Suh was the man!!!!!

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Makes a lot of sense. Oregon opens the 2024 season in Gabriel’s home state of Hawaii.

Oregon will have November road games at Michigan and Wisconsin in 2024. The Ducks will host Ohio State.

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No. 1 seed Nebraska (31-1) vs. No. 3 seed Arkansas (28-5) square off at 5 p.m. CT today (ESPNU)

Here are the pre-match notes, how to watch/stream/listen and videos/transcripts from Friday's pressers to preview their Saturday showdown:

Saw on Twitter that there is a plane headed from Lincoln to Manhattan right now. Then headed from Manhattan to Waco Texas.

Would obviously be another coach making rounds with Howard and Shappen if that is indeed a Husker plane.

Update: here is the link to there other plane.

Shapen, formerly of Baylor, is headed to Mississippi State to be QB1 for new head coach Jeff Lebby.

Nebraska visited Shapen in Waco during his portal recruitment.

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I'll start with my thought, I think it is Daniels' to lose because the West, Northwest vote will be split with Nix and Penix landing more on Penix. The Midwest should swing to Harrison but usually people are thinking QB's. The SEC (South) vote SE should land hard on Daniels. That leaves the NE and the plains areas to settle the difference. Just think that the amount of voters that typically swing in the east and for the SEC that Daniels is the frontrunner.

One domino falls

$600,000 for Tyler Shough to go to Louisville.

Sounds like Cam Ward is seeking ~$2mm.

Thought experiment has me thinking YES - look what we have accomplished and the way the world has shrunk - but then I think about social media & the addicting games & tik tok's that are warping our children and wonder, where and how will our addiction get worse?

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Seems a little “look at me-ish” but I guess we’ll find out early next week

Make it happen.

Current QB room. Purdy following significant surgery. Harrberg and Kaelin.

Let’s pay and get them both.

Make it so #1.

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Interesting thought, but investing in a proven QB like a McCord, Ward, or Howard (if you could land them) would be great for the growth of the QB room for someone like Kaelin. Obviously, the play on the field would benefit that year, but the QB room would learn how to prepare, watch film, and be a pro.

Via Nebraska Athletics Communications:

Former Nebraska baseball standout Alex Gordon is one of 12 inductees to the College Baseball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2023. The group is set to be inducted on February 15, 2024 at the College Baseball Hall of Fame Foundation’s Night of Champions event in Overland Park, Kan.

After earning freshman All-America honors in 2003, Gordon was honored as a first-team All-American in both 2004 and 2005. He was the consensus national player of the year, while winning the Golden Spikes, Brooks Wallace, Dick Howser and the ABCA National Player of the Year Awards. In addition to his accolades at the national level, Gordon was the two-time District Player of the Year and two-time Big 12 Player of the Year. A third baseman with the Huskers, Gordon led the Big Red to a school-record 57 victories in 2005, when Nebraska captured its first College World Series victory. A career .355 hitter in three seasons at Nebraska, Gordon finished his NU career in the top 10 of eight offensive categories, as he was third in total bases (447), fourth in home runs (44), runs batted in (189) and doubles (53), eighth in runs (188), ninth in hits (249) and slugging percentage (.657) and 10th in triples (11).

A 2004 U.S. National Team member, Gordon was the No. 2 overall pick by the Kansas City Royals in the 2005 MLB Draft and was named Baseball America’s 2006 Minor League Player of the Year in his first professional season. The three-time All-Star spent all 14 years of his professional career with the Royals, while being a key piece in Kansas City’s run to the 2015 World Series title. Gordon finished his MLB career as a .257 hitter with 357 doubles, 26 triples, 190 homers, 749 RBI and 867 runs scored in 1,753 career games played.

Check out the full list of this year's 12 inductees and more on the College Baseball HoF:

The coaching carousel has finally begun, much later than it has the past several seasons.

Their stud RB, Etienne entered the portal, Napier won’t make it though next season, they hate him.

25-11

They are going to be a big hurdle to get over. The sweep in Madison was disconcerting. Veteran team and Franklin/Smrek are playing lights out.

FRIDAY - DECEMBER 8

8:00 PM
FCS Playoffs - Quarterfinals
Furman at Montana (ESPN2)

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SATURDAY - DECEMBER 9

11:00 AM
FCS Playoffs - Quarterfinals
Villanova at South Dakota State (ESPN)

Division II Playoffs - Semifinals
Lenoir-Rhyne at Harding (ESPN+)

Division III Playoffs - Semifinals
SUNY-Cortland at Randolph-Macon (ESPN+)

1:30 PM
FCS Playoffs - Quarterfinals
North Dakota State at South Dakota (ABC)

2:00 PM
Army vs. Navy (at Foxborough, MA) (CBS)

2:30 PM
Division II Playoffs - Semifinals
Kutztown at Colorado School of Mines (ESPN+)

Division III Playoffs - Semifinals
North Central at Wartburg (ESPN+)

9:00 PM
FCS Playoffs - Quarterfinals
Albany at Idaho (ESPN+)

December 8
1854 - Pope Pius IX proclaimed the dogma of the Immaculate Conception.

1886 - The American Federation of Labor was founded at a convention of union leaders in Columbus, Ohio.

1941 - Congress declared war on Japan and the United States entered World War II.

1949 - Communist attacks forced the Chinese Nationalist government to flee to the island of Formosa (Taiwan).

1978 - Former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir died.

1980 - Beatles member John Lennon was shot and killed in New York City by deranged fan Mark David Chapman.

1987 - President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed the first treaty to reduce the nuclear arsenals of the two superpowers.

1991 - AIDS patient Kimberly Bergalis, who had contracted the disease from her dentist, died in Fort Pierce, Florida, at age 23.

1993 - President Bill Clinton signed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) into law.

2001 - The U.S. Capitol was reopened to tourists after a two-month security shutdown.

2008 - In a startling about-face, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed told the Guantanamo war crimes tribunal he would confess to masterminding the Sept. 11 attacks; four other men also abandoned their defenses.

2014 - The U.S. and NATO ceremonially ended their combat mission in Afghanistan, 13 years after the Sept. 11 terror attacks sparked their invasion of the country to topple the Taliban-led government.

2016 - John Glenn, whose 1962 flight as the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the Earth made him an all-American hero and propelled him to a long career in the U.S. Senate, died in Columbus, Ohio, at age 95.

2020 - The Supreme Court rejected Republicans’ last-gasp bid to reverse Pennsylvania’s certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the electoral battleground; the court refused to call into question the certification process in the state.

Birthdays
27 - Teala Dunn (actress)
30 - AnnaSophia Robb (actress)
32 - Wallis Currie-Wood (actress)
38 - Dwight Howard (basketball player)
38 - Josh Donaldson (baseball player)
39 - Sam Hunt (singer)
41 - Hannah Ware (actress)
41 - Nicki Minaj (rapper)
41 - Chrisette Michele (singer)
42 - Philip Rivers (football player)
44 - Ingrid Michaelson (singer)
45 - Ian Somerhalder (actor)
47 - Dominic Monaghan (actor)
55 - Mike Mussina (baseball player)
57 - Matthew Laborteaux (actor)
58 - David Harewood (actor)
59 - Teri Hatcher (actress)
60 - Wendell Pierce (actor)
62 - Ann Coulter (political commentator)
66 - Phil Collen (singer)
70 - Kim Basinger (actress)
77 - John Rubinstein (actor)
84 - Jerry Butler (singer)

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Today in Sports History - December 8

1863 - Tom King of England defeated American John Heenan and became the first world heavyweight champion.

1940 - The Chicago Bears defeated the Washington Redskins 73-0 in the NFL Championship Game in the most lopsided game in NFL history, and was also the first NFL game broadcast nationally on radio.

1942 - Georgia running back Frank Sinkwich wins the Heisman Trophy.

1948 - Southern Methodist running back Doak Walker wins the Heisman Trophy.

1953 - Notre Dame running back Johnny Lattner wins the Heisman Trophy.

1955 - Ohio State running back Howard Cassady wins the Heisman Trophy.

1956 - The Summer Olympic Games close in Melbourne, Australia, with the addition of a new tradition: the closing ceremony with international athletes mingling together in one large, unified group.

1961 - Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors scores 78 points in a game against the Los Angeles Lakers.

1973 - Penn State running back John Cappelletti wins the Heisman Trophy.

1977 - Texas running back Earl Campbell wins the Heisman Trophy.

1987 - Ron Hextall (Philadelphia Flyers) became the first goalie in NHL history to shoot and score a goal. His empty net goal made him only the second goalie to get credit for a goal in the NHL.

2000 - Mario Lemieux announced to the Pittsburgh Penguins that he planned to return to the National Hockey League (NHL) as a player at age 35. He would be the first modern owner-player in U.S. pro sports.

2003 - The Orlando Magic ended their 19-game losing streak by beating the Phoenix Suns 105-98.

2007 - Florida quarterback Tim Tebow wins the Heisman Trophy.

2011 - The 161-day NBA lockout ended when owners and players ratified the new collective bargaining agreement.

2012 - Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel became the first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy.

2017 - Japanese pitching and hitting star Shohei Ohtani announced that he would sign with the Los Angeles Angels.

2018 - Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray wins the Heisman Trophy.

2022 - Russia freed WNBA star Brittney Griner in a high-profile prisoner exchange with the U.S., which released Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.

NCAA TOURNAMENT - REGIONAL SEMIFINALS (SWEET 16)

NEBRASKA REGION
#1 Nebraska def. #5 Georgia Tech (25-11, 25-16, 25-21)
#3 Arkansas def. #2 Kentucky (22-25, 25-22, 25-15, 22-25, 15-10)

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PITTSBURGH REGION
#1 Pittsburgh def. #4 Washington State (25-20, 25-13, 25-16)
#2 Louisville def. #3 Creighton (25-21, 14-25, 25-23, 24-26, 15-8)

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WISCONSIN REGION

#1 Wisconsin def. #5 Penn State (25-11, 28-30, 25-12, 25-18)
#2 Oregon def. #3 Purdue (25-14, 25-19, 29-27)

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STANFORD REGION

#1 Stanford def. #5 Arizona State (22-25, 25-21, 25-20, 25-21)
#2 Texas def. #3 Tennessee (25-19, 20-25, 23-25, 26-24, 16-14)

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