Ohio Pete

BRI - please note that Rob said watching Daisy Duke - not wearing Daisy Dukes... DAMMIT!!! Can someone help me get these off??? Not it!

Is it too early for there to be a line on that game? We could easily be underdogs in several games this year: at Wake Forest USC at Missouri (depends, but on the road we are probably getting points) TAMU at Texas at Kansas (again depends on the year so far, but road game against a team we almost lost to last year) CCG Bowl These of course all depend on how the year goes for us and our opponents (if we are 9-0, I imagine we will be favored at Kansas), but it seems reasonable for us to be an underdog in more than 5 games meaning we will need to pull off a few upsets to improve on last years record.

Check the Husker Recruiting forum thread.

As a matter of fact he is: Gabbert makes Elite 11 (NevadaHusker27 posted this in his recruiting thread.)

So now Cox has to pay for something that is freely available OTA? F the local franchises. If I want the New York ABC feed, let me have it. If you can't get ABC HD from from cable ...try buying a TERK HD antenna. They actually work really well. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?sk...d=1118844608800 Sorry, my rant was off-topic. Anyway, until Sinclair (owner of our ABC and FOX affiliates) and Time Warner (our cable company) got over their pissin' match I was able to use just a regular cheap antenna from Walmart to pick up the HD signals. Check out www.antennaweb.org to see what kind of antenna you need to pick up your local stations.

So now Cox has to pay for something that is freely available OTA? F the local franchises. If I want the New York ABC feed, let me have it.

I heard Gabbert was the best QB there and he really turned some heads... as did Trevor Robinson yes they did, both were awarded MVP honors. Dan Hoch showed well also Did the few MU commits let him know he was the best player there? Or were they too busy spitting turf and blood out of their mouth?

So is Dan Hawkins saying Baltimore will draft him and then he'll hold out and threaten to play baseball for the Yankees and then he'll be traded and the franchise in Baltimore will have to move and he'll beat Cleveland memorably in the playoffs but then he'll get blown out in a couple of Super Bowls before leading his team to back-to-back Super Bowl wins just before retiring and he'll also open a Ford dealership in Denver? Sounds plausible.

Is this guy going to actually play? I seem to recall a couple of NFL guys last season having foot injuries, coming back too soon, and being out the rest of the year.

I think USC and Texas are also interested. Not sure if they've offered. Here is a link to a free article on scout about him. It would appear that there is a large group of big/tall receivers. I think Ohio State has offered 7 WR over 6-3. They obviously can't take them all. With that many available, I have to think we get at least one of them.

No reason we shouldn't be able to get him if we want him, but I wonder if he is just waiting for that Michigan offer. Quick, someone send him some tapes of Loyd Carr's press-conferences. That'll scare him off.

Sounds like ND and maybe OSU, but Minnesota could surprise since they keep picking up his high school teammates.

Made 2nd team All-Combine in Pittsburgh at RB: Free Scout Link May also be a WR prospect.

Apparently not for USC or Florida who are his new leaders. Maybe OSU was focusing on other LBs since they may only take 2 this year and are on several other good ones.

Well Misery and Iowa State are closer, right?

Supposedly Louisville is recruiting him for RB. Make him the next Michael Bush.

Can we pull another "Arizona five" type deal only this time in Ohio Not looking too good. Michigan pulled the TE and supposedly will get one other. I'm guessing we aren't interested in the QB any longer. Anyway, here is a link to rivals film. (Pay only)

So does rivals have this guy as the #1 QB? Supposedly he wants to win a NC in football and basketball. Guess that limits are chances.

Buckeye Planet has him as a Michigan Verbal. Apparently he really only ever considered Michigan and Florida. Ohio State never offered.

I was definitely there. Wouldn't miss it. When we win it again, I guess I'll go to downtown Columbus and climb the street signs.

Published Thursday | May 17, 2007 NU Football: Prized QB recruit says his pledge will stick BY MITCH SHERMAN WORLD-HERALD BUREAU LINCOLN - Rest easy, Husker Nation, in knowing that Bill Callahan's latest quarterback catch appears unlikely to head down a road similar to a certain former football recruit from the same state. Blaine Gabbert of Ballwin, Mo., offered his oral commitment to the Huskers Tuesday night, delivering to NU a prospect under consideration as the nation's No. 1 prep QB next fall. "He will be going to Nebraska," said Mike Roth, Gabbert's coach at Parkway West High School in suburban St. Louis. "There are no ifs, ands or buts about it." Forgive the Huskers for keeping the champagne on ice until February, when Gabbert and others in the class of 2008 can sign official papers. Some sting remains from two years ago, when NU snagged quarterback Josh Freeman out of suburban Kansas City. He stayed committed for six months as other prospects fell off the board. Freeman then defected to Kansas State, where he started and threw for 1,780 yards as a true freshman last fall. That won't happen with the 6-foot-5, 229-pound Gabbert, he and his coach said. "I want to reach the top level at the University of Nebraska," Gabbert told rivals.com, "personally, as well as our team. "I strongly believe that we can go all the way. I feel Nebraska is building that right now. And with this recruiting class, we can and will do that." First-year offensive coordinator Shawn Watson deserves the bulk of credit here. Watson developed a strong relationship in a hurry with Gabbert this year. The coach's brother, in fact, played football with Gabbert's uncle on a 1989 team at Southern Illinois that included Callahan as offensive coordinator. That connection helped the Huskers outduel a swarm of schools including Missouri and Alabama - with offensive coordinator Major Applewhite as the lead recruiter under new coach Nick Saban. "I don't know if upset is the right word, because he's definitely a guy who's been high on Nebraska for a while," rivals.com recruiting editor Jeremy Crabtree said. "But it's probably more disappointing if you're Missouri, because they've been working on him for two years. "This is a big, big deal for Nebraska. He's as big a recruit as we've seen since Bill Callahan's been there." So barely three months removed from signing a defense-heavy recruiting class of 2007, Nebraska has seven players committed for 2008. Gabbert, a potential five-star talent with a strong arm and 4.65-second speed over 40 yards, headlines the class. But committed offensive linemen Baker Steinkuhler of Lincoln Southwest, Trevor Robinson of Elkhorn, Dan Hoch of Harlan, Iowa, and Bryce Givens of Denver appeared to play a major role in Gabbert's decision. Steinkuhler is also a likely five-star recruit touted as one of the nation's best at his position. Rivals.com places Robinson and Hoch among the nation's top 100 players overall, and Givens figures to rank as the No. 1 lineman in Colorado. As for Gabbert, he ranks among the top four quarterbacks nationally according to rivals.com and is the No. 54 player according to scout.com. ESPN.com ranks Gabbert as the No. 1 quarterback. He starred at the U.S. Army combine in San Antonio last winter after throwing for 1,523 yards and 20 touchdowns as a junior. Gabbert also ran for 458 yards and led Parkway West to an 8-2 record and a berth in the playoff quarterfinals of Missouri's second-largest class. "Everybody is in love with his size," Roth said. "But that's not Blaine's best attribute. His greatest attribute is probably his arm strength. He just makes great decisions with the ball. He puts it where it needs to go. "For Blaine, really, it's all about heart. Nobody puts in more time in the off-season. I open up the gym in the summer, and he's in there working on footwork. For the last couple years, he's geared himself toward being a great college quarterback. I'm just glad I have him for one more year of high school." The addition of Gabbert likely ensures the Huskers will not recruit another high school quarterback this year. His commitment also marks the fourth year out of four full recruiting seasons for Callahan that the Nebraska coach has landed an early pledge from a heralded QB. First there was Harrison Beck, the Florida prep star who made it one year at NU before transferring to North Carolina State. Freeman was next, followed last year by Patrick Witt, who showed well this spring after enrolling at Nebraska a semester early. Witt, a true freshman, and junior-college transfer Zac Lee, a sophomore, look like redshirt candidates next season before Gabbert joins a healthy stable of young quarterbacks in 2008. "Blaine's heart was in the right place at Nebraska," Roth said. "Nebraska is not a hard sell, to be honest with you. But they just seemed like great, genuine people. I think Blaine was attracted to that. Just to put all of the recruiting behind him and focus on having fun, it's a big deal for him." • NOTES: Disturbing the peace charges against Husker quarterback Sam Keller were recently dropped. Keller allegedly cursed at a woman and threw a plastic cup at her car after a March dispute over a campus parking spot. . . . NU safety recruit Prince Amukamara was the Arizona Class 4-A state track champ in both the 100-meter dash (10.78 seconds) and 200 (21.92) last weekend. . . . Defensive back recruit David Whitmore is No. 43 in the new rivals.com Texas Top 100. . . . Tickets for the Big 12 championship game - Dec. 1 in San Antonio - go on sale today at 10 a.m. Tickets are available at www.ticketmaster.com or the Alamodome and run $99, $79, $69, $59 and $39.

Or vice versa. I know Bum Philips ran Bummerooski (thus the name) when he coached, but I see references the Fumblerooski, which the NFL banned in the 60s, all the way back to Heismann.

I love his sprts books The Old Man and the Option A Farewell to the Running Game For Whom the Whistle Blows Any others I've missed?

http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=1200&u_sid=2384691 Published Wednesday | May 16, 2007 NU Football: Huskers get star Missouri QB Gabbert WORLD-HERALD BUREAU LINCOLN - Highly touted quarterback Blaine Gabbert has picked Nebraska over Alabama and Missouri, Scout.com reported Tuesday night. Gabbert is a 6-foot-4, 225-pounder from Parkway West High in Ballwin, Mo., a St. Louis suburb. As a junior last season, Gabbert threw for 1,523 yards and 20 touchdowns on a team that included a 1,200-yard rusher. Scout.com ranks Gabbert as a four-star prospect and No. 54 overall on its Top 100 for 2008. Nebraska already has commitments from three others on that list - offensive linemen Trevor Robinson of Elkhorn (No. 69 on the Scout.com list), Bryce Givens of Denver (No. 88) and Baker Steinkuhler of Lincoln Southwest (No. 94). Gabbert also had scholarship offers from Oregon, Iowa, Kansas, Kansas State and Minnesota. At the Nebraska spring game last month, he said: "It's crazy. The fan support and atmosphere is amazing." NU further stocked its quarterback ranks for the future. The Huskers' current roster includes sophomore-to-be Zac Lee and freshman Patrick Witt, both candidates to redshirt next season. In addition to Gabbert, Robinson, Givens and Steinkuhler, NU also has commitments from tailback Collins Okafor of Omaha Westside, offensive lineman Dan Hoch of Harlan, Iowa, and defensive back David Whitmore of Port Arthur, Texas.

What? Hitting a girl is A LOT worse than dragging her down the stairs by her hair? I guess I missed the day in school when they said "Its okay to drag a girl down the stairs after choking her, just as long as you don't 'strike' her." Perhaps he was Posting While Intoxicated.