2023 Nebraska Season Thread

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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY
The week of Feb. 12-18, looking back in five-year intervals


1967: The Sugar Bowl announces a payout of $236,000 each to Nebraska and Alabama, an amount that each school will share with its fellow conference members. In the Jan. 2 game, the Crimson Tide walloped the Huskers, 34-7.


1977: Andra Franklin, a running back from Alabama who spurned an offer from the Tide's Bear Bryant, is the headliner of the Huskers' recruiting class. Franklin would set an NU record for career rushing yards by a fullback (1,738) and would later start in the Super Bowl, but 14 of Neb­ras­ka's 27 signees would never earn a letter in Lincoln.

1987: Nebraska fans digest a mostly positive batch of recruiting news: After narrowing his choices to NU and Oklahoma, quarterback Mickey Joseph, a Parade and USA Today All-American, opted for the Huskers, signing his letter of intent a day after the rest of the Nebraska class. NU also signed Omaha Central running back Leodis Flowers but failed to reel in running back Emmitt Smith, who wore red and white to his signing event in Pensacola but went with the Florida Gators (1-2). | Class of 1987

2012: St. Louis-area running back Ezekiel Elliott schedules a Nebraska visit as he considers multiple offers.

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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY

«1897: Sparked by the November death of Doane player Bert Serf of Hastings, an effort to outlaw football is under way in the Nebraska Legislature – and is being skewered in newspaper commentary in New York, Chicago and elsewhere. The legislation has a high-profile sponsor in James N. Gaffin, speaker of the state House. But the bill has already taken something of a beating during

1967: Nebraska athletic director Tippy Dye, the man who hired Bob Devaney as football coach, accepts the A.D. job at Northwestern after a five-year stint in Lincoln.

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With the start of spring practice only days away, two Huskers—outside linebacker Pheldarius Payne and receiver Will Nixon—have entered their names in the transfer portal, a source confirmed to Hail Varsity on Friday.

Payne is now a two-time portal entrant while being a member of the Nebraska football program as he also entered in December, but ultimately chose to stick with the Huskers. Nixon, a former three-star recruit in the 2020 class, played in three games and caught one pass for five yards last season. His career as a Husker got off to a slow start as he suffered a season-ending injury during his first summer in Lincoln.

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Spring practice started today in Lincoln!!!

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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY
The week of March 4-10, looking back in five-year intervals


1902: Nebraska, an independent, makes an unsuccessful effort to add Pennsylvania to its schedule. NU was aiming high, as Penn at the time was one of just four teams with 200-plus wins.

1952: Coach Bill Glassford says two-way play will be expected of all players as spring drills begin.

1972: Bob Devaney finds he has an advocate in Colorado coach Eddie Crowder, who says Devaney was slighted in voting for Coach of the Year. Crowder calls for a better system, saying the current one used by the Football Coaches of America is stacked in favor of coaches in the South and Southeast.

1977: Bill Myles, a five-year assistant at Nebraska, joins Woody Hayes' staff at Ohio State. Myles eventually would become an associate athletic director for the Buckeyes, and in 1991 he would be one of three candidates interviewed for the Nebraska A.D. job that went to Bill Byrne. | 2004 interview

1992: Athletic Director Bob Devaney announces a boost in football ticket prices to $20 for most games, the first increase in five years.

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The teaching, research and outreach activities of the University of Nebraska grow the state’s economy by $5.8 billion every year — $2.9 billion of which comes from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln — according to an independent new analysis.

Presented at the Feb. 11 Board of Regents meeting, the analysis into the NU system’s impact on Nebraska’s prosperity and quality of life was conducted by Tripp Umbach, a national consultant with expertise in economic impact studies. Tripp Umbach’s findings, which detail the university’s impact by campus, region and legislative district, show that the NU System generates $9 for every $1 the state invests — a significant increase from the 7-to-1 ROI the university created in 2019.


https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/report-nu-systems-economic-impact-grows-to-58b/

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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY
The week of March 11-17, looking back in five-year intervals

1902: Wisconsin’s scheduling snub reportedly has Nebraska officials miffed.

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94988216/1902-nebraska-wisconsin-scheduling/

1932: There's a record turnout of 90 players as spring drills begin.

1947: Spring drills get off to a late start, and there is not enough equipment for the 200-plus players wishing to participate.


«1977: There's a national champion on the team as Husker wide receiver Jeff Lee wins the 60-yard high hurdles in the NCAA men's indoor track and field championships. The 6-foot-2, 180-pounder from Racine, Wis., would finish his Nebraska football career with just one catch for six yards, although he did see substantial action on the freshman team as an I-back.

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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY....

1947: A week into spring drills, coach Bernie Masterson trims the roster to 65 from an initial pool of at least 150.

1962: The salary total for the athletic director and the football coaching staff approaches six digits for the first time.

1967: Former Nebraska coach Pete Elliott resigns at Illinois amid a slush-fund scandal.

1982: Tom Osborne elevates Charlie McBride to defensive coordinator. Also, after boosters raise $115,000 for the football staff, Osborne gives half of his $20,000 share to the university for scholarships.

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headed to Lincoln for the spring game tomorrow

I'll be in the Haymarket about 3:30

Buzzard Billy's or Tipsy Tina's if anyone is interested

Playing golf in Omaha Sunday on the way home

FORE and GO BIG RED!!!

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Well if CD is taking his crop duster out for a spin I'll have him swing by and I'll be sure to grab my chute

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Introducing 𝐍-𝐕𝐞𝐬𝐭 - a program that will reward Husker scholarship student-athletes for academic performance, success toward graduation and retention.

Nebraska student-athletes who meet the established academic benchmarks will receive $5,980 per year beginning in 2022-23.

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LINCOLN — One of Nebraska’s top recruiting experts during the Bill Callahan era has returned to work for Scott Frost.

Vince Guinta — who’s had stints at Baylor, Wisconsin and Oregon State — has joined the Huskers’ staff as a senior director of player personnel and recruiting. Sean Dillon previously ran the personnel department and remains as a director.

Guinta will make $160,000 per year.

Guinta most recently worked for two years at Baylor, where he was associate athletic director for personnel. He had a similar title at Oregon State, where he worked from 2015-19. He was director of recruiting at Wisconsin under then-coach Gary Andersen.

Guinta previously worked at NU in a variety of roles under Callahan and Tim Cassidy, Callahan’s football operations man who recently took a similar role at Colorado State.

Though Callahan’s tenure ended after four seasons, Guinta helped recruit the players who formed the backbone of the 10-win 2009 and 2010 teams that won Big 12 North Division crowns.

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LINCOLN — Nebraska football on Monday made its seventh in-state scholarship offer in the 2023 recruiting class when Lincoln High receiver Beni Ngoyi made the announcement on Twitter.

The 6-foot-4, 180-pound Ngoyi becomes the second in-state receiver in the 2023 class — joining Lincoln East's Malachi Coleman — to receive an offer from NU. Ngoyi had 25 catches for 467 yards and six touchdowns last season for the Links.

Whereas Coleman has quickly become a national prospect with offers from Georgia and Oregon, Ngoyi mostly has regional scholarship offers from Minnesota, Kansas and Kansas State, among others. Ngoyi has been a frequent visitor to NU games.

Husker receivers coach Mickey Joseph has been aggressive with in-state recruiting efforts. The Huskers have three in-state commits — from linemen Gunnar Gottula and Sam Sledge, and tight end Ben Brahmer — and are now pursuing Coleman, Ngoyi, Elkhorn South edge rusher Maverick Noonan and Scottsbluff offensive tackle Brock Knutson.

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The University of Nebraska–Lincoln Speech and Debate Team has won a national championship — the first in the team’s 151-year history.

The Debate Team earned top honors in Lincoln Douglas Debate at the National Forensic Association’s National Tournament April 15-18 at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois.


https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/huskers-bring-home-national-championship-in-debate/