Apparently Nelson is one of the top players on their board and is a take no matter what.

I don't care about Raiola anymore because the kid was never coming to NU. He's a frontrunner.

If they take Nelson that would really sting. As if they don't have enough talent in their backyard.

Edit: Info Per TPB.

Will USC and UCLA have to buy a share of the BIG network or were they just given a free share of the BIG network?

Welcome to the return of Husker Hurry Up! For those who were around when Zack first joined the site, he did a daily version of this last summer. Now, we’re coming out with a reinvented version as we’ll be going three days a week with yours truly hosting the audio podcast that accompanies the written piece.

Hope everyone enjoys!

Nebraska announced that Scotty McCreery will headline the concert following Volleyball Day in Nebraska where the Huskers take on Omaha and UNK faces off against Wayne State.

McCreery won the 10th season of "American Idol" back in 2011 and has leveraged that success into more than four million copies of his music sold while achieving one Triple Platinum, five Platinum and three Gold singles. He just wrapped up his 2023 Damn Strait Tour in late April and currently tours with Brooks & Dunn for their 2023 Reboot Tour.

This won't be the first time that McCreery will perform in Memorial Stadium as he sang the national anthem before Nebraska's 56-7 win over Northwestern on Oct. 2, 2021.

Plus, the Nebraska Board of Regents will review a proposal to serve alcohol during the event at their June 22 meetings.

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2024 Omaha (Neb.) Creighton Prep TE Michael Burt had one hell of a two-day stretch that saw him receive an offer from four Big Ten West division programs. Here's more:

Just hours after announcing the departure of former pitching coach Jeff Christy, the Huskers added to their 2024 pitching staff with a commitment from Brown transfer Bobby Olsen Inside Nebraska has learned. The 6-foot, 205-pound RHP has spent the last three seasons in the Ivy League and will look to get in the mix for a revamped pitching staff next spring.

Olsen has been a Swiss army knife for Brown over the last two seasons as he recorded a 5.83 ERA in 58.2 innings in 2022 where he made 13 appearances with 10 starts. He improved on those marks in 2023 when he totaled a 4.44 ERA in 12 appearances, but only six starts. He also struck out 56 batters with 25 walks this spring.

Olsen will have two years of eligibility remaining after entering the portal late last year. With a staff that's expected to lose its top-two starters in Emmett Olson and Jace Kaminska, Olsen's adaptability will play a pivotal role in how many innings he gets in 2024. If Olsen ends up in the weekend rotation, it would be the fourth straight offseason with NU grabbing a weekend arm out of the transfer portal. Chance Hroch in 2020, Dawson McCarville in 2021 and Jace Kaminska in 2022.

Sometimes in life, things don’t work out like you plan. Everyone goes through adversity here or there at some point.

Tyler Knaak sure had it at Utah.

Here’s more on Knaak, who believes he found what he was looking for at Nebraska.

The latest rumors from the weekend:

It will be interesting g to see how Rhule handles this.

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I continue to be surprised when his natural, genuine personality makes it obvious how our previous staff didn't get it...

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I see that Damian is on the practice team for
CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers. For someone who never played FB in high school.....he sure has made the most of his abilities. Great story.

Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and now Illinois have all offered the 6-foot-6, 230-pounder in a span of four hours.

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Had another great time with @Foremanjay5655, this time breaking down Husker TE/WR commit Keelan Smith, a 2024 ATH from Liberty (Mo.) North. Check it out:

“I got a better understanding of the coaches this time. I can actually confirm that those are probably some coaches I want to play for one day.”

More on 2024 DB William "Speedy" Nettles and his second visit to Nebraska:

Your comment in the profitability thread made me chuckle and then contemplate: "This thinking is how the Blackberry decline happens.

Apathetic obsolescence is always just a generation away"

Tandy was a major force in the home computer...
Apple was a major force in the cell phone...
Sprint was a major force in cellular service...

I have always been fascinated by the "originals" of their field, they cut new ground and lay the foundation for the next generation to come along and have an easier path to the competition. The home computer went from Tandy, to Apple, to Gateway, to Dell, and now is???

Steve Jobs dominated the cell phone and got into a personal war with Google and then died, now Google has introduced the newest technologies of the cell phone because of the war but soon will be passed by????

The cell industry is just as vicious... It started with MCI, to Verizon, to Nextel, to Sprint, and now T Mobile is dominating.

I had a landscape construction business for more than 25 years and the demand to keep up with the newest plants, equipment, training, and design technology would keep you busy for months. Every year about 25 new plants would be introduced and you had to wait about 3 years to see which ones would live up to their claims and to make sure they were hardy enough for winters and droughts then start trying them. The LSD (labor saving device) equipment is always a major concern to help you save time and wear and tear on the employees. The computer design programs were a jungle within itself, everyone claiming theirs is the best and the most affordable. It took me 3 years to replace a design program I purchased from Staples in the 2000's for $60.00; I had to buy used laptops because the company went out of business and the program wouldn't work with the new Windows format. I was finally able to find one that didn't break the bank and was user-friendly. (Ended up being the best program ever with the ability to do AI videos)

No matter how successful you are now, the wolf is at the door waiting to attack. If you don't keep the hunger you will be passed and left for dead.

I saw a game pop up on Fox. First time ever seeing it. Memphis vs. NJ. Lol Riley's face showed up. My wife asked me what was so funny.

Do any of you have experience watching? All I can say, is there's a lot of fire in the players, hoping to get picked up. Undoubtedly it keeps them in football condition. It looked like pretty decent football...

Side Note: Brock Huard and Kevin Kugler are calling the game. Personally, I tend to enjoy listening to each of them.

June 6
1844 - The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) was founded in London.

1912 - Novarupta, a volcano on the Alaska peninsula, began a three-day eruption, sending ash as high as 100,000 feet; it was the most powerful volcanic eruption of the 20th century and ranks among the largest in recorded history.

1933 - The first drive-in movie theater opened in Camden, New Jersey.

1934 - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was established to protect investors and maintain the integrity of the securities markets.

1944 - More than 150,000 Allied troops invaded the beach of Normandy, France on D-Day during World War II.

1968 - Sen. Robert F. Kennedy died at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, 25 ½ hours after he was shot by Sirhan Bishara Sirhan.

1977 - A sharply divided U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana law imposing an automatic death sentence on defendants convicted of the first-degree murder of a police officer.

1982 - Israel invaded Lebanon to drive out the Palestine Liberation Organization. (The Israelis withdrew in June 1985.)

1989 - Burial services were held for Iran's spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

2001 - Vermont Republican Senator James Jeffords left the party to become and independent, handing control of the Senate back to the Democrats.

2002 - President George W. Bush proposed a new Cabinet-level department -- the Department of Homeland Security.

2005 - The Supreme Court ruled, 6-3, that people who smoked marijuana because their doctors recommended it to ease pain could be prosecuted for violating federal drug laws.

2013 - Director of National Intelligence James Clapper moved to tamp down a public uproar spurred by the disclosure of secret surveillance programs involving phone and Internet records, declassifying key details about one of the programs while insisting the efforts were legal, limited in scope and necessary to detect terrorist threats.

2018 - President Donald Trump commuted the life sentence of Alice Marie Johnson, who had spent more than two decades behind bars for drug offenses; her cause had been championed by reality TV star Kim Kardashian West.

2022 - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson survived a no-confidence vote, securing enough support from his Conservative Party to remain in office despite a substantial rebellion that left him a weakened leader with an uncertain future. (Johnson would resign on July 7.)

Birthdays
27 - Queen Key (rapper)
32 - Ashley Park (actress)
38 - Drew McIntyre (professional wrestler)
40 - Amber Borycki (actress)
48 - Staci Keanan (actress)
49 - Sonya Walger (actress)
49 - Uncle Kracker (rapper)
50 - Lisa Brokop (singer)
51 - Natalie Morales (news correspondent)
56 - Paul Giamatti (actor)
56 - Max Casella (actor)
60 - Anthony Starke (actor)
60 - Jason Isaacs (actor)
64 - Colin Quinn (comedian)
64 - Amanda Pays (actress)
67 - Bjorn Borg (tennis player)
68 - Sandra Bernhard (comedian)
72 - Dwight Twilley (singer)
76 - Robert Englund (actor)

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Today in Sports History - June 6

1934 - Myril Hoag (New York Yankees) hit six singles in a game against the Boston Red Sox.

1939 - The New York Giants hit five home runs in the fourth inning in a 17-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.

1939 - The first Little League baseball game was played as Lundy Lumber defeated Lycoming Dairy 23-8 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

1944 - All Major League Baseball games are canceled on this day in honor of the D-Day invasion taking place in France during World War II.

1946 - The Basketball Association of America, a forerunner of the NBA, was formed in New York City.

1965 - Tom Tresh (New York Yankees) hit home runs on three consecutive at-bats against the Chicago White Sox.

1966 - The NFL and AFL announce their intentions to merge.

1976 - The Boston Celtics defeat the Phoenix Suns in six games to win the NBA championship.

1989 - Wayne Gretzky (Los Angeles Kings) won the Hart Trophy for the 9th time. He was the first player in NHL history to win the same award nine times.

1992 - Eddie Murray passed Mickey Mantle on the all-time switch-hitter RBI list. Mantle held the record at 1,509.

1996 - Peter Forsberg (Colorado Avalanche) scored a first period hat-trick against the Florida Panthers in Game Two of the Stanley Cup Finals. He became only the third player in NHL history to score a first-period hat-trick in the Cup Final. He was also the sixth player to score a hat-trick in the Cup Final game.

1996 - Baseball's executive council told Marge Schott, owner of the Cincinnati Reds, to give up day-to-day operations within a week or face a suspension of more than a year. Schott had caused controversy with comments she made concerning Adolph Hitler in an ESPN interview.

2007 - The Anaheim Ducks defeat the Ottawa Senators to win their first Stanley Cup.

2018 - LeBron James eclipses Michael Jordan's record (109) for most 30-point games in NBA playoff history in the Cleveland Cavaliers' 110-102 Game 3 Finals loss to the Golden State Warriors.

Coach Rhule going full Denzel Washington for fall camp, it appears

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No commitments?

Well, at least Nebraska is still recruiting Dylan (as of course they should). Coaches Sat and his Uncle visited him recently in Arizona to continue recruiting him. But so did the Georgia coaches.

Opinions?

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16 teams, no divisions, only 8 SEC opponents, and only 1 additional Power 5 matchup.

“Best Conference in College Football”

This kid has proven me a fool for judging his early recruitment period! His story is fantastic!!

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It's been swirling around the internet all weekend but yes Nebraska outside linebacker commit Willis McGahee took an official visit to UCF. I reached out to ask what the biggest reason was he wanted to take the visit.

"Before I committed to Nebraska I gave my word to Coach Ingram that I would take an OV to UCF regardless of what happened," McGahee said. "I wanted to honor my word to Coach. He’s one of my favorite coaches in the country. Before I committed to Nebraska, I told Coach Rhule and the staff that I was going to continue to communicate with UCF and take an OV. Coach Rhule not only said he was fine with it but encouraged me to visit wherever school I thought I might like. He told me he wants not only the best of the best but the best of the best that truly want to be a Cornhusker."

Pretty mature response from a kid heading into his senior year. Rhule stance actually made McGahee feel better.

"I like the fact that he wasn’t pressuring me to do to or not to do something," McGahee said. "Made me feel like the kids that end up there will really want to be there. Made me feel really good about my commitment there."

It certainly sounds like the Florida defender will be back in Lincoln as soon as possible.

"Definitely going back! I going to take my OV in the fall to see the atmosphere on game day," McGahee said. "I’m probably going to go back in the summer on an unofficial too. I went to spend as much time up there as possible before I sign."