Sports in a Glance

The NU basketball team won in a stunner Saturday night beating Creighton 73-61. What a difference Alex Mariks has made to the team in so many ways. NU shot lights out and Ryan Anderson had 19 points and six rebounds. He has been an excellent rebounder. They keep saying he isn't that athletic but he sure is getting the job done. Mariks had 17 points and nine rebounds. There is a lot better feeling right now that NU can compete in the Big 12. We have moved up from the bottom tier to the middle tier and hopefully will continue to improve. Amazing considering a new system with a new coach and all the injuries that we have had.

Will the football team improve its rankings today. With losses by Maryland, California, and Wake Forest, we should move up to 20th to 21st.

The Miami Hurricanes may not make a bowl this year. WOW! Brandon Gunn, please change your mind and go to NU. Don't be surprised if Barry Alvarez is the next coach. What a challenge he would have. He knows the AD at Miami and he may be the coach who could get the program back on track.

Who should play Ohio State in the National Championship game? I say the most excitement would come from the winner of the Floriday/Arkansas SEC Championship game. Ohio State beat Michigan in a close one so a rematch would be less exciting. Ohio State outyarded Michigan 503 to 397.

Remember Randy Moss?

Today is the final NASCAR race. Watch Jimmie Johnson win today with a top ten finish.

Crete finished the season strong beating Holdrege, McCook, and Elkhorn. They have a history of peaking at the end. Elkhorn had a very strong team.

Kearney wins Class A beating a very strong Omaha West side team. Congrats to Overton who won the D-1 championship!

The NBA needs to get tougher on discipline and improve its image before many people start to watch it again.

The Colts will still be undefeated after Monday night vs the Bears.

In non-sports news, we lost a great one in Milton Friedman this week. He was a top economist that had major influence on this writer. His book "Free to Choose" should be read by all college students and discussed. He was a strong advocate that keeping as much away from the government to manage was much more efficient. He believed in free capitalism and not the socialistic approach we take today where the government needs to take care of us. He believed that free enterprise was the way to go and that people would feel better about themselves if they were not supported by the government but supported themselves. He believed that free countries have to be close to free capitalism or we would move away from freedom itself. How free can we be when many rely on the government to the extend they do?

The high school basketball season is about ready to begin!

NU looks like it will either go to the Cotton Bowl or Holiday Bowl. The problem with the Holiday Bowl is that they might have a rematch with USC but would likely play California. If they go to the Cotton they may play a team like Arkansas.