My dad, 85 years old, went into the hospital two weeks ago. Things took a turn over the weekend and he's now on a ventilator getting dialysis. A few things going on, mostly his kidneys and lungs. Not ready to say goodbye yet and hoping against hope that he can recover from this. In the meantime, sitting with him every day and talking to him, even if he's sedated, it means the world to me.

Coaching.

I know Michigan State got hot on 3s in the 2nd half, but what about adjustments?

Izzo coached, the Hoibergs choked.

I caught one of the Rocky movies the other day and tuned in for a while (as i always do) and it got me thinking that he has to be the greatest of all time movie athlete. I mean he's got Apollo Creed, Clubber Lang and Ivan Drago as pelts on his wall. 2 time heavyweight champion of the world and he's like 5'7 with his boots on. For me he's got to be the GOAT! Who do you have on your list?



There are many other's on my list but here are two more of my favorites:



Gerry Bertier: 2 time all-American. Hell of a leader. Career cut short due to injuries from car wreck. (unfair advantage since he actually existed tho)



Roy McAvoy aka "Tin Cup": Legendary striker of the golf ball. 59 at Cottonwood.

Anybody had one of these? Mom comes home today, thinking 🤔 not much fun with this one.

…. Is on TV EVERY NIGHT… KU/ Tech last night… Texas TCU tonight… what a pace…. Seems to love his hair…

I’m sure some of you saw him in his early reffing days… any stories???

It's a lengthy article and reflects Dodd's current opinion. Basically he thinks it's quite possible the PAC devolves into a non P5 conference with the 4 corners schools winding up in the Big 12 while Oregon and Washington wind up in the B1G. Sounds like he believes more conference changes are on the way.

If Oregon and Washington come to the B1G, it's possible they would come in initially with a lower revenue share (but one that's still better than they could get from a diminished PAC).

The driver behind all of this is the inability of the PAC to get a good media deal because they lost USC/UCLA, because the Big 12 beat them to the punch in securing deals to fill the available media time slots and because the media giants currently are trying to cut back their expenses.

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Looks like Fidone is the only one who lifts weights. Everyone else looks either too skinny or too pudgy for big 10 football. These guys need to pick it up before Minnesota.

Nebraska sees its four-game win streak snapped as Michigan State shoots lights out in the second half to earn the come-from-behind win. Some PBA records were set and tied on Tuesday night. More inside:

My wife and I recently celebrated our 10 yr anniversary. We’re looking at taking a trip, and recent conversations have focused on St Lucia. Does this group have any recommendations for places to stay, hikes, beaches, etc.? We’re hoping to split time between the beach/pools and the forest/hikes. Thanks in advance.

Plenty of great stuff from Will Bolt, Michael Garza, Max Anderson and Josh Caron today before heading up north for the biggest early season tournament of the Bolt era.

Notes from the latest "Kicking Back with the Cooks"

• Nebraska is headed to Brazil for its 2023 international trip. Nebraska hasn't made a trip since 2019.
• Nebraska looked at Japan and China. Japan was a good option, but with China's problems with post-COVID and locking the borders, they didn't want to take the risk of getting stuck there.
• Kennedi Orr had a knee injury that flared up during the indoor season resulting in her skipping the beach season. Cook is working with her and she tried out for the Collegiate National Team last weekend in Colorado Springs.
• Nebraska's spring match was supposed to happen on April 22nd, but due to Nebraska football's spring game, they moved to the 29th
• Cook has been on an in-state tour of doing different speaking events. He's been to Broken Bow, Wahoo and Grand Island over the past couple of weeks
• Cook is now an assistant coach for UNL Rodeo - his next goal is to raise money for a new facility

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Another one!

There's just something awesome about MLB players playing extra even though the umps left. I love baseball

today,
Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play
They've been going in and out of style
But they're guaranteed to raise a smile

Anyone remember this one?

So far, have been impressed with his recruiting ability. Seems like a far better recruiter than Scott Frost, Mike Riley, or Bo Pelini.

For all the talent at the Huskers' skill positions, all the what-ifs that involve the QBs, RBs, WRs and TEs, none of it really matters unless the offensive line takes a step forward from 2022.

Here are some pre-spring ball thoughts on the O-line:

Dr. Susan Elza joined Jessica Coody on the Huskers Radio Network podcast this week. Here's a quick story on it:

I'm sure this has already been discussed but I see that phase 1 is expected to be completed by this summer. My question is: What is phase 1, how many phases are there until completion, and when is the expected date for that? TIA

Tonight’s final home game of the regular season for the Huskers (15-14 overall, 8-10 in Big Ten) brings Tom Izzo and his Michigan State Spartans (17-11, 9-8) to Pinnacle Bank Arena for an 8 p.m. tip. Nebraska hasn’t beat Michigan State since January 2016.

It's Senior Night, and four Huskers will be walking, including Derrick Walker, Sam Griesel, Emmanuel Bandoumel and Keisei Tominaga.

Here's a bit more on Tominaga and his future with Nebraska:

Broke down the numbers to see where the Nebraska bullpen improved over the last two weekends. Hit the link.

After last Saturday melt down against Ioway Sparty is now 3-6 on the road..

NU can stretch their winning streak to 5 in a row with a win tonight..

Who were our 4-5 star players out of HS who started on that team?

Frazier
Phillips
A. Taylor
C. Peter
J. Peter
Wistrom
Farley
Minter
T. Williams

I don't think any of the other players in the starting lineup would have been 4 star (there were several subs who were at that level too). At the same time, Texas, OU, Alabama, Ohio State, etc. were loading up with the same level of star power they are now.

We were able to win with 3 main factors:

1) Brilliant coaching and play calling (offense and defense).
2) A culture that maximized the 3 star talent with maximum effort.
3) Elite players at key/lesser develop-able positions (QB, RB, DL).

We can do this again. It is possible, but the the most important factor is 2 above.

Pink Floyd released The Dark Side of the Moon 50 years ago today. This was the second CD I ever bought after I made the switch to CDs. The Wall being the first. I didn't have any Pink Floyd on vinyl. I had this CD before I purchased my first CD player. I was blown away. Definitely in my Top 20 albums. Wikipedia

Iowa destroying the Hoosiers by 23 in the 2nd half. Not good for us.