Not sure what Finebaum's problem is. I suspect part of it is that ESPN has asked him to take on the role of the crotchety old-school talking head because he's gone after more than just Rhule recently. But, Rhule wasn't necessarily wrong in what he said, and the Big 10 media day was the obvious platform for his comments.

July 30

1619 - The first legislative assembly in North America convened in Jamestown, Virginia.

1729 - The city of Baltimore was founded.

1864 - During the Civil War, Union forces tried to take Petersburg, Virginia, by exploding a gunpowder-laden mine shaft beneath Confederate defense lines; the attack failed.

1916 - German saboteurs blew up a munitions plant on Black Tom, an island near Jersey City, New Jersey, killing about a dozen people.

1945 - The USS Indianapolis, having just delivered key components of the atomic bomb to Tinian in the Mariana Islands, was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine and sank within 15 minutes. It was one of the greatest naval losses of World War II, resulting in the deaths of nearly 900 men in shark-infested waters.

1956 - The phrase "In God We Trust" was adopted as the U.S. national motto, replacing "E Pluribus Unum."

1965 - President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Social Security Amendments of 1965 into law, which led to the creation of the Medicare and Medicaid programs.

1980 - The Republic of Vanuatu, formerly known as the New Hebrides, gained its independence from Britain and France.

2008 - Ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was extradited to The Hague to face genocide charges after nearly 13 years on the run. (He was sentenced by a U.N. court in 2019 to life in prison after being convicted of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.)

2012 - More than 620 million people were without power in India, in what is believed to be the largest power outage in world history.

2013 - U.S. Army Pfc. Chelsea Manning was acquitted of aiding the enemy -- the most serious charge she faced -- but was convicted of espionage, theft and other charges at Fort Meade, Maryland, more than three years after she had spilled secrets to WikiLeaks. (The former intelligence analyst was later sentenced to 35 years in prison, but the sentence was commuted by President Barack Obama in his final days in office.)

2016 - Sixteen people were killed when a hot air balloon caught fire and exploded after hitting high-tension power lines before crashing into a pasture near Lockhart, Texas, about 70 miles northeast of San Antonio.

Birthdays
25 - Joey King (actress)
25 - Isabella Jones (model)
34 - Molly McCook (actress)
35 - Nico Tortorella (actor)
40 - Gina Rodriguez (actress)
42 - Martin Starr (actor)
42 - Yvonne Strahovski (actress)
43 - Hope Solo (soccer player)
47 - Jaime Pressly (actress)
47 - Misty May-Treanor (volleyball player)
50 - Hillary Swank (actress)
53 - Christine Taylor (actress)
53 - Tom Green (actor)
54 - Christopher Nolan (director)
55 - Simon Baker (actor)
56 - Terry Crews (actor/TV host)
60 - Vivica A. Fox (actress)
61 - Chris Mullin (basketball player)
61 - Lisa Kudrow (actress)
62 - Alton Brown (actor)
63 - Laurence Fishburne (actor)
66 - Kate Bush (singer)
68 - Delta Burke (actress)
70 - Ken Olin (actor)
76 - Jean Reno (actress)
83 - Paul Anka (singer)
90 - Bud Selig (former commissioner of Major League Baseball)

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Today in Sports History - July 30

1930 - Uruguay defeated Argentina 4-2 to win the inaugural World Cup soccer tournament.

1932 - The 10th modern Olympic Games opened in Los Angeles.

1960 - In the inaugural American Football League (AFL) preseason game, the Boston Patriots defeat the Buffalo Bills, 28-7.

1966 - England wins the World Cup with a 4-2 victory over West Germany.

1968 - Washington Senators shortstop Ron Hansen records the eighth unassisted triple play in MLB history in a game against the Cleveland Indians.

1976 - American Bruce Jenner, now known as Caitlyn Jenner, set a world record of 8,618 points en route to winning the gold medal in the decathlon at the Summer Olympic Games in Montreal.

1990 - George Steinbrenner is forced to resign as principal controlling partner of the New York Yankees.

1995 - Richie Ashburn and Mike Schmidt are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

2001 - Lance Armstrong wins his third consecutive Tour de France.

2002 - Lisa Leslie of the Los Angeles Sparks became the first woman to dunk in a professional basketball game.

Thomas Fidone looks "humongous," Carter Nelson is Jim Thorpe and three more quick takeaways from Marcus Satterfield's radio hit last night:

A big thank you to Rivals for adjusting the previously horrendous landing page. Mucho Gracias!

“Name the former Nebraska swimmer who has been legally blind since birth and is credited with being the first physically disabled athlete to earn a full NCAA Division I athletic scholarship."

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Answer:

Trischa Zorn-Hudson

Nate Boerkircher is an "unsung hero," Carter Nelson gets some shine, and your favorite Husker's favorite breakout candidate, Vincent Shavers Jr., gets yet another mention this offseason.

Here are all of the players mentioned by Matt Rhule and the three player reps at B1G Media Days as either breakout candidates, most improved from the offseason or are otherwise catching eyes:

Nice (long) article on Jordan Larson that I just noticed on ESPN.

https://www.espn.com/olympics/story...team-usa-women-volleyball-2024-paris-olympics

Let's go Walsh!

It's been a crazy weekend, what recruiting questions do you have? Fire away

Some thoughts and observations from today's basketball workout, which was open to the media for about 15-20 minutes. A few video highlights are included inside:

Having a debate with a friend over game day atmosphere at different venues. He is a Penn State fan and insists the best venue is State College. I obviously argued for Lincoln. But in the interests of amity and conversation we decided to identify the best venue we had personally attended not associated with our home team.

My choice: Knoxville Tennessee. Vols fans are fantastic and that stadium really rocks. Curious what others think. Best non Lincoln venue?

July 29
1836 - The newly-completed Arc de Triomphe was inaugurated in Paris.

1858 - The United States and Japan signed the Harris Treaty, formalizing diplomatic relations and trading rights between the two countries.

1890 - Artist Vincent van Gogh died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at age 37 in Auvers, France.

1914 - Transcontinental telephone service in the U.S. became operational with the first test conversation between New York and San Francisco.

1921 - Adolf Hitler became the leader of the National Socialist German Workers' (Nazi) Party.

1954 - The first volume of JRR Tolkien's novel "The Lord of the Rings" ("The Fellowship of the Ring") was published.

1957 - The International Atomic Energy Agency was created.

1958 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the congressional act that created the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

1967 - An accidental rocket launch on the deck of the supercarrier USS Forrestal in the Gulf of Tonkin resulted in a fire and explosions that killed 134 service members.

1968 - In Humanae Vitae (of Human Life), Pope Paul VI reaffirmed the Catholic Church's prohibition on artificial methods of birth control.

1981 - Prince Charles, heir to the British throne, married Lady Diana Spencer in a ceremony watched by millions worldwide.

1994 - Abortion opponent Paul Hill shot and killed Dr. John Bayard Britton and Britton's escort, James H. Barrett, outside the Ladies Center clinic in Pensacola, Florida.

1999 - A former day trader, apparently upset over stock losses, opened fire in two Atlanta brokerage offices, killing nine and wounding 13 before shooting himself; authorities said Mark O. Barton had also killed his wife and two children.

2016 - Former suburban Chicago police officer Drew Peterson was given an additional 40 years in prison for trying to hire someone to kill the prosecutor who put him behind bars for killing his third wife.

Birthdays
24 - Kaliii (rapper)
24 - Katy Nichole (singer)
31 - Dak Prescott (football player)
33 - Miki Ishikawa (actress)
33 - Paulina Goto (actress)
37 - Genesis Rodriguez (actress)
47 - Danger Mouse (musician)
50 - Josh Radnor (acto)
51 - Stephen Dorff (actor)
51 - Wanya Morris (singer)
52 - Wil Wheaton (actor)
58 - Martina McBride (singer)
61 - Alexandra Paul (actress)
71 - Geddy Lee (singer)
71 - Tim Gunn (TV personality)
71 - Ken Burns (documentary filmmaker)
74 - Jenny Holzer (actress)

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Today in Sports History - July 29

1754 - The first international boxing match was held. The 25-minute match was won when Jack Slack of Britain knocked out Jean Petit from France.

1983 - Steve Garvey (Los Angeles Dodgers) set the National League consecutive game record at 1,207.

1986 - A federal jury in New York found that the NFL had committed an antitrust violation against the USFL, but the jury ordered the NFL to pay token damages of just one dollar.

1989 - The Philadelphia Phillies retire Steve Carlton's #32.

1996 - Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda retires, with a career record of 1,599-1,439 with four pennants and two World Series championships.

2003 - Boston Red Sox switch hitter Bill Mueller became the first baseball player to hit grand slam home runs from both sides of the plate in the same game.

2003 - Marcus Giles (Atlanta Braves) tied a major league record when he went 5-5 to give him hits in nine straight at-bats. The record was shared by 10 players at the time.

2018 - Chipper Jones, Alan Trammell, Trevor Hoffman, Vladimir Guerrero, Jim Thome and Jack Morris are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

2021 - American Sunisa Lee won the gold medal in the women's all-around gymnastics event at the Tokyo Summer Olympics, becoming the fifth straight American woman to claim the all-around Olympic gold.

2026 Portage (Mich.) Northern four-star OT Gregory Patrick is down to nine schools and Nebraska remains in the running for the four-star, alongside Michigan, Michigan State, Alabama, Notre Dame, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Wisconsin and Penn State.

Patrick visited Nebraska in the spring with his father and uncle, Chris, who played at Nebraska from 2003-2006 before bouncing around the league, making stops on the Giants, Patriots, Packers, Lions, 49ers, Eagles and Chiefs' practice squads from 2007 to 2010
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I recently discovered one of the oldest Indian campsites ever found in Nebraska. The carbon dating comes back to 9,400 to 9,800 years old.

I was walking an old ice age stream that was a tributary to one of the Loup rivers and found a small cut bank. In the cut bank I found a small piece of bone protruding from bank. I started digging and found 10 different pieces of bone that had obvious signs of processing. Every bone was broken and had very sharp edges. This is evidence of the bones being broken shortly after death in an attempt to extract the bone marrow.

I also found bits of charcoal that could be carbon dated and also one piece flint.

All of this was found in a hole 18 inches wide, 8 inches deep, and 8 inches tall.

There was buffalo, elk, deer, bird, turtle, and rodent bones, some with obvious burn marks.

I talked to a few archeologist that I know from UNL and they believe I found a hearth. I have stopped digging because of the importance of this sight. At some point there might be a full dig by the university to fully uncover this site.

To date this is one of the oldest Indian artifacts in Nebraska found in strata that could be properly dated.

Are there any other poor man's archeologist here? I would love to hear about your finds.

Shockingly deep position (numbers more than experience). Here we go…

LB
J. Bullock - sr
S. Thompson - jr
V. Shavers Jr - fr
J. Bower - rfr
R. Gradney - fr

LB
M. Gbayor - jr
J. Wright - sr
G. Stenger - so
D. Rodgers - rfr

JACK
P. Umanmielen - so
MJ Sherman - sr
M. Noonan - rfr
W. McGahee IV - fr
I. Smith Flores - rfr

Not Listed
G. Wager - rfr
M. Booker III - jr
G. Buda - jr
D. Pasko - rfr
N. Bustard - rfr
E. Duda - fr
V. Genatone - so

Now that it’s not an if, but when, rosters need to be down to 105, this room will probably be much smaller.

I could see Sherman ending up with more snaps than the Prince by seasons end, same with Wright and Gbayor, even if they are listed 2nd.

Go big red!

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Be on the lookout for all of the Preseason Award Watch Lists that will be released over the next 2+ weeks. Each list will drop at 11am CT. Begins with the Maxwell Award Watch List today.

If memory serves, Nebraska didn't have any players on these lists heading into the 2023 season. So we'll see if they get any mentions this time around...

Or does this belong on the EMAW board?? Confused…..