September 12

1609 - Henry Hudson began his exploration of the Hudson River.

1857 - The S.S. Central America (also known as the "Ship of Gold") sank off the coast of South Carolina after sailing into a hurricane in one of the worst maritime disasters in American history; 425 people were killed and thousands of pounds of gold sank with the ship to the bottom of the ocean.

1940 - The Lascaux cave paintings, estimated to be more than 17,000 years old, were discovered in southwestern France.

1953 - Future President John F. Kennedy married Jacqueline Bouvier.

1958 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Cooper v. Aaron that Arkansas officials who were resisting public school desegregation orders could not disregard the high court's rulings.

1959 - The Soviet Union launched its Luna 2 space probe, which made a crash landing on the moon.

1962 - In a speech at Rice University in Houston, President John F. Kennedy reaffirmed his support for the manned space program, declaring: "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard."

1977 - South African black civil rights leader Steven Bilko died while in police custody, triggering an international outcry.

1992 - Dr. Mae Carol Jemison became the first Black woman in space board the space shuttle Endeavor.

1994 - Truck driver Frank Eugene Corder piloted a stolen single-engine Cessna airplane into restricted airspace in Washington, D.C. and crashed it into the South Lawn of the White House.

1999 - Indonesia announced it would allow an international peacekeeping force to restore order in East Timor.

2003 - In the Iraqi city of Fallujah, U.S. forces mistakenly opened fire on vehicles carrying police, killing eight of them.

2008 - A Metrolink commuter train struck a freight train head-on in Los Angeles, killing 25 people.

2008 - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who was under investigation for corruption, resigned as prime minister.

2013 - Voyager 1, launched 36 years earlier, became the first man-made object to ever leave the solar system.

Birthdays
20 - Jayla Walton (actress)
27 - Sydney Sweeney (actress)
28 - Janessa Gornichec (model)
31 - Kelsea Ballerini (singer)
35 - Freddie Freeman (baseball player)
38 - Emmy Rossum (actress)
38 - Alfie Allen (actor)
43 - Jennifer Hudson (actress/singer)
44 - Yao Ming (basketball player)
46 - Ruben Studdard (singer)
50 - Jennifer Nettles (singer)
55 - Angel Cabrera (golfer)
57 - Louis C.K. (comedian)
60 - Greg Gutfeld (TV host)
67 - Rachel Ward (actress)
73 - Joe Pantoliano (actor)
82 - Maria Muldaur (singer)
84 - Linda Gray (actress)

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Today in Sports History - September 12

1976 - The Seattle Seahawks play their first NFL regular season game, a 30-24 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals.

1979 - Carl Yastrzemski of the Boston Red Sox became the first American League player to get 3,000 career hits and 400 career home runs.

1984 - Michael Jordan signs a seven-year contract to play for the Chicago Bulls.

1984 - Dwight Gooden of the New York Mets set a rookie strikeout record with his 251st strikeout of the season.

1992 - At the U.S. Open tennis tournament, Stefan Edberg defeats Michael Chang in a match that lasted 5 hours and 26 minutes.

2002 - A judge announced that a jury would have to decide who would get the ball that Barry Bonds hit for his record 73rd home run. The ownership of the ball, with an estimated value of $1 million, was being disputed between two men that had been in the bleachers.

2004 - The Detroit Lions defeat the Chicago Bears 20-16 to snap an NFL-record 24-game road losing streak.

2005 - Mark Messier announces his retirement from hockey.

2006 - Rick DiPietro (New York Islanders) signed a 15-year contract worth $67.5 million.

2011 - Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal to win his first U.S. Open.

Will Jr Ferentz actually lose his job if he fails to meet his goal? I have my doubts about it.

Northern Iowa at Nebraska Game Preview, Prediction
by Pete Fiutak, CollegeFootballNews.com

It's great to be a Nebraska Cornhusker.

The team easily blew past Colorado last week, and now there's a shot at the program's first 3-0 start to the season.

Northern Iowa won't be a layup, though. It's 2-0 with strong wins over Valparaiso and St. Thomas, and ......it's great to be a UNI Panther. And why?

After this the team goes to Honolulu to play Hawaii.

Northern Iowa (2-0) at Nebraska (2-0)
Saturday, September 14 - 7:30 PM (ET) - BTN

Why Northern Iowa Will Win
The lines have been wonderful so far.

The offensive front isn't allowing sacks for an attack averaging 300 yards per game on the ground, the pass rush has been strong, and the defense is getting to the quarterback enough to matter.

There haven't been any takeaways, but there's been just one turnover so far. Play clean, hold up on the lines, at least provide a little pressure to Dylan Raiola, and ......

Why Nebraska Will Win
He's still just a freshman.

The hype and expectations and pressure on Raiola couldn't have been bigger -- hey kid, just save an entire university and football program.

He's hitting 74% of his throws, he has yet to throw a pick, he's poised, mature and he's doing everything the team needed.

Combine the strong quarterback play with a defense that's crushing so far up front -- that's what happens when you play Colorado -- and there's a good mix to keep all the success going.

Who Will Win
Northern Iowa won't be a total pushover, but the Nebraska offense will be balanced and solid, it'll get up quickly, and will roll from there.

Don't expect a blasting -- the score will be worse than the game. The Panthers won't let this get totally out of hand, but they won't capitalize on their opportunities, either.

Prediction
Nebraska 41, Northern Iowa 10

Spread
Nebraska is favored at home by 27.5 points. The O/U is set at 47.5 points.

Sorted by Date/Time. All times Central. All rankings from AP Poll.

BYE WEEK
Army
Boise State
Bowling Green
#22 Clemson
#21 Iowa State
James Madison
Louisiana-Lafayette
Louisiana-Monroe
#19 Louisville
Marshall
Navy
#25 Northern Illinois
#3 Ohio State
#8 Penn State
Rutgers
Southern Methodist
Stanford
Syracuse
#11 USC

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THURSDAY - SEPTEMBER 12

6:30 PM
Arizona State at Texas State (ESPN)
Northwestern State at South Alabama (ESPN+)

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FRIDAY - SEPTEMBER 13

6:00 PM
UNLV at Kansas (ESPN)

7:00 PM
#20 Arizona at #14 Kansas State (FOX)

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SATURDAY - SEPTEMBER 14

11:00 AM
#4 Alabama at Wisconsin (FOX)
Arkansas State at #17 Michigan (Big Ten Network)
Central Michigan at Illinois (Peacock)
Cincinnati at Miami (OH) (ESPNU)
Louisiana Tech at North Carolina State (ACC Network)
#16 LSU at South Carolina (ABC)
Memphis at Florida State (ESPN)
North Texas at Texas Tech (FOX Sports 1)
#13 Oklahoma State at Tulsa (ESPN2)

11:45 AM
#24 Boston College at #6 Missouri (SEC Network)

12:00 PM
Massachusetts at Buffalo (CBS Sports Network)

1:00 PM
Coastal Carolina at Temple (ESPN+)

2:30 PM
Ball State at #10 Miami (FL) (ACC Network)
Morgan State at Ohio (ESPN+)
Nevada at Minnesota (Big Ten Network)
#18 Notre Dame at Purdue (CBS)
#9 Oregon at Oregon State (FOX)
Prairie View A&M at Michigan State (Big Ten Network)
Texas A&M at Florida (ABC)
Tulane at #15 Oklahoma (ESPN)
Virginia Military Institute at Georgia Tech (ESPN+)
Washington State at Washington (Peacock)
West Virginia at Pittsburgh (ESPN2)

3:00 PM
Appalachian State at East Carolina (ESPNU)
Troy at Iowa (FOX Sports 1)

3:15 PM
Alabama-Birmingham at Arkansas (SEC Network)

3:30 PM
#12 Utah at Utah State (CBS Sports Network)

5:00 PM
Colgate at Akron (ESPN+)
Connecticut at Duke (ESPN+)
Florida International at Florida Atlantic (ESPN+)
Gardner-Webb at Charlotte (ESPN+)
North Carolina Central at North Carolina (ESPN+)
South Carolina State at Georgia Southern (ESPN+)
Texas-El Paso at Liberty (ESPN+)
Virginia Tech at Old Dominion (ESPN+)

5:30 PM
Bethune-Cookman at Western Michigan (ESPN+)
#5 Mississippi at Wake Forest (The CW)

6:00 PM
Hawaii at Sam Houston State (ESPN+)
Jacksonville State at Eastern Michigan (ESPN+)
Kennesaw State at San Jose State (truTV)
South Florida at Southern Mississippi (ESPN+)
Texas-San Antonio at #2 Texas (ESPN)
Vanderbilt at Georgia State (ESPN+)
Western Kentucky at Middle Tennessee State (ESPN+)

6:30 PM
Air Force at Baylor (FOX Sports 1)
Central Florida at TCU (FOX)
Colorado at Colorado State (CBS)
Eastern Illinois at Northwestern (Big Ten Network)
#1 Georgia at Kentucky (ABC)
Indiana at UCLA (NBC)
New Mexico at Auburn (ESPN2)
Northern Iowa at #23 Nebraska (Big Ten Network)
Toledo at Mississippi State (ESPNU)

6:45 PM
Kent State at #7 Tennessee (SEC Network)

7:00 PM
Maryland at Virginia (ACC Network)
Rice at Houston (ESPN+)

8:00 PM
BYU at Wyoming (CBS Sports Network)

9:30 PM
New Mexico State at Fresno State (truTV)
San Diego State at California (ESPN)

Link: CollegeFootballNews

Duke's Mayo Bowl
Nebraska vs. Louisville

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Link: CBS Sports

Music City Bowl
Nebraska vs. LSU

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Link: Action Network

Citrus Bowl
Nebraska vs. Missouri

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Link: ESPN

Music City Bowl
Nebraska vs. LSU

ReliaQuest Bowl
Nebraska vs. Oklahoma

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Link: Athlon Sports

ReliaQuest Bowl
Nebraska vs. Texas A&M

Link: Omaha World-Herald

Link: Lincoln Journal Star

Link: NebPreps

Link: Lincoln Prep Sports

Link: HuskerlandPreps 11-Man | 8-Man/6-Man

Link: NENexxt

Link: NEBHSFB

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Composite rankings

CLASS A
1. Millard South (4) (1-1) - 67 pts
2. Omaha Westside (3) (2-0) - 65
3. Elkhorn South (2-0) - 56
4. Kearney (2-0) - 45
5. Omaha North (1-1) - 42
6. Millard North (1-1) - 31
7. Bellevue West (1-1) - 22
8. Papillion-LaVista (2-0) - 19
9. Lincoln Southeast (2-0) - 17
10. Omaha Creighton Prep (1-1) - 11

Contenders
Omaha Central (1-1) - 10

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CLASS B
1. Bennington (7) (2-0) - 70 pts
2t. Elkhorn North (2-0) - 56
2t. Omaha Skutt (2-0) - 56
4. Gretna (2-0) - 55
5. Seward (2-0) - 42
6. Scottsbluff (2-0) - 32
7. Waverly (0-2) - 23
8. Norris (0-2) - 17
9. Lincoln Pius X (1-1) - 13
10. Elkhorn (1-1) - 7

Contenders
McCook (2-0) - 6
Gretna East (0-2) - 3
York (1-1) - 3
Blair (1-1) - 1
Hastings (1-1) - 1

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CLASS C1
1. Wahoo (7) (2-0) - 70 pts
2. Pierce (2-0) - 51
3. Ashland-Greenwood (1-1) - 50
4. Sidney (2-0) - 49
5. Auburn (2-0) - 44
6. Columbus Lakeview (2-0) - 38
7. Douglas County West (1-1) - 18
8t. Aurora (0-2) - 11
8t. Columbus Scotus (2-0) - 11
10t. Cozad (1-1) - 10
10t. Gothenburg (2-0) - 10

Contenders
Omaha Gross (1-1) - 7
Central City (1-1) - 4
Chadron (2-0) - 4
Boys Town (2-0) - 3
Lincoln Christian (2-0) - 3
Minden (1-1) - 2

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CLASS C2
1. Norfolk Catholic (7) (2-0) - 70 pts
2. Battle Creek (2-0) - 57
3t. Oakland-Craig (2-0) - 54
3t. Wahoo Neumann (1-1) - 54
5. Malcolm (2-0) - 42
6. Boone Central (1-1) - 34
7. Kearney Catholic (2-0) - 25
8. Hartington Cedar Catholic (1-1) - 21
9. Raymond Central (2-0) - 11
10. Fremont Bergan (2-0) - 4

Contenders
Doniphan-Trumbull (2-0) - 3
Grand Island Central Catholic (1-1) - 2
Lincoln Lutheran (0-2) - 2
Mitchell (1-1) - 2
Ord (0-2) - 2
West Point-Beemer (2-0) - 2

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CLASS D1
1. Stanton (7) (2-0) - 70 pts
2. Sandy Creek (2-0) - 62
3t. Arapahoe (2-0) - 41
3t. North Platte St. Patrick's (2-0) - 41
5. Plainview (2-0) - 37
6. Summerland (2-0) - 34
7. Crofton (1-1) - 31
8. Dundy County-Stratton (2-0) - 26
9. Thayer Central (2-0) - 19
10. Shelby/Rising City (1-1) - 18

Contenders
South Loup (2-0) - 5
Ravenna (2-0) - 1

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CLASS D2
1. Sandhills/Thedford (5) (2-0) - 67 pts
2. Central Valley (2) (2-0) - 64
3. Archangels Catholic (2-0) - 53
4. Howells-Dodge (2-0) - 52
5. Bruning-Davenport/Shickley (2-0) - 35
6. Riverside (1-1) - 32
7. Hitchcock County (2-0) - 16
8t. Loomis (2-0) - 14
8t. Wynot (1-1) - 14
10. Overton (2-0) - 13

Contenders
O'Neill St. Mary's (2-0) - 8
Ainsworth (0-2) - 4
High Plains (2-0) - 4
Kenesaw (2-0) - 3
Weeping Water (2-0) - 3
Lawrence-Nelson (1-1) - 2
Fullerton (2-0) - 1

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CLASS D6
1. Sumner-Eddyville-Miller (7) (2-0) - 70 pts
2. Arthur County (2-0) - 58
3. Pawnee City (2-0) - 52
4. Hay Springs (1-0) - 50
5. Stuart (1-1) - 44
6. Hampton (1-0) - 34
7. Potter-Dix (1-0) - 29
8. Silver Lake (2-0) - 15
9. Garden County (2-0) - 12
10. Red Cloud (1-0) - 9

Contenders
Southwest (2-0) - 5
Parkview Christian (1-1) - 3
Shelton (1-1) - 3
Sterling (2-0) - 1

The PAC 12 is poaching 4 teams from the Mountain West including Boise State, San Diego State, Colorado State and Fresno State. Now they need to find two more teams in order to be considered an FBS conference.

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2025 Omaha (Neb.) Westside four-star linebacker Christian Jones has committed to Nebraska.

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ESPN was just talking about DR and early impressions. Couldn't hear it.

If Deion would leave Colorado how many Scholarships players on that Team Enter the Portal?

I’m thinking 50-60%. What do you think?

Saw on facebook (too dumb to get the graphic in here) Barney had an 85.9 PFF grade last weekend, tops among true freshmen at any position. Clemson receiver Bryant Wesco Jr was second at 84.2 and OSU super-frosh Jeremiah Smith had an 81.8.

Not bad!

How do I stop my computer from loading every 30 seconds when on this site? Thanks in advance.

Has anyone reached out to see where this young man is at? I’ve heard that there is a chance he comes back after seeing how Nebraska has looked. The person I talked with said that Dylan is still talking frequently with him

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#5 Nebraska vs #9 Creighton
Huskers lead 2-1
Bluejays threatening to come back with the reverse sweep and lead 16-9 in the 4th Set.
📺: BTN

Release from Nebraska Athletics:

The tipoff of the 2024-25 season moves to the streets, as Opening Night presented by SCHEELS will take place on Friday, Oct. 4.

This interactive, fan-friendly event will take place on Canopy Street between R and Q Streets, as the street next to the Railyard near Pinnacle Bank Arena will be closed for the event. The event starts at 7 p.m. includes both the Husker men’s and women’s programs and is free to the public.

Opening Night will feature introductions of both Husker teams, remarks from Head Coaches Fred Hoiberg and Amy Williams and selected players, contests with players and fans and much more. In case of inclement weather, the event will be cancelled.

“Opening Night is an event our players look forward to because it’s a chance to show their personality and have some fun with our fans,” Hoiberg said. “Moving it to the Railyard should create a fun environment and allow for more fan interaction with both our basketball programs and kick off what should be a fun Homecoming weekend on campus.”

“We are so excited for the upcoming season, and we can’t wait to see all the Husker fans in the Haymarket,” Williams said. “It should be a great atmosphere as part of the University’s Homecoming weekend and a fun event for everyone.”

Both Husker teams come off NCAA Tournament appearances in 2023-24 and have many of their key returnees back this season.

The Husker men return seven letterwinners, including three starters, from a team that went 23-11 and reached the NCAA Tournament for Big Ten Coach of the Year Fred Hoiberg. NU is led by the senior duo of Brice Williams (13.4 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 2.5 apg) and Juwan Gary (11.6 ppg, 6.1 rpg) while adding the services of seven Division I transfers to the lineup.

The Husker women are coming off a 23-12 season which included a second-round appearance in the NCAA Tournament for Coach Amy Williams. The Husker women are led by All-Big Ten center

Alexis Markowski (15.7 ppg, 10.5 rpg) and reigning Big Ten Freshman-of-the-Year Natalie Potts (10.2 ppg, 5.5rpg) The Huskers also welcome a strong class of newcomers led by two-time Nebraska High School Player-of-the-Year Britt Prince.

Season tickets for both programs are available by visiting Huskers.com/Tickets or calling the Nebraska Athletics Ticket Office at (800) 8-BIGRED or 402-472-3111.

2024-25 Opening Night Presented by SCHEELS
Date: Friday, Oct. 4
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Canopy Street (between R and Q Streets)
Cost: Free
Note: In case of inclement weather, the event will not be rescheduled

Second half was the worst play calling/design Ive seen in 40 years of watching college football. Scott frost coulda scored 56 on those chumps. I hope Rhule has the stones to admit he’s wrong unlike Callahan.

The latest Blackshirt Breakdown, where Jay Foreman takes a look at some Colorado film: