[Husker] Comparisons between sports

[Bob Beach]

On 3/13/2005 at 1:03 AM Skylar Dodds wrote:

>>I keep hearing over and over again how there is a double standard
>>between Collier and Solich.  Well, isn't it ok to have a double
>>standard like that?


     Not in my opinion but it is only my opinion.


>>It may seem like a double standard, but hey, let's have a little self
>>realization.  We're a football school, not basketball.  The basketball
>>coach get's a little more rope to hang himself.


     A lot of schools are "one sport" schools of which Nebraska seemingly fits.  There are also plenty of schools that don't put up with the "we're a basketball or we're a football" school thought process.  Among those in the Big 12 are Texas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, Texas A&M, Missouri, and Iowa State.  I am not saying there isn't more success in one sport or the other in these schools than another.  I am saying the emphasis isn't more on one sport than the other.  Nebraska makes no bones about perpetrating the thought that basketball is a second class citizen.



>>I personally think it's a bad idea to hold the two programs to the
>>same standard.



    Maybe at NU but there are a lot of schools that wouldn't buy that.  I named some conference schools above that wouldn't but there are a lot around the country that way as well.






Bob Beach
Man is never too old to learn.  Man only becomes too old when the process of learning stops.