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Thomas Brown, a 2012 Husker football signee, is yet to qualify academically. He is the last recruit yet to report for football. Brown is a linebacker and did not pass his ACT test score. He is taking summer school classes to get qualified.

Nebraska secured junior college pitcher Josh Roder to fill a void as a relief pitcher for the Husker baseball team. With Travis Huber leaving the Huskers, this is a big pickup. Roeder had a 2.06 ERA for Louisburg College of North Carolina last year.

Husker baseball also had a huge pickup when they got Jakson Reetz as a 2014 commit. Reetz is ranked No. 21 nationally and No. 1 in Nebraska. Let's hope he doesn't go to the majors first. Reetz was pursued by Stanford, Arkansas, and Vanderbilt. Reetz could pitch, play catcher, ot play the outfield. His coach at Norris High School says he has high character and should fit nicely with Darin Erstad's style of play.

NU basketball has offered point guard Ikenna Iroegbu for the 2013 class. NU has also offered R.J. Curington from the same school. Oak Hill (Va.) High School went 44-0 last year. Iroegbu is 6' 2" and has present offers from Missouri, Oklahoma St., USC, Washington St., and Colorado.

Lately Creighton has taken three players in their 2013 class that NU had offered. It will be interesting to see who we can sign when it is all done.

NU has also offered a forward from Ohio. He is Vitto Brown and he is 6'8" and 225 lbs. Brown's offers include K-State, Wisconsin, Iowa State, and Minnesota. He wants to play in the Big 10 or Big 12. He averaged 20 points and 12 rebounds as a junior last year for his Bowling Green team.

John Bishop joins KOZN and "Unsportmanlike Conduct" and will co-host with Mile'L Severe. He takes over for Matt Schick who is going to ESPNU. Schick had the job like for two weeks when Kevin Kugler left. Bishop is very candid and it should be a great show.

Also Gary Sharp is coming back to Nebraska to serve as KOZN's sports director and will join Jason Peter for the morning show. Should be interesting. Sharp is also one to speak his mind.

D.J. Foster is a 6'3" 295 lb. offensive lineman from Lincoln Southeast. He will be in the 2014 class. He was just named Rivals Underclassman Challenge offensive player MVP. His brother Trey is a walkon at NU. This would be a great catch if NU can snag him.

Former Temple commit Josh Brown has decommited and NU is after him. He is a point guard out of Newark, N. J.  He presently ranks 142 on the Rivals Top 150 list. He would be a 2013 recruit. Brown has offers from a number of top schools in the nation including Indiana and Illinois.

Rivals Mike Farrell has this to say about Johnny Stanton at the Elite 11 quarterback camp, NU's 2013
recruit at quarterback. "Stanton is a big, physical kid with a strong enough arm and he can deliver it in the intermediate passing game. His footwork is iffy and his long throw is erratic, but he also made some really nice throws. He is one of the more intriguing prospects out there."

Nick Fuller is 6'7" and can shoot the ball. He plays for a Wisconsin AAU team. Minnesota's Tubby Smith is after Fuller but so is Nebraska. Looks like Fuller will visit both Minnesota and Nebraska in Minnesota.

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California star quarterback Johnny Stanton committed to Nebraska. His top other offers included Oregon, Wisconsin, and Stanford. Last year he threw for 2,439 yards and 13 touchdowns and ran for 1,528 yards and 25 touchdowns. Stanton was among 25 quarterbacks selected to the Elite 11 camp. Stanton is 6'2" and 220 lbs!!

Taylor Matinez has been working with Los Angeles-area quarterback coach Steve Calhoun. Calhoun says Martinez's passing percentage will go up. "Because there'll be more balance at the top of the throw. He's going to be balanced. When you have balance , it translates into accuracy".

Kevin Kugler is leaving KOZN 1620 am in Omaha to be a play-by-play announcer for the Big Ten Network. Great promotion for Kugler but will miss him in the weekday afternoons, especially during football season. Kugler will continue to do the "Big Red Wrap-up" during the football season. He also will do NFL games, the College World Series, NCAA basketball, and men's basketball at the Summer Olympics.

Matt Schick, who years ago was at NTV, will replace Kugler on The Zone (KOZN).

NU basketball has interest in guard Joseph Chealey from Florida. He will be a 2013 prospect. Recently Chealey has received interest from colleges all over the nation. He prides himself in playing great defense.

The NU basketball team is also interested in two rising point guards from Texas. They are 2014 Crosby, Texas Brandon Etienne and 2015 Garland, Texas combo guard Peter Shortino.

Nebraska Class B football should be interesting this fall. Crete is rebuilding but looks like the best of the bunch. McCook could make it from the west. Elkhorn South may be a factor before it is over. Defending champion Elkhorn has one starter back.

In C-1 Norfolk Catholic, who has won 38 out of the last 39 games, has won the state title the past two years. They return QB Jordan Bellar. Other challengers will be Pierce, Wahoo, and Adams Central.

C-2 looks like Aquinas will repeat as champions.

D-1 looks to Elgin/Pope John as the favorite. Howells moves up to D-1 this year along with Bloomfield. Add Sargent D-2's champion last year and this should be a fight to the end.

Gilter is favored in D-2.

Blue Ribbon Yearbook predicts NU to finish third in the Big Ten Legends division behind Michigan and Michigan St. They pick Oklahoma to beat out West Virginia in the Big 12.

All Big-10 is Rex Burkhead at running back and Brett Maher at punter and kicker. Mohammed Seisay is predicted to be the newcomer of the year.

It sad how it has developed that Penn St. did cover up the Jerry Sandusky crimes.

Congrats to John Hurley for qualifying for the PGA event at the John Deere Classic. It will be fun to follow him.

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Ray Gallegos will be back playing with NU this year after redshirting his junior year. He will either play shooting guard or point guard. Gallegos is stronger and quicker and is glad he redshirted. He is 6'2" and 176 lbs. Coach Miles says,"I think he scores the ball. He's a good athlete, and he seems to defensive rebound pretty well, too, for a guard. At the end of the day, he's a guard that, in practices, has scored better than just about anybody else."

The Nebraska basketball team has been working hard on their offense spending entire workouts shooting, screening, and doing offfensive drills.

Baker Steinkuhler is getting ready for his senior year with the Nebraska football team. He is huge at 6'6" and 290 lbs. With Suh and Crick both now gone, Baker is the man in the middle of the defense.

A 2013 targer for the Nebraska basketball team is a 6'9", 240 pound power forward from South Dakota. His name is Zach Hanson and he was name the South Dakota Gatorade Player of the Year. Hanson will make an official visit to Nebraska in last September.

Marcus Newby's head coach says he is the best player he has ever coached in the nine years at North Potomac High School in Maryland. He also coached Jason Ankrah.

Former Husker defensive end Josh Williams looks to start this year at Kansas.

Guest writer played against Rickie Fowler and Kyle Stanley

Guest writer Joe Kublick was in a threesome at the 2004 U.S. Amateur golf tournament at the Olympic Club in san Fransisco.  On the left is Kyle Stanley who rated is 57th in the world, has over $4 million in earnings on the PGA, and has won on the PGA in 2012. The man in the middle is Rickie Fowler, a well recognized name because of his dress attire and playing ability. He has also won on the PGA this year and has had a hot streak going lately. Our guest writer, Joe Kubick, is on the right.

Jordan Larson is headed to her first Olympic Games as a member of the United States women’s volleyball team. The three-time All-American at Nebraska from the small town of Hooper was named to the 12-team roster on Tuesday evening.

Larson joins former Huskers Lori Endicott (1992 and ’96), Allison Weston (2000) and Nancy Metcalf (’04) in making the Olympic team. Metcalf tried out for this year's team but did not make the final cut. He is listed as a replacement player.

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Defensive Coordinator John Papuchis and defensive end Jason Ankrah both graduated from North Potomac, Marland Quince Orchard High School. This week Nebraska picked up a commit from Marcus Newby who plays at the same school. He is a 6' 1" linebacker and he is rated a four star by rivals.com. Newby has had a lot of offers but it got down to Penn St. and Nebraska. This gives Nebraska three commits at linebacker for 2013.

NU basketball is after 6'5" R.J. Curlington out of Virginia. He plans to visit NU in the fall. He is a shooting guard and his stock is rising.  He has offers from Maryland, Stanford, Florida St and many others. He is noted for his team play, shooting ability and strong defense.

The Cubs have won four in a row. Samardzija had 11 strikeouts as they beat Atlanta 4-1 last night. Rizzo has been with the Cubs one week and looks like the real deal.

Fan Day for the Nebraska football team is August 3rd from 2-3:30.

KC Royals knocked off Toronto last night 11-3. Teaford pitched well for his first victory after being called up from Omaha and Moustakas hit his first ever grand slam. The Royals are 5.5 games out right now.

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Our guest writer wrote in the comment section last week the following about Tiger Woods, "I think Tiger will surpass Jack Nicklaus in major victories, unfortunately. He is starting to come around as of late, and I think it's only a matter of time before he wins a major. Possibly the British or the PGA Championship. If not, 2012 will bring him at least one. I used to watch all 4 rounds of every tournament he played growing up, rooting as hard as humanly possible for him. With the unfortunate scandal he created and went through, I find myself rooting for guys with more normal names, like Bubba.

Well Tiger did win and you can bet that he will win more majors. He played like the Tiger of "Old" today.

Nebraska will play some Heisman Trophy candidates this fall. Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson comes to Lincoln in October. He is rated No. 2 as a potential winner of the award.

Wisconsin running back Montee Ball is rated No. 4. Ball killed Nebraska last year. Wisconsin plays in Lincoln also this year.

Rated No. 8 is our own Rex Burkhead. A lot of the nation's fans don't know rex but Nebraska fans do.

Ohio State's quarterback Braxton Miller is rated No. 13. He gave NU a very tough time last year.

Arkansas State quarterback Ryan Aplin, believe it or not, is rated No. 21. He was the 2011 Sun Belt Player of the Year. Arkansas State may be one of our most competitive games in 2012.

NU quarterback taylor Martinez is listed in the group of "the best of the rest".

Mark Watton is the new Waverly boys basketball coach. He was the Lincoln Journal's Co-coach of the year in 1998 when Wahoo won C-1. Watton will continue to teach in Wahoo but will head to Waverly each day during the basketball season. Watton was the assistant coach when Wahoo had their 114 game winning streak.

Nebraska is trying to get David Williams to visit Lincoln. He is a running back out of Philadelphia. He ran for 2000 yards and had 37 TD's his junior year. Rivals rates Williams as a four star and he has been offered a scholarship by almost every top team in the nation.

The Cubs still have the worst record in baseball with a 29-49 record.

Matt Kenseth is out with Roush Racing. He may be headed to Gibbs racing. Brad Kesolowski won the Kentucky Nascar race Saturday night. Keso is becoming a fan favorite and continues to do well.

NU basketball has offered 2013 point guard Sam Singer, who attends Miami Ransom Everglades School in florida. Singer is 6' 4". Last year Singer averaged 34 ppg, 10 rebounds, and seven assists. Singer has not visited NU yet.

Athlon's has named their All Big Ten football team. Rex Burkhead, Spencer Long, and Brett Maher were named to the first team. Mayer was listed as both kicker and punter. Second teamers were Kenny Bell, Baker Steinkuhler, and Ameer Abdullah.  Abdullah was named as a kickoff returner. The third team consists of Cameron Meredith, Will Compton, Daimon Stafford, Taylor Martinez, and Kyler Reed.

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I think this video is pretty hilarious, and am so glad that someone called Skip out on this. And it isn't just Skip Bayless, 99% of sports journalists and commentators talk with the same generalities that Cuban refers to here. "The Heat wanted it more." I agree with Cuban that a statement like that just isn't true. On a stage as big as the NBA FINALS, after what both teams have been through all season and playoffs, both teams are giving it absolutely everything they can. It's just a matter of who executes better, and oh yeah, who makes some shots! Skip says that "LeBron was driving and slashing and kicking the ball to open shooters." Now, if role players like Shane Battier and Mike Miller didn't knock down an insane percentage of those 3's (10-15 in game 5), Skip would have said "Yep, typical LeBron, never wanting to step up and take the big shots, always passing them up." The guy really can't win, well, unless he WINS. And he finally did. The point is, this isn't his first championship because he woke up a month ago and said "hey, maybe I should start trying, maybe THAT will win me an NBA Championship?". No, he has been putting up incredible numbers for years now, and there's only so much a man can do with surroundings such as Daniel Gibson, Jamario Moon, Anderson Varejao, and a 429 year old (and pound) Shaquille O'Neal. OK, now we are REALLY off topic. LeBron is not one of my favorite players by any stretch of the imagination, I am just sick of people bashing the guy. Was the "not 1, not 2, not 3, not 4, not 5, not 6, not 7, not 8" remark unbelievably painful? Yes, yes it was. He hasn't always said or done the right things, but what he does on the court you have to give him credit for. We will see what next year has in store for him.

We keep him!

Ron "Chin" Coleman is staying at Nebraska as Illinois hires Paris Parham! That is a big YES!!

Question to Joe. Will Tiger ever win another major?

Oh NO!

Ron "Chin" Coleman who joined the Tim Miles as Director of Basketball Operations at NU is interviewing for an assistant coach's position at Illinois. Coleman was hired at Nebraska just two months ago. Coleman is well known in the Chicago area when he helped coach an AAU team. He is known for his recruiting which Nebraska was needing.

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The "Big Red Weekend" was this weekend. NU football had around 20 non-commtted and committed recruits visit the facilities. They received rave reviews.

Nathan Gerry, an athlete from Sioux Falls, SD, commited to Nebraska. He had offers from Iowa, Michigan St., and Minnesota.

Gabriel Miller, a long snapper, committed to Nebraska. Odd for Nebraska to offer a scholarship to a long snapper. He is rated number three at that position in the country. It is an important position and we need a good one. He was the nmer eleven commit for the 2013 class.

Nebraska also made an offer to California QB Johnny Stanton. He is a 6'2" duel threat quarterback. Oregon, Oregon St, California, and Washington have made offers along with many others. If Oregon likes him he should fit nicely into our office also.

Last week the No. 33 rated quarterback visited Nebraska. He is Damion Hobbs from Cedar Hill Texas. Hobbs rated the visit a 10. Hobbs plans to visit Missouri also.

In NU basketball, the Dallas Triumph AAU team made a visit last Wednesday. Actually four players visited on their way to the Creighton BB camp. Steven Spieth is a 2013 shooting guard. He is rated 24th in Texas He is 6'6". Tim Miles recruited him at Colorado St.

Jake Flaggert is going to be rated in the Top 15 in Texas at the next ratings to be released by TexasHoops. Flaggert is also 6"6" with a 30 inch vertical.

Also 2013 Max Tillinghast and 2015 Mason Riggins. Their coach predict Riggins may be one of the best players in the country for his age.

They left UNL feeling very impressed with Nebraska basketball!

2014 point guard Nick Norton visited the NU basketball facilities last Wednesday also. He plays for the KC Run GMC AAU program. He is a 2013 5'11" point guard is from Missouri.

Doc Sadler was named the Director of Basketball Operations by Kansas. Great job! Good for you Doc!

NU basketball guard Corey Hilliard was dismissed from the team after he was charged with stealing a cell phone.

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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 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 three daughter's weddings. He was ALWAYS so proud of his grandkids. He loved them very much. I know he would be so happy to see all them. He would have been proud of all the greatgrandkids also. He would have been so happy of Sam and Nolan and the twins, Addison and Reese. They are my grandkids.

I loved his stories. He was a great story teller. I could listen to them for hoursI loved him because he was the greatest dad ever!!!

I hear Thunder tonight

Yes we have a few sprinkles tonight but the Thunder comes out of Oklahoma City as they knocked off the Miami Heat tonight. Yippee!!

NU basketball recruit Tyrone Taylor visited Lincoln last weekend and loved what he saw. He is a 2014 point guard. He does not have an offer from NU yet but it could be coming. Creighton has offered. Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma St., Wichita St., and California are some of the teams that have shown interest. I think Taylor is ready to go if he gets an offer.

Defensive Coordinator John Papuchis' brother Drew is a graduate assistant for Frank Solich at Ohio.

Akoy Agau stopped by the NU facilities and talked for an hour with Tim Miles and other coaches. Positive move for NU and it is hopeful it will lead to more time together for them.

Tomorrow Nebraska hosts Toby Hegner, a three star power forward from Wisconsin. He is a 2013 recruit.  Hegner is 6'10" but only 205 pounds. He is known for his shooting and is more of a position four player. Nebraska has not made an official offer yet.

Interesting fact

Kent State joins Stony Brook in the College World Series. Last time a Big Ten team went to the CWS was Michigan in 1984.

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I am to the NBA again after being away for a few years. I watched the Miami Heat/Boston Celtic game Tuesday night when the Celtics beat the Heat at Miami. I found it rather enjoyable and I think the league has made some changes that allows them to play more like the college game. I would say I will cheer for the Thunder to beat the Heat but I am anxious to see Labron go against Durant.

The pregame is kind of a joke. It seems like the group which includes Magic Johnson is in left field with their commentary. I like Magic but some of those guys are bad in my opinion. After the Celtics beat the Heat and went ahead in the series 3-2, they spent an hour before the next game talking about how the Heat would not win and who would be traded from their team. I went on and on. I guess I got the feeling they really have NO idea whats to come and to listen to them is a waste of time.

The Session two NU football camp reportedly showed that there is a load of talent in the 2014 class. Lincoln Southeast's D. J. Foster has received an NU offer already. Millard North's Clay Fisher may be the best of the Fisher kids. Hoepfully Nebraska can land him.

Joey Logano won at Pocono today. He had won the pole but I never expected him to win the race. He needed a win. He took over the ride when Tony Stewart started his own team.

Last week NU hosted 2013 power forward Tory Miller from Lee Summit, Missouri. He is 6-8 and 247 lbs and has a Big 10 body. He will be a project but he could be a good one. He has offers from NU, Minnesota, Creighton, Colorado St. and Arkansas.

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Boston knocks off Miami tonight at Miami. Even with LaBron James Miami couldn't win tonight. Boston leads 3-2.

Justin Black, a NU baseball recruit, is going pro. He was drafted in the fourth round by the Atlanta Braves. He is a centerfielder from Montana.

Walter Pritchard is coming to NU to play basketball. He is a 6'10 forward and he is transferring from Florida. He was an Elite Eight High School player from Florida and was highly touted before attending Florida. He will likely redshirt this year.

DiJon Washington is leaving NU to play football elsewhere. He was a four-star safety recruit and played special teams last year. No word to where he will transfer to.

Sean Sellers, a 2014 NU basketball recuit, was in Lincoln last week. He is a 6'6" small forward from Indiana. He is being sought by a number of teams but was really impressed by the NU facilities.

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Grand Island quarterback Ryker Fyfe is a great player. Should be fun to watch in the Shrine Bowl this Saturday at 1:30. He passed for over 1900 yards and 20 touchdowns this past season. He will be a walk-on at Nebraska. I hope they give him a chance in two or three years.

This writer thinks that Andy Janovich from Gretna is the best high school football player in Nebraska to enter college this year. He is freakishly strong and tough. I hope they put him in the linebacker spot because the kid can play.

Nebraska baseball picked up a new recruit for 2013. He is Park Hill, Missouri left-handed picture Dalton Moats. Dalton is only 16 but just came off a no-hitter. Moats had offers from Kansas State and Houston. Baylor, Missouri, and Coastal Carolina. I love the name. It sounds like a baseball name.

Nebraska basketball has three more Chicago kids coming in to visit. They are from an AAU team called the Southwest Illinois Jets 16U team. The three are 2014 prospects and their names are Peyton Allen, Darreon Reddick, and Darius Austin. Allen is the big name. He already has offers from Iowa, Oklahoma St., and Bradley. He has received heavy interest from Michigan, Boston College, Kansas State, Xavier, and Penn State. He is a 6'5" guard who has made a name for himself as a shooter.

Reddick is 6'3" and is being called a combo guard. His present coach thinks he will play ppoint guard. Austin is a 6-6 small forward who is picking up interest.

Nebraska baseball is done. This team is almost identical in the RPI ratings as the team last year. However the team seems to be on the upswing right now.

NU has a lot of players returning next year. Gone is Cory Burleson at catcher, ourfielder Kale Kaiser, and pitcher Dexter Spitsnogle.

At catcher, NU has two juco players coming in, Tanner Lubach and Corey Stringer. Love the names.
Papillion's star infielder Jake Placzek is coming to NU. New ourfielders will be Justin Black from Billings, Montana and Matt Jones from Gretna.

NU only has one starting pitcher coming in and he is a juco player by the name of Matt Strahm.
The relief pitchers coming in the fall include jucos Christian Deleon and Michael Hoppes. High schooler Colton Howell will also join the Huskers.

Phil Steele has the Huskers winning the Legends Division this fall. Hope he is right.

Darian Barrientos-Jackson thinks Deverell Biggs is going to talk Akoy Akau into playing basketball at Nebraska.

God blessed us!

Lots of things happening! Starting off Sarah(oldest daughter) and Rob had beautiful twin girls on May 9th. Addison weighed 4 lbs 9 oz. and Reese weighed 5 lbs. 4 oz. They are doing well and are both over six pounds now. They are very precious seeing them lay beside each other and sleep. They have a bigger brother Sam who is two and a half. Sam is a lot of fun to be around and he loves his two little sisters.

On May 13th Nolan, who is Jessica (middle daughter) and Scott's boy had his first birthday!! What a fun thing to watch as Nolan does something different each day. He is very funny and cute and it is amazing what a one year old can do.

This Saturday Kim (youngest daughter) get married. She is marrying Joe and they make a great couple. Kim is the baby of the family is now 24. She has a special place in my heart and she has found a great guy in Joe. They will make a great couple.

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Saint Louis head coach Shimmy Gray-Miller has been named an assistant coach for the Nebraska women's basketball team. She had been let go in March. She replaces Kallie Lewis-Jay who took the head coaching job at Florida Atlantic.

Gray-Miller is a Michigan graduate and ranked in the top 10 in several career categories.

Tim Miles has announced officially another recruit. He is Terran Petteway who is transferring from Texas Tech. He was highly touted nationally out of high school. At Texas Tech he started 10 of 11 conference games but only averaged 3.3 points per game and 2.1 rebounds.

He did average 27 points per game his senior season on high school in Texas. He was a two-time all stater in Texas.

Kurt Busch has been fined $50,000 again by NASCAR. The Busch brothers are in constant trouble, aren't they?

Like him or not Urban Meyer is one heck of a coach and it will be hard for Nebraska to ever beat him.

Watch for Terrelle Pryor to get some playing time this year for the Oakland Raiders. Reports are that Pryor is working his tail off to be a part of the Raiders' offense.

Mother's Day Adventure

My daughter and son-in-law just had twins and made it on KOLN-KGIN channel 1011.

I love it!!http://www.1011now.com/home/headlines/Family_Spends_Mothers_Day_in_Hopsital_151300035.html

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Husker strength and conditioning coach James dobson will receive the top honor for his job. There is nobody with more enthusiasm. He has a passion for what he does and is a large reason of why the Huskers are faster and stronger and in much better shape compared to before he got to NU. He is like a put bull on speed. He even makes a fat old boy like me want to run through a wall. He is well deserving of this award.

Coach Erstad said after the Husker's baseball game today that it was their most complete game of the season. Nebraska beat Indiana at Indiana in the opening game today 13-2.

Mike Rutherford of SBNation.com rated the new coaching hires and here are the grades:

Illinois-Jim Groce C-
Kansas State- Bruce Weber C+
LSU-Johnny Jones B-
Miss State-Rick Ray C+
Nebraska-Tim Miles A
South Carolina-Frank Martin A
Virginia Tech-James Johnson D+
Colorado State-Larry Eustachy A-

He says' "Tim Miles is never short on energy. Miles has an infectiously upbeat personality that his players feed off of. You almost have to in order to accomplish something like taking Colorado St. from 7-25 to the NCAA Tournament.

But work ethic isn't behind Miles' on-court success; the guy can coach. According to SI's Luke Winn, Colorado St. was the fourth most efficient team in college basketball coming out of timeouts this past season.

This is a terrific hire for a program that has vowed to make more of a commitment to basketball since joining the Big Ten."

Sounds great to me!!!

Christian Locouture became Nebraska football recruit number six. He is a defensive end from College Station, Texas, where Texas A & M is located.

The 6-foot-5, 255-pound Lacouture had narrowed his list of nine offers down to Nebraska, LSU and Michigan, but in the end he chose to become a Cornhusker.

A ton of top notch teams were after him and Nebraska got him. Looks like a great pickup.

Hayley Reinhart - "Wasted Tears (Perez Hilton Exclusive Performance)"

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Nathan Curry, an athlete from Sioux Falls, South Dakota has a scholarship offer from Nebraska to play football. He is 6' 2" and 205 lbs. Gerry has run a 10.69 100 meter race and a 21.81 200 meter eace this spring. What position he might play is unknown but Nebraska is looking in different places for recuits. Looks like a very athletic kid.

The arena is on schedule and Nebraska basketball ticket holders will know their seats in July. Wow, that's fast and it will be interesting to see what it available.

The WAC conference only has two teams left. they are Idaho and New Mexico State. Looks like the conference will fold in the near future.

Chris Berman talks too much on TV.

Albert Pujois does not have a home run yet!

Husker Update!

Nebraska plays Creighton tonight at TDAmeritrade stadium in Omaha. Should be fun. Creighton may be headed to their first losing season in years and Nebraska's RPI is similar to last year's. Nebraska ended up 65th last year and is presently 63rd.  But whenever Creighton and Nebraska play, it is fun! I hope they can play three times a swason in the future. Why not?

Nebraska baseball is now 26-15, overall, and 8-7 in the Big Ten. They are in 4th in the Big Ten with Purdue solidly in first followed by Michigan St. and Minnesota.  Nebraska's pitching has been a problem. They have a combined ERA of 6.13. Brandon Pierce has done well with an ERA of 3.85. Nebraska has the game with Creighton tonight followed by three games with California State University-Bakersfield this weekend.

Nebraska continues to recruit basketball players and the number four player in next year's class said that he has been to Duke and North Carolina and Nebraska's facilities is better than both. That's a start.

Just don't expect NU Basketball to all of the sudden this winter to be a NCAA contender. It won't happen. We don't have the numbers and maybe in three or four years...........................

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Nebraska baseball ran into its best team of the season with Purdue. Purdue took two out of three from NU in Lincoln this weekend. Purdue should have a pretty good chance of doing well in the regionals and if they stay hot go to Omaha in June.

NU football got a nice recruit from Ohio. Courtney Love has commited to NU. He plays outside linebacker and is rated a four star. Love comes from Youngstown Cardinal Mooney where Pelini went to school. Nebraska is developing a pipeline to this school with Braylon Heard, Tim Marlowe, and Mark Pelini already on the team. What a great name.....Courtney Love.

Denny Hamlin won the Kansas City Nascar race today with Mark Truex Jr coming in a close second. The race was somewhat boring. Nascar's trend is headed to more and more boring races and they are losing fans. The car of tomorrow hasn't worked.

Pat Summit is no longer head basketball coach at Tennessee. WOW! She will be known as the one that put excellent women's basketball on the map.

Nathan Bazata from Howells commited to Iowa. He is the second 8-man player to go there. Drew Ott from Giltner is headed there this fall.

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Matt Hill to Hong Kong!

Just received news that Matt Hill is headed to Hong Kong to play basketball. The former Lincoln Southeast star and Texas Longhorn is getting his first stint with pro basketball. Hopefully we will have more details soon.

Ricky Thenarse is going back to his high school at L.A. Jordon High School to coach his former team. Thenarse was a star running back for L.A. Jordon High School. We wish him well.

Chicago Whitney Young forward Jermaine Morgan may be headed to Nebraska. He had agreed to play at Colorado St. Rules say if a coach transfers they can switch schools also with no penalty.

Dick Clark died today. He was an icon quite a few years ago and I always tried to watch "American Bandstand" when I was a kid. I wished they showed reruns of that show. I am sure I would laugh a lot watching it today but I would like the chance to do so. I wished they hadn't have had Dick Clark on the New Year's show after he had his stroke. He was too good for that.

What to watch for in the Red-White game!

Some things I am anxious to watch in the Red-White game today.

1. Look to see how much different Taylor Martinez throws the ball.
2. Watch how Brion Carnes, Ron Kellogg, and Brandon Marsh performs.
3. I would like to see how Taariq Allen plays at wide receiver. There will be a lot of competition at wide receiver.
4. Ameer Abdullah and Aaron Green. Will Green look better than Abdullah today. Both are young quality running backs.
5. Mohammed Seisay. Will he excel in the spring game at cornerback? Juco transfer like David and Asante. Will he be as good?
6. David Santos. Can he surprise at linebacker and move to No. 1 this fall?
7. Anxious to see how Braylon Heard, Baptiste, and Antonio Bell do at corner?
8. How will the fullbacks play? Mike Morrow, C.J. Zimmerer, Graham Stoddard??
9. Cole Pensick at center.
10. That we have an exciting enough game and a lot of fans attending to excite the recruits in to watch.

BASKETBALL NEW!!
Jahill Okafor, five star Chicago center, will be in Lincoln THIS weekend along with four other Chicago propects. Okafor is the No. 4 overall player in the 2014 class by Rivals. He's 6' 10". Pretty much everybody in the country is after him. Hope that goes really well. I bet Chin Coleman, one of our new assistant coaches, had something to do with all this!

Paul White is a four star 6'8" SF who is visiting this week also.

Deveral Biggs may make a decision real soon also.

Nebraska Coach Tim Miles has parted ways with Fahro Alihodiz, a 6' 10" center, who was recruited to Nebraska by the previous staff. Assuming Nebraska gets a medical scholarship for Christopher Niemann, they will be down to eight players on scholarship. The limit is 13.

Other news--Lee Summit Missouri power forward Tory Miller has received a scholarship offer from Nebraska to play basketball. He is 6'8" and 247 lbs. Nice size and we need players like that.

Cody Green stars in Tulsa Spring ggame!

Cody Green was the star of the Tulsa Hurricane Spring Game on Saturday. He was 8-9 in passing for 189 yards and three touchdowns. A starter at quarterback is to be named today for the upcoming season.

Khiry Cooper is transferring to Tulsa. Beings he graduates in May at NU he will be eligible to play this fall. It will be interesting to see how these two perform this fall.

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Gretna golf team wins meet!

Scott Boehler, Gretna Golf Coach, reports results of their meet today!

DC West Invite
ResultsApril 4, 2012
Individual Medalist1.
Rob Minert –David City (73)
2. Harrison Agena – Syracuse (75)
3. Drew DeBolt –Gretna (76)
4. Zach Davis – Wahoo Neumann (77)
5. Clayton Wacker – Logan View (78)
6. Pat Carney – Gretna (78)
7. Graff Suhr – Arlington (81)
8. Mitch Swanson – Wahoo Neumann (82)
9. Kelton Terry – Gretna (82)
10. Matt Nelson – Wahoo Neumann (83)
11. Trevor Enstrom –Oakland-Craig (84)
12. Jason Wendelin – Gretna (85)
13. Jeffrey Hofer –Fort Calhoun (85)
14. Conner Dethlefs – Fort Calhoun (86)
15. Dyland Dravland – DC West (88)
Team Standings
1. Gretna – 321
2. Wahoo Neumann – 335
3. David City – 350
4. Logan View – 354
5. Syracuse – 357
6. DC West – 362
7. Fort Calhoun – 370
8. Oakland-Craig – 370
9. Fremont Bergan – 384
10. Arlington – 3980
11. Bennington – 393

VARSITY
DREW DEBOLT 37 – 39 = 76 (3rd Place)
PATRICK CARNEY 39 – 39 = 78 (6th Place)
KELTON TERRY 41 – 41 = 82 (9th Place)
JASON WENDELIN 42 – 43 = 85 (12th Place)
NOLAN KESSLER 45 –46 = 91

More changes with Nebraska basketball!

Brian Diaz has quit the team. He has been a valuable member of the NU team but foot problems has plagued him the past two years.

Ben Johnson is a new assistant coach for NU. He comes with some Big 1o background. He comes from Northern Iowa where he was an assistant. He played for Northwestern and Minnesota and has connections for recruiting in Minnesota and Iowa.

Beatrice walk-on Mike Fox is quitting basketball so that he can student teach next year. Fox played in 23 games this past season and averaged 10 minutes.

Finally, Christopher Nieman is probably not going to play due to his knee problems the past several years. They are trying to get him a medical scholarship so he can finish his studies.

Nebraska baseball gets back on the winning track with a 6-0 win over Kansas State. Yeah!

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Biggs to Nebraska?

Deverall Biggs has an offer from Tim Miles to play basketball at the University of Nebraska. Biggs was a standout for Omaha Central. This year he had a great year for Seard County Kansas C.C. He led the team to third place in the Division I Juco tournment. He was named Jayhawk Conference Player of the Year.

Biggs averaged 16.4 points per game and 3.9 steals this year. He has offers from Oklahoma St., Southern Mississippi, and Utah State.

Biggs may put Nebraska first because he says he misses home.

Miles says he doesn't like JUCO players or foreign players but with this former Omaha Central star, he is willing to make an exception.

Biggs may also help with the recruiting of Akoy Agau, who is a present Omaha Central standout.

The Husker football team is always changing. Andrew Rodriquez has moved to tackle and backs up Jeremiah Sirles. Brent Qvale is backing up Tyler Moore. Mo Seisay may find a way to start at cornerback. Braylon Heard continues to impress at cornerback.

Ryne Reeves has moved from center to guard and is being praised by Pelini.

Overall Pelini seems to be in good spirits which may show is confidence in his present team.

Nebraska has offered Josh Banderas from Lincoln Southwest a football scholarship. In track this last week he placed first in the 110 highs, second in the shot put, and second in the 100 meter sprint race. Quite a combination and the results reflects his athletic ability.

The Nebraska baseball tream lost two of three to Northwestern this weekend. Not very impressive against a pretty bad team but Northwestern's pitching was excellent the last two days.

The basketball team is changing!

Tim Miles is allowing incoming recruits Keith Coleman and Jerran Young out of their letters of intent and he is granting freshman Josiah Moore his request for a scholarship release.

Freshman Corey Hilliardwill likely have surgery in May for a sports hernia.

Miles will attend the Final Four and interview up to ten people to fill the other two assistant coaches' position.

Danny Manning is the new coach at Tulsa. He is a great developer of big men and should be a great coach. This will hurt the Kansas team.

Doc Sadler was at the Nebraska football practice today.

Tim Miles

I received an e-mail this morning from Tom Gdowski of Grand Island. Tom was a defensive tackle for the Huskers in the late 70's, early 80's. Tom's son Jake Gdowski graduated from Grand Island High School and started at Colorado St. He had a very good career as an offensive lineman. He may get a chance to play in the pros. He is 6' 3" and 303 lbs.

Tom made a lot of trips to the Colorado St. campus and met Tim Miles. Here's what Tom had to say about the new NU basketball coach.

" Met the guy several times. He is ALWAYS upbeat and enthusiastic. Doesn’t take
himself too seriously but commands respect from players and peers. Should do
well!"

The positive comments continue to come in and it will be exciting to see how he puts his staff together and who he will put on the floor next year as NU lost a lot of seniors this year. Miles is bringing in"Chin" Coleman who has AAU ties and knows the Chicago area as one of his assistants. He is known as an ace recruiter. Coleman has been on Miles' CSU staff and was a very successful high school coach in the Chicago area. Coleman is presently traveling to talk to the present recruits for Nebraska.

Jayden Olson has also been added to the staff. Olson spent two seasons at CSU as the basketball operations director and video coordinator. Miles plans to add three more to his basketball staff.

John Groce, who led Ohio to the final eight in the NCAA basketball tournament, is headed to Illinois.

Baseball attendance in the Big 10 was led by Nebraska with over 5000 average attendance this weekend. It was by far the leader in attendance. In contrast, Minnesota averaged 242 fans per game, Iowa 676 per game, and Michigan only 706 per game. It will be culture shock when we go to play some of these teams.

Andrew Rodriquez is getting noticed this spring on the NU football team due to his work ethic. Rodriquez is working some at tackle this spring but is presently working with the second unit.

On defense, Daimond Stafford is light years ahead of last year according to Pelini. Pelini says that cornerback Mohammed Seisay continues to impress this spring. Seisay is a juco transfer.

Ryne Reeves has moved to guard. That leaves Cole Pensick, Justin Jackson, and Mark Pelini at center. Pensick seems to be the leader right now.

Sport Shorts!

Butler Coach Brad Stevens turned down the Illinois basketball job. He was reportedly offered an annual salary of $2.6 million.

Malik Zaire, a quarterback that Nebraska was after, has commited to Notre Dame.

Tim Miles, the new NU basketball coach, pleads for patience from the fans.

The Atlanta Hawks beat the Jazz tonight 139-133 in the first quadruple overtime game in the NBA since 1997. This was the first for the Jazz ever.

Nebraska baseball beat Illinois 13-3 today to win two of three from Illinois. Illinois was expected to finish fourth in the Big 10 while Nebraska was predicted to finish third. Nebraska blew out Illinois on Saturday and Sunday but was beaten 11-3 on Friday night.

Nebraska played 16 games in March at home and not one was altered by weather.

Today Zach Hirsch helped hold Illinois to a season low in hits and pitched real well over seven innings.

Royals' closer Joakim Soria will miss the season due to reconstructive elbow surgery.

Alex Gordon is hitting .422 this spring.

Next weekend's matchups of Ohio State/Kansas and Kentucky/Louisville look very attractive to watch.

Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III look to be the first two picks of the draft for Indianapolis and Washington. Texas A & M's QB Ryan Tannehill could go third or fourth in the draft. Minnesota picks third and Cleveland goes fourth.

The odds are pretty good that Nebraska won't have anybody taken in the first round.

NU will announce Tim Miles as NU's new coach!

Tim Miles will be named Nebraska's new head basketball coach on Saturday!!

The full contract, according to ESPN, would be an estimated $8.7 million over
six years.

Miles, 45, replaces former head coach Doc Sadler, who was fired after
six seasons in Lincoln earlier this month. Miles had just received a three-year
contract extension in May to stay at CSU, which would have increased his salary
to $750,000 annually through 2016.

Tim Miles is 45 years old and took Colorado State to the NCAA tournament this year. Tim Miles is from Doland, South Dakota.

Before taking over at CSU, Miles coached at North Dakota State (2001-07),
Southwest Minnesota State (1997-2001) and Mayville State (1995-97). His career
record as a head coach is 285-227, and he was 71-88 in five seasons at Colorado
State.

One factor that obviously made Miles attractive is that he built his team around Nebraska players this year. Four of his players wer Jesse Carr of Ainsworth, Wes Eikmeier of Fremont, and Dwight Smith and Greg Smith of Ralston.

He also had a couple of regional players such as Colton Iverson of Yankton and Dorian Green of Lawrence, Kansas.

Eikmeier (15.5 points per game), Green (13.1 ppg) and Greg Smith (9.4 ppg)
were Colorado State's top three leading scorers this past season.

Miles' Colorado St. roster this year consisted of four players from Colorado and Nebraska and one each from Arizona, Minnesota, Kansas, South Dakota and Florida.

He definitely likes Midwest kids. Will there be enough local kids to take Nebraska to the next level. One plus for Nebraska is that he obviously knows a lot about our State. The Nebraska high school coaches seem to like him.

His assistant coaches are Niko Medved, who also serves a key role in recruiting, Craig Smith, who was named NAIA Coach of the Year in 2007, and Ron Coleman, who was a star basketball player for Lamar and played some NBA ball and served as CSU's recruiting coordinator this past year. Coleman has experience in the AAU ranks also. It is unknown how many of these coaches will come with him to Nebraska but they all look like great assets to the new coach.

Colorado State's top recruit coming in this fall is Jermaine Morgan, who was recruited by Coleman due to his ties to Chicago. He is a 6'7" power forward.

It will be interesting to see what Nebraska ends up with this fall. Don't expect too much from Miles and the Huskers the first year.

Florida and Kansas, who were both in Omaha last weekend look like they BOTH will make it to the Elite Eight. Pretty cool.

Sutton interviews with Nebraska

Oral Roberts coach Scott Sutton has interviewed for the Nebraska vacancy for basketball. Scott Sutton is 250-181 in 13 years at Oral Roberts. Scott Sutton is the son of Eddie Sutton who coached at Creighton, Arkansas, Kentucky, and Oklahoma St.

Eddie said" He brings a lot to the table. He's a good speaker, a good recruiter, and he always runs a clean program. He's everything a university would look for in a coach. And he has a desire to get to that next level."

Other coaches connected to the Nebraska job are Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Rob Jeter and Colorado St.'s Tim Miles.

Alex Gordon is hitting .378 this spring.

Last weekend, at the NCAA tournament in Omaha, I really enjoyed watching and being a part of the NCAA tournament. The Florida-Virginia game never turned out to be a good game. Florida looked real good and Virginia was very cold. Florida won easily.

The upcoming game of Missouri-Norfolk St. That looked to be a pretty boring game and more on that later.

The evening games started with Purdue and St. Mary's. St. Mary's had beaten Gonzaga in the conference standings and conference tournament this year. Purdue had finished in the mid-pack of the Big 10. But the Big 10 has shown they are really good in this tournament. The Big 10 is tough. St. Mary's had a chance to win the game but traveled late in the game and Purdue got the win by three points.

Now back to the Norfolk St/Missouri game. Missouri was a #2 seat and Norfolk State was a #15 seat. The game started close and was close the whole game. I am not sure anybody got ahead more than four points the whole game. Missouri had a lot of trouble containing Kevin Durant or I mean Kyle O 'Quinn. O'Quinn looked ready for the NBA.

When the game started there were about 80 Norfolk St fans and about 3500 Missouri fans. The rest of the 16,000 were just watching. Then the Norfolk St pep band started to heat up, the cheerleaders put on a show I can't even explain, and the rest of the 16,000 became instant Norfolk St. Spartan fans. Spartan, their mascot, was one of the funniest and best mascots I have ever seen in college sports. The crowd was shouting NSU, NSU!!!! The fans for Norfolk St now counted to around 12,500 fans. Even Missouri fans gave the NSU pep band and cheerleaders standing ovations. What a game. Norfolk St. wins 86-84. For a while it seemed neither team could miss. Missouri didn't play bad but my did Norfolk St play well. A memory I will never forget.

On Sunday the anticipated game between Florida and Norfolk St never materialized. At one point the Florida gators outscored the Spartans 25-0. Florida went on to win by about 35 points but I still enjoyed the NSU pep band and cheerleaders.

The second best game of the tournament was Purdue and Kansas with Kansas winning at the end in a hard fought battle.

Omaha put on a good show. I would love to go again. It was fun and relaxing.

nsu cheerleaders 2011

norfolk state university a-squad cheerleaders 2010-2011

Norfolk State Cheerleaders 11/30/11

Norfolk St. Pep Band at NCAA Tourney

Scott Spinelli should be our pick!

Scott Spinelli was an assistant under Barry Collier. He was a great recruiter and showed lots of promise. Nebraska seemed to be getting better and then he left for Wichita State. He had been an assistant at Nebraska for three years. It was a sad day when he left.

Spinelli is very personable and a very kind person. He believes in realationships. He is familiar with Nebraska. He knows how tough it will be to build a program. He is a great recruiter.

He is never been a head coach but he has to be ready. He may have been ready ten years ago.

Spinelli has followed former KU star, now Maryland coach since he left Nebraska. He spent time as an assistant at Wichita State, Texas A & M, and now Maryland.

Spinelli is the only potential coach that I have read so far that has interest that I feel can do the job at Nebraska. Nebraska basketball will be tough to change but Spinelli can do it.

Let's hope he has interest and that we take a serious look at him.

We will miss Doc!

Doc Sadler was an emotional guy. The first time I heard him speak, he told the crowd that one of his father's last wishes was to see a Nebraska football game. His dad lived in Arkansas but he always loved Nebraska football. So Doc and his dad went to Lincoln to watch Nebraska football. When Doc told the story he broke down. He loved him reight away.

Yesterday Doc Sadler was let go by Nebraska. Again you had to love Doc Sadler and feel for him when he spoke at the press conference. He is a genuine person with lots of integrity. He cared about academics. He just didn't win enough.

Doc Sadler, after five seasons, was the winniest coach in Nebraska basketball history for their first five years. Then year six hit and the Huskers went 12-16. Injuries to Brian Diaz and Eric Almeida was costly to Nebraska as they had no answer to the big men in the Big 10. Who knows how good they would have been if only they would have been playing. Instead Doc had to give walkons a lot of minutes.

Doc ended up 101-89 compared to Danny Nee's 105-81 after his first six seasons.

Ray Gallegos took a redshirt and had improved enough that he may have taken over as point guard next year. It was still unknown as the availability of Diaz and Almeida for the 2012-13 season. Doc had five recruits coming in next year. He had a point guard, two shooting guards, and two power forwards coming to Nebraska. Also he had a really good point guard signed for 2013 by the name of Imara Ready.

Doc was never ever able to recruit the big star or two to take Nebraska to a new level. Roburt Sallie was good but never was allowed to play because of a mess-up in the paper work. Injuries were always a problem.

Doc was always funny. At one of the early compliance meetings with the athletic departments Doc wore a Hawaiian shirt. Steve Pedersen told him to at least dress business casual and come looking more professional. The next meeting Doc came in his best suit. He winked at one of the other staff and said "Do you think he will think this is professional enough?" Funny guy. Always joking.

We'll miss him.

The next coach will need to work on Akoy Agau of Omaha Central. He may be Nebraska high school's best big man in quite a few years. He had a triple double in the championship game against Omaha South Saturday.

The championship D-2 game last night will be talked about for a long time. Gilter was behind by four points to Howells with 1.9 seconds left. Gilter guard Dustin Hastings was fouled on a three point attempt. He missed the first free throw and then made the second. Gilter then set up a play where Hastings was to miss the free throw and then Drew Ott was to tip it out to Jake Findley for a three pointer and it worked as designed. It then became a question whether Findley got the shot off before the clock expired. The television replay showed that maybe he didn't but it was close and the officials gave it to him. Overtime.

Gilter ended up winning in two overtimes 52-41 as they outscored Howells 11-0 in the final OT.

In football, secondary coach Terry Joseph will be a plus for the Huskers.

The Husker women find out tomorrow night who they will play in the NCAA tournament. What a year they have had. Well beyond what many expected before the season began.

Even though the Nebraska baseball team lost today, there is enthusiasm from the fans. The Huskers are executing the small ball approach when needed. It seems in the past when we needed to move over a runner into scoring position we had a hard time of getting the bunt down. The pitching is starting to take shape and improving.

Husker women are in the finals of the Big 10!

The Husker women will face Purdue at 3 on Sunday on ESPNU!! They are playing great and it should be a great game tomorrow!! Jordon Hooper had 21 points to lead the Huskers over Ohio State today.

The Husker men lost again today and will play in the Big 10 tournament this week.

The NCAA women's tournament starts this week. Should be a fun time and we hope the Huskers go far. They have the team to do so.

Then there is the men's tournament starting in less than two week. Who's the best? Kentucky, North Carolina, Duke, Ohio State, Kansas, Missouri, Syracuse, and you can go on and on. Should be a tough bracket to fill out.

But this week is the women's tournament and I am filling out a bracket to have some fun!!

Should be a great race in Phoenix tomorrow. I have been there and there is tons of action!!

Nebraska faces tough Michigan St.

Don't see anything but a 20-30 point loss tonight for the Husker men. Michigan St is the hottest team in the Big 10, hardly ever gets beat at home, and well Nebraska isn't playing well.

Nascar starts tomorrow. Seems like we just finished last season a couple of weeks ago. The Daytona 500 is an exciting race but there always seems to be a big wreck known as the "Big One." Many times a driver, not considered a favorite, ends up on top. Who knows who it will be this year. In 2010 it was Jamie McMurray and last year it was Trevor Bayne. This year I look to go with Paul Menard as the surprise!!

Even though this race is just goofy, the fact is in the last 129 races, 55% of the winners have came from qualifying in the top five.

Terrell Owens takes the field for the first time since 2010 when he makes his debut for the Indoor Football League's Allen Wranglers tonight. The game will be shown on ESPN3 tonight at 7.

Kansas knocked off Missouri this afternoon 87-86 in overtime.

Nebraska adjusts for victory!

Doc Sadler said before the Penn State game that they needed to implement some changes to their offense due to Diaz not playing in the middle. The trouble was they hadn't had much time to work on the changes so they couldn't use them yet. Well this week they had the time and it showed.

Nebraska dominated Illinois and won by 23 points. They shot well. Bo Spencer had his best day as a Husker with 27 points.

There is no doubt in mind mind that if Diaz and Almeida would have been healthy this year that Nebraska would have made it to the NCAA tournament. Without them Nebraska had nobody that could play center.

Nebraska drops to a ranking of 155 in Pomeroy!

I've been following Nebraska men's basketball for 50 years. I am not sure if I have ever felt that Nebraska has no chance to win a game but the feeling is there. Without Jorge Brian Diaz Nebraska is 0-8 and probably won't win another game this year. Two injuries have put Nebraska in a helpless situation. Injuries to Eric Almeida and Diaz, the big boys leaves us with nobody underneath that can score.

Nebraska is now rated 155 and wow just two weeks ago they were working ranks when Diaz showed up and played a few games. He has a painful foot injury and probably won't be back this year or maybe never for Nebraska. Sad case. Nebraska has nobody to take his place.

I wish the Huskers and Doc the best but........

Jeremy Lin has come out of nowhere to be a NBA sensation. He graduated from Harvard. This season Lin was waived by Golden State in December after splitting last season between the Warriors and the NBA Development League. Houston picked him up for a couple of weeks before cutting him and the Knicks decided to give him a look.

Lin scored 38 points Friday night to lead the Knicks over the Lakers. After scoring 28 and 23 points in his first two starts, he outplayed Kobe Bryant in front of a national TV audience. Lin has created a new ambition to watch NBA basketball. I think Lin is the real deal but how did all the other teams not see it before?

Missouri was rated fourth and Baylor rated sixth in the nation. Missouri beat Baylor 72-57 Saturday to go to 23-2. Maybe Missouri's beat team ever.

Michigan St knocked off Ohio State at Columbus 58-48 this weekend. The Buckeye's had not been beat at home in 39 straight games. That's a big victory for the Spartans.

Kasey Kahne has replaced Mark Martin in the No. 5 car for Hendricks. Kahne just had knee surgery but shouldn't miss any time in the car.

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Nebraska men take a hit today!

Nebraska was 0-4 in games without Brian Diaz. Now they are 0-5. Diaz didn't play today because of sore feet and the Huskers lost at home to Minnesota 69-61. Bo Spencer led Nebraska with 18 points. The Huskers shot well in the first half and then really bad in the second half but again gave the opponent too many shots on offensive rebounds. The Huskers only had seven players that scored points.

Iowa has had the most stable coaching staff in college football. Now they have lost both their coordinators plus they lost Rick Kaczenski to Nebraska as defensive line coach.

Well today is the Super Bowl. Always being the contrarian, I'll take the Giants to win 27-21.

Brandon Jacobs is playing for the Giants today in the Super Bowl. He is also talking about going back to boxing when his football career is over. Jacobs went 35-2 as an amateur heavyweight, twice winning the Louisiana state AAU championship.

The Nebraska men should win today!

Nebraska is home today and in a must win game with Minnesota. Minnesota is 16-7 and 4-6 in conference play. Nebraska is 11-10 overall and 3-7 in the league. Of course Minnesota is still thinking the NCAA tournament so they aren't going to lay down for us.

Minnesota's Tubby Smith is one of the best coaches in the nation. They need a facilities upgrade in Minnesota so you can bet they will be touring the great facilities that Nebraska now has.

Ralph Sampson III plays for Minnesota. remember Ralph Sampson? He is 6'11". Also playing for Minnesota is Elliott Eliason from Chadron. He is averaging two points per game and four rebounds. He is a pretty good spot player.

Minnesota has five of their last seven games at home and have a good chance of making the NCAA tournament. This is a must game for them as previously mentioned.

This will be close to the end.

Nebraska 66 Minnesota 62

Some more about recruiting for the football program.

Paul Thurston is an offensive lineman from Colorado. One of his assistant coaches at Arcade West High School was former NU center Matt Baldwin. 247Sports ranked Thurston as the 92nd ranked offensive lineman in the country. He was rated as the 26th best tackle in the nation and the No. 2 overall player out of Colorado.

Thurston played tackle in high school. He is known for his mean streak. He is a son of a minister and was home schooled. Oregon and Michigan were after him also. He had other offers including Notre Dame.

Thurston could be a redshirt this fall but in years to come he looks like a good one.

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I've added Nutritioulocious and Letters of Note to my Link list. Check them out and let me know what you think. Thanks.

Nebraska women are ahead by four in third OT

The Nebraska women are ahead of #15 Purdue at West Lafayette in the third OT 88-84 right now. How exciting!!

The Nebraska men lost by 10 to Northwestern tonight by 10 points. Nebraska could have used the victory but had too many turnovers and allowed too many offensive rebounds to win. Nebraska shot well but Northwestern got the win.

The Nebraska women beat Purdue in three overtimes 93-89. Great job!

Nebraska lost Alfonso Dennard this year at cornerback. A year from now they lose Antonio Bell. Nebraska was at best inconsistent at this position last year. One player would start one game and then not play in the next.

Mohammed Seisay is a JUCO player from Eastern Arizona College. He was a Conference USA all-freshman team at Memphis his first year of college. Seisay is enrolled at NU and could have immediate impact with our secondary. Nebraska beat out Arkansas for Seisay. Florida St. and Mississippi also made offers to Seisay. Nebraska needs a lockdown corner to solidify their defense next fall.

Changes with Nebraska football team!

A few changes were announced by Bo Pelini today.

Defensive end Josh Williams is no longer with the team because of violated team rules.

He also confirmed that running back Collins Okafor and fullback Lester Ward are no longer with the team.

He also said that Braylon Heard might move from running back to cornerback this fall. Heard has requested the possible move.

Ross Els will be the new recruiting coordinator taking over for coach John Papuchis who is the new defensive coordinator.

Things are always changing.

Looks like a good recruiting class!

Nebraska has 17 new commits and 18 walk-ons coming in next fall. Looks like some great talent. Only time will tell how good this class is. I am excited to have another Tommy at quarterback although this Tommy is spelled differently.

Tommy Armstrong played in the biggest class in Texas and was in the finals in the playoffs. He has very few turnovers, is quick and fast, and looks like he has good passing form. He doesn't throw real hard but does have good touch on the ball.

Michael Rose is the MVP of the class. He signed early and stayed with the Huskers all the way. He is a linebacker who looks really good on film. He has been a great recruiter for the Huskers ever since he signed. I like his attitude a lot.

Jordon Westerkamp is going to be a star. I think he has a great chance to play this fall as a receiver. His stats are unbelievable. I really think he will be a great one.

Zaire Anderson is a Juco player out of California and is rated a four star. He may play some by mid-season if not before.

Nebraska has 11 defensive players and six offensive players that are coming on scholarships. I wouldn't be surprised if one or two other players join this class.

There are many more great players in this class. We'll say a little about each of them as we go.

The walk-ons are really good. I think this Andy Janovich (Gretna) will be a star before he graduates. I hear great things about him. I talk more about the walk-ons also but this group will have some starters playing in two to four years. You can bank on it.

Now we'll head to NU men's basketball. Northwestern is a bubble team for the NCAA tournament. It is at Northwestern. They will be fired up. Their Pomeroy rank is 74 compared to Nebraska rated 120. Nebraska is playing the best ball of the season except for Ohio St. They have had a week since the last game. This game will be very close. Probably a two or three point game.

Prediction Nebraska 67 Northwestern 66

Nebraska women roll over Illinois by 20!

The Nebraska women are second in the Big 10 now and improved their record to 17-3. Nebraska was led by Lindsey Moore with 20 points and Emily Cady with 17.

Madonna will do halftime show at Super Bowl!

Remember 2004 when we had the slip at halftime with Janet Jackson? Since then we have had the old school come in and perform like Paul McCartney and the Rolling Stones. Even the Black Eyed Peas didn't work out too well. But I think Madonna will be the best in a while.

Victoria Azarenka won the Austalian Open in tennis and is the new number one player. Remember that name.

I wish I would have known Victor Cruz should be drafted. Never heard of him really until this year. Cruz is a second year player from UMASS. The Giants have some great receivers in Hakeem Nicks, Mario Manningham, and Victor Cruz. They will make Eli Manning look good.

Miami is still the best in the NBA. Oklahoma City and Chicago have the best records presently but look to Miami at the end.

Towson is no longer riding a 41 game losing streak with a win over UNC Wilmington on Saturday.

Iowa St. knocked off Kansas on Saturday. WOW!

The Minnesota Golden Golphers were down three with four seconds to go and beat Illinois in overtime. They have won four of their last five games and play in Lincoln next Sunday.

This is a big week for the future of Nebraska football. Whether Andrus Peat signs with Nebraska or goes with Stanford or USC or possibly Florida St is huge. This kid is good and he has a great chance to start for the Huskers next year. He is that good.

Nebraska goes to Northwestern this Thursday toplay. Northwestern is a NCAA bubble team right now so this game will be huge for both teams. This is a big determining week for the Huskers.

Big 10 is very strong in 2012!

The Pomeroy Ratings show Ohio St. as Number 1. Wisconsin is rated 3rd, Michigan St. is 4th, and Indiana 11th. The Big 10 is the top conference is the nation right now.

In comparison the always strong Big 12 has Kansas at Number 2, Michigan 8th, and Baylor 9th.

Nebraska is 122nd, by the way, but has improved from the 140's earlier. The only team in the Big 10 rated lower is Penn St. at 133. Iowa is at 110 but Nebraska beat them on their home court in their last game.

Probably the most exciting recruit is Dorial Green-Beckham from Springfield, Missouri. He is a five start wide receiver who has stayed tight lipped as to where he is going. He has a list of five schools. They are Missouri, Texas, Oklahoma, Alabama, and Arkansas. That's quite a list.

Former Rutgers coach Greg Schlano is the new Tampa Bay Bucs coach. Will he be another college coach who fails in the Pros. Those like Nick Saban, Steve Spurrier, Bobby Petrino and others didn't make it. Schlano's motto is TBA-Trust, Belief, and Accountability.

Former Texas A & M coach Mike Sherman is the new offensive coordinator for the Miami Dolphins.

Jim Harbaugh is Sporting News Coach of the Year in the NFL. Well deserved.

Some Big 10 players struggled somewhat at the Senior Bowl during practice. Russell Wilson had a touchdown pass today but he measured only 5'11" and this could hurt his NFL chances. Mike Brewster, the center from Ohio State, struggled in practice most of the time. Nebraska's Alfonso Dennard also struggled and now with a hip flexor injury, he will have to do well in the combine.

Roy Oswalt is probably headed to the St. Louis Cardinals. Should make them stronger. The loss of Pujois will be hard to overcome however.

Huskers beat Iowa

The Nebraska men won a big game in Iowa City tonight versus the Hawkeye 79-73. Big win!! Brandon Richardson was back to his form a couple of years ago scoring 25 points.

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Nebraska plays Iowa at Iowa tomorrow night. Should be a very close game. Nebraska is projected to have a 13-16 record right now. They have to win more than that and be above .500 to play so that makes the game tomorrow that more important. Iowa will be favored in this game by two or three points.

Nebraska will need to beat Iowa both times they play them this year and also knock Minnesota or a couple of others to get to the NIT.

Ohio State is ahead of Penn State right now 65-44. Ohio State is the best team in the nation.

Word is that Alfonso Dennard got beat in practice at the Senior Bowl practice. Hopefully he can improve play is the practice and game will play big in where he gets drafted.

My interest in the NBA is been determined by the Nebraska players in the league. Right now it is hard to get excited. Hopefully we will have somebody soon playing again in the NBA. It may be a few years away.

The recruit that excites me is Jordan Westerkamp, a receiver out of Illinois. I really think this kid has a chance to start where Brandon Kinnie left off last year. The trouble is where do you put Jamal Turner.

I really hope Andrus Peat will commit to Nebraska. I can see him starting at left tackle next year. With true sophomore Tyler Moore at right tackle we would have two young great players in the lineup.

Urban Meyer will make Ohio State a power. They can't go to a bowl next year but they will be pretty good. Michigan is on the rise also with Brady Hoke as their coach. Look to the Michigan-Ohio State game being a huge game for national prominence in the years to come.

Will Missouri be able to recruit their Texas players in the future with them now in the SEC. It will be tougher for sure. Nebraska has found that out somewhat.

Back to NU men's basketball....Brandon Richardson is 3rd in the Big 10 in steals. Nebraska is #95 and Iowa #107 in the RPI rating. In the last five years Nebraska has 99 win and Iowa 77.

Look to Nebraska to win 59-58 at Iowa tomorrow.

Danica Patrick will skip the Indy 500 to race in Nascar's Coca-Cola 600.

Holdrege and Minden girls have quite a game!

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Nebraska faces best team in the nation today!

Ohio State is the best team in the nation with the best player in the nation, Jared Sullinger. Sullinger is Charles Barkley size and ever bit as good. He's only a sophomore. He's be an All-Star in the NBA. They also have DeShaun Thomas and William Buford. They will probably find themselves in the NBA also. Needless to say Nebraska has their hands full in Lincoln tonight.

But the Huskers are playing greta ball right now. I am not sure how they won the other night versus Indiana but it was a huge rush at the game when the buzzer went off and Nebraska was leading 70-69. The Huskers played very well in the crutch. Dylan Talley, a junior, played a key role in the win as well as Brian Diaz who made two free throws in the final seconds.

As we saw last Wednesday, anything can happen. Nebraska is good enough to win if they play a perfect game.

However I see the game Ohio State 67 Nebraska 53.

Nebraska plays Indiana in men's basketball!

Indiana has been one of the elite programs in college basketball for many years. They are like Nebraska in football. They have won National Championships, five in all. They have won 20 Big 10 championships!

Their coach is Tom Crean. Crean is in his fourth year as head coach and was at Marquette prior to that. Crean is married to Joani Harbaugh and her brothers are John and Jim Harbaugh. Both the brothers are still in the NFL playoffs!

Nebraska is much improved and will give Indiana a ride for a while.

Indiana 58 Nebraska 50

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Husker men's basketball comes close.

Nebraska was in it until the end with great defense but lost by five points to Wisconsin on Sunday. It appears that the NU team is going to be competitive from here on out. The Husker women look lost for the first time in the Big 10 to Penn State.

The 2012 tight ends for the Huskers look good. Kyle Reed, Ben Cotton and Jake Long are all back. Hopefully Reed can become a pass catching threat in 2012 again.

Nebraska has offered junior quarterback J. T. Barrett a scholarship for the 2013 recruiting class. He is from Wichita Falls, Texas. As a junior, Barrett rushed for 1,515 yards and seven TD's while throwing for 1,600 yards and 14 more scores. He had seven inerceptions but completed 70% of his passes.

Nebraska is looking for a time to honor Frank Solich. That would be great!

Kiss the bottle with Danile Radcliff on SNL January 2012

Kristen Wiig does Funny Target Lady on SNL with Danile Radcliffe

Nebraska men's basketball closer this time!

Nebraska was beaten 64-40 the last time it played Wisconsin. The game was in Lincoln. This time it is in Wisconsin. I attended the last game and it wasn't much fun.

Nebraska has some new life. Brian Diaz and Dylen Talley are back playing. This has made a big difference. They have to stay healthy for Nebraska to have a respectable season.

Wisconsin is a very disciplined team and is well coached. They like to slow down the pace and play an efficient offensive game along with great defense. They are very good at it.

Nebraska will have to speed up the game this time and force the pace to have a chance.

They should stay in the game for a while. They will have shoot very well and this time Wisconsin will have to shoot poorly. The last game was the other way around. It is likely that Wisconsin will shoot ok so it is unlikely Nebraska can win this game. Very unlikely. But this game should reflect the improved Nebraska team and it should be much closer.

Prediction: Wisconsin 63 Nebraska 50.

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Now that's what we are talking about!

Kudos to the NU men's basketball team for their first win in the Big 10. They did it in fine fashion breaking out early with the lead and never giving it up. The Huskers won 70-58. The return of Diaz and Talley make the Huskers a whole different team. Bo Spencer led the Huskers with 19 followed by Toney McCray with 13 but it was Diaz's play underneath that made the difference. Diaz scored four points and had five rebounds. The Husker's record goes to 9-7.

Bill Callahan is now the offensive line coach with the Dallas Cowboys.

The Nebraska women play at Wisconsin tonight. They are having a pretty darn good season with a 14-1 record. They ar 3-0 in the Big 10. Jordon Hooper leads in scoring with a 20.0 average. Wisconsin is 5-11 and 1-3 in the Big 10.

Holdrege High's Taylor Jurgens tied the school record with 10 steals against Broken Bow and then hitthe game clinching free throws against Southern Valley last weekend.

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Average Nebraska football team ends season!

Expectations were high this year but when it was all said and done Nebraska had an average team this year, at least from our standards. Yes, we ended up ranked at 23rd or so but the ratings also included an averge Penn State.

What happened?

Well, first of all we could have used a healthy Jared Crick all year. His loss was bigger than a pesona realizes. He really never was healthy all year, it appeared. His past play in a game like Northwestern may have made the difference in the game. A strong pass rush was hardly ever there. Any quarterback can find receivers if he has seven to ten seconds to find an open receiver.

We no doubt have some very skilled players, just not enough of them. When you watch an Oregon or West Virginia or an Alabama or the #1 LSU team, you realize we are just average right now.

Part of the problem is adapting to the new Big 10 and adapting to stronger linebacker play. Lavonte David was awesome and Will Compton played well most of the year but we didn't have overall strong defensive play. Our defensive backs were probably better at the end of the season than we gave them credit for. They can't stay on a guy forever when there is no pass rush.

Offensively we just can't keep the tempo going for four quarters. We show we can get the job done but then we fold. The offensive line played well at times but not to the level we need to be a Top 10 team.

Fortunately we have a bulk of the key players on offensive coming back next year. Will we get an identity on offense. Will we decide what kind of offense we want to be and get really good at it. Tim Beck called at great first half in the bowl game. We kept them from getting us in a 3rd and ten situation in the first half. WE mixed things up real well. Then after a couple of bad breaks and we got down the South Carolina defense had us where they wanted us and it all fell apart. Their defensive line is too good and when they know we have to pass, watch out.

WE were an average team this year and that is all there is to it. We were the type of team that could beat anybody when we were rolling such as Michigan St. When things didn't go well we could lose to anybody like Northwestern.

Nebraska football may become like being married. Lower your expectations and everything will go better. But as a Nebraska fan, we just can't do that!!

Recruiting is going slow if you look at numbers but it appears we have some strong defensive players coming in. Hopefully we can add another seven top quality players in the final days of recruiting. That's where it all starts. Recruit and develop players.

I am one that likes the coaching changes and I look forward to the new season. But before I get thinking we are a Top 10 team next year, they have to prove it to me.

As a season men's basketball ticket holder I was pretty excited about seeing the new teams in the Big 10 play this year. I thought Nebraska would be competitive. I was wrong. Injuries have hurt and our talent level of who we are playing right now, as a whole, is way below teams in the Big 10. Something has to change. Go out and see the basketball teams, men or women. Support them and let's see how the season ends up.

The women's team is pretty fun to follow. They have a young team and they are playing well. Lindsay Moore and Jordan Hooper are really scorers!!

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Keys to a Nebraska victory!

Nebraska has a key game tomorrow. With a lot of recruits deciding this week where they may go a good showing on both sides of the ball are imperative. Nebraska goes against the #2 passing defense in the national so a lot of passing yards will be hard to come by. With Jordon Westerkamp, maybe our top recruit this year who is trending toward Notre Dame, is it important our passing game is at its best. He is a receiver and he wants to go where the action is.

I will have to admit that I really want us to win tomorrow because of recruiting and the psychic of the team going into 2012. If Nebraska is going to keep on improving on the national stage we have to beat this SEC team.

Keys for the game:

Nebraska has to be in a position of third and less than four yards:
With the solid passing defense that South Carolina has, we have to keep them on their toes. If we are put in third and ten situations, we are in trouble. Rex Burkhead and Taylor Martinez have to have some good positive runs on first and second downs. IF we don't have production on the early downs standout pass-rushers Melvin Ingram and Jadeveon Clowney can pin their ears back and go for Martinez. The offensive line have to put together their best game of the year and our play calling will to have plays that keep South Carolina on their toes. This is the key to the game

Nebraska has to get to Connor Shaw:
The defensive line and the linebackers have to get to the quarterback. We have to rush his throws and yet contain him from running all over the field. Expecting the defensive backs to stay on the receivers for six, seven seconds won't work. We play too much man to man to make that work. We might see more blitzing as the game goes. Press the quarterback. Keep him moving but not up the field. Dennard will have his successes but so will but so will Alshon Jeffery. We must keep him to an average game. He is an All-American.

So we must win the war in the trenches on both sides of the ball!!

Win the turnover war:

Nebraska hasn't done well in turnovers in the games we lost. It is important that we have one or less turnovers and we make them have three or four. If this happens, we can win this thing. Press Rush Shaw and make him try plays that won't have a large amount of success. Interceptions and fumbles have been common in bowl games for South Carolina. Let's hope the trend continues.

Nebraska 24 South Carolina 23.
Should be a very close game so a play or two can make the difference but we have to be successful in three keys of the game to have a chance.

I really like Doc Sadler and most importantly Nebraska basketball. I think it started in college at UNL and the football games seemed to always be blowouts in the seventies so I went to a lot of basketball games because you never knew if we were going to win or not. I feel bad for Doc Sadler. I think he has great ethics and is a very likable coach. With injuries to three of our top six players this year, it doesn't look like we will get a fair look as to how good this team will be. At times we will be competitive and we will win a few games but will it be enough. We have a really really tough schedule coming up. Let's wish them the best and support them.

On January 1, 1971, my dad and I attended the Nebraska-LSU game in Miami Florida at the Orange Bowl. We won the game and our first national championship. Great memories!!