Husker Runner

I don't think this is correct. Here is a quote from Tom Osborne from a few years ago (re: PQ rules in the Big 12 vs. the Big 10): "Where this rule can hurt you is if a player is considering Nebraska and Ohio State or some other school in the Big Ten." I asked those who know better than me. As I understand it, NU gets 4 PQs a year in the Big XII. In the Big 12, schools are allowed to admit two male and two female athletes as PQs each year, with no more than one athlete in each sport. Non-qualifiers are not accepted at all, they must go the JUCO route before admittance. I don't believe the Big 10 has any limitations on PQs (or NQs for that matter). If so, I'd like to see a source with details on it.

I don't think this is correct. Here is a quote from Tom Osborne from a few years ago (re: PQ rules in the Big 12 vs. the Big 10): "Where this rule can hurt you is if a player is considering Nebraska and Ohio State or some other school in the Big Ten."

PQs were one of the sticking points during the creation of the Big 12. Interestingly enough, the Big 10 does not have limits on partial qualifiers, as far as I can tell. Will this impact our recruiting in any way, or has that ship sailed in the past 15 years? Would we want to go back to recruiting those kids?

It'd be funny to have the Board of Regents come out of the closed session and say, "Hey, Colorado, PSYCH! We were never really planning on leaving the Big 12! C-YA!"

Here are the concrete collaborative functions of the CIC, as listed on their website: These are all worthwhile goals, but they have very little to do with directly increasing funding to member institutions. When research money is being distributed, CIC affiliation simply is not a factor in what schools do or don't get funding, and rarely comes up in review panels. In multi-institution collaborations, the only concern is whether an institution can handle their part of the project. It's not like by becoming a CIC institution, Nebraska will automatically get some special cut of $6 billion. NU will have to earn it just like they would have without CIC affiliation, and they will often compete against other CIC schools for projects. Frankly, the CIC schools would rather share their football playbooks than share research revenue. :-) The CIC has been mentioned far more on football messages boards over the past several months than it ever is in the research community.

There is absolutely zero chance that the Big Ten would accept Texas Tech. TT comes nowhere near the realm of merit to the CIC, which is worth much more than the television contracts to member universities, and the CIC money is much more important to us in the Big Ten then television money. I am still mystified at how few in the media get that we are an academic as well as an athletic conference-- and the money rolling in for the academic part dwarfs the amount from the athletic part, as lofty as that may be. By all accounts the Big Ten split around $220 million in television money, more than any other conference per team or overall. We also split $6 BILLION in research money for the CIC. And yet ignorant talking heads dicuss such ridiculous schools without a chance in the wind at the CIC as West Virginia. . . The Big 10 is indeed a prestigious academic conference; however, the CIC is more hype than anything else. Yes, CIC institutions do receive $6 billion in research money, but almost all of that money--if not every single penny of it-- would have been awarded to those schools anyway, CIC or not. These schools developed their funding stream over many years by doing excellent research and being premier academic institutions. If you look at CIC's website, you will see that what they really do is save money for member institutions by facilitating a way to share services like libraries and IT. The savings are maybe a million or two per year per school. It's not like there is some $6 billion pool of money given to the CIC to divvy up among the schools. These schools were already receiving money before the CIC and they would continue to receive money if the CIC ceased to exist. Don't get me wrong, I think from an academic standpoint, moving to the Big 10 will be a great thing for Nebraska. But that has nothing to do with the CIC, it has to do with the fact that these are some great universities.

Sorry if this has been posted, I didn't see it if it was: http://www.bringonthecats.com/2010/6/7/1506558/adventures-of-the-big-12-twelve#storyjump

Well, apparently she isn't done with volleyball...the NCAA granted her a waiver on the immediate eligibility rule and she will be playing for the University of Dayton this fall. She'll be back in Lincoln on September 9th playing against the Huskers in the Ameritas Players Challenge. Dayton has a lot of setters on the roster, kind of interesting.

Depending on how long you plan on staying in your home, a better option might be to consider the 5/5 ARM offered by Pentagon Federal Credit Union. Rates are currently at 4.00% and they pay most lender-related closing costs. At the adjustment period, rates are locked for another five years (versus only one year for a traditional 5/1 ARM). The maximum adjustment is 2%. I believe they are currently using the 5 year CMT + 1% for the adjustment calculation (you would want to verify this because they do change adjustment procedures from time to time). 1% is a very aggressive margin since you typically see that number around 2.75% on an ARM. As a reference point, the current 5 year CMT rate is 2.61% so a loan being adjusted today with PenFed's margin would go to a 3.61% rate. (!) The CMT will likely rise over the next five years but you'd still be protected by the 2% cap. More info here: https://www.penfed.org/productsAndRates/mortgages/mortgageCenter.asp I no longer have a 5/5 with PenFed as I was able to refi at a very aggressive 30 year fixed rate last year and plan to stay in my home for at least the next 15 years, but I still think the 5/5 ARM is a great product. It might be a good fit for your needs.

...and I win on the tiebreaker! Will someone be contacting me soon to arrange delivery of the prize money? I promised a bright and shiny bag o' bragging rights...

...and I win on the tiebreaker! Will someone be contacting me soon to arrange delivery of the prize money?

It killed me even more.

In. Even though I barely pay attention to basketball in the regular season, I do enjoy the tournament.

Rivals team rankings as of 5pm, 2/3/2010:

"Owa, you're nothing to me now. You're not a brother, you're not a friend. I don't want to know you or what you do. I don't want to see you at the hotels, I don't want you near my house. When you see our coaches, I want to know a day in advance, so I won't be there. You understand?"

"377 User(s) are reading this topic" 12 minutes until board meltdown. LOL.

If you don't have access to ESPNU, you can watch Owa's announcement here: http://www.justin.tv/virtualsportsnet#r=cRBG2zw

Wait a minute, I thought this kid was scared of competition?? LOL. Some of you crack me up sometimes.

Well, just in case, I went ahead and replaced them with some exclusive video from Lee's rehab instead. (I'm sure the imdb images were fine, the blog link maybe was asking for trouble...)

Here is an exclusive video from Lee's rehab:

There is circumstantial evidence and a growing rumor that Pitt will be the newest member of the Big 10 and announced sooner rather than later. We'll see...this would be a lot quicker than the 12-18 months the conference said was their timeline for a decision.

Thanks for the banquet recap, knapplc.

Ha, I was just about to post this. Niles Paul gets a Tachikara tattoo. LOL.