And please spare me the “I don’t watch the NFL” tripe. You don’t like the NFL…that’s fine. Please choose to not participate in this thread.


Mine would be Cris Collinsworth, Jay Feely, and really surprised how much I like Mark Sanchez (considering how much I hate USC).






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@TimVerghese it would be really cool (not sure how much work it would be though) if you did a short piece identifying everyone in the new 250 that Nebraska has had on campus and where we stand in their recruitment.

August 20
1858 - Charles Darwin's theory of evolution was first published, in the "Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society."

1862 - The New York Tribune published an open letter by editor Horace Greeley calling on President Abraham Lincoln to take more aggressive measures to free enslaved people and end the South's rebellion.

1866 - President Andrew Johnson declared an official end to the U.S. Civil War.

1882 - Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" had its premiere in Moscow.

1910 - A series of wildfires swept through parts of Idaho, Montana and Washington, killing at least 85 people and burning more than 3 million acres.

1940 - Exiled Communist revolutionary Leon Trotsky was attacked in Coyoacan, Mexico by assassin Ramon Mercader. (Trotsky died the next day.)

1964 - As part of his Great Society policies, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Economic Opportunity Act, a $1 billion anti-poverty measure which, among other things, established the Head Start program.

1968 - The Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact nations invaded Czechoslovakia to crush the "Prague Spring" liberalization movement.

1977 - The space probe Voyager 2 was launched. It continues to explore to this day, and is now more than 7 billion miles from Earth.

1980 - Italian Reinhold Messner made the first successful solo ascent of Mount Everest and the first without the use of supplemental oxygen.

1986 - Postal employee Patrick Henry Sherrill went on a deadly rampage at a post office in Edmond, Oklahoma, shooting 14 fellow workers to death before killing himself.

1989 - Fifty-one people died when the pleasure boat Marchioness sank in the River Thames (tehmz) in London after being struck by a dredger.

1998 - The United States launched cruise missiles on suspected terrorist bases in Afghanistan and Sudan.

2023 - Tropical Storm Hilary struck Baja California, killing three and causing $15 million in damages.

Birthdays
29 - Liana Liberato (actress)
32 - Demi Lovato (actress/singer)
32 - Neslihan Atagul (actress)
41 - Andrew Garfield (actor)
43 - Ben Barnes (actor)
50 - Misha Collins (actor)
50 - Amy Adams (actress)
51 - Todd Helton (baseball player)
54 - Fred Durst (singer)
55 - Billy Gardell (actor)
57 - Colin Cunningham (actor)
68 - Joan Allen (actress)
70 - Al Roker (TV weatherman)
71 - Peter Horton (actor)
72 - John Hiatt (singer)
72 - Rudy Gatlin (singer)
76 - Robert Plant (singer)
78 - Connie Chung (broadcast journalist)
93 - Don King (boxing promoter)

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Today in Sports History - August 20

1920 - The American Professional Football Association was established by representatives of four professional football teams; two years later, with 18 teams, it would be renamed the National Football League.

1945 - Tommy Brown of the Brooklyn Dodgers became the youngest player to hit a home run in a major league ball game. Brown was 17 years, 8 months and 14 days old.

1948 - Cleveland’s Indians and Chicago’s White Sox played at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland before a crowd of 78,382 people. It was the largest crowd to see a nighttime major-league baseball game to date.

1974 - Nolan Ryan throws the fastest recorded pitch in MLB history to date at 100.4 mph.

1991 - Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino surpasses Joe Montana as the NFL's highest-paid player, signing a five-year contract worth $25 million.

2000 - In winning the PGA Championship, Tiger Woods became the first golfer since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win three majors in one year.

2005 - Thomas Herrion (San Francisco 49ers) collapsed and died after a preseason game in Denver.

2010 - A federal grand jury indicted former baseball player Roger Clemens for lying to the U.S. Congress about steroid use. The trial ended in a mistrial.

2012 - After 80 years in existence, Georgia's Augusta National Golf Club (home of the annual Masters tournament) invited former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and South Carolina financier Darla Moore to become its first female members; both accepted.

2016 - In Rio de Janeiro, the U.S. women's basketball team won the gold medal for the sixth consecutive Olympics.

2023 - Spain defeats England 1-0 to win the Women's World Cup.

Matt Rhule said on Saturday “you can’t get ready for UTEP on three days" of prep time and that the Miners will be looking "to make it a 200-play game."

So, the staff has been intermittently been doing install on UTEP – and the other three opponents over its first four games – throughout fall camp. UTEP install, though, begins in earnest this week. More info on that, the upcoming week for the Huskers and a quick-look preview of the Miners and the pace they project to play at.

Anyone else feel like UTEP will be very vanilla?

I feel like the defense is lights out but the Offense keeps it simple

Then all of last seasons frustrations are let loose on colorado

As a fan of the franchise, and someone who’s been a bit disappointed in the last couple, this one is a winner. For anyone who’s into the genre…highly recommend.


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2026 Carol City (Fla.) four-star linebacker and Miami commit Jordan Campbell plans to visit Nebraska for the Colorado game next month, he told Rivals' John Garcia Jr. over the weekend. He noted that this is the only visit he currently has planned besides returning to Miami.

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i'm trying to think if i've ever seen an NU qb whose move is like the damn wind. no glitches, no hitches, just pure fluidity.

Vince Ferragamo maybe?? close?

anyway, i'm clear he's not played a down for NU and all that. just addressing his motion. dang.

On the Beach, Manhattan, 1977

The “Dream Team” 1992

Johnny Depp’s notorious 90s rock nightclub “The Viper Room”

In 1994, Jim Carrey ruled the world.

Kamala Harris in the 80s

Paramount Pictures, Hollywood Stars Group Photo 1987

Bettie Page, 1950s

Behind the scenes of Alien (1979) with Sigourney Weaver

Mark Hamill and Annie Potts (1978)

Jennifer Tilly, 1991

When Johnny Cash introduced the 13 year old singer, Dolly Parton, on the Grand Ole Opry in 1959, she got 3 encores

Madonna (1995)

Ozzy Ozbourne , 1985 (growing his hair back after shaving his head) 1980s

Queen Victoria photobombing her son's wedding photo by sitting between them wearing full mourning dress and staring at a bust of her dead husband, 1863

Virginia Bell, 1950s


Brad Pitt's Senior Prom Photo at Kickapoo High School in Springfield, Missouri, 1981

Yury Gagarin and Valentina Tereshkova, the first man and woman in space, 1960s

Eminem and his crew, 1991

Elizabeth Hurley, 1990s

Camera angle and addition of engine sound effects make it look pretty realistic. Wish it was real… that would be one monster truck event I’d actually attend.


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Isn't that sweet

The long road back from our journey into CFB hell is over. Our journey back to prominence starts this year.
I hardly post anymore but those who remember me know i am not the overly sunshine pumper type. I am however feeling better about the program than I have in a long time

GBR

Every year a group of us do a different college and/or NFL trip. This is our 10th year and in Sept we are doing Bama at Wisky and then Colts/Packers (with a trip to a sports bar sandwiched in betweeon Saturday evening to catch the Huskers/Northern Iowa of course).

Anyone else do something similar? Best football trips you have been on?

On the brink of Dylan Raiola finally being named the official starting QB "at some point this week," Rhule said something on Saturday that hit me the wrong way.: "Sometimes everyone will wanna look at Dylan and Danny's journeys (as) linked, but they're not. They're each on their own journey."

That statement is simply incorrect and can never be true again, at least for the duration of their college careers, ever since the moment they signed with the same program.

Column below with some thoughts on that, plus more info on the QB1 announcement timeline and a prediction on when that will come:

What would be the reaction on this board if Rhule named HH as the starter for UTEP?

AVCA Division I Preseason Top 25 (8/19)
1. Texas (47) - 1,503 pts
2. Nebraska (15) - 1,474
3. Wisconsin
4. Pittsburgh
5. Stanford
6. Louisville
7. Penn State
8. Purdue
9. Kentucky
10. Oregon
11. Florida
12. Creighton
13. Kansas
14. Georgia Tech
15. Tennessee
16. BYU
17. Arizona State
18. Minnesota
19. Arkansas
20. Florida State
21. USC
22. Dayton
23. Baylor
24. Marquette
25. Georgia

Others Receiving Votes
Western Kentucky, Washington State, TCU, Houston, Southern Methodist, Ohio State, Kansas State, Pepperdine, Auburn, UCLA, Iowa State, Missouri, Hawaii, San Diego, Indiana, Washington, Miami (FL), Western Michigan, Utah State, Loyola Marymount, Colorado State, Texas State

We are favored by 4 TDs. I want this game over by half time. If it is my confidence against CU GREATLY improves. If the game goes into the 4th quarter with any doubts then I fear we haven't improved all that much and we piss down our legs against CU like we have 30 times over the last 6 years.

Please reassure me all is well and we can forget about the "red sea curse" of the last several years! 😜

Neb -6.5 vs Col

Also early Neb vs Ohio State line out.
Neb +25.5

Have what it takes.
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Fast fact to kick off the week:

“Women’s soccer was added as a varsity sport at the University of Nebraska 30 years ago. Nebraska became the first Big Eight Conference school to put women’s soccer in its athletic program.”

August 19
1692 - Four men and one woman were hanged after being convicted of witchcraft at Salem in the Province of Massachusetts Bay; the story of one of the men, John Proctor, inspired Arthur Miller's play "The Crucible."

1807 - Robert Fulton's North River Steamboat arrived in Albany, two days after leaving New York on its maiden voyage.

1812 - The USS Constitution defeated the British frigate HMS Guerriere off Nova Scotia during the War of 1812, earning the nickname “Old Ironsides.”

1814 - During the War of 1812, British forces landed at Benedict, Maryland, with the objective of capturing Washington D.C.

1854 - Thirty-one U.S. soldiers were killed after one of the soldiers fatally shot Brule Lakota Chief Conquering Bear, sparking the First Sioux War.

1934 - Germans voted to combine the roles of chancellor and president, making Adolf Hitler Fuhrer.

1936 - Spanish poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca was shot by Gen. Francisco Franco's soldiers during the Spanish Civil War.

1955 - Torrential rains caused by Hurricane Diane resulted in severe flooding in the northeastern United States, claiming more than 200 lives.

1960 - American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers was convicted of espionage in Moscow. (Although sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers was returned to the United States in 1962 as part of a prisoner exchange.)

1977 - Comedian Groucho Marx died in Los Angeles at age 86.

2003 - U.N. special representative Sergio Vieira de Mellow was one of 22 killed when a suicide car bomb struck the U.N.'s Baghdad headquarters in Iraq.

2010 - The last American combat brigade exited Iraq, seven years and five months after a U.S.-led invasion marked the beginning of the Iraq War.

2013 - South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius was indicted in Pretoria, South Africa, on charges of murder and illegal possession of ammunition for the shooting death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, at his home on Valentine’s Day 2013; Pistorius maintained he’d mistaken her for an intruder. (Pistorius would be found guilty of murder and sentenced to prison; he was released on parole in January 2024.)

Birthdays
20 - Siena Agudong (actress)
21 - Chalita Natakuatong (model)
22 - Brighton Sharbino (actress)
22 - Lexi Jayde (singer)
23 - Briggitte Bozzo (actress)
25 - Salem Ilese (singer)
25 - Ethan Cutosky (actor)
35 - Romeo (rapper)
36 - Veronica Roth (author)
38 - Christina Perri (singer)
42 - Melissa Fumero (actress)
42 - Erika Christensen (actress)
53 - Mary Jo Fernandez (tennis player)
54 - Fat Joe (rapper)
55 - Clay Walker (singer)
58 - Lee Ann Womack (singer)
59 - Kevin Dillon (actor)
59 - Kyra Sedgwick (actress)
61 - John Stamos (actor)
64 - Morten Andersen (football player)
65 - Ivan Neville (musician)
66 - Anthony Munoz (football player)
67 - Martin Donovan (actor)
68 - Adam Arkin (actor)
69 - Peter Gallagher (actor)
72 - Jonathan Frakes (actor)
76 - Jim Carter (actor)
77 - Gerald McRaney (actor)
78 - Bill Clinton (42nd president of the United States)
79 - Ian Gillan (singer)
84 - Jill St. John (actress)
90 - Renee Richards (tennis player)

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Today in Sports History - August 19
1909 - Indianapolis Motor Speedway hosted its first automobile race.

1917 - Team managers John McGraw and Christy Matthewson were arrested for breaking New York City's blue laws. The crime was their teams were playing baseball on Sunday.

1921 - Ty Cobb of the Detroit Tigers recorded his 3,000th career hit, the fourth to reach the milestone.

1951 - The St. Louis Browns sent a midget to the plate against the Detroit Tigers. Eddie Gaedel, wearing the number 1/8 and standing only 3 feet, 7 inches tall, walked on four consecutive pitches and was then replaced by a pinch-runner.

1957 - The New York Giants Board of Directors voted to move the team to San Francisco in 1958.

1962 - Homero Blancas shot a 55 at the Premier Invitational Golf Tournament held in Longview, TX. It was the lowest score in U.S. competitive golf history.

1995 - Heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson returns to the ring after having served three years in prison and knocks out Peter McNeeley in just 89 seconds.

1996 - Paul Molitor (Minnesota Twins) tied Lou Gherig by hitting his 534th career double.

2004 - Baseball commissioner Bud Selig received a contract extension through 2009.

2004 - Gymnast Carly Patton becomes just the second American woman to win the Olympic gymnastics all-around title at the Summer Games in Athens, Greece.

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