Gator bowl for the Huskers

The 2008 season is wrapping and up and it was a good one for Nebraska. I really was pleasantly surprised that the Huskers won as many as we did considering the injuries to Barry Turner, Philip Dillard, Menelik Holt and Cody Glenn's indefinite suspension from the team.

It's not official from the Big 12 yet, but unofficially we are going to the Gator Bowl and are playing Clemson. It should be a fun game. They have a good defense statistically and they will be a worthy foe for the Huskers.

I anticipate a really fired up Husker squad after a month of practices and preparation for this bowl game. More than anything it seem as though our team has an identity again and I'm thankful that the new coaches have made such an effort to emphasize the development of younger players through repetition and technique. I love thinking about the future and what lies ahead for Nebraska football. To that end, I hope we are able to really build continuity to our coaching staff. In my opinion, it was one of the biggest reasons for Nebraska's success during the nineties.

Those are my thoughts. Go Big Red!

u2

i'm excited about u2's new album and i read this today.

http://www.u2.com/news/index.php?mode=full&news_id=2271

anyone else excited?

80smusic

I really like 80's music. Always have, always will. I guess its from listening to my sisters tapes way back in the day. Who knows?

iTunes has a whole slew of 80s stuff they are pushing. It's like throwing donuts in front of a fat kid. A run down of a few of the bands.

Huey Lewis and the news
Bon Jovi
The Police
Tears for Fears
Men at Work
Michael Jackson
The Go-Go's
Culture Club
Billy Idol
Beastie Boys

Yeah, I'll probably be spending some money on their real soon. Who's your favorite of the bands listed above?

Mingus Springs

East of Prescott there is a little place called Mingus Springs camp http://www.mingussprings.org/. It sits quietly in the pines off of the highway between here and Jerome. What an amazing little spot to get the heck out of dodge and just be. We were able to spend time with Henry who has run this camp for forty years. He's innovative, hard working and content. It's been a long time since I've been around someone who has loved doing what they do and projects thankfulness in a really humble way like that. Henry taught us about gabions as well. He is a heck of a nice guy.

Spending time there today with my friends made me realize how fortunate we are to live where we live. Life is good. Time goes fast. Way too much of my time is spent leveraged against the clock. If nothing else, today was a good reminder to slow things down a little bit. Get outside in the mud, dirt and mess of life. Life can be tough at times, but man do we have it good on this side of things if we just choose to see it.

Hope I get to go back soon to Mingus Springs.

Death by love

New book coming out by Mark Driscoll and Gary Breshears. It's style and relevance to the culture we engage with everyday is amazing. Please check this video out that previews the soon to be released book. Thanks!

Stealing Jesus

My friend Scott Nickel taught a series called Stealing Jesus. It addresses how many of us speak for Jesus, but don't really listen to what he has to say. It's so true. I want to encourage anyone who reads my ramblings. Dad and Mom, Linda in my case. ;)

You have got to check this series out and start digging into who jesus was and what he said. It will change everything you do. Here is the link.

http://www.flatironschurch.com/messages/messages.php

Enjoy! By the way, you can also download the pdfs for some discussion questions. Check out the bibliography page.

Huskers week 1

The Huskers are back in action again. It was a good showing by the boys in red. Especially the first half of play on offense and defense. The second half was not so good. Less emphasis on playing the fundamentals defensively and Joey got a little sloppy with decision making.

Things that really stuck out to me.
1. Passion: Bo and Carl's animation and love for the game comes through. The defense is fast and will continue to improve over the coming weeks.
2. Joe Ganz is a good leader and a solid quarterback.
3. Tight ends actually returned to being a part of the offense for more than a drag route.
4. Speed on defense. Ty Steinkuhler, Barry Turner and Cody Glenn are freakishly talented kids who plays at full tilt.
5. Alex Henery is a weapon and will win us 2 games this year.
6. Our nickel defense was effective most when it delivers those crazy bo blitzes.
7. Players from previous dominant NU teams were once again on the sideline...awesome thing to see again.

This week we play San Jose State. This should be a great game for us on offense to put up 40+ points again. Hopefully in the next couple of weeks we will get to enjoy the running game a little more with Helu and Castille slicing and dicing between the tackles. Look for some big plays this week to our tall tight ends and a huge pass play to Swift again.

All in all. It's the fall. I'm glad college football is back on the radar again. Go big red!