Wednesday Flakes Brings You No Friday Night Games, PAC-12 Drama, & A Treasure Hunt

Mankilling Mastodons

Nebraska needs to take pressure off Dylan Raiola, address kicking game after Illinois loss – The Athletic
On defense, the Huskers need to dial up the unpredictability factor.

Nebraska Football: Panic Button, A Punch In The Mouth And Being Bulletproof
What we learned from NU players this week after an embarrassing loss to Illinois and a shot to correct things at Purdue.

Doc’s Diagnosis: Nebraska Football’s Collapse Against Illinois
Four plays that cost the Huskers in their overtime loss

Nebraska Volleyball Jumps to No. 2, Receives First-Place Vote in Latest AVCA Top 25
Nebraska volleyball continues to work itself up the latest AVCA Top 25 rankings, placing itself back at No. 2 after wins over last week’s No. 2 and No. 4 teams in the country. The Huskers begin Big Ten play this week.

Troy Dannen sends letter to Big Ten, requests Nebraska not host Friday games except over Thanksgiving – On3
Troy Dannen sent a letter to the Big Ten and commissioner Tony Petitti requesting Nebraska no longer host Friday night games, he confirmed.

Other News From The Sporting World

When Ivy League Football, Future FCS Teams Played in Bowls | Opta Analyst
Ivy League football in bowl games. It sounds odd, right? Well, the historic conference and other future FCS programs used to go bowling.

MAC football gets raided for talent but dismissed by power conferences – The Washington Post
Some of the sport’s best-known coaches got their starts in the Mid-American Conference. Now the league gets raided for talent and is otherwise overlooked.

Brett Favre Reveals Parkinson’s Diagnosis During Congressional Testimony
Brett Favre appeared in front of the House Ways and Means committee on Tuesday. The retired quarterback was there for a hearing titled,

UNLV’s starting QB says he will no longer play over ‘representations’ that ‘were not upheld’ | AP News
The starting quarterback for undefeated UNLV has announced on social media that he will not play in any more games this season.

Houston Astros clinch AL West division title after 3-home run performance over Seattle Mariners – ABC13 Houston
Alex Bregman, Jason Heyward, and Kyle Tucker homered to help the Houston Astros defeat the Seattle Mariners and lock up the AL West title.

Utah State joining Pac-12, UNLV exploring options in realignment saga – Yahoo Sports
The conference has already received a commitment from Utah State and sent to UNLV an offer to join the league, sources tell Yahoo Sports.

Pac-12 sues Mountain West over ‘poaching penalty’ as conferences battle during latest round of realignment – CBSSports.com
The Pac-12 could owe more than $50 million to the MWC before exit fees

Yellow Journalism

Tech Jobs Have Dried Up—and Aren’t Coming Back Soon – WSJ
Employment for software engineers has cooled as resources shift toward developing artificial intelligence

Jason Rohrer’s $23,000 Treasure Hunt Kicks Off in New England
Video game designer Jason Rohrer has hidden a solid gold statue somewhere in New England. The prize also unlocks a bounty of cryptocurrency.

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