The Reads: Super Weekend

Here's the schedule for Nebraska sports this weekend:

Fri, Feb 1	T&F	Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational	Devaney Center Indoor Track	11:30 a.m.		Meet Schedule
Fri, Feb 1 - Sun, Feb 03	BOWL	Prairie View A&M Invite	at Arlington, Texas	1:00 p.m.
Fri, Feb 1	MTEN	Illinois State	Nebraska Tennis Center	5:00 p.m.
Fri, Feb 1 - Sat, Feb 02	SWIM	at Northwestern Invitational	at Evanston, Ill.	5:00 p.m.
Fri, Feb 1	WGYM	Illinois *	Devaney Center	6:00 p.m.
Fri, Feb 1	WR	Michigan State *	NU Coliseum	7:00 p.m.		BTN.com
Sat, Feb 2	T&F	Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational	Devaney Center Indoor Track	10:00 a.m.		Meet Schedule
Sat, Feb 2	WTEN	Ohio State *	at Columbus, Ohio	11:00 a.m.
Sat, Feb 2	MBB	Ohio State *	Devaney Center	6:00 p.m.		BTN
Sat, Feb 2	MGYM	Minnesota *	at Minneapolis, Minn.	7:00 p.m.
Sun, Feb 3	MTEN	Oklahoma State	Nebraska Tennis Center	10:00 a.m.
Sun, Feb 3	WBB	Minnesota (Pepsi Pack the House) *	Devaney Center	2:05 p.m.		NET/BTN.com Huskers.com

Also the Super Bowl is on Sunday at 5:30pm on CBS. (It appears the game will be streamed live as well! Hooooray!)

On with the news...

N for 'Nowledge

• UNL's hot-water drill first to reach subglacial lake | Announce | University of Nebraska-Lincoln

This is why your kids should pay attention in science and math - you get to do cool things like this. Antarctica is on my list of places to work.

Nebraska and the Big Ten

• Iowa, Nebraska want Black Friday series - Big Ten Blog - ESPN

Our long national nightmare is over as Iowa realizes the value in playing on Fridays.

• B1G must be conservative with crossovers - Big Ten Blog - ESPN

The league brass must keep a schedule rotation in mind when figuring out models for 14 teams (and possibly 16 teams in the near future). As Brandon said, a setup where a Big Ten player goes through his entire career without playing a league opponent "doesn't make a lot of sense."

Nebraska isn't particularly affected by any arrangement, as long as it doesn't force Nebraska to travel across the country for division games.

• Scott Frost named offensive coordinator at Oregon | College Football

He is now essentially head coach in waiting at Oregon. Step one on his path back home? We'll see.

Other Conferences

• Does the SEC's oversigning make a difference? Part 1 | HuskerMath

Interesting analysis from the same guy who contributed our series on comparing dynasties between Nebraska and Alabama.

• Details of San Diego State's contract with Mountain West - CBSSports.com

Incredible that SDSU and BSU could hold some much leverage over their re-entry to the MWC.

• Big 12 wants NCAA to allow conference title game - College football- NBC Sports

Then add two teams. You're already playing a round-robin schedule, why do you need a conference championship game? Afraid K-State might keep winning it?

• K-State's Snyder signs 5-year, $14.75 million deal - Yahoo! Sports

Speaking of, Snyder gets a well-earned extension. They didn't really answer the question about how long he'll be around though.

• Bayless on let's get rid of field goals in the NFL - ESPN

I'm pretty sure this is ESPN's version of Troll Thursday. At least I hope so.

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That's it for today, everybody. Kind of short, kind of sweet and to the point.

Anyway, today's topic of discussion:

If you could combine any two animals, which animals and why? What would you call it?

Have a great weekend! Stop by for the Basketball GameThread and the Super Bowl (for those of you not hosting a party).

- Salt Creek and Stadium