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Ask Mike Babcock for his take on sportswriter Brian Rosenthal moving from the Lincoln Journal Star to Nebraska Athletics and Huskers.com next week, and you get a double-barreled answer.

First off, Rosenthal “is ‘Sage’ to me,” said Babcock, Nebraska’sultimate authority on Husker football, basketball and baseball.

Sage makes me wonder if Rosenthal is profound and wise.

“The nickname comes from Sage Rosenfels, the former Iowa State and NFL quarterback,” Babcock answered.