Harlan County Lake still above normal elevation!

Even though there have been large releases from the Harlan County Lake,it is till only one foot below the high. Today it was 1947.83. The high was at the end of May at 1948.87. Normal elevation is 1946.

How's the fishing? Well this writer and Mr. Catfish, Michael Boehler, took a shot at the lake yesterday and caught 25 fish. Yes,exactly 25. Sixteen catfish were released due to their smallness. We caught catfish, drum, and one BIG bullhead. Mr. Catfish had three real big fish on but they all broke his line. Shrimp and night crawlers worked the best. We had no success on shad. Towards the end of the day, Mr. Catfish yelled "Walleye!, Walleye!" As he fulled the fish up, it was an 8" bullhead. Mr. Catfish knows catfish but he got fooled on this catch.

Alex Maric signed with the Indiana Pacers. We wish him luck and hope that he can make the team.

I hate rain shortened races. The best cars usually don't win and it becomes a lot of luck. Kurt Busch won the New Hampshire race today.

Eshaunte "Bear" Jones has signed with the Husker basketball team. Know as a great shooter, he was recruited by a number of top 20 teams.

We are only about eight weeks away from the first NU football game vs. Western Michigan. They are called the Broncos, they are located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and they are coached by Bill Cubit. This group has a bunch of skilled seniors. Last year they knocked off Iowa 28-19 in Iowa City on Senior Day. Two years ago they upset Virginia.

Wide receiver Jamarko Simmons had 84 catches for 970 yards last year for Western Michigan. Tim Hiller is their much improved QB but he does lack mobility. Do you suppose Bo will have the blitz going that day? The Broncos run a spread offense so we will see three cornerbacks on defense a lot of the day also. On defense, the Broncos return 11 starters with nine of them seniors. Should be an interesting first game!!

Huge Nebraska basketball recruit???!?!?

Eshaunte Jones, a 6-foot-4 wing player from Fort Wayne, Ind., visited Nebraska this last weekend. He may commit as soon as Wednesday. If he can get cleared, he may be one of the top players Nebraska basketball has ever had. Stay tuned............

Nebraska started the season against Stanford!

A picture of the Husker Sport Network announcers. From left to right Greg Sharpe (Announcer for Husker Football and Baseball) Matt Davison (Announcer for Husker Basketball and Husker Football), Janet Boehler, John Boehler, and Lane Grendel (Announcer for Husker Baseball, Husker Football, and Sports Nightly)

Earlier this spring (2/22/08), this writer and his wife were able to go on a trip to watch the Stanford baseball games with the Husker Sports Network group. We stayed in San Fransisco and the trip was great.

Greg, Matt, and Lane were interesting and fun to visit with. You couldn't find a nicer bunch to be with than the Husker Sports Network group. Jim Rose was also on the trip to San Fransisco and he is as nice a guy as you will find. This writer hopes he can get back into announcing soon in some fashion. Nebraska is fortunate to have such a great group of announcers!!

The Nebraska baseball team started its season against a Stanford team that is in the final four of the College World Series! Nebraska lost the first game of the Friday night doubleheader 7-17 but came back and won the second game behind Johnny Dorn 9-2. Jeremy Bleich, the ace for Stanford, gave up one hit in six innings in the first game.

2008 Stanford Baseball
Nebraska at Stanford (Game 1)
02/22/08 at Stanford, CA (Sunken Diamond)

Nebraska 7 (0-1)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Belfonte, DJ rf/cf....... 5 1 2 1 0 0 9 0 0
Mort, Jake 3b............ 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 3 1
Opitz, Jake 2b........... 4 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0
Neer, Cody 1b............ 5 0 2 0 0 0 10 0 2
Tezak, Jeff dh........... 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Sowers, Brett ph........ 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Abeita, Mitch c.......... 2 2 1 1 2 0 1 0 0
Nimmo, Bryce cf.......... 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0
Stewart, David rf....... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cuno, Clay lf............ 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Sullivan, Nick lf....... 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0
Kline, Ben ss............ 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0
Weber, Thad p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Hatasaki, Joe p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mariot, Michael p....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 36 7 9 7 4 5 24 7 7

Stanford 17 (1-0)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Cord Phelps 2b........... 4 2 2 4 1 0 3 1 0
J.J. Jelmini 2b......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
Brendan Domaracki lf/rf.. 4 1 2 2 0 1 2 0 0
Kirk Erickson ph........ 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Giuliani rf........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sean Ratliff cf.......... 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0
Wande Olabisi cf........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jason Castro c........... 5 2 2 2 0 0 5 0 4
Ben Clowe c............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Randy Molina dh.......... 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Toby Gerhart ph......... 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kellen Kiilsgaard ph.... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Jonathan Kaskow pr/dh... 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austin Yount 3b.......... 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Zach Jones ph/3b........ 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 0
Brent Milleville 1b...... 5 1 2 1 0 0 10 0 0
Jeff Whitlow rf.......... 2 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 0
Joey August ph/lf....... 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Jake Schlander ss........ 4 2 2 1 0 0 1 3 1
Adam Gaylord ss......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Jeremy Bleich p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Michael Marshall p...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Blake Hancock p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Billy Vernon p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rex Petrill p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals................... 39 17 16 16 5 1 27 11 6

Score by Innings R H E
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Nebraska............ 000 000 304 - 7 9 2
Stanford............ 503 045 00X - 17 16 1
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E - Belfonte, D.(1); Neer, C.(1); Marshall(1). DP - Nebraska 1; Stanford 1.
LOB - Nebraska 7; Stanford 6. 2B - Belfonte, D.(1); Mort, J.(1); Castro(1);
Molina(1); Yount(1); Milleville(1); Schlander(1). 3B - Castro(1). HR -
Abeita, M.(1); Phelps 2(2); Jones(1). HBP - Mort, J.; Domaracki; Ratliff. SH
- Yount(1). SB - Opitz, J.(1).

Nebraska IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
-----------------------------------------------
Weber, Thad......... 3.0 8 8 8 2 1 15 18
Hatasaki, Joe....... 2.0 4 4 4 2 0 10 13
Mariot, Michael..... 3.0 4 5 4 1 0 14 16

Stanford IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
-----------------------------------------------
Jeremy Bleich....... 6.0 1 0 0 3 4 18 22
Michael Marshall.... 0.2 2 3 1 0 1 5 5
Blake Hancock....... 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 5 5
Billy Vernon........ 0.2 4 4 4 1 0 6 7
Rex Petrill......... 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2

Win - Bleich (1-0). Loss - Weber, T. (0-1). Save - None.
HBP - by Bleich (Mort, J.); by Hatasaki, J. (Ratliff); by Mariot, M.
(Domaracki). PB - Castro(1). Inherited runners/scored: Hancock 1/1; Petrill 1/0.
Umpires - HP: Joe Burleson 1B: Bill Speck 3B: Kelly Gonzales
Start: 2:03 pm Time: 2:53 Attendance:
Weather: 53F, N-NW 13mph, mostly cloudy
Game notes:
BATTERIES: NEB - Weber, Hatasaki (4), Mariot (6) and Abeita. STAN - Bleich,
Marshall (7), Hancock (7), Vernon (9), Petrill (9) and Castro, Clowe (9).
HRs: STAN - Phelps 2 (1st, solo in 1st; 2nd, 3-run in 6th), Jones (1st,
solo in 5th); NEB - Abeita (1st, solo in 7th).
Game: 022208


2008 Stanford Baseball
Nebraska at Stanford (Game 2)
02/22/08 at Stanford, CA (Sunken Diamond)

Nebraska 9 (1-1)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Belfonte, DJ rf.......... 6 0 4 4 0 1 4 0 0
Mort, Jake 3b............ 3 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 1
Opitz, Jake 2b........... 3 0 1 0 3 0 2 3 3
Neer, Cody 1b............ 5 1 1 0 0 0 6 1 6
Tezak, Jeff dh........... 5 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Johnston, Dan pr/lf..... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Abeita, Mitch c.......... 5 1 2 1 1 1 10 0 1
Nimmo, Bryce cf.......... 4 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 1
Sullivan, Nick lf........ 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Kline, Ben ss............ 4 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 2
Dorn, Johnny p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Nesseth, Mike p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Herr, Zach p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 39 9 13 7 7 5 27 6 16

Stanford 2 (1-1)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
------------------------------------------------------
Cord Phelps 2b........... 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 1
Joey August lf........... 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0
Sean Ratliff cf.......... 2 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 0
Jason Castro 1b.......... 2 0 0 0 1 2 7 0 0
Randy Molina dh.......... 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Toby Gerhart ph......... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Austin Yount 3b.......... 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4
Colin Walsh 3b.......... 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Brent Milleville c....... 2 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0
Zach Jones c............ 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
Jeff Whitlow rf.......... 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
Brendan Domaracki ph/rf. 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Ben Clowe ph............ 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jake Schlander ss........ 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 0
Erik Davis p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danny Sandbrink p....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alex Pracher p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cory Bannister p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Will Krasne p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Stilson p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 31 2 6 1 2 10 27 10 7

Score by Innings R H E
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Nebraska............ 043 010 010 - 9 13 2
Stanford............ 100 000 001 - 2 6 0
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E - Neer, C.(2); Abeita, M.(1). DP - Nebraska 1. LOB - Nebraska 16; Stanford
7. 2B - Belfonte, D.(2); Abeita, M. 2(2); Walsh(1). HBP - Mort, J. 2; Neer,
C.; Tezak, J.; Kline, B.; Phelps; Castro. SH - Sullivan, N.(1). SF -
Ratliff(1). SB - Belfonte, D.(1); Nimmo, B.(1); Phelps(1).

Nebraska IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
-----------------------------------------------
Dorn, Johnny........ 6.0 3 1 0 1 7 20 24
Nesseth, Mike....... 1.1 1 0 0 1 1 5 6
Herr, Zach.......... 1.2 2 1 1 0 2 6 6

Stanford IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
-----------------------------------------------
Erik Davis.......... 2.2 8 7 7 1 4 16 19
Danny Sandbrink..... 2.1 2 1 1 2 0 9 12
Alex Pracher........ 2.0 2 0 0 1 1 8 10
Cory Bannister...... 1.0 1 1 1 3 0 3 7
Will Krasne......... 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
Tom Stilson......... 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

Win - Dorn, J. (1-0). Loss - Davis (0-1). Save - None.
WP - Nesseth, M.(1); Davis 2(2); Sandbrink(1); Pracher(1); Krasne(1). HBP - by
Dorn, J. (Phelps); by Davis (Tezak, J.); by Davis (Mort, J.); by Sandbrink
(Kline, B.); by Dorn, J. (Castro); by Pracher (Mort, J.); by Krasne (Neer, C.).
PB - Milleville 2(2). Inherited runners/scored: Herr, Z. 2/0; Sandbrink 1/0;
Stilson 1/0.
Umpires - HP: Bill Speck 1B: Kelly Gonzales 3B: Joe Burleson
Start: 5:37 pm Time: 3:40 Attendance: 1618
Weather: 51F, NNW7 mph, mostly cloudy
Game notes:
BATTERIES: NEB - Dorn, Nesseth (7), Herr (8) and Abeita.
STAN - Davis, Sandbrink (3), Pracher (6), Bannister (8), Krasne (9),
Stilson (9) and Milleville, Jones (7). HRs: None.
Game: 022208-2

The greatest dad that ever lived!

My dad was the greatest dad that ever lived. If I could change anything about my dad, what would I have changed? Nothing. I have thought about this may times and I honestly can't think of anything.

Dad had many passions. He had a passion for his wife, my mom. He had a passion for his kids and grandkids. He had a passion for his family. He had a passion for fishing and hunting. He had a passion for visiting with people. He had a passion for his garden. He had a passion for his faith.

Dad loved life but we lost him on October 4, 2006. Now when I say we lost him, but he is still here living in us. Many businesses have a mission statement and core values that drive their decisions. For myself, since dad's death and even before that, my decisions are made by asking myself "What would dad do?". By using this for my driving force in life, decisions have been better and easier because I end up making decisions that are right, even if everybody does not agree. I always know that if I do what dad would have done, God would be very happy because he was a great example of how we are to do things.

On this Father's Day, I think about all the great memories I have of my dad! I think of stacking hay as dad brought in the bales with the farmhand. Irrigation was a big part of our summer and when we had a break in the ditch, dad and I would pitch the dirt towards the break where my sister was laying in the ditch trying to keep the water from running so fast. A big part of my life was all the fishing and hunting experiences I had the pleasure to be a part of with my dad. They were events. There are so many memories. My dad was the best hunter and fisherman I have ever seen but he was always more happy when us kids were successful. He was proud of his family.

Even though it is Father's Day, I feel very grateful that I have a mom that although she is different in some ways, she is just as great. Thanks mom. I am so happy you were ok this week after your car accident.

I miss my dad. I miss him calling me and wondering when I was coming to Orleans again even though I had been there three times in the last week. I miss driving up to mom's house and not seeing him sitting at the patio table. I miss working with him in his garden. I miss the hunting and fishing experiences and talking about previous hunting and fishing experiences. I missed dad at my two daughter's weddings this spring. He was ALWAYS so proud of his grandkids and his great grandson. He loved them very much. I miss all his stories. I just miss visiting with him.

I just miss him because he was the greatest dad that ever lived.

So if your dad is still alive give him a big hug today and tell him you love him. Our time on earth goes so fast.

Mosquitoes take over the Republican River

With all the rain and flooding the past three weeks, the mosquitoes have taken over the enjoyment of fishing. It is like a lynch mob! Maybe it is as bad as it has ever been. The fishing is slow. You have to work to catch a catfish. Saturday afternoon this writer caught a three pound cat south of Orleans. Michael Boehler, know as Mr. Catfish, scouted the river today for a couple of hours and didn't have a bite, except for those little mosquitoes. Craig Hoxmeier of Orleans said the flooding has changed the look of the river. He said that his favorite fishing place was eliminated when the river swept a car body away that he called "his favorite place". He said he couldn't recognize the river that was there before.

The Harlan County Lake, withstanding more large rains, has probably peaked for the year. On June 6th, the lake had an elevation of 1948.87. Today it was at 1948.83. They are presently sending 750 cfs a day out of the lake into the Republican River below the dam. Normal elevation is 1946. A year ago the lake was at 1937.37.

The Nebraska baseball team was maybe closer than you think of making it to the CWS. If NU could have won the Johnny Dorn pitched game that they lost 3-2, it may have changed the whole series with UC-Irvine. UC-Irvine beat LSU on 11-6 in the super-regional, but lost today when LSU scored five runs in the ninth. Yes, NU was really closer than you think. Coach Anderson did a heck of a job this year, period.

Kyle Busch was hot, then finishes 43 today at POCONO in NASCAR racing. Now Kasey Kahne is hot and dominated the race today. Jeff Burton continues to be Mr. Consistency.

Fantasy Sports is very tough this year for this writer. He is fifth out of six teams in fantasy golf. With three teams in the Nascar fantasy league, he is presently 27th, 30th, and 31st out of 34 teams. Not to be outdone, he is 7th out of ten teams in fantasy baseball. Not a good year.

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Republican River and fishing

The fishing season peaked on Friday and Saturday. This writer believes many got their limit of catfish. The river is still high but is now going down pretty fast. By next weekend the best catfishing could be over. The Harlan County Lake is now at 1948.54. They are letting quite of bit of water out of Harlan now.

Above you will see one of the catfish this writer has caught. Larry Lapdance from Naponee helped me get it in. The wish was to flllet it but somebody took both of the chainsaws at my moms so it was released back into the river. That makes six catfish and one white bass caught for the year. Definitely, not close to last year.

My car now has 250,002 miles on it.

A year ago today, this writer ruptured his fourth disk in his back and along with stenosis wasn't able to do much for the rest of 2007. Today there is still pain but it is much improved since surgery in December.

The Husker baseball team lost today and ended their season. They really had a great season. The Huskers lost energy after the Texas A & M series in Lincoln. It was draining. Texas A & M had a hard time recovering also.

Did you know Bo Pelini takes his kids to school every day?? He is a very good dad!!

Rumors are that Joe Paterno will retire after this season.

Did you hear about the golfer that was having a terrible day and said to his caddy "Do you think I can drown myself in the lake?" The caddy replied' Do you think you can keep your head down long enough?"

Water is being let out of the Harlan County Lake!

The elevation hit 1948.32 today. Normal pool level is 1946. They are letting a good amount of water out of the lake. This hasn't happened in a while.

Harlan County Dam rises even more!

Michael Boehler takes in some swimming at the Harlan County Lake last Sunday!!!!


The Harlan County Lake had an elevation of 1947.61 early today. That is up almost eight inches in one day. A year ago the lake was at 1936.84. On 1/2/07, the elevation was 1926.44. So in 16 months the lake is up almost 20 feet. Rain is expected tonight. The inflow is still heavy from the Republican River but it definitely peaked on Monday. Tourism traffic near Orleans to see the high Republican River was amazing over the weekend and on Memorial Day.

Oral Robert is in the regional in Lincoln this weekend. They have three pitchers at 32-4. After Eastern Illinois, the Lincoln regional is as tough as anywhere in the country except for in Miami, Fla. where they are joined by Missouri and Mississippi.

Roburt Sallie is gone from NU basketball. This writer wonders how all the enrollment issues caused problems. Did somebody not know the rules. It would have never happened if Sallie would have had his grades up to start with. Bad news for the Huskers.

Look to Kyle Busch to continue his pursuit of the Cup. He is the closest thing to Dale Sr. I have seen. Most fans won't like that comment but JJ Yeley drove the 18 car last year and look how he did. Casey Mears is driving the 5 car this year, the car Kyle Busch drove last year, and look at the dismal season he is having. There is no driver better. Look for Carl Edwards to give Kyle B. a run for the money this week.

Dan Jennings is starting for NU this Friday. A great choice,but not this writer's choice. He was Eric Bid. Anderson knows what he is doing though and it will be great for the Huskers to be home and start with Eastern Illinois. Look for a 10-4 vistory on Friday and then a pitcher's duel against UC-Irvine on Saturday.

Eric Bird should start against Eastern llinois!

Nebraska starts its regional this Friday. This writer's pick to start game one is Eric Bird. Bird is NU's fifth starter but in reality is number two or three. Why start Bird?
1. Bird has been pitching well and is well rested.
2. Eastern Illinois is a 500 team and will be somewhat intimidated by the crowd.
3. Weber needs extra rest.
4. If we don't win with Bird on Friday, we are in deep trouble anyway.
5. Johnny Dorn is one of the best pitchers in the nation and we need him against Oral Roberts or UC-Irvine who will be using their #2 pitcher.
6. Left-handed Jennings will be available for Saturday or Sunday. He might be our best bet to start Sunday if the starters in the first two games can go quality innings.
7. That will leave us with Pribanic or Weber for Monday. We have a good chance of playing on Monday.

Why Dorn might start on Friday. Nebraska has a history of always starting the #1 pitcher? Quinten Robertson started a couple of years ago ahead of Marsden but normally NU goes with number one in the first game.

Eastern Illinois is not very good and to get to the CWS in Omaha we have to go with Bird Friday!! If it doesn't work, then we probably weren't going to make it anyway.

Thank goodness this writer is not the manager, but it is fun to pretend. What is your prediction?

The Harlan County Lake hit an elevation of 1946.74. Normal pool is 1946. Just crazy!! The lake is up over ten feet from this time a year ago.

Also Robert Sallie is NOT coming to Nebraska to play basketball. The Big 12 voted not to allow him to join any team in the Big 12. Academics? So now we have two scholarships available. Sallie was looked to as a player who could change NU's future. Bad news for basketball fans!

Harlan County Lake

The Harlan County Lake now has an elevation of 1945.62. It will hit normal pool of 1946 tomorrow. HOWEVER, Bryce Boehler reported from Orleans that the Republican River is starting to drop. HOWEVER, it is now starting to rain again. Stay tuned for more HOWEVERS.

Michael Boehler caught five catfish on Saturday in the river. Bryce Boehler caught one today. This writer fished for seven hours both days without a bite except for some disease carrying mosquitoes. Scott Boehler says they aren't biting because there is too much to eat. He thinks that the flooding has carried all kinds of food into the river. My thought is if there are stale chips in the buffet, I still go for the prime rib! That's what I say anyway.

That's our current fishing report direct from Orleans today.

Sport Shorts

The Gretna golf team won the Class B golf championship this week. Scott Boehler, the Gretna coach, said that his team worked hard this year. He also said he had a great bunch of kids. He was especially proud of his senior's leadership.

It was announced this afternoon that Nebraska will host a regional next weekend in Lincoln. Teams will be announced tomorrow. Nebraska hopes to rebound and this writer believes they will win their regional.

Texas beat Kansas State 15-7 today to win the Big 12 baseball championship. Texas has been hot but to see K-State in the final is a mystery.

The Harlan County Lake is at 1944.97 today. Normal pool elevation is 1946. It should hit that by Tuesday or Wednesday as the Republican River is out of it banks. Lake activity was brisk in the Alma area. South of Orleans there was a steady stream of cars viewing the flooding of the river.

James Dickey

James Dickey was in Lincoln today talking to Doc Sadler. Sadler and Dickey are old friends and hopefully Doc can talk him into being an assistant coach at Nebraska. Dickey was a head coach for Texas Tech for 11 years. Read more about Dickey on the Oklahoma State info page.

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Harlan County Lake continues to rise!!

The Harlan County Lake is up to 1944.18 which is less than two feet below normal pool level. If you have a fishing report for the lake or the Republican River, leave a comment.

The Nebraska games will take on a few changes this fall. The doors that are shut during the tunnel walk will come down. The players will no longer have to stand for a period of time while waiting for the doors to open. The national guard usually had two of their guards open the door. I am sure we will find another way to honor the military. Also we will go back to the song during the tunnel walk that we had when Solich was coach. It will be a nice change.

The Oklahoma Sooners football stadium is getting a new scoreboard. Read more about the Sooners....

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Jimmie Fallon is taking over for Conan O'Brien when O'Brien takes over for Jay Leno. Read more about it.

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Bengals:A Great Spot for Mo

Big Red Report

Tuesday Bullets from the NBA

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Jason Whitlock talks about K-State's success in athletics.

Jason Whitlock

Here's a Kansas City Royals blog. Interesting.

royalsreview.com

No Domo Arigato Mr. Jo Votto

Yesterday when the Reds played my Cubs, the Reds hit 7 home runs! Joey Votto (pronounced Va-toe) pictured left, had 3 home runs himself. The Reds really laid the beat down to the Cubs. The Cubs are slumping right now. They are 3-7 in their last 10 games but only 2.5 games out of first. They have been on the road a lot lately but return to Wrigley tomorrow night to start a 3 game series with the Arizona Diamondbacks. Should be a great test for the Cubs.

In other baseball news, the Twins center fielder, Carlos Gomez hit for the cycle last night. His was the first player to do so since Kirby Puckett.

After getting demoted to the bullpen after starting 0-6, Giants pitcher Barry Zito returned to the starting lineup after making zero appearances in relieve. He didn't look too bad but he received no run support and took the lose which drops him to 0-7.

I hope you got to see the two outfield assists from Rick Ankiel, of the St. Louis Cardinals, on Tuesday night. He threw out two people from deep and deeper center field who were trying to tag from second base on a fly ball. He originally was a pitcher who couldn't hit the strike zone from 60 feet 6 inches but now can throw a strike from 200 feet away. The throws were incredible!

The top college baseball series in May is this weekend!

Texas A & M is ranked sixth in the nation. They are 40-8 and they play eighth ranked Nebraska in Lincoln this weekend. Nebraska needs to sweep the series to take the lead in the Big 12. Here is how the teams have done against common opponents.

Team...................Texas A & M......Nebraska..
Northern Colorado.......2-2..............6-0...
Arkansas................1-0..............1-1...
Texas Tech..............2-1..............3-0...
Oklahoma St.............1-2..............1-2...
Kansas..................3-0..............2-1...
Kansas St...............3-0..............3-0...
Oklahoma................3-0..............2-0-1.
Baylor..................3-0..............2-1...
TOTAL..................18-5.............20-5-1.

The game is in Lincoln. This writer takes NU winning two out of three. What is your guess and why?

What do you think of PETA getting involved with Eight Belles going down in the Kentucky Derby? Sounds like they want to end horse racing. What do you think?

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We made into Chiefplanets.com, which is a site for Kansas City Chief fans.

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Jason Whitlock discusses the Kansas City Chiefs' draft.

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The Big Red Report has the statistics and a story on attendance for the football spring games. See how Nebraska placed.......

Big Red Report

Danny Woodhead goes to the Jets!

The Lincoln Journal Star has reported that Danny Woodhead is going to the New York Jets as a free agent! He'll be coached by the "Running Game" coach of the Jets, Bill Callahan.

Steve Octavian will go to the Kansas City Chiefs as a free agent. The Chiefs had a good draft with Glen Dorsey of LSU and Jamal Charles of Texas.

No news on Sam Keller or Maurice Purify yet.

Zach Bowman and Carl Nicks were drafted in the fifth round. Bowman was drafted by the Bears. Nicks was drafted by the New Orleans Saints. Bo Ruud was drafted in the sixth round. Ruud goes to New England.

Sport Shorts

The Harlan County Lake is up to 1943.86 compared to 1934.9 a year ago. The Republican River is down about a foot from its flow two or three weeks ago. Catfishing is not good at this time in the river and this writer is unaware of mushrooms appearing yet.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. will win the Nascar race at Talledaga this week. Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, and Tony Stewart will be other possible winners. Yesterdays, Nationwide race was filled with some bad wrecks and there weren't many cars left on the track that didn't have damage.

Nebraska baseball swept the doubleheader with Baylor yesterday. In the second game Thad Weber pitched seven innings with no earned runs. NU won 14-1. In the first game they had to go extra innings to win 6-4. Good news is that Jake Mort and DJ Belfonte are hitting ball well now. Jake Opitz, Mitch Albeita, and Nick Sullivan continue to hit well. NU continues to play well with a record of 32-7-1. In early loss to Stanford now isn't such a big deal as they were ranked sixth last week.

How did you like last week's Red-White game? Did you like the new format with the draft? Leave your comments!!

Nebraska Spring Game!

There were 80,500 fans at the Nebraska Annual Red-White Game. There were 150 high school recruits at the game. There were 200 ex-players at the game, mostly on the sidelines. What an atmosphere for a practice game!!

This writer has three plays that were his favorites!

1. Early in the game, Lance Thorell hit Todd Peterson as he received a pass on a down and out. Thorell jarred the ball loose as he made a jarring hit!! The crowd went crazy and, after that, the defense set the tone for the game on both teams.

2. Tyler Wortman's hits. He was all over the field. He looked like he was an All-American, if we didn't already know better. He looks like he should be on the field a lot this fall. Totally impressive. A great hitter with great passion.

3. Joe Ganz to Curenski Gilleylen for a 77 yard TD pass. Curenski outran the defense and Ganz laid in a perfect ball.

Anybody that comes away from the game and says whether NU will be good or not is beyond me. Nebraska played Nebraska. It looked like there wasn't any part of the team that looked like we have deficits in any area. It also looked like there wasn't any part of the team that did great except for the kickers and punters. This is good, this writer thinks.

Some disappointment with the backup quarterbacks. It seemed like a lot of passes got batted down or were off the mark by quite a ways. The offensive line did not dominate the defensive line as we would have guessed before the game. In fact, the defensive line may of outplayed the offensive line. Quentin Castille may be our best back, but he fumbles too much. Kody Spano was very impressive for a kid that should still be in high school. Receivers dropped too many balls. The defense got four turnovers. Matt Donahue may have improved his status with a nice catch from Beau Davis.

It was fun to watch and fans should be excited for this fall.

Husker Hoops

Please make the trip to Holdrege on April 27th at 3p.m. to attend the 2008 Husker Hoops basketball game. Husker football players will be playing basketball against local athletes from Loomis, Betrand and Holdrege, to raise money for Team Mates, a mentoring program at Holdrege Middle School. $5 for adults and $2 for students, pre-K is free. There will be contests to win shirts and a raffle to win some great prizes. Some prizes include a UNL football autographed by the current coaching staff and players, UNL helmet display signed by Johnny Rodgers, Mike Rozier and Eric Crouch, coolers, cookbooks, HHS baskets, huskers sweatshirts and caps and camp chairs. Come and enjoy the fun and festivities. Hope to see you there.