Kudos to Nebraska’s mailman

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Saturday was the first day college recruiters could send letters to juniors other than those who play boys’ basketball, and Nebraska gets the award for having the best mail-delivery service because its letter offering a written scholarship to junior quarterback Matt Barkley of Mater Dei arrived Saturday at the Barkley house in Orange County.

‘It was pretty cool,’ Barkley said.

Nebraska pulled off something that sometimes is as difficult as trying to land a man on the moon. If the letter had arrived on Friday, it would have been a violation of NCAA rules. And no overnight delivery is permitted. Whether the letter was mailed in Lincoln or in Southern California, who knows. But the fact is Nebraska’s letter was only one from a college to arrive at Barkley’s house on Saturday.

He’s expected to get plenty more beginning Tuesday, because USC and UCLA, along with others, have already offered him verbally. Barkley attended USC’s game against Idaho Saturday night. He said he ‘roasted’ in the Coliseum but enjoyed it.

But at least for one week, Nebraska outsmarted USC and UCLA in perfecting its mail delivery. Congrats to the Cornhuskers’ recruiting coordinator.

- Eric Sondheimer