Steve Octavien

[TheKiD]

Quite frankly I think there was a lot less booing than there should have been... anywhere else and there would have been mutiny.

And true, it was probably a bit demoralizing to hear boos. But it was a bit demoralizing for us fans to watch what was happening on the field.. and at any rate, did they not realize how bad they were playing? Did they not see that every other play Ball State ran was a huge gain?

So, it's the fans' fault that the defense played as bad as they did because we booed them a couple times? Not a chance... we didn't boo them during plays.. we cheered like hell, especially in the 4th quarter.

I think they've put too much stock in the fans. I mean last week it was Callahan saying that fans have to be the loudest they've ever been.. and in the same breath saying that for them it was just another game. This week because we booed them a couple times in between a play or coming off the field, that we demoralized them and made them play like crap.

No.. no no no NO! The booing was a direct result of what was happening on the field, and if they are TRUE HUSKERS, they would use that as motivation, not whine about it.

Heck a couple years ago wasn't it "the fans are too loud, we can't communicate, that's why we're playing bad on D".

I guess husker fans have a ton of control over how our defense plays. Whatever.

 

[newenglandhusker]

No.. no no no NO! The booing was a direct result of what was happening on the field, and if they are TRUE HUSKERS, they would use that as motivation, not whine about it.

Booing your team is the same thing as whining. If you were a TRUE HUSKER FAN you would hold yourself to a higher standard.

 

[Kruzu]

Hey now, we fans show up to the games. Can't say that for the defense. Suck it, Pinkshirts.

Hilarious! :rollin java script:emoticon(' :rollin ', 'smid_29')

:rollin

 

[I Bleed RED]

How's he supposed to know that, through osmosis?

Exactly my point.

I meant it differently than that, like "he should be told"

He still needs to stop being a baby and be pissed at his defense not the fans.

 

[newenglandhusker]

He still needs to stop being a baby and be pissed at his defense not the fans.

At least he's emotional about it. He realizes the defense needs to improve and he is pissed. What else is he supposed to do since no one else is escalating their play?

 

[TheKiD]

No.. no no no NO! The booing was a direct result of what was happening on the field, and if they are TRUE HUSKERS, they would use that as motivation, not whine about it.

Booing your team is the same thing as whining. If you were a TRUE HUSKER FAN you would hold yourself to a higher standard.

Alright, maybe it is a bit classless. But you know what? We, as fans, have been holding our tongue about our defense since Cosgrove came here. It all just kind of came to a boil today against Ball State, a team that by no stretch of the imagination should have put up half of the yards they did on us.

So after some reflection here are my conclusions.

a) yes it was classless to boo the defense, but justifiable

B) octavien still had no right to insult husker fans the way he did

c) we need to fire Coz&Co.!

 

[hack]

b ) octavien still had no right to insult husker fans the way he did

FANS: YOU SUCK, BLACKSHIRTS!

STEVO: hey, shut your cornhole 'n go someplace else if you don't like it!

FANS: ... (*pause for indignant, seething rage*)

FANS: well, i *NEVARH*!

 

[The Red & White Knight]

Bottom line: everyone who is a husker supporter is, and ought to be, disappointed and a little upset with the game.

It really doesn't matter who said what.

 

[TheKiD]

b ) octavien still had no right to insult husker fans the way he did

FANS: YOU SUCK, BLACKSHIRTS!

STEVO: hey, shut your cornhole 'n go someplace else if you don't like it!

FANS: ... (*pause for indignant, seething rage*)

FANS: well, i *NEVARH*!

hmm, I guess I just don't understand how booing after a couple really bad defensive plays is such a big deal.

Like i said, it was not classy.. but it was not a huge insult to the players like you guys are making it out to be. It was merely a product of frustration. Were you at the game? I was sitting in the section where all the players families were and there were plenty of boos around me in the couple isolated incidents there were. There was a general frustration amongst all the fans, and on a couple of plays we let some boos slip. Shall we talk about the amount of times the secondary let their receivers slip?

Now... if we had booed them during a play then I could understand the comments he made. That would be completely classless, disrespectful, and plain rude, but that is not what happened at all.

 

[skersfan]

I don't care how bad it is, there is never a reason to boo our team. Pathetic. Go to Colorado.

If you were good enough to play the game get your a$$ out there. If your not keep your fing booing mouth shut.

NO excuse for it. None, never ever. Grow up you bunch of fing babies. Grow a pair. Get over yourselves.

WE as fans are destroying anything positive that might come from this season. Some on here are the worst, poorest excuse for Husker fans I have ever seen. Herbstreith said it best you are embarassing yourselve.

I never thougt I would see this day. Sad day in Husker history when we endorse booing any team let alone our own. Disgusting.

A lot of you have totally lost any credibility you might have had.

Get the f off the bandwagon, you bunch of babies.

 

[DaveH]

B) octavien still had no right to insult husker fans the way he did

I don't know about that. Try telling him that. A guy that goes through what a D1 player goes through in a season. Sheesh. Like we're their father or something...

 

[DaveH]

I don't care how bad it is, there is never a reason to boo our team. Pathetic. Go to Colorado.

If you were good enough to play the game get your a$$ out there. If your not keep your fing booing mouth shut.

NO excuse for it. None, never ever. Grow up you bunch of fing babies. Grow a pair. Get over yourselves.

WE as fans are destroying anything positive that might come from this season. Some on here are the worst, poorest excuse for Husker fans I have ever seen. Herbstreith said it best you are embarassing yourselve.

I never thougt I would see this day. Sad day in Husker history when we endorse booing any team let alone our own. Disgusting.

A lot of you have totally lost any credibility you might have had.

Get the f off the bandwagon, you bunch of babies.

You're the man, skersfan!

 

[EbylHusker]

I don't really care for Husker fans booing, but good lord, some of these anti-booers are just about as bad. Lesser people? Get off the bandwagon?

Grow up.

 

[REDSTEEL]

I was at the game and that is the loudest Booing that I have ever heard at Lincoln, except for maybe when sCUm runs onto the field.

I understand the frustration of the fans, but as a player that has got to be the worst kick in the NUTZ to hear that from the "Greatest Fans in Football" and it had to be demoralizing to hear also.

we as fans all have different ways for showing our displeasure in the performance of the team, coaching staff, outcome ect....I just hope that we choose to do it in a way that is still supportive of the players on the field..........even if some cannot stand the coaching staff

Louder then the Scot Frost? :LOLtartar

 

[TrueHuskerFan]

I don't care how bad it is, there is never a reason to boo our team. Pathetic. Go to Colorado.

If you were good enough to play the game get your a$$ out there. If your not keep your fing booing mouth shut.

NO excuse for it. None, never ever. Grow up you bunch of fing babies. Grow a pair. Get over yourselves.

WE as fans are destroying anything positive that might come from this season. Some on here are the worst, poorest excuse for Husker fans I have ever seen. Herbstreith said it best you are embarassing yourselve.

I never thougt I would see this day. Sad day in Husker history when we endorse booing any team let alone our own. Disgusting.

A lot of you have totally lost any credibility you might have had.

Get the f off the bandwagon, you bunch of babies.

:rollin Grow a pair? That's funny. I think the defense is actually the ones destroying anything good the offense was doing, I don't think the fans booing 600+ yards given up to Ball State are...