Oregon and Washington, for all intents and purposes, are now a future member of the Big Ten. What a world.

I want to publicly acknowledge Rival's for their generosity. I've been offered a virtually ad-free experience, FREE of charge, until October 4th. Management obviously recognizes the value of me as a "one of Rivals' most loyal community members", and this generosity will ensure that I remain a customer until at least October 4th.

Anyone else catch the 96 Husker vs Colorado game on BTN yesterday? Good god our Defense was good. It looked like we had 15 guys on the field! Was fun to watch but also gave a shocking contrast to some of the piss-poor play we've suffered through over the last 20 years. Being in College through the Cosgrove years was BRUTAL.

Full confidence in HCMR to get this ship moving in the right direction. It'll be a process over the next 3 or 4 years.

Crawl. Walk. Run. Win.

GBR

Get the babies out now had multiple chances; he transferred

Seems like when a new coach is hired, people get so excited about the new players that are being brought in by the new staff. We're no different, 50% of the scholarship roster this fall are kids who were not on scholarship at the end of last season. Some transfers, some new freshmen, and some players returning.

But at the end of the day, we're still going to go in 2023 mostly with players who played last season. By my count, we have 1 WR, a center, a QB, an ILB and an OLB who will/may get a starting nod who didn't play last season. 5 out of 24.

It goes to show you that no matter how talented the younger players are or how highly rated the new transfers were when they were freshmen, experience and maturity does matter, a lot. Rhule will be measured in part on how he and his staff recruit, but I'm more excited to see what he's able to do with Frost's players this season. I look at guys like Gunnerson, Gifford, Ervin, Robinson, and many of the OLs, and I see body types being developed that remind me of development in the 80s and 90s.

Couple that with some competent coaching on the sideline and in the press box, we may be on our way back. I think that this is the best thing about this season. That we have a reason to be hopeful again, something that died for me after the 2020 season.

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Anyone familiar with the Ice Age animation series? There's this character that's a cross between a squirrel and a rat. Hence, Skrat. I picture Colorado as Skrat as they jump off of one sinking iceberg (Big 12) to another sinking iceberg (Pac 12). Now, they are jumping back to a still sinking iceberg (Big 12). They have no loyalty and they are vermin.

One name kept coming up Thursday when the fullback was mentioned: Barret Liebentritt.

Looks to me like the former Notre Dame and Skutt Catholic athlete is leading the pack there. Here’s more:

I think he will be an amazing player. Instincts from his film reminded me of a young Lavonte David.

>> White said true freshman Eric Fields is playing "everywhere" but "right now, he's at the Rover and he's doing a good job."

Eric Fields Senior Film

August 6

1806 - The Holy Roman Empire ended with the abdication of Emperor Francis II.

1825 - Bolivia declared independence from Peru.

1926 - Gertrude Ederle became the first American woman to swim across the English Channel.

1942 - Queen Wilhemina of the Netherlands became the first reigning queen to address a joint session of Congress, telling lawmakers that despite Nazi occupation, her people's motto remained, "No surrender."

1945 - The United States detonated the first nuclear weapon used in warfare over Hiroshima, Japan during World War II, which resulted in an estimated 140,000 deaths.

1962 - Jamaica gained independence within the British Commonwealth.

1965 - President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which outlawed the poll taxes and literacy tests that had restricted black voter registration in the South.

1978 - Pope Paul VI died at age 80.

1991 - The World Wide Web made its public debut as a means of accessing webpages over the Internet.

1993 - Louis Freeh won Senate confirmation to be FBI director.

1997 - British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams meet -- the first time in 76 years that a British leader and an IRA ally meet.

2003 - Arnold Schwarzenegger announced his candidacy to replace Gray Davis as governor of California to Jay Leno on "The Tonight Show."

2009 - Sonia Sotomayor was confirmed as the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice by a Senate vote of 68-31.

2011 - Insurgents shot down a U.S. military helicopter during fighting in eastern Afghanistan, killing 30 Americans, most of them belonging to the same elite Navy commando unit that had slain Osama bin Laden; seven Afghan commandos also died.

2012 - Curiosity, a SUV-size rover, successfully landed on Mars. The rover's research has been planned for the next two years, but since Curiosity's electricity is powered by plutonium, it could be operational and provide insight into Mars for decades to come.

2013 - President Barack Obama said during an appearance on NBC’s “The Tonight Show” that he was “disappointed” that Russia had granted temporary asylum to National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, defying administration demands that the former government contractor be sent back to the U.S. to face espionage charges.

2018 - A set of U.S. sanctions against Iran that had been eased by the Obama administration under the terms of the 2015 nuclear deal went back into effect.

Birthdays
27 - A'ja Wilson (basketball player)
30 - Charlotte McKinney (model)
42 - Leslie Odom Jr. (actor)
42 - Travis McCoy (singer)
47 - Melissa George (actress)
47 - Soleil Moon Frye (actress)
50 - Vera Farmiga (actress)
51 - Jason O'Mara (actor)
51 - Geri Halliwell (singer)
53 - M. Night Shyamalan (director)
55 - Lisa Stewart (singer)
55 - Benito Martinez (actor)
58 - Jeremy Ratchford (actor)
58 - David Robinson (basketball player)
59 - Peggy Lynn (singer)
59 - Patsy Lynn (singer)
61 - Michelle Yeoh (actress)
63 - Leland Orser (actor)
65 - Randy DeBarge (singer)
66 - Faith Prince (actress)
67 - Stepfanie Kramer (actress)
72 - Catherine Hicks (actress)
80 - Michael Anderson (actor)

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Today in Sports History - August 6

1879 - The first Australian rules football game to be played at night took place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The game was to promote the introduction of electricity to the city of Melbourne.

1890 - Cy Young achieved his first major league victory. He would accumulate 511 in his career.

1937 - MLB overturns New York Yankees' 7-6 win over Cleveland Indians because of umpire error.

1952 - Satchel Paige, at age 46, became the oldest pitcher to complete a major league baseball game.

1953 - Future Hall of Famer Ted Williams returns from military service in the Korean War and rejoins the Boston Red Sox.

1963 - The NBA's Philadelphia Nationals changes its nickname to 76ers in honor of the Declaration of Independence being signed in Philadelphia in 1776.

1973 - Roberto Clemente, Warren Spahn, Billy Evans, Monte Irvin, Mickey Welch and George Kelly are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

1981 - Lee Trevino was disqualified from the PGA Championship in Duluth, GA when he had his scorecard signed by Tom Weiskopf instead of himself.

1989 - The Boston Red Sox retire Carl Yastrzemski's #8.

1990 - Jim Palmer and Joe Morgan are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

1999 - Tony Gwynn of the San Diego Padres collects his 3,000th career hit.

2006 - For a MLB record 11th time in his career, Padres closer Trevor Hoffman records 30 or more saves in a season; beats mark set by Lee Smith, baseball's all-time saves leader.

2006 - Tiger Woods, at age 30, becomes the youngest player to compile 50 PGA Tour wins.

2022 - Tony Boselli became the first Jacksonville Jaguars player inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame along with seven members of the Class of 2022, including Richard Seymour, LeRoy Butler and coach Dick Vermeil.

Can't imagine sitting awkwardly around the BIG 12 fireplace right now, Colorado just coming back into the fold, wondering whether we'll even matter on the big scene revenue/TV/exposure wise in less than 5 years

Here's a quick recap of Fred Hoiberg's Zoom call this afternoon.

The short-handed Huskers finished the Spain trip undefeated at 3-0. Here's more:

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Along with AZ & ASU to the Big 12...

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Kind of hope they pass on Cal & Stanford

Oregon: 6-2
UCLA: 7-6
USC: 0-4-1
Washington: 5-4-1

Wrote a bunch of important stuff about Ben Scott, his role at center, his thoughts on the Huskers' defense and how it can help prep the Nebraska O-line for the season. I think you should read it.

Takes over a 4-8 Washington team - goes 11-2 in year 1

Matt Rhule takes over a 4-8 team - goes ???? in year 1

Will be super interesting to establish the pecking order of BIG coaches in coming years

Can there be a special icon in their little circle? Annoying having to read their dribble and weak attempt at their first couple of posts to determine what they are.
Asking for a friend.

Just committed to Boise State. Well at least he's not heading to Michigan.

I would love to see ND and Utah - ND is a no-brainer, but would the irish make the move? Utah brings a toughness that matches up with the Big 10. I was thinking that you could then have four five team pods Fill the remaining five games within a another pod on a rotating basis.

USC UCLA Washington Oregon and Utah
Nebraska Wisconsin Iowa Minnesota and Illinois
ND indiana Purdue Northwestern and Mich State
Michigan Ohio State Rutgers Penn State and Maryland

I cant help but cringe every time I see HCMR or MR. Reminds me of the golden era of one last adventure and hip hip.

Love the concept but concerned about ball security

Lot of fumbles happen when fighting for that extra yard

Thoughts?

@sklarbodds
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0/10 would not smash. Thank goodness the teachers here have made it clear that issues they deal with are only on parents as a whole, otherwise all these pedophiles would have to be lumped together with all teachers. Whew, close call.
North Platte high school teacher arrested for sexual assault of student https://www.1011now.com/2023/02/23/north-platte-high-school-teacher-arrested-sexual-assault-student/

Intriguing stuff from a rising leader in the NU program. Hit the link.