Husker Tom and more Dead Horses

Some quick Sunday notes as we get ready to close out another football season.

* Am I the only person that sees the complete and total disaster that is Tom Shtael? Was it just me, or was it completely necessary to fly to the BCS Title Game, walk around at media day and start asking questions? Not questions about Troy Smith, Urban Meyer or the like. No, Husker Tom traveled over 1,000 miles to ask the REAL hard-hitting question that each and every media member in Phoenix this week wanted to know: Are the Huskers back?

Now, I understand that Tom’s readers want to know this shit…but what do you think the poor reporters he asked thought about all of this? And worse yet, how uncomfortable was it to read the endless canned answers that he managed to get? “They are much improved, but not back to the level of where they were”

Wow, ya think?

That’s part of the problem you people need to understand. You will NEVER be back to that level. Nobody will. Isn’t it completely pointless to ask yourself “is Nebraska back?” when they just got done pissing away a Cotton Bowl and lost 5 games for only the 3rd time since 1961? Does anybody else find it odd?

This completely ties in with the J.C. Keller situation and the delusion that not only are the Huskers on their way back, but they’re pretty much there already. Both of these statements are ridiculous. What Husker Tom is doing, I do not blame him for. He has the easiest job in the world of walking around and telling you how great you are. However, you’d think he’d try to avoid embarrassing himself around his colleagues, as well as realize that you shouldn’t dedicate an entire column to something that is so butt-ass stupid, everybody on earth knows the answer but Husker Tom and his readers.

And yes, I’m as sick of reading this crap as you are hearing about it.

* Nice going Chiefs. It’s bad enough you have to embarrass yourselves in front of the entire world…but would it be too much to ask to at least try? I mean, we all knew the Chiefs sucked and shouldn’t really have been in the playoffs. But good lord, you’d at least think they would put out some sort of effort. I’m sure you’ll agree that those were two very old and poor football teams out there yesterday. One of which should have never been there, the other about to get their asses kicked in Baltimore next weekend. Oh well, Chiefs fans should have come to expect this kind of performance in January. It’s not like it’s new.

* Husker basketball fan is starting to get a bit lippy these days. Never mind their bench is injury depleted, but they’ve actually managed to win a game or two. (Even though they lost to SIU-French Lick or whoever the hell that was back in November.) I never doubted that Doc Sadler wouldn’t be a step up from Barry-Ball, but you gotta give the guy credit for doing a half-decent job. Then again, I haven’t seen them on TV more than once, so I’ll have to hold back some judgment until then. Don’t get me wrong, they’re going to get destroyed in Big 12 play, but I don’t want you people to think I don’t give out at least an ounce of Husker credit when it is deserved.

* Can Creighton shoot any more 3 pointers? Seriously..I thought Dana Altman was this Ghandi-esque genius of college basketball. I could find 4 friends at work who can pass the ball along the perimeter and chuck up 3 point shots from 22 feet all day. Second biggest fraud in Omaha sports if you ask me.

* Finally…I know it was scoffed at before…but I’m dead serious now. Mike Kemp needs to go and go now. UNO hockey has fallen so far off the radar that it’s completely unacceptable that it’s taken TEN YEARS to play this bad. They have a leading Hobey Baker candidate and can’t get above .500 by January? Are you kidding me? Freshman goalie, tough schedule….whatever. I completely understand the connection to Mike Kemp, because he’s a great guy and built the program. But it’s been TEN SEASONS and we are actually going backwards here. There is no way in hell a team this talented should be playing this crappy.

It’s become completely obvious to me that the players no longer get his message and the team would be better off going in a new direction. It’s a tough decision..and one that probably isn’t even logical with his contract status. But as a 10 year season ticket holder…ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. How long am I supposed to wait for some frickin results here? Thanks to a gift Chiefs-like back-in to the playoffs last year, the Mavs have done absolutely NOTHING but beat Bowling Green at home in 1999 and Michigan (when they were sleeping) a few days later. Other than this, this program has hit a plateau the size of Leonardo De Caprio’s career. For the love of God…somebody save this program before it gets passed up by Gymnastics and Frisbee Golf for interest around the UNO campus.

Pathetic.

Have a good week.

(Thanks KC Star for the Chifs pic)