Ohio Pete

Now only if Cox cable will quit being hard-ons and let us have the ABC-HD signal!

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.

Now only if Cox cable will quit being hard-ons and let us have the ABC-HD signal!

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.

My prediction: Gabbert won't be the best QB at the camp and a few of the MU commits will let him know 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?

i would see the transfers as a problem had not most of them came in the spring. they got a chance to become familiar with campus, see the city, the stadium, and most importantly bond and compete with teammates. dan hawkins is a sheer idiot. elway played at stanford, where is the comparison? where?

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.

4. Phil Loadholt, OT, Oklahoma (transfer): The Sooners lose All-Big 12 left tackle Chris Messner but reload with "The Load." The 6-foot-8, 350-pound Loadholt, a transfer from Garden City, Kan., Community College, has already been called the biggest player in OU history. A foot stress fracture limited him to only five spring practices, but he’ll likely start at left tackle on what could be the best offensive line in the Big 12. Whoever wins OU’s quarterback derby should have his backside kept clean.

 

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.

Damn Ohio State! He'll be hard to pry from their grasp.

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.

lives in Chicago, isn't really looking to stay in the Big10... but NE is too far away?

 

Confusing statements... if NU is too far away, what's left outside the big10? ND?

Well Misery and Iowa State are closer, right?

I looked at the profile of this guy, it's the same one.

 

I remember he played RB and had a thumb injury that year.

 

From what I remember, he didn't seem that athletic, nor did he seem to love contact all that much.

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

I believe he's the fourth player from Trotwood to get an offer from NU this class to go with their QB, RB and TE.

 

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.

Who all was at 72nd and dodge the fantastic years?

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.

That was called the "Bummerooski," named after Bum Phillips, from which TO's Fumblerooski derived.

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.

 

Sports is a great place for a writer to shine, and many, including Hemingway, have done so.

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.

Huh? LP didn't strike her. He had her up against the wall with a choke hold and then drug her down some stairs by her hair. Even Scott Frost reported he didn't strike her.

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.

Perhaps the coaches see something developing at the college level where the 3-4 just works better against the newer high powered offenses.

Perhaps a reaction to the spread and/or the more mobile quarterbacks though I see that having the 4 linebackers out there might help against the short passing game of a West Coast-style offense as well. Will we see USC and Nu running it against each other?

Did Auburn run a 3-4 at all? Perhaps our D coaches picked it up from them.

For those not in the know, the Wikipedia article actually gives a decent intro.

Bull, it doesn't matter what thread you are posting in, or if you started it. You posted on this BBS in a manner that indicated you had inside information regarding this incident.

 

And then you asked ANY QUESTIONS?

 

And now you weasel out and refuse to answer questions. Put up or shut up.

Oh, I'm sure that will get answers.

I heard some interesting info tonight about this situation, however I'm not sure how credible the info is as I just was part of a discussion with some buddies and a guy who claims to be a regular at the bar in question knew one of my buddies and ended up getting involved in the conversation.

 

Apparently according to him the bouncer had a few beers before the incident, which I guess can get the bar in trouble as bar staff aren't supposed to drink while working So the entire case may end up being dropped if the bar puts pressure on the bouncer and his girlfriend, save for the resisting, which by all accounts may be pled down to nothing.

 

As I said I don't know how credible the source is as I don't know him from Adam but its something I thought I'd mention anyway.

I thought the bouncer/doorman in question was from another bar and thus was a patron of the Alley. I don't think anyone has accused the staff of the Alley of anything.

the way it was described to me made it sound like BC was throwing the players under the bus and not taking any of the blame.

I initially got that impression as well, but I think it is probably more a motivational tatic. Guys who drop passes or fumble (and haven't taken the steps to improve) should definitely get called out. If that doesn't work, there are always new guys ready to step in.