Friday Flakes: Jimmy Knievel’s Stunt is a Metaphor for Nebraska’s 2022 Football Season Huskers News Scott Frost

Just picture the Nebraska Football team as the school bus and Jimmy Knievel is the combination of Frost/Whipple/Chinander/Busch.

The motorcycles are the opponents on the schedule.

Maybe if the bus would have smashed all of the motorcycles instead then it would have been a better metaphor.

However, this is Flakes and I just wanted an excuse to use this video.

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Brittney Griner sentenced to nine years in Russian prison
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Only in Anaheim: Angels hit 7 home runs, manage to lose 8-7
The bats of the moribund Los Angeles Angels woke up in a big way on Thursday, jumping the Oakland Athletics’ pitching for a whopping seven home runs.

Husker Mash: Who’s a ‘shiny car?’ Wait, what is Rahmir all doing? How’s the senior like his new nickel?
Barrett Ruud was being humble. The all-time tackles leader in Husker history (he had 432 of those bad boys) arrived with some tools from the get-go of his Nebraska career back in the day. Still, the Husker linebacker coach’s words about first-year freshman Ernest Hausmann on Thursday catch your ear.

BTN analysts offer thoughts on Huskers during trip to Lincoln
The Big Ten Network and its team of analysts kicked off their annual road trip across the conference on Thursday in Lincoln, checking out Nebraska’s morning practice.

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NASA Is Changing Its Rules for Private Astronauts
As more private astronauts venture out into space, NASA is seeking to better regulate their journeys to Earth orbit. The space agency recently announced some updates to the set of rules required for upcoming private astronaut missions, including the stipulation that all future missions be led by a former NASA astronaut.

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