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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*Shawn Watson potpourri: Why he’s about to look a lot smarter, and why Sipple thinks he’s playing the offense close to his vest.

*Is Isiah Norton the next Nebraska commit?

*Austin Cassidy - Man with Something to Prove.

*CN defends Mike Anderson. Why? Find out.

*Alabama loses a key member of its defensive secondary to a NCAA violation.

*Colorado held a fireworks-laden, entertaining spring game. Plenty of offense. File that away for next fall. CU will be able to score points next season.

*Fearless Frankie supports Ron Zook.

*Wisconsin ends its Nike relationship over sweatshops in Honduras.

*Baylor had a spring game, too. And you know what? Robert Griffin is going to have a hard time keeping Nick Florence off the field for the next three years.

*At Tennessee, media was charged $50 per head to watch a scrimmage. What are we now - the National Enquirer?

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