Friday Flakes: A “Vast Majority” of Nebraska Football Players are Excited to Play On Saturday

Well I think this is Coach Frost drawing a line in the sand.

Hopefully.

We’ve been losing with these guys. If they aren’t the right guys, the let’s go lose with the right guys.

Sports! You know? Sports!

Sellout streak at Notre Dame Stadium ends at 273 games | College | southbendtribune.com
Jack Swarbrick can live with some bald spots on Notre Dame Stadium home football Saturdays as long as the golf clap never returns as the signature response to what’s going on down on the field.

Even if the vacant seats represent a piece of history absconding.

Go for It: The Story Behind the NFL’s Fourth-Down Conversion - The Ringer
Ten years ago this week, the Patriots failed to convert a fourth down in a pivotal loss to the Colts, but they started a conversation about being more aggressive

Memphis declares James Wiseman ineligible to play after he drops lawsuit vs. NCAA
Memphis has declared James Wiseman ineligible and will withhold him from games after the freshman basketball star withdrew his lawsuit against the NCAA on Thursday.

Memphis also announced it would apply for his reinstatement by the NCAA.

How the Knicks got into this mess, in their own words
It has been 18 months since the New York Knicks hired David Fizdale, a move the organization was convinced would usher in the start of a new era.

This time, the team believed, it would be different than all their past failings. This time there was a vision, a plan and alignment from ownership through the front office on how to execute it.

Frost talks young linemen, class size and more
Nebraska’s 2019 recruiting class was heavy on offensive linemen, and during his monthly radio show, Husker head coach Scott Frost offered an update on that group, as well as what the offensive line might look like next season.

“STICK TO SPORTS!” Nah.

The Car Cassette Adapter Was an Unsung Hero at the Dawn of the Digital Age - VICE
The cassette deck is fading in popularity in cars, but its former ubiquity in prior decades led headphone-jack adapters to become a fact of life for people who wanted to plug in a phone or iPod. How were they able to do their thing?

The Mastery of Christian Bale, in Seven Charts - The Ringer
After rewatching every movie in which the ‘Ford v. Ferrari’ actor plays a major role—yes, even "Terminator Salvation"—our writer presents graphical proof of his excellence

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