The famous Blackshirts to be worn during practices were given out to the defensive starters this week to :

 Jay Moore, Barry Cryer, Ola Dagunduro, Adam Carriker, Stewart Bradley, Corey McKeon, Bo Ruud, Andre Jones, Tierre Green, Andrew Shanle and Cortney Grixby.

Also to Barry Turner, Steve Octavien and Brandon Rigoni also received the jerseys

August 29, 2006

Offense

Tight end: Matt Herian, J.B. Phillips, Josh Mueller.
Left tackle: Chris Patrick, Lydon Murtha.
Left guard: Greg Austin, Andy Christensen.
Center: Kurt Mann, Brett Byford.
Right guard: Mike Huff, Jacob Hickman.
Right tackle: Matt Slauson, Carl Nicks.
Wide receiver (x): Nate Swift, Frantz Hardy, Maurice Purify, Menelik Holt.
Wide receiver (z): Terrence Nunn, Todd Peterson.
Fullback: Dane Todd, Matt Senske.
I-back: Marlon Lucky, Cody Glenn, Brandon Jackson, Kenny Wilson.
Quarterback: Zac Taylor, Joe Ganz, Beau Davis.

Defense

End: Jay Moore, Barry Turner.
Nose tackle: Ola Dagunduro, Ndamukong Suh.
Tackle: Barry Cryer, Ty Steinkuhler.
End: Adam Carriker, Zach Potter.
Strongside linebacker: Stewart Bradley, Lance Brandenburgh.
Middle linebacker: Corey McKeon, Phillip Dillard.
Weakside linebacker: Bo Ruud, Steve Octavien.
Cornerback: Andre Jones, Isaiah Fluellen.
Free safety: Andrew Shanle, Rickey Thenarse, Bryan Wilson.
Strong safety: Tierre Green, Major Culbert, Ben Eisenhart.
Cornerback: Cortney Grixby, Tyrell Spain, Titus Brothers.

With the first season's use of the Tom and Nancy Althletic Complex the football team will not longer come on the field from the 'infamous' tunnel.

Instead the approach to the field will be from the northwest corner of the field

The $50 million project includes construction of a new indoor practice facility — set for completion in February 2006— and the Osborne Complex housing training facilities, a weight room, the football team's locker room and offices for the football coaching staff and athletic administration.

In conjunction, some 6,000 seats will be added to the north end of Memorial Stadium, pushing capacity to beyond 80,000. Completion of the entire project is scheduled for fall 2006.

Kickoff for the Nebraska-Nicholls State game on Sept. 9 has been set for 12:30 p.m., with no television coverage.

Other known starting times are 2:30 p.m. for Louisiana Tech at NU on Sept. 2 (Fox Sports Net);

7 p.m. for NU at Southern Cal on Sept. 16 (ABC);

 and 2:30 p.m. for Colorado at NU on Nov. 24 (ABC).

Can money buy happiness. I don't know, but it buys coaches....

The following is a list of Nebraska athletic department staff members who will earn $100,000 or more in 2006-07:

Steve Pederson, Athletic director $378,196

Bill Callahan, Football coach $377,433

Kevin Cosgrove, Football assistant $225,000

Jay Norvell, Football assistant $225,000

Mike Anderson, Baseball coach $207,900

Connie Yori, Women’s basketball coach $185,236

Lonnie Albers, Athletic Medicine $141,287

Marc Boehm, Administration $168,399

John Blake, Football assistant $165,200

Phil Elmassian, Football assistant $159,521

Randy Jordan, Football assistant $159,521

Dennis Wagner, Football assistant $159,500

John Cook, Volleyball coach $155,000

Bill Busch, Football assistant $150,000

Bob Burton, Administration $144,944

Shawn Watson, Football assistant $140,000

Paul Miles, Marketing $135,135

Ted Gilmore, Football assistant $135,000

Tim Cassidy, Football operations $124,265

Gary Pepin, Track coach $124,264

Rhonda Revelle, Softball coach $121,226

Nancy Kenny, Business Office $114,346

John Walker, Soccer coach $111,226

Chris Anderson, Administration $106,796

Dennis Leblance, Academics $106,791

Dave Kennedy, Performance $106,348

Doug Novsek, Men’s basketball assistant $103,742

Jerry Francis, Men’s basketball assistant. $103,250

Paul Meyers, Development $100,000

Carlton Owens, Men’s basketball assistant. $100,000

NOTE: Salaries were effective before Barry Collier resigned; Collier was schedule to make $243,054. The men’s basketball assistants were not retained but will continue to receive salaries; list does not include base pay for head basketball coach Doc Sadler; Salaries reflect base pay only and not income from outside sources.

Source: UNL Athletic Department.

2005 football season

GAME 1 - Nebraska 25, Maine 7
GAME 2 - Nebraska 31, Wake Forest 3
GAME 3 - Nebraska 7, Pittsburgh 6
GAME 4 - Nebraska 27, Iowa State 20 (2OT)
GAME 5 - Texas Tech 34, Nebraska 31
GAME 6 - Nebraska 23, Baylor 14
GAME 7 - Missouri 41, Nebraska 24
GAME 8 - Oklahoma 31, Nebraska 24
GAME 9 - Kansas 40, Nebraska 15
GAME 10 - Nebraska 27, Kansas State 25
GAME 11 - Nebraska 30, Colorado 3
GAME 12 - Nebraska 32, Michigan 28

USC has Will Ferrell, Nebraska has Larry the Cable Guy. A Pawnee City native, comedian Dan Whitney, known by most as Larry the Cable Guy, visited Nebraska’s morning practice Wednesday and had the players and coaches laughing in a post-practice gathering. “I’ve done a lot of really cool things, met a lot of really cool people … (but) I was never more star-struck than I was standing out there on the field, talking to the team,” Whitney said. “I was pretty nervous.” Whitney has purchased a skybox and said he’ll attend every home game this season. “Born red, die red, right?” he said. As for his advice to the team? “I definitely told them to Git-R-Done,” he said. “The big call was, ‘One, two, three, Big 12 Champs, Git-R-Done!’ I had to put a ‘Git-R-Done’ in there.”

I-backs Kenny Wilson and Brandon Jackson broke long runs in Nebraska's football scrimmage Tuesday, and the significance wasn't lost on Huskers offensive coordinator Jay Norvell.

Big runs were few and far between last season.

"The mark of a great back is if you're a finisher - if you get out in the open and you make a safety miss and you finish," Norvell said. "We're looking for backs that can do that. We're looking for backs that play with great second effort and run through contact.

But second effort also is only part of the equation as Nebraska tries to re-introduce the big play to its attack.

A year ago, the Huskers had just 39 offensive gains of 20 yards or longer. Only six were runs, and two of those were scrambles by quarterback Zac Taylor.

"This year," receiver Terrence Nunn said, "we just know we have to get more."

The Huskers are trying to fill the gap at cornerback caused by Bowman's season ending injury. It seems to be an area of concern to the coaching staff but they are confident that a solid replacement will be found.