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NCAA president Myles Brand dies from pancreatic cancer - ESPN

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NCAA President Dr. Myles Brand passed away earlier today, losing his fight against pancreatic cancer. He was 67. It's pretty easy for college sports fans to use the NCAA as a target, but Brand did quite a bit to move the organization forward. Brand was a NCAA leader who provided a human side to the organization, doing podcasts and starting the blog Double-A Zone. Brand pushed for academic accountability - establishing the APR and Graduation Success Rates - which helped put the spotlight on the "student" in student-athlete. Please keep his family in your prayers.

JoePa wants Eric Martin out

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PSU fan here. JoePa heard that 109-year old freshman Eric Martin is playing for the Huskers. JoePa insists Martin played for him back in the early '20s and his eligibility has expired. Keep an eye out for this one.

Gobbler Country Reviews VT-Marshall and Looks Ahead to VT-Nebraska

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Fellow SB Nation blog Gobbler Country reviews yesterday's Virginia Tech victory over Marshall, and points out ways where Nebraska might be able to challenge the Hokies, and where the Huskers will be challenged by Virginia Tech.

NU wide receivers share the wealth

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Niles Paul talks about how his "frustrating day" doesn't matter when fellow wide receivers play well.

MU’s Gabbert worth gushing over - Kansas City Star

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Blaine Gabbert is the bizness. He’s built like former All-American tight end Chase Coffman, moves in the pocket like Big Ben, runs as fluidly as Elway, releases the football like Tom Brady and makes comparisons to Chase Daniel and Brad Smith seem rather silly. This is too good to share. I was going to get into it in my weekly picks, but what the hell. Yes he looked good. BUT do we know how good/bad Illinois is? I thought he didn't handle pressure very well at all, at least the plays I saw. And it was 1 freaking game. I do hope all this positive press isn't going to his and the teams head, you know like a certain Missouri QB last year.. Some quotes I have seen at the LJS blog- "Gabbert poops gold coins and can walk on the Missouri River" "Gabbert counted to infiniti...twice." "When someone sneezes, God says "Blaine bless you.""

Police plan for the big CU-CSU game

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I'm not thinking it's a good idea when the police have to come in force to make sure the fans behave themselves. Nice job as usual CU.

FAU vs NU Highlights Video

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Some nice highlights of the game.

Schnellenberger Feature

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I had a 45 minute interview with the FAU coach. Really good stuff.

Kirk Herbstreit Names Zac Lee #4 First-Year Starting Quarterback

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ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit named Zac Lee his #4 first-year starting quarterback in his annual "Herbie" awards. He also picked Nebraska to win the Big XII North... and Missouri his #1 team on the way down.