From Nebraska Athletic Communications:

Former Nebraska baseball standouts Darin Erstad and Brian Duensing and secretary Renee Brinkmann are part of the seven-member 2023 class set to be inducted into the Nebraska Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday, Nov. 19 in Beatrice, Neb.

Erstad was a history maker on the diamond, and he was also the starting punter on the Huskers 1994 national championship football team. A three-year letterwinner from 1993 to 1995, Erstad was the first Husker to be a conference player of the year and was NU's first finalist for a national player-of-the-year award. Despite playing only three seasons, he ended his career with a school-record 261 hits, while also finishing second all-time in doubles (46), third in home runs (41) and RBI (182) and fifth in runs scored (188). Erstad was a first-team All-American, the Big Eight Co-Player of the Year and a finalist for the Golden Spikes Award in 1995 after hitting .410 with 19 home runs, 79 RBI and a school-record 46 extra-base hits.

After being selected with the No. 1 overall pick in the 1995 MLB Draft, Erstad went on to have a 14-year career, where he became the first player in MLB history to win Gold Glove awards at multiple positions. The three-time Gold Glove winner and two-time All-Star led the majors with 240 hits, won a Silver Slugger Award and became the first leadoff hitter in MLB history to drive in 100 runs in 2000. Erstad returned to Nebraska as a volunteer coach in 2011, before serving as head coach for eight seasons from 2012 to 2019. Under Erstad, the Huskers went 267-193-1, won the 2017 Big Ten regular-season title and had four Regional appearances.

Duensing spent four years with the Huskers after enjoying an outstanding high school career at Millard South, where he earned all-state honors as a junior and senior. The Omaha native totaled a 17-2 record with a 3.66 ERA and 136 strikeouts in 45 appearances, including 26 starts. Coming off of Tommy John surgery the previous year, Duensing bounced back in a major way with a perfect 8-0 record and 3.00 ERA in 23 appearances, including 10 starts in 2005. Proved to be one of the Big 12’s top freshmen, Duensing sported a 6-2 record with a 4.73 ERA in 78 innings in his debut season at Nebraska in 2002.

Duensing went on to have a 10-year MLB career after being a third-round draft pick by the Minnesota Twins in the 2005 MLB Draft. Duensing played the first seven seasons of his career with the Twins, before wrapping up his time in the majors with the Baltimore Orioles and Chicago Cubs. The former Husker made 484 career appearances and 61 starts, totaling a 46-38 record with a 4.19 ERA and 523 strikeouts in 762.2 innings.

Brinkmann becomes the third woman to be inducted into the Nebraska Baseball Hall of Fame for her 37 years of service to NU baseball. In her time, Brinkmann has been the backbone of the administrative portion of the program, serving five different head coaches. Along with day-to-day office operations, Brinkmann coordinates all travel arrangements and serves as the coordinator for the Nebraska Baseball Academy.

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Nebraska native originally committed to KU, but transferred to Oklahoma won a major college golf tournament in Hawaii. Was in 2nd place heading into the final day. His Grandfather is from Aurora. Major miss by Nebraska, but went to a much better golf school and opportunity, can't blame him for that.
Luke playing in the final group birdies the 18th wins the tournament and Oklahoma ties for 1st in the team comp. Congrats to a Nebraska native..

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Hey, everyone. Waiting for Rhule's presser. He's supposed to show up any minute now.

Caught up with Bishop Gorman OT Xander Ruggeroli about his trip. He liked what he saw from the OL and his time with Matt Rhule.

Does he want Michigan kicked out the Big Ten?

Hearing rumblings he is announcing resignation effective now or likely end of year. Kirk may retire in separate announcement end of year.

Even if they go undefeated, that should be their punishment for cheating. I would say a 5 year bowl ban for them and cut their scholarships in half for the next 5 years.

It looks like the Sooners are going a different direction at Left Tackle:

Quote from article regarding the Kansas game…

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Jacob Sexton also subbed in at left tackle and out-snapped starter Walter Rouse 54 to 26.

“Just constantly trying to make sure we got the right guys on the field,” offensive coordinator Jeff Lebby said. “We’ll go watch the tape and look at it and decide how we need to adjust.”

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Maybe he should have been a Husker for his NFL chances after all…

Dont't know if it has been discussed but...
Altmyer Illinois sucks,
Mordecai Wisconsin sucks and hurt,McNamara Iowa hurt and sucks, Card not impressed, NW guys both suck amd we know what we got, a shell-shocked guys with Zero confidence. No wonder the offenses suck in the West

What a bore.
Not impressed with him

From Nebraska's SID:

Nebraska senior defensive back Quinton Newsome earned Big Ten Special Teams Player-of-the-Week honors for his performance in the Huskers’ 31-14 win over Purdue.

Newsome returned a blocked field goal 68 yards for a third-quarter touchdown to give Nebraska a 21-0 lead. It was the first blocked field goal for a touchdown by a Husker since 2014. Newsome was also involved in another major special teams play in the first quarter, as he recovered Alex Bullock’s muffed punt to keep possession at the 13-yard line. The Huskers eventually drove 87 yards on 15 plays to score their first touchdown on the possession.

In addition to his work on special teams, Newsome had five tackles and a fumble recovery, as Nebraska held the Boilermakers to under 200 yards of total offense. It marked the first time since 2012 that the Huskers had held a conference opponent to under 100 yards both passing and rushing.

He is the first Husker since Malcolm Hartzog (Freshman of the Week) on Oct. 3, 2022, to receive any of the Big Ten’s weekly honors, and the first special teams honoree since Barret Pickering on Nov. 19, 2018.

October 30

1534 - The English Parliament passed the Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the Church of England.

1912 - Vice President James S. Sherman, running for a second term of office with President William Howard Taft, died six days before Election Day.

1938 - A radio broadcast of "The War of the Worlds," starring Orson Welles, caused nationwide panic among listeners who believed Earth was in the midst of an alien invasion.

1945 - The U.S. government announced the end of shoe rationing, effective at midnight.

1953 - Gen. George C. Marshall won the Nobel Peace Prize for originating the Marshall Plan.

1961 - The Soviet Union tested a hydrogen bomb, the “Tsar Bomba,” with a force estimated at about 50 megatons.

1972 - Forty-five people were killed when an Illinois Central Gulf commuter train was struck from behind by another train on Chicago’s South Side.

1975 - The New York Daily News ran the headline “Ford to City: Drop Dead” a day after President Gerald R. Ford said he would veto any proposed federal bailout of New York City.

1995 - By a razor-thin vote of 50.6 percent to 49.4 percent, Federalists prevailed over separatists in a Quebec secession referendum.

2001 - Ukraine destroyed its last nuclear missile silo, fulfilling a pledge to give up the vast nuclear arsenal it had inherited after the breakup of the Soviet Union.

2005 - The body of Rosa Parks arrived at the U.S. Capitol, where the civil rights icon became the first woman to lie in honor in the Rotunda; President George W. Bush and congressional leaders paused to lay wreaths by her casket.

2012 - The Walt Disney Co. announced that it would buy Lucasfilm Ltd. for $4.05 billion, paving the way for a new “Star Wars” trilogy.

Birthdays
25 - Ananya Panday (actress)
27 - Kennedy McMann (actress)
30 - Marcus Mariota (football player)
34 - Nastia Liukin (gymnast)
35 - Janel Parrish (actress)
36 - Ashley Graham (model)
39 - Eva Marcille (model)
42 - Fiona Dourif (actress)
42 - Ivanka Trump (daughter of President Donald Trump)
45 - Matthew Morrison (actor)
47 - Kassidy Osborn (singer)
50 - Adam "Edge" Copeland (professional wrestler)
53 - Billy Brown (actor)
53 - Ben Bailey (comedian)
53 - Nia Long (actress)
55 - Jack Plotnick (actor)
60 - Michael Beach (actor)
66 - Kevin Pollak (actor)
70 - Charles Martin Smith (actor)
72 - Harry Hamlin (actor)
77 - Andrea Mitchell (broadcast journalist)
78 - Henry Winkler (actor)
80 - Joanna Shimkus (actress)

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Today in Sports History - October 30

1919 - The professional baseball association ruled that spitballs and shineballs were illegal.

1954 - The first use of a 24-second shot clock in a professional basketball game took place in a contest between the Boston Celtics and Rochester Royals.

1973 - Tom Seaver becomes the first non-20-game winner to win the Cy Young Award.

1974 - Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman in the eighth round of a 15-round bout in Kinshasa, Zaire to regain the world heavyweight championship in a bout that was dubbed "The Rumble in the Jungle."

1988 - The New York Jets beat the Pittsburgh Steelers for the first time in franchise history.

1992 - Magic Johnson played his last game in the NBA before retiring for the second and last time.

1997 - Violet Palmer became the first woman to officiate an NBA game. The game was between the Dallas Mavericks and the Vancouver Grizzlies.

2001 - In New York City, U.S. President George W. Bush threw out the first pitch at Game 3 of the World Series between the New York Yankees and the Arizona Diamondbacks.

2001 - Michael Jordan returned to the NBA with the Washington Wizards after a 3 1/2 year retirement. The Wizards lost 93-91 to the New York Knicks.

2013 - The Boston Red Sox defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in six games to win their third World Series in 10 years.

2016 - The Oakland Raiders set a single-game NFL record with 23 penalties in a win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

2019 - The Washington Nationals defeat the Houston Astros in seven games to win their first World Series.

O/U is 34.5

Give me the Skers and the under.

NU 24 - MSU 6

And the Rhulaid continues to flow like wine.

Edit - originally saw 38.5 for the O/U, but appears to be 34.5 - which makes a lot more sense.

Northwestern def. Indiana (25-23, 32-34, 21-25, 25-22, 15-10)
Michigan def. Ohio State (20-25, 25-22, 25-21, 25-22)
Wisconsin def. Minnesota (25-13, 25-20, 25-19)

Standings
1. Nebraska (21-0, 12-0)
2. Wisconsin (20-1, 11-1)
3. Penn State (15-6, 9-3)
4. Purdue (14-7, 8-4)
5. Illinois (12-10, 7-5)
6. Indiana (16-9, 6-6)
6. Michigan State (14-9, 6-6)
6. Minnesota (10-10, 6-6)
9. Maryland (15-9, 5-7)
9. Northwestern (11-11, 5-7)
9. Ohio State (8-13, 5-7)
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12. Michigan (4-17, 2-10)
12. Rutgers (10-12, 2-10)
14. Iowa (8-16, 0-12)

The dotted line marks the teams still in contention for the Big Ten championship.

Matches for Wednesday - November 1
Purdue at Wisconsin
Northwestern at Illinois

Matches for Friday - November 3
Iowa at Michigan
Minnesota at Ohio State
Indiana at Rutgers
Maryland at Michigan State
Nebraska at Penn State (7:30 PM - BTN)

curious what you think

On this edition of Recruiting Blitz, we discussed the loss of Kewan Lacy, surprise visitors to the Purdue game, Grant Brix returning to Lincoln, as well as some national recruiting coverage.

00:00 - Intro

01:32 - Kewan Lacy decommits from Nebraska

06:15 - Surprise visitors for Purdue-Nebraska game

08:24 - Grant Brix returns to Lincoln

10:59 - Florida and Georgia national recruiting

14:54 - Outro

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Last year he was the object of a lot of vitriol from keyboard warriors. He has improved - good for him.

Login to view embedded media Coach Matt Rhule Postgame Purdue Press Conference Notes -Dominant performance by the defense -First time these guys have won three in a row -Purdue put a safety to spy Heinrich the whole game -The quick fumbles on the first plays are because the guys are excited to play -Defense loves to take the field -If he could go back, he would've punted on the fumble that got run back -Play got called wrong -A lot to improve upon -Playing to win, can't be too concerned about injuries when talking about HH -HH got bloody, so Jeff went in, then Jeff fumbled and HH was cleared to go back in -"I love Quinton Newsome" -mentions how him and Quinton have battled on some things before -Didn't know Quinton and Tommi high fived while running back the blocked kick -Stick to going 1-0, not concerned about bowl eligibility or the big ten west competition -Coach Satt wanted to be able to see the whole defense up in the box -Elliot Brown has been a "cheat code" coaching the receivers -Thought Josh Fleeks did a great job on the third drive -Injuries and bounce back speaks to the resolve of the team

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He’s at Lackawanna College now and collecting offers from everyone.

last few games have been close
Injuries to Iowa players vs I think no neb players is advantage neb
Pressure vs no pressure at all
Balls out vs conservatives

I put dollars + 10.5 and feel like it’s money

Who was the first Husker quarterback to rush for over 1,000 yards and pass for over 1,000 yards in a season?

And that shocks even me.

When we were great and I was young, either didn’t have the cash or was busy working. Then, when we started sucking but still consistently going to bowl games I pretty much thought, “what’s the point? We’re still only going to finish 6th in the top 10”

But now, well, now I have nothing really stopping me. And while I don’t want to be guilty of looking ahead, I think I’ll go this year. You know, assuming everything lines up.