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LFG! Caron to the Ms! Local kid going to my MLB team, pretty darn cool.

Cousin of Darnay Holmes. MATTY ICE! I KNOW YOU'RE OUT THERE. WE MADE IT!

Can't say I'm feeling too badly for ol Trev right now. Man, this Texas and Texas A&M situation is just crazy lol. I saw a couple of paranoid Husker fans worried that A&M would come back for Bolt and I honestly don't see it. Alberts has to make a big, big time hire and while I love Bolt, he'd be like 40th on the list. Lots of coaches are going to be getting raises for sure off this A&M pressure and they are going to roll out a dump truck of money for someone.

SZD is awesome. One of the only things I pay for. Well worth it.

Circa Sports put out a bunch of 'Game of the year' gambling lines this past weekend. Nebraska opened up -5 against Colorado.

For Christo or Mac?

The EPL race that year was very nip tuck and Leicester didn't have things wrapped up until the last few matches of the year. I vaguely remember reading about this when it happened and IIRC, the average bet size on Leicester to win was something like 50 pounds. Those bookmakers were offering a few thousand to cash out your ticket early which is quite a bit of money for a ton of people and some people ended up taking the early cash out offer.

With Florida making the CWS again, I wonder if some of the gnashing of teeth is going to die down after Nebraska lost to them twice (to be clear, I'm not pointing to anyone on the board). I'll never, ever, ever feel bad for Clemson but if I were a Clemson fan I'd wonder what voodoo hex has been placed on my program as this is the second straight year where an uber talented but underperforming SEC team has been plopped in their way for the postseason.

Colorado is the rare team that can actually affect my mood. I don't know what it is about those gosh darn Buffaloes but it stirs a dislike in me that I normally reserve for the Houston Astros. I would very much like to see Nebraska win this game. If not, I hope to be able to get mentioned on the Husker Radio Show Caller Twitter account for unleashing an unhinged rant!

I think is a pretty fair breakdown. Hopefully this quiets the loud (but extremely small) fire Bolt crowd. A couple more midweeks here or there would've been great but overall, they ran into a very talented Florida team that finally put the pieces together. Those clamoring for the DVH days should take a look at what's happened down in Arkansas this past weekend. This is two straight years of Arkansas not being able to even get out of their own regional despite having arguably the best pitching staff in the country (I know that Brady Tygert their #2 guy was hurt). I can only imagine the level of vitriol that has being spewed at those guys.

I tend to disagree, Nebraska ended up scoring the last 5 runs on the back, back end of Florida's bullpen so the decision to stick with Perry didn't really sway much. I wish Perry would've had a better regional experience. Getting knocked around in your last appearance in a Husker uniform isn't probably the way he hoped he'd go out.

Hoping we don't run into any weather as it looks like storms today and tomorrow morning in Stillwater but should be ok by game time. Wind is supposed to be blowing from the North which means it's blowing in with the way the park is setup. Temps should be in the high 70s/low 80s which means should be pretty darn pleasant.

Know your foes! My quick .02 from the perspective of someone that has seen Florida and Oklahoma State 10+ times this year. As others have mentioned, this is a tough, tough regional. I think we can expect some really high scoring games at times because the ball really flies at Okie State's stadium usually (check out some of their previous regional scores...it's nuts!). To me there are basically two versions of this Florida team and who they decide to pitch will really influence my thoughts. If Florida throws Jac Caglianone in game one and his stuff is on, Nebraska is in for a tough, tough battle. Caglianone has electric stuff but thankfully (for Nebraska) he has a tendency to walk a lot of guys and his pitch count can get up there in a hurry. Nebraska will have to patient against him if he goes. If Florida throws one of their other guys in Petersen or Coppola then I like Nebraska's chances with Sears throwing in game one. From a hitting standpoint, UF has been pretty banged up by they have a true difference maker in Caglianone who will probably be the best hitter Nebraska sees all year. Cags is hitting .415 and has 29 HR and is a sure fire 1st round pick. I don't expect much from Niagara so we can skip them. Okie State is unfortunately going to be a really tough out in their home park. Unlike past teams that would just try and gorilla ball you to death, this team can actually pitch. They've got a pair of starters in Garcia and Holiday that are able to go super deep in games and an emerging really good 3rd pitcher in Benge who is a two way stud for them. Their bullpen is solid with good arms but doesn't have what I'd consider a true elite closer. From a hitting standpoint they've got 5 guys with double digit homers and an emerging stud in Nolan Schubart who is a really tough out at the plate. There are certainly paths here for Nebraska to win this regional if NU is able to get pitching performances like they did in every game sans the first Ohio State game. The shaky bullpen worries me (like all of us) but I'm hopeful that NU found something in Caleb Clark and he can match up with Worthley and give NU a nice 1-2 at the back end. The big thing to remember is Nebraska is going to give up some HRs and if the wind is blowing out, O'Brate turns into a certifiable launching pad so we might see some good pitches turn into HRs just because of the way the park is structured. All in all, this is a really fun regional and there should be lots of competitive games.

Let's. Go.

This is very, very prisoner of the moment and small sample size but I'd like to see Nebraska try Clark out in the closer role.

Based on how this season has gone, hard to disagree with you. That's a fair point and does make sense.

As always Loebarth, always plenty of good seats available on the wrestling team bandwagon if you want to support a quality team haha. I didn't watch the game but can someone tell me why Brockett only threw 3 innings? From the play by play stats it looked like he pretty much cruised. Clark only throwing 1.1 is also strange. Man, how can Brockett not go at least 4, Clark goes 2, you kick it to Worthley and just go. Just so dumb.

Any ideas on who Nebraska is going to roll out there for a SP today?

I was really hoping to see the faintest whisper of smoke around Damien Martinez from Oregon State possibly considering Nebraska but that appears to be no dice. Dude would've been the ideal smashmouth RB we hope Dowdell becomes. I simultaneously think we're one RB short while also hoping Ervin/RJ/EJ and co make the leap.

Good calls on Grant, Fleeks and Nouili as I missed those guys.

Was reading through Dane Brugler's awesome 'The Beast' draft preview he does every year and it's looking pretty slim for Nebraska players to get drafted. Here's what I saw: The top listed guy for NU was Marco Ortiz as the #2 Long Snapper--UDFA grade Omar Brown #34 S--UDFA grade SUMMARY: Omar Brown grew up in the Minneapolis area. He lettered in basketball and football at Minneapolis North High, helping the latterteamto the state title as a senior. A three-star recruit, he received just a few FCS scholarship offers and signed with Northern Iowa. He set the bar high with six interceptions as a true freshman corner, then entered the transfer portal after the 2021 season. He became Nebraska’s starting nickel in Tony White’s 3-3-5 scheme in 2023. Brown is a savvy cover man who plays on the balls of his feet and has the reactive athleticism to drive on throws. He tracks the ball well in the deep third of the field, but h e might not have ideal split-field range. He fills with a head of steam and looks to wrap-finish versus the run, but he needs to stay square at contact. Overall, Brown is smoother than he is explosive, but he has the eyes of a cornerback to quickly read and crowd receivers without drawing attent ion from officials. Phalen Sanford in Best of The Rest--#68 Quentin Newsome in Best of The Rest CBs--#79 Luke Reimer in Best of The Rest LBs--#62 Billy Kemp in Best of The Rest WRs--#197 Marcus Washington #184 WRs

Looking like good weather down in Lawrence tonight. Should be a pretty night for a baseball game. Looks like Ty Horn getting the ball for Nebraska and KU is throwing a guy with 4 IP through 3 appearances so a little bit of an unknown there. KU's pitching got knocked around pretty good last weekend against WVU while getting swept at home but the bats were there. Would be terrific to get a midweek W over a decent opponent.