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by JLew on Aug 3, 2010 2:32 PM CDT in Corn Flakes

So I'm in the middle of moving, and it's 101 outside. Enjoy the links and think cool thoughts for me. -JL

Steven M. Sipple: Nebraska appears good fit at No. 6

Sipple ranks Nebraska at #6. The 2010 blogpoll will be coming soon. I don't see myself ranking Nebraska quite that high - yet. - JJ

A very bittersweet goodbye

The governor also made a promise to the men and women who would be deploying to Afghanistan. "By the time you get to Afghanistan, we will have figured how to get cable TV over there so you can watch the Husker football games," he said to thunderous applause.

Some might consider it trivial, but I would think that it's a pretty big piece of staying connected with Nebraska, with home. I have no idea how they'll do this, though. Satellite? - JJ

Why Nebraska Will Be The Most Rooted For Team in America This Year | Bleacher Report

Truly like the words from the ancient Arab proverb, "The enemy of my enemy is my friend." Texas has made a lot of enemies, and Nebraska suddenly has a lot of new friends.

Just be sure wear Red and refer to yourself as the greatest fans in America. -JL

Ten Truths about the Big 12

10. However, Nebraska will skate through the North division And they’ll steal one of the spots as they wave goodbye to the Big 12 from behind the championship trophy after beating OU in the Big 12 title game. Bo Pelini’s defense will miss Ndamukong Suh, but the Cornhuskers will take a major step forward offensively and still smother opponents with more of a team effort.

I like it! -JL

Delany shows why he’s running Big Ten show

"I’ve been impressed," Osborne said, "by the fact that Jim seems to think things through very thoroughly."

It has been said that Delany plays chess while all the others play checkers. Sometimes I think he's playing chess on 3 boards at once. -JL

Browns sign Larry Asante | National Football Post

$1.96 million contract; signing bonus of roughly $170,000

Wonder if he can make it to a starter. -JL

Schedule changes for K-State - Big 12 Blog - ESPN

Kansas State was set to host the Ducks to open the 2011 season before flying to Eugene, Oregon in 2012. The Wildcats are still slated to travel to Miami for the first half of a home-and-home in 2011. As of today, the series with Miami is still scheduled to be played, but Snyder's not short on influence in Manhattan. Expect that series to face the same fate.

Well I'm shocked. And no I don't buy they whole well we're going into a 9 game B"12" schedule. Snyder would have gotten out of this one way or another. So KSU fans are you ok never playing anyone outside of conference? Screw it you're a basketball school now anyway. -JL

Texas Longhorns Selling Electricity To Fans - The Consumerist

Husker Power has nothing on this. Another example of why Texas should be considered a foreign country. -JL

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That is the gist I get too about Delany...

Is that the other schools almost simply defer to him. And to be frank, it makes sense. He has made home calls for the last 20 years, esp. with this greatest achievement of the Big Ten network. I think that when others bring up the point of how there are few disagreements within the big ten community, 99% of that reason is the implicit trust they simply give to Delany.

by meatybob on Aug 3, 2010 3:26 PM CDT reply actions

He's simultaneously playing three games of this

It has been said that Delany plays chess while all the others play checkers. Sometimes I think he’s playing chess on 3 boards at once. -JL

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by Seer on Aug 4, 2010 12:00 AM CDT reply actions

If Bill Callahan had scheduled...

…Oregon and Miami in the same year and you were suddenly in a conference where you had three non-conference games, I’m pretty sure you would have looked at getting out of one of the games, too. It was a mutual decision by both Oregon and K-State, as neither side is paying a buyout. Get over it.

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Bring On The Cats

by TB on Aug 4, 2010 8:00 AM CDT reply actions

Long history there though TB.

And what will you say if KSU drops the Miami game as well? Which it looks like will happen.

What am I getting over?

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by JLew on Aug 4, 2010 8:45 AM CDT up reply actions

If we don't have to pay any money...

…to get out of the Miami series, then I won’t be too worked up. I’d prefer they keep it, but I’m confident John Currie has the bottom line in mind when he makes these decisions. The TV from the Oregon and Miami games would be nice, but I’m pretty sure that even after paying an opponent, we make more money from home-game ticket sales and the related revenue that it’s a net gain. And I’m not too proud to admit that where we are right now isn’t a particularly great position. When Bill Snyder took over the first time, we had just lost to I-AA Austin Peay. He said (paraphrasing) that there was no reason for us to play Ohio State when we couldn’t even beat Austin Peay. We couldn’t even beat Louisiana at the beginning of last season. Maybe by the time those games come around, things will be improved, but if we can’t even beat ULL and make it to a bowl game, what business do we have playing Oregon and Miami in the same non-conference season (twice!)?

By the way, what long history are you talking about? Other than the Fresno State series (which was canceled under Prince, I may add) a couple years ago — and we had good “miscellaneous” reasons for getting out of that one — what series has K-State bought out or otherwise avoided? We kept the UCLA series and, at this point, it looks like we’ll keep the return game with Auburn scheduled in a few years. It’s pure conjecture by you that we’ll drop the Miami series. By the end of his first tenure, Snyder’s K-State teams were playing a schedule on par with anything Nebraska has in the next few years.

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Bring On The Cats

by TB on Aug 4, 2010 11:22 PM CDT up reply actions