How does it change. RB room will be great, WR will have a leader, TE is getting there.

AP Top 25 (12/11)
1. South Carolina (36) (9-0)
2. UCLA (9-0)
3. North Carolina State (10-0)
4. Iowa (10-1)
5. Texas (10-0)
6. USC (8-0)
7. LSU (9-1)
8. Colorado (9-1)
9. Stanford (8-1)
10. Baylor (7-0)
11. Utah (8-2)
12t. Kansas State (9-1)
12t. Ohio State (8-1)
14. Notre Dame (7-1)
15. Indiana (8-1)
16. Virginia Tech (7-2)
17. Connecticut (6-3)
18. Louisville (9-1)
19. Marquette (9-0)
20. Creighton (7-1)
21. Gonzaga (10-2)
22. Florida State (7-3)
23. UNLV (9-0)
24. Miami (FL) (8-0)
25. North Carolina (6-4)

Others Receiving Votes
Washington, Washington State, TCU, West Virginia, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Wisconsin-Green Bay, Davidson, Mississippi State, Penn State, Minnesota, Oregon State, Nebraska, Mississippi, Michigan State, Colorado State

Dropped Out
Washington State (#21), Penn State (#25)
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Women's Coaches Top 25 (12/12)
(released on Tuesday)

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NCAA NET (12/11)
1. South Carolina
2. Stanford
3. Utah
4. Texas
5. Notre Dame
6. Iowa
7. UCLA
8. Kansas State
9. UNLV
10. North Carolina State
11. Michigan State
12. USC
13. Gonzaga
14. Baylor
15. Creighton
16. Ohio State
17. Connecticut
18. Nebraska
19. LSU
20. Louisville
21. West Virginia
22. Texas A&M
23. Colorado
24. TCU
25. Virginia Tech
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28. Michigan
30. Indiana
35. Penn State
41. Minnesota
48. Maryland
50. Illinois
81. Purdue
113. Wisconsin
161. Rutgers
268. Northwestern

AP Top 25 (12/11)
1. Arizona (62) (8-0)
2. Kansas (9-1)
3. Purdue (9-1)
4. Houston (1) (10-0)
5. Connecticut (9-1)
6. Baylor (9-0)
7. Marquette (8-2)
8. Creighton (8-1)
9. North Carolina (7-2)
10. Gonzaga (7-2)
11. Oklahoma (9-0)
12. Tennessee (6-3)
13. Clemson (9-0)
14. Kentucky (7-2)
15. Florida Atlantic (7-2)
16. Illinois (7-2)
17. Colorado State (9-1)
18. BYU (8-1)
19. Texas (7-2)
20. James Madison (9-0)
21. Duke (6-3)
22. Virginia (8-1)
23. Wisconsin (7-3)
24. Miami (FL) (7-2)
25. Northwestern (7-1)

Others Receiving Votes
Colorado, Mississippi, Texas A&M, Auburn, Memphis, Alabama, Utah, Iowa State, Ohio State, Providence, San Diego State, TCU, Nevada, South Carolina, Washington, New Mexico, St. Joseph's, Kansas State, Grand Canyon, Dayton

Dropped Out
Texas A&M (#21), San Diego State (#25)

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Coaches Top 25 Poll (12/11)
1. Arizona (28) (8-0)
2. Kansas (1) (9-1)
3. Houston (3) (10-0)
4. Purdue (9-1)
5. Connecticut (9-1)
6. Baylor (9-0)
7. Marquette (8-2)
8. Creighton (8-1)
9. North Carolina (7-2)
10. Tennessee (6-3)
11. Clemson (9-0)
12. Oklahoma (9-0)
13. Gonzaga (7-2)
14. Florida Atlantic (7-2)
15. Kentucky (7-2)
16. Illinois (7-2)
17. BYU (8-1)
18. Colorado State (9-1)
19. Duke (6-3)
20. James Madison (9-0)
21. Virginia (8-1)
22. Texas (7-2)
23. Wisconsin (7-3)
24. Miami (FL) (7-2)
25. Mississippi (9-0)

Others Receiving Votes
Northwestern, Texas A&M, Auburn, Colorado, Alabama, Memphis, TCU, Iowa State, Ohio State, San Diego State, Princeton, USC, Grand Canyon, New Mexico, Utah, Cincinnati, Drake, Indiana

Dropped Out
Texas A&M (#19), Ohio State (#25)
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NCAA NET (12/11)
1. Arizona
2. Houston
3. BYU
4. Purdue
5. Creighton
6. Baylor
7. Connecticut
8. Iowa State
9. Marquette
10. Tennessee
11. Alabama
12. Indiana State
13. Clemson
14. Kansas
15. Oklahoma
16. Colorado State
17. Florida Atlantic
18. Illinois
19. Wisconsin
20. Virginia
21. Princeton
22. Auburn
23. Texas A&M
24. New Mexico
25. Cincinnati
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34. Ohio State
47. Northwestern
65. Iowa
66. Michigan
68. Nebraska
75. Rutgers
84. Michigan State
115. Minnesota
123. Indiana
143. Penn State
180. Maryland

Big Ten Player of the Week
G - Caitlin Clark, Iowa (SR)
- Paced Iowa with 31.5 points, 9.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game in a pair of wins over Iowa State and Wisconsin
- Put up 35 points, nine rebounds and five assists against the Cyclones
- Added 28 points, nine rebounds, and five assists in the Hawkeyes' opener against Wisconsin
- Scored her 3,000th career point against Iowa State to become the first player in Division I men's or women's basketball history with 3,000+ points, 750+ rebounds and 750+ assists
- Earns her 21st career Big Ten Player of the Week award (second-most in conference history)
- Last Iowa Player of the Week: Caitlin Clark (Nov. 27, 2023)

Big Ten Freshman of the Week
F - Natalie Potts, Nebraska (FR)
- Helped Nebraska to a pair of wins over UNC-Wilmington and Michigan State behind 10.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2.0 blocks and 1.0 assists per game
- Tallied 11 points, eight rebounds, two blocks, an assist and a steal against UNCW
- Opened Big Ten play with 10 points, two blocks and five rebounds versus the Spartans
- Earns her third Big Ten Freshman of the Week award of her career
- Last Nebraska Freshman of the Week: Natalie Potts (Nov. 27, 2023)

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Big Ten Women's Basketball Weekly Honor Role

Mara Braun, Minnesota (G - SO): Averaged 23.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.0 blocks during Minnesota's victories over Kentucky and Purdue.....had made 37 consecutive free throws to tie for the fifth-longest streak in Big Ten history

Jaz Shelley, Nebraska (G - GR): Posted 15.0 points, 8.5 rebounds and 10.0 assists in a pair of wins, including a triple-double (19 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists) against UNC-Wilmington....She is the first Husker in program history to record two career triple doubles.

Cotie McMahon, Ohio State (F - SO): Chipped in 20.5 points, 7.5 rebounds and 2.0 steals per game during a 2-0 week, featuring 27 points in Ohio State's overtime win against Penn State

As expected, Jeff Sims has officially entered the transfer portal.

NCAA TOURNAMENT

REGIONAL FINALS (Elite Eight)

NEBRASKA REGIONAL
Nebraska def. Arkansas (26-24, 25-14, 21-25, 25-23)

PITTSBURGH REGIONAL
Pittsburgh def. Louisville (23-25, 20-25, 25-16, 25-19, 15-7)

WISCONSIN REGIONAL
Wisconsin def. Oregon (25-22, 25-22, 25-27, 25-18)

STANFORD REGIONAL
Texas def. Stanford (25-16, 15-25, 25-19, 25-22)

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NCAA VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT
FINAL FOUR - TAMPA, FLORIDA - THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14

Nebraska (32-1) vs. Pittsburgh (29-4) - TBA
Wisconsin (30-3) vs. Texas (26-4) - TBA

The NCAA is getting sued from every angle. Athletes suing for Revenue sharing. States suing for immediate transfer policies. Former and current athletes suing for Title 9 not being followed. Now former athletes suing for not being paid. Also the NCAA President coming out and saying schools should pay athletes.

December 11
1816 - Indiana became the 19th state.

1844 - Nitrous oxide was used for the first time in dentistry.

1936 - Britain's King Edward VIII abdicated his throne for the woman he loved, American divorcee Wallis Simpson; Edward's brother, Prince Albert then became king and took the name George VI.

1941 - Germany and Italy declared war on the United States during World War II; the United States responded in kind.

1946 - The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) was established.

1972 - Apollo 17’s lunar module landed on the moon with astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt aboard; they became the last two men to date to step onto the lunar surface.

1980 - President Jimmy Carter signed legislation creating a $1.6 billion environmental “superfund” to pay for cleaning up chemical spills and toxic waste dumps.

1994 - Russian troops invaded Chechnya in an unsuccessful attempt to restore Moscow's power in the region.

1997 - Housing Secretary Henry Cisneros was indicted for conspiracy, obstruction of justice and making false statements to the FBI.

1997 - More than 150 countries agreed at a global warming conference in Kyoto, Japan, to control the Earth’s greenhouse gases.

1998 - Majority Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee pushed through three articles of impeachment against President Bill Clinton, over Democratic objections.

2001 - In the first criminal indictment stemming from 9/11, federal prosecutors charged Zacarias Moussaoui, a French citizen of Moroccan descent, with conspiring to murder thousands in the suicide hijackings. (Moussaoui pleaded guilty to conspiracy in 2005 and was sentenced to life in prison.)

2002 - A congressional report found that intelligence agencies that were supposed to protect Americans from the Sept. 11 hijackers failed to do so because they were poorly organized, poorly equipped and slow to pursue clues that might have prevented the attacks.

2008 - Bernard Madoff, an investment manager, was charged with defrauding clients of as much as $50 billion in what might be the largest swindle in Wall Street history. (Madoff died in April 2021 while serving a 150-year federal prison sentence.)

2013 - Time magazine selected Pope Francis as its Person of the Year, saying the Roman Catholic church’s new leader — the first from Latin America — had changed the perception of the 2,000-year-old institution in an extraordinary way in a short time.

2018 - A Virginia jury called for a sentence of life in prison plus 419 years for the man who killed a woman when he rammed his car into counterprotesters at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. (James Alex Fields Jr. received that sentence in July, 2019.)

2020 - The Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit backed by President Donald Trump to overturn Joe Biden’s election victory, ending a desperate attempt to get legal issues that were rejected by state and federal judges before the nation’s highest court.

2021 - Anne Rice, author of best-selling gothic novels including “Interview With the Vampire,” died at age 80 due to complications from a stroke.

2022 - NASA’s Orion capsule returned from the moon, parachuting into the Pacific off Mexico to conclude a dramatic 25-day test flight.

Birthdays
27 - Hailee Steinfeld (actress)
33 - Alexa Demie (actress)
37 - Karla Souza (actress)
44 - Rider Strong (actor)
49 - Rey Mysterio (professional wrestler)
54 - Max Martini (actor)
56 - Mo'Nique (actress/comedian)
57 - Gary Dourdan (actor)
61 - Ben Browder (actor)
65 - Nikki Sixx (musician)
69 - Jermaine Jackson (singer)
70 - Bess Armstrong (actress)
76 - Teri Garr (actress)
79 - Lynda Day George (actress)
79 - Brenda Lee (singer)
83 - Donna Mills (actress)
92 - Rita Moreno (actress)

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Today in Sports History - December 11

1938 - The New York Giants defeated the Green Bay Packers 23-17 in the NFL Championship Game.

1947 - The Pacific Coast League's application for major league status in baseball was rejected.

1949 - The Cleveland Browns defeated the San Fransisco 49ers 21-7 in the final AAFC Championship Game.

1951 - Joe DiMaggio announced his retirement from baseball.

1971 - The Los Angeles Lakers set an NBA record with their 21st consecutive win.

1981 - Muhammad Ali lost the final professional fight of his career to Trevor Berbick by unanimous decision in 10 rounds.

1992 - The National Hockey League Governors named Gary Bettman as the first NHL commissioner in League history, effective Feb. 1, 1993.

1993 - Florida State quarterback Charlie Ward wins the Heisman Trophy.

2000 - Florida State quarterback Chris Weinke wins the Heisman Trophy.

2000 - Mario Lemeiux, owner of Pittsburgh Penguins, announced that he would end his three-plus year retirement and become an active National Hockey League (NHL) player again. When Lemieux returned officially he became the first owner/player in NHL history.

2001 - It was announced that Little League Baseball Inc. would require more detailed documentation of the eligibility of its players. Four months before, the Rolando Paulino Little League team from the Bronx, NY, had its third-place finish taken away after pitcher Danny Almonte was found to be too old to play.

2002 - Joe Sakic scores his 500th career NHL goal.

2004 - USC quarterback Matt Leinart wins the Heisman Trophy.

2021 - Alabama quarterback Bryce Young wins the Heisman Trophy.

Per his X account, it looks like Christian Ellsworth has joined Mike Elko's new staff at Texas A&M as a senior offensive analyst with a focus on coaching tight ends.





Ellsworth, a former quarterback at Grand Island Northwest and then Northern Iowa, spent the 2023 season at Nebraska as an offensive analyst, helping coach TEs and QBs. He spent the 2022 season with Marcus Satterfield at South Carolina. Before that, Ellsworth spent the 2020 and 2021 seasons as an offensive graduate assistant at Kansas State.

December 10
Northwestern 91, Detroit Mercy 59
Michigan 90, Iowa 80
Nebraska 77, Michigan State 70

Standings
1. Indiana (7-2, 2-0)
2. Illinois (7-2, 1-0)
2. Northwestern (7-1, 1-0)
2. Wisconsin (7-3, 1-0)
5. Nebraska (8-2, 1-1)
5. Maryland (5-4, 1-1)
5. Michigan (5-5, 1-1)
5. Minnesota (7-3, 1-1)
5. Ohio State (8-2, 1-1)
5. Penn State (5-5, 1-1)
5. Purdue (9-1, 1-1)
12. Rutgers (6-3, 0-1)
13. Iowa (5-5, 0-2)
13. Michigan State (4-5, 0-2)

Games for Tuesday, December 12
Alcorn State at Maryland (6:00 PM - BTN)
IUPUI at Minnesota (7:00 PM - BTN+)

Next Nebraska Game - Sunday, December 17
Nebraska at Kansas State (2:00 PM - ESPN+)

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Big move from Entz, who's been at North Dakota State the past 10 years, the last five of which have been as head coach. The Bison just beat South Dakota 45-17 in the FCS quarterfinals and will now travel to Missoula to play Montana in a semifinal on Saturday.

Entz is a Waterloo, Iowa, native and spent three seasons at Wayne State College, from 1999-2001.

Enjoy lol

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They have two, They have one who clearly is not well, It is crying out HELP! HELP! whilst moving about. The cry is somewhat offensive. The other is mostly chill yet in a defensive tact mostly.

A statement by HCMR kept crossing my mind this weekend in anticipation of the McCord/Fleming visit this week. While Ruhle was discussing White possibility of taking a head coaching position he mentioned that the opportunity must be as committed to your goal as you are. Meaning having the resources to reach your goals as you do. I am sure that when he took the Nebraska job that he asked the same question before he accepted the job. Meaning do we have the NIL to compete. I think that this was discussed over a year ago. The answer must have been yes. GBR

Died at home after a fall . only 52. Obviously best known for his roll in the Music City Miracle.

What a big loss for PJ Fleck. Rossi is one of the best DCs in the country, IMO.

And in turn, what a hire by new Michigan State head coach Jonathan Smith. Making moves in East Lansing.

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Corcoran was a head scratcher, especially as the season played on. Overall it seemed like line play improved and his recruiting class looks like a good haul.

Deserved?

34 years ago I woke up hungover and still half drunk and said "God, take my life and do what You want, I give up." God then gave me the idea to go talk to someone I had drank with years ago. i went and talked to him and he said I should start going to AA with him. My initial thought was have I sunk this low. The next thought was, yes I have. So I went to my first meeting that night and have never stopped going. I still go to at least 3 meetings a week because that is where my friends are and I am able to help the new comers.

Today I live a life I never could have imagined and I owe it all to AA.

Like does this dude play football? Is he even in the portal?

With all of the attention on portal QB's, I think it is every bit as important, if not more so, that the wide receiver room be flipped as well. There's a lot of good ones in the portal. I think anybody on this top 20 list would be better than anybody we have had at the position this last year. https://247sports.com/Season/2024-Football/TransferPortalTop/?positionkey=14

My dream haul would be:
Fleming- Ohio State
Beaux Collins- Clemson
Maclin- North Texas

I place a lot of value on guys who have seen playing time at big time schools. Getting two or three high quality receivers from the transfer portal would transform this offense overnight. And hopefully never again will we see the embarrassing display as we have seen from the offense this season.

1) Rounders
2) Dumb & Dumber
3) LA Confidential
4) The Godfather Pt 2

Yes, Michigan State is trying to find itself this season. But Sunday night's victory over Tom Izzo's Spartans was a big one.

Time for another edition of the Conversations with Clouse live chat from 7-8pm.

Let’s see those questions.


Fire away!