Sport Shorts

Ohio State 442 Oregon 20  Quite the surprise on how Ohio State really dominated this game. The Big 10 wins the first playoff championship.

Oklahoma hired Lincoln Riley as their offensive coordinator. Cool name. He comes from East Carolina.

Running backs coach Reggie Davis was once going to visit Nebraska and Tom Osborne to play for the Huskers but later cancelled the trip and committed to Washington.

Defensive lineman Reuben Jones, a Nebraska commit, has been offered by Michigan.  Jones is out of Lakeland, Florida. This will be interesting to see if we keep him from Jim Harbaugh.

John Fox is leaving Denver as coach. Fox was 49-22 at Denver.

Rex Ryan is the new coach for the Buffalo Bills. The Bills have also hired Greg Romans as their new offensive coordinator. He was previously the 49ers offensive coordinator.

Is Jack Del Rio going to the Oakland Raiders?

Seattle is favored by 7 1/2 points over the Packers and the Patriots are 7 point favorites over the Colts. Watch for the Colts to give the Patriots a hard time and maybe have a chance to win this one.

Lee Barfknecht has NU rated eighth out of 14 schools in the Big 10 in men's basketball. A very fair assessment but NU is on the rise as they have their two big men back and they seem to be playing much better. Wisconsin is No. 1 but they presently have Frank Kamininsky and Traevon jackson out for a while. NU could be in for an upset this week when they play them this Thursday night.

Penn State has suspended guard John Johnson for his conduct.

Injuries and suspensions will play an important part as the Big 10 plays out this year. NU is in the best shape right now it has been in.

Niles Paul's jersey was retired at Omaha North last night. Pretty cool.

NU men's basketball plays at 8 Thursday at Wisconsin, then at 7:30 vs Minnesota at home next Tuesday and on the 24th at 4pm vs Michigan St at home.

The NU women's basketball team takes on Penn State on Thursday. Penn State has won the Big 10 three years in a row. NU is 12-3 and 2-2 in the Big Ten. Big game. Starts at 6pm at the Pinnacle.