The Oregon Duck Mascot surprises the Big Ten Conference again! This time, the Duck decided to fly across the country to attend Nebraska Cornhuskers Media Day. Local Nebraska media couldn’t believe that the Duck is at their season opening press conference.

Cannot wait to see what Nebraska coach Matt Rhule has to say when he sees the Duck at his press conference.

This is a perfect example of what Oregon Ducks coach Dan Lanning meant when he said, “Oregon is mighty different” at Big Ten Media Day in Indianapolis last week.

For their inaugural Big Ten Media Days in Indianapolis, Oregon busted out a massive inflatable Duck to float the White River in downtown Indianapolis.

“I’m hoping we get to travel that Duck to all of our away games this year.” Lanning said.

While the inflatable Duck might not hit the road this season, it looks like the actual mascot, might!

The Ducks have undoubtedly one of the most recognizable brands in college football and this move will definitely bring even more eyeballs to Oregon as it joins the Big Ten conference.

“We’re mighty different when it comes to the jerseys you might see us wear, or the facilities that we get to be in,” Lanning said. “And we’re innovative, and we’ve always been on the cutting edge of everything we do. We’ve certainly positioned ourselves to be on the cutting edge and we’re grateful for the opportunity to compete in the Big Ten.”

The Ducks are college football realignment winners. Oregon is a first-year Big Ten team that can contend right away for a Big Ten title and in the College Football Playoff.

Oregon is also certainly already winners when it comes to marketing, branding and having fun.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (KSNB) – The annual Nebraska-Maine Wrestling Exchange is over 40 years old, but this year featured girls wrestlers for the very first time.

Northwest High School hosted the inaugural event, which had 16 total bouts, featuring local athletes from Kearney, Northwest, Grand Island, Lexington, Adams Central and other area schools.

The wrestlers selected to compete included state medalists, as well as state champions, such as Johnson County Central’s Jocelyn Prado, Adams Central’s Kayden Sipp and Grand Island’s Anyia Roberts.

Organizers said the event finally coming to fruition is a testament to the growth and popularity of girls wrestling.

“It’s exploding, this is Nebraska’s fourth year of being sanctioned. Maine is going into their second year, they don’t have the numbers yet that we do, but it’s growing. A lot of these girls have wrestled all over the Midwest, all over the country, in national tournaments, so it is exploding everywhere,” said Jeff Paige, Northwest girls wrestling coach.

When all was said and done, Nebraska was the winner of the first-ever girls wrestling exhibition, topping Maine 49-24.

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LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — The American Civil Liberties of Nebraska filed a lawsuit Monday against the secretary of state.

The lawsuit would force Secretary of State Bob Evnen to allow convicted felons to register to vote.

Earlier this month, Evnen told county election offices to stop letting felons register.

He said he was following an opinion issued by Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers, who said two state laws restoring felons’ voting rights were unconstitutional.

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But the ACLU said attorney general opinions are nonbinding and cannot overturn a law passed by the Legislature.

The organization said Evnen is nullifying a law — which the state constitution says only the courts can do — and is therefore violating the separation of powers.

“Secretary Evnen’s actions, taken less than four months before a presidential election, have dramatically upended two decades of settled election law and created chaos, confusion, and uncertainty in Nebraska’s electoral process,” the lawsuit says.

The ACLU brought the suit on behalf of nonprofit Civic Nebraska and three people with felony convictions who are eligible to register under state law.

“We have paid our debt in full, and we should be fully included in our democracy,” said one of the plaintiffs, T.J. King, in a press release. “Being a productive member of society comes with many responsibilities, including jobs, bills and takes. Those are essential, and so is having a say in who represents us and how tax dollars are spent.”

The ACLU wants to bypass the lower courts and take the lawsuit directly to the Nebraska Supreme Court “given the nature and urgency of the case.”