- Observations from the Nevada game
- The biggest difference between 2007 and 2006? That offensive line. I'm not sure where they go from here, but they looked dominant as hell. Sam Keller had tons of time, and no pass rush to speak of to deal with. I thought this was the area that could do the most in helping Nebraska return to the elite.
- We have gotten so used to very ordinary games from Nebraska when playing D-1 middle of the road teams (TCU about 5 years ago, Southern Miss, Wake Forest, Pitt, etc). Games that are very un-inspiring, usually about 20-10 victories for Nebraska that leave you completely unimpressed. To see them impose their will on a 2006 bowl team, accumulating over 600 yards, 400 on the ground, was very reassuring.
- Sam Keller is accurate as crap. If the WR's catch balls that hit their hands, he can add about 50 yards to his total. He has the look, puts the ball on the money, and is going to be very good I think this year. Yes, the delivery looks a tad strange, but it gets there. Can't wait to watch Keller these next 2 weekks, on the road and against #1 USC.
- These WR's are so painfully ordinary. Without Mo Purify, there are no gamebreakers/NFL type talents. Just a bunch of average guys. Too many dropped passes, no threats to take it to the house, and just a below average effort all around. This could be trouble.....
- Marlon Lucky was damn good. He's been forecasted to have a breakout year finally, and if he stays healthy, it will probably happen.
- Quentin Castille is going to be good. That kid is 18 and looks like a senior. Runs low, runs tough, has moves, and has speed. Cody Glenn better get healthy or this kid will take all of his carries. And he's only going to get better.
- That kicker from Crowley has an unbelievable leg. That ball was exploding off of his foot. The kicking game is much improved from last year. Of course, it was so bad, that it wouldn't take much to improve it.
- The LB's looked great. Octavien is a player. All over the field, disrupting plays, chasing people down from behind, and just being destructive. He's fun to watch.
- Stop all the motioning and just get to the line and blow an inferior opponent off of the ball. With a new QB and it being early in the year, make it simple for Keller. Too many play clock issues in the 1st half due to the excessive pre-snap shifting/motioning.
- Box Score
1 2 3 4 - Final
Nevada 0 10 0 0 - 10
Nebraska 7 14 24 7 - 52
1st quarter
NEB - M. Lucky, 16 pass from S. Keller
(A. Henery kick), 4:16
2nd quarter
NEV - B. Jaekle, 36 FG, 13:58
NEV - J. Amaya, 80 INT return (Jaekle kick), 10:53
NEB - Lucky, 1 run (Henery kick), 6:40
NEB - Q. Castille, 1 run (Henery kick), 2:22
3rd quarter
NEB - Lucky, 17 run (Henery kick), 11:30
NEB - Lucky, 3 run (Henery kick), 8:59
NEB - A. Kunalic, 46 FG, 4:45
NEB - Castille, 2 run (Henery kick), 0:50
4th quarter
NEB - M. Culbert, 17 run (Henery kick), 8:31
NEV NEB
First downs................... 9 35
Rushes-Net Yds................ 24-77 70-413
Net Yds Passing............... 108 212
Completions-Attempts-Int.... 9-27-1 15-26-1
Total Offense................. 185 625
Fumbles-Lost.................. 1-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards............... 12-86 8-65
Punts-Average................. 10-40.1 2-44.5
Punt returns-Average.......... 2-7.5 5-5.6
Kickoff returns-Average....... 3-23.0 3-24.3
Interceptions-Yds-TD.......... 1-80-1 1-0-0
Possession Time............... 19:22 40:38
Third-Down Conversions........ 1 of 13 7 of 15
Fourth-Down Conversions....... 1 of 1 1 of 2
Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 1-1 7-8
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 0-0 1-9
RUSHING
NEV: N.Graziano 6-29; V.Taua 3-24; B.Fragger 7-16; A.Rosenblum 1-16; C.Randall 2-6; M.Lippincott 4-(-5); M.Samples 1-(-9)
NEB: M.Lucky 30-233; Q.Castille 18-78; M.Culbert 5-35; C.Glenn 8-29; R.Helu 6-26; J.Ganz 2-15; Team 1-(-3)
PASSING
NEV: N.Graziano 8/24 109 Yds, 0 TD, 1 INT;
C.Kaepernick 1/3 -1 Yds, 0 TD, 0 INT
NEB: S.Keller 14/25 193 Yds, 1 INT, 1 TD;
J.Ganz 1/1 19 Yds, 0 TD, 0 INT
RECEIVING
NEV: M.McCoy 2-37; M.Mitchell 2-34; A.King Jr. 2-11; K.Sammons 1-19; L.Lippincott 1-8; C.Wellington 1-(-1)
NEB: M.Lucky 3-33; T.Nunn 2-36; N.Swift 2-28; M.McNeill 1-25; F.Hardy 1-24; D.Erickson 1-19; A.Sand 1-15; D.Young 1-14; T.Peterson 1-8; N.Paul 1-6; C.Brooks 1-4
Attendance: 84,078
- Mo Purify returns this week, hopefully can raise the performance of an average WR corps.
NU Football: Purify returns to Husker plans
BY RICH KAIPUST
WORLD-HERALD BUREAU
LINCOLN - Lost in the feel-good offensive performance on Saturday by Nebraska was the fact that one of its most dangerous players wasn't a threat to Nevada at all.
Senior receiver Maurice Purify was serving a one-game suspension and watched in street clothes. His teammates are excited about his return for the trip to Wake Forest on Saturday.
"That just gets teams worried because we did this without one of our big-play receivers," NU offensive tackle Carl Nicks said. "We're just going to open up the arsenal even more when he comes back."
Nebraska went about its business without Purify, riddling Nevada for 625 total yards in a 52-10 win. At least for one Saturday, the All-Big 12 candidate wasn't missed.
"As far as the game plan changing without Mo, it didn't really," quarterback Sam Keller said. "When Mo gets back next week, it'll be beautiful, we'll have all of our horses and we'll just be ready to roll against Wake Forest."
Whether Purify starts at Wake Forest, head coach Bill Callahan said Monday, will be determined later this week.
The 6-foot-4, 220-pounder from Eureka, Calif., was suspended from the team for six weeks during the summer because of two alcohol-related incidents, but returned at the start of preseason camp. He also was excused from five practices late in camp to return to the Bay Area after the death of his brother.
But Callahan hinted on the Big 12 teleconference on Monday not to underestimate how ready Purify might be.
"He's a guy who's pretty focused, so we would anticipate him playing at the level we expect him to be at and, of course, he's got higher expectations than we do," Callahan said. "I'm optimistic and I'm very positive that he comes back being a productive player for us."
Purify was NU's second-leading receiver last season, when the junior college transfer overcame a slow start to catch 34 passes and score seven touchdowns. The nationally televised game against Wake Forest will be his first chance to work with Keller in a regular-season game.
NU offensive coordinator Shawn Watson said Purify's absence didn't mean big changes for Nevada, when the wideouts accounted for nine of the Huskers' 15 receptions but also dropped two passes.
"We keep doing our stuff," Watson said. "Football's not that way. You have a plan overall that can last you a season. What that does is just add Mo to our game. It adds a big talent back into our attack."
Backup tight end Hunter Teafatiller also sat against Nevada. Like Purify, the junior had an arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence during the summer.
"They just add to the depth of our receiving corps," Callahan said. "We get the luxury of playing another tight end and another receiver. Both those guys are team guys and I think they really have learned from the incidents that occurred, and I know they feel a great deal of remorse and that the game they missed hurt them badly. I'm sure they want to get back and prove themselves all over again."
- Nebraska's Line dominates....
Husker offensive line key for rushing success
By BRIAN CHRISTOPHERSON / Lincoln Journal Star
The Husker offense behaved like a middle-school bully Saturday.
Yeah, but it was against Nevada.
It racked up 52 points and 625 yards.
Yeah, against Nevada.
And 413 of those yards were on the ground.
Yes, and I beat my kid brother at arm wrestling yesterday. Are you still talking about the Nevada game?
OK, maybe we are. Sorry. It’s all we’ve got to go on for now.
Surely the Husker offensive linemen won’t mind if we continue for a bit. They have got to be feeling pretty good right about now.
It’s only one week into the season, but Nebraska leads the country in rushing (413 yards) and junior Marlon Lucky has more rushing yards (233) than anyone else in NCAA Division I-A.
And the linemen, oh, those linemen. They’re talking like they used to talk around here, back in the days when 400-yard rushing performances were met with little more than a shoulder shrug.
“We run the ball. That’s the main priority here. That’s the tradition here and we’ve just got to live up to it,” Husker left tackle Carl Nicks said. “We weren’t surprised. I told Marlon before the game if he don’t get over 200, I’m not going to be happy.”
Lucky got the headlines, but NU’s offensive line gave out the headaches to Nevada’s defense in a 52-10 win.
“To run the ball effectively, it’s been a goal. It’s been a focus of this offense since we arrived,” Husker coach Bill Callahan said Monday. “You can’t win in this conference without being able to run the ball. We were pleased with how we ran it Saturday, but that’s just one game.”
One game against Nevada.
This week features a trip to Wake Forest and maybe the holes at the line of scrimmage aren’t so big down there in North Carolina.
Certainly, Nebraska probably won’t get in the 70 rushing plays it did against the Wolf Pack.
As Callahan said: “Things change according to game-planning. One week you can throw it for 400 and rush for 100. It’s all based on who you’re matched up against.”
After Saturday’s game, the coach said “the profile” of Nebraska’s offensive line has changed.
More size. More experience. More depth. More versatility.
The Huskers played five guys at the tackle spots Saturday — Nicks, Lydon Murtha, Matt Slauson, D.J. Jones and Mike Smith.
Slauson was also taking snaps at right guard, the position he’s listed at on the depth chart.
Husker senior quarterback Sam Keller couldn’t stop gushing about the guys up front. Such would be expected from a quarterback touched by a defender only once all game.
Of course, that’s kind of the way it’s supposed to be this year, Husker offensive line coach Dennis Wagner said.
“We have a veteran offensive line. We need to do this every week to help Sam along.”
Still, Callahan looked at the stat sheet with a hint of surprise when the game was over.
A former offensive line coach, he knew his guys had their way, but not to the extent the statistics showed.
“You know what? If you would have told me that was going to happen, I would have told you you were crazy,” Callahan said. “I never thought in a million years that we would have had the numbers that we had. I was kind of astounded afterward that the numbers were that high. It didn’t feel like that during the course of the game.”
Maybe Callahan didn’t feel it, but Nicks did.
In the postgame interview room, someone told him Nebraska had the ball for a remarkable 40 minutes and 38 seconds.
“Was it? Geez, I thought it was about 50 (minutes) with how many plays we were running,” Nicks said. “We were a little tired, our legs were a little tired, but you know, it was all worth it. We was just pounding the rock.”
- Video Highlights
- Observations from the Opening Weekend of College Football. I didn't get to watch as much as I wanted due to Dove Hunting activities, but I was still able to get some TV time in.
- I hate to say I told you so, but......Texas, Oklahoma St. and Michigan stayed true to the form I predicted for them. Some ink from this very blog re these 3 teams....
1) Texas - 3 NFL offensive lineman are gone. 3 NFL defensive backs are gone from one of the worst pass defenses in 2006. Genius D-Coordinator Gene Chizik is gone. A lot of off-season arrests. No yard eater at RB. 3 WR's with nagging injuries. This team will disappoint big time. Look at the list of QB's/coaches that can't wait to expose this secondary - Bob Stoops, Bobby Reid, Steven McGee, Bill Callahan/Sam Keller, Mike Leach/Graham Harrell. Mark it down, they'll lose 3 of those 5 games.
2) Michigan - First off, they play in the Big 10. 2nd, they lost 8 starters on a defense that was exposed against good teams. And 3rd, Mike Hart and Chad Henne are 2 of the most overrated offensive talents in the nation. And they're 0-3 against Ohio St. and in bowl games in the past 3 years.
3) Oklahoma St. - How can a team with such offensive firepower be overrated? Because the defense is that bad. You can score all you want, but when it's all said and done, can you control the clock and stop offenses when it counts? The answer will be no for these guys in 2007.
- Oklahoma may have the most talented team of the Stoops era. Add in Rhett Bomar and it would no question be the most talented team. This team is scary good. That O-line is awesome. They look tough as nails.
- DeSean Jackson is a freak. He's one of the few players worthy of super-hype. Cal is very good, very good.
- Harrison Beck is starting this week for NC State. All you gamblers out there, load up on Boston College.
- West Virginia may go undefeated, but it will never win a championship with that defense. Very ordinary.
- Check out North Texas's unis. I like the colors, the scheme, and the look. But it's Southlake all the way. Only things missing are the blonde dye jobs and Hitler symposiums.
- Great lineup of games coming up this weekend. More on this later in the week.
- So a team that has Terrance Newman hurting and has corner issues feels the need to release Aaron Glenn? He may have been terrible this preseason, but he can't be that bad. He's a veteran, can still play (don't put stock into the preseason peformance), and you know what you're getting with him. A strange, strange move. Apparently Roy William's is peeved....
Glenn's release angers Cowboys' Williams
09:11 PM CDT on Monday, September 3, 2007
By CALVIN WATKINS / The Dallas Morning News
cwatkins@dallasnews.com
IRVING – Cowboys strong safety Roy Williams expressed anger over the team's decision to release veteran cornerback Aaron Glenn.
When asked if he talked to anyone in the organization about Glenn's release, Williams said Monday, "Why, I'm just going to be preaching to the choir. It doesn't really matter. They took care of what they had to do, right."
Glenn, a 14-year veteran, was signed Monday by Jacksonville after Dallas cut him on Saturday.
Williams said Glenn was the Cowboys' third-best cornerback.
"Yeah, most definitely, he's a great cornerback for us," Williams said. "I feel that if Terence [Newman] couldn't play, Aaron would be the person that would have started."
Newman is battling a foot injury and his status for the season opener Sunday is in question.
"It's tough man, but that's how it goes," inside linebacker Bradie James said. "I don't know what else to say. Aaron Glenn was a guy who helped me in my development, but you lose those guys. This is my fifth year and this is the nature of it."
Should Newman miss the opener, Jacques Reeves, who has started only one NFL game, will get the start.
"He was a professional, a guy you could learn from," Reeves said of Glenn. "Not just on the field, but off the field."
Glenn, 35, had talked about playing until he was 40 years old, much like his mentor, Darrell Green, who played for the Washington Redskins.
Glenn mentored several players, including then-rookie Patrick Watkins last season. He also talked to players about professionalism in the business world.
"I think that he was an asset for us with his wisdom and his knowledge of the game," Williams said. "The way he took care of all these young players and myself, too, we learned a lot from him. Hopefully now, we can just go off of what he taught us and what we learned from him."
- Marc Stein's interview with Dirk
Nowitzki: 'I take losses harder probably than anyone else in this league'
Unlike the Olympic qualifying tournament Team USA just won, in which the starry hosts saw few familiar faces and even less competition, Eurobasket 2007 is teeming with tough teams and famous names.
Pau Gasol leads a four-man NBA contingent for the heavily favored hosts from Spain. Finals MVP Tony Parker and Boris Diaw headline the French roster. Russia (Andrei Kirilenko) and Turkey (Mehmet Okur) also have NBA All-Stars in their lineups.
Yet it seems safe to pinpoint Germany's Dirk Nowitzki as the prime recipient of scrutiny in a field featuring 16 countries, since the Spaniards have already qualified for the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing by winning the 2006 World Championship … and since the reigning NBA MVP is returning to the floor for the first time since his 67-win Dallas Mavericks were ousted in the first round of the playoffs by Golden State.
The following is our phone conversation with Nowitzki from Mallorca on the eve of the tournament, which runs Monday through Sept. 16:
Q: We've been reading German press reports over here about your recent trip Down Under to search for "the meaning of life." Is that what you were actually doing?
A: It wasn't really about that. First of all, I always wanted to see Australia. But I really just wanted to get away [after the Golden State series]. Hopefully, our season is never going to be that short again, so this was my chance to get away for a good four or five weeks. It seemed like Australia was the best spot to go. Nobody cares about the MVP down there. It wasn't hard at all [traveling] around. It was great, actually.
Q: Give us some highlights from the trip.
A: First we flew from Frankfurt to Dubai, which is nuts. They have everything there. We stayed in a seven-star hotel, craziest hotel I've even seen. It's 120 degrees outside and you can ski in a skiing arena. But I can't ski because of my contract, so we only stayed there for two nights. I wanted to get to Australia anyway.
We did a lot of camping and went everywhere: Great Barrier Reef, Melbourne, Adelaide. Obviously, it's winter in the Southern Hemisphere, so we didn't see the sun for three weeks. We went old school and rented like a four-wheel drive and slept some nights in the car.
Q: You slept where?
A: You could set it up where the whole roof of the car turns into a [tent and] bed. So I slept upstairs and [longtime mentor] Holger [Geschwindner] slept downstairs. It's pretty smart.
Q: Sounds like you really did get away from the game.
A: You never see any basketball where we were. I think I saw one half of one game of the Finals. It was at like 10 in the morning. But [the series] was so brutal that I couldn't watch it.
Q: All that time traveling with your personal shot doctor and basketball never came up?
A: Obviously, we talked about the playoffs and my career and how far I've come and what I have to do [after the disappointment of the playoffs]. But some days we wouldn't say two words to each other. Some days you talk for eight hours. It just depends.
Q: Any other highlights from the trip?
A: I grew a full beard. I shaved the night before we left and then I said that I'm not even going to take a razor. After about three weeks, I had a full beard and I couldn't even look at myself. But I had to keep it until I got back to Germany. I wanted everybody [in the family] to see it.
Q: Since you've been back in the gym, what have you been working on?
A: I've worked hard these last two months. I don't think I can get in better shape than I am right now. But I want to keep trying to be more athletic. I know I'm never going to jump higher. But I can work on my first step, trying to make it quicker.
Q: Are you ready to go back under the microscope of playing games, albeit with Germany instead of the Mavs?
A: I've been under the microscope already for the last couple years. I don't think it's going to change too much.
Q: You said from the start of your NBA career that getting to the Olympics with Germany is your dream. Does that finally happen this summer?
A: I hope so, but it's going to be pretty tough. We have to finish in the top two or three [at Eurobasket] to qualify [for the Olympics]. I've been saying that Spain and Greece are the heavy favorites, but after that, I think the field is wide open. Since we finished second [in Eurobasket 2005], I think we've got a shot.
Q: How many more summers will you play for your country?
A: I'm committed until the 2008 Olympics, then I'll probably take a break. I didn't say I will retire forever, but it will be time for a break. How long that break will be, nobody knows. I never know what the future is going to bring.
Q: Have you gone back yet and watched any of the Golden State series?
A: I can't see myself doing that any time soon. Maybe I should. Once I get back [to the States], maybe I'll ask our video guys to put together [clips from] some of my offensive [possessions]. But I don't really need to watch it again. I already know what they did to me. They played me with a smaller guy, they fronted me, they crowded me.
Q: Losing to Miami in the Finals after taking the 2-0 lead or losing to Don Nelson and the Warriors in the first round -- which hurts worse?
A: I still put them on the same level frustrationwise. That one year when we went to the Finals, we weren't the heavy favorites [in the playoffs] even though we should have won the Finals. This time, we were the heavy favorites and we said from the beginning that anything but a championship would be a huge disappointment. I rank them both on a high level of frustration. But you gotta keep going.
Q: Your buddy Steve Nash keeps saying that winning the MVP trophy will actually help you get over the playoff disappointment as opposed to putting more pressure on you. Is he right?
A: It's an unbelievable honor that I'll never forget. But I consider this a team game, not an individual game. If you don't win it all … the toughest thing is that it's always going to combine with our [first-round exit].
When I think back on the season, I don't think of the MVP. I think of the playoffs. I've always taken losses hard. I think I take losses harder probably than anyone else in this league.
Q: So how hard on yourself are you four months later?
A: Actually, I feel pretty good right now. I think I got over the worst of it. The two months I took off were the longest I haven't touched a ball in 10 years or more.
Q: But is it fair to say that you might have squandered two of your best chances to win a championship?
A: I know I'm almost 30, but I feel like I still have a lot of good years left in me. I don't think [last season] was the last chance.
Q: After the last two playoff endings, some of us find it surprising that the Mavs will go into next season with no major roster changes. Do you?
A: We had trouble with one team, not 29. We still have a good team. I don't think it's time to panic because we had trouble with one team over three years. To win 67 games was very, very special. We just met a hot team. I don't want to think that everything we're doing in Dallas is wrong because we lost to one hot team. I still believe we have some great pieces, with a great coach and a great owner and a great organization that will hopefully win it all one day.
Q: So you disagree with armchair psychologists like me who say that the roster needed more of a shake-up because the Miami and Golden State endings inflicted long-lasting scars that won't just go away?
A: You're asking some hypothetical questions. Nobody knows. You [media] guys are the experts. You guys all talk, but nobody really knows if we can [bounce back] or we can't. We're just going to have to go out and get over it. None of us are saying, 'No, we can't.' I think The General [coach Avery Johnson] is going to get everybody ready.
Q: OK, then. Here's a nonhypothetical question: Where are you going to keep your MVP trophy?
A: It's in Germany, mate. I gave it to my mom.
- Carter Albrecht, popular local musician, Sorta band member, and friend of The Ticket and Danny Balis, shot to death Saturday night.
Carter Albrecht, musician with Sorta, New Bohemians, dies in shooting
09:07 AM CDT on Tuesday, September 4, 2007
By TANYA EISERER / The Dallas Morning News
teiserer@dallasnews.com
The local music community was left stunned Monday by the fatal shooting of a well-known musician who authorities say beat up his girlfriend and then tried to kick in a neighbor's door in an apparent drunken rage.
Jeffrey Carter Albrecht, 34, died early Monday after being shot in the head by the neighbor, who thought he was a burglar. Police said the girlfriend had bruises on her face but did not suffer serious injuries. The couple did not have a history of domestic violence, police said.
Mr. Albrecht, who went by his middle name, was a guitarist and keyboardist best known for his work with the Dallas rock band Sorta as well as with Edie Brickell & New Bohemians.
"It's a sad day for Dallas music," local concert promoter Mike Snider said. "He was a musical genius, a real prodigy — everything came to him naturally. He was an incredible instrumentalist — when he played, you could really see the joy he got out of playing."
According to police, Mr. Albrecht and his girlfriend had been partying at a Greenville Avenue bar. He had gotten drunk, and she had driven them to her home in the 9000 block of Santa Clara Drive, just east of White Rock Lake, police said.
The girlfriend told police that Mr. Albrecht slammed a drinking glass on a table, cutting his hand. He then struck the girlfriend in the face several times with his fist, knocking her to the floor at about 4 a.m. Monday, the report said.
He hit her in the back while she was on the floor, the report said. She broke away from Mr. Albrecht and ran outside. He followed her, according to the report. She then went around to the back yard and through the back door, locking Mr. Albrecht out, the report said.
Mr. Albrecht "attempted a few times to gain access to the … residence by knocking and banging on the door," but could not get in, the report said. Police believe Mr. Albrecht then went to the back of nearby neighbor's home.
The neighbor told police "he was awakened when he heard his wife screaming that someone was breaking into the house." The man was kicking and banging at the door, and the homeowner yelled at him to stop.
When the man, identified as Mr. Albrecht, didn't stop, the homeowner who was armed with a handgun "shot one time at the top of the door," the report said.
"He was trying to shoot over his head to scare him away," but Mr. Albrecht "is rather tall," said Sgt. Larry Lewis, a homicide supervisor, estimating the musician's height to be 6-foot-5.
Mr. Albrecht was shot once time in the head and died at the scene.
Police did not release the name of the homeowner who shot Mr. Albrecht. Investigators said the case will be referred to the grand jury to determine whether any charges will be filed.
A new law, nicknamed the "Castle doctrine," eliminates the requirement that someone has to retreat before using deadly force to defend themselves. The law already allows a person to use deadly force to prevent someone from committing a break-in at night.
Mr. Albrecht's parents declined to comment on the events surrounding his death but did say that they had spoken to his girlfriend.
"She's a dear person," the musician's mother, Judith Albrecht, said. "We've hugged and cried. I know they cared for each other a lot."
Mrs. Albrecht and her husband, Kenneth, who live in Plano, said their son's friends had been in and out of their house all day, paying their respects. An informal gathering of local musicians and friends was scheduled for Monday night at The Barley House in Dallas.
Mr. and Mrs. Albrecht said they knew from an early age that their son had the makings of a gifted musician. Mrs. Albrecht began teaching him piano as a small child, and he later took lessons from a college professor while the family lived in Kansas.
"He had a wonderful ear," Mrs. Albrecht said. "It just came natural to him. He had a way of making what was on the page come to life."
Their son attended Southern Methodist University on a music scholarship. He received a degree in piano performance in 1995. Several years ago, Mr. Albrecht was named best songwriter and musician of the year by the Dallas Observer.
"He always wanted to have a band," his father said. "Music was how he was going to make his living."
His parents said his career was taking off, and he was nearly done with a solo album. He was also working on an album with Sorta.
"Anybody that's been in this city that's been a performing musician has been touched by him in some way or another," said Sorta singer Trey Johnson. "He was that respected."
- Picks O'the day
Weekend Record -
Football - 5-3
Baseball - 0-0
YTD FB - 5-3
YTD BB - 138-125
1) Cleveland -125
2) San Diego -115
3) LA Dodgers -130
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