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It looks like Eric Crouch has made the Omaha Nighthawks UFL football team. There were alot of negative comments following this story but I say, give the guy a chance. What do you all think? Does he have a chance? http://www.wowt.com/home/headlines/Crouch_Returns_to_Football_125419418.html

Because Ohio State used FERPA to withhold a large volume of emails between Tressel and Ted Sarniak, Terrelle Pryor's "mentor," citing the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. Very loosely defined, FERPA was created to protect the privacy of student-athletes as it pertains to their private academic life. Vaguely, their athletic career is mostly an open book, but their academic career is mostly a closed book. FERPA helps keep that book closed. The Buckeyes responded to the FOIA requests from The Dispatch (local Ohio paper) and ESPN, among others, but not fully. One of the main things they refused to provide, that was greatly desired by the press, were the emails between Tressel and Sarniak. Those emails contained, the press felt, key information into who knew what, about what, and when. When OSU denied that part of the FOIA request, this lawsuit was inevitable. In order for OSU to successfully fight off this lawsuit they're going to have to show that the content of the emails was so full of private information about Terrelle Pryor (or any other student-athlete) that they could not be provided, even in a redacted form, without compromising his right to privacy. From what I'm hearing this is not going to be an easy thing for the Buckeyes to show, and the Ohio Supreme Court has, apparently, traditionally sided with openness in public records. Thank you everyone for sharing your answers. Wow! How interesting. It will also be interesting to see how all of this plays out. Do you think it will hurt Pryor's NFL career? Thanks again!

Why in the world would ESPN do this? http://www.wowt.com/sports/headlines/sports_125390908.html

Wearing red...eating wings...watching the Big 10 Network shows! Ahhhhhh! Feels like a GAME DAY!! GO B1G!!!!

I heard the boys talking about this article on 1620 the Zone the other day. Here's the link: http://sports.omaha.com/category/barfknecht/ When I first heard about it I thought, 'Yeah-right! Like that's ever going to happen. Ask the folks in Arkansas if they have a 'truce' with Texas. AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN!

Well, I should say that "BIG" by itself would not be so horrendous if not for the baby blue color they chose. I strongly suspect that they chose that color specifically because it is not associated with any teams in the conference, and therefore avoids giving the impression that the conference belongs to any one team, which might've happened if they'd used, say, royal blue, red, yellow, green, black, etc. But the real problem is when they stack "BIG" atop "TEN." It's like, "See how the 'G' resembles a zero? And the 'I' kinda looks like a '1'? Put 'em together and you've got '10' inside of 'Big,' as in 'Big Ten'! Isn't that clever! But just for good measure, we put 'TEN' beneath it." I mean, I know it's hard to see, but take a look at this graphic which shows all the conference logos: Tell me that the Big Ten's logo doesn't stand out like a sore thumb of candy-ass branding. It is a joke compared to the Pac-10, MAC, or even---dare I say it---the Big XII logo. It just looks totally lame to me, especially in baby blue. I don't mind the logo so much but why did it have to be blue? Ewww! Why couldn't it have been black or even red.

Our daughter currently goes to school there. Coach B always wore a red hat with his Bearcat green. I read on Facebook that all of the students are planning on wearing a red hat to the first home game of the season this fall as a tribute to Coach Bostwick. He will be missed.

Here is the link to the memorial that was held at Northwest Missouri State University for head football coach Scott Bostwick who died this past Sunday. Employee Engagement

I remember reading somewhere that Bubba didn't know if he was mature enough to play at the next level. I know that Erstad said that he was grateful for his time in college because it taught him how to deal with people. I'm hoping that Bubba comes to Nebraska. Money isn't everything. He could come here, grow up and still be able to play for the majors. I vote that he comes here.

Interesting! I read this review on Rivals.com It will be interesting to see how this all pans out: Will Ohio State Still Win the Big Ten Title? http://collegefootball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1228164

He also attended Nebraska Weslyan. WOWT had this report: http://www.wowt.com/sports/headlines/Northwest_Missouri_State_Football_Coach_Dead_At_49_123201973.html "Bostwick earned his bachelor's degree from Nebraska Wesleyan where he was a four-year letterwinner and was named all-conference and all-district on the gridiron. He was inducted into the university's Athletic Hall of Fame in 2006 and is the program's third-leading tackler.+ It's so sad. My husband and I are NWMSU alums and our daughter currently attends at Northwest. Once a Bearcat-Always a Bearcat. Our prayers are with the family.

I dont' know if this is the place to post this or not but I know many of our Nebraska kids go to Northwest Missouri State down in Maryville, Mo. Their head coach Scott Bostwick died late this morning in Maryville of an apparent heart attack. He took Coach Mel Tjeerdsma's place after Mel retired last year. I wonder if Mel will come out of retirement until they can find someone to replace Bostwick. Very sad news. -ladyhawke~

I looked at the 'Buckeye Planet' message board and Pelini wasn't mentioned as a serious contender. Here is a list that one of the posters on that board compiled but he said these were names that would probably be thrown out. I seriously can't see Bo leaving NU because I don't think he's done anything to warrant an invite to tOSU. They are going to look for a very high profile person to take this job. I'm thinking more of a Bob Stoops or an Urban Meyer type. Anyway, here's the list: "I'm certain the following names will be "thrown out" in the coming weeks and months - with absolutely no correlation to the likelihood either that they'd consider the position nor that they'd be considered for it." Gary Patterson Chris Peterson Chip Kelly Urban Meyer Gus Malzahn Nick Saban Mark Dantonio Bo Pelini Mark Stoops Bob Stoops Mark Richt Gary Pinkel Tony Dungy Mel Tucker

I think it will be good for us. On the 'Buckeye' message board the top name for the job is Urban Meyer. Luke Fickell was also mentioned along with D'Antonio. I think this will put an added fire under Bo. It will be interesting to be sure.

Ditto to what walksalone said plus we'll be playing at our house-again Welcome to the board and we look forward to seeing you in the fall.

DirecTV, Dish Network and some cable providers add BTN subchannels for all games on the BTN at the same time. So if you have DirecTV or Dish then you will see all games broadcasted on the BTN even with 3 to 4 games on the channel at the same time. We have Cox and get the BTN channel.

I think that's why he may come to Nebraska instead of going to the majors. He's so young and I think really close to his family. His Mom sure does want him to go to school but I've read his Dad is out of a job right now so Bubba might be feeling that he needs to help out financially. Tough decision.

Lane Kiffen makes me guffaw!!

I will admit that the ones who write on the one Iowa Message Board I visited are the ones that I'm sure we all love to hate. Those folks were jerks of the first water. Can't wait til we play them so that we can begin our reign over them!

I'm guessing it's a reference to that movie from the 80's since there's an "e" on the end. Yep

Character before anything else, imo, and in Bo's as well. They didn't commit to Nebraska, they committed to Shawn Watson and Bill Callahan (in the case of the elder brother), and we aren't interested in kids that aren't interested in being here. Blaine Gabbert could have been incredible at Nebraska, redshirting his freshman year behind Keller and Ganz (what an idiot move by Pinkel to waste a year of his prize quarterback's eligibility), but we're glad we didn't have him, because we have other quarterbacks that are willing to do anything to play for our university. I read in the paper tonight that Tyler Gabbert has left Missouri. Their Spring Game was just to much for him! http://www.omaha.com/article/20110509/SPORTS/705099813#after-spring-game-letdown-gabbert-quits-mizzou

Actually I think she's a Husker fan, but I'm not sure Be sure-I am. I think it's hilarious the kind of buzz my post generated.

EEEEEEEEEEEEE! WRONG! But thank you for playing! I'm as Husker Red as you are. 'ladyhawke' comes from the movie of the same name Ladyhawke. I went to college with kids from Iowa. We called them 'Hogeyes' instead of Hawkeyes. I thought it was cool that there were a few (and maybe those girls were the only ones-who knows!) folks from Iowa that are glad we're coming to the B1G.

I agree. You read so many sad stories of kids going right into the pros, making tons of money and then ending up on drugs et al and washed up before they're 25. I don't think that would happen with this young man but it could. Going to college does more than just give you a degree. It allows one to mature, to building intellect, athleticism and especially character.

I was at a professional workshop last Friday and our speaker was from Michigan. She was commenting on things Michigan and Nebraska had in common. I called out, 'We're both in the B1G now! She wasn't a football person so that just went right over her head BUT! There were a group of women from Iowa behind me and they said, 'We're really glad you're in our conference now. It's going to be fun!' I think that Iowa will be our new 'Missouri'. We'll beat them alot and they may beat us once in a great while but we'll always look forward to playing each other. I think Wisconsin will be our new 'Oklahoma' because of the 'Nebraska connection' (Barry Alverez-Wisconsin AD) Anyway, not all Iowa fans are bad. Many of them are really looking forward to playing us and having us be part of the B1G.