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Today we'll lead off with a bit of news you've ALL been waiting for: the sand volleyball schedule!
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Date |
Opponent |
Location |
Time (CT) |
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Thu, Mar 14 |
Florida State |
at Chula Vista, Cal. |
TBA |
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Chula Vista Tournament |
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Fri, Mar 15 |
Florida State/Pepperdine/Cal State-Bakersfield/Grand Canyon |
at Chula Vista, Cal. |
TBA |
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Sat, Mar 16 |
Florida State/Pepperdine/Cal State-Bakersfield/Grand Canyon |
at Chula Vista, Cal. |
TBA |
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Sun, Mar 17 |
Grand Canyon |
at Chula Vista, Cal. |
TBA |
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Tue, Mar 19 |
Long Beach State |
at Long Beach, Cal. |
TBA |
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Wed, Mar 20 |
UC-Irvine |
at Irvine, Calif. |
TBA |
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Thu, Mar 21 |
UCLA |
at Santa Monica, Cal. |
TBA |
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Fri, Mar 22 |
Hawaii |
at Los Angeles, Calif. |
TBA |
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Fri, Mar 22 |
USC |
at Los Angeles, Calif. |
TBA |
* Thanks to Huskers.com for the schedule
It would appear that Nebraska's entire schedule this season will take place in one action-packed spring break. In case you missed it, John Cook will be coaching the team this spring (and there's no indications that another coach will be brought in for sand volleyball either).
- Nebraska athletes picked up a couple of honors over the weekend. Gymnast Janelle Giblin picked up a Specialist of the Week award for her performance against Illinois while jumper Mara Griva earned the Big Ten's Field Athlete of the Week honors for her performance at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational. Congratulations to both athletes on their accomplishments!
- The men's tennis team dropped a tough one against Oklahoma State this past Sunday. They'll face top-50 foes Drake and Virginia Commonwealth this coming weekend.
- Here's an interesting side story: in another life, I actually helped out with a study looking at the nutritional benefits of distillers' grain and dairy cattle. I never did find out what the outcome on that study was. But still, (*) nice to see farmers finding creative ways to use ethanol production by-products.
- Husker Mike delivers up his take on National Signing Day, recruiting and the rampant silliness associated with it all. Very well stated and worth a look!
- Erin Sorensen of Hail Varsity decided to take a look at Taylor Martinez' numbers in comparison with other Nebraska QBs. My conclusion? The only number keeping Taylor Martinez from getting the respect he deserves are the number of championships. But if Taylor can deliver one this fall? He deserves a spot on some top 10 favorite Huskers lists.
- While I don't doubt that (*) Damon Benning can identify with Braylon Heard, I'm going to go ahead and guess that it's a little much to suggest that Heard has the wrong mentality to compete. We don't know the story. Let it go. (Sipple won't let this die.)
- Nebraska baseball is right around the corner, meaning it's time for pre-season watch-lists! Baseball America has Nebraska coming up short in the Big Ten with Indiana winning the conference. But I don't think it's unreasonable to set success for the season as being a NCAA tournament berth. What are your thoughts?
- Jesse Collins, the Nebraska writer over at Off-Tackle Empire, shares his own story and explains how "journalists" like ESPN's Rick Reilly get it wrong when they start injecting their own opinions into their human interest pieces.
- The Mothership dropped off some interesting recruiting tid-bits. First, Michael Bird looks at how conference realignment has affected recruiting for programs like Nebraska. Bud Elliott takes a stab at predicting where sixty of the "undecideds" will end up and no, you won't like the list. And finally, Bill Connelly serves up a nice reminder that while recruiting classes are pretty good indicators of future success, they are not sure-things. Don't bet your mother's coin collection.
- On the lighter side, EDSBS offers us the fax machine's soliloquy, an antiquated technology awaiting its digital replacement and eventual banishment to the lands of Betamax, VHS and that ET game from the Atari days. Eleven Warriors' provides the opportunity to be a FBS football recruit which I'm sure ends in total disappointment. (Still waiting on an offer from Marrow, actually.) And Rocky Top distills National Signing Day down to its most important parts, from the signing day press conference to the fax machine webcam.
- Land-Grant Holy Land gets a little fussy about the Block O and its invasion into Ohio State's various logos. All I can say is, I'm just glad Nebraska retired the N with the script Huskers.
- CN's own RanchBabe serves up Bacon Cheeseburger Soup in the Fan Posts (I'll be dropping the bacon), bringing the total number of recipes to Sixteen! Four to go!
- And finally, EDSBS' Spencer Hall deploys his friend Rick Muscles to find out how much of a sham the deer antler spray operation is. Spoiler: it's a modern day snake oil establishment!
- And in case you missed it, (if you're so inclined) God made a Farmer and the rest, well, is history.
Don't forget National Signing Day is tomorrow. Check in and find out who will be on Nebraska's 2014 National Championship team! Get caught up on all of our recruiting coverage here!
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Have a fantastic Tuesday, everyone!
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