I can’t believe people rly think Bluder / Clark would tank this game. Another great example of people throwing them under the bus. Losses happen. Especially when both your PGs are sick. When Clark chose Iowa over the blue bloods she had to make some sacrifices. She would have to carry the load — that comes with pros and cons. One con is that she doesn’t get sick days. Davis got to rest. Clark didn’t have that option. Even tho she was hocking back snot the whole game, she performed very well on national tv. She rested maybe 1 minute the entire game.
She still had an amazing stat line until she hit a wall. She played til she had nothing left. Had she kept taking (missing shots) everyone would be saying “she wanted the record so bad she couldn’t share” “too much hero ball” etc. It may be true that UNL wanted the win more (actually, I would say that’s almost a certainty) and it’s also true that we dont have enough talent to make up for our playmakers being sick. Complain about recruiting or defense. Even complain that Kate Martin had, what, 5 turnovers? But to suggest that they purposefully tanked or slow played the game or whatever is absolute BS.
I ask again, with fans like these — during a season where we have only lost three (!!!) games, where we have managed to create a better stat chart after losing our 2nd and 3rd best players — why come back for a fifth year? It doesn’t seem like we have her back right now. It seems like we want to bitch and moan bc we hate UNL more than we want to support our own. This reaction has been unbelievable. The season isn’t over, the world didn’t end. Clark has lost to Nebraska once in 9 games. Jfc.