion? Aye yiy yiy MG, you are really reaching  The Huskies playing over at the old worlds fairgrounds in the Key arena wouldn't be any different than Nebraska playing over in Omaha at the Qwest, just some minor mileage difference. Now then, comparing apple to apples, Nebraska playing 800 miles down the road in San Antonio is just a little bit different. About the same as Seattle to San Francisco give or take a few miles. |
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Post by AA #11 on Jul 17, 2011 17:08:30 GMT -5
Absolutely YES I AM. The colosium in Nebraska is an intimate setting. The fans are down close to the action .... Have you ever been to a match in the colosium?? To even suggest that the environment in San Antonio was comparably a "home court" is beyond laughable, it's downright ludicrous. Look,we'll give you all that. San Sntonio isn't the same as the Coloseum. Fine, so the Huskers were on the road not just in a technical sense, but in a meaningful way. But to say that it was neutral is also ludicrous. Not with the vast majority of the crowd cheering for the Huskers. At best, call it something in between. Are you trying to say that any arena in a state bordering Nebraska is basically considered home-court advantage because they have a lot of fans that will travel? That may be the dumbest thing I've ever heard. |
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Post by redincolorado on Jul 17, 2011 17:26:31 GMT -5
Absolutely YES I AM. The colosium in Nebraska is an intimate setting. The fans are down close to the action .... Have you ever been to a match in the colosium?? To even suggest that the environment in San Antonio was comparably a "home court" is beyond laughable, it's downright ludicrous. Look,we'll give you all that. San Sntonio isn't the same as the Coloseum. Fine, so the Huskers were on the road not just in a technical sense, but in a meaningful way. But to say that it was neutral is also ludicrous. Not with the vast majority of the crowd cheering for the Huskers. At best, call it something in between. Something in between??? What kind of fantasy yarn you trying to spin here? 800 miles away from home, not staying in their own dorms &/or apartments, not sleeping in their own beds, not practicing in their own digs, not meeting in their own locker room, not eating in their usual facility are far removed from something in between. Spin it any way you want but you can't change the FACT it was a neutral court. Nebraska had the crowd advantage simply because Nebraska's fans travel better than anyone else. I'll grant you Nebraska had a crowd advantage but that is a completely different issue than playing on a foreign court 800 miles away from home in a facility designed for a different sport with those fans sitting waaaaaaaaaaaaay farther away from the action than at Nebraska's real home court. |
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Post by baywatcher on Jul 17, 2011 18:23:26 GMT -5
Have to agree that's stretching the whole home court advantage thing. Returning to San Antonio this year, right? I would say Stanford at Sacramento in 2007 was pretty much a home advantage, only 90 miles or so away. And most importantly, will this entry get us to 100 pages?
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Post by baywatcher on Jul 17, 2011 18:24:15 GMT -5
NOOO! (Try again)
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Post by mikegarrison on Jul 17, 2011 19:57:10 GMT -5
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