The pipeline from Fort Scott (Kan.) Community College to Lincoln appears that it will continue to flow with the commitment of tight end Terrell Mitchell, who told Huskers Illustrated on Friday that Nebraska is his clear No. 1 school and that he will make his official announcement on Monday. When asked if he could foresee anything happening between now and Monday that would make it so he wouldn't choose the Huskers, Mitchell said, "I can't see it."

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Premium ContentThough he's now the head football coach at Kansas, former Nebraska quarterback Turner Gill was clearly back in Husker country Thursday night at the 12th annual St. Pius X/St. Leo's Sports Night in midtown Omaha. And the first question Gill received from the audience — Will you miss playing NU on a yearly basis? — sure proved it. “In what way?” Gill said, smiling. Actually, he said, KU's administration had discussed with him the prospect of the Jayhawks continuing their...

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Premium ContentDefine foreshadowing: As you drive into this town, just 20 minutes south of Kansas Speedway, there is a sign hidden slightly by overgrown brush: “Gardner: Where the Trails Divide.” How apt a description that is for Bubba Starling, this lanky-but-well-built kid walking toward the Gardner-Edgerton baseball diamond an hour before any other teammate would, a blue bat bag slung over his shoulder. During the next hour, a glut of reporters will pepper Bubba about which trail he'll choose:...

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Premium ContentRyne Reeves could hardly wait to get the go-ahead with his surgically repaired right shoulder. Track season had started without the Crete High senior throwing the shot put, but Reeves was still in the ring every day tinkering with his footwork and form. “I would just work on my spins,” Reeves said. “I'd do about 50 spins a day. Then I'd go over and do all my physical therapy.” Reeves is only a few months from beginning his Nebraska football career. The 6-foot-3,...

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A proven Division II kicker wants to join the Nebraska football program, and he’s not a former University of Nebraska at Omaha player. Former Chadron State kicker Michael Ziola confirmed Monday that he expects to transfer to NU and contend for the place-kicking job in 2012 after he sits out a year because of NCAA transfer guidelines. Ziola, from Columbus, made 18 of 22 field-goal attempts and all 39 extra-point tries as a redshirt freshman for the 8-3 Eagles.

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About a month before the Eagles selected Nebraska’s Alex Henery in the fourth round of the NFL draft — likely signaling the end of David Akers’ 12-year run with the franchise — the Pro Bowl performer dreamed that the team would take a kicker. A friend already had told him about a similar premonition. Moments after last season ended, Akers predicted that he had played his last game with the Eagles. But the dream seemed all too real.

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Premium ContentThe Nebraska and Oklahoma football programs will go head-to-head again — on the recruiting trail. They're the two finalists for Fort Scott (Kan.) Community College tight end Terrell Mitchell, who hasn't played in a game since high school in 2008 yet has become one of the summer's most sought-after prospects. “He's the best tight end in America,” Fort Scott coach Jeff Sims said. At 6-foot-6, 250 pounds, Mitchell redshirted last season at Fort Scott before tearing his ACL in...

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Premium ContentNebraska’s Yoshi Hardrick felt particularly inspired just before the start of spring practice, so he logged on to Twitter and shared an abbreviated overview of the Huskers’ offensive philosophy. “Offense at Nebraska new definition = violent #believeit.” The senior offensive lineman thought that was harmless. Some who read it had a different interpretation. The senior offensive lineman thought that was harmless. Some who read it had a different interpretation.

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Lombard (Ill.) Montini Catholic four-star receiver Jordan Westerkamp reported to 247Sports that he committed to Nebraska on Friday. The 6-foot-1, 190-pound Westerkamp chose the Cornhuskers over offers from the likes of Michigan State, Iowa, Cincinnati, Illinois, Boston College and Arizona.

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Premium ContentIt’s a great time to lead a major athletic conference in search of a new television contract because broadcast outlets are on a spending spree for “inventory’’ to fill multiple channels. The expanded Pac-12 Conference just landed a deal for $250 million annually, the highest total ever. The Atlantic Coast Conference boosted its rights to $155 million annually last year. The Big 12 last month crafted a deal for its secondary rights that increased its yearly total from TV...

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Premium ContentIf Nebraska offensive coordinator Tim Beck employs the Pistol formation next fall as much as he did in NU's spring game, he'll find an avid supporter in Colin Kaepernick. He's admittedly biased. In four years as quarterback at Nevada — where coach Chris Ault invented the sawed-off shotgun formation — Kaepernick ran nearly every play out of the Pistol. He became the first collegiate player to throw for 10,000 yards and rush for 4,000 in a career.

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