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Your balanced breakfast of Huskerdom:
- Jack Hoffman threw out the first pitch at Nebraska's softball game yesterday! #SuperDuperAwesome [LJS]*
- Rex Burkhead was selected No. 190 overall by the Cincinnati Bengals and Daimion Stafford was selected No. 248 overall by the Tennessee Titans in the 2013 NFL Draft. [Official Site]
Congrats @rbrex2022 on going to the Bengals you will always be a Husker on my Truck #teamjack #huskers twitter.com/Selden_Truckin…
— Monte Selden (@Selden_Trucking) April 27, 2013
Stafford also marks the 29th straight year at least one #Huskers Blackshirt has been drafted to the @nfl.
— Nebraska Huskers (@Huskers) April 27, 2013
Steinkuhler says nothing is settled with him yet FA-wise. Thought he might take a couple days before anything was finalized for him #Huskers
— Brian Christopherson (@HuskerExtraBC) April 28, 2013
- Brett Maher indicated to the LJS' Brian Christopherson that he should have a free agent destination picked this morning.
- Free agency roundup:
Compton to redskins, cotton to chargers, Martin to saints, reed to jaguars, Stafford to titans, rex to Bengals #huskers #NFL
— Anthony Wiese (@Wiesebaby911) April 28, 2013
- Yes, Tecmo Bowl references will always be posted:
#TecmoSuperBowl Eric Martin! RT @saintsnationblg: Saints sign Nebraska DE Eric Martin. Good name :) #Huskers twitter.com/TecmoGodfather…
— TecmoBowl.org (@TecmoGodfather) April 28, 2013
- The 2013 draft marks the lowest number of Huskers to be drafted since it expanded to seven rounds in 1994. [KOTA]
- There are more similarities between Rex Burkhead and Ameer Abdullah than you might think, writes Josh Harvey. [Big Red Report]
- Two draftees aren't enough for Nebraska. [LJS]*
- Big Red baseball is making the possibility for an at-large bid into the NCAA tournament nearly impossible after dropping a doubleheader to No. 24 Oklahoma State. The Huskers close out the TD Ameritrade Classic against Rutgers with the first pitch scheduled for 11:05 AM Central. [Official Site]
- The No. 9 Michigan softball team rallied to knock off No. 16 Nebraska 5-3 in game two of their series. The first pitch for the rubber match is set for 11:30 AM Central and can be caught on BTN at 2:00 PM. [Official Site]
- The No. 15 women's tennis team was dropped by No. 16 Northwestern in the B1G Tournament semifinal. [Official Site]
- John Cook's got plenty of work to do in rebuilding the women's volleyball team. [OWH]*
- Men's golf inched up one spot to No. 9 at the B1G Championships. [Official Site]
- Five of six women's golfers climbed the leaderboard at the B1G tournament [Official Site]
- Track and field adds two relay event wins to their total at the Drake Relays. [Official Site]