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Nebraska athletic director Shawn Eichorst appeared for his monthly “Sports Nightly” radio hour Tuesday night; the Huskers’ new boss did not take calls but answered selected questions from email. Here’s a recap of his comments:

Eichorst played close to the vest on any changes in Big Ten division realignment and number of league games.

In sharp contrast to his former boss — Wisconsin’s Barry Alvarez, who shared on his monthly radio show Tuesday all kinds of details, including that Big Ten schools agreed to stop scheduling FCS teams — Eichorst called Big Ten meetings “conversations amongst peers who are trying to gather as much facts as possible to render a decision that’s in the best interest of the league.”

“No decisions – in my opinion …

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After his absence Thursday at UNL chancellor Harvey Perlman’s press conference to announce Shawn Eichorst as the new athletic director — which was followed by a one-sentence statement just after the presser ended — current NU athletic director Tom Osborne issued a second statement on Eichorst’s hiring — and Osborne’s small-to-non-existent role in Perlman’s process.

“My primary remaining job as athletic director is to facilitate a smooth transition in the athletic department, and I will do everything I can to see to it that this occurs.  I was never under the impression that the hiring of a new athletic director would be my decision.  It is important that Nebraskans give Shawn Eichorst every opportunity to have a successful tenure as the next athletic director at …

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