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    Shatel's Blog: Good to see Trev take on CCHA

    Here's some post-chat stuff or, perhaps more appropriately, lunch leftovers:

    1. I was glad to see Trev Alberts blast away at the CCHA. Good to see an athletic director at UNO stepping up and firing away at the conference. I guarantee you every coach in that department noticed it and loved it and will work that much harder for Trev. The premise that a league or the NCAA can't reverse a decision or game or order a forfeit is absolutely wrong. Ask Bobby Bowden. I don't know if UNO's leaving the CCHA has anything to do with it, but it can't hurt. Question: Would this happen to Michigan?

    2. Article this week in the Boulder Camera reports that the Big 12 athletic directors are considering a new scheduling rotation in which the North and South would play each school at least once every two years. For instance, Nebraska plays Texas, Texas A&M and Okie State next year and in 2011. Under this proposed plan, NU would play Texas, A&M and OSU next year and then OU, Baylor and Tech again in 2011, and so forth. I kind of like it. That way, teams are less likely to benefit from a school being down for two or three years (thus earning two freebie wins) and it allows NU and OU to play every other year, which gives the rivalry some legs again. Stay tuned. I'm sure whatever they do, it will be all about the money.

    3. It was sad to see the news about Ironwood, aka Highland CC. That's one of the classic old courses in Omaha; some old-timers put it in the top five in the area. There's a lot of golf to go around in Omaha and eastern Nebraska, but they don't make them like this anymore.

    4. Apparently, someone has created a Twitter account in my name, complete with matching photo. I would just like to state for the record that I had nothing to do with that. I do not tweet, I have never tweeted nor shall I ever tweet. I think it's a silly thing. Nobody is that interesting that I need to know what they are doing or thinking every five minutes. If I have something to say that can't wait, you'll read it here. So, if you see something on Twitter with my name on it, it's a fake. It's somebody else giving you what they believe are the boring details of my life. Thank you, but I'll keep my boring life to myself.

    5. You might see a new mug shot next to the column soon, one with my golf hat. We used the hat with the old Blue Streak throwback sports section and I got so many comments about it that I decided to use it fulltime. Plus, I have really bad hair.




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