Fidone makes Micah Riley- Ducker look pretty small in this pic:

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Can confirm that Texas DL Charles Anderson Jr will take an official visit to Nebraska next month. Hit the link...


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Oakland, NE. 18 holes. Golf Passport fee-$30. (All Golf Passport courses are for 18 including cart)
1) Superb course conditions, hardly a weed or a barespot anywhere. Mostly a flat terrain but many various sized fairway and greenside berms offer plenty of challenges. Four levels of tee boxes. The back two are guarded by trees on most of the holes and all of them require a pretty salty poke to reach the fairway.
2) Greens were excellent, almost like snooker table. Easy (for me at least) to read that day and the lines stayed true all the way to the hole. Very consistant throughout the course. They even had a pleasent feel walking on them.
3) Pro shop staff was very pleasent and competant. A Restroom visit was a journey that required several turns to find but they were very clean and well kept. When ordering beer the staffer had to go upstairs to get it and was gone for a couple minutes. Seemed odd to me.
4) Clubhouse looked like a residence and could find no access. Maybe it was. Oakland members will have to provide information. Did not see any dining or lounge facilities.
5) Grounds staff kept ball washers and trash cans clean and in good repair. The whole course looked like it was ready for inspection.
6) Six pack-$20. Steep to me.
Overall, one of the best small town golf courses I have seen. Whether private or municipal owned they are obviously proud of their facility. It is adjacent to the Burt County fairgrounds and ball parks. A very charming layout and at Fair time it would be a nice place to camp and golf for a few days.

I want to apologize for not taking notes about water hazards. If there were any they did not bother me.

Interesting that NU men can win the Big 10 and the women finish 3rd and they don’t have a place to host events at home. Can you imagine the out rage if this was the baseball team or basketball or wrestling. And baseball and wrestling are specifically for one Team. A completed Track and Field facility would accommodate both mens and Womens teams

Onside kick vs NWestern has to be up there.
What else?

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Do we still deserve “Blue Blood” status among the elite programs in college football? Not many fall-offs have been as disastrous as ours. Discuss.

We’re the only team other than Arkansas represented in the top 20 more than once; the only team with 3 losses.

Time to focus on the important stuff.

If you are going to the spring game, what bars do you recommend?

We always stop at Sandy's, Elk Creek is a great way to start the day even though they are super expensive.
Duffy's, that place gets pretty packed pre-game. Is 5 dudes sharing a fish bowl a bit...fishy?
The Rail, always fun to stop in.

Barry's or Rail Yard to watch the game? What say you?

Pick up here soon. We need to start landing some studs for sure through the month of June. I for one hope it picks up!

The series continues...

Next up: Michigan


In case you missed them, here are the previous of the transfer addition/departure breakdowns:
Minnesota
Colorado
Northern Illinois
Louisiana Tech

Dragon and a lifelong friend golf travel every Thursday. Last year we were on 14 different courses in Nebraska, two in SD and two in IA. I am thinking and working on a critique journal of how two 60 year old pure amateurs assess a Country Club from parking, condititions of course, groundskeeping, course challenges, service/staffing, clubhouse facilities and the all important cost of beer.
Is there interest here for weekly updates on our journey? So far I have notes on Oakland and Pierce, NE.

May 18

1642 - The city of Montreal was founded by the French.

1652 - Rhode Island became the first American colony to pass a law abolishing African slavery; however, the law was apparently never enforced.

1804 - Napoleon Bonaparte was proclaimed Emperor of France by the French Senate.

1863 - The Siege of Vicksburg began during the Civil War.

1896 - The U.S. Supreme Court, in Plessy v. Ferguson, endorsed "separate but equal" racial segregation, a concept renounced 58 years later by Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.

1910 - Halley's Comet passed by earth, brushing it with its tail.

1920 - Pope John Paul II was born near Krakow, Poland.

1927 - In America's deadliest school attack, part of a schoolhouse in Bath Township, Michigan, was blown up with explosives planted by local farmer Andrew Kehoe, who then set off a bomb in his truck; the attacks killed 38 children and six adults, including Kehoe, who'd earlier killed his wife. (Authorities said Kehoe, who suffered financial difficulties, was seeking revenge for losing a township clerk election.)

1933 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a measure creating the Tennessee Valley Authority.

1934 - Congress approved, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed, the so-called "Lindbergh Act," providing for the death penalty in cases of interstate kidnapping.

1953 - Jacqueline Cochran became the first woman to fly faster than the speed of sound.

1973 - Harvard law professor Archibald Cox was appointed Watergate special prosecutor by U.S. Attorney General Elliot Richardson.

1974 - India became the world's sixth nuclear power.

1980 - Mount St. Helens in Washington erupted after lying dormant for 123 years, leaving 57 people dead or missing.

1981 - The New York Native, a gay newspaper, carried a story concerning rumors of "an exotic new disease" among homosexuals; it was the first published report about what came to be known as AIDS.

1994 - Israeli troops withdrew from the Gaza Strip after three decades of occupation; Palestinians soon took over the area.

1998 - The U.S. government filed an antitrust case against Microsoft, saying the powerful software company had a "choke hold" on competitors that was denying consumers important choices about how they bought and used computers. (The Justice Department and Microsoft reached a settlement in 2001.)

2000 - A bill was finally passed that removed the Confederate flag from the South Carolina statehouse.

2003 - President Megawati Sukarnoputri of Indonesia declared martial law and sent 30,000 troops into Aceh.

2004 - Sonia Gandhi stunned her party, the Indian National Congress, but refusing to accept the prime ministership of India.

2013 - A car driven by an 87-year-old man plowed into dozens of hikers during a parade in Damascus, Virginia, injuring about 50 people. (The driver, who suffered from a medical condition, was not charged.)

2015 - President Barack Obama ended long-running federal transfers of some combat-style gear to local law enforcement in an attempt to ease tensions between police and minority communities, saying equipment made for the battlefield should not be a tool of American criminal justice.

2018 - A 17-year-old armed with a shotgun and a pistol opened fire at a Houston-area high school, killing eight students and two teachers. (Dimitrios Pagourtzis is charged in state court with capital murder; his attorney says he is facing 11 federal charges.)

2018 - A 39-year-old airliner crashed and burned in a field just after taking off from Havana, Cuba, killing 112 people.

2018 - Hasbro announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office had issued a trademark for the scent of Play-doh.

2020 - President Donald Trump said he'd been taking a malaria drug, hydroxychloroquine, and a zinc supplement to protect against the coronavirus despite warnings from his own government that the drug should be administered only in a hospital or research setting.

2022 - President Biden invoked the Defense Production Act to speed production of infant formula and authorized flights to import supply from overseas amid a national shortage.

Birthdays
20 - Emma Engle (actress)
22 - Addison Justis (model)
23 - Addison Holley (actress)
27 - Gabriella
27 - Violett Beane (actress)
27 - Josefine Pettersen (actress)
31 - Spencer Breslin (actor)
35 - Danielle Victor (reality star)
35 - Gabi Victor (reality star)
42 - Allen Leech (actor)
43 - Matt Long (actor)
48 - Jack Johnson (singer)
53 - Tina Fey (actress/comedian)
54 - Martika (singer)
63 - Page Hamilton (singer)
68 - Chow Yun-Fat (actor)
71 - George Strait (singer)
72 - James Stephens (actor)
75 - Joe Bonsall (singer)
77 - Reggie Jackson (baseball player)
82 - Candice Azzara (actress)
85 - Brooks Robinson (baseball player)
99 - Priscilla Pointer (actress)

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Today in Sports History - May 18

1897 - William Joyce (New York Giants) set a record when he hit four triples in one game.

1933 - The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game was announced. It would be played on July 6 at Comiskey Park as a part of the Chicago World's Fair.

1942 - New York ended night baseball games for the duration of World War II.

1956 - Mickey Mantle hit a home run from both sides of the plate in a game for the third time.

1971 - The Utah Stars defeat the Kentucky Colonels in seven games to win the ABA championship.

2000 - Mark McGwire (St. Louis Cardinals) passed Mickey Mantle on the home run career list. He ended the game with 539.

2004 - Randy Johnson of the Arizona Diamondbacks throws the 16th perfect game in MLB history in a 2-0 win over the Atlanta Braves.

2022 - The U.S. Soccer Federation reached milestone agreements to pay its men's and women's teams equally.

paging Coaches Rhule & Satt

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Final series of the season starts tonight. Hit the link.

With Raiola off the table will the domino's fall that we now also lose out on some of the other high profile players we brought in this spring. Notably the #1 5:star tackle or his defensive line team mate of his? We thought if Raiola committed it would open the flood gates for big time commitments
Would the opposite also be true?

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Hard to believe basketball used to be this fun to watch. I remember talking to buddies in the mid-90s about how much fun a 3-pointer was to see. Now it’s such a normal thing that it’s kind of an average bucket. Nevertheless, this game shows buckets in the paint are intense too.

Another thing:
We win the Big 8 Championship (basketball)

Just lost in the National Championship (football). Going onto back to back.

Volleyball was 2 years out of winning a championship.


All in all, just crazy how good we were from 93-01 in sports. Not trying to be Mr Glory Days…. Honestly, I was 6–14 yr old during this time. Must’ve been great to see these games as a student. Last comment… JARON BOOOOONE!

I didn’t realize how much in state talent there is now. Just looking at the Lincoln East vs Elkhorn South game, each team has 4 D1 commits right now with a couple guys still uncommitted. I know most of the East guys are all sophomores too. Only one kid (Senstock from East) is committed to NU.

I know there are a lot more kids around the state worthy as well. Let me know some names to look for this week. Since I’m out with shoulder surgery I’m going to drive the 40 minutes and go to a few games.

Huskers seem pretty excited to take on the Boilermakers this weekend as Purdue played a heavy hand in denying NU a spot in the conference tournament last season. Hit the link.

I always had appreciation for his time here, and I hope that chip on his shoulder pays off for him as he continues his career...

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Lock in another Texas defender coming up for an official visit next month. Bay City (Texas) defensive lineman Carlon Jones will be in Lincoln June 2-June 4. He told me that he is looking forward to seeing the environment on and around campus. He's also wanting to see in person what Nebraska has to offer. Jones is teammates with 2023 signee Brice Turner. The defender posted 102 tackles, 13 sacks and 29 TFL as a junior.

He's got official visits lined up with Cal and Georgia Tech currently as well.

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May 16
Xavier 14, Michigan 2
Northwestern 8, Notre Dame 7 (11 inn)
Pittsburgh 11, Penn State 3
Indiana 6, Evansville 2
Michigan State 9, Central Michigan 2
Minnesota 9, South Dakota State 6

Cancelled
Illinois-Chicago at Iowa
Albany at Rutgers

STANDINGS
1. Indiana (39-14, 15-6)
1. Maryland (35-18, 15-6)
3. Iowa (37-12, 13-7)
4. Nebraska (29-20-1, 13-8)
4. Michigan (26-23, 13-8)
4. Rutgers (32-19, 13-8)
7. Illinois (23-24, 12-12)
8. Michigan State (30-19, 10-11)
8. Purdue (23-27, 10-11)
10. Minnesota (16-33, 8-13)
11. Penn State (24-23, 6-14)
12. Ohio State (28-25, 6-15)
13. Northwestern (9-38, 3-18)

Games for Thursday, May 18
Iowa at Northwestern
Maryland at Penn State
Michigan at Ohio State
Nebraska at Purdue (5:00 PM - BTN+)
Rutgers at Minnesota
Indiana at Michigan State
Tennessee-Martin at Illinois

Will Rhule offer a scholarship during his visit?

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May 17

1536 - Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer declared the marriage of England's King Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn invalid after she failed to produce a male heir; Boleyn, already condemned for high treason, was executed two days later.

1792 - The New York Stock Exchange was established when a group of 24 brokers and merchants met by a tree on what is now Wall Street and signed the Buttonwood Agreement.

1938 - NBC aired the "Information, Please!" quiz show on the radio for the first time.

1940 - The Nazis occupied Brussels, Belgium, during World War II.

1946 - President Harry S. Truman seized control of the nation's railroads, delaying -- but not preventing -- a threatened strike by engineers and trainmen.

1954 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously in its Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision that racially segregated public schools were inherently unequal, and therefore unconstitutional.

1973 - Televised Watergate hearings opened, headed by North Carolina Sen. Sam Ervin.

1980 - Rioting that claimed 18 lives erupted in Miami's Liberty City after an all-white jury in Tampa acquitted four former Miami police officers of fatally beating Black insurance executive Arthur McDuffie.

1987 - An Iraqi warplane attacked the USS Stark in the Persian Gulf, killing 37 American sailors and wounding 62. (Iraq apologized for the attack, calling it a mistake, and paid more than $27 million in compensation.)

1996 - President Bill Clinton signed a measure requiring neighborhood notification when sex offenders move in. (Megan's Law, as it's known, was named for Megan Kanka, a 7-year-old New Jersey girl who was raped and murdered in 1994.)

1997 - Laurent Kabila declared himself president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

2004 - Massachusetts became the first state to allow same-sex marriages.

2010 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that young people serving life prison terms should have "a meaningful opportunity to obtain release" provided they didn't kill their victims.

2013 - The ousted head of the Internal Revenue Service, Steven Miller, faced hours of intense grilling before Congress; both defiant and apologetic, Miller acknowledged agency mistakes in targeting tea party groups for special scrutiny when they applied for tax-exempt status, but insisted that agents broke now laws and that there was no effort to cover up their actions.

2015 - A shootout erupted between bikers and police outside a restaurant in Waco, Texas left nine bikers dead and 20 injured.

2017 - The Department of Justice appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller as a special counsel to oversee a federal investigation into potential coordination between Russia and the 2016 Donald Trump campaign.

2018 - With six Democrats joining Republicans in voting to confirm her, Gina Haspel won Senate confirmation to become director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

Birthdays
29 - Justin Martin (actor)
32 - Samantha Browne-Walters (actress)
33 - Leven Rambin (actress)
33 - Charlotte Crosby (reality star)
35 - Karrueche Tran (model)
35 - Nikki Reed (actress)
37 - Tahj Mowry (actor)
38 - Matt Ryan (football player)
40 - Ginger Gonzaga (actress)
41 - Tony Parker (basketball player)
44 - Ayda Field (actress)
45 - Kat Foster (actress)
47 - Kandi Burruss (singer)
47 - Rochelle Aytes (actress)
49 - Andrea Corr (singer)
50 - Josh Homme (singer)
50 - Sasha Alexander (actress)
53 - Jordan Knight (singer)
57 - Hill Harper (actor)
58 - Paige Turco (actress)
59 - David Eigenberg (actor)
60 - Page McConnell (singer)
61 - Craig Ferguson (actor/comedian)
62 - Enya (singer)
63 - Simon Fuller (TV personality/host)
64 - Jim Nantz (sportscaster)
67 - Sugar Ray Leonard (boxer)
70 - Kathleen Sullivan (TV personality)
83 - Peter Gerety (actor)

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Today in Sports History - May 17

1875 - The first Kentucky Derby was held at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.

1927 - The Chicago Cubs beat the Boston Braves, 4-3, in 22 innings.

1953 - The New York Yankees and the Cleveland Indians set a record when they used 41 players in a game.

1969 - The Baltimore Colts, Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers agreed to move from the NFC to the AFC.

1970 - Hank Aaron became the ninth player in MLB history to record 3,000 career hits.

1983 - The New York Islanders sweep the Edmonton Oilers to win a fourth consecutive Stanley Cup.

1987 - Eric ‘Sleepy’ Floyd of the Golden State Warriors set a playoff record for points in a single quarter with 29.

1998 - New York Yankees pitcher David Wells became the 13th player in modern major league baseball history to throw a perfect game in a 4-0 win over the Minnesota Twins.

2020 - An autographed pair of Michael Jordan's Air Nike 1s trainers from 1985 sell for a record $560,000 in an online auction.

2022 - Baltimore Orioles pitcher Matt Harvey was suspended for 60 games by Major League Baseball for distributing a prohibited drug of abuse.

Such problems to have...

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On Monday, we took a look at what Minnesota lost and gained through the transfer portal. You can read it here.

We continue on with the 2023 schedule.

Up next: Colorado.