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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*ESPN’s David Ubben names his top 25 players in the Big 12. Needless to say, we don’t agree with all of it, and the top ten has a heavy southern feel.

*Illinois’ Ron Zook says the SEC is better than the Big Ten - but not by much.

*Now that his AD was sacked by a DUI/panty raid, is Mark Richt’s seat a little hotter?

*A look at the new Michigan Stadium Big House after a $226 million makeover.

*LJS Sipple says fans shouldn’t be too arrogant heading into the Big Ten.

*USC defensive end plays get out of jail free card, transfers to Tennessee.

*Dr. Saturday picks Western Kentucky, NU’s first opponent, to finish last in the Sun Belt.

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