Friday Flakes: Weddings During Nebraska Football Games Should Be Banned Everywhere

So it looks like it is happening. My family will be attending a wedding during a Nebraska football game. You would think that people would be more considerate. There are only 12 Nebraska football games a year. Maybe 13. Maybe 14. Heck maybe one year there could be 15.

So that leaves 37 other weeks to choose from! People need to realize that as Nebraskans, we will be focused on one thing during your wedding. That one thing is football.

So I implore you. Please do everything you can to not have a wedding during a Nebraska football game.

Even if the future husband and wife are Virginia Tech fans.

And they live in North Carolina.

And the wedding is in North Carolina.

And their families are from North Carolina and Virginia.

They need to be more cognizant of Nebraska football.

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Sports! Sports! Sports!

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Freshman Johnson ready to go if needed
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A quick scene from Thursday’s post-practice availability.

Question: Do you have an idea of where you are at quarterback right now or will this thing go up to game time?

Scott Frost: “I have an idea where we are at quarterback.”

Question: Do you want to tell us who’s playing quarterback?

Frost: “No, I don’t.”

And scene.

“STICK TO SPORTS!” Nah.

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After all, what does 4.5 billion years really mean? How do you even comprehend that amount of time with our short-lived human brains?

Well, Business Insider has done a pretty incredible job of it in this 3-minute animation, by displaying the timeline of Earth if time was the distance from Los Angeles to New York. And, oh boy, our world-view will never be the same.

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A study from Harvard Medical School researchers found excessive brain activity could lead to a shorter life.

In short, thinking too much or too hard could cause you to die sooner.

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