December 12
1787 - Pennsylvania became the second state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

1800 - Washington D.C. was established as the national capital.

1870 - Joseph Rainey of South Carolina took his seat as the first African American in the U.S. House of Representatives.

1913 - The Mona Lisa was recovered in Florence, Italy after having been stolen two years earlier from the Louvre.

1963 - Kenya gained independence from Britain.

1966 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules 4-3 to allow the Braves baseball franchise to move to Atlanta.

1985 - An Arrow Air charter crashed after takeoff from Gander, Newfoundland, killing 248 American soldiers and eight crew members.

1987 - Mookie Blaylock sets an NBA record with 13 steals in a game.

1991 - The New Jersey Nets establish an NBA record with 22 blocks in a game against the Denver Nuggets.

1992 - Miami quarterback Gino Torretta wins the Heisman Trophy.

1997 - The Boston Red Sox sign Pedro Martinez to a record 6-year, $69 million contract.

1998 - The House Judiciary Committee approved a fourth and final article of impeachment against President Bill Clinton.

2000 - George W. Bush became president-elect as a divided U.S. Supreme Court reversed a state court recount decision in Florida's highly contested presidential election.

2001 - Yasir Arafat closed the offices of Hamas and Islamic Jihad.

2011 - Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III wins the Heisman Trophy.

2015 - Nearly 200 nations meeting in Paris adopted the first global pact to fight climate change, calling on the world to collectively cut greenhouse gas emissions but imposing no sanctions on countries that didn't do so.

2018 - Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's one-time fixer, was sentenced to three years in prison for crimes that included arranging the payment of hush money to conceal Trump's alleged sexual affairs.

2020 - Thousands of Trump supporters gathered in Washington, D.C. for rallies to back his efforts to subvert the election he lost to Joe Biden.

Birthdays
22 - Queen Amayah (rapper)
24 - Devyn Nekoda (actress)
28 - Lucas Hedges (actor)
37 - Kate Todd (actress)
49 - Mayim Bialik (actress / TV host)
54 - Regina Hall (actress)
54 - Jennifer Connelly (actress)
54 - Madchen Amick (actress)
55 - Sophie Kinsella (author)
57 - John Randle (football player)
62 - Tracy Austin (tennis player)
66 - Sheree J. Wilson (actress)
67 - Sheila E. (singer)
72 - Cathy Rigby (actress/gymnast)
75 - Bill Nighy (actor)
84 - Dionne Warwick (singer)
87 - Connie Francis (singer)
92 - Bob Pettit (basketball player)

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Today in Sports History - December 12

1937 - The Washington Redskins defeat the Chicago Bears 28-21 to win the NFL Championship Game.

1950 - Ohio State running back Vic Janowicz wins the Heisman Trophy.

1965 - Chicago Bears running back Gale Sayers ties the NFL record for most touchdowns in a game with six in a 61-20 win over the San Francisco 49ers.

1968 - Arthur Ashe became the first black man to be ranked #1 in tennis.

1976 - Joe Namath played his last game with the New York Jets.

1981 - Wayne Gretzky became the quickest to reach 50 goals in a season. It was in the 39th game.

2000 - The Texas Rangers signed Alex Rodriguez to a record breaking 10-year, $252 million contract. The contract amount broke all Major League Baseball records and all professional sports records.

2001 - Denver Nuggets coach Dan Issel was suspended for four games by his team for shouting a profanity and an ethnic remark at a fan.

2010 - The inflatable roof of the Minneapolis Metrodome collapsed following a snowstorm that dumped 17 inches on the city. (The NFL was forced to shift an already rescheduled game between the Minnesota Vikings and New York Giants to Detroit's Ford Field.)

After that bs performance I was wondering if I would even awake today. Hahaha. Has anyone been fired yet? Not sure what Rhule is waiting on, if he can’t tell something is seriously wrong with the culture he has built he should be the first one out the door!

“How many Nebraska football players have won the Outland Trophy? Nebraska owns more winners of the award – given annually to the top offensive lineman in college football – than any other school in the country.”

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Answer:

9 total from 8 different players (Dave Rimington was a 2x winner in 1981 and 1982)

1) more kickoff and punt return yardage than our opponents
2) better avg. starting field position than our opponents
3) better net punting yardage than our opponents
4) forced turnover via blocked kick, punt, or fumble

I fully realize no one outside of myself and @gobigredno.1 care about these right now with everything going on. But I don't care.

336 down
30 more to go in this leap year

Finishing out strong!

December 2
“In 2000, Nebraska football standout Kyle Vanden Bosch was named the winner of the William V. Campbell Trophy, an award that recognizes an individual football player as the best in the country for his combination of leadership, academic success, football performance and more.”

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December 3

“Who was the first Nebraska women’s gymnast to capture an NCAA individual championship? This athlete won the national title vault in 1990.”

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Answer:

Michele Bryant

started their downfall. You can always count on that.

Huskers looking good at under 16:00 TO break. Hitting 3s. Essegian has played tremendous the past few games. Solid replacement for Ninja.

ACC Championship Game
Clemson 34, Southern Methodist 31

American Athletic Conference Championship Game
Army 35, Tulane 14

Big 12 Championship Game
Arizona State 45, Iowa State 19

Big Ten Championship Game
Oregon 45, Penn State 37

Conference USA Championship Game
Jacksonville State 52, Western Kentucky 12

Mid-American Conference Championship Game
Ohio 38, Miami (OH) 3

Mountain West Championship Game
Boise State 21, UNLV 7

SEC Championship Game
Georgia 22, Texas 19 (OT)

Sun Belt Championship Game
Marshall 31, Louisiana-Lafayette 3

Indiana def. Illinois (25-21, 25-19, 25-18)
USC def. Iowa (25-16, 25-23, 25-16)
Maryland def. Rutgers (25-20, 25-19, 25-22)
Michigan def. Northwestern (27-25, 25-19, 23-25, 22-25, 15-10)
Minnesota def. Ohio State (25-16, 30-32, 25-14, 25-15)
Penn State def. Nebraska (25-21, 14-25, 25-22, 25-23)
Oregon def. UCLA (23-25, 25-20, 25-21, 25-22)
Purdue def. Washington (25-14, 25-23, 29-27)

Standings
1. Penn State (29-2, 19-1)
2. Nebraska (28-2, 18-1)
3. Wisconsin (22-6, 16-3)
4. Purdue (25-6, 16-4)
5. Oregon (22-7, 14-6)
6. Minnesota (20-10, 13-7)
6. USC (21-9, 13-7)
8. Illinois (18-12, 10-10)
9. Washington (19-11, 9-11)
10. Indiana (15-15, 8-12)
10. Michigan (18-13, 8-12)
10. UCLA (14-15, 8-12)
13. Ohio State (14-16, 7-13)
14. Michigan State (13-17, 6-13)
15. Maryland (14-16, 5-14)
16. Iowa (10-22, 4-16)
17. Northwestern (5-23, 3-17)
18. Rutgers (6-25, 1-19)

Penn State has clinched at least a share of the Big Ten championship. Nebraska will clinch a share with a win over Maryland on Saturday.

Matches for Saturday, November 30
Michigan State at Wisconsin
Nebraska at Maryland (6:00 PM - BTN)

November 28
#11 Ohio State 70, Old Dominion 47
#22 Iowa 69, Rhode Island 62
San Diego State 73, Wisconsin 67
Middle Tennessee State 54, Purdue 49

Standings
Michigan State (8-0)
Penn State (8-0)
Iowa (7-0)
Minnesota (7-0)
Maryland (6-0)
Ohio State (6-0)
UCLA (5-0)
Nebraska (6-1)
Illinois (6-1)
Michigan (5-1)
USC (5-1)
Washington (7-2)
Oregon (6-2)
Wisconsin (5-2)
Purdue (4-2)
Rutgers (4-2)
Indiana (4-3)
Northwestern (2-3)

Games for Friday, November 29
Wisconsin vs. Providence (at Cancun, Mexico) (10:00 AM)
Marquette at Rutgers (1:00 PM - BTN)
Michigan vs. Belmont (at Fort Myers, FL) (1:00 PM)
Minnesota vs. Houston (at New Orleans) (1:15 PM)
#11 Ohio State vs. Utah State (at Daytona Beach, FL) (2:30 PM)
#1 UCLA vs. Tennessee-Martin (at Honolulu, HI) (4:00 PM)
#6 USC vs. St. Louis (at Palm Springs, CA)
#22 Iowa vs. BYU (at Cancun, Mexico) (8:00 PM)

Next Nebraska Game - Tuesday, December 3
Lindenwood at Nebraska (7:00 PM - BTN+)

Well, it's the final weekend of picks for the 2024 season. I'm in first place currently, and I have a feeling I'm on the brink of an awesome, epic, total collapse:

December 1
#1 UCLA 70, Hawaii 49
#10 Maryland 92, Toledo 70
Northwestern 67, Cornell 54
Indiana 78, Maine 53

Standings
Minnesota (9-0)
Iowa (8-0)
Maryland (8-0)
Michigan State (8-0)
Penn State (8-0)
UCLA (8-0)
Ohio State (7-0)
Michigan (7-1)
Nebraska (6-1)
Illinois (6-1)
USC (6-1)
Washington (7-2)
Wisconsin (7-2)
Oregon (6-2)
Indiana (5-3)
Rutgers (5-3)
Purdue (4-3)
Northwestern (3-3)

Games for Monday, December 2
#19 Illinois at Canisius (5:00 PM - ESPN+)
St. John's at Penn State (6:00 PM - BTN)

Next Nebraska Game - Tuesday, December 3
Lindenwood at #25 Nebraska (7:00 PM - BTN+)

November 29
1864 - A Colorado militia launched an unprovoked attack on an encampment of Cheyenne and Arapahoe tribal members, killing an estimated 230 people in the Sand Creek Massacre. (After the massacre, the backlash was so severe the U.S. government not only acknowledged wrongdoing, but promised reparations of land and cash to survivors and relatives of victims.)

1929 - Commander Richard E. Byrd and a crew of three became the first to fly over the South Pole.

1947 - The United Nations voted to grant the Jewish people a homeland to be established in mandate Palestine.

1961 - Enos the chimp was launched from Cape Canaveral aboard the Mercury-Atlas 5 spacecraft, which orbited the Earth twice before returning.

1963 - The Beatles released "I Want to Hold Your Hand" in Britain.

1981 - Film star Natalie Wood drowned at age 43 while boating off California's Santa Catalina Island with her husband Robert Wagner and actor Christopher Walken.

1986 - Actor Cary Grant died in Davenport, Iowa at age 82.

1987 - A Korean Air 707 jetliner en route from Abu Dhabi to Bangkok was destroyed by a bomb planted by North Korean agents, killing all 115 people on board.

2001 - George Harrison of the Beatles died after a battle with cancer at age 58.

2012 - The United Nations voted overwhelmingly to grant Palestine non-observer member state status, a vote that came exactly 65 years after the General Assembly adopted a plan to divide Palestine into separate states for Jews and Arabs. (The 2012 vote was 138 in favor; nine members, including the United States, voted against while 41 abstained.)

2018 - In a surprise guilty plea, former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen confessed that he had lied to Congress about a Moscow real estate deal he pursued on Trump's behalf during the 2016 presidential campaign.

2022 - Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes was convicted of seditious conspiracy for a violent plot to overturn Democrat Joe Biden's presidential win, handing the Justice Department a major victory in its massive prosecution of the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. (Rhodes would be sentenced to 18 years in prison in May 2023.)

Birthdays
24 - Renata Toscano Bruzon (actress)
29 - Laura Marano (actress)
31 - Stefon Diggs (football player)
36 - Russell Wilson (football player)
42 - Lucas Black (actor)
42 - Gemma Chan (actress)
44 - Janina Gavankar (actress)
46 - Lauren German (actress)
48 - Anna Faris (actress)
52 - Brian Baumgartner (actor)
55 - Mariano Rivera (baseball player)
56 - Jonathan Knight (singer)
60 - Don Cheadle (actor)
62 - Andrew McCarthy (actor)
63 - Kim Delaney (actress)
64 - Cathy Moriarty (actress)
69 - Howie Mandel (actor/comedian/TV host)
84 - Chuck Mangione (musician)
89 - Diane Ladd (actress)

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Today in Sports History - November 29
1890 - Navy defeated Army by a score of 24-0 in the first Army-Navy football game. The game was played at West Point, NY.

1934 - The Chicago Bears defeat the Detroit Lions 19-16 in the first NFL game broadcast nationally.

1960 - Navy running back Joe Bellino wins the Heisman Trophy.

1962 - Major League Baseball decided to return to just one All-Star Game a year beginning in 1963, ending a four-year run of two such games per season.

1987 - Joe Montana (San Francisco 49ers) completed a record 22 consecutive passes.

1987 - Venice Glenn (San Diego Chargers) ran back an interception for 103 yards. It was an NFL record.

1992 - Jerry Rice of the San Francisco 49ers caught his 100th career touchdown pass.

1992 - Dennis Byrd of the New York Jets was paralyzed after suffering a neck injury in a game against the Kansas City Chiefs.

Auburn-Bama? Yawn.
Kansas State-Iowa State? tired

UConn-UMass? Yes.
New Mexico-Hawaii? WIRED

Our CFB Week 14 staff picks ATS + final score predictions for Nebraska’s win against Iowa.

Ope, sorry, Nebraska’s game against Iowa 😏