Midwest Clinic

Julie and I just got back from our trip to the Midwest Clinic in Chicago - the conference is held in several hotels downtown. The primary conference site is the Hilton and Towers - same hotel as was used in the climactic final scene in the Harrison Ford movie The Fugitive. The ballroom above held the jazz concerts - it was the room where Harrison Ford confronted the bad doctor while he was giving his speech.

Of course, we had to spend some time shopping. The Disney store had Enchanted costumes on display in their store on Michigan Ave.

We also went up to the former Marshall Fields - now Macys. They still have the animated window displays at Christmas time. This year the theme was The Nutcracker.


On Thursday afternoon we went to the the Chicago Symphony Brass play a concert at Orchestral Hall, then went across the street to the Art Institute to check out their collection.



Food is always a highlight when we go to Chicago - on Saturday before heading home we ate lunch at Heaven on Seven. Great Cajun food - and the famous wall of hot sauce. If you can bring in hot sauce that they don't have on the wall, dinner for two is free.

See you all on Christmas eve!

just so ya know...

this is Kayla!

BO IS IN

Sources: Nebraska to name LSU defensive coordinator Pelini as coach
By Pat FordeESPN.com(Archive)
Updated: November 30, 2007, 10:41 PM ET
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Barring any last-minute snags, LSU defensive coordinator Bo Pelini will be introduced as the new head coach at Nebraska early next week, multiple sources confirmed Friday.
Pelini will coach the Tigers defense Saturday in the SEC championship game against Tennessee and, according to a source close to the situation, will be in Lincoln for an announcement Monday.
When reached by The Associated Press, Nebraska interim athletic director Tom Osborne refused to comment on the situation.
"I have no comment one way or the other," said Osborne.
Pelini and Buffalo coach Turner Gill were believed to be Tom Osborne's final two choices to replace fired Bill Callahan. Both have Nebraska ties -- Gill as a former player under Osborne and coach under Frank Solich, and Pelini as a former defensice coordinator under Solich.
The move further complicates LSU's postseason. Head coach Les Miles is expected to meet with Michigan Wolverines early next week about its head-coaching vacancy. LSU is making an effort to keep Miles, but he's a Michigan alum who has often voiced his affection for the Wolverines program.
Pat Forde is a senior writer for ESPN.com. He can be reached at ESPN4D@aol.com. Information from The Associated Press contributed to this story.





I would trust this more than the turner rumors.

New Coach?

I dont know how reliable this can be but this guy posted this on huskersillustrated.com today


One poster posted the following two posts: "Turner Gill will be named head coach here at NU. I'm a family member. We're very excited about this. He just found out he got it!! He's very happy and thrilled. Welcome him back folks. You don't have to believe me. But expect the news to be leaked tonight. He's flying in now"

And then someone asked how he was related to Gill he said the following:

"My name is Brent. His wife Gayle is my sister"


hey Tommy, why don't you call up your girlfriend (Gills daughter) and see if it is true.

Coaching Search

Lincoln Journal-Star is reporting that a plane left Lincoln for Baton Rouge this afternoon, and was then going to Atlanta. Turner Gill has also been given permission to interview, and Brian Kelly (Cincinnati) is not commenting, but is also being mentioned. Sounds like Osborne is going to travel to Atlanta (location of the search firm he contracted to help with the search) to do the interviews over the next few days. Probably a smart way to do it - avoids all the press here in town, camped out at the airport and the athletic dep't. I predict an announcement before next weekend.

Tommy and Kayla

Tommy and Kayla had a good week last week. Tommy was inducted into the National Honor Society at Southeast, and played trumpet in the NMEA All-State Jazz Ensemble. He got to play a solo for a packed house of 2500 at the Lied Center.

On Friday we found out that Kayla was selected to the 8th grade All-State Band, and was named first chair clarinet. She will be performing in January in Kearney with the All-State Band.

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