2025 Nebraska Offseason Thread

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https://youtu.be/s0XAmeAxaRM

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Mark your calendars on April 26th for The Husker Games presented by FNBO. 🏈🏐⚽️
The action-packed day features Nebraska Football activities in Memorial Stadium, Nebraska Soccer vs. Wyoming at Hibner Stadium + a Nebraska Volleyball match against Kansas at Devaney.
Fans can also participate in tours of the Osborne Legacy Complex, the Husker Equipment Sale and a Food Truck Festival.
🎟️ Tickets on sale Tuesday, March 11th
ℹ️ More info » go.unl.edu/ehtw

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Former Husker Running Back Jeff Kinney with OJ Simpson

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The message is there in the big print the moment anyone walks into Memorial Stadium.

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While some fears among Husker fans when Holgorsen was named offensive coordinator revolved around his history of slinging the ball around, but that's something he says isn't in the plans.

"I'm not interested in my old air raid roots," Holgorsen said. "If you need to run the ball, you need to run the ball."

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Luckily you guys don't have to play another game against the Hoosiers this year. 

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Amen, Brother

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NEWS: Nebraska has secured a commitment from Central Michigan transfer Ugnius Jarusevicius.

Jarusevicius earned first team All-Mac honors after averaging 16.2 points and 7.3 rebounds last season.

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This week in Husker history
The week of April 12-18, looking back in five-year intervals

1900: The plug is pulled on Nebraska's first conference, the Western Inter-State University Foot Ball Association. Nebraska's last season in the league was 1897.

1910: Nebraska fights Kansas' proposal to replace football with rugby in the Missouri Valley Conference.


1915: Robert S. Devaney, future Hall of Fame coach of the Cornhuskers, is born on April 13 in Saginaw, Mich.

1920: The Missouri Valley Conference gives a provisional OK to Nebraska's rejoining the league, but the Cornhuskers would remain independent for one more season. Also, former Husker Dick Rutherford becomes the head football and basketball coach at Oregon State. | Full story

1925: Students who made pledges for the construction of Memorial Stadium are woefully delinquent on their payments.

1930: Spring practices come to a close, and coach Dana X. Bible declares them a success.

1950: The university announces that Omaha station WOW will televise the Huskers' home games for a second consecutive year.

1980: Verne Lewellen, captain and quarterback of the 1923 Nebraska team that upset Notre Dame's Four Horsemen, dies at age 78. He earned all-pro honors with the Green Bay Packers and was a longtime executive with the franchise. 

2000: With the top quarterbacks sitting out, the spring game ends in a 21-21 tie -- and features a punt by KaLena “Beanie” Barnes, the first woman to try out for Nebraska's football team. Also, the Seattle Seahawks trade former Husker Ahman Green to Green Bay, where he would become the Packers’ all-time rushing leader.

2005: After newcomer Zac Taylor passes for 357 yards in the spring game, 2004 starting quarterback Joe Dailey confirms he’s leaving the team.

2015: Former Husker player and broadcaster Adrian Fiala dies at age 67. Also, former Husker Lawrence Phillips is accused of killing his cellmate in a California prison.

2020: A virtual spring game replaces the real thing in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering
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Patrick Payne, a 2012 graduate with a degree in civil engineering from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering, was chosen as one of “the best 12 Young Engineers Under 40” (out of nearly 40 nominees of candidates) by Railway Track & Structures (RT&S).
Payne, general director of maintenance of way for Union Pacific Railroad, oversees more than 700 employees. His team maintains and repairs more than 8,000 miles of track across terrains in the Rocky Mountains, Sierra Nevada, Northern California and the Pacific Northwest. A husband and father to two young children, Payne dedicates his time outside the railroad to his family. Whether it’s school fundraisers, involvement in his family’s church or support of the community’s Global Outreach Charities organization, he works tirelessly to balance parenthood with the demands of the railroad.

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LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The No. 18 Nebraska softball team recorded a seven-run third inning and downed the Indiana Hoosiers in five innings by a score of 12-4 on Saturday afternoon at Bowlin Stadium. The Huskers drew 2,699 fans, which is a program record for attendance. The previous record was set on April 27, 2024 against Northwestern.

With the win, NU evened the series to 1-1 and improved to 33-11 (12-4 Big Ten), while Indiana fell to 29-13 (8-8 Big Ten).