It's June 8th. Buford visited Nebraska this weekend and then announced on Instagram that he will be announcing this week. He's got a fresh top seven as well.

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Update: Schedule model and opponents for 2024 and 2025 have been announced:




I missed this yesterday – so in case you did too – Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti said that the league is "just a few days away" from unveiling the conference's new format and schedule:

Driving through Omaha on Thursday on the way north for a member guest. Have played Tiburon and Iron Horse the last few years. Looking for somthing different. Indian Creek is booked with an outing. Is Stone Creek any good?

Trying to also see if my local club pro can get us on to Players or Champions, but not holding my breath as I know his connections in Nebraska are not great.

By OU……NU offers in 3-2-1

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Fellas,
What’s a popular song you just cannot stand or get into?

Per my age, mostly thinking classic rock, but any will work.

Kill me now, mine is Hotel California for songs that are similar to tunes I like. Outside of that, can @Jesseblackshirts43 choose Jesse’s Girl?
If not, I hate Come on, Eileen

Don’t hate on me, just lmk your bugaboos. Btw, the word bugaboo is… nvm

To Georgia.

Some Georgia dude just put in predications for 6 guys to UGA, including Nelson.

June 8
632 - The prophet Muhammad died.

1845 - Andrew Jackson, the 7th president of the United States, died in Tennessee.

1861 - Tennessee became the 11th and final state to secede from the Union during the Civil War.

1864 - President Abraham Lincoln was nominated for a second term in office at the Republican Party's convention in Baltimore.

1953 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that restaurants in the District of Columbia could not refuse service to Blacks.

1967 - During the six-day Middle East war, 34 American servicemen were killed when Israel attacked the USS Liberty, a Navy intelligence-gathering ship in the Mediterranean Sea. (Israel later said the Liberty had been mistaken for an Egyptian vessel.)

1968 - James Earl Ray, the assassin of Martin Luther King Jr., was arrested in London.

1978 - A jury in Clark County, Nevada, ruled the so-called "Mormon will," purportedly written by the late billionaire Howard Hughes, was a forgery.

1982 - President Ronald Reagan became the first American president to address a joint session of Britain's Parliament.

1995 - U.S. Marines rescued Capt. Scott O'Grady, whose F-16C fighter jet had been shot down by Bosnian Serbs on June 2.

2001 - Tony Blair and his Labour Party won a second term, overwhelming the opposition at the British polls.

2008 - The average price of regular gas crept up to $4 a gallon for the first time.

2009 - North Korea's highest court sentenced American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee to 12 years' hard labor for trespassing and "hostile acts." (The women were pardoned in early August 2009 after a trip to Pyongyang by former President Bill Clinton.)

2015 - Siding with the White House in a foreign-policy power struggle with Congress, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Americans born in the disputed city of Jerusalem could not list Israel as their birthplace on passports.

Birthdays
21 - Athing Mu (track and field athlete)
26 - Jelena Ostapenko (tennis player)
29 - Liv Morgan (professional wrestler)
39 - Torrey DeVitto (actress)
40 - Kim Clijsters (tennis player)
45 - Maria Menounos (TV host/actress)
46 - Kanye West (rapper)
47 - Lindsay Davenport (tennis player)
52 - Mark Feuerstein (actor)
53 - Kelli Williams (actress)
53 - Nicci Gilbert (singer)
53 - Kent Faulcon (actor)
54 - David Sutcliffe (actor)
56 - Dan Futterman (actor)
56 - Julianna Margulies (actress)
65 - Keenen Ivory Wayans (actor)
68 - Griffin Dunne (actor)
72 - Bonnie Tyler (singer)
73 - Kathy Baker (actress)
73 - Sonia Braga (actress)
79 - Boz Scaggs (musician)
83 - Nancy Sinatra (singer)
87 - James Darren (actor)

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Today in Sports History - June 8

1934 - The Cincinnati Reds became the first Major League team to use an airplane to travel from one city to another. They flew from Cincinnati to Chicago.

1961 - The Milwaukee Braves set a major league baseball record with four consecutive home runs in the seventh inning.

1969 - The New York Yankees retired Mickey Mantle's #7.

1977 - Nolan Ryan of the California Angels records the fourth 19-strikeout game of his career.

1982 - The Los Angeles Lakers defeat the Philadelphia 76ers in six games to win the NBA championship.

1983 - Negro Baseball League star Satchel Paige died.

1986 - The Boston Celtics won their 16th NBA championship, defeating the Houston Rockets in six games.

2000 - The Dallas Stars and the New Jersey Devils played the NHL's longest scoreless game in Stanley Cup finals history. The fifth game of the series lasted 106 minutes and 21 seconds. The game ended with a goal by Mike Modano that allowed the Stars to play a game six back in Dallas.

2002 - The Detroit Red Wings and the Carolina Hurricanes began playing the third game of their Stanley Cup Finals. The game lasted until 14 minutes and 47 seconds of the third overtime. The game ended past 1 a.m. the next day and was the third-longest Stanley Cup finals game in NHL history.

2005 - Alex Rodriguez became the youngest player to reach 400 career home runs in a 12-3 win over the Milwaukee Brewers.

2013 - Serena Williams won her 16th Grand Slam title and her first French Open championship since 2002, beating Maria Sharapova 6-4, 6-4.

2018 - The Golden State Warriors beat the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 4 of the NBA finals to complete a sweep; it was their second straight title and third in four years.

2022 - Olympian Simone Biles and dozens of other women who say they were sexually assaulted by Larry Nassar filed a lawsuit seeking more than $1 billion from the FBI for failing to stop the sports doctor when the agency first received allegations against him.

Hey everyone, sorry I'm later than I wanted to be with this but if you've got a question you want me to tackle for tomorrow fire away! I'll write it up tomorrow morning. Lots going on right now with OVs and camps.

Six Selected for Nebraska Athletics Hall of Fame
Huskers.com

Five distinguished student-athletes and one legendary head coach make up the six individuals in the 2023 University of Nebraska Athletics Hall of Fame class, announced on Wednesday, June 7.

The 2023 class includes: Lori Endicott (volleyball, 1985-88); Tommie Frazier (football, 1992-95); Emily Parsons (women's gymnastics, 2005-08); Tolly Thompson (wrestling, 1993-97); Brittany Timko (soccer, 2003-06); and retired men's and women's track and field head coach Gary Pepin.

The five student-athletes in the 2023 Nebraska Athletics Hall of Fame class combined to win two team national championships and one individual national title while earning 18 All-America awards. Pepin guided Nebraska to three national championships as the Huskers' head coach, and his athletes combined for 59 individual national titles and 639 All-America accolades. The class will be permanently enshrined on a granite plaque with the names of the six members added to the University of Nebraska Athletics Hall of Fame Plaza.

"We are honored to recognize the achievements of these elite individuals, and we look forward to celebrating their accomplishments as we induct them into the University of Nebraska Athletics Hall of Fame this fall,' Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Trev Alberts said. "The five student-athletes had a tremendous impact on the University of Nebraska and deserve to be recognized for their contributions as Cornhuskers. We are also excited to honor Coach Pepin, who served more student-athletes than any other coach in the history of Nebraska Athletics and has an unmatched resume as one of the greatest track and field coaches in NCAA history."

The 2023 class will be inducted the afternoon of Friday, Oct. 27 and recognized at the Nebraska vs. Purdue Homecoming football game on Saturday, Oct. 28.

The Nebraska Athletics Hall of Fame Plaza is located on a walkway, stretching from outside of East Memorial Stadium and continuing to the historic NU Coliseum. The University of Nebraska Athletics Hall of Fame Plaza is accessible to the public 24 hours a day, seven days a week at no charge and is lit for night viewing. The plaza recognizes each annual Hall of Fame class, along with columns dedicated to the history and successes of each of Nebraska's athletic programs.

A Class of Conference Champions
One common trait shared by each member of the 2023 Hall of Fame was conference domination, both from an individual and team standpoint.

Each of the five student-athletes was an individual conference champion, conference player of the year, or both. The student-athletes combined to win 14 team conference championships and 10 individual conference titles while being recognized with seven conference player-of-the-year awards. From a coaching perspective, Pepin won 73 team conference championships (40 on the women's side and 33 on the men's side) and his athletes won 597 individual conference titles.

Endicott helped the volleyball program to a Big Eight title in each of her four seasons from 1985 to 1988, including four regular-season championships and three tournament titles. The first conference player of the year in program history, Endicott was the 1987 and 1988 Big Eight Player of the Year. She was also an All-American both seasons and an Academic All-American as a senior. A native of Springfield, Missouri, Endicott went on to become the first Husker volleyball player to compete in the Olympics (1992 and 1996), helping the United States to a bronze medal in 1992.

Frazier was also a conference champion every season of his career, leading the football team to Big Eight titles in 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1995. He was the Big Eight Freshman/Newcomer of the Year in 1992 and was the Offensive Player of the Year in 1995. Frazier posted a 33-3 record as Nebraska's starting quarterback, including a 19-1 mark in conference play. He helped Nebraska to back-to-back national championships in 1994 and 1995 and was a three-time Most Valuable Player in National Championship bowl games. The runner-up for the 1995 Heisman Trophy, Frazier was named one of the 10 Greatest College Football Players of the 20th Century. A Bradenton, Florida native, Frazier was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2013.

Parsons won seven individual Big 12 Conference titles and two team championships during her four-year career as a Nebraska gymnast from 2005 to 2008. A native of St. Charles, Missouri, Parsons was the 2005 Big 12 Newcomer of the Year and the 2007 Big 12 Co-Gymnast of the Year. A nine-time regional champion and three-time regional gymnast of the year, Parsons was an 11-time All-American. She earned All-America accolades on multiple events all four seasons of her career and was a first-team All-American in at least one event all four years.

Thompson was a three-time conference champion during his distinguished career as a heavyweight wrestler from 1993 to 1997. After redshirting in 1993, he was the Big Eight champion in 1995 and 1996 before winning the Big 12 heavyweight title in 1997. In 1995, Thompson was the NCAA Champion before finishing third in both 1996 and 1997. A three-time All-American, Thompson was 15-2 with three top-three finishes in his NCAA Tournament career, and he went 8-1 at the conference tournament. A native of Janesville, Iowa, Thompson won 157 matches in his career, a total that ranked in the top 10 in NCAA history at the conclusion of his career. He still holds the Nebraska record for all-time victories.

Timko was one of the most decorated soccer players in Big 12 Conference history. She was the Big 12 Player of the Year in 2004 and 2005 before sharing the top honor in 2006. The only three-time player of the year in Big 12 history, Timko was also a two-time All-American and was an outstanding international player, competing on the world stage even during her Husker career. In her freshman season at Nebraska, Timko helped Canada to a fourth-place finish at the Women's World Cup. One year later, she won the Golden Boot Award as the top scorer at the 2004 FIFA U-19 World Championship. Timko played in three World Cups and two Olympics in her international career, winning a bronze medal in 2012. She was inducted into the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame in 2020.

Pepin is the sixth coach to be inducted into the Nebraska Athletics Hall of Fame. He was the head coach of the Husker women's track and field team from 1981 to 2022, and Pepin guided the men's team from 1984 to 2022. The numbers during his tenure as the longest-serving head coach in Nebraska history are staggering: three team national championships; 73 team conference titles; 59 individual NCAA champions; 597 individual conference champions; 639 All-Americans; and 68 Academic All-Americans. Pepin was named the conference coach of the year 28 times during his illustrious career. The 1995 National Indoor Coach of the Year, Pepin was inducted into the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2008.

2023 Nebraska Athletics Hall of Fame Class

- Lori Endicott, Volleyball (1985-1988)
- Tommie Frazier, Football (1992-1995)
- Emily Parsons, Women's Gymnastics (2005-2008)
- Tolly Thompson, Wrestling (1993-1997)
- Brittany Timko, Soccer (2003-2006)
- Gary Pepin, Track & Field Head Coach (1981-2022)

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Specifics features I’m looking for are: storage boxes underneath (along both sides), access panel for fifth wheel hitch, rear window guard, removable stake-bed sides.

Thx.

Time to boycott PGA tour players and that league. Sad day in American Sports. June 6th none the less.

A new All-American tour needs to breakaway.

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Texas wide receiver VanKeith Brown got a chance to work out in front of Nebraska’s coaches yesterday. He walked away with an offer after working with wide receivers coach Garret McGuire and offensive coordinator Marcus Satterfield.

“I was happy,” Brown said. “I’ve been talking with Coach (Evan) Cooper for a long time and he told me I just got to go out and handle my part.”

The Nebraska coaches really wanted to see if Brown’s football skills match up with his speed in person. He ran a low 4.4 40-yard dash at the camp but the staff wanted to see his change of direction skills too. Brown counts his ability to change direction and body control as his best traits as a wideout.

He doesn’t have a visit set yet to Nebraska but he is talking to the staff about coming up to Lincoln. Brown really liked McGuire because he’s a cool, young guy. As he collects more offers during camp season, he knows what he is looking for in a school.

“I’m looking for who’s going to develop me as a man,” Brown said.

Seems like we might have our first 25 commit. Any guesses? I'll go with Tyson Terry:

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They view Rhule as legit and think NU is well positioned wrt NIL to make a move in the league.
"They need a solid, proof-of-concept year with both schemes on both sides of the ball, otherwise, it's all about recruiting. They're a sleeping giant because every other staff in the league knows what they're building in NIL. They're scary. If they do it the right way and strike deals with players who can be foundational pieces, they're going to be really good down the line. Sleeping giant was said multiple times by opposing coaches. #offseasonnatlchampes

Big coaching change from the Huskers. Hit the link.

Pac-12 schools will equally share media revenue and use performance-based distribution of College Football Playoff revenue.

The members have just agreed to this in principle. They won't sign off on this new grant of rights until their next media deal is finalized.

Does this team have any Alphas?

I'm not referring to guys that look the part but go MIA on gamedays (i.e. Ty Robinson), or players that say all the right things but don't always back it up (i.e. Garrett Nelson), or even players that have a shit ton of talent but can't put it all together (i.e. Caleb Tannor).

By Alpha, I'm talking about a player that...

1. Can win a game in the Big House as a redshirt freshman.
2. Deliver a YOLO bomb touchdown pass against Georgia.
3. Pull off a Superman leap from the 10 yard line into the end zone.
4. Beat the vaunted Michigan State defense with a bum ankle.
5. Shake off severe leg cramps to take it to house against Oregon.
6. Play with a torn hammy and run for the game winning TD against Minnesota.
7. Shake off near death and paralysis to join team on the sidelines against Ohio State.

That's what I'm referring to.

Anyone on this roster capable of heroics like that?

Looking at you Jeff Sims...

This one hurts. He was one of the most likeable, colorful villains back when the WWF was the WWF.



He and the late Nikolai Volkoff were entertaining to say the least. The backstory behind these guys is remarkable.

Frank Solich is on the ballot for the College Football Hall of Fame for the second straight year. He's one of nine former FBS coaches on the ballot this year.

Former Nebraska-Kearney Allen Zikmund is also on the ballot in the Divisional Coach Candidates category. Zikmund's teams won 11 conference titles, had nine of his players named NAIA All-Americans, and 67 of his players made all-conference teams. Zikmund is already a member of the NAIA Hall of Fame.

Here's a full list of the players and coaches who made the ballot for the College Football HoF:

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The visit to Nebraska will be June 13-15. He’s also got Oklahoma State this weekend and Texas Tech next weekend. Esquerra also picked up an offer from TCU yesterday.

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Anyone have any experience in this lovely town?

Besides Neal Pert, who is close to this?
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