Welcome to Husker Heartbeat - a sampling of links and quick wit to start your morning! Keep checking each morning, Monday-Friday, for new links! We look for the offbeat as well as the straightforward - so don’t just think of us as a typical link farm!

A quick abbreviation key FYI: OWH=Omaha World-Herald, LJS=Lincoln Journal-Star, CN=Corn Nation, BRN=Big Red Network, HI=Huskers Illustrated, BRR=Big Red Report. If we need to add more - we will. Others, like ESPN, are self-explanatory.

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*Receiver Chris Brooks, who barely sniffed the field at Nebraska, signed a free agent contract with Tampa Bay Monday. Make of it what you wish. Our readers already have.

*Bo Pelini’s charity golf tournament appears to have been a hit. He’s also slated to speaking a Omaha business motivation seminar that features Colin Powell, Rudy Giuliani, Steve Forbes and Sarah Palin. Don’t worry - it appears this seminar requests an athlete/coach at every stop it makes.

*Tom Osborne wants the Big 12 Championship to rotate back north before 2013, but it would appear he’s in the minority. I’d prefer it stay south, in Cowboys Stadium, where Nebraska can put on an annual recruiting clinic every year it reaches the big game.

*ESPN’s Mark Schlabach ranks Nebraska No. 7 in his post-spring rankings.

*Would the Big 12 pursue Arkansas if the Big Ten picks off Missouri? The Ol’ Ball Coach thinks maybe so.

*Bryce Brown isn’t going to be playing at Tennessee next year. Where to?

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Welcome to Husker Heartbeat - a sampling of links and quick wit to start your morning! Keep checking each morning, Monday-Friday, for new links! We look for the offbeat as well as the straightforward - so don’t just think of us as a typical link farm!

A quick abbreviation key FYI: OWH=Omaha World-Herald, LJS=Lincoln Journal-Star, CN=Corn Nation, BRN=Big Red Network, HI=Huskers Illustrated, BRR=Big Red Report. If we need to add more - we will. Others, like ESPN, are self-explanatory.

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*Larry Asante just wants a chance in the NFL. Doesn’t care which team. We like him in the fourth or fifth round.

*Mike Anderson blames Nebraska’s loss to Creighton on pitching depth. Because getting one hit against a mediocre CU pitching staff between the 3rd and 9th innings had nothing to do with it.

*While conference expansion questions rage on, Texas doesn’t plan to go anywhere. Stew Mandy likes Nebraska for the Big Ten. Thanks there, Stew Mandy.

*Sipple weighs on the challenge of a 3-man quarterback race at Nebraska.

*Former Husker Adam Carriker heads from the Rams to the Redskins. The door is now slightly more open to draft Ndamukong Suh.

*So here’s some more Suh coverage.

*Spring games of the past: 1969.

*Reggie Bush helps USC escape some massive embarrassment (and probably NCAA violations) by settling a lawsuit before being forced to testify about $300,000 in rent he never paid.

*Steve Spurrier, shirtless. I mean, man…

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What is the Coaches Challenge? Nebraska has challenged Kansas! Athletic Director Tom Osborne has issued head Coach Bill Snyder a friendly challenge to see which state can recruit the most new mentors before the K-State v Nebraska football game.

How can I make a difference? It's easy to be a mentor to a youth in YOUR community.

1. Apply
2. Train
3. Get matched with a youth


Visit thecoacheschallenge.org
* Download an application
* Watch Pep Talks from Coach
* Read about mentors in your community
* Join TeamMates on facebook
* Much more!

Questions? Call Adrianne at 402-390-8326 or email awatson@teammates.org

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