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For the 26th time in the game’s 50 year history, the South won the Shrine Bowl 7 - 3. The South scored on the very first play of the game with a long TD pass from quarterback John Dostal to receiver Rustin Dring. The North kicked a field goal on the next drive and then all scoring stopped as the Shrine Bowl turned into a defensive slug fest.

The South came into the game anticipating putting up lots of points due to the amount of talent they had on the offensive side of the ball, but it wasn’t meant to be. After the opening touchdown, the South only had four more first downs the rest of the game. The North’s defense was just too much for the South but unfortunately the North’s offense couldn’t get it together.

Nebraska’s Ekeler en route to head coaching position - It looks like linebackers coach Mike Ekeler might not be staying in Lincoln very long. Marc Hudgens, over at RealFootball365.com, thinks that with all the good press Ekeler is receiving lately he’ll be a head coaching candidate in a few seasons.

Huskers lose pitcher to pros; gain three new faces - The Lincoln Star Journal reports that Curtis Petersen has decided to go play professional baseball with the Florida Marlins. It sounds like Nebraska might lose a few more students to baseball before this is all said and done.

We post a lot about College Recruiting here at Husker Nation as it pertains to just Nebraska alone. Of course, there’s a lot more to this topic than just what happens with the Cornhuskers.

While a lot of the times all you hear about in regards to college recruiting is the cream of the crop in high school athletes there are still a lot of young kids out there looking for scholarships.

These student athletes might not be the best at their sports or positions but they’re still viable options for a number of colleges across the country. Anyone who has seen High school sports live knows the number of talented students out there who could play in college.

A recently growing trend amongst these high school athletes is to put together a College recruiting video to send to schools they’re interested in attending. These videos are basically new age marketing materials used to help land high school athletes scholarships.

Long gone are the days of players only getting a look from college coaches and staff if those school officials were willing to make road trips to see high school games. Thanks to the Internet and new technology, now high school athletes can take the recruiting trip right to the coaches with the use of video.

On Wednesday, highly recruited Texas quarterback Cody Green verbally committed to Nebraska. He’ll be a member of the 2009 class.

“Coach Watson and Coach Ek, there’s not enough words I can say about those two guys, especially Coach Watson,” the four-star gunslinger said. “He helped me out a lot. I’ll be 17 when I get (to Nebraska) and I need a parent figure more than a coach going into college. I’m really, really comfortable with Coach Watson up there.”

Green chose Nebraska over a handful of other schools: Baylor, Texas Tech, Texas A&M and several east coast schools including Miami and Boston College.

Rivals had Green ranked as the #10 “dual threat” quarterback in the nation. Last season he threw for 1,429 yards with 19 touchdowns and had 95 carries for 689 yards and four touchdowns.

Former Husker’s book chronicles highs, lows - The Lincoln Journal Star has another look at Jason Peter’s book, “Hero of the Underground.” It has some nice quotes from Peter himself about the memoir.

New Nebraska JV Football Team Kids Club Announced - The Nebraska Athletic Department just launched a Kids Club for any children in the 8th grade or below. Members of the Kids Club get free t-shrits, tickets to the spring game and more.

Husker Recruit Close to a Decision, is it Nebraska? - Big Red Analysis has news that the highly touted high school quarterback, Cody Green, has whittled his choices of schools down to just two: Nebraska and Texas A&M. Supposedly Green has decided on his final destination but isn’t ready to let the media know.