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America East Preseason Coaches Poll
1. Vermont (6) - 62 pts
2. Massachusetts-Lowell (3) - 55
3. Bryant - 51
4. Binghamton - 44
5. Maine - 36
6. Maryland-Baltimore County - 25
7. Albany - 23
8. New Hampshire - 18
9. New Jersey Institute of Technology - 10

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#1. Hausmann back to NU when Harbaugh goes back to the NFL. His motivation: "I want to play for this awesome defense."

Hypothetical results of round 2 with Minnesota and Colorado, and why?

An NCAA Volleyball Tournament projection by Michella Chester of NCAA.com

Chester's heavily-researched process involves following the NCAA Selection Committee's criteria and bracketing principles. Here's a deeper explanation of the committee's selection process:

The Competition Oversight Committee has again approved a bracketing pilot for the Division I Women's Volleyball Championship. Fifty percent of the bracket will be seeded in four groupings of 1-8. Published seeding will be in four sets of 1-8 and the pairings will honor a 1-8 assignment. The committee will identify the top 32 teams. The top 16 teams will be identified in rank order and assigned a seed grouping from 1 to 4. The balance of the ranked teams, in turn, are assigned to one of the remaining seed groupings (i.e. 5 to 8). Once the seed assignment is finalized, it remains unchanged while placing the teams into the championship bracket. First and second-round conference matchups will be avoided.

Top 16 Seeds
1. Nebraska
2. Wisconsin
3. Louisville
4. Stanford
5. Oregon
6. Texas
7. Washington State
8. Pittsburgh
9. Arkansas
10. Tennessee
11. Georgia Tech
12. BYU
13. Kentucky
14. Arizona State
15. Dayton
16 Kansas

Nebraska is the final undefeated team in D1 women's volleyball, with the Huskers memorably topping then-AVCA No. 1 Wisconsin in five sets on Oct. 21. The two will meet again on Friday, Nov. 24 -- just two days before the official tournament bracket is revealed.

Chester's top 10 is made up of the same teams as the committee's, but things are moved around slightly. For example, Stanford was No. 2 in the committee's second in-season reveal, but Chester has the Cardinal No. 4 overall -- and it's essential to note Stanford lost to Arizona State in a sweep the same day as the top-10 reveal, only slightly after the announcement.

Of the top-16 teams, Chester has four from the Pac-12 (Stanford, Oregon, Washington State and Arizona State), three from the ACC (Louisville, Pitt, Georgia Tech), three from the SEC (Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky), three from the Big 12 (Texas, BYU and Kansas), two from the Big Ten (Nebraska and Wisconsin) and one from the A-10 (Dayton).

NCAA TOURNAMENT PROJECTION

REGION ONE
#1 Nebraska vs. South Dakota
#8 Kansas State vs. Drake

#4 Kansas vs. Colgate
#5 Creighton vs. Missouri

#3 Arkansas vs. Florida Gulf Coast
#6 Houston vs. Stephen F. Austin

#2 Pittsburgh vs. Towson
#7 James Madison vs. St. John's

REGION TWO
#1 Stanford vs. Sacred Heart
#8 Texas A&M vs. UC-Santa Barbara

#4 Kentucky vs. High Point
#5 Purdue vs. Central Florida

#3 BYU vs. Fairfield
#6 Utah State vs. Miami (FL)

#7 Pepperdine vs. TCU
#2 Oregon vs. Sacramento State

REGION THREE
#1 Louisville vs. Maryland-Baltimore County
#8 Marquette vs. Western Michigan

#4 Arizona State vs. Yale
#5 Florida vs. Wake Forest

#3 Georgia Tech vs. Alabama State
#6 Auburn vs. Minnesota

#7 USC vs. Rice
#2 Texas vs. Southeastern Louisiana

REGION FOUR
#1 Wisconsin vs. Eastern Illinois
#8 Southern Methodist vs. Northern Iowa

#4 Dayton vs. Wright State
#5 Penn State vs. Georgia

#3 Tennessee vs. The Citadel
#6 Western Kentucky vs. North Carolina State

#7 Baylor vs. Florida State
#2 Washington State vs. Coppin State

Other notes

At-Large Bids
To be considered during the at-large process, a team must have a .500 record or better.

The following criteria shall be employed by a governing sports committee in selecting participants for NCAA championships competition [Bylaw 31.3.3: Criteria for Selection of Participants]:

- Win-Loss record
- Strength of schedule
- Eligibility and availability of student-athletes for NCAA championships

In addition to Bylaw 31.3.3, the Women's Volleyball Committee has received approval from the NCAA Division I Competition Oversight Committee to consider the following criteria in the selection of at-large teams for the volleyball championship (not necessarily in priority order):

Primary Criteria
- Rating Percentage Index
- Head-to-Head competition
- Results versus common opponents
- Significant wins and losses
- KPI

Secondary Criteria
If the evaluation of the primary criteria does not result in a decision, the secondary criteria will be reviewed. All the criteria listed will be evaluated.

- Late-season performance (last 10 matches)
- Eligibility and availability of student-athletes
- Location of contest

Good stuff from the Husker OC last night on Sports Nightly. Here are the highlights:

Was Nebraska a winner or loser on the recruiting trail in October? Well how about hitting the link and reading this story from @Clint Cosgrove to find out, huh?!

Has any DONU coach even visited?
Lots of talent on this team!

I predict that Nebraska will not turn it over via fumble this week against MSU. We had five fumbles against Purdue, losing four. But three of those fumbles came from the QB and two on special teams. Other than Grant's almost fumble the running backs held on to the football. I hope the coaches have learned from this game that you cannot run your QB's as much as we do and not expect them to cough it up. My gut says we will run with the running backs more this week. I think Haarberg's second fumble is on the coaches. They should never have called a QB option run one play after Haarberg had been lit up on a powerful sack. Haarberg already takes enough punishment from getting sacked in the passing game for us to add to his load by running him 10 times a game. We need him to stay healthy for this four game stretch to end our season. We have a very real chance of going 9-3 and going to Indy. But not if Haarberg is on the bench injured and not if we run him so much that he is beat up and starts turning it over. This is the best defense we have had since 2009. No need to press the issue on offense by constantly running our QB. Play smart offense, Conservative offense. And then take your shots downfield with our talented young receivers. We can run a few options here and there in order to set up play action passes. But please can we stop running Haarberg all over the field on every drive??

College Football Playoff Rankings
1. Ohio State (8-0)
2. Georgia (8-0)
3. Michigan (8-0)
4. Florida State (8-0)
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5. Washington (8-0)
6. Oregon (7-1)
7. Texas (7-1)
8. Alabama (7-1)
9. Oklahoma (7-1)
10. Mississippi (7-1)
11. Penn State (7-1)
12. Missouri (7-1)
13. Louisville (7-1)
14. LSU (6-2)
15. Notre Dame (7-2)
16. Oregon State (6-2)
17. Tennessee (6-2)
18. Utah (6-2)
19. UCLA (6-2)
20. USC (7-2)
21. Kansas (6-2)
22. Oklahoma State (6-2)
23. Kansas State (6-2)
24. Tulane (7-1)
25. Air Force (8-0)

This past Saturday I sat at midfield, up close behind the good guys bench – probably the best seats I’ve ever had in Memorial thanks to someone who gave them to me.

And whoa boy, did I see the sights and sounds. The physicality, our coaches and players’ demeanor, and the feisty crowd. You bet your ass I froze my ass off and windburned my face, but damnit it was worth it. Here are three major takeaways from midfield at the NU-PU game:

The Defense. Multiple times I noticed the body language of N. Henrich, Robinson, Polar Bear, Reimer, Hill, Bullock, Newsome, and Gifford enthusiastic and mentally prepared each time they took the field. I know we’re only in Game 8 of the Rhule era and we haven’t made a bowl game yet, but it felt like we have a group of hombres that finally want to defend their home turf with both physicality and smarts. Purdue seemed to have only one of those things on both sides of the ball. I could really sense the budding defensive identity that both Alberts and Rhule have wanted to instill since both of their arrivals in Lincoln.

The Officials. They let that game get out of hand. They might need to be relegated to Group of 5 or lower. Not once did I feel that they had good control of the game. Purdue tried to play bully ball all day, and holy s*** the officials let ‘em make it a Big 10 West cage match. From my vantage point, PU got away with a lot more than what the TV broadcast showed.

Finally, the Crowd. Home field advantage. That crowd resembled the weather - rowdy and little nasty. I can’t remember the last time we had an actual home field advantage at Memorial. Everyone – and I mean everyone – was jacked up out of their mind for the defense to take the field. Rhule and Satt took Walters to school for 3.5 quarters. And even with the warts at the beginning & end of the game, I still felt like our staff and team had control of the game when those warts and turnovers reared their ugly head. For the first time in years, I left Memorial Stadium with a sense that we have a hungry coach and hungry players who are focused and working on becoming a real TEAM.

Demands the Rose Bowl or the NCAA
Pay his players back what was stolen!



Wow!

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I do not know what to make of this feeling. It is the feeling of Nebraska playing games in November that actually matter. It has been a long time since that has happened. It is actually fun to be a Nebraska fan again.

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November 1
1478 - The Spanish Inquisition was established.

1512 - Michelangelo's paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel were shown to the public for the first time by Pope Julius II.

1604 - William Shakespeare’s tragedy “Othello” was first presented at Whitehall Palace in London.

1755 - An earthquake, fires and tsunami leveled Lisbon and killed more than 70,000 people.

1765 - The Stamp Act, the first direct tax on the American colonies, went into effect.

1861 - During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln named Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan General-in-Chief of the Union armies, succeeding Lt. Gen. Winfield Scott.

1870 - The U.S. Weather Bureau made its first meteorological observations.

1936 - Benito Mussolini described the new alliance between Nazi Germany and Italy as an "axis" running between Berlin and Rome.

1950 - Two Puerto Rican nationalists tried to force their way into Blair House in Washington, D.C., in a failed attempt to assassinate President Harry S. Truman. (One of the pair was killed, along with a White House police officer.)

1952 - The United States detonated its first hydrogen bomb in a test in the Marshall Islands.

1989 - East Germany reopened its border with Czechoslovakia, prompting tens of thousands of refugees to flee to the West.

1991 - Clarence Thomas took his place as the newest justice on the Supreme Court.

1993 - The Maastricht Treaty was enacted, which established the European Union.

1995 - Peace talks opened in Dayton, Ohio, with the leaders of Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia present.

2007 - Less than a week after workers ratified a new contract, Chrysler announced 12,000 job cuts, or about 15 percent of its work force.

2021 - The global death toll from COVID-19 topped 5 million, as tallied by Johns Hopkins University.

2022 - Voters gave former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right allies a victory with a majority in the country’s parliament.

Birthdays
26 - Alex Wolff (actor)
26 - Max Burkholder (actor)
26 - Kaylee Bryant (actress)
37 - Penn Badgley (actor)
39 - Natalia Tena (actress)
42 - Matt Jones (actor)
48 - Bo Bice (singer)
50 - Aishwarya Rai (actress)
50 - David Berman (actor)
51 - Jenny McCarthy (actress/model/TV host)
51 - Toni Collette (actress)
59 - Sophie B. Hawkins (singer)
60 - "Big Kenny" Alphin (singer)
60 - Rick Allen (musician)
62 - Helene Udy (actress)
63 - Tim Cook (CEO of Apple)
65 - Rachel Ticotin (actress)
66 - Lyle Lovett (singer)
74 - Belita Moreno (actress)
74 - Jeannie Berlin (actress)
82 - Robert Foxworth (actor)
86 - Bill Anderson (singer)
88 - Gary Player (golfer)

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Today in Sports History - November 1
1913 - Notre Dame defeated Army 35-13. It was the first time the forward pass was used as a main offensive weapon in football.

1924 - Boston Bruins officially join the NHL, becoming the first United States based team to enter the League; Montreal Maroons also join NHL, but only last until 1938.

1938 - Seabiscuit, with George Woolf aboard, beats 1937 Triple Crown winner War Admiral by 3 lengths in Pimlico track record time to win $15,000 in what is regarded as one of the greatest match races in horse racing history.

1946 - In the first Basketball Association of America game the New York Knicks beat the Toronto Huskies, 68-66 at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto.

1959 - Jacques Plante, of the Montreal Canadiens, became the first goalie in the NHL to wear a mask.

1964 - Jim Brown (Cleveland Browns) became the first NFL player to exceed 10,000 yards rushing.

1964 - Quarterback George Blanda of the AFL's Houston Oilers sets a record with 68 pass attempts (37 completions) in a 24-10 loss to the Buffalo Bills.

1966 - Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax becomes the first three-time winner of the Cy Young Award.

1966 - NFL awards a franchise to New Orleans; name "Saints" alludes to November 1, All Saints Day in Catholic faith.

1987 - The New York Jets retire Don Maynard's #13.

1994 - The Chicago Bulls retire Michael Jordan's #23.

1997 - Nebraska football coach Tom Osborne records his 250th career victory in a 67-7 rout of Oklahoma; Osborne, in his 25th season, reaches the 250 win milestone faster than anyone in college football history, doing so in just 301 games.

1997 - North Carolina State wide receiver Torry Holt catches five touchdown passes in a 48-35 loss to Florida State.

1998 - Steve Young and Jerry Rice connect for their 80th career touchdown, in the San Francisco 49ers loss to the Green Bay Packers. The mark eclipses the previous NFL record held by the Miami Dolphins tandem of Dan Marino and Mark Clayton.

2000 - Pat Riley becomes only 2nd coach in NBA history to accumulate 1,000 regular season victories when Miami Heat open season with a 105-79 victory v Orlando Magic; Lenny Wilkens is first to achieve the mark.

2001 - Dan Neil (Denver Broncos) was fined $15,000 for an illegal block that broke the leg of Bryan Cox (New England Patriots).

2003 - Arkansas defeats Kentucky 71-63 in seven overtimes, tying the NCAA record for longest football game in history.

2003 - John Gagliardi ties Eddie Robinson as college football's career victory leader with his 408th win, guiding Division III St. John's to a 15-12 victory over St.Thomas at St. Paul, Minnesota.

2003 - University of Pittsburgh wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald establishes a new NCAA record with a touchdown reception in his 14th straight game as Pittsburgh beats Boston College, 24-13 at Alumni Stadium.

2007 - Five-time Grand Slam tennis winner Martina Hingis admits testing positive for cocaine during Wimbledon; maintaining her innocence, she retires from tennis citing no desire to fight with anti-doping authorities.

2007 - Joe Torre, the winningest manager in MLB history, moves from the New York Yankees to the Los Angeles Dodgers after signing a three-year, $13 million contract.

2010 - The San Francisco Giants won their first World Series since moving from New York in the 1950s, defeating the Texas Rangers in five games.

2015 - The Kansas City Royals defeat the New York Mets in five games to win the World Series.

2017 - The Houston Astros defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers in seven games to win their first World Series.

3 Tuesday Takeaways from Cook as Nebraska travels to Penn State, Rutgers seeking 23-0 mark:

>> Jordan Larson and her "evolving" coach's role
>> Another record #Huskers may look to break
>> Is Cook's crew fully dialed in?

My first as a single man, and as I was in a local place eating a Mexican dinner, this game was on.
Brett Favre, I never heard of him, lol, the weather had my attention more than the game, 40 degrees, driving rain, winds 35 gusting to 50.
Favre was amazing, and his legend was born that night.

29 years ago.

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Here’s this week’s Checkdown. Had to change things up a bit this week unfortunately.

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Good stuff from Ed Foley on the Huskers' crash play, which resulted in a blocked field goal and 68-yard touchdown return from Quinton Newsome.