According to My San Antonio, the Huskers may line up against the Iowa Hawkeyes or Michigan Wolverines in the MasterCard Alamo Bowl on Dec. 28.

Alamo Bowl executive director Derrick Fox said, “If you look at it, our most likely teams are Nebraska, Oklahoma, Michigan and Iowa. It’s a pretty strong group, and we’d be happy with any of them. But we’ll have to just wait and see how it plays out.”

The Cornhuskers have never lost at the Alamodome, winning the 1997 and 1999 Big 12 championships and the 2001 and 2003 Alamo Bowl games there.

Iowa has played in a record three Alamo Bowls, losing the inaugural game in 1993 and winning here in 1996 and 2001.

The Holiday Bowl in San Diego is another possibility for the Huskers. We’ll know for sure this Sunday, when the BCS matchups are set. Either way, another win, and one against a solid Big Ten opponent, will keep a lot of Huskers happy during the winter months.

From the AP Wire:

Solich convicted of drunken driving.

ATHENS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio coach Frank Solich was convicted of drunken driving Monday, two days after police spotted him slumped over the wheel of his vehicle.

Solich, in his first season with the Bobcats, pleaded no contest and was ordered to complete a three-day driver intervention program. He also had his license suspended for 180 days and was fined $250.

The former Nebraska coach apologized in court. He declined to comment afterward.

The university, in a statement released before his court appearance, said Solich would remain in charge of the Bobcats as it monitored the case.

Solich, 61, appeared to be passed out when police found him Saturday night in the vehicle, which was facing the wrong direction on a one-way street and in drive, according to a police report.

“I know Frank as a man of impeccable integrity, and I am confident that he will respond to this situation in a positive manner and use these circumstances to better teach others, including his players, the importance of making wise decisions,” Ohio athletic director Kirby Hocutt said in the statement.

The Bobcats were 4-7 in their first year under Solich, who grew up in Ohio.

Solich was 58-19 in six seasons as Nebraska’s coach before being fired after the 2003 regular season.

Longmont FYI: “This game is a season in itself. It can define a whole year,” senior CU quarterback Joel Klatt said. “Hopefully it doesn’t. It’s hard to find words right now.”

Klatt leveled by Dontrell Moore

Wow!

Now where has play like this been all season. Especially with the offensive line.

HuskerZone.com stands up and applauds.

Steve Smith writing in the Lincoln Journal Star:

The college game has always been more important in small states, which are hours (and, often, worlds) away from major-league cities and, therefore, the major-league mind-set. If you want to test that theory, ask 10 Nebraskans on the street who the Huskers’ big rival is. Eleven will say Oklahoma.

That’s partly a result of all those cataclysmic NU-OU showdowns over the years. But it’s also because we can recognize and understand the Sooners and their fans. Like Nebraska, OU represents a small state and has a passionate border-to-border following that only college football can cultivate. We can grasp Kansas State and its backers in that manner, too, though to a lesser degree. That, in our estimation, is how good college football rivalries are born.

Tomorrow’s opponent? We play ’em every year and have for years, but we don’t really get ’em. They’re tucked away in the Denver metroplex, and, like the Miami Hurricanes, they attract a breed of follower cut from that acerbic NFL mold. For a decent-sized chunk of CU backers, the biggest game of the week is today in Dallas, not Friday in Boulder.

Having lived in Boulder and Denver, I’ll take it further than Smith. Football is simply not that important in Colorado. I mean how could it be, when you can play hacky sack and ultimate frisbee nine months out of the year?

Big congratulations go out to the 28-0 Nebraska Volleyball team who wrapped up the Big 12 Championship tonight with a straight-set win over Colorado, 30-19, 30-26, 30-19.

This is their 8th conference title in 10 years.

We rarely report on rumor – wait nevermind, we are a blog, so rumor is great fodder for us.

When I first heard this on Monday, I dismissed without a second thought. Since then however, I’ve heard this several times, including a couple people I’d classify as knowlegdable in the matters of college football. Neither of whom will label it as fact, but the quiet whispers around cheese-country are getting stronger.

The rumor as it has been heard:
As early as next week (but more likely in January) Bill Callahan will no longer be a member of the Nebraska coaching staff and Barry Alvarez will be named to the position of Head Coach. It is unclear as to whether this will be the result of a firing or a resignation to pursue a NFL job – many of which Callahan’s name is quietly being mentioned (Detroit and Houston primarily).

As stated previously, this is a rumor. I initially found this hard to believe because Wisconsin fans would crucify him if he left, but then again, he is stepping down after the season to tend to the AD activities full time and the coaching transition has already been put in place.

Second, I’ve heard this from people I respect who have no ties to Nebraska or the Husker football program and hence nothing to gain from the rumormongering.

Your turn. Sound off on the comments…

Harold W. Andersen of the Omaha World Herald (signup required) declares, “how Husker football is covered can help fuel fans’ intolerance.” Actually, the Copy Editor most likely wrote that headline, but I digress.

One of Andersen’s reader put it like this:

“I believe that the change in sports journalism in the two larger papers in this state has contributed to the unfortunate decline in fan tolerance.” (To that appraisal, I would quickly add the performance of radio and TV commentators.)

What? Nothing about how blogs are covering the state’s favorite obsession?

Of course, we’ve hardly begun to rough up the squad, the coaches, the administration or fair weather fans for their poor performances. Guess we better buckle on the chin strap.

According to Big Red Max on Huskerpedia, Johnny Rogers’ property has been absconded with. This is a flagrant violation.

I just got off the phone with Johnny and someone broke into his house in Omaha and stole all his championship rings in addition to other items. The rings that were stolen are as follows:

1970 National Championship ring
1971 National Championship ring
Canadian Grey Cup Championship ring
College Football Hall of Fame ring
Hula Bowl 50 Anniversary ring
Heisman Trophy ring

He has asked me to post a request for help to locate his rings so please keep an eye out on ebay or anywhere else that these rings might show up. He only has a picture of the Heisman ring which he will send me to post. If you have any information that might lead to the recovery of his rings please contact the Omaha police.

Buffs.tv brings us back and it’s not a pleasant stroll down memory lane. This nonsense needs to be put to rest. Not in the bloatosphere. On the field.

Before we get into the X’s and O’s of the game this week, let’s just have a quick look back at Nebraska over the last several years. We all remember 62-36. SInce that program crushing loss things haven’t looked that great for the Huskers

2002 – 7-7
2003 – 10-3
2004 – 5-6
2005 – 6-4

After 2003, their only decent season of the last 4, they fired Frank Solich and hired Bill Callahan from the Oakland Raiders. Bill has managed a poor attempt at a West Coast offense and turned away some of his best recruits. The Huskers even managed to lose to Kansas this year for the first time in over 30 years. He has pissed of Husker loyal fans to the point that the Husker office atcually had to return many of their ticket allottment for this game.

Things are not looking good for the Huskers. And man that is all right with me. I like the fact that you never even hear them mentioned on national TV. I like the fact that I nver have to see that horrible mascot of theirs. I like the fact that you can’t even call them black shirts anymore. They don’t deserve the name. I like the fact that they are so desperate that they burned their freshman QB’s redshirt last week.