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FSU being robbed has already been addressed but how in the H3ll did Wisconsin and their crappy record get a New Year’s Day Bowl? I mean WTF!!??

Glad an 8 team playoff will be starting but I think it should stop there. The top 8 could literally challenge for the NC but beyond that it gets to be too much and if you are ranked 9-10 end of season you probably have two losses and can’t complain about being left out.

Over and out (for now)

Best guest ever….

DO portal players sign like recruits? And if so what date can they sign? Thanks

What happened to the notion that a 12 team playoff would not be practical? one of the reasons 10 years ago was that extra games are going to get players hurt. and the logistics of playing extra games, Besides with the smart people we'll have in charge for a 4 team playoff we'll be fine.

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A lot of posters have gone on record expressing Nebraska should spend no money on stadium improvements and attempt to have boosters pump all that money into NIL.

So... I am interested in what thoughtful opinions are out there about this pro and con.

1. Assuming the stadium is not in danger of falling apart and killing somebody, should there be no improvements and all the money go to NIL?

2. If there is a "X" percent chance....say 10% that no stadium work is done and (pick a number) 100 people die, is it better they die and all the stadium refurb money goes to NIL?

3. Should the donations required to buy tickets in both the South Stadium and North Stadium be reduced or zeroed out since the facilities in North and South aren't good and making any improvements in those sections should be diverted to NIL?

4. Should a whole bunch of responders to the 2022 Stadium survey who identified the South Stadium as the pits be ignored and told it is what it is? Should younger respondents who want "common areas", "Internet cafes", and those things Trev wants to do with South Stadium be told the money has to go to NIL?

5. Should Nebraska ignore what is happening with stadiums across the country (craft beer, chefs decorating your cupcake with icing, 20 different food choices, golf carts driving you to your seat, daycare, swimming pools, etc. Or should we draw a hard line and expect all the money to NIL will cause Nebraska to win a lot of games and no one will care about a modern stadium or 12-inch seat width?

6. Should we mimic programs like Northwestern and build a new, smaller stadium between Omaha and Lincoln, and do a 50 year bond to finance it (guarantied by Nebraska tax money)?

I understand a $500 million stadium renovation is extreme and maybe we should try to divert a portion of that money to NIL. However, it is possible Memorial needs some improvements. So...for folks against the big ticket renovation instead of NIL, can you please share your vision about what should be done with the stadium and NIL? I haven't formed an opinion yet, so need more data.

Fred Hoiberg has the oldest roster in the Big Ten. After a 29-point blowout loss to rival Creighton, the coach is hoping those vets show leadership at Minnesota tomorrow in the Big Ten opener.

Anyone have access to the list that made the team? TIA

But he's in the portal to play lacrosse somewhere. He transferred to Alabama from Notre Dame.
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Heard from a reliable source that the 12 teams in the playoffs for the 2024 season have been decided. Michigan, Ohio State, and 10 teams from the SEC.

We are all into this portal thing so far this "off-season" here is Athlon listing all the portal players so far and by position.

We all agree QB is a huge need, WR is probably the 2nd biggest need. Look at the list see what you like and tell us all what you think besides the top 2 I listed what else we need. I am certain the list has changed since it got posted yesterday but play along.

https://athlonsports.com/college-fo...ll-players-in-transfer-portal-tracker-2023-24

Huskers Collect AVCA All-Region Awards
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Six Nebraska volleyball players and head coach John Cook were honored by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) in the All-Region Awards announced on Tuesday.

Bekka Allick, Merritt Beason, Andi Jackson, Harper Murray, Bergen Reilly and Lexi Rodriguez were all named to the AVCA North All-Region Team. The Huskers' six All-Region selections ties the 2016 team for the most in program history.

Additionally, Beason was named the North Region Player of the Year, and Murray was named the North Region Freshman of the Year. Cook was named Region Coach of the Year for the sixth time in his career and first since 2016.

Beason is the second Husker ever to be named AVCA Region Player of the Year, joining Kelly Hunter (2017). A junior opposite hitter who transferred to NU from Florida, Beason has stepped in as a team captain and is contributing a team-leading 3.83 kills per set this season with 2.05 digs per set and a .293 hitting percentage. Beason was a unanimous All-Big Ten First Team selection. A native of Gardendale, Alabama, Beason earned four Big Ten Player of the Week honors this season and was the AVCA National Player of the Week on Oct. 24 following 21 kills in a 3-2 win over then-No. 1 Wisconsin. As a sophomore at Florida in 2022, Beason was an All-SEC and AVCA All-Region selection.

Murray is NU's eighth AVCA Region Freshman of the Year. Rodriguez was the last one in 2021. Murray was voted Big Ten Freshman of the Year this season, making her the second Husker ever (Madi Kubik, 2019) to achieve that distinction. She also earned All-Big Ten First Team and unanimous All-Freshman Team accolades. An outside hitter from Ann Arbor, Michigan, Murray ranks second on the team in kills with 3.25 per set on .247 hitting and adds 2.08 digs per set with a team-high 33 service aces. Murray was named Big Ten Freshman of the week three times this season and has seven double-doubles.

Rodriguez earned her third AVCA All-Region honor in three years. A two-time All-American libero, Rodriguez was named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year this season for the second time in her career, becoming the fifth player in Big Ten history to receive that honor twice in a career. Rodriguez, who averages 3.56 digs and 1.26 assists per set with a .980 reception percentage, leads a Husker defense that ranks third nationally in opponent hitting percentage. The Husker co-captain also received All-Big Ten First Team honors for the third time. A junior from Sterling, Illinois, Rodriguez was twice named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week this season. She was a First Team AVCA All-American in 2021 and a Second Team AVCA All-American in 2022.

Allick earned her second All-Region accolade in as many years. A sophomore middle blocker from Lincoln, Nebraska, Allick has been Nebraska's top defensive presence at the net with a team-best 1.39 blocks per set this season. Offensively, Allick adds 1.82 kills per set on .324 hitting. Allick received second-team All-Big Ten honors for the second year in a row.

Jackson, a freshman middle blocker from Brighton, Colorado, averages 2.07 kills per set and 1.08 blocks per set and has a team-high .398 hitting percentage, which ranks 19th nationally. Jackson was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week in November and has hit .500 or better in 12 matches this season. In addition to picking up AVCA All-Region honors, Jackson was selected to the All-Big Ten Second Team and All-Freshman Team.

Reilly, Nebraska's freshman setter, collected AVCA All-Region honors one week after being named Big Ten Setter of the Year, becoming the first ever freshman to earn the award since it originated in 2012. She also earned All-Big Ten First Team and All-Freshman Team accolades. Reilly, just the second true freshman seter to be the starter at Nebraska under head coach John Cook, is putting up 10.69 assists and 2.63 digs per set and has 13 double-doubles this season. The Sioux Falls, South Dakota native ranks 14th nationally in assists per set. Reilly was named Big Ten Setter of the Week four times this year and Big Ten Freshman of the Week twice.

Cook was voted AVCA North Region Coach of the Year and Big Ten Coach of the Year after leading a young Nebraska team with no seniors to its first Big Ten title since 2017. The Huskers finished the regular season 28-1 overall, heir best regular season record since going 28-1 in 2005. After going 26-6 last year and missing the NCAA Regional Finals for the first time since 2011, the Huskers started over with a starting lineup featuring four true freshmen and a junior transfer (Beason). Cook's Huskers won their first 27 matches of the season and held the No. 1 ranking from Oct. 23 through the end of the regular season. Despite having no seniors on the roster for just the second time in Cook's 24 years at Nebraska -- as well as starting a true freshman at setter for only the second time in Cook's tenure -- the Huskers earned the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2016 and the sixth time overall under Cook.

Just got stepped on by a lineman. It doesn't look good...

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December 5

1776 - The first scholastic fraternity in America, Phi Beta Kappa, was organized at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.

1791 - Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died in Vienna, Austria at age 35.

1792 - George Washington was reelected president; John Adams was reelected vice president.

1848 - President James K. Polk triggered the Gold Rush of 1948 by confirming that gold had been discovered in California.

1872 - Having left New York on Nov. 5, the brigantine Mary Celeste was found adrift off the coast of Portugal with everyone aboard mysteriously missing.

1932 - German physicist Albert Einstein was granted a visa, making it possible for him to travel to the United States.

1933 - The 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, repealing the 18th Amendment dealing with Prohibition, was ratified.

1952 - The Great Smog of London descended on the British capital; the unusually thick fog, which contained toxic pollutants, lasted five days and was blamed for causing thousands of deaths.

1955 - The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merged to form the AFL-CIO.

1994 - Republicans chose Newt Gingrich to be the first GOP speaker of the House in four decades.

2002 - At Sen. Strom Thurmond's 100th birthday celebration, Senate Republican leader Trent Lott praised Thurmond's 1948 segregationist presidential bid; Lott subsequently resigned his leadership position.

2004 - Hamid Karzai was sworn in as Afghanistan's first popularly elected president.

2009 - A jury in Perugia, Italy convicted American student Amanda Knox and her former Italian boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, of murdering Knox's British roommate, Meredith Kercher, and sentenced them to long prison terms. (After a series of back-and-forth rulings, Knox and Sollecito were definitively acquitted in 2015 by Italy's highest court.)

2013 - Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid leader who became South Africa's first Black president, died at age 95.

2017 - Democratic congressman John Conyers of Michigan resigned from Congress after a nearly 53-year career, becoming the first Capitol Hill politician to lose his job amid the sexual misconduct allegations sweeping through the nation's workplaces.

2018 - Former President George H.W. Bush was mourned at a memorial service at Washington National Cathedral attended by President Donald Trump and former Presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter along with their spouses; former president George W. Bush was among the speakers.

2019 - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that she had asked the relevant House committee chairs to begin drawing up articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, saying his actions left them "no choice" but to act swiftly; in response. (Trump would be impeached by the House on charges of obstruction and abuse of power, but the Senate voted to acquit in the first of two Trump impeachment trials.)

2020 - At a Georgia rally where he urged supporters to turn out for a pair of Republican Senate candidates in a January runoff election, President Donald Trump spread baseless allegations of misconduct in the November voting in Georgia and beyond.

2021 - Bob Dole, who overcame disabling war wounds to become a Senate leader from Kansas, a Republican presidential candidate and then a symbol of his dwindling generation of World War II veterans, died at age 98.

Birthdays
29 - Alexandra Beaton (actress)
32 - Christian Yelich (baseball player)
35 - Ross Bagley (actor)
38 - Frankie Muniz (actor)
39 - Lauren London (actress)
41 - Gabriel Luna (actor)
41 - Keri Hilson (singer)
42 - Adan Canto (actor)
44 - Nick Stahl (actor)
47 - Amy Acker (actress)
48 - Paula Patton (actress)
52 - Kali Rocha (actress)
54 - Alex Kapp Horner (actor)
54 - Catherine Tate (actress)
55 - Margaret Cho (actress/comedian)
56 - Gary Allan (singer)
60 - Ty England (singer)
66 - Art Monk (football player)
67 - Brian Backer (actor)
72 - Morgan Brittany (actress)
76 - Jim Plunkett (football player)

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Today in Sports History - December 5

1908 - At the University of Pittsburgh, numerals were first used on football uniforms worn by college football players.

1970 - The Stanley Cup, Conn Smythe Trophy and the Bill Masterson trophy were stolen from the NHL Hall of Fame.

1972 - Nebraska wingback Johnny Rodgers wins the Heisman Trophy.

1973 - Ron Santo became the first major league player to veto his trade.

1974 - The Seattle Seahawks football franchise is formed.

1978 - Pete Rose signed with the Philadelphia Phillies. The contract was for four years and $3.2 million making Rose the highest paid athlete in team sports.

1981 - USC running back Marcus Allen wins the Heisman Trophy.

1983 - Steve Howe (Los Angeles Dodgers) was suspended for 1 year for cocaine use.

1983 - The video arcade game "NFL Football" was unveiled in Chicago. It was the first video arcade game to be licensed by the National Football League.

1987 - Notre Dame wide receiver Tim Brown wins the Heisman Trophy.

1995 - Dan Marino (Miami Dolphins) passed for 300 yards in a game for the 52nd time to set an NFL record.

2000 - Karl Malone (Utah Jazz) moved past Wilt Chamberlain into second place on the NBA's all-time scoring list.

2002 - Michal Handzus (Philadelphia Flyers) became only the second NHL player to score an overtime goal on a penalty shot. The Flyers beat the New York Rangers 3-2.

2006 - Pitcher Greg Maddux signs a one-year, $10 million contract with the San Diego Padres.

2008 - Former NFL star O.J. Simpson is sentenced to 33 years in prison for kidnapping and armed robbery.

2009 - Texas defeats Nebraska 13-12 in the Big 12 Championship Game.

Who had that on their bingo board coming out of HS?

My plan would be to have a megatournament consisting of all FBS teams fighting for the championship. That means a team would have to win 7 or 8 games depending upon seeding in order to become the champion. So the first 6 games of the season could be for determining what seed a team receives in the tournament.

That way as one poster put it, a team's season isn't over after the 1st game of the season, they still have 5 other games to look forward to to determine their seed in the tournament.

Nebraska hired Matt Rhule to rebuild a program. You don't do that in one year unless you have the talent.

Nebraska has some talent but it's spread out and thin.

Offense:

The young receivers have so much potential it's ridiculous.

The line honestly looked better when younger players filled in for the veterans. With a lot more talent on the way I am excited about the progress.

The running back room needs help. Emmett is a good player but he isn't an impact player, yet, maybe never. We really had no depth behind Irvin and Johnson and they were average to above average backs in the BIG. It's also a concern in recruiting. Needs help immediately.

Tight ends were up and down but they are young and should improve. Fidone isn't a great blocker and is hampered by the injuries.

QB... can we get one? Keep Purdy. Let Sims go in peace (one good thing is that was the last time Sims will play QB at Nebraska. Seems like a good kid but he has no business playing.)

Defense:

D-Line - Damn good. And they didn't wilt this year despite the same old shit from the offense and special teams. That's been our MO for years! Can't wait to see this group grow with all the young talent.

Linebackers - Losing a lot here. Trust the staff to find players. More curious how everyone feels because that is a tough position to assess now.

D-Backs - I feel like they definitely improved here and there is a lot of talent on that side. We are losing potential NFL talent so they will have to hit on these recruits and guys will have to grow.

Special Teams - Buschini is inconsistent and that is a big part of the problem. Fixing this position whether it's him or the Jersey kid could help alleviate some of our problems. Alvano clearly has leg talent but has trouble kicking from the left hash and really need to grow up or they will be forced to find someone else. They need to find a returner, Rhule says Nation is dynamic but I didn't see a lot of people missing tackles on his returns today.

All in all, it's going to be year 2 and 3. If this continues next year, the year after, sure, Fire Satterfield and all the terrible stuff. Until then, I am going to go back to believing that Rhule will build the program and this shit will get better.

Quit feeling sorry for ourselves and quit bitching about the simulation.

GBR forever, no matter how much it hurts.

Editing for this:

Saw an interesting stat. It feels like forever for us Nebraska fans but Rhule has been through this.

One score games in year 1:

Nebraska: 1-5
Baylor 0-4
Temple: 0-5

Amare Sanders, who will come off the board Dec. 20

It seems like transfers are worth more than guys that stick around or come in from High School.

So you could have guys that are in goods spots, like their coaches, and just transfer for money. That's what people do for raises at normal jobs.

It is what is but it is going to be f'd up until we can just straight pay players.