Fast-fact Friday!

“On this date in 2021, Nebraska wrestling legend Jordan Burroughs captured gold at the World Championships in Oslo, Norway. It was his sixth combined World or Olympic title, tying the record for the most such championships by one American wrestler.”

“What number did Grant Wistrom wear while playing football at Nebraska? In what year did Wistrom have his number retired?”

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Answer:

No. 98

Wistrom had his jersey number retired in 1998, perhaps not coincidentally?

Where is everyone going prior to the game at IU and then for a victory party afterwards.

I haven't seen this discussed here and thought this was interesting. I'm hoping someone could help a brother out and provide a link for the video from 93.7 The Ticket's X page.

Seems like there's no love lost between Christian McCaffrey and Scott Frost and when Luke transferred from Nebraska his older brother told him he shouldn't have gone to Nebraska and played for Frost.

There's a one minute video clip that was pretty interesting that I hope someone will post.

Big 12 adds Pac schools, becomes the late night games. Deion stated he was glad to be done with the PAC due to late games, only for the Big 12 to pull them back in. lol

It's not *OFFICIALLY* a Big Noon Kickoff game for the Huskers and Hoosiers. But you can pretty much bank on that being the case. Nebraska vs. Indiana set for 12 p.m. ET/11 a.m. CT on FOX when they match up on October 19.

October 11
1779 - Polish patriot and American Revolutionary War commander Casimir Pulaski was killed in the Battle of Savannah.

1899 - The Boer War began in South Africa.

1906 - The San Francisco Board of Education ordered all of the city's Asian students segregated into their own school. (The order was later rescinded at the behest of President Theodore Roosevelt, who in exchange promised to curb future Japanese immigration to the United States.)

1915 - English nurse Edith Cavell was executed by the Germans during World War I.

1939 - A letter from Albert Einstein was delivered to President Franklin D. Roosevelt concerning the possibility of atomic weapons.

1962 - The first session of Vatican II was convened by Pope John XXIII.

1968 - The first staffed Apollo mission, Apollo 7, was launched with astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn Fulton Eisele, and R. Walter Cunningham aboard.

1984 - Space shuttle Challenger astronaut Kathryn Sullivan became the first American woman to walk in space.

1986 - President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev opened two days of talks in Reykjavik, Iceland, concerning arms control and human rights.

1987 - The AIDS Memorial Quilt was first displayed, during the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights on the National Mall.

1991 - Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Anita Hill accused Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment; Thomas re-appeared before the panel to denounce the proceedings as a "high-tech lynching."

2017 - The Boy Scouts of America announced that it would admit girls into the Cub Scouts starting the following year and establish a new program for older girls based on the Boy Scout curriculum.

Birthdays
28 - Rhea Ripley (professional wrestler)
30 - T.J. Watt (football player)
30 - Hayley Erbert (dancer)
31 - Brandon Flynn (actor)
32 - Cardi B (rapper)
35 - Michelle Wie (golfer)
39 - Michelle Trachtenberg (actress)
47 - Matt Bomer (actor)
48 - Emily Deschanel (actress)
54 - MC Lyte (rapper)
56 - Jane Krakowski (actress)
59 - Rikishi (professional wrestler)
62 - Joan Cusack (actress)
63 - Steve Young (football player)
71 - David Morse (actor)
78 - Daryl Hall (singer)

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Today in Sports History - October 11

1913 - The Philadelphia Athletics defeat the New York Giants in five games to win the World Series.

1924 - The Boston Bruins and the Montreal Maroons were granted NHL franchises.

1925 - The New York Giants played their first NFL game. The Giants lost 14-0 to Providence.

1943 - The New York Yankees defeat the St. Louis Cardinals in five games to win their 10th World Series.

1948 - The Cleveland Indians defeat the Boston Braves in six games to win the World Series.

1984 - Mario Lemieux (Pittsburgh Penguins) made his debut in the National Hockey League (NHL) against the Boston Bruins. He scored a goal on his first shot on his first NHL shift.

1992 - Deion Sanders plays for the Atlanta Falcons in Miami and then flies to Pittsburgh, hoping to play for the Atlanta Braves and become the first athlete to play in two pro sports on the same day; however, Braves manager Bobby Cox does not play Sanders.

1998 - Steve Young (San Francisco 49ers) became the 20th player in NFL history to throw for 30,000 yards.

2004 - The Houston Astros won a postseason series for the first time in their 43 year history. They defeated the Atlanta Braves 12-3 in Game 5. The Astros had lost 7 playoff series previously, three of them to Atlanta.

2006 - In New York, Cory Lidle (New York Yankees) and his flight instructor were killed when Lidle's plane crashed into a high-rise apartment building.

2020 - The Los Angeles Lakers defeat the Miami Heat in six games to win a record-tying 17th NBA championship. LeBron James is named Finals MVP, and is the first player to win the award with three different teams.

2021 - Jon Gruden resigned as head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders following reports about messages he wrote years earlier that used offensive terms to refer to Blacks, gays and women.

Haven't seen this posted yet, but Corn Nation has the schedule and a good write-up on the upcoming season: 2024-25 Wrestling Schedule

Notice how on every short yardage situation that Mazzccua was apart of they got a push up front?

Ohio State def. Northwestern (25-23, 25-16, 26-24)

Standings
1. Nebraska (14-1, 4-0)
1. Penn State (14-1, 4-0)
3. Oregon (12-2, 4-1)
4. Michigan (13-2, 3-1)
4. Purdue (12-3, 3-1)
4. Wisconsin (9-4, 3-1)
7. USC (11-4, 3-2)
7. Washington (13-2, 3-2)
9. Indiana (9-5, 2-2)
9. Iowa (8-8, 2-2)
9. Minnesota (9-5, 2-2)
12. UCLA (8-6, 2-3)
13. Illinois (9-5, 1-3)
13. Maryland (10-5, 1-3)
15. Northwestern (3-10, 1-4)
15. Ohio State (8-7, 1-4)
16. Michigan State (7-8, 0-4)
16. Rutgers (5-10, 0-4)

Matches for Friday, October 11
#3 Penn State at Michigan State
Rutgers at Iowa
Illinois at Michigan
Maryland at #9 Wisconsin
Indiana at #14 Minnesota
#10 Purdue at #2 Nebraska (7:30 PM - BTN)

Felt like it needed it's own thread considering we haven't been able to do that for a long time!

Has anyone heard any whispers about when ucla will kick or know how long prior to the game they will announce? Trying to coordinate out of state family coming for the game.

It’s @rutgersal week for them. I’ve been running advanced linear models and expect Rutgers to win by at least a billion zillion points.

Stay safe my fellow Floridians.

This bastard sucks ..

Go outside and look to the north and west.

Does anyone who took social security at 62 regret doing this. I am currently 62 and trying to decide what I want to do.

You have GOT to listen to this. Fascinating. He doesn't join them til approx 30 mins into it. I'm not done watching it but just had to share because like him or not he is one intelligent dude.

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I can't even keep track anymore with NIL and all the financials in college athletics.

"U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken released an order setting a timeline for a deal that would put millions of dollars into the pockets of college athletes, who can begin applying for payment on Oct. 18."

Sorry if already discussed and I am late to the party, but am I wrong that Jimari Butler was wearing #10 against Rutgers, and if so, what prompted the change from #1 (seemingly an honor) five games into the season? Any intel on this?

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Good for him

October 10
1845 - The U.S. Naval Academy opened in Annapolis, Maryland.

1886 - The tuxedo dinner jacket made its debut at a ball in Tuxedo Park, New York.

1911 - Sun Yat-sen's revolutionaries overthrew the Manchu Qing Dynasty in China.

1935 - The George Gershwin opera “Porgy and Bess,” featuring an all-Black cast, opened on Broadway, beginning a run of 124 performances.

1943 - Chiang Kai-shek took the oath of office as president of China.

1966 - The Beach Boys’ single “Good Vibrations,” written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love, was released by Capitol Records.

1970 - Fiji gained independence from Britain.

1973 - Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, accused of accepting bribes, resigned after being charged and pleading no contest to one count of tax evasion.

1985 - Actor and director Orson Welles died in Los Angeles at age 70.

2001 - California congresswoman Nancy Pelosi became minority whip.

2001 - A month after the Sept. 11 attacks, U.S. jets pounded the Afghan capital of Kabul while President George W. Bush unveiled a list of 22 most-wanted terrorists, including Osama bin Laden.

2002 - Congress gave President George W. Bush authorization to use military force against Iraq.

2014 - Malala Yousafzai, a 17-year-old Pakistani girl, and Kailash Satyarthi, a 60-year-old Indian man, were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for risking their lives for the right of children to receive an education and to live free from abuse.

2018 - Hurricane Michael, the first to strike the U.S. mainland as a Category 5 hurricane in 26 years, made landfall in Florida.

Birthdays
24 - Isabela Ferrer (actress)
28 - Sarah Carpenter (actress)
30 - Bae Suzy (singer)
30 - Marie Dee (model)
33 - Lali Esposito (singer)
34 - Geno Smith (football player)
36 - Rose McIver (actress)
39 - Marina (singer)
41 - Lzzy Hale (singer)
45 - Mya (singer)
50 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. (race car driver)
51 - Mario Lopez (actor/TV host)
55 - Brett Favre (football player)
65 - Bradley Whitford (actor)
65 - Julia Sweeney (actress)
66 - Tanya Tucker (singer)
70 - David Lee Roth (singer)
74 - Nora Roberts (author)
78 - Charles Dance (actor)
83 - Peter Coyote (actor)

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Today in Sports History - October 10

1921 - The NFL's Decatur Staleys become the Chicago Bears.

1924 - The Washington Senators defeat the New York Giants in seven games to win their first World Series.

1926 - The St. Louis Cardinals defeat the New York Yankees in seven games to win the World Series.

1931 - The St. Louis Cardinals defeat the Philadelphia Athletics in seven games to win the World Series.

1937 - The New York Yankees defeat the New York Giants in five games to win the World Series.

1945 - The Detroit Tigers defeat the Chicago Cubs in seven games to win the World Series.

1951 - The New York Yankees defeat the New York Giants in six games to win the World Series.

1956 - The New York Yankees defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers in seven games to win the World Series.

1957 - The Milwaukee Braves defeat the New York Yankees in seven games to win the World Series.

1964 - The Summer Olympics began in Tokyo, the first Summer Games to be telecast around the world.

1968 - The Detroit Tigers defeat the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games to win the World Series.

1977 - Quarterback Joe Namath of the New York Jets played in his final football game.

1979 - Mark Messier made his NHL debut with the Edmonton Oilers.

1987 - Doug Jarvis of the Hartford Whalers ends his NHL record of 964 consecutive games played.

1994 - The New York Giants retire linebacker Lawrence Taylor's #56.

2011 - Nelson Cruz (Texas Rangers) hit the first-ever postseason walk-off grand slam to give the Rangers a 7-3 win. The win gave the Rangers a 2-0 lead in the ALCS over the Detroit Tigers.

2017 - Joel Embiid signs a five-year, $148 million designated rookie scale maximum contract extension with the Philadelphia 76ers.