• Two Huskers make CollegeFootballNews.com’s redshirt-freshman all-America team.

• Zac Lee may be untested, but he’s drawing plenty of praise from his teammates.

• It’s a full Friday for Pelini & Co. with Football 202 and Junior Day. | Notes

• Tom Shatel sees a league title game in Texas as a potential plus for Nebraska.

• As “Huskers’ Edge” debuts, Sam McKewon points out the changing realities facing Nebraska’s walk-on program.

• Tom Osborne is listed as one of the 50 greatest coaches in all of sports.

• Mike McNeill joins 29 others on the John Mackey Award watch list.

• Yahoo Sports’ Matt Hinton asks: When will we know if Nebraska is “back”?

• Jordan Makovicka, like brother Justin, decides to transfer.

• Steve Sipple sees four swing games as being pivotal for the Huskers. Tom Shatel wonders whether it’s the North’s turn for a three-way tie at the top.

• Will the league championship game have a permanent home in Texas? Stay tuned.

• Tom Osborne & Bill Snyder vie in a coaches’ challenge that’s not about football.

• Jason Dann, a kicker from Texas, reportedly will walk on at Nebraska.

• The producer of “Walk Ons” expects the program to resonate with Nebraskans.

• Bo Pelini likes what he sees in quarterback Zac Lee.

• Watch ESPN’s Andre Ware give his assessment of the current state of NU football.

• Bo Pelini sees an improved attitude over that of a year ago in his Huskers but says NU isn’t back yet. More from the Huskers’ turn at Big 12 Media Days in Dallas:

• Commentary: McKewon | Sipple | Shatel | Douglass

• Features: Suh on staying | Bo on Bo | Pelini interview

• Notes: Burkes is out | Helu's potential

• Video: Huskers.com | LJS | OWH (Pelini, Suh, Helu, Hickman)

• More: Boulder | Denver | StL | KC | Columbia | Lawrence | Topeka | OKC | Tulsa

• Quentin Castille is fined in an auto-registration case.

• The LJS has five likely questions for the Huskers at Big 12 Media Days.

• Sam McKewon looks at how to fix the Big 12's North-South disparity.

• A shoulder injury could put linebacker Matt Holt on the sideline for the season.

• Tad Stryker points to a key category in which the Huskers need to improve.

• More columns: Shatel on the Big 12's status; Sipple on system restore at KSU.

• With none of the hype of four years ago, Marlon Lucky again sets out to prove himself at the next level.

• John Papuchis feels good about Pierre Allen & Barry Turner at defensive end.

• Ndamukong Suh is voted preseason Big 12 defensive player of the year, while Alex Henery joins him on the South-dominated preseason all-conference team.

• QB Kody Spano is back at "full bore" after ACL surgery, Shawn Watson says.

• There's no use fighting the high-tech touches at the stadium, Steve Sipple says.

• A Big 12 media poll taps NU as the North favorite. | Dissenting view | Shatel column

• As you wait for the season to start, here’s video from the Nebraska segment of ESPN’s 50-state tour.

• Memorial Stadium’s new ribbon boards and high-definition displays make it a whole new ballgame for the Husker Vision crew.

• How does Mike McNeill stack up against the top tight ends in Husker history?

• Howard Schnellenberger says his QB has a better arm than Bernie Kosar.

• Here’s a preview of the Huskers from an Oklahoma perspective.

• NET’s walk-on documentary gets a thumbs-up from Steve Sipple.

• Margaret Max celebrates her 91st birthday.

• Sam McKewon analyzes the fantasy-league potential of Husker players for 2009.

• Linebacker Eric Martin says he has cleared his final academic hurdle.

• Keeping up with NCAA rules is no small task.

• The man who stole from Tom Osborne: Lynn Finney tells his story: Part 1 | Part 2

• Cory Schlesinger is now “Mr. Schlesinger” at a Detroit-area high school.

• Carl Pelini will appear at fan picnics in Wichita on July 25 and Topeka on Aug. 1.

• The NET special “Walk Ons: Huskers’ Edge” will premiere July 30 in Omaha. It will be aired statewide Aug. 4th, 6th and 9th, and there will be a Lexington screening on Aug. 6th.

• Barry Switzer, visiting Omaha, says recruiting is key to NU’s hopes.

• Former Huskers say they get a charge out of seeing their likenesses in video games.

• DeAntae, Cortney and Ronnell Grixby are fined for an altercation at a bowling alley.

• TD Ameritrade chairman Joe Moglia takes on a role as consultant for NU athletics.

• Tom Osborne and others deliver plaudits and punchlines at a Bobby Bowden roast.

• Cody Glenn spends some time at home in Rusk, Texas, before training camp.

• Hunting and Husker football: Nebraskans juggle the twin autumn passions.

• Congrats to the latest Huskers set to join the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame: Kenny Brown, Dennis Carlson, Dana Brinson, Kelly Saalfeld and Steve Warren.

• Arkansas State dismisses three players. Also, it has game tickets for sale.

• Wide receiver Tim Marlowe is ticketed for minor consumption.

• Menelik Holt tops Sam McKewon’s list of Huskers with the most to prove in ’09.

• Colorado has lofty expectations after a disappointing 2008 season.

• This season is Derek Meyer’s one shot to fulfill his dream.

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• Pete Fiutak of CollegeFootballNews.com previews the 2009 Cornhuskers.

• What used to be taken for granted — no turnover on the coaching staff — should pay dividends for the Huskers this season, Tad Stryker writes.

• Bill Snyder faces another rebuilding job at Kansas State.

• While Monte & Lane work in Tennessee, another Kiffin keeps a low profile in Lincoln.

• The Jayhawks are out to prove to the football world that they have staying power.

• Tom Osborne puts the finishing touches on his fourth book.

• Monte Kiffin sees similarities between Knoxville and Lincoln.

• Except for the O-line, the Sooners are loaded for the coming season.

• Steve Sipple will be the guest speaker at the Iowans 4 Nebraska golf outing.

• Baylor and QB Robert Griffin have bowl hopes in in 2009.

• Fan Day is set for a sooner-than-usual Aug. 8 at Memorial Stadium.

• The New York Times writes about Sam Keller’s suit against EA Sports.

• Iowa State’s new coach has a real fixer-upper on his hands.

• Charlie McBride takes his new duties as a Harris poll voter seriously.

• Can Texas Tech reload after losing Michael Crabtree and Graham Harrell?

• The 1997 “flea-kicker” play against Mizzou is rated the No. 4 Big 12 memory.

• Harvey Perlman gets a challenge from Utah as he testifies on BCS/antitrust issues.

• Niles Paul is fined after pleading guilty to reckless driving.

• This year’s version of the Missouri Tigers has a lot of young faces.

• Barney Cotton discusses who’s emerging at what positions on the O-line.

• Niles Paul reportedly has struck a plea deal in his DUI case.

• Louisiana-Lafayette has big shoes to fill on offense.

• Only Uncle Sam can get the BCS to change, Sam McKewon writes.

• Virginia Tech, returning 17 starters, is setting the bar higher for itself this year.

• Dan Whitney, aka Larry the Cable Guy, is all about faith, family and football. | More

• Arkansas State has given Big 12 schools fits in recent seasons.

• Trev Alberts’ fast start as A.D. at UNO gets noticed by the New York Times.

• A look at Florida Atlantic, the program Howard Schnellenberger built from scratch.

• At age 93, Madelyn Elder of Scottsbluff is a Husker fan who truly gets around.

• Former Husker fullback Willie Miller gets probation in a 2008 road-rage incident.

• Tim Griffin's No. 7 Big 12 moment: Stuntz to Crouch vs. Oklahoma in 2001.

• Todd Peterson battles for a spot on the Jacksonville Jaguars’ roster.

• Tom Osborne shares some memories of the 1962 team and its coaching staff.

• Harvey Perlman comes to the defense of the BCS in a StatePaper interview.