LB(0)/Neb(3) Nebraska Wins in 3

[SaltNPepper]

keystonekid said:

"The match was much closer than the scores indicated," said 49er Head Coach Brian Gimmillaro. "There were crucial calls made in games two and three that had they gone our way would have made a big difference

I had read that too on the LBSU website. I watched all six matches over the weekend. Prior to the start of the NU vs LBS match, I really felt the three teams at the Husker's tournament (Middle Tennessee State, St. Mary's & Long Beach) were pretty close by what they had shown on the court as evidenced by the one 4-game and two 5-game matches they had played between themselves. However, the Beach I thought showed they were quite a bit better than the other two when they played the Huskers.

The first game between Long Beach and Nebraska was no contest. LBSU wasn't ready and the Huskers came out playing as well as they had this year. The second game I thought Nebraska relaxed a bit and Long Beach got it together and the Huskers won 31-29. I'm not sure how Brian can think that that game was any closer that what the score indicated. How do you get much closer than 31-29? The 3rd game Long Beach was ahead most of it and then finally, Nebraska made a charge at the end and really blew them away for the final score of 30-25. So for about 1 and 1/3 games, it was all Nebraska - the rest of the time it was pretty close. But anyone looking at the scores and not having been there could basically figure that out too.

I think this was a good match for Long Beach. They have some excellent players and they just need to figure out a way to play at the level they showed they were capable of a little more often. Athlete wise, they could just as easily had two sweeps the first two nights rather than winning one in 4 and one in 5 - but they didn't. I guess I'm surprised their coach wasn't more concerned about not sweeping St. Mary's and MTSU than he seemed to be that a few close calls didn't go his way. There were a few close calls that did go his way too - so that basically evens out. LBSU has a ways to go. But if they can get it together, they could be very good come tournament time.

[StuffU]

holidayhusker said:

jus4me28 said:

The entire incident was poor sportsmanship. He didn't give credit to USC's performance, instead chose to blame the loss on ONE player. A coach that is setting an example for his team would've taken the loss as a team loss or taken it as HIS loss. I don't know how you can say it wasn't a display of poor sportsmanship.

Wait a minute. This is hilarious...Cook has also coached some of the best!!Doesn't that excuse his behaviour too?? Make up your mind. Which is it?

Did I mention anything about Cook training his players? NOPE!

Twisting my words to your liking doesn't change anything.

[StuffU]

keystonekid said:

"The match was much closer than the scores indicated," said 49er Head Coach Brian Gimmillaro. "There were crucial calls made in games two and three that had they gone our way would have made a big difference

Typical Gimmillaro ... lol

[beachman]

itsallaboutme said:

But, we had to sit in section 8 during our first match and we had Nebraska parents pushing our parents out of there seats. They gave us dirty looks, stood in front of us during the game and made us all uncomfortable. Who every told us to sit in those seats, never told the parents. They were simple rude.

I sit in Section 8 and there is nobody that is rude there. Maybe they got upset that you were sitting in their seats. I would be rude too if you wouldn't get out of my seats. If by chance you did have ticket to sit there and you acted like an ass then you deserve to be giving the cold shoulder. Sounds like a lot of sour grapes.

It is my understanding that while many of your seats are purchased, at quite a price I might add, on a season basis, that they are still "first come first served"....Is that correct?? Several of the LBS boosters who went to Nebraska, and there weren't very many I might add, were shocked at how old, decrepid, and unsafe your facility seemed. I think that the words "fire trap" were used more than once. They also said that aside from the cheerleaders and the band members, you could count all of the students who attended the matches on two hands.....they said the average age of your fans was above 60, with many in their 70's and 80's......actually your fan base is similar to that of LBS but we turn out many more young people that you all seem to.....I did, by the way, hear from a few of our boosters that your fans seemed irritated by our mere presence.....too bad it has to be that way

[Deleted]

Seats on the floor and in the majority of the upper bleachers have not been first come first served in probably 10 years! The parent section although they may choose to not sit in their assigned seats all have assigned seats within that section.

I've often wondered how or if they'd ever clear the place safely in a hurry!

[beachman]

eov said:

Seats on the floor and in the majority of the upper bleachers have not been first come first served in probably 10 years! The parent section although they may choose to not sit in their assigned seats all have assigned seats within that section.

I've often wondered how or if they'd ever clear the place safely in a hurry!

We'll just call it a prime example of "Darwin's Theory"

[huskervbfan]

beachman said:

It is my understanding that while many of your seats are purchased, at quite a price I might add, on a season basis, that they are still "first come first served"....Is that correct?? Several of the LBS boosters who went to Nebraska, and there weren't very many I might add, were shocked at how old, decrepid, and unsafe your facility seemed. I think that the words "fire trap" were used more than once. They also said that aside from the cheerleaders and the band members, you could count all of the students who attended the matches on two hands.....they said the average age of your fans was above 60, with many in their 70's and 80's......actually your fan base is similar to that of LBS but we turn out many more young people that you all seem to.....I did, by the way, hear from a few of our boosters that your fans seemed irritated by our mere presence.....too bad it has to be that way

Your understanding is wrong. There are only a very few seats in the upper balcony corners that are general admission but everything is is reserved seating. The parent's section is on the main floor right behind the athlete's bench at the serving line so are pretty darn good seats.

In the early games I noticed Beach fans moving from one endzone to the other as their team changed sides and that is OK as long as the people who have those seats are not there but since we do have to pay a pretty healthy price for our reserved seats, I have to admit that I would get a little testy too if someone was sitting there and would not move.

You are correct that very few students can come to the games. That certainly is unfortunate but as long as the emphasis is on raising as much money as possible for the athletic department and as long as these "old" fans keep kicking in the big bucks, I don't see anything changing in the near future.

Yes, it is an old historic building but there is very little really flamable material in the place. A very fast evacuation would be difficult but it has passed all tests by the fire marshall so I feel safe enough there.

[lilred]

beachman said:

itsallaboutme said:

I sit in Section 8 and there is nobody that is rude there. Maybe they got upset that you were sitting in their seats. I would be rude too if you wouldn't get out of my seats. If by chance you did have ticket to sit there and you acted like an ass then you deserve to be giving the cold shoulder. Sounds like a lot of sour grapes.

It is my understanding that while many of your seats are purchased, at quite a price I might add, on a season basis, that they are still "first come first served"....Is that correct?? Several of the LBS boosters who went to Nebraska, and there weren't very many I might add, were shocked at how old, decrepid, and unsafe your facility seemed. I think that the words "fire trap" were used more than once. They also said that aside from the cheerleaders and the band members, you could count all of the students who attended the matches on two hands.....they said the average age of your fans was above 60, with many in their 70's and 80's......actually your fan base is similar to that of LBS but we turn out many more young people that you all seem to.....I did, by the way, hear from a few of our boosters that your fans seemed irritated by our mere presence.....too bad it has to be that way

Well than I am sure they are more than thrilled to be able to get back to the Pyramid then. I watched the LBSU-Oregon match and it looks like they will have no problem getting seats in there. Do they even have to pay for their seats?

I will say I too, have a problem with the demographics. A little more student participation would be nice. (although its not their fault...anymore) On the other hand its amazing how much noise a bunch of senior citizens can make for the big matches.

[Keystonekid]

I have never and I mean never heard anyone complain about the Coliseum or their fans, in fact it is universally the other way around. Like Hawaii, almost everyone who has played at UNL has commented on how gracious the fans were to the opponent.

There are very few students at the matches, which is really good and bad. I think most programs who draw big numbers have a fan base that is family oriented, and in fact lots of retired people. Can't imagine why the LBSU fans had the experience they had.

[Deleted]

The switching sides with the team seems to be a west coast thing. It's not right nor wrong but folks in the midwest don't do it. We ran into lots of parent grumblings when we played some California teams in juniors tourneys and their parents wanted our parents to switch sides with them and ours didn't want to. :-) Maybe you can do that when there isn't anyone in the gym watching. Sorry, couldn't resist.

[huskervbfan]

So when in Rome (or the Coliseum in this case) do as the Huskers do.

[SaltNPepper]

beachman said:

It is my understanding that while many of your seats are purchased, at quite a price I might add, on a season basis, that they are still "first come first served"....Is that correct?? Several of the LBS boosters who went to Nebraska, and there weren't very many I might add, were shocked at how old, decrepid, and unsafe your facility seemed. I think that the words "fire trap" were used more than once. They also said that aside from the cheerleaders and the band members, you could count all of the students who attended the matches on two hands.....they said the average age of your fans was above 60, with many in their 70's and 80's......actually your fan base is similar to that of LBS but we turn out many more young people that you all seem to.....I did, by the way, hear from a few of our boosters that your fans seemed irritated by our mere presence.....too bad it has to be that way

As EOV has already said, all lower level seating is reserved. Parent seating is near the ends and not at the net, so that might be the problem if they moved to other seats during the first couple of days for the early matches and while they were in progress, the Husker fans started showing up to watch the last of those matches before the Nebraska match.

The Coliseum is an old building. I like to describe it as having "character" rather that "decrepit", but I can understand the comment. The fire safety issue is probably a real one. While the building which is brick and concrete won't burn down, as in any building there can always be some problem with smoke that would necessitate an evacuation and I think that is one of the reasons nothing has been done to increase the seating from around 4000 to 5000 or more. In its basketball days prior to building Devaney Sports Center, they'd pack 6500 or so in there but I don't think the Lincoln Fire Marshall would go for that today.

The age of the crowd is pretty close to what they described (probably not many in the 80's but you get the idea). I'd guess the average age in the lower 50's. We've never had a big student following even in the days with lower attendance and students could get in with just their ID card. So the progression of increased ticket sales had now got to the point that there really isn't much of an opportunity for students to get in unless it is for various repurchased tickets that are spread out all over. That's really kind of a shame.

[itsallaboutme]

It is my understanding that while many of your seats are purchased, at quite a price I might add, on a season basis, that they are still "first come first served"....Is that correct

No, they are not first come first serve in the location you mentioned. There are only a few GA seats and they are located in the upper corners of the arena. (which is clearly marked).

Section 8 is center court behind the up-official and is only rows 1 thru 16. Did you really think these were General Admisions seats.

[beachvball]

No we knew they were not general admission. We were assigned during our game against Middle Tennessee the top 3 rows in section 8. We only took the top row. We were not causing any problems. We were cheering our team. I just don't think anyone told the parents that we were assigned those seats during the first game. They pushed (literally) some of the parents out of there seats. They could not wait until our game was over. We were surprised by the reaction of some of these people, but I blame the administration for not informing these fans that Long Beach would be sitting there during the first game. Over all it was a tremendous experience.

[itsallaboutme]

My guess is they should have said you can sit anywhere you want until the ticket holders show-up. At least you got to see one game from great seats