You can also check out the Media Guide section of the forum. There is a lot of historical information regarding the Nebraska Cornhusker football team.

Finally, I want to say thanks for reading my blog. I greatly appreciate it.

I wanted New England to win for two reasons. 1. I can’t stand Eli Manning after the fit he through when the Chargers were going to draft him and 2. The Patriots had two Huskers playing for the, Russ Hochstein and Le Kevin Smith. Click here for all the Super Bowl coverage you could possibly want.

As for the commercials I thought they were only sub par for the most part. My top 3 were Budweiser: “Rocky” from the first quarter, Amp: “Jumpstart” from the fourth quarter, and Budlight: “Fire” from the first quarter. The Careerbuilder and SalesGenie.com ads were the worst. You can view all the ads here.

Again, congrats to the New York Giants. Now bring on February 6th and those letters of intent.

Apparently it is time for the 2007 Blogger Awards. The who, when, where, and what can be found here.

I highly recommend the following:

Corn Nation
DoomBob
Double Extra Point
Hi-Plains Drifter
Midwest Coast Bias

I have already got my nominations in. You can do the same here. Good luck to my fellow Big Red Bloggers. You are all very deserving of a win.

It would be great to have a couple more people here to post twice a week, or more if they have something to say.

In addition to that if you have any ideas on how to make this blog/site better please do not hesitate to let me know. It is my goal to make this one of the best college football sites on the internet.

Stepping up the walk-on rate – I realize we still had walk-ons while Bill Callahan was the coach but I don’t think it was as a a priority as it was for Tom Osborne.

Recruiting Update – According to the Life in the Red blog Nebraska has 11 recruits visiting this weekend. Baker Steinkuhler is the main one I see. Jordan Makovicka is also visiting. It will be kind of strange seeing a Makovicka playing a position other than full back. It will be even stranger if it is not at Nebraska.

Base Salary: $1,100,000
Win Big 12 North: $150,000
Win Big 12 Championship: $250,000
Make the BCS Title Game: $150,000
Win BCS Title Game: $250,000
Win the National Championship: $800,000

There are also some academic based bonues. If the football team obtains a certain graduation rate he will get $125,000. For a certain Academic Performance Rating he will get between $25,000 and $125,000.

The key differences between Pelini and Callahan’s contract is that Callahan got $1,750,000. Callahan’s contract did not contain any academic based bonuses. In addition to that, Pelini would have to pay Nebraska money if he resigns to take another position, starting at $1 million before December 31, 2008, and decreasing by $250,000 each of the next three years. Callahan’s contract did not have a buyout.

I heard that Pelini negotiated his contract without an agent. I am not sure if that is true or not but if it is I just gained a lot more respect for the man which I already had a great deal of respect for. I keep saying this over and over but I think Husker Nation is very lucky to have him.

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Big 12 Head Football Coach Salaries

Bob Stoops – Oklahoma – $3,450,000
Mack Brown – Texas – $2,910,000
Gary Pinkel – Missouri – $1,850,000
Mike Sherman – Texas A&M – $1,800,000
Mike Leach – Texas Tech – $1,650,000
Mark Mangino – Kansas – $1,500,000
Art Briles – Baylor – $1,200,000
Bo Pelini – Nebraska – $1,100,000
Gene Chizick – Iowa State – $1,025,000
Mike Gundy – Oklahoma State – $900,000
Dan Hawkins – Colorado – $850,000
Ron Prince – Kansas State – $750,000

Flippin was only the fifth black athlete at a mostly white university. Because Flippin was on the Nebraska football team Missouri refused to play a scheduled game with Nebraska in 1892. The result was a 1-0 forfeit. He was the first African-American inducted into the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame in 1974.

After Nebraska Flippin went on to the University of Illinois and its College of Physicians and Surgeons in Chicago, IL. He became a doctor and opened the first hospital in Stromsburg, NE. George Flippin was a respected physician and surgeon, known across the county for his willingness to make house calls regardless of the distance.