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Hi All - I’m going to be in Fort Lauderdale for a few weeks for work. I may take a couple coworkers down to Miami for dinner one evening. Any recommendations for folks who’ve never been to the area to get some views and feel for the town/culture, while not breaking the bank?

some tough losses. team score not close.

some of these losses are going to really hurt when being seeded later.

Leaning Cardinals -4.5 against hte hapless Niners

Vikings +3 against the Lions

FCS championship game tonight - who do you like? I'm going with Montana State - their QB is a gamer, and I think they are motivated to get the proverbial monkey off their back in NDSU.

Ooffffff - he'll probably transfer to Colorado.

Rumor is he has withdrawn from portal. Anyone confirm this?

Arrested for knowingly transmitting an STD, later sued for it.

January 7
1610 - Astronomer Galileo Galilei observed four of Jupiter's moons for the first time.

1896 - Fanny Farmer published her first cookbook.

1927 - Transatlantic commercial telephone service began between New York and London.

1953 - President Harry S. Truman announced that the United States had developed the hydrogen bomb.

1955 - Singer Marian Anderson became the first Black American to sing with the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

1979 - Vietnamese forces captured the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, overthrowing Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge government.

1989 - Japan's Emperor Hirohito died.

1999 - The impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton began in the U.S. Senate.

2015 - Masked gunmen stormed the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo, a French newspaper that had caricatured the Prophet Muhammad, methodically killing 12 people, including the editor, before escaping. (Two suspects were killed two days later.)

2022 - Three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery were sentenced to life in prison; a judge in Georgia denied any chance of parole for the father and son who armed themselves and initiated the deadly pursuit of the 25-year-old Black man after spotting him running in their neighborhood.

2023 - Republican Kevin McCarthy was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives on a historic post-midnight 15th ballot, overcoming holdouts from his own ranks after a chaotic week that tested the new GOP majority's ability to govern.

Birthdays
21 - Sofia Wylie (actress)
25 - Kerri Medders (actress)
25 - Marcus Scribner (actor)
28 - Lamar Jackson (football player)
35 - Camille Rowe (model)
37 - Robert Sheehan (actor)
40 - Lewis Hamilton (race car driver)
42 - Brett Dalton (actor)
43 - Lauren Cohan (actress)
51 - John Rich (singer)
54 - Jeremy Renner (actor)
61 - Nicolas Cage (actor)
68 - Katie Couric (TV host/journalist)
69 - David Caruso (actor)
74 - Helen Worth (actress)
77 - Kenny Loggins (musician)

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Today in Sports History - January 7

1899 - Walter Camp publishes his first All-American college football team.

1920 - Joe Malone (Quebec Bulldogs) scored two goals and became the NHL's all-time leading goal scorer with 59.

1927 - In Hinckley, Illinois, the Harlem Globetrotters played their first game.

1961 - The first NFL Playoff Bowl (3rd place game) is played, with the Detroit Lions defeating the Cleveland Browns 17-16.

1972 - The Los Angeles Lakers set an NBA record with their 33rd consecutive win; it is also the longest such win streak in all of North American major professional sports.

1980 - The Philadelphia Flyers set an NHL record, playing 35 consecutive games without a loss.

1985 - Lou Brock and Hoyt Wilhelm are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

1989 - The Cleveland Cavaliers tie an NBA record with 21 blocked shots against the New York Knicks.

1991 - Pete Rose left an Illinois federal prison and checked into a halfway house in Cincinnati. He was completing a sentence for cheating on his taxes.

1992 - Tom Seaver and Rollie Fingers are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

1994 - Nancy Kerrigan withdrew from the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Detroit. The previous day her right leg was severely bruised in an attack following a practice session; the championship was won by Tonya Harding.

1995 - The NHL Board of Governors threatened to cancel the regular season if the striking players did not agree with raising unrestricted free agency from 30 years to 32 years of age.

1998 - Los Angeles Lakers center Shaquille O'Neal records his 1,000th career blocked shot in a game against the Milwaukee Bucks.

2007 - Phil Jackson becomes the fastest head coach in NBA history to record 900 career wins.

2008 - LSU defeats Ohio State 38-24 to win the BCS National Championship.

2010 - Alabama defeats Texas 37-21 to win the BCS National Championship.

2013 - Alabama defeats Notre Dame 42-14 to win the BCS National Championship.

2019 - Clemson defeats Alabama 44-16 to win the College Football Playoff National Championship.

Never been a fan of her, Nebraska had a 17 point lead in the 3rd quarter 5 minutes in the 4th it’s tied. Pretty embarrassing she has no offense except Alexa down low or chuck up 3

Double OT Ohio St wins 89-88. Feel bad for Minnesota, but Ohio St is resilient. They killed Minnesota at the FT line. Ben Johnson is a good coach and he probably feels cursed. If that's the worst team in the B1G, the B1G is DEEP.

Press release via Nebraska Athletics:

Nebraska softball junior Jordy Bahl was named a Softball America Preseason First-Team All-American and was No. 9 on Softball America’s Top 100 Players to Watch for the 2025 season, the organization announced on Tuesday.

The Papillion, Neb., native, was the only Big Ten player to be named a First-Team All-America and one of only four Big Ten players named a preseason All-American.

Bahl enters her second season with the Huskers after suffering a season-ending injury in NU’s first game of the 2024 season. Prior to coming to Nebraska, the junior competed for Oklahoma, where she was a two-time NFCA First-Team All-American and two-time Big 12 Pitcher of the Year. She was also the 2022 National Freshman of the Year. Bahl owns a 1.06 career ERA, along with a .350 batting average.

Bahl and the rest of the Huskers will open their season at the NFCA Leadoff Classic from Feb. 6-9 in Clearwater, Fla.

6'3" 200# 17 touchdowns and a hell of a catch at the end of the half. Let's get this kid in the Huskers WR room.

Would love to hear stories about your dads!

We lost our father 10 years ago today at the age of 75. He was a great man with a gentle soul.

When we were little fellers living in Adams County, weekends were often spent down at the Blue River or driving the county roads listening to the Huskers on the ol AM radio hunting rabbits or ditch chickens. One of our favorite things was convincing him tell us stories about his high school basketball and football games. As a 7 year old we thought he was bigger than Michael Jordan. He was our hero.

After moving to Wyoming I don't think he ever missed a game or track meet of mine or my brother's from jr high through high school. (and if you know anything about Wyoming almost all of our away games were over 100 miles away). Every summer weekend we were in the mountains fishing and Sundays in the fall and winter we were in the country hunting.

Once we went off to college we didn't see as much of him, of course. We moved to different places and started our careers and families. He and my mom divorced and both remarried. Things were just different then. I'd see him a few times a year and talk every couple weeks on the phone. He was always pretty healthy but then within a few years in his early 70s he was diagnosed with prostate cancer and then COPD. My stepmother had died a few years earlier. They did EVERYTHING together and I think his will to live just quit. I believe he wanted help but wouldn't accept any, if that makes sense. He refused to be a burden on me or my brother. I could go on and on with stories and about how he shaped and molded us, and how kind he was to everyone. Everybody I know loved "Rodeo Rod" or "Wilderness Rod", the nicknames we gave him as kids.

I miss him.

According to National Recruiting Analyst Nakos!

AP Top 25 (1/6)
1. Tennessee (45) (14-0)
2. Auburn (15) (13-1)
3. Iowa State (12-1)
4. Duke (12-2)
5. Alabama (12-2)
6. Kentucky (12-2)
7. Marquette (13-2)
8. Florida (13-1)
9. Connecticut (12-3)
10. Texas A&M (12-2)
11. Kansas (10-3)
12. Houston (10-3)
13. Illinois (11-3)
14. Mississippi State (13-1)
15. Oregon (13-2)
16. Michigan State (12-2)
17. Oklahoma (13-1)
18. Gonzaga (12-4)
19. Memphis (12-3)
20. Purdue (11-4)
21. West Virginia (11-2)
22. UCLA (11-3)
23. Mississippi (12-2)
24. Michigan (11-3)
25. Utah State (14-1)

Others Receiving Votes
Pittsburgh, Nebraska, Arkansas, Baylor, Wisconsin, St. John's, San Diego State, Cincinnati, Clemson, Maryland, Texas Tech, St. Bonaventure, Indiana, Georgia, Missouri, Arizona, Xavier, Dayton, Vanderbilt, Georgetown

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USA Today Coaches Poll (1/6)
1. Tennessee (21) (14-0)
2. Auburn (10) (13-1)
3. Iowa State (12-1)
4. Duke (12-2)
5. Alabama (12-2)
6. Marquette (13-2)
7. Kentucky (12-2)
8. Florida (13-1)
9. Texas A&M (12-2)
10. Connecticut (12-3)
11. Houston (10-3)
12. Kansas (10-3)
13. Mississippi State (13-1)
14. Michigan State (12-2)
15. Illinois (11-3)
16. Oklahoma (13-1)
17. Oregon (13-2)
18. Gonzaga (12-4)
19. Purdue (11-4)
20. Memphis (12-3)
21. UCLA (11-3)
22. Mississippi (12-2)
23. West Virginia (11-2)
24. Michigan (11-3)
25. Utah State (14-1)

Others Receiving Votes
Baylor, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, San Diego State, St. John's, Clemson, Maryland, Georgia, Nebraska, Arizona, Wisconsin, Vanderbilt, Indiana, Texas Tech, UC-San Diego, Arkansas

Huge win this afternoon for Nebraska, which beat No. 15 UCLA 66-58.

It marked 20 straight wins inside PBA and the first win over UCLA since Dec. 16, 1955, which was a 71-65 win at the NU Coliseum. That Husker team was coached by Jerry Bush, Fred Hoiberg's grandfather.

January 6
Wisconsin 75, Rutgers 63
Ohio State 89, Minnesota 88 (2OT)

Standings
1. Michigan (11-3, 3-0)
1. Michigan State (12-2, 3-0)
3. Illinois (11-3, 3-1)
3. Indiana (12-3, 3-1)
3. Purdue (11-4, 3-1)
6. Nebraska (12-2, 2-1)
6. UCLA (11-3, 2-1)
8. Ohio State (10-5, 2-2)
8. Oregon (13-2, 2-2)
8. Penn State (12-3, 2-2)
8. Wisconsin (12-3, 2-2)
12. Iowa (10-4, 1-2)
12. USC (9-5, 1-2)
14. Maryland (11-4, 1-3)
14. Northwestern (10-5, 1-3)
14. Rutgers (8-7, 1-3)
14. Washington (10-5, 1-3)
18. Minnesota (8-7, 0-4)

Games for Tuesday, January 7
Nebraska at Iowa (7:00 PM - Peacock)
#24 Michigan at #22 UCLA (9:00 PM - Peacock)

Nebraska received 62 votes in the AP Top 25, same as Arkansas and the equivalent of being tied for 27th.

Here are the full rankings:

Fa’amoe is visiting Wake Forest and the Demon Deacons have emerged as the favorite to land him, practically his entire former Washington State offensive coaching staff moved over to Wake Forest and the familiarity with the scheme and staff is likely something Nebraska and Michigan won’t be able to overcome. He’s a relationship guy, Nebraska did a good job establishing one, but tough to compete with the multi-year relationship. It was Dickert that convinced him to convert to offensive line when he was a 6’4, 240ishlb edge rusher and it’s seen his career blossom. There’s a trust there.

Prescott is part of it.

He wants Boy Sanders and Daddy...

What else does he surrender to make it happen?

Has began in the NFL.
Mayo out in New England
Doug Pederson out in Jacksonville.