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Two members of the University of Nebraska Board of Regents have proposed making system President Ted Carter responsible for providing policy direction and oversight to Husker Athletics.

Lincoln Regent Tim Clare and Regent Rob Schafer of Beatrice have recommended the change, which would put regents closer to the decision-making process of the athletics office. The proposed bylaw revision will go before regents at a special meeting May 31 as an informational item. It would then be put to a board vote on June 22.

In a joint statement, Clare and Schafer said Husker Athletics is "the single most iconic brand in the state of Nebraska."

"It makes sense for the president of the university system, with a direct line to the Board of Regents, to have oversight of the program that serves as the front door to the university for so many Nebraskans," they said.

The Board of Regents is responsible for hiring the system president. The president, in turn selects campus chancellors whose hires are later approved by the board.

Currently, the campus chancellors are responsible for choosing leaders for various campus offices, including the athletic director.

Intercollegiate athletics programs, particularly those in the so-called Power 5 conference, are large and complex entities "with enormous financial, legal and reputational implications for their entire institutions," the regents added.

"We're in the midst of the most intense period of change in our lifetimes for college athletics. Nebraska needs to stay on the leading edge of this new normal."

Carter will also take over UNL's spot on the Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors, which has oversight of the conference's policies, budget and operations, as well as hiring of the conference commissioner.

The change to regents' bylaws would not affect the athletic departments at the University of Nebraska at Omaha or the University of Nebraska at Kearney.

If approved by the regents in June, the bylaw change would take effect on July 1.

Last week's first mailbag was fun. Figured I'd do it again. Let's roll!

The ACC has approved a "success incentive initiative" that will begin during the 2024-25 academic year. No specifics on the initiative have been revealed yet, but the new program would impact how postseason revenue is distributed in football and men's basketball. The ACC indicated "the implementation of the success incentives will come solely from the performance of teams in revenue generating postseason competition. All other revenues will continue to be equally shared as currently outlined."

Currently, ACC schools split revenue from bowl games and College Football Playoff games equally. Some estimates say schools that do well in the football postseason, for example, could earn up to an extra $10 million than what they would have received under the current revenue sharing model.


ACC Board of Directors Announces Endorsement of Success Incentives
TheACC.com
GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – The Atlantic Coast Conference Board of Directors today announced that it has endorsed a success incentive initiative that will begin during the 2024-25 academic year. The decision follows analysis and discussions that have occurred throughout the past year.

The specifics of the plan are in progress and will be solidified in the coming months. Under this initiative, the implementation of the success incentives will come solely from the performance of teams in revenue generating postseason competition. All other revenues will continue to be equally shared as currently outlined.

“The ACC Board of Directors continues to be committed to exploring all potential opportunities that will result in additional revenues and resources for the conference,” said ACC Board of Directors Chair and Duke University President Vincent E. Price. “Today’s decision provides a path to reward athletic success while also distributing additional revenue to the full membership.”

“Today’s endorsement follows significant and meaningful conversations by the ACC Board of Directors,” said ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips, Ph.D. “To be certain, I applaud their thoughtfulness and continued commitment to working collectively. As we’ve communicated consistently, we remain dedicated to exploring all options to enhance support for our member institutions and their student-athletes.”

In this week's Recruiting Rundown I took a look at some potential early impact summer arrivals and the immediate impact Danny Kaelin could have on the 2024 recruiting class. Hit the link...

Just got a BGE and am looking to make some stellar sides to go with my meats.

Will start off with the 3-2-1 rack of ribs and am ****ing stoked (these ribs with this method off the Traeger were phenomenal).

Does anybody have any potato salad and or coleslaw recipes they are willing to share? Also open to any other side dish ideas for grilling/smoking feasts.

Thanks! GBR!

And it's no longer $1! They already got me today, but if I can save just one other person from this travesty it will be worth it!!

May 26

1521 - Martin Luther's writings were banned by the Edict of Worms.

1864 - President Abraham Lincoln signed a measure creating the Montana Territory.

1865 - Confederate forces west of the Mississippi in New Orleans surrendered.

1868 - President Andrew Johnson avoided conviction for impeachment charges of "high crimes and misdemeanors" by one vote.

1938 - The House Un-American Activities Committee was established by Congress.

1940 - The Allies began Operation Dynamo, the massive naval evacuation of nearly 338,000 troops from Dunkirk, France during World War II.

1954 - Explosions rocked the aircraft carrier USS Bennington off the coast of Rhode Island, killing 103 sailors. (The initial blast was blamed on leaking catapult fluid ignited by the flames of a jet.)

1971 - Don McLean recorded his song “American Pie” at The Record Plant in New York City (it was released the following November by United Artists Records).

1972 - President Richard Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev signed the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in Moscow. (The U.S. withdrew from the treaty in 2002.)

1977 - George Willig, "the human fly," scaled the World Trade Center in New York City by attaching himself to the window washer mechanism and walking straight up until falling into police custody when he reached the top. It took Willig three and a half hours to make the climb, and he was fined $1.10 -- a penny per floor.

1978 - The first legal casino to be operated in the United States outside of Nevada was opened in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

1981 - Fourteen people were killed when a Marine jet crashed onto the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz off Florida.

1994 - Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley were married in the Dominican Republic. (The couple divorced in 1996.)

2003 - Rwandans voted to approve a new constitution that instituted a balance of power between Hutu and Tutsi.

2004 - Nearly a decade after the Oklahoma City bombing, Terry Nichols was found guilty of 161 state murder charges for helping carry out the attack. (Nichols later received 161 consecutive life sentences.)

2009 - President Barack Obama nominated federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court.

2009 - The California Supreme Court upheld the Proposition 8 gay marriage ban but said the 18,000 same-sex weddings that had taken place before the prohibition passed were still valid.

2011 - Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb general responsible for the massacre of over 8,000 Muslims at Srebrenica in 1995, is found and arrested in Lazarevo, a farming town north of Belgrade, Serbia. (Mladic was extradited to face trial in The Hague, Netherlands; he was convicted in 2017 on genocide and war crimes charges and is serving a life sentence.)

2018 - Joshua Holt, who traveled to Venezuela from Utah in 2016 to marry a Spanish-speaking Mormon woman, but was jailed and labeled as the CIA’s top spy in Latin America, was set free by Venezuela’s anti-American government and returned to the United States with his wife.

2018 - The leaders of North and South Korea met for the second time in a month in a surprise summit at a border village to discuss Kim Jong Un’s potential meeting with President Donald Trump.

Birthdays
24 - Molly-Mae Hague (model)
24 - Kerry Ingram (actress)
28 - Kailin Chase (model)
32 - Julianna Rose Mauriello (actress)
36 - Brandi Cyrus (actress)
44 - Hrach Titizian (actor)
44 - Elisabeth Harnois (actress)
48 - Lauryn Hill (singer)
52 - Matt Stone (actor/producer)
53 - Joseph Fiennes (actor)
57 - Zola Budd (runner)
57 - Helena Bonham Carter (actress)
59 - Lenny Kravitz (singer)
61 - Bobcat Goldthwait (actor/comedian)
61 - Genie Francis (actress)
63 - Doug Hutchison (actor)
65 - Margaret Colin (actress)
74 - Hank Williams Jr. (singer)
74 - Philip Michael Thomas (actor)
74 - Pam Grier (actress)
75 - Stevie Nicks (singer)
84 - Brent Musburger (sportscaster)

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Today in Sports History - May 26

1923 - The inaugural 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race for cars starts through public roads around Le Mans, France.

1925 - Ty Cobb becomes the first MLB player to collect 1,000 extra-base hits.

1959 - Harvey Haddix of the Pittsburgh Pirates pitched 12 perfect innings against the Milwaukee Braves before losing 1-0 in the 13th inning.

1980 - Steve Carlton (Philadelphia Phillies) became the first National League player to record six 1-hitters.

1988 - The Edmonton Oilers won their fourth Stanley Cup in five seasons, sweeping the Boston Bruins.

1990 - The Philadelphia Phillies retired Mike Schmidt's #20.

According to Bruce Feldman, former Nebraska staffer Jack Cooper will join Wisconsin's staff as a senior defensive analyst. This comes after Cooper served as Rhode Island's defensive coordinator last season.

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Cooper was part of Scott Frost's UCF staff from 2016-17 and then Nebraska until 2019 with the title defensive quality control.

Huskers playing for their season tonight. Hit the link.

GBR!

Tough night for the Huskers. Hit the link.

Next up in our look at each Husker opponent's most notable transfer portal additions and departures: Michigan State.


In case you missed them, here are the previous installments:
Minnesota
Colorado
Northern Illinois
Louisiana Tech
Michigan
Illinois
Northwestern
Purdue

Hello folks, I'm back at the impressive Charles Schwab Field for the second round of the 2023 Big Ten Tournament as No. 1 Maryland (38-19) takes on No. 4 Nebraska (32-21-1) with a berth in the semifinals on the line. A win today would give the victorious team a big boost in reaching the championship final on Sunday as it would require them to lose two games on Saturday to be knocked out.

First pitch is set for 6:43 p.m. due to No. 3 Iowa's 9-4 victory over No. 2 Indiana going late.

Nebraska is coming off the heels of a roller coaster win over No. 5 Rutgers Wednesday afternoon as a six-run seventh inning paved the path for a victory thanks to 1.2 shutdown innings from Will Walsh to close it out. Gabe Swansen and Charlie Fischer each belted three-run homers with Swansen's coming during that six-run seventh that put the Huskers ahead for good. The Scarlet Knights lost 6-4 earlier today to No. 8 Michigan State so the loser of tonight's matchup will take on the Spartans tomorrow at 7 p.m. Here's that recap from last night:


The Terps were tested in the opening round against the Spartans as despite having one of the best offenses in the country, Maryland was limited to three runs in a 3-2 victory over MSU. Here's a deep dive into the Terrapins and what to expect from them:


It'll be another good pitching matchup as RHP Nick Dean (3-1, 5.20 ERA) vs. RHP Jace Kaminska (7-3, 4.36 ERA). The Terps threw their Sunday starter Kyle McCoy on Tuesday, but he's been dealing with forearm issues so he only got through 0.2 innings. The bullpen had to carry the load, but they got an off day to rest up.

ICYMI, I broke down the Big Ten Tournament and all the big players to watch. Additionally, head coach Will Bolt and fifth-year reliever Kyle Perry spoke to the media ahead of going to Omaha. Here are those:

Ernest Campbell spoke with national recruiting analyst @Cole Patterson about his upcoming visits to Texas A&M, Boston College and Nebraska. As we reported here, he'll be in Lincoln June 23rd. You run a 10.22 100m dash and schools take notice. Hit the link...

Spring is over, but the portal isn't. The Huskers continued to add to their roster, this time with the commitment of Utah transfer OL Tyler Knaak, a 6-foot-6, 320-pounder who will look to provide depth at tackle.

Here are three thoughts:

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Could you imagine Iverson, Kobe, Shaq, or Jordan squirming on the floor after this contact?

He ain’t top 5. That’s a fact. If he was on the court in any era outside of now, the guy would be in fits.

Women’s Javelin:

Maddie Harris
Rehma Otabor

Shot Put:

Axelina Johansson
Taylor Latimer

Long Jump:

Velecia Williams

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May 25

Big Ten Tournament

Elimination Game
Michigan State 6, Rutgers 4 (Rutgers eliminated)

Winner's Bracket Games
Iowa 9, Indiana 4
Maryland 2, Nebraska 1 (10 inn)

FINAL STANDINGS
1. Maryland (39-19, 17-7)
2. Indiana (41-17, 16-8)
3. Iowa (41-13, 15-8)
4. Nebraska (32-22-1, 15-9)
5. Rutgers (33-23, 14-10)
6. Michigan (27-27, 13-11)
7. Illinois (25-27, 12-12)
7. Michigan State (33-21, 12-12)
9. Purdue (24-29, 11-13)
10. Minnesota (18-34, 10-14)
11. Ohio State (31-25, 9-15)
12. Penn State (25-25, 7-16)
13. Northwestern (10-40, 4-20)

Maryland is the 2023 Big Ten regular season champion

Big Ten Tournament

Friday, May 26
Elimination Games
Indiana vs. Michigan (2:00 PM - BTN)
Nebraska vs. Michigan State (7:00 PM - BTN)

Saturday, May 27
Semifinals
Iowa vs. Indiana/Michigan (9:00 AM - BTN)
Maryland vs. Nebraska/Michigan State (1:00 PM - BTN)
Iowa vs. IU/MICH (if necessary - 5:00 PM - BTN)
Maryland vs. NEB/MSU (if necessary - 9:00 PM - BTN)

Huskers play tomorrow afternoon.

Who's in? Myself and a couple others will be in attendance.