Corn Flakes: Volleyball Red-White Game and Fall Football Camp

It is officially ‘back to school’ week at the college where I work. The faculty came back to campus last week and the students start classes today. One faculty member observed, “we get older, but they stay the same age.” It was an interesting observation in that the freshman class every year is right out of high school. Our alumni age right along with us, but the new students show up as 18-19 year olds ready to take on the world. Each class has its own personality too. Some are quiet and reluctant to make waves. Others are extremely outgoing and get involved in every activity of which they are aware.

What will this year’s group be like? I don’t know but I am looking forward to finding out. I love my job and I hope you love yours too.

Corn Flakes

Matt Rhule talks biggest storylines after first scrimmage of fall camp
The Huskers’ head coach spoke highly on Saturday of Nebraska’s ability to take care of the ball, though he admitted there’s still plenty to improve.

Nebraska football unveils 2026 alternate uniforms
The Huskers’ newest alternate football uniform was designed to capture that experience. Built around the theme “Our Red Burns Brighter,”

Volleyball: Huskers make season debut in Red-White scrimmage
No. 1 Nebraska opened the 2026 season with its annual Red-White Scrimmage in front of a crowd of 10,753 fans in Pinnacle Bank Arena on Sunday afternoon.

Soccer: Huskers draw Coyotes to move to 1-0-1
LINCOLN, Neb. – The Nebraska soccer team opened its 2026 home slate with a 1-1 draw against the South Dakota Coyotes on Sunday afternoon at Barbara Hibner Stadium. 

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Emmett Johnson made his preseason debut with the Chiefs

Sports!

Tommy John, the namesake of the elbow surgery that saved his career is dead at 83
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tommy John, who won 288 games during a 26-year big league career and became the first pitcher to successfully return following groundbreaking elbow surgery that later was named after him, has died. He was 83.

WNBA: The making of a GOAT: The story of Diana Taurasi’s career
PHOENIX — Many fans across the globe know Diana Taurasi as the WNBA’s all-time leading scorer — with 10,646 points during her 20-year career in Phoenix — or as a six-time Olympic gold medalist, the most in basketball history.

Indiana football’s Curt Cignetti says he’s willing to play Notre Dame, on one condition
The Hoosiers’ head coach might feel differently if the Fighting Irish played in a conference

Then There’s This

The worlds ugliest dog competition in photos
Beloved canines compete to win the title of ugliest dog in the world.

On an unrelated note, I learned that my worst sweet corn pest these past few years has not been raccoons. I has been my elderly Australian Sheperd/Border Collie useless ranch dog. She has gotten senile enough that she forgot to strip the corn from the stalks only when I wasn’t in the garden. In her old age, she happily stood next to me while grabbing ears and pulling stalks down.

How do you yell at a dog that can’t hear and doesn’t really care if you are angry? She has lived her life and now sweet corn is her ‘happy place’. Sigh. I guess I have to plant more sweet corn in future years??