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Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Will NU win?

Looks like an even matchup tomorrow in the Gator Bowl. NU and Clemson are both playing good ball at the end of the season. Clemson will have more fans at the game but NU may be louder.

The game comes down to turnovers. NU has to have three turnovers to win and they have to give up only one possibly two. The prediction is, if NU has three turnover, NU 27 Clemson 21.

If Clemson wins the turnover battle, they will win the game. But my prediction is Nu will get the three or more turnovers and the win!! Look to the 27-21 NU win.

NOW, how do you see the game? Give your prediction!!

Monday, December 29, 2008

Best of 2008!!


It used to be when you went to a Nebraska football game, the biggest decision that day was when we planned to leave the game. It was a given that Nebraska was going to win except maybe when we played Oklahoma and possibly when we played Colorado or Missouri. But we pretty much won just about every game by a large margin. Now that has changed. You just can't be sure that we will win and that, for this writer, makes every game exciting.

The Texas Tech was such a surprise!! We watched the game in New York City at the Irish Rogue bar. It was full of Nebraskans. It was a very excited group and the cheering was loud!! This bar is only about four blocks from Good Morning America and it has every Nebraska game on TV. There are a lot of very faithful NU fans in New York. We sat by actress Merle Dandridge (lead in Spamalot) who was from Bellevue and Kim Miller an attorney from New York who was originally from Omaha. The game was so fun because who would have guessed we should have won the game against one of the Top Ten teams AND the game was in Lubbock!! It was disappointing to lose but you kind of knew that Nebraska was on its way back.

The best and most exciting game for this writer was the Colorado game. We were beat!! There was no way on fourth and 25 NU could get a first down. And we didn't because Alex Henery kicks a huge FG and puts NU ahead. The crowd was wild and people were falling all over the place. What a great feeling. A game that gave you chills!!

The worst game to watch this year was the Missouri game. Nothing much to be said but NU just got beat in every phase of the game. Missouri peaked that day because they have been average since then. But who wants to talk about the worst of anything.

The best NU basketball game so far this season has been the Creighton game. NU pulled that out at the end. NU just hasn't had much of a home schedule to get too excited so far. Hopefully they can pull off an upset or two during the Big 12 part of the season. Leave it to Doc Sadler to do it.

The women's volleyball team was so much fun to watch in the tournament it gave you chills. Congratulations on playing so well when we really didn't expect it.

You can see this writer likes to see close games with NU winning at the end. That makes it so much fun!!

My best TV shows this season are "Boston Legal" and "The Office". Boston Legal was such a blast to watch. Can you imagine the fun the writers had coming up with some of the story lines. It was hilarious!! This writer will really miss that show. I will miss "Denny Crane". The Office is just so funny. If you haven't seen it, give it a chance. You will enjoy it. Dwight is so bad, he is good. Michael is, well, so much like but yet unlike your boss at work.

My best movie of the year was "The Bucket List". This writer cried watching it. I suppose that it reminded me a little of losing my dad two years ago. The Bucket List will go into my top ten of all time list in movies. Juno and Charlie Wilson's War were pretty good also.

My best book was 90 Minutes in Heaven. It is a book that you will think about for the rest of your life. It is inspiring. Jason Peter's book "Hero of the Underground" was also interesting. It is just so hard to see a person can get so hooked on drugs and let it control you to that extent. It is a must read but it has a lot of bad language. "Boom" by Tom Brokaw was very educational and fun to read. It is about 650 pages long, but well worth it.

Best song of 2008 features former Huskers Joe Chrisman and Bret Lindstrom.

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    Friday, December 26, 2008

    Huskers arrive at Sawgrass Hotel!




    The Huskers arrived today in Jacksonville for the Gator Bowl. They will be staying at the Marriott Sawgrass Hotel. The pictures are courtesy of Huskers Illustrated. If you are not members of Huskers Illustrated, you should join up!! Go to nebraska.rivals.com and get the latest on Nebraska sports and Husker recruiting.

    The picture of the Huskers from right to left is Joe Ganz, Lance Thorell, Zac Lee, Ricky Thenarse, and Ben Cotton.

    Thursday, December 25, 2008

    Merry Christmas!


    Let's not forget the true reason of Christmas and that we are celebrating Jesus' birth!! It changed all our lives and we are so happy that God gave his son for us!

    The words "do not be afraid" run through many of the stories about the first Christmas when Jesus was born.

    When the Angel Gabriel appeared to Mary to tell her that she would give birth to Jesus his first words were "do not be afraid, Mary". The angel who appeared to Joseph to tell him about the child Mary was carrying says to him "do not be afraid". When the angel appeared to the shepherds to tell them of Jesus' birth his first words were also "do not be afraid". We need to hear this because we are anxious and fearful and there is much we find threatening. Our personal circumstances this Christmas may be difficult. The credit crunch is bringing misery to many. Terrorism is rarely out of the news. Many live as victims of injustice and cruelty.

    But the message of that first Christmas at Bethlehem still has power to change lives and renew our world for the better – "a Saviour has been born to you", "peace on earth and goodwill towards all people".

    If we can open our lives and accept the loving invitation of God for us in Jesus Christ, and if we can share that love in our care for others, then the Christmas message will lessen our fears and bring us all comfort and joy.

    Many of the words above were taken from a story by Andrew Anderson who is a minister and wrote a story called "Christmas teaches us to not be afraid." I thought they were fitting to share with you today!!

    Merry Christmas to The Toddler. He has a great website to put it in your favorites and visit it often.
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  • Monday, December 22, 2008

    Merry Christmas to all!!



    This picture was taken this summer in Holdrege on our golf course!! Santa was a little hot!


    During this bowl season, fantasize you are really playing!





    The World's Shortest Fairy Tale
    >
    >
    > Once upon a time, a guy asked a girl 'Will you marry me?'
    > The girl said, 'NO!'
    > And the guy lived happily ever after and rode motorcycles
    > and went fishing and hunting and played golf a lot and
    > drank beer and scotch and left the toilet seat up and
    > farted whenever he wanted.
    >
    > THE END

    Sunday, December 21, 2008

    Nebraska gets a BIG recruit!

    Jason Ankrah, from the state of Maryland, has announced he wants to be a Cornhusker!! He is a four-star defensive end. He weighs 248 and is 6'4". Looks like a good one! Here is an update on recruiting!

    Nebraska so far has ten offensive and thirteen defensive recruits that have committed so far.

    Let's take a closer look.......

    Quarterback
    IN Cody Green
    OUT Joe Ganz

    The loss of Ganz will be pretty major but there some good QB's on the roster with Lee, Witt, and Spano. Green could compete next fall but usually it takes a year or two to learn the system. The QB race in 2009 will be the story of the 2009 team. Witt, Lee, Spano, or Green could all be in the running for starting QB next year.

    Running Back
    IN Dontrayevous Robinson, Rex Burkhead
    OUT Marlon Lucky

    With Castille and Helu back, our concern will be depth and who will be that third and fourth back. Mendoza will be in the hunt. But now we have "Superman", Rex Burkhead from Texas. It will be interesting to see if he can play up to his expectations. If so, he will get playing time next year.

    Fullback
    IN
    C.T. Zimmerer
    OUT Thomas Lawson & Hunter Teafatiller

    So far, sadly, not a key position other than blocking

    Offensive Line
    IN Nick Ash, Jesse Coffey, Brent Ovale, Jeremiah Sirles
    OUT Lydon Murtha, Mike Huff, Matt Slauson

    We lose some key players but the depth is there to possibly improve before next year.

    Wide receivers
    IN Brandon Kinnie
    OUT Nate Swift, Todd Peterson

    Key losses for the offense. We have some younger guys coming up along with M. Holt. Gilleylen, Paul, and Cooper. We need to recruit at least one more receiver in this class.

    Tight End
    IN J.T. Kerr
    OUT None

    NU should be stronger at this position a year ago after much improvement this year.


    DEFENSE

    Defensive End

    IN Kevin Young, Jason Ankrah
    OUT Zach Potter, Clayton Sievers

    The loss of Potter is especially big. Sievers has played well also. We need may need one more recruits at this position as the depth isn't there. Barry Turner and Pierre Allen should be starters next year. Cameron Meredith has played some but is injured and looking for a medical redshirt.

    Defensive Tackle
    IN Cole Pensick, Thaddeus Randle
    OUT Shakuree Barfield, Ty Steinkuhler

    We need one or two more commits at this position too. Suh is back but again depth is not there at the present time. Jared Crick had some quality time this year.

    Linebackers
    IN Shawn Bodtmann, Chris Williams, Earnest Norman
    OUT Tyler Wortman, Cody Glenn

    Chris Williams is the real deal. He has the best chance on this year's commits to play right away if he can overcome his injury this fall in high school. We lose Wortman and Glenn so we need possibly one more recruit at linebacker. Depth is an issue but with Mike Hays, Sean Fisher, Lawrence, and Williams, we may better next year.

    Defensive Backs
    In LeAndre Byrd, Taylor Martinez, Dejon Gomes, Andrew Green, Lazzari Middleton, Dijon Washingon
    OUT Armando Murillo

    With the nickel and dime packages, NU has six defensive backs. The coaches obviously see these positions to the success of the defensive schemes and they also see we need improvement by evidence of the numbers. All but Murillo is back and we will also have Anthony Blue back.

    The coaches went after needs. We may need to get a recruit or a quality walkon for punting.

    It seems the longer we go into the recruiting season, the better the quality we are getting!! We now have five four-star recruits! All of them look like they can play next year!

    We have nine recruits out of Texas. I wonder if THE TODDLER has a comments on any of them!! What comments do you have?

    I wonder if Nebraska's intern, Chris Kiffin, will join brother and dad at Tennessee?

    Robert Sallie was the leading score for 23rd ranked Memphis yesterday against power Syracuse with 12 points! Oh if only it would have worked out.

    NU's Cookie Miller (4) and Brandon Richardson (3) had seven steals yesterday against IPVW. Steve Harley had 21 points and Ade Dagunduro had seven rebounds.

    Matt Hill hasn't seen much playing time this season at Texas as he is still in the process of gaining back his strength from being injured this past year.

    Hastings College student Drew Billeter is the basketball coach for Lawrence-Nelson this season. Lawrence-Nelson has not had a winning season in five years but have started this season 5-0. They beat Shelton last night 58-55 in OT at Shelton. Shelton is coached by former Loomis assistant Dan Brown. Drew is a former all-state player from Loomis.

    Thursday, December 18, 2008

    Oh my gosh!~!

    Nebraska volleyball almost did it again!!! Down two sets, they beat Penn State in the next set. The first loss of a set for Penn State all year! Just an emotion win! Then they win the fourth set 25-22. But Penn State gained the momentum in the fifth set and win 15-11. What an effort for the Huskers!! Maybe as big as effort as this writer has ever seen in sports!! Be proud of the Husker woman's volleyball team. They represented the state very well!

    Sunday, December 14, 2008

    Update on the final stages of recruiting!

    Nebraska so far has eight offensive and seven defensive recruits that have committed so far. On our present two deep chart, we will be losing eight offensive players and seven defensive players after this year.

    Let's take a closer look.......

    Quarterback
    IN Cody Green
    OUT Joe Ganz

    The loss of Ganz will be pretty major but there some good QB's on the roster with Lee, Witt, and Spano. Green could compete next fall but usually it takes a year or two to learn the system. The QB race in 2009 will be the story of the 2009 team. Witt, Lee, Spano, or Green could all be in the running for starting QB next year.

    Running Back
    IN Dontrayevous Robinson
    OUT Marlon Lucky

    With Castille and Helu back, our concern will be depth and who will be that third and fourth back. Mendoza will be in the hunt.

    Fullback
    IN
    C.T. Zimmerer
    OUT Thomas Lawson & Hunter Teafatiller

    So far, sadly, not a key position other than blocking

    Offensive Line
    IN Nick Ash, Jesse Coffey, Brent Ovale, Jeremiah Sirles
    OUT Lydon Murtha, Mike Huff, Matt Slauson

    We lose some key players but the depth is there to possibly improve before next year.

    Wide receivers
    IN Brandon Kinnie
    OUT Nate Swift, Todd Peterson

    Key losses for the offense. We have some younger guys coming up along with M. Holt. Gilleylen, Paul, and Cooper. We need to recruit at least one more receiver in this class.

    Tight End
    IN J.T. Kerr
    OUT None

    NU should be stronger at this position a year ago after much improvement this year.


    DEFENSE

    Defensive End

    IN Kevin Young
    OUT Zach Potter, Clayton Sievers

    The loss of Potter is especially big. Sievers has played well also. We need one or two more recruits at this position as the depth isn't there. Barry Turner and Pierre Allen should be starters next year. Cameron Meredith has played some but is injured and looking for a medical redshirt.

    Defensive Tackle
    IN Cole Pensick, Thaddeus Randle
    OUT Shakuree Barfield, Ty Steinkuhler

    We need one or two more commits at this position too. Suh is back but again depth is not there at the present time. Jared Crick had some quality time this year.

    Linebackers
    IN Shawn Bodtmann, Chris Williams, Earnest Norman
    OUT Tyler Wortman, Cody Glenn

    Chris Williams is the real deal. He has the best chance on this year's commits to play right away if he can overcome his injury this fall in high school. We lose Wortman and Glenn so we need possibly one more recruit at linebacker. Depth is an issue but with Mike Hays, Sean Fisher, Lawrence, and Williams, we may better next year.

    Defensive Backs
    In LeAndre Byrd, Taylor Martinez, Dejon Gomes, Andrew Green, Lazzari Middleton, Dijon Washingon
    OUT Armando Murillo

    With the nickel and dime packages, NU has six defensive backs. The coaches obviously see these positions to the success of the defensive schemes and they also see we need improvement by evidence of the numbers. All but Murillo is back and we will also have Anthony Blue back.

    The coaches went after needs. We may need to get a recruit or a quality walkon for punting.

    USC has 16 recruits. Four have five stars and 11 have three stars as per Rivals.com ratings. NU has no five star recruits and three four star recruits and are rated 29th in recruiting. The No. 1 team in the rankings is LSU with 20 recruits: three five stars and eleven three stars.

    The NU volleyball team pulled out a come-fom-behind win last night vs. Washington. They were down 0-2 and rallied to win. Now on to Omaha and hopefully another national championship!






    Sunday, December 07, 2008

    It's official!


    Nebraska will play in the Gator Bowl at noon on New Year's Day. It will be televised by CBS.

    Here's what tigernet.com has to say about one of it's players:
    Michael Hamlin, a first-team All-ACC safety, is the leader of Clemson's defense. The graduate has six interceptions to rank in a tie for sixth in the nation, and he has also contributed a team best nine pass deflections. His 15 passes defensed rank among the national leaders as well. Hamlin is second on the Clemson team in tackles with 102 and has 18 career takeaways (interceptions plus fumble recoveries). He ranks second in Clemson history in that category, just one short of Terry Kinard's career record of 19 set between 1978-82.

    And here's what clemsontigers.cstv.com has for information on their site:

    Clemson is 10th in the nation in scoring defense (16.6), ninth in pass efficiency defense, 10th in pass defense (167.3) and 17th in total defense (294.8). Clemson led the ACC in scoring defense and is second in the nation behind Southern California in fewest yards allowed per pass attempt.

    Clemson is led on offense by running backs James Davis and C.J. Spiller, quarterback Cullen Harper and wide receiver Aaron Kelly. Davis has 725 yards rushing and has scored 11 touchdowns this year. He needs just 112 rushing yards in the Gator Bowl to become Clemson's career leader and two touchdowns to establish a Clemson career record. He currently has 49 after a three touchdown performance against South Carolina in the regular season finale.

    Spiller leads the ACC in all-purpose running and was named first-team All-ACC as a specialist this year. Spiller needs just 114 all-purpose running yards to become Clemson's career leader. He has 612 yards rushing and 430 yards receiving in addition to ranking 12th in the nation in kickoff returns. His reception yardage total was a Clemson record for a running back.

    Should be a close game. This writer thinks the spread should be Nebraska favored by eight points.

    Coach Danny Nee and Erick Strickland will be inducted into the Nebraska Hall of Fame on January 16, 2009.

    Former Nebraska Coach Bill Busch is headed to Utah State to be their new defensive coordinator and safeties coach. He will be under their new head coach Gary Anderson who comes over from Utah where he was the defensive coordinator. Best wishes to Coach Busch who was one of my favorites under Coach Callahan. Funny guy!

    Nebraska showed it has a long ways to go to play with the best. #19 Arizona State beat Nebraska today 64-44 at Tempe. No doubt from the start who had the most talented team but the Cornhuskers did give a great effort. Nebraska needs a couple of good big men to move up to the next notch,

    This writer loves Coaches Bo Pelini and Doc Sadler. He hopes they are around for a long time.

    The last Nebraska All-American was Barrett Ruud in 2004.

    Leading this year's team in interceptions are Zach Potter and Ndamukong Suh with two each. Kind of odd beings their defensive linemen.

    The Big 12 is the best conference in football and basketball. In basketball, The Big 12 has had six teams advance to the Final Four in the last seven seasons, more than any conference in the country. A year ago, the Big 12 had more wins against top-25 opponents than any conference in the country. The winning percentage of the Big 12 teams in NCAA play (,642) is the best in the country over the past six seasons. These facts were taken out of the new 2008-9 Basketball Media Guide.

    The Nebraska Sports Journal's Top Five Football Teams will remain the same as last posted on November 23rd.

    1. Oklahoma
    2. Florida
    3. Alabama
    4. Texas
    5. USC