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Okay, somebody in Lincoln go find Carl tomorrow morning and see if his is 1) calling around to maybe pick up a last minute replacement recruit or 2) on the phone spelling out "O-d-i-g-h-i-z-u-w-a" to the equipment staff.

After these UCLA rumblings, my gut is 50/50 for both... My gut is too big though, so I don't care what it says. So I'm hoping both are N!

I hope Bo uses this. It reminds me of his "point the thumb not the finger" and other "no bulls---" catch phrases and philosophies.

Link to the podcast of the interview

All Owa needs to do is look at our thread compared to whatever pathetic UCLA thread they may have and see that WE are the ones with no lives who truly stalk care about him.

Ug...I just heard about this too. I just want to get this over with already. Come on N, Owa.

knapplc - how about this?

Yeah...sometimes I think these recruiting guys are biased towards telling the good news to the 'home team' guys they are talking to. If that bias normally exists...it didn't a few minutes ago.

Munson just said on USC that "there is legitimate reason to be concerned" He mentioned that he has a girlfriend back in Tampa and is missing home.

That's good news. What else is there that could hurt/help Nebraska's chances? Academics? I might give the nudge to UCLA for overall academic prestige, but NU has the specific program he wants. Not sure about OSU academically. All three are putting together some stacked defensive classes. Whether he fears competition or not, neither school shows a major advantage there. It seems as if NU has had significantly more recent success than the other two, especially on the defensive side of the ball. In fact, I'd say that NU appears to be more "up and coming" than the other two as well, as far as how competitive they will be during Owa's tenure. Coaches? I'm biased, but the Brothers Pelini are something special, and have turned a terrible defense into an amazing one very quickly and with a lot of the same 2007 kids. I can't wait to see how they look with Pelini's recruits. I could go on, but the choice is obvious to us, isn't it?

The in me says there is still an extremely small chance...("I don't believe it until I see it on Rivals!")...but I am in the stage now where I am burning all the mix tapes I made for him and scratching his face out on all of our pictures. In fact, tonight I might text Simek with a "how YOU doin?" (Not really, NCAA). If Owa isn't N, however, that's a different story. I'll be standing beneath his bedroom window with a boom box over my head in the middle of the night.

There, all fixed.... I am sure excited for the other two announcements though!!!

Yeah, you make a great point. They don't mind that at all, because then it's like "no one saw that coming?!" The expectations are getting too high....we all thought Carnes was N a few days ago and that didn't even pan out. I don't like surprises!

If Carnes is truly committed to WKU, should we go hard after Simek?

Yeah - that's the strange part about all this. Did Carnes lose his phone or something? Just get it over with and announce your decision so we can get back to the Owa thread!

I might be wrong, but I think for each "level" of interest (High/Med/Low/None) they are listed alphabetically. Note the "Lows" and "Nones" for Carnes are alphabetical as well. Hey, no matter what, good luck to the kid. The fact that it is much closer, he has personal ties to WKU and there is the possibility of being a starter right away make his choice understandable. Either way, he'll be in Memorial in Sept., and if he's a Hilltopper...he's gonna get Crick-Rolled.

*** ALERT *** (just in case) Folks, I think I've received a sign that Owa will be N. My school just updated their email server, and when I logged in, this was the new address for my inbox: I check email as compulsively as I check the Owa thread, so if that's not a sign that Owa's N then I don't know what is.

Rivals has a 'teaser' on the front page about Jamal's soph and jr highlight films. Anyone check them out? How's he look?

:hmmph I'm getting nervous. In fact, stealing from someone in the Owa thread, I'm keeping the faith though!

The internetosphere is really rumbling with reports that he is N

NICE!!! Welcome N!!!

FACT: If we would've had Owa shirts at the time of his visit, and people wore them to the game, he would have committed by now. Or filed a restraining order. Edits: I type too fast

I guess I'll just stick to calling it OWATCH then!

I have ONE CLASS A WEEK this semester, and it is on Wednesday from 1 to 3:30 pm. It is a discussion-based class with 6 other people in it. There is no way I'll be able to watch Owa's decision live, and the soonest I will get to know is probably when class is over. After all I've devoted to Watch 2009-2010 I won't even get to see the ending live! :steam