Dirk Chatelain
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Nebraska journalist. “24th & Glory” author. Springsteen fanatic. Send ideas/tips to DirkChatelain1981 @gmail .com.
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Jack Gohlke spent 5 years at Division II Hillsdale College. He's now a 24-yr-old grad transfer at Oakland University. He has the hairline of a man twice his age. And he's currently torching the University of Kentucky on national TV.
This is the greatest sporting event on Earth.
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3 years ago, Bo Pelini held a players meeting at a Lincoln high school & scorched the place that employed him. Mike Riley just held a press conference 5 hours after he got fired and said, "I'm just sorry I didn't do better." As Tom Osborne once said, there's "more than winning."
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Ray Lewis just told Johnny Manziel, 22, to grow up and stop acting like you're in college. At 25, Ray Lewis was indicted for murder.
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Ready for a wild stat?
Bo Pelini's record at Nebraska (2008-14): 66-27
Paul Chryst's record at Wisconsin (2015-22): 67-26
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No joke: Fred Hoiberg has more road wins in the last 50 hours than he had in his first 35 months at Nebraska.
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Haven’t heard Creighton fans this quiet since the 4th quarter against Georgia Southern.
Absolute stunner.
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Give this man a Pulitzer….after you find out how he got a sideline credential.
(The extensive profanity is warranted, but still NSFW)
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For like 7 years, over and over, you walked away from Nebraska games and thought, "How the hell did they lose that?"
I'll admit, it's quite bizarre wondering "How the hell did they win?"
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Hey NBA, I love your talent. But what the heck are we doing here? Just gonna let this go, huh?
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Matt Rhule has done so many things right. But it’s becoming very clear that he picked the wrong QB last winter. And that cancels out a LOT of good things.
The portal is full of QBs. Go get a good one. Or keep the one you had.
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I know Nebraska isn’t … what’s the word? …. GOOD! But if every Husker coaching staff over the past 20 years had squeezed this much out of flawed rosters, the school would’ve saved 8 figures in buyouts.
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Here’s what I’ve learned.
Your school can engage in criminal scandal, cheat your tails off, lie to the NCAA & brazenly protest your penalties.
But IF during an unprecedented crisis you express minor dissent with your conference’s prohibition on competition, you...are...
DONE!
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Jerald Foster: “I can’t wait to beat Iowa. I really can’t.”
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The Frost Experience is sorta like marrying a supermodel, then watching her bankrupt you, steal your dog and burn down your house.
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Take a bow, Mikaela Foecke. The greatest winner in Nebraska volleyball history.
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Whoever manufactured that window should definitely use this clip in their next commercial.
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Sometimes I find an old Tom Osborne stat that cracks me up. Like this:
From 1973-92, college football’s 5 best win percentages were:
5) Penn St. 184-54-2
4) Mich 184-47-8
3) Bama 192-47-2
2) OU 186-43-6
1) Nebraska 195-46-3
That was Osborne’s first 20 years. THEN he went 60-3.
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The biggest difference between 8-2 Iowa and 5-5 Nebraska is that Iowa accepts that its offense stinks and manages the game accordingly.
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Get to CBS now. Nate Lashley, the pride of Mitchell, who lost his parents and girlfriend in a 2004 plane crash, who wasn’t even in this tournament field until Wednesday, is about to win a PGA tour event by 6+ shots. The first Nebraskan in 31 years. Wow.
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After 18+ years, I’ve decided to leave the Omaha World-Herald.
I have too many thoughts to express here; I’ll have a more substantive (probably too long) column running next week.
The overriding emotion is gratitude. For colleagues, subjects & especially readers.
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No joke: The Big Ten’s 3 worst teams right now are Michigan, Nebraska and Penn State.
In the history of college football, they rank 1st, 7th and 8th in wins.
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I keep coming back to this observation: Over and over, for more than a decade now, the Nebraska fan base has shown exponentially more commitment to the institution than its leaders. That's a formula for misery and failure.
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I didn't know Mike Leach. But in 2005, my first year as a OWH sportswriter, I interviewed him for a feature. Texas Tech was playing NU.
He called me at midnight while he was watching the Hitchcock thriller, "Rear Window."
Somehow we started talking about his cat, Rex....
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Joseph down there coaching his tail off, as if his future depends on it. If only his predecessor had done the same…
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I am NOT saying that Nebraska deserved an NCAA bid, but chew on this...
The Huskers finished ahead of Michigan in B1G standings, right?
Wolverines got a 3 seed in the NCAAs.
Huskers got a 5 seed in the NIT.
I challenge you to find a precedent for that.
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No city — especially one the size of Omaha — could ask for two more remarkable athletes than Bob Gibson and Gale Sayers. They grew up in the same neighborhood and gained strength from each other’s achievements. Born 8 years apart, they died 9 days apart.
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Husker hoops has absolutely no margin for error. None! And somehow they’ve beaten 3 straight likely NCAA tourney teams. It must be baffling to opponents. It is surely baffling to me.
Turns out, embracing roles & playing your a$$ off is worth about 10 points every night.
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Nebraska’s defense won’t get much recognition around the league for its improvement. But the Blackshirts met expectations this season. Bright future there.
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I called Niles Paul to ask about an old Husker football game. Instead, he spent an hour talking about the depression, shame and isolation he feels in his first year of NFL retirement. “I’m fighting some demons.”
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From a Kansas farmer to the New York governor. You have to read this.
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What can you say about that win in that environment against *that* opponent?
Nebraska volleyball is talent, poise, cohesion and — most of all — freaking guts.
On to another Final Four.
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Casey Thompson has his flaws. But the guy has guts. And guts are worth a lot when your OL is a mess on the road.
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A head coach could win a lot of games with Casey Thompson, Anthony Grant and Ajay Allen in his backfield. In theory.
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5 days since Frost's dismissal & it's striking how quickly Husker fans have moved on. There's real excitement -- and hope -- for Mickey Joseph in a way you don't often see with interim coaches. It validates the decision to fire Frost now. And makes Saturday way more intriguing.
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Two years ago, the chances of Hoiberg digging his way out and ever making an NCAA tourney run at Nebraska were so small you would’ve needed a microscope to see them. What a story. Couldn’t happen to a better guy.
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A rough ending, but that was the best Husker basketball team in 30 years. 30 years! Improbable cast of characters. Hell of a season
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Win streaks by national title contenders:
Nebraska 1
Gonzaga 0
Arizona 0
Auburn 0
Purdue 0
Kansas 0
Kentucky 0
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Just a reminder...
Purdue and UConn collective record outside the state of Nebraska: 70-5.
Purdue and UConn record in the state of Nebraska: 0-2*
* By a combined 35 points.
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Just watched Tom Osborne deliver a 30-minute keynote speech to 1,000+ people at Omaha’s FCA banquet. Consistently inspiring. Occasionally emotional. Riveting throughout. With no notes and not even a single moment of hesitation. At 82, the guy is still nails.
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We did it, Nebraska!
We finally matched the Husker football team’s turnover margin last season.
Feels good, doesn’t it.
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Ready for an amazing stat? Career postseason wins over NFC teams:
Favre 12
Rodgers 10
Montana 10
BRADY 9*
McNabb 9
Staubach 9
Warner 8
Aikman 8
Brees 8
Russell Wilson 8
Steve Young 7
Eli 6
* Has played 1 season in the NFC.
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I have a personal rhule when it comes to coaching speculation. You can’t fleck around with rumors. Don’t be fickell with facts. Don’t stoops to that level. If you’re kleiman the ladder, you can’t hitch your traylor to speculation. Pick a lane.
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One week after Oklahoma humiliates Nebraska, Adrian Martinez runs circles around Oklahoma. Nothing anymore is too unbelievable. Nada.
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Jordan Larson, take a damn bow. How did a girl from Hooper, Nebraska, ever accomplish all of this?
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Of all the awful, unexpected, unforgivable Nebraska losses the past 15 years, that was one of them.
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Such a bad game. Such a bad team. Such a bad program.
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If you simulated these last 4 games 100 times, Nebraska goes 0-4 maybe once.
And yet it seemed predestined, didn't it.
From 5-3 to 5-7. No bowl game. Again.
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My affection for Utah football over 20 years borders on a crush. But I can say this with clear eyes: Whittingham’s Utes are perhaps the best model for Nebraska. Physical. Fearless. Even red. Averaging 10.5 wins the past 8 seasons and on the cusp of back-to-back Pac-12 titles.
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Anthony Marks saved Coastal Carolina's national title. So why is the CWS hero carrying $150,000 in student loans?
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The past 4 years (since 11/22/2016), Nebraska lost 28 football games.
That’s as many as the Huskers lost from November 1985-November 2001.
Carry on with your evening.
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Losing lots of football games does not mean you’re a hypocrite or a fool for wanting to play football games. I don’t know why this needs to be stated.
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I’m so mad at the sports media for canceling college football. I just wish university presidents, ADs and conference commissioners had the power to take this decision out of the media’s bloody hands.
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I wish Dabo Swinney understood what it sounds like to non-believers when he cites “God’s favor” after a last-minute win. I believe God is with Dabo every second of his day. I don’t believe God wanted Justin Fields to throw an INT. I wish the coach would better explain that.
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I don’t think Mickey Joseph is going to get the job. But tonight’s performance should help his case, not hurt it. The Huskers had no business being in that game in the 4th Q.
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That’s some of the worst game management I can remember. Nebraska’s defense deserved so much better.
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Five years ago, when Nebraska hired Hoiberg, this is exactly the type of team that everyone envisioned. What makes it so flabbergasting is the 4 years in between. Fred is (still) a damn good coach.
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Fort Calhoun’s state tournament in 99 years. This is the go-ahead 3 in the 54-52 upset over top-seed Wahoo. Wow.
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Nebraska volleyball just accomplished a new feat. For the first time in school history, 4 straight Final Fours. Incredible.
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Trev: “Wait, what was your plan?”
Fred: “To start my tenure 7-60 against major conference teams, make everyone think we’re terrible, then rattle off 8 straight upsets to make the Big Dance. Nobody will see it coming. What do you think?”
Trev: “Brilliant. Do it.”
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I don't know how Scott Frost will sleep this week. For a program that invented ways to lose the past 3+ years, that might've been the worst of all.
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Sometimes tomorrow, in preparation for their first career NCAA tournament game, Zion Williamson and RJ Barrett will receive Coach K's scouting reports on Gretna's Jared Samuelson and Lincoln East's Sam Griesel. Let that sink in.
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I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again. Tim Miles, if he doesn’t want to coach, could be one of the 5 best analysts on TV. Perhaps Fox’s or the Big Ten Network’s version of Dick Vitale.
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Men with an "L" in their surnames:
Solich
Callahan
Pelini
Riley
Men without:
Devaney
Osborne
Frost
I'm just sayin'.
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Iowa’s ability to avoid Ohio State in B1G scheduling is pretty amazing. They’ve only played 3 times since 2010. Iowa won’t get the Buckeyes next year, either.
Wisconsin and Nebraska, by contrast, face Ohio State 7 times in the same 2011-23 span.
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Over many years, my brain has been trained to see the yellow in the bottom right of my TV screen and think, FLAG.
ESPN using yellow for down and distance background has messed me up all day.
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Ten years ago this week, first-year Nebraska coach Bo Pelini beat interim Clemson coach Dabo Swinney in the Gator Bowl.
Who in the world would’ve predicted what they’ve done since then?
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Sorry, still coming to grips with this.
Points allowed since Oklahoma beat Nebraska 49-14 on Sept. 17...
OU: 145
NU: 34
Losses since Sept. 17...
OU: 3
NU: 0
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The best kicker in the B1G plays for Omaha Westside.
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Penn St is *the* dominant program of the past decade. And Nebraska just beat them for the 7th straight time. Unthinkable feat.
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These Cabinet resignations are the equivalent of 3-5 LSU self-imposing a bowl ban with two weeks left.
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Considering the audience and the opponent, this is a massive failure for Nebraska. Humiliating.
Was it too soon in the rebuild? Sure. But it’s just as early for CU. You don’t get to choose when opportunity knocks.
The Huskers weren’t ready for primetime.
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I don't blame Georgia. They don't want to be here. And they didn't want to be at LSU on Oct. 13, either. Teams should only be judged by the games they want to play.
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Next Saturday features a top-5 showdown — No. 4 Penn St at No. 3 Iowa — and College GameDay is going to Oklahoma-Texas instead.
You do you, ESPN. LOL.
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I wrote this about a dear friend.
Brad Feeken changed countless lives as Gretna’s basketball coach. Now he’s fighting for his own.
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B1G scheduler: “Geez, what school is desperate enough for football that can we send them to Rutgers on Sept 5 — in the middle of a massive outbreak — and they wouldn’t say ‘The hell with this; football is important but not THAT important?’”
B1G intern: “Hmmm....Nebraska?”
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Update: Torrential downpour. Frequent lightning strikes. Absolute mess.
And....still more fans than the 4th quarter of the Iowa game.
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Just a colossal failure of leadership to let that guy walk out the door. What a mess. And what awful timing.
Per a source, Trev Alberts is leaving Nebraska for the Texas A&M job.
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Nebraska has lost 6 consecutive football games for the first time since 1957.
That’s a hell of a sentence.
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The absurdity is still sinking in. Alberts, who retained Hoiberg when ALL evidence told him not to, exits less than 100 hours before Hoiberg secures Nebraska's first NCAA tourney bid in 10 years. And a week before NU potentially wins its 1st-ever NCAA game. You can't make it up.
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Sorry for a hyperlocal tweet here but it must be said: What’s happening on Highway 6 between Elkhorn & Gretna is a debacle of transportation planning. The stoplight epidemic is out of control. This could’ve been a freeway like West Dodge. Instead it’ll be the new W. Center. Yuck.
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Scott Frost 1997 would hate Scott Frost 2019 as a goal-line play caller.
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Somewhere right now, maybe on this continent, maybe halfway around the world, a scientist — blessed by God and fueled by coffee — is slowly solving a riddle to save the world. I can’t fricking wait to hear her story. To tell my kids how she did it.
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Please tell me how their criticism doesn’t start with Brian Kelly, Lincoln Riley and the schools that hire/fire coaches *before* these sacred bowl games. It’s easy to go after college athletes. Focus on the adults making 7 figures.
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OK, I'm cashing in my chip. Here's my annual plea for American sports fans to wake up and recognize how entertaining elite women's volleyball is.
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Americans — rich and poor, black and white, conservative and liberal — we are all Jayhawks tonight!
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Do you want to hear an absurd Nebraska football stat? Of course you do.
From 1969-2001, the Huskers went 9-7 at home vs. Oklahoma. All the other Big 8/Big 12 teams *combined* won 6 games in Memorial Stadium. In 33 years.
Mizzou: 74, 76, 78
Iowa St: 77
Colorado: 90
Texas: 98
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Thought exercise: What if Nebraska's next recruiting class was 90% HS linemen? Forget balance. Build a whole class around guys in the trenches. Fill in the skill players later (and via transfer portal). Send a message to your team (and recruits) where you need to win games.
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If Tupac walks out, just cancel the 2nd half. And the internet.
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