Friday Flakes: Corn Nation on the Radio Tomorrow

Yours truly will be representing Corn Nation on the radio tomorrow morning for a pre-game special. If you would please, tune in to Boomer Radio from 10 - 11 a.m. with James Sheil and Jeremy Slechta, with special guest Roger Craig.

They will be broadcasting from Starsky’s Bar & Grill on 79th and F.

I will be joining the show at 10:30 a.m.

Depending on where you are the coverage area goes something like this:

• Omaha - 94.5 FM & 1420AM
• Council Bluffs - 104.1 FM & 1490 AM
• Blair - 97.3

You might even be able to listen to it online at MyBoomerRadio.com

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Sports! Sports! Sports!

McVay, Shanahan, LaFleur on QBs, playbooks, learning in D.C.
Three of the NFC's bright offensive minds weigh in on a variety of topics, including their start in Washington.

Kobe, Shaq once again sniping at each other
Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal haven’t suited up as teammates for 15 years—yes, that’s right, and you are old—but they’re still sniping at each other all this time later.

Thursday Husker Hits: Frost wants to see team "flying around"
Here we go, here we go, here we go again.

Scott Frost met with the media a final time on Thursday before Saturday's opener against South Alabama.

Washington will be a game-time decision for Huskers
Maurice Washington's status for Saturday's game against South Alabama will be a game-time decision, according to Nebraska head coach Scott Frost.

Predicting Nebraska's whole season
But is Nebraska ready for prime time? We’ll find out. First though, allow me to make a series of predictions about where things are headed this season. Let’s go game-by-game and then hand out some awards.

Door open for Hickman to play Saturday?
Nebraska will be without redshirt freshman tight end Katerian Legrone indefinitely, the program announced on Wednesday — an announcement that could open the door to true freshman Chris Hickman seeing early playing time.

Moos takes questions on stadium alcohol sales, facility upgrades
As more schools around the country are beginning to sell alcohol in their football stadiums, Bill Moos said it's a topic Husker officials need to continue to look at. He was also clear looking into something isn't the same as acting on it during his monthly state-wide radio appearance.

The Things that Make Nebraska's Cameron Jurgens Special | Hail Varsity
What makes Cameron Jurgens special?

What makes a coach like Scott Frost say, before ever even seeing Jurgens play the position in a live game, he could be the next great center at Nebraska? Why do things look so different with Jurgens on the field snapping with the rest of the first team as opposed to anyone else? The praise has been effusive all offseason, and even then that might not accurately capture how much Nebraska likes its redshirt freshman tight end-turned-center.

Nebraska Volleyball Position-by-Position Preview: Defensive Specialist | Hail Varsity
To get you ready for the 2019 season, Hail Varsity is going position by position to bring you in-depth analysis of the Nebraska roster. We wrap things up with a look at the defensive specialists including the battle for the libero job.

Nebraska Recruiting: Trust in Young QBs Rising Around Country | Hail Varsity
We have seen the trust level in true freshman quarterbacks rise in recent years. Josh Rosen, Jake Browning, Brock Purdy and Trevor Lawrence have all recently started as true freshmen. In those cases, the players didn’t just start but also excelled. Lawrence even led his team to a national championship last season. He enters 2019 as the favorite to win the Heisman Trophy.

Steven M. Sipple: Look for powerful Mills to make big splash: 'If you don't move, you get hit' | Column | journalstar.com
Bored and anxious for another chance in the big time, Dedrick Mills was oh-so-ready to get out of Dodge.

OK, it was actually Garden City, Kansas. But close enough.

Bill Straub retiring as Nebraska bowling coach | More Husker sports | journalstar.com
After one of the most successful runs in the history of Nebraska Athletics, Bill Straub is stepping down as the Husker women's bowling coach.

Straub announced his immediate retirement Wednesday.

“STICK TO SPORTS!” Nah.

The Persuasive Power of the Wolf Lady | The New Yorker
To bridge the divide between wolf-lovers and ranchers, the conservationist Karin Vardaman had to change many minds—including her own.

Lincoln's second container house rises south of downtown | Local | journalstar.com
The shipping container home going up at 28th and Vine streets is considered Lincoln’s first — but now a second one is catching up.

Priest stabbed to death in Mexico, becoming 27th to die by violence since 2012--Aleteia
Friday morning, Fr. Juan Martín Guzmán Vega became the 27th priest in Mexico to be murdered.

According to the Catholic Multimedia Center (CCM), Fr. Guzmán, variously referred to as Fr. Juan Martín or Fr. José Martín, was stabbed several times with a knife after returning to his rectory from a walk outside to get food.

State Studying Feasibility of Lincoln-Omaha Bus Service | KLIN-AM
The Nebraska Department of Transportation is conducting a feasibility study on starting bus service between Lincoln and Omaha.

Best Things I Saw On The Internet This Week

Recently read an article in the New Yorker (which I linked above) about a woman who is trying to bridge the gap between Ranchers and Wolf advocates. The ranchers want to protect their herd while the wolf advocates want to protect the wolves. I then saw this and the video kind of blew my mind. I am generally going to side with ranchers, but it did make me think a little more about how wolves could be tremendously important.