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quote from another nebraska fan:
Apologies if I have. But I was listening to ESPN earlier today, and apparently Wyoming is planning their own little Maryland-type uniform debut for the Husker game. I guess it would make sense, as this is probably the marquee home game for them this year. I haven't seen any examples of what they are going to unveil.
But hey, they are undefeated, and this has to be the game of the year for them, considering it's in their house, or I guess when you look at the size of it, their shack.
OK, as I was typing this, I went to their official site, and I guess they are billing this game as the "Gold Rush", and the close to 30,000 seat stadium is sold out.
Here's an interesting fact: Their field has a higher elevation than any other field in the FBS. It is just over 7,000 feet.Grammar... The difference between feeling your nuts and feeling you're nuts.Comment
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By Peter Smits
Friday, Sep. 16, 2011 | 12:00 AM
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College football is wonderful, crazy and exciting. I've been a fan all my life.
Last Saturday, I experienced college football at its best: Nebraska Cornhusker football at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln. Better yet -- the opponent was our own Fresno State Bulldogs.
These are the top 10 things I observed and the lessons I think they offer to Bulldog football fans:
No. 10. They wear red. All 86,000 people in the stadium. Lesson -- We're just like them. Loyal, proud fans who want the world to know it. We're part of the Bulldog family. It's fun, it impresses and maybe intimidates opponents. And a sea of red looks great on national television.
No. 9. They lined the streets of Lincoln and welcomed the Bulldogs to Memorial Stadium with cheers and friendly smiles. Lesson -- Hospitality may not extend to letting the other team win, but being welcoming is a trait for which our community is known and one we can share freely when other fans come to our town.
No. 8. All 86,000 fans were in their seats 10 minutes before kickoff. Lesson -- We're pretty casual about getting to the game on time -- or most anything else, for that matter. But being a few minutes early seems like a great idea if you've ever missed a big play because some other folks were late.
No. 7. They invited Bulldog fans to their tailgate parties. Lesson -- Our tailgates are every bit as tasty as theirs, and this can be an opportunity to grow our economy. Do they know what tri-tip is in Lincoln? Have Husker fans ever eaten Fresno State ice cream or sweet corn? We've already got football in common, so starting a conversation's a breeze. Add food and you've got the makings of a friendship.
No. 6. They cheered our Bulldog players when they entered the field of play. Lesson -- That's a powerful message of both confidence that your team will prevail and respect for the opponents, just in case. It also sets an example for our children and grandchildren.
No. 5. Memorial Stadium is "dry." No one seemed to care. Lesson -- College football has so many twists and turns in every game, why not be able to fully appreciate each one as it occurs? (See No. 8, also.) We've been dry for a while at Bulldog Stadium and it's improved our family friendliness.
No. 4. Almost without exception, everyone said, "Welcome to Nebraska. We're glad you're here." Lesson -- "Welcome to Fresno. We're glad you're here." See? That wasn't so difficult. We hope they'll like us enough to root for Fresno State when we're not playing their team, and we'd love for them to return to our city.
No. 3. Rain or shine, win or lose, Nebraska has had 313 consecutive sell-outs, since 1962 -- an NCAA record they are very proud of. Lesson -- We're more than 300,000 people bigger than Lincoln and Bulldog Stadium holds only half as many people as Memorial. There's no reason we can't challenge that record! But we'd have to accept that losing is no reason to abandon our team. Our student-athletes are giving their all, which is worthy of our encouragement.
No. 2. When the Bulldogs made a good play, they cheered. Lesson -- Appreciation of the game itself and of the student-athletes' accomplishments -- no matter that they're Bulldogs or opponents -- deserve our best positive response as true college football fans. Booing and shouting at officials accomplish nothing so much as teaching young people to model our behavior.
No. 1. After the game and when the Bulldogs left their stadium, they gave us a standing ovation. Lesson -- There is a nobility to sports that sometimes is the more striking because our society seems to teach winning at all costs. Sports, whether it's played out on a collegiate gridiron or in your own backyard, is supposed to be about the honest effort in striving, not just about the victory. We applaud that effort, no matter the result.
Our Bulldogs didn't get the result they -- or we -- wanted, but the whole atmosphere reminded me again of why I'll be in Bulldog Stadium Saturday night.
I love college football.
Peter Smits is Vice President for University Advancement at Fresno State.
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S. Korean finds way into lineup for No. 9 Huskers
By ERIC OLSON, AP Sports Writer – 2 hours ago
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A substitute teacher was walking through the library at Lincoln Christian High School when she spotted the new kid, all 6-foot-2 and 320 pounds of him.
"What's your name?" the sub asked.
"Seung," he said.
"Do you play football?" she asked.
"I don't know football," he said in broken English.
"Oh," she said. "You should get to know football."
Thanks to that teacher, who just happened to be the wife of the school's head football coach, Choi's curiosity was piqued. And last Saturday, not quite six years later, Seung Hoon Choi made his first start as an offensive lineman for ninth-ranked Nebraska.
"All of us have taken different paths to get here," linemate Jeremiah Sirles said. "He comes from a complete, whole 'nother world, and now he's starting in America's game. College football is such a big thing, especially here in Nebraska. I think he saw that in high school."
Choi's parents sent him to this country with the belief he would have a better chance at a college education. The family picked Lincoln because an uncle, the brother of Seung's father, had worked at the university as a researcher and lived here with his two children, Seung's cousins.
Seung's older sister, Ju-Youn Choi, preceded him to Lincoln and went on to the University of Washington — the school whose team Choi started against on Saturday.
"Although I am an alum from the University of Washington, I am happier that Huskers got victory," Ju-Youn wrote from South Korea in an email to The Associated Press.
The only words Choi knew upon his arrival in Lincoln were "yes" and "no," and homesickness prompted him to beg his mother, unsuccessfully, to let him to go back to South Korea.
Seung Hoon Choi (pronounced SOON' hoon CHOY) had grown up in a densely populated urban area near Seoul and thought Lincoln would be the same.
"Nothing around Nebraska compared to where I grew up," he said.
He said he couldn't believe U.S. students wore shorts and sweatshirts to class instead of school uniforms. The informality bugged him, he said.
Football took his mind off the culture shock, gave Seung something to focus on and created a circle of friends.
"I thought it was just cool to put a helmet and pads on and hit each other," he said.
Seung joined Lincoln Christian's team as a sophomore, and his formidable size gave him a tremendous advantage over opponents in one of the state's small-school divisions.
Lincoln Christian coach Matt Farup said he simplified the offense for Seung, condensing it to two basic plays — run left, run right.
Seung was the left tackle, so that's the direction the offense ran most times.
"He would push people at the line and send them flying back and be done with them," said Jared McCoskey, who played alongside Seung as the left guard and remains his best friend. "People couldn't get by him."
No college but Nebraska showed interest in Seung. Kevin Cosgrove, the defensive coordinator under former coach Bill Callahan, invited him to the Cornhuskers' summer camp in 2007. After Callahan was fired and Bo Pelini was hired, offensive coordinator Barney Cotton pressed on with the recruitment and asked Seung to walk on.
Sang Ho Choi and Yu Mi Chuwere were proud of their youngest child but had no understanding of what he was getting into, Ju-Youn Choi wrote in her email.
"It is honorable that he can get the chance to stand as an offensive lineman in Huskers team among many athletes," she wrote. "I also appreciate that his high school football coach, Mr. Farup, encouraged him to play."
Seung sat out as a redshirt in 2008 and got into no games in 2009. Last season, as a sophomore, he played only in the opener.
He used the first two years in the program to sculpt his body and build strength. He said he couldn't eat enough hamburgers and pizza when he first came to America. He has lost 30 pounds and now weighs 290.
He saw spot duty in this year's opener against Chattanooga but got no snaps against Fresno State. Seung was named the starter against Washington because of an injury to starting left guard Andrew Rodriguez.
Seung alternated with Brandon Thompson and received good reviews afterward from Cotton and offensive coordinator Tim Beck.
Jermarcus Hardrick, who played next to Seung, said Seung was motivated to give extra effort because one of the Washington defensive linemen kept calling him a "fat Asian."
"I think that guy made it worse for himself," Hardrick said. "I didn't think (Seung) was going to play that good. He was just coming off the ball."
Ju-Youn isn't surprised Seung grew big enough to be a major-college lineman. She said he weighed 8.3 pounds at birth — "quite a big baby in Korea," she wrote — and he loved to eat.
His father, a retired police officer, is barely 5-9. His mom is about 5-3.
"He was a little overweight kiddo in his elementary and middle school years," Ju-Youn wrote. "Well, I think he has a special gene. There are no members of the family who grew to be big. We are on average not too big or not too small."
Seung's family hasn't seen him play yet. They attended a game two years ago and came to appreciate what the sport means to Americans. The Chois plan to come back this fall and hope to see Seung play against Michigan State on Oct. 29.
"When we visited to see Seung's (team) at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln two years ago, we were amazed that it was filled with people who wore red shirts," Ju-Youn wrote.
Undoubtedly, Seung's biggest fans in Lincoln are Marshall and Roxane McCoskey, parents of Jared.
Seung lived with the McCoskeys the second half of his senior year at Lincoln Christian and visits them at their home every weekend. He calls almost daily.
Roxane, whom Seung calls his "American mom," and Marshall wore No. 77 jerseys to last week's game, and Roxane said she cried when Seung stepped onto the field for his first play.
Marshall said he's prouder of how Seung has developed off the field. Seung has become a strong Christian and remained humble as he as achieved success.
"He's driven to be the best at what he does," Marshall said. "He does it with all his heart but he doesn't ever brag about it. My tendency would be to say, 'Look at me, I'm starting for the Huskers.'
"You know he loves it but he doesn't want to be prideful or boastful like so many athletes are. He's just not the norm."Grammar... The difference between feeling your nuts and feeling you're nuts.Comment
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UNL volleyball up 2-0...now 2-2. Just gave away the third game and played horrible in 4Grammar... The difference between feeling your nuts and feeling you're nuts.Comment
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And UNL wins the 5th to start 1-0 in the conferenceGrammar... The difference between feeling your nuts and feeling you're nuts.Comment
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Looks like Oklahoma has ousted Dan Beebe. From the Kansas City Star:
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Dan Beebe was working Wednesday on an agreement to leave his position as Big 12 Conference commissioner, according to two sources with knowledge of Beebe?s decision.
The announcement of Beebe?s departure is expected to come today.
?He?s working on his exit package right now,? one of the sources, who spoke directly to Beebe, told The Star on Wednesday night.
?A couple of weeks ago he told me privately that if the conference stayed together and he had to go it would be like lifting up a huge weight off his heart.?
That source added that Beebe, who is an attorney, ?has his best lawyer hat on now.?
Beebe?s job came in question earlier this week when a report out of Oklahoma said a condition for the Sooners? continued membership in the Big 12 was to have a new commissioner. His exit comes as the conference decides how to move forward with nine teams next season after losing a member for the third time in 15 months.
One of the things that contributed to Beebe?s decision to leave, according to the source, was how he was perceived by some as being too willing to do the bidding of the University of Texas.
?Up in your neck of the woods,? said the source, ?he is considered a puppet for Texas.?
The problem, said the source, who is based in Texas, is that ?nobody down here thinks that there is anybody in the Big 12 but Texas and Oklahoma.
?Six hundred miles of difference is an amazing distance. And they both are wrong.?
The source said that MU chancellor Brady Deaton, who is chairman of the Big 12?s Board of Directors, was resisting Beebe?s decision to step down.
But the source said Beebe decided this move would be in the best interest of the Big 12, ?that they need a fresh start in the conference and not to go back to Groundhog Day where they were having this same conversation next year.?
It was not known who will become interim commissioner.
Beebe joined the Big 12 in 2003 as an associate commissioner and became commissioner in 2007. He had been commissioner of the Ohio Valley Conference for the previous 14 years and formerly worked in the NCAA?s enforcement division.
Last November, Beebe received a three-year contract extension and was lauded for his role in keeping the Big 12 alive after Nebraska left for the Big Ten and Colorado for the Pac-12.
Now, the Big 12 is poised to lose another member, Texas A&M to the Southeastern Conference, after this school year.
The Big 12 Board of Directors is expected to meet on a conference call today and resume expansion talks, which paused nearly three weeks ago when Oklahoma president David Boren said there was a possibility the Sooners could leave the conference.
At that time, the Big 12 was close to extending an invitation to Brigham Young. In addition to BYU, Big East schools Louisville and West Virginia could also be in the Big 12?s sights.
?We?re still focused on keeping the Big 12 together and stable,? Kansas chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little said after a Board of Regents meeting in Topeka on Wednesday. ?That is our continued aspiration. That is the ideal outcome for us.?
The prospect of that outcome grew stronger late Tuesday when the Pac-12 announced it was no longer considering expanding. Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas and Texas Tech were considered candidates to head west, which would have crippled the Big 12.
But although the Big 12 survived this scare, the conference may not stand on firm ground yet.
Missouri football coach Gary Pinkel continued to voice concerns about the conference. In an interview on St. Louis radio station KFNS on Wednesday, Pinkel said the league needed serious repair work.
He didn?t specify, but in earlier interviews he?s been critical of the Longhorn Network, Texas? venture with ESPN that has upset other Big 12 schools because it contains high school football content, which is perceived as a recruiting advantage.
?We have problems in our league and we all know what most of them are,? Pinkel said. ?But we don?t solve them.?
The Star?s Blair Kerkhoff contributed to this report.
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that is CF news.. not NebraskaGrammar... The difference between feeling your nuts and feeling you're nuts.Comment
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Message board Nazi!Comment
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Grammar... The difference between feeling your nuts and feeling you're nuts.Comment
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summary of Nebraska vs PSU in last nights volleyball gameGrammar... The difference between feeling your nuts and feeling you're nuts.Comment
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Sounds like crick won't play this weekendGrammar... The difference between feeling your nuts and feeling you're nuts.Comment
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Talent,
If I haven't convinced you yet, the menu for the ohio state game
? A gentleman who tailgated next to us during the Washington game was very impressed with our tailgate. He owns a pizza shop in Omaha and asked if he could bring a pizza oven (one you pull behind a truck) and join our tailgate for the OSU game. So we’ll have 30-40 pizza’s for the tailgate. Some people at our tailgate last weekend said they’ve tried the pizza before and they liked it. So this will be pretty cool…
? I will be making some Italian meatballs stuffed with mozzarella and marinara for dipping
? We will have some toasted bread and homemade bruschetta
? Buffalo chicken dip and chips
? Either an artichoke dip or some type of spinach dip and chips
? Smoked Brisket
? Sausage, Italian meats and chees trays
? Veggie and fruit trays
? In flux, but something like tortilla rolls, shrimp or other cold finger food
? Brownies, apple strudel, Italian cookies, maybe some other desert items
? The normal chips, hotdogs, hamburgers, etc.. .just in case
? 16 gallon Keg of Boulevard Wheat Beer
? Random cans of bud, miller, etc.. I’m thinking about getting some Boddingtons as well
? Vodka, rum and mixers.. plus soda’s and water
Debating about any breakfast items, and adding more finger food..Grammar... The difference between feeling your nuts and feeling you're nuts.Comment
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...and bacon-wrapped bratwurst.Comment
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:::checking Expedia for flight schedules to Lincoln:::"in order to lead America you must love America"Comment
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