Leaderboard

We should take some enjoyment from the few moments when we can this season. It was fun to see them actually go on a positive run for once, and play with a lead. And make a couple key plays at the end.

I'll take UB wins anyway I can get them at this point! Was happy to see the Bulls go out and battle. It wasn't pretty late but they found a way to get it done.

Jo has nice touch and the luxury of only taking the open ones. I'd image if you held a 3 point contest in the practice gym Chatman would beat Smith. Some of it is to blame on Chatman's shot selection but it's often that he's given the ball and needs to get a shot and he doesn't have the ball handling ability to beat a defender so he's stuck jacking up a contested 3 off the dribble which isn't a skill many college big men have. I don't fault Chatman at all. It's on the coaches for not giving him playmakers to help him and also for not having found any way to create offense with the players that we do have on the roster.

It has been a long season for all. I am happy for the players and coaches that they pulled out the win.

UB did an amazing job with NGWSD at the game. What a great environment.

It's supposed to be happening again next year.

Hey one silver lining about us being so terrible is that I don’t get mad when we lose and it’s a pleasant surprise when we win!

A win is a win. Thank goodness. Toilet bowl champs.

UB is 3-2 when we score 76+. 0-18 when we don’t. UB is 3-2 when we attempt 20 or fewer shots from 3. 0-18 when we attempt 21+. I think I see a couple of keys to possible future success the rest of the season.

Nobody is going to want to see this team in Cleveland

And Alex Grinch is going to Wisconsin (sorry Daveysbrew) with a chip on his shoulder. Apparently he feels under-appreciated? Good lord, he has been an abomination, in my opinion, since he left tOSU and agent to OU/USC... I guess to be good in today's game, your self image needs to be high....or you need to be high, imo.

100% Agree. I like the makeup of the coaching staff too. We have some greybeards and some younger guys. I love the fact he met personally with all 86 players, that really says a lot about him as a human. Let's hope we can find the best use of our talent with our offensive and defensive schemes. I am cautiously optimistic that he can get us back to a high level of play.

I heard some of the podcast. All i can say is that Pete Lembo sure has a lot of connections around college football and stories. The guy seems like he's super organized and has a plan for the program and structure. Hopefully it all adds up to a watchable product on the field and wins.

For those looking for an edge on betting the Super Bowl Sunday, the team that scores the most points at the end of the game is 57-0.

I am not too active on here... I tend to go weeks at a time without visiting and then spend a day engaging a lot before dropping off again. As a result, I don't know a lot of the drama from the board. But the things I quickly picked up is that I have disagreed with @MuchMany a fair amount but he has always made his arguments in good faith and we ultimately want the same thing--the success of the programs... and @RapidsFan does not make good faith arguments and often tries to paint people as a bigots out of left field. @RapidsFan is new here as far as I know... so I am not sure if they are a troll or just some nieve young kid just getting exposed to the world and trying to champion social justice in every instance possible even when it isn't an issue... But this is one of many such examples... claiming someone is ageist because they don't think someone displays enough energy? ha ha Talk about a strawman... needing to paint the messenger as a bigot so you can try to undermine their arguments without addressing the issues and don't have to engage with them. And for the record, I don't think a coach needs to display high energy on the sideline to be successful. Some do and are successful and some don't and are successful. There are some very successful coaches that many would label low energy out there in many different sports. It's also true that coaches, like all people, slow down with age so if one of your strengths as a coach was being high energy to motivate your players then that strength will diminish over time. It just happens that most coaches also develop many other skills over time that make the need to be high energy on the side line less significant.

Cat got your tongue @RapidsFan?

Hodgson didn't seem concerned about maintaining relationships when he was burning bridges. And I find your second comment funny. Jim Whitesell was the continuation of the Oats era. You're picking one data point--Hodgson--and saying that if he isn't given the job then UB is turning their back on their history? What an asinine comment. Clearly hyperbole.

I guess we saw that differently. JW was certainly exasperated at times, but he, Thorpe, Foley, etc were mostly bumps on a log. His last two teams, once the Oats DNA was gone, were as sleepy and passive as they come. I know we have the minimum NIL infrastructure, I don't think that's enough. Whatever JW did was not enough compared to what we hear from Ohio, etc. And this is the first I've heard of any of our meager NIL backers defecting with JW. I see no scenario where Curtis Jones and Issac Jack don't leave for Iowa State and Dayton, respectively. Those options were there for them if JW stayed or not. Whatever small NIL bag UB has was not going to keep them here. Especially not after a poor year, "winning almost half their games."