With the 9 game conference schedule and the quality of teams in the B1G, does NU's future non conference schedules look to get 3 winnable opponents (a couple cupcakes and N.Ill type) or do we still try and schedule at least one marquee game with a power 5 team where we have a chance to lose before the gauntlet of conference games start?

There’s not a professional team I can’t stand more than the Brewers.

Here’s to a good season. Where the Cubs fans at? Let’s roll!

Some thoughts on Illinois and where I think Nebraska can have success Friday.

2-10 in year 1 at Temple

1-11 in year 1 at Baylor

Don’t despair. Saturday’s beatdown surely brought the problems we face into focus for him.

Caught the flu and can’t go. So, I have four tickets for sale for less than face value. Section 106 seats 15-18. 35 yard line. I can break them into a two seat package. $45 per seat. I paid 68. I also will include the parking pass for free to the first taker. Gfinchum@hotmail.com if interested.

Can someone explain to me why Nebraska has a total of 5 back to back games scheduled in games against B1G teams, while Wisconsin only has to face back to back games 2 times? Is this something that we had control over and Cook opted for that many back to back games? Brutal.

Some notes: true frosh DeAndre Barnes now backing up Isaac Gifford at the rover spot.

Still Alvano OR Bleekrode. (Make the switch)

Fleeks now listed as no. 2 RB

Phalen Sanford starting at safety for Singleton who is already ruled out for the game.

This man needs an apology and she needs to go to jail. This is becoming far too common.

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Pat Fitzgerald suing Northwestern for $130M for wrongful termination​

ESPN
Oct 5, 2023, 12:11 PM ET

CHICAGO -- Former Northwestern University football coach Pat Fitzgerald is suing the school for $130 million, saying his alma mater wrongfully fired him in the wake of a hazing and abuse scandal that has engulfed the athletic department.

The announcement by Chicago-based attorneys Dan K. Webb and Matthew R. Carter on Thursday comes nearly three months after Fitzgerald was suspended and then fired after 17 years.

Attorney Webb said that Fitzgerald would also be seeking additional money for "infliction of emotional distress," future lost income and punitive damages.
"If there was ever a coach at Northwestern University who should have not been terminated, it's Coach Fitzgerald," Webb said.

The 48-year-old Fitzgerald was suspended for two weeks on July 7 following an investigation by attorney Maggie Hickey of law firm ArentFox Schiff. That probe did not find "sufficient" evidence that the coaching staff knew about ongoing hazing, but concluded there were "significant opportunities" to find out about it.

Three days later, following the publication in the Daily Northwestern student newspaper of stories alleging both hazing and racism in the football program, the school changed its stance and fired Fitzgerald. President Michael Schill said at the time the hazing was "widespread" and not a secret within the program.

Northwestern is facing more than a dozen lawsuits across multiple sports with allegations including sexual abuse of players by teammates, as well as racist comments by coaches and race-based assaults. Baseball coach Jim Foster was fired July 13 amid allegations of a toxic culture that included bullying and abusive behavior. Fitzgerald's dismissal capped a rapid fall from grace for someone who seemed entrenched at his alma mater. He was an All-American linebacker, a star on the 1995 team that won the Big Ten and reached the Rose Bowl after decades of losing at Northwestern.

Fitzgerald led the Wildcats to a 110-101 record and -- by a wide margin -- more wins than any other coach. Northwestern won Big Ten West championships in 2018 and 2020, plus five bowl games. But the team went 4-20 over his last two seasons.

Defensive coordinator David Braun was elevated to interim coach six months after joining Fitzgerald's staff.

Just over two months ago, Northwestern hired former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch to lead an investigation into the culture of its athletic department and its anti-hazing procedures. The university announced no timetable for the investigation but said the results will be made public, unlike those of the previous investigation.
In August, assistant football coaches and staff members wore black shirts with "Cats Against the World" and Fitzgerald's old number "51" in purple type at practice that athletic director Derrick Gragg said were "inappropriate, offensive and tone deaf." About a week later, approximately 1,000 former Northwestern athletes sent a letter condemning hazing while defending the school's culture, saying allegations of abuse within the football program and other men's and women's teams do not reflect their experiences.

The turmoil came as the school is trying to gain approval to build a new Ryan Field. The plans call for a state-of-the-art facility featuring a reduced seating capacity and greater emphasis on the fan experience.

Is this posted someplace? Just curious.

Tied 1-1
Somebody's gonna get hurt in this match. Purdue has some super impressive hitters.
On BTN

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

BYE WEEK
Air Force
Appalachian State
Auburn
BYU
Charlotte
Cincinnati
Coastal Carolina
#19 Duke
East Carolina
Georgia Southern
Georgia State
Hawaii
Houston
Indiana
James Madison
Memphis
Michigan State
Nevada
New Mexico
#8 Oregon
#6 Penn State
Pittsburgh
San Diego State
South Carolina
Southern Methodist
Stanford
#22 Tennessee
Texas-El Paso
Tulane
UNLV
#18 Utah
#7 Washington
West Virginia

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WEDNESDAY - OCTOBER 4

7:00 PM
Jacksonville State at Middle Tennessee State (ESPNU)

8:00 PM
Florida International at New Mexico State (CBS Sports Network)

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THURSDAY - OCTOBER 5

6:00 PM
Sam Houston State at Liberty (CBS Sports Network)

7:00 PM
Western Kentucky at Louisiana Tech (ESPN)

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FRIDAY - OCTOBER 6

6:30 PM
Kansas State at Oklahoma State (ESPN)

7:00 PM
Nebraska at Illinois (FOX Sports 1)

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SATURDAY - OCTOBER 7

11:00 AM
Boston College at Army (CBS Sports Network)
#23 LSU at #21 Missouri (ESPN)
Maryland at #4 Ohio State (FOX)
#12 Oklahoma vs. #3 Texas (at Dallas) (ABC)
Rutgers at Wisconsin (Peacock)
Toledo at Massachusetts (ESPNU)
Western Michigan at Mississippi State (SEC Network)
William & Mary at Virginia (ACC Network)

1:00 PM
Central Michigan at Buffalo (ESPN+)
Marshall at North Carolina State (CW)
Texas-San Antonio at Temple (ESPN+)

2:00 PM
Howard at Northwestern (Big Ten Network)
#13 Washington State at UCLA (Pac-12 Network)

2:30 PM
#11 Alabama at Texas A&M (CBS)
Ball State at Eastern Michigan (ESPN+)
Bowling Green at Miami (OH) (ESPN+)
Kent State at Ohio (ESPN+)
North Texas at Navy (CBS Sports Network)
Northern Illinois at Akron (ESPN+)
Purdue at Iowa (Peacock)
Syracuse at #14 North Carolina (ESPN)
Texas State at Louisiana-Lafayette (ESPNU)
Virginia Tech at #5 Florida State (ABC)
Wake Forest at Clemson (ACC Network)

3:00 PM
Arkansas State at Troy (ESPN+)
Central Florida at Kansas (FOX)
South Florida at Alabama-Birmingham (ESPN2)
Vanderbilt at Florida (SEC Network)

4:00 PM
Connecticut at Rice (ESPN+)

5:00 PM
Tulsa at Florida Atlantic (ESPN+)

5:30 PM
Colorado at Arizona State (Pac-12 Network)

6:00 PM
#20 Kentucky at #1 Georgia (ESPN)
Old Dominion at Southern Mississippi (ESPN+)
South Alabama at Louisiana-Monroe (ESPN+)

6:30 PM
Arkansas at #16 Mississippi (SEC Network)
#2 Michigan at Minnesota (NBC)
#10 Notre Dame at #25 Louisville (ABC)

7:00 PM
Colorado State at Utah State (Mountain West Network)
#24 Fresno State at Wyoming (FOX)
Georgia Tech at #17 Miami (FL) (ACC Network)
San Jose State at Boise State (CBS Sports Network)
TCU at Iowa State (FOX Sports 2)
Texas Tech at Baylor (ESPN2)

9:00 PM
#15 Oregon State at California (Pac-12 Network)

9:30 PM
Arizona at #9 USC (ESPN)

October 5
1877 - Chief Joseph surrendered to the U.S. Army.

1892 - The Dalton Gang, notorious for its train robberies, was practically wiped out while attempting to rob a pair of banks in Coffeyville, Kansas.

1910 - King Manuel II was overthrown in a revolution and Portugal became a republic.

1947 - In the first televised White House address, President Harry Truman urged Americans to refrain from eating meat on Tuesdays and poultry on Sundays to help starving people in other countries.

1953 - Earl Warren was sworn in as the 14th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, succeeding Fred M. Vinson.

1958 - Racially-desegregated Clinton High School in Clinton, Tennessee, was nearly leveled by an early morning bombing.

1962 - The Beatles released their first hit, "Love Me Do," in Britain.

1983 - Solidarity founder Lech Walesa was named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

1989 - A jury in Charlotte, North Carolina, convicted former P-T-L evangelist Jim Bakker of using his television show to defraud followers. (Sentenced to 45 years in prison, Bakker was freed in December 1994 after serving 4 ½ years.)

1990 - Cincinnati's Contemporary Arts Center and its director were acquitted of obscenity charges resulting from an exhibit of Robert Mapplethorpe's photographs.

1994 - Forty-eight people were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide carried out simultaneously in two Swiss villages by members of a secret religious doomsday cult known as the Order of the Solar Temple.

2001 - Tabloid photo editor Robert Stevens died from inhaled anthrax, the first of a series of anthrax cases in Florida, New York, New Jersey and Washington.

2005 - Defying the White House, senators voted 90-9 to approve an amendment sponsored by Republican Sen. John McCain that would prohibit the use of "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment" against anyone in U.S. government custody.

2011 - Steve Jobs the Apple founder and former chief executive who'd invented and master-marketed ever sleeker gadgets that transformed everyday technology from the personal computer to the iPod and iPhone, died in Palo Alto, California at age 56.

2015 - The United States, Japan and 10 other nations in Asia and the Americas reached agreement on the landmark Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal.

2017 - Hollywood executive Harvey Weinstein announced that he was taking a leave of absence from his company after a New York Times article detailed decades of alleged sexual harassment against women.

2020 - President Donald Trump made a dramatic return to the White House after leaving the military hospital where he was receiving an unprecedented level of care for COVID-19.

2021 - A former Facebook employee, data scientist Frances Haugen, told a Senate panel that the company knew that its platform spread misinformation and content that harmed children, but that it refused to make changes that could hurt its profits.

2022 - Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the final papers to annex four regions of Ukraine while his military struggled to control the new territory.

Birthdays
23 - Millie Innes (actress)
29 - Joshua Logan Moore (actor)
30 - Stephanie Atala (actress)
34 - Travis Kelce (football player)
37 - Kevin Bigley (actor)
38 - Brooke Valentine (singer)
38 - Nathalie Kelley (actress)
40 - Nicky Hilton (reality star)
40 - Jesse Eisenberg (actor)
45 - James Valentine (musician)
48 - Kate Winslet (actress)
48 - Scott Weinger (actor)
49 - Heather Headley (singer/actress)
53 - Josie Bissett (actress)
56 - Guy Pearce (actor)
58 - Mario Lemieux (hockey player)
63 - Daniel Baldwin (actor)
65 - Neil deGrasse Tyson (astrophysicist)
72 - Karen Allen (actress)
76 - Brian Johnson (singer)
80 - Steve Miller (singer)
86 - Barry Switzer (football coach)
100 - Glynis Johns (actress)

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Today in Sports History - October 5

1901 - Nebraska defeats Doane 29-0.

1907 - Nebraska defeats South Dakota 39-0.

1912 - Nebraska opens the season with a 61-0 win over Bellevue.

1918 - Nebraska opens the season with a 12-0 loss to Iowa.

1919 - Enzo Ferrari debuted in his first race. He later founded the Auto Avio Construzioni Ferrari, an independent manufacturing company.

1921 - The World Series was broadcast on radio for the first time.

1929 - Nebraska opens the season under new head coach Dana X. Bible with a 0-0 tie against Southern Methodist.

1932 - The Detroit Falcons introduced a new name (the Red Wings) and new uniforms to the city of Detroit.

1935 - Nebraska defeats Iowa State 20-7.

1940 - Nebraska opens the season with a 13-7 loss to Minnesota.

1942 - The St. Louis Cardinals defeat the New York Yankees in five games to win the World Series.

1946 - Nebraska defeats Kansas State 31-0.

1957 - Nebraska defeats Kansas State 14-7.

1963 - Nebraska defeats Iowa State 21-7.

1974 - #6 Nebraska defeats Minnesota 54-0.

1985 - #13 Nebraska defeats New Mexico 38-7.

1991 - Fresno State ties an NCAA record with 49 points scored in the second quarter in a 94-17 rout of New Mexico.

1996 - #7 Nebraska defeats #16 Kansas State 39-3.

2001 - Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants broke Mark McGwire's single-season home run record when he hit his 71st and 72nd of the year.

2001 - The Atlanta Braves become the first North American professional sports franchise to win 10 consecutive division titles.

2002 - Nebraska defeats McNeese State 38-14.

2003 - The Chicago Cubs won their first postseason series since the 1908 World Series.

2003 - Dante Hall (Kansas City Chiefs) scored on a return in an NFL-record fourth straight game. He scored his fourth touchdown on a return in only 5 games.

2004 - Scottie Pippen announces his retirement from basketball.

2005 - Hockey great Wayne Gretzky makes his NHL head coaching debut with the Phoenix Coyotes in a 3-2 loss to the Vancouver Canucks.

2007 - Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Penguins) played his first game as captain. He was the youngest player to be named a captain in the NHL.

2007 - After years of denials, triple gold medal winning American sprinter Marion Jones admits she used steroids in 2000 and 2001; she pleads guilty to lying to federal investigators, announces her retirement and returns her medals to the USOC.

2013 - Nebraska defeats Illinois 39-19.

2019 - Nebraska defeats Northwestern 13-10.

Here's a summary of the new proposed NCAA rules on those subjects including a reduction in the portal window:

Link to NCAA Rule Changes

So, any chance N beats the Fatman? As a Husker fan I obviously want the win but as a beaten down domestically abused Husker fan I think we probably lose yet another one.

If starting in year 3 we averaged 9 wins per year for the next 10 years and had 1 maybe 2 playoff births would people be happy/satisfied with these results??

Good stuff from the Nebraska underclassmen as the Huskers hit the road again this weekend.

Which one do you prefer?

The latest episode of the Recruiting Blitz is here! @jansencoburn and I dive into our impressions of seeing Carter Nelson play in person, my observations from seeing recruits on the sidelines on Saturday and give some of the reaction we've heard so far.

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Worst attendence in a hundred years for a playoff game. Hahaha.

Backup RB?

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