Morning Coffee - Around the Nation

If you thought that it can't get worse than Brent Musberger in college football broadcasting, think again.

Sunday Morning Quarterback gives us an Absurdly Premature Assessment of Mizzou. Bottom line - they lost eight starters on defense. Beyond that? They're still Mizzou.

Mike Leach is a great quote, even in Spring. I wonder if Bobby Knight has affected him?

Iowa State has set a record for season ticket sales. Don't know if you knew about this, but ISU Athletic Director had made it so that if you wanted to attend the Iowa - Iowa State game, you had to buy a season ticket. Rather than pissing people off, it must have worked. They finished 4-8 last year. They get Iowa, Texas, Oklahoma Kansas State and Colorado at home, not a bad slate.

Oklahoma ranks third in quarterback battles in the 25 Biggest Off-Season Quarterback Battles. Bottom line- read the next post if you think Oklahoma is going to fail miserably because of lack of a quarterback.

Our fellow Oklahoma blogger Crimson and Cream Machine has a take on the difference between the Oklahoma and Texas coaching staffs that you really should read. Especially if you're a Longhorn.

College football affecting global warming? What doesn't? Congress needs to get involved and propose a ban on artificial turf. Immediately, otherwise we'll all perish.

My apologies for not having a lot of Husker football stuff lately. I work in the computer industry, specifically on networks and communication systems. Between the debacle that was DST and a bunch of upgrades hitting all at once, I haven't had much spare time.