Mixed Nutts

Reggie Herring is doing it again. Defending the Hogs joke of a nonconference schedule, I mean. Troy State, TN-Chattanooga, some other rent-a-win and now the Florida International House Of Cupcakes with their 19 game losing streak? Priceless. Making this schedule was so simple, a bald, raving lunatic knuckle-dragger could do it. I'm sure Hootie put Herring up to it, just as the Hogs' spinmeister put DMac up to taking the mike and lecturing the student section about the blackshirts.

Speaking of which, I wonder if da' plane will show up again this weekend? You know, the one Hootie said couldn't be found last year?

I heard today that someone sent a bushel of corn to Hootie's house. Good luck with that. If Nutt really did get offered that job, which I now doubt, he can kiss that one goodbye. Surely Tom Osborne's stint in Washington, D.C. didn't warp his brain to the point that he would hire the Hootster to come to Lincoln. Poor Hootie better stock up on the chapstick regardless, what with a new bosses'@$$ to kiss soon, wherever he is next year.

Jimmy Sexton, Hootie's agent, is based in Memphis I believe. Does Tommy West get another year at Tiger High? If not, Hootie could learn that fight song quicker than you can say 2012.