POLL Cincinnati wins. Your response?

SantaBarbaraSker · Friday at 9:29 PM

Leave the wife stranded in KC, grab the first flight to Bali, disappear from society, & roam the beach, hitting on young hotties I have no shot with. On second thought…kind of hoping we lose.

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Dawgsauce · Friday at 9:30 PM

Mavsker said:
Imagine for a moment that the unthinkable happens and Cincinnati beats us 30-27 on Thursday. How do you react?

I was stuck between coping and depression...but ultimately I think I would cope

No way in hell you would cope my man lol. You might burn this forum down if they lose to bearcats.

Mavsker · Friday at 10:32 PM

Dawgsauce said:
No way in hell you would cope my man lol. You might burn this forum down if they lose to bearcats.

Yeah. First couple days I would absolutely be raging hard. But by Monday I think I'd be coping

Dr.DrakeRamoray · Friday at 10:39 PM

SantaBarbaraSker said:
Leave the wife stranded in KC, grab the first flight to Bali, disappear from society, & roam the beach, hitting on young hotties I have no shot with. On second thought…kind of hoping we lose.

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If this was your plan…. Bring on the losses

Poor_and_Stupid · Friday at 10:55 PM

Dear_Leader said:
@Poor_and_Stupid

Won’t change anything for me as I expect to gift wrap a win to almost every team on the schedule.

Mavsker · Friday at 10:59 PM

Poor_and_Stupid said:
Won’t change anything for me as I expect to gift wrap a win to almost every team on the schedule.

Gonna need to hear your win total at some point. Since you nail it every damn year you should predict 10

Poor_and_Stupid · Friday at 11:30 PM

Mavsker said:
Gonna need to hear your win total at some point. Since you nail it every damn year you should predict 10

I think I said awhile back that I would predict 5-7 even if we had Ohio State’s roster.

Tell_Sackett · 2025-08-23T08:08:08-0500

I'll convince myself to remember Notre Dame ... Until we are scared by Akron and get housed by Michigan. Then I'll be for burning it all down.

DrinkItIn · 2025-08-23T10:00:32-0500

I wouldn't freak out if Nebraska doesn't win. Not sure why anyone thinks Nebraska should “just win” this one. Vegas has it at -6.5, which isn’t “easy win” territory — it’s “one bad quarter or a special teams gaffe and suddenly you’re sweating” territory.

I think NU will win by 2–3 scores if they play clean. But it’s the first game of the year, on an unfamiliar field, against a respectable opponent. And yes, Cincinnati is a respectable opponent to face for your first game of the year. If this was Houston Christian in week 1, then yes, I would freak out.

Baron Winnebago · 2025-08-23T10:08:59-0500

DrinkItIn said:
I wouldn't freak out if Nebraska doesn't win. Not sure why anyone thinks Nebraska should “just win” this one. Vegas has it at -6.5, which isn’t “easy win” territory — it’s “one bad quarter or a special teams gaffe and suddenly you’re sweating” territory.

I think NU will win by 2–3 scores if they play clean. But it’s the first game of the year, on an unfamiliar field, against a respectable opponent. And yes, Cincinnati is a respectable opponent to face for your first game of the year. If this was Houston Christian in week 1, then yes, I would freak out.

Because if Nebraska isn't going to be a below average to trash team for the rest of the millennium, they'll have to start crapping on the Cincinnati's of the world at some point.

Maybe they lose to Cincinnati and improve significantly the rest of the year, but I'd venture a guess that if they can't beat Cincinnati, they're going to have a heck of a time with the remaining schedule minus Akron and Houston Baptist Christian Incarnate Word or whatever it is

Alcaus · 2025-08-23T10:16:51-0500

dsbigred1 said:
I’d probably just anger-bang my wife, quit my job, abandon my house, and hunt every day until New Year’s, and then come home and act like nothing happened.

Like the settlers

DrinkItIn · 2025-08-23T10:57:42-0500

Baron Winnebago said:
Because if Nebraska isn't going to be a below average to trash team for the rest of the millennium, they'll have to start crapping on the Cincinnati's of the world at some point.

Maybe they lose to Cincinnati and improve significantly the rest of the year, but I'd venture a guess that if they can't beat Cincinnati, they're going to have a heck of a time with the remaining schedule minus Akron and Houston Baptist Christian Incarnate Word or whatever it is

Fair point — if Nebraska’s ever going to climb out of mediocrity, they’ve got to handle the Cincinnati’s of the world. Totally agree with that.

Where I push back is the idea that it should be automatic. This isn’t Houston Christian rolling into Lincoln — Cincy’s not elite, but they’re not a pushover either. First game of the year, new pieces, unfamiliar field… there are plenty of ways it gets messy even if Nebraska’s the better team.

I’m with you: if we’re serious about turning the corner, this is the kind of game we need to take care of. But “need to win” and “just win” aren’t the same thing — at least not for Nebraska yet.

BIGSTICK67 · 2025-08-23T11:10:06-0500

Ironwardog said:
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So the Saints lost I reckon.

Kaladin · 2025-08-23T11:44:46-0500

Not possible for Cincinnati to win sorry I’m not considering this

Mavsker · 2025-08-23T12:22:09-0500

Kaladin said:
Not possible for Cincinnati to win sorry I’m not considering this

Logging this as "Denial"

God is a Husker · 2025-08-23T16:04:52-0500

I'll probably just call Cincinnati gay for putting chili on spaghetti

V-Doub · 2025-08-23T22:36:21-0500

God is a Husker said:
I'll probably just call Cincinnati gay for putting chili on spaghetti

Good news, you can do that when we win as well. 🙂

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Cincinnati wins. Which of the blow most closely matches your response?

Coping (Cincinnati will likely compete for a playoff spot this year)

Seething (Rhule is a fraud; burn it all down)

Denial (It was a fluke; the refs had it out for us)

Bargaining (If we can win out in September we will be back on track)

Depression (No longer looking forward to season; heavy drinking)

Acceptance (It was a bad day, need to get better for Akron)

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