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WeatherUnderground now saying "heavy thunderstorms" at around 9pm.

I own some Husker rain ponchos, but I've never had a chance to use them...

WeatherUnderground was showing storms starting at 7, now it's scattered storms at 8. Hope the trend continues...

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@VectorVictor My expectation is that the future of the Big XII will play out kinda like the old Big East's collapse did: schools that can find a better home will bail, and the remnant will look more like the AAC than a P5 conference, probably with some schools like the ones you mentioned joining. Biggest question is what will become of Texas. Nobody else wants them - the only reason the Big XII still exists today is because they're the only conference dumb enough to let Texas have their own network. Will they be OK with being the biggest fish in an ever-smaller pond?

And for lack of worthwhile teams that actually want in on a dying conference...

It's not just a static image of the old tunnel entrance they're covering up, it's a live video feed of the old tunnel entrance!

Depends what you're cooking. Pork ribs take maybe 5 or 6 hours to cook, so having them ready before a 2:30 game is perfectly doable, and even for an 11am game if you get up early or serve them at halftime. For a pork butt or brisket, though, you're looking at an overnight cook for anything other than a 7pm game.

The Big 12's current grant of rights expires in 2025, and the buzzards are already circling to pick at the corpse. Think you've got that bass ackwards? Considering their performance last year, they might prefer that...

This. Probably not a coincidence that this goes through 2025. For those who don't know, that's when the Big 12's current grant of rights expires, and moves are already being made to clear a path for OU to potentially enter the Big Ten once that happens. https://247sports.com/college/oklahoma/Board/103683/Contents/FOX-SportsBTN-talking-to-OU-about-buying-Tier-3-rights-from-OU-119647264/

The scholarship was already burned by the middle of last week, so... It was confirmed by a UNL rep, per https://journalstar.com/sports/huskers/football/gebbia-misses-practice-unl-says-he-s-no-longer-enrolled/article_ff094f24-aa1c-11e8-89a9-af69c0a89491.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=user-share

It's burned. Two years of scholarships at Nebraska, leaving us nothing to show for it. Hey, Bunch counts as a Riley recruit! It wouldn't take much for him to pass the combined total wins of Tanner Lee, Potatoes O'Brien, and Tristan Gebbia at Nebraska! Go back and watch the spring game again and see how you feel about Bunch. Most of us thought he looked pretty decent, and Frost called him a "pleasant surprise". Did you forget Ron Kellogg? Fyfe was never a starter in 2013, looks like he played a single snap that year.

@Branno The north watch party isn't at Third Base anymore, it's at Sam's Boat. We'll see how the crowd is this year, I imagine just about anywhere will have a better crowd of Husker fans this year than they did last year.

@Branno Which one?

@Ziebol Seriously? You honestly think generic black bars look just as good as the bas-relief sculptures of some legendary Huskers?

Part of what makes me cringe is the way it's just slapped on top of the old entrance, covering up the Nebraska logo. They could've at least matched the arch of the entrance - it's not like non-rectangular screens can't be built. And I still really hope they do something more with the gate, as the new one as it stands is easily a big step backwards from the old one.

We'll see how it looks during the game, but to be honest, I don't like it. To me, Memorial Stadium has a very stately feel, and this kinda cheapens it, I think.

#OnceANebraskaStudent, maybe. It's not like he ever played in a game for us, or was a walk-on that stuck around for four years without seeing the field for sheer love of the Big Red. In the end, he's basically like a recruit that commits to Nebraska, then flips to another school at the last minute. In a way he's even worse - a recruit that flips just before signing day doesn't burn a scholarship for two years like Gebbia did.

There's football on Sundays? Too late for this year, the scholarship is burned.

Who cares? If he's gone, he's gone, and I don't really care what happens after that.

Probably safe to say that he won't be around next year, only question is whether he'll still be around this year. If he's looking to transfer now, he needs to do it ASAP. For all we know, he spent the morning sending messages out to other coaches.