What's up Nebraska people? Penn State fan here. I've got a question for you guys. There is a lot of speculation about what's going to happen with Paterno after this season, and a lot of PSU message boards are making it out to be some sort of battle royale between JoePa and PSU's president, Graham Spanier. Within some of the discussions, there have been some comments from people about how Spanier has a lot to do with the coaching mess you guys went through with Solich, Callahan, etc. But that's not making sense to me. Spanier left Nebraska in 1995. Osborne coached two more years, then Solich took over for a few years. Right? So, I'm trying to figure out how much that really could have to do with Spanier. I was hoping the Corn Nation could provide some insight. Thanks.

Oh, and are we officially scheduled to play you guys in 2014-15? I really liked our home-and-home from a couple years ago.

Aleks Maric played for the Indiana Pacers at the Orlando Magic's Summer League this past week, and below are the links to the stats for each game, in case any interested Huskers Basketball fans wanted to see how Aleks did:

Game 1, Game 2, Game 3, Game 4, Game 5

According to the Pacers' roster notes, it looks like they had 3 centers on their roster, Courtney Sims, Vladimie Gulobovic and Aleks.   Aleks and Vladimie generally came off the bench, but Aleks started their 4th game.

Aleks was a DNP (did not play) in the 5th game, but according to this article in the Journal-Star, that's because he was traveling to play for the Blazers on their summer leage team in the Vegas Summer League, which actually started yesterday. The Blazers play their first game Monday, against the Washington Wizards' summer team.

Although the article quotes Aleks' agent as saying Aleks doesn't have much of a shot at making the Blazers roster for 2008-09, their summer league team should give him plenty of playing time to attract attention from other teams.

It was an interesting high jump finals at the US Olympic Trials for 2008 Husker Grad Dusty Jonas, who made the US Olympic Team after a bizarre sequence of events -- he was able to make the team after a jumpoff, even though he tied for 6th, because he was tied with the only other jumper who had previously achieved the "A" standard.

2004 Nebraska Grad Priscilla Lopes-Schliep won the 100m hurdles at the Canadian Olympic Trials with a 12.78s run, and automatically earned a trip to Beijing.

Incoming Nebraska Junior Adam Wolkins finished second in the Javelin at the Canadian trials with a throw of 220-7, and will also join Team Canada in Beijing.

The Journal-Star and World-Herald are reporting that 6-9 (and still growing) center/PF Vander Joaquim will be decommitting from San Diego and committing to Nebraska, following the assistant, Brain Roese, who recruited him.

Joaquim is a native of Angola, and has played as a member of their national team.  He averaged 21 pts and 17 boards during his junior season of high school.

Joaquim is looking to be the first cornerstone in the 2009-10 incoming freshman class, big enough to make an impact and talented enough that he'll likely play right away.

The U.S. Olympic Trials are underway in Eugene, OR, and seven current or former Huskers are still in the running for spots on the US Olympic Team.

2008 grad Kayla Wilkinson is in tonight's Javelin final (10:20 PM CDT), while current Husker sophomore Epley Bullock begins the women's high-jump qualifying tonight.  Former Husker Ann Gaffigan has preliminary rounds of the 3000m Steeplechase tonight as well.

2008 grad Dusty Jonas, who holds the world's top High Jump, has his preliminary on Thursday, along former Huskers Anne Shadle (1500m), Melissa (Price) Myerscough (hammer throw), and Jeni Steiner (shotput).

Former Husker Ray Scotten competed in the pole vault preliminaries, but did not qualify.  A number of other current & former Huskers are participating in their native countries' Olympic trials as well.

Not entirely unsurprisingly, Aleks Maric was not drafted in last night's NBA Draft.  Projections before the season estimated that Maric might have been as high as an early 2nd-round pick, but the flood of underclassmen and international players -- especially big men -- combined with doubts about his explosiveness to push Maric out of the draft entirely.

Maric's agent says they are working to get him onto a summer league team in hopes of making a roster as a free agent.  Otherwise, he will probably find himsel playing overseas.

This now marks 9 years since Nebraska had a player drafted in the NBA Draft.  In the 1990s, Nebraska had a relatively strong crop of NBA-caliber talent with draftees Eric Piatkowski, Erick Strickland, Mikki Moore, Tyronn Lue, and Venson Hamilton.

It appears that this Friday, when Doc Sadler returns from an out-of-town trip, that Eshaunte Jones (who decommitted from Indiana) will be signing at Nebraska, according to Rivals.  The Journal-Star's Life In the Red Blog is reporting the same thing.  Jones is a 6'4" Shooting Guard who, according to his Scout.com profile has a strong outside shot.

Jones will be filling the gap left by Roburt Sallie's ineligibility.  Sallie committed to Memphis last week, and is expected to see significant playing time for the National Runners-up.

In other news, Danny Nee and Erick Strickland will be inducted into the Nebraska Basketball Hall of Fame this fall.  Nee is Nebraska's all-time winningest coach, and is responsible for 5 of our 6 NCAA tournament appearances.  Strickland was a standout player, and has since made a living in the NBA.  Congrats to both.

CSTV's Eric Sorenson posted a bunch of CWS pictures , including one of the color guard, and he's wondering what the heck they're wearing. He's also wondering whether or not the 'cupcake' (bat girls) are a necessary part of college baseball.

My guess was that the color guard is part of the Nebraska Navy.

Anyway, head on over there, take a look, and let us know what that picture is all about.

Thanks....

Nebraska senior tight end Hunter Teafatiller was arrested on Sunday morning for driving under the influence after he was stopped on Interstate 180 in Lincoln.  His blood alcohol level was 0.20, more than double the legal limit.

Teafatiller was arrested twice in 2007 for drunken driving.

Bo Pelini released a statement that said that Teafatiller would receive internal team discipline during the summer, and that any decisions regarding Teafatiller's status on the football program would be addressed later as the legal process unfolds.

The Track and Field season is winding down for the Huskers, with only one meet left for most Huskers -- the NCAA National Championships in Des Moines, IA, next Wednesday.  This weeked, Nebraska hosted the NCAA Midwest Regional, which saw 14 Huskers advance to Nationals (by finishing in the top 5 at Regionals) to join automatic Heptathlon qualifier Megan Wheatley.

• Dusty Jonas, who is ranked No. 1 in the world and has already qualified for the Olympic Trials in late June, won the High Jump with a leap of 7'-7" , which tied his championship-winning mark from the NCAA Indoor Championships this winter.
• Nicholas Gordon and LeRon Williams placed 1st and 5th, respectively, in the Long Jump to advance.  Gordon tied the Midwest Regional record with a jump of 25'-11 1/2"
• Lara Crofford finished fourth in the 5000m run
• Natalie Willer placed fifth in the Pole Vault
• Keith Lloyd placed first in the Shot Put, and fourth in the Hammer Throw
• Adam Dailey finished fourth in the 400m Hurdles, with the 3rd best time ever by a Husker (50.33 s)
• Epley Bullock and Erin Hannon finished 2nd and 3rd, respectively, in the women's High Jump
• Kayla Wilkinson finished third in the Javelin
• Natalja Zarcenko and Peter van der Westhuizen both qualified in the 1500m run
• Lucas Hullett finished fifth in the 400m, an event he is a 3-time Indoor All-American in.
• Tyrell Ross finished fifth in the 110m Hurdles, .09s ahead of the 6th place finisher.

Good Luck to those Huskers going on to Nationals and beyond.

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