Please beat SIU

[creightonjay]

Hey, CU fan here

WOW extremely painful loss to the dawgs at home.. they are absolute SCUM please please take the W from the ugly dawgs. You deserve it more than them. I couldnt stand to see them take the lead in the valley.

[CR Panther]

Unfortunately, so much of that depends on how the refs will call the game at SIU. As you know, if they are allowed to rape and pillage, SIU will have their way.

[CIPanther]

Creighton Jay - With all due respect, I would rather come into Omaha and beat you guys. You have had our number for too long.

That's if I had to pick one. Both would be nice.

[Marc Wigim]

Beating SIU means taking care of business, so I'm gonna go with that.

Besides, at least Creighton plays basketball the way it was MEANT to be played. That's all I'm going to say...

[UNIpanther99]

Beating SIU means taking care of business, so I'm gonna go with that.

Besides, at least Creighton plays basketball the way it was MEANT to be played. That's all I'm going to say...

You mean with poles and peach baskets? SIU is not scum, most Panthers have respect for both the Jays and the Dogs... I tend to think CU fans can be a little high and mighty sometimes.

[unigriff]

Griffs Most Hated Fans/Teams

Fans (Most Hated)
1. MSU (most horrible fans around, and the bands "song" is annoying after two notes.)
2. Appalachian State Sorry, had to throw it in there!
3. Illinois State
4. Evansville (good people for the most part, but i dont like ot share my Purple)

Teams
1. SIU (Rival)
2. Creighton (Rival)
3. MSU
4. Wichita St.

[UNI MadCat]

Isn't it funny how the views of the opposition are so jaded by the final score? I mean, really... SCUM?? Why? B/c they play hard-nosed defensive basketball that sometimes gets underneath the opposition's skin which only adds to their advantage???

Don't get me wrong, I want us to beat SIU as much as anybody, I just love idle comments like that with no real explanation beyond -- "We lost and I'm pouting."

[pantherclaw]

Here Here Madcat. If we beat SIU it won't be for any bluejays it'll be b/c we were the better team on the court.

[Khan4Cats]

Isn't it funny how the views of the opposition are so jaded by the final score? I mean, really... SCUM?? Why? B/c they play hard-nosed defensive basketball that sometimes gets underneath the opposition's skin which only adds to their advantage???

Don't get me wrong, I want us to beat SIU as much as anybody, I just love idle comments like that with no real explanation beyond -- "We lost and I'm pouting."

I agree. Just because of how a team plays does not make them scum. There are different styles of play from everyone. Comparing SIU and Creighton and their syle of defense would be like teams saying that we are scum because we like to play in man to man-hand in your face-deny the pass type defense. Boo-hoo, we must be scum because we wouldn't let Haluska or Ahearn or Taylor take wide open shots.

Quite frankly I was very impressed watching SIU and Creighton play and we played into their strengths. SIU moves laterally very well and we kept trying to dribble around them rather than taking it at them. Creighton extends the zone and tries to deny passing lanes, we seemed happy to just pass around the perimeter rather than penetrate.

We have been upset with officiating, and to some extend its justified, but to another extent we are not forcing the action and making the officials make a call. That is what SIU does in particular, they do as much as possible and make the officials make a decision to start calling everything or let the game play out. If we start taking it at them and bodies start hitting the floor, the whistles will have to start being blown. If we just try to out-dribble them, we are in trouble because, as much as I love this team, we do not have the speed to run around them.