Nebraska...not feeling Frosty anymore

[*JD*]

Some in game video, if you have the time. I watched his first shot. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUzDx8U6Bqw&feature=player_embedded#"]2012 Basketball - Northwest Indiana All-Star Classic : NWI - International (89:85) - YouTube[/ame]!

[entropy]

You can't coach 7'1"...

That said it would be nice to redshirt him, but UNL will need to play him next year. He could use that year.

[entropy]

Courtney Osborne, a football player and Ethnic Studies major from Garland, Texas, and Mary Weatherholt, a tennis player and Business Administration major from Prairie Village, Kansas, addressed a record number of Nebraska student-athletes and their families and friends Saturday at Nebraska’s 2012 Student-Athlete Graduation Reception.

“Nebraska has helped me grow from a boy to a man,” Osborne told an overflow room on the third floor of Nebraska’s West Stadium while his twin brother, Steven, shot video. “I’ve learned that in order to be a man, I must do what I have to do because boys do what they want to do.”

Weatherholt recalled leaving Kansas when she was only 17 and how Lincoln has become her second home. “I fell in love with this place because the people who live here are so friendly and welcoming. I still love my friends back home, but my friends here are either current athletes, past athletes or married to athletes.”

Osborne drew laughs when he said his Nebraska experiences included learning how to shovel ice, how to see if a heifer is pregnant and why 25 minutes of sleep now equals an hour. “I want to thank the 3 F’s, and I don’t mean grades ... I mean family, friends and faculty, as well as the University of Nebraska.”

Life Skills Presents: Baby Alligators, Tigers, Bears

Weatherholt thanked her family, coaches, teammates, academic advisors, athletic director and a life skills department that enabled one of the coolest experiences she’s ever had – cradling a baby alligator in her arms when Mutual of Omaha brought in a small zoo for Animal Science majors and invited a small army of student-athletes who had been loyal community volunteers to enjoy the experience in a Life Skills conference room. “Oh my god,” she said. “Some held a baby tiger and others a baby bear.”

Where else but Nebraska do experiences like that happen?

Tom Osborne warmed up the room with one of his favorite stories and reminded the graduates and their families that now that they’ve received their college diplomas, they’ll have “a leg up” in a competitive job market “because of all you’ve accomplished as a student-athlete here.”

Keith Zimmer, Nebraska’s Associate Athletic Director for Life Skills, said the Athletic Department’s commitment to student-athletes does not end with their diplomas. “Our ongoing commitment is what separates us and makes Nebraska special,” he said. “As you encounter career challenges, rest assured we are eager and willing to help you, whether it’s finding a job, updating your resume, writing a letter of recommendation, providing career counseling, finding graduate school assistance or evaluating job offers. Whatever your needs might be, you can count on the Nebraska Athletic Department, and remember, as a Nebraska alum, you have free access to careerathletes.com and Husker Hire Link – two excellent resources for you to use as you prepare for the future."

Dennis Leblanc, Nebraska’s Senior Associate Athletic Director for Academics, praised the graduates and pointed out that Saturday’s reception was the largest post-graduation crowd he’d seen in more than a quarter century. Leblanc said the record 82 NU spring graduates represented all 23 varsity sports, 16 states, 4 countries and 35 different majors. He said the class had helped Nebraska increase its exhausted graduation rate from 93 to 96 percent and issued a challenge for math majors "to figure out why the Big 12 Conference has only 10 member schools while the Big Ten Conference has 12.”

All Nebraska student-athlete graduates had their pictures taken with Tom Osborne. Courtney Osborne made his photo perhaps the most memorable, putting his right arm around NU’s athletic director and hugging him tightly for the camera. Osborne also had to look up when he handed 6-foot-4 Jessica Periago, a basketball player from Toulon, France, her athletic department gift. She was wearing heels.

Athletics is an International Experience at NU

Weatherholt mentioned how fun and memorable it was to have German, Polish, Slavakian and Swedish teammates who are now friends. Knowing how much harder college was than she thought it was going to be and how homesick she got in her first couple months as a 17-year-old freshman, “I can’t imagine how tough it would be for athletes to leave their families clear across the world,” she said.

Interestingly, to reinforce the sense of family that Weatherholt developed in Lincoln, Imke Reimers, a native of Germany who was a senior at Nebraska when Weatherholt was just a freshman, was sitting at the family table. Now pursuing her doctorate degree in Economics at the University of Minnesota, Reimers drove from Minneapolis to support her former teammate. Similarly, former Nebraska Athletic Department employee Guy Rozier, the Chief Advancement Officer for Athletics Institute Advancement at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., returned to Lincoln with wife Edie. They sat next to the Osborne twins and their family at Saturday’s graduation reception.

Courtney Osborne ended his talk by sharing one of his favorite quotes: “Aim for the moon,” he told his fellow Husker grads, “because if you miss, you’ll still land among the stars" and Weatherholt encouraged her fellow grads to volunteer their time whenever possible. “I’ve learned you take time to do whatever it takes,” she said before ending with: “I’ve also learned that life is short, so we should all eat our dessert first.”

[Rob F]

Guy Rozier, the Chief Advancement Officer for Athletics Institute Advancement at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., returned to Lincoln with wife Edie. They sat next to the Osborne twins and their family at Saturday’s graduation reception.

Osborne twins? Courtney and Tom?

[lineygoblue]

Ashley and Mary-Kate?

[The Oracle]

Lucky for you Hoke "cooled" on him.

Nope, just not a "committable offer".

[entropy]

What is a non committable offer?

[The Oracle]

Talent will tell you.

[UMStan White]

It's a pull the rug out from under you offer-something Oscar Meyer learned while coaching in the SEC

[UMStan White]

ebraska assistant football coach Ron Brown said he opposes a proposed Lincoln ordinance to protect gay and transgender people from discrimination, but he won't speak against it at Monday's public hearing.
In a letter published in Sunday's Lincoln Journal Star, Brown said his Christian beliefs led him to express his opposition to homosexuality. The letter notes that while he is against laws that protect gay people, he would never discriminate against gay players.
"I have and will embrace every player I coach, gay or straight ... but I won't embrace a legal policy that supports a lifestyle that God calls sin," he wrote.
Brown, 55, said in an interview with the newspaper that he won't speak at Monday's hearing because he's concerned media coverage of his involvement would be distracting.
"As I prayed about it, I thought it was not in the Lord's will for me to testify," Brown said.
Brown caused a stir in March when he testified against a similar measure in Omaha and failed to distance his views from the university. The city council approved the ordinance.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Harvey Perlman has said he found Brown's remarks to the Omaha City Council offensive, but that Brown has the right to express his personal views.
Brown told the newspaper that the university hasn't asked him to refrain from speaking at the hearing and that he doesn't believe his job would be in jeopardy if he did.
"I've gotten assurance from the chancellor that, as a citizen, I can express my views publicly," Brown said. "I mean, this is almost like voting."
Brown did not immediately return phone or text messages left Sunday by The Associated Press.
Head football coach Bo Pelini told the newspaper Saturday he's not concerned that Brown's views could be detrimental to the football team.
"I hired Ron Brown because of who he is and the type of person he is," Pelini said. "He's never brought negative attention to our program."
On Friday, Attorney General Jon Bruning issued an opinion that said Nebraska cities cannot adopt ordinances protecting people from discrimination for being gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender because the state's anti-discrimination laws don't extend to sexual orientation.
Lincoln Mayor Chris Beutler said that wouldn't deter the city from putting the proposal to a vote.
Copyright 2012 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.


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Ah yes. homophobia runs rampant in Nebraska. Glad God speaks to your coaches and says go stone those that I have made in my own image. Glad i have the right to call this moron coach a dumb shit

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ebraska assistant football coach Ron Brown said he opposes a proposed Lincoln ordinance to protect gay and transgender people from discrimination

When you spell it ``ebraska'' it somehow sounds a little more modern. You guys should totally do a rebranding. Consider going all the way, i.e. ``e-Braska''. You could be the next Silicon Plains!

[entropy]

hack.. lol

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[hack]

Whatever that is, I would rather have access to it than an overdose of Texas football.

[entropy]

it's a runza.