Wednesday’s Flakes Look Towards The Offseason

Bats are now silent

The diamond is now so still

The next season waits

Mankilling Mastodons

Nebraska’s official visitors this week include four-star Tyler Martin, who has already taken a liking to Lincoln – The Athletic
The linebacker will get the red-carpet treatment this time, along with a couple of other prospects during this busy recruiting month.

College football teams who were crushed by transfer portal losses this offseason
Once in the early days of the transfer portal, the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s basketball team saw 11 of its 13 scholarship players enter the transfer portal

McKewon: Nebraska can be the leader Big Ten baseball sorely needs | Baseball | omaha.com By going toe-to-toe with the nation’s No. 1 team, Nebraska baseball showed it can be the Big Ten’s frontrunner, writes Sam McKewon, and that’s what the conference — and college

Other News From The Sporting World

NCAA football: College Football Playoff’s expansion plan
While popular sentiment has the College Football Playoff expanding to an eight-team tournament, that isn’t the focus of the sport’s power brokers.

Five-star Omaha Biliew impressed by Huskers’ pro-like atmosphere
The round ball could be put down for the afternoon. The five-star recruit was on a Tuesday getaway, in pursuit of putting something…

Soccer news: Mark McKenzie shares racial abuse after USMNT win
It was the same game fans threw projectiles onto the pitch.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Is Having the Season We’ve Been Waiting For – The Ringer
The 22-year-old Blue Jays slugger has long been the object of hype and excitement. And this year, he’s living up to it all.

Jim Fassel, longtime NFL coach who had a stint with the Rams, dies at 71 – Los Angeles Times
Jim Fassel, an Anaheim High grad, was the league’s coach of the year in 1997

Lambeau Field will host rescheduled Wisconsin-Notre Dame game in 2026 – Acme Packing Company
After the 2020 contest was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Badgers and Irish have agreed to play in Green Bay six years later.

Colorado Buffaloes QB Sam Noyer enters the transfer portal – The Ralphie Report
Noyer is the embodiment of why college sports are so cool

The Ill-Fated Chancellor
In Cecil Staton’s three years as East Carolina University’s leader, football fans revolted, enrollment dropped, and an anonymous dossier questioned his hiring as “gross negligence.” What does his tenure say about ECU’s future? // photo courtesy of City of Greenville

Why the SEC hasn’t been right for Arkansas, and why the Big 12 would be better for Razorbacks fans: Ubben – The Athletic
Three decades after joining the SEC, Arkansas is better off financially, but it’s hard to say fans are better off.

Big Ten Teams Ranked as BBQ Dishes That You Can Make Tomorrow Part One.
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The Crystal Hunters of Chamonix | Outside Online
Climate change is melting the glaciers and permafrost of the Mont Blanc massif, revealing crystals hidden in pockets once covered in snow. Simon Akam tagged along on an expedition with one of the area’s most legendary hunters, a daring French alpinist who completes dangerous climbs to discover specimens worth tens of thousands of dollars.

Super Mario Bros: The Morton Jankel Cut (VHS Extended Rough Cut 1.0) Movie 1993 : Super Mario Bros Movie Archive : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Super Mario Bros: The Morton Jankel Cut (VHS Extended Rough Cut 1.0) Movie 1993From the official Super Mario Bros: The Movie Archive team, here’s your first…

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