What a crazy week this is! Days leading up to, and of course, the Super Bowl. National Signing Day. Grammy's last Sunday. And much, much more! This blog will be one of many shout-outs, so it should be fun.
-First shout-out goes to the Omaha Royals who I will be interning with for the season!
- Obviously, the Super Bowl is on Sunday. Big story of the week has been and will be the availability of Dwight Freeney. Obviously, if he cannot contribute, the Colts Defense will have trouble pressuring Drew Brees and that dynamic Saints offense. This could cause Colts linebackers Clint Sessions and Gary Brackett to have to blitz to get pressure on Brees, which would then open up the short passing game for Reggie Bush to go wild. Obviously Peyton Manning and Drew Brees are the 2 best players in this game, but its hard to argue that any player is more important than Freeney. Not only does he get after the QB (better than anyone since '02), but he provides leadership and experience in the playoffs and Super Bowl. Tough task for the Colts to play most, if not all of the Super Bowl without him, but I think they get it done on Sunday 28-24 in a barn-burner.
-As much as I want the city of New Orleans to have a big victory after all they have been through since 2005, I dont see Peyton Manning losing this legacy game. A guarantee I am willing to make is that "Who Dat Nation" (Saints fans) who attend the Super Bowl will be the rowdiest group of Super Bowl fans ever. They want this more than anything, and if they pull off the upset, you have to think Mardi Gras in 2 weeks will be the craziest it has EVER been. They are America's Team right now. A BIG SHOUTOUT to the 3 former Huskers in the Super Bowl, Carl Nicks & Scott Shanle (Saints), and Cody Glenn (Colts). Make Husker Nation proud fellas.
- Today was Christmas in February, or what is more commonly known as College Football National Signing Day! I have to get this off my chest, I hate the spectacle that has become NSD. Making 18 yr. old kids think they are Kanye West is wrong, and doesn't set them up to succeed. Warren Sapp said today on PTI that we should all find out about it on Monday and leave the kids to celebrate this moment with their coaches and parents. I couldnt agree with this more, and I am a self admitted Rivals.com junkie who likes his up-to-date information.
-I give the 2010 Nebraska recruiting class a B+. Signing Day usually brings bad memories up for Husker fans due to the de-committments of past classes, but today was a great signing day, nobody defected and we picked up 4* safety Corey Cooper and 4* QB Brion Carnes (cousin of Tommie Frazer). Cooper will be a sure-fire All-American, and hopefully the same winning pedigree that runs through Tommie Frazer runs through Carnes. If so, Nebraska will be winning National Titles again soon enough.
"We have a nice group of kids committed for next year already. People are starting to take notice of what were doing. I always say: The best recruiting tool is to win. Were starting to do that. Were right on that verge of doing some things with the program that will help get peoples attention, and I believe weve gotten some peoples attention. Now weve got to take it to the next level." -Bo Pelini
The 5 recruits I look most forward to seeing are:
-Chase Rome (Defensive Tackle, who at this point has better measurables than Suh did, i.e BEAST),
-Jay Guy (Defensive Tackle, partnered with Rome will reak havoc in backfields for a long time.),
-Braylon Heard (Running Back, finally have a running back with serious speed to burn),
- JaMarcus "Yoshi" Hardrick (Left Tackle, finally the Huskers found a big man to block Cody Green's Blindside),
-Tyler Evans (Wide reciever, local kid that has serious speed and hands....the next Nate Swift?)
- GRAMMY FOLLOW-UP: The Grammy's, for the most part, are sell-outs. I mean honesty, ALBUM OF THE YEAR GOES TO TAYLOR SWIFT???? You have to be kidding me. Look, Im not looking to diss Taylor Swift, Im sure she is a good artist, but honestly, shes not deserving of the most prestigious award in music. Im glad Kayne wasnt at the Grammy's because I would have agreed with him had he interrupted that acceptance speech. How anyone but Dave Mathews won ALBUM of the Year is beyond me. Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King was not only outstanding musically, but it was for their fallen comrade Leroi Moore, and showed real HEART. Apparently the Grammy's have stopped listening to music and started looking into where Lady Gaga gets her outfits from. Good Lord. Congrats to Stephen Colbert, Kings of Leon, and Jay-Z.
- HUGE shoutout to the Nebraska Womens Basketball team. They are on fire and should be #2 in the country, especially after beating #10 Oklahoma State Wednesday, 88-67. They rested all of their starters a few minutes into the second half. This team is for real and I hope they get to play UCONN for the national title. Personal shoutout to Vonnie Turner, former Bellevue East Lady Chieftain: keep shooting lights out!
-The Mens team on the other hand.....1 word: sloppy. After missing what seemed like 20 layups tuesday vs. #10 K-state, I was ready to leave the stands and suit up. 1 thing is for sure, the women would give them a run.
- Another big shoutout to Lupe Fiasco, Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel, and Kenna. They climbed Mount Kilamajaro on Jan 12th to help raise awareness for clean water in Africa. They climbed all the way to the top of the 17,194 foot mountain. 1) All of them are badasses. 2) They have accomplished their goal, clean water projects have sprung up all over Africa.
- An ENORMOUS Thank You to Pastor Terry Nielsen of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Bellevue. He is retiring after almost 20 years of service to our church and community. He was my pastor all of my life and I am indebted to him for the lessons he taught me and memories he gave to all of us. One of the very best people I will ever meet. God Bless you and your family Pastor Terry.
- Lil Wayne came out with his album Rebirth this week. Its his interpretation of Rock-Rap-Autotune. One thing is for sure, its bad. 3 songs are semi-tolerable. Go back to rapping, Wayne.
-Plaxico Burress wants to come back to football after his prison sentence is over in 2011. Good Luck, Plax. I hope the job market is better than it is now.
- One of the best rivalries in the English Premier League is on Super Sunday: London rivals Chelsea and Arsenal square off from Stamford Bridge. I hope Chelsea rocks the Gunners and firms its hold over Manchester United! Go Blues!!!
-Went to my first Lincoln Stars hockey game last weekend. A big shout out to the 8 player fight in the second period! That was awesome.
-Possibly my new favorite bar in Lincoln: The Piano Bar. Whoever the pianists were saturday night, you guys rocked the roof off of that place.
- Best wings in Lincoln? N-Zone grilled wings, hands down.
Quote of the Week:
"Well, you should protest, yeah, you should picket me
I’m on a losing strike, I’m on a winning streak
I’m out in left field, I’m speaking mentally
But that’s a better places than where the benches be
I’m feelin’ really good, me and different beat
Me and my different drummer, he play the timpanis
See, that’s what got me here, you hearin’ me" - I'm Beamin', Lupe Fiasco
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