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Football Marik: Thoughts on Donovan Raiola, his players having his back and more

Came out of Donovan Raiola's presser yesterday wanting to write a column on it.

Basketball Emmanuel Bandoumel's emotional postgame talk a catalyst for recent success

According to Sam Griesel, a motivating and moving postgame speech from an injured Emmanuel Bandoumel following the loss to Northwestern in January has helped Nebraska basketball go on this winning run. Here's more on that, as well as the matchup with Minnesota this Saturday:

1992 NU vs. CU

Thoughts after rewatching it…

Sweet revenge on Halloween. I’m sure most of us remember the 1991 tie and the 1990 loss in Lincoln. (The 1990 game was a punch in the stomach. When Nebraska was up 12-0, I thought they would win a national title). The crowd in the 1992 game was intense, perhaps as much as ever at home. What is it about miserable weather home games and rowdy crowds? I’ve never seen a visiting QB as rattled as Detmer was. He was a freshman thrown to the wolves. He threw a pick right away and it didn’t get better from there. Alberts, Hill, and Parella chased him all over the field. Meanwhile, Frazier and the “We-Backs” were rolling with options and counters.

Despite transitioning to a pass heavy offense, Colorado was formidable. They were ranked 8th and finished 9-2-1 with losses to Nebraska (#8) and Syracuse (#6). They were flushed with NFL quality players- Kordell Stewart, Deon Figures, Rashaan Salaam, Rae Carruth, Christian Fauria, Lamont Warren, Chris Naeole, Chad Brown, Greg Biekert, Ted Johnson, Michael Westbrook, etc.

Stray observations…
Fans threw oranges on the field

Shields ran a fumblerooski

Nebraska attempted a fake field goal pass early on that failed

Parella clearly had a strip/sack play called down because of instant replay

Nebraska would go on to route Kansas the following week in similar fashion and then the loss at Iowa State happened. The ISU game is still perhaps the most inexplicable Nebraska loss ever.

Basketball 2024 center John Bol to take unofficial visit for Minnesota game

I've confirmed that 2024 four-star center John Bol will unofficially visit Nebraska Saturday for the Minnesota game.

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Bol is a 7-foot-2 prospect who Rivals ranks as the No. 31 overall recruit in the country. He's playing at Sunrise Christian Academy in Bel Aire, Kansas. Bol has all sorts of high-major offers, including Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Texas, Texas Tech, Missouri and others.

Bol has officially visited Missouri and Michigan already. Unofficials include Notre Dame, Kansas and Evansville, where his guardian, Marcus Wilson, coaches.

OT: golf & the netflix series "Full Swing"

There is a Netflix series “Full Swing” that’s pretty cool.
I’ve only watched part of the first episode and all of the 4th episode. Have a friend at my club who is the father of the golf athletic trainer in this episode, which is why I watched episode 4 first.
The episode follows a PGA tour pro by the name of Joel Dahmen. I’ll root for this guy every tournament he plays in from now on. Just a very likable guy who has a lot left in the tank untapped.
He was pretty much off my radar before, but no longer.
Looking forward to the rest of the episodes.
Enjoy!

Recruiting Dylan Raiola: 5-star QB sets Nebraska visit + addressing UGA visit rumors

There is some big visit news to report.

Nebraska is set to host the number one player and quarterback in the 2024 class in March. Arizona five-star Dylan Raiola sent me a text to say that he will be in Lincoln on March 25.

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The former Ohio State commit visited USC the last weekend before the contact period closed. Now a date has been set for coach Matt Rhule to take a big swing at landing the nation's top prospect. A strong push has been made by Nebraska since Rhule took over. Every assistant coach on the staff visited Raiola's high school the day before that USC visit.

Raiola told Rivals' Adam Gorney what that visit by Nebraska's assistants meant to him.

"It meant a lot that coach Rhule sent the whole staff on offense and defense to come out. It shows how much that we mean to them and my family. It’s honestly a blessing and I’m very grateful that they view me and my family like that.

“No other school has done that. Nebraska wants to win right now and they have the right pieces to do that. They have young coaches and that’s just going to bring juice into the building and make it a whole lot of fun.”

Nebraska is a real threat in this recruitment alongside Georgia and USC.
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