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Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Nebraska Basketball team wins

Alex Mariks return last night showed how valuable he is to the team. They played much better than the previous two exhibition games. NU beat UNO 76-62. NU has to get at least two more big men to contribute or it could be a tough season. This team is very similar to Connie Yori's first women's team. Short on numbers and at some times only had six or seven players that could contribute. Hopefully by year-end the outlook for bodies wille be better when Kyle Marks and Marcus Perry returns.

The press has made too big of deal of Bobby Knight's actions where he "quickly lifted"the chin of one of his players. The player, Michael Prince, and his parents feel he didn't hurt anything. Let's leave it alone.

NU BB signed seven players for next year and the recruits have been rated #20 in the nation. Things will be better.

The NU football team needed a bye before the Oklahoma State game. This writer believes if this would have happened, we would only have two losses. This has been a long season with no breaks for the players and coaches. Last year the NU team played much better after the bye weeks.

NASCAR seems to be a letdown this year. A lot of the races have been "boring" and the point race isn't as exciting as many had hoped. Jimmie Johnson will take it easy this week and finish as high in the race as he needs to win the points race.

The Creighton-NU game of Saturday night should be competitive and much closer than last year. There will be a lot of blue in Bob Devaney that night but the home town crowd will help the Huskers. Marik, Richardson, and Jamel White will all need to perform well. Jim Ledsome has to get to where he can make a major contribution in a reserve role. We need the big men to improve quickly.

Sek Henry has played well.

Matt Hill is making a major contribution to the Texas team. He is in the ESPN magazine this week. Texas plays Michigan St. on Thursday. Kevin Durant, who plans to turn pro after his freshman year, plays like a pro now. Texas plays the Phoenix Suns offense and they aren't afraid to shoot threes.

The Nebraska volleyball team needs to rebound from their loss to Colorado. Follow them and see how they do. It is now the time to start peaking.

Let's hope the Husker football team scores 28 points in the third quarter against Colorado. So far this year they have only scored 42 points in the third quarter. Zac Taylor is completing 49% of his passes in the quarter compared to 62% for the year.

NU has another commit from a QB for the 2007 class. His name is Jared Lee and he looks like he can compete for a starting position. With Sam Keller, Patrick Witt, Joe Ganz and Sean Hillebrand, the Huskers have upgraded their talent since losing Harrison Beck.

Josh Freeman is showing why NU wanted him.

High school football finals start tomorrow. Should be fun.

What will the score of the Colorado-Nebraska game be? My prediction in July was 45-21. I will stay with it.

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