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The Power Five => Big Ten => Topic started by: Entropy on January 03, 2020, 02:03:31 PM
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Where unfounded optimism lives until September.
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https://journalstar.com/sports/huskers/football/source-rb-maurice-washington-dismissed-from-husker-football-program/article_6b8b94c5-4187-5739-b67d-099330e44a19.html/?j (https://journalstar.com/sports/huskers/football/source-rb-maurice-washington-dismissed-from-husker-football-program/article_6b8b94c5-4187-5739-b67d-099330e44a19.html/?j)
Maurice Washignton dismissed officially.
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unfortunate that kid couldn't make better decisions to make more of his opportunities
oh well, he's still got a chance to learn something
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https://twitter.com/CoachSamz/status/1214209734821236736 (https://twitter.com/CoachSamz/status/1214209734821236736)
Nebraska OLBs coach / special teams coordinator Jovan Dewitt has left UNL for UNC for the same role.
rumor in Lincoln is Dawson will return to Nebraska.
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special teams were not good
Outside LBs could get pressure on the QB
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The 2020 Huskers will finish the regular season against five consecutive top-15 teams in the final 2019 AP poll.
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Nebraska's football coaching staff will undergo further remodeling.
It was announced on Friday afternoon that the Huskers and offensive coordinator/wide receivers coach Troy Walters have "mutually agreed" to part ways.
“Troy has been a valued member of our coaching staff for the past four years,” Husker head coach Scott Frost said in a press release. “Troy is a good mentor for his players, provides great energy on and off the field, and carries himself with a presence off the field that will be missed. I want to thank him for his work on our coaching staff, and wish him and his family all the best going forward.”
Walters has been on the Nebraska coaching staff for the past two seasons, and has served on Frost’s coaching staffs for the past four years overall. Walters was a finalist for the 2017 Broyles Award, given annually to the nation’s top assistant coach.
Walters was Nebraska's highest paid assistant, making $800,000 per year, with his current contract scheduled to run through this season.
The Huskers already have made one staff change this offseason, with Mike Dawson officially named in charge of the outside linebackers on Thursday after recent news that Jovan Dewitt had taken a similar post at North Carolina.
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A pair of Nebraska seniors are no longer with the program heading into winter conditioning.
Senior linebacker Pernell Jefferson and senior offensive lineman John Raridon are no longer with the Nebraska football program, a Nebraska spokesman confirmed to Husker247 on Friday afternoon. Both players were left off the Husker roster following its most recent update.
Jefferson was named Nebraska’s Scout Team MVP in 2016, but never appeared in a game as a Husker.
Jefferson graduated in December.
Raridon, a former four-star recruit out of Des Moines, Iowa, appeared in six games in his career as a reserve offensive lineman.
Walk-on offensive lineman Collin Shefke is no longer listed on the roster, nor is senior walk-on wide receiver Todd Honas or walk-on offensive lineman Mitchell Balenger, whose name has been in the NCAA's transfer portal for several weeks.
With the five players removed from the roster, the online version shows 160 players.
That includes 86 scholarship players, one more than the 85-man maximum. NU must hit that mark by the end of the offseason and can still add up to two more players for its 2020 recruiting class.
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The Nebraska football program announced today that Matt Lubick has been hired as Nebraska's offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach, pending the completion of a University background check.
Lubick brings more than two decades of coaching experience to Scott Frost's staff, including 16 seasons at Power Five Conference schools. Lubick most recently served as Washington's co-offensive coordinator and receivers coach in 2017 and 2018, and spent four years on the Oregon coaching staff from 2013 to 2016 where he served on the Ducks' staff with Frost.
"Matt Lubick is a great addition to our coaching staff," Frost said. "I have always wanted to work with Matt again since our days at Oregon together. He is the only person I considered for this position.
The son of long-time Colorado State head coach Sonny Lubick, Matt Lubick began his college coaching career for his father in 1995. He has been part of teams that won six conference titles and played in 14 bowl games, including the 2014 College Football Playoff championship game at Oregon.
In his two seasons at Washington, Lubick helped the Huskies to 20 victories, the 2018 Pac-12 Championship and appearances in the Fiesta Bowl and Rose Bowl. The Husky offense completed better than 66 percent of its passes in each of Lubick's two seasons on the Washington staff.
Lubick spent four seasons at Oregon from 2013 to 2016, working with Frost on the Duck staff for the first three of those seasons. Oregon ranked in the top five nationally in both scoring and total offense from 2013 to 2015. Lubick took over as Oregon's offensive coordinator after Frost left to become head coach at UCF.
While serving as Duke's wide receivers coach from 2010 to 2012, he was named the 2012 Football Scoop Wide Receivers Coach of the Year and was a finalist for the AFCA Assistant Coach of the Year. An NAIA All-American defensive back, Lubick coached the secondary at Arizona State from 2007 to 2009, helping the Sun Devils to the 2007 Pac-10 Conference co-championship.
Lubick's coaching career also included stints at Ole Miss (2005-06), Colorado State (1995, 2001-04), Oregon State (1999-2000), San Jose State (1997-98) and Cal State Northridge (1996). Lubick was part of two conference title teams at Colorado State and assisted Oregon State to the 2000 Pac-10 co-championship and a trip to the Fiesta Bowl.
Lubick Coaching Career
2017-18 Washington (Co-Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers)
2016 Oregon (Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers)
2013-15 Oregon (Passing Game Coordinator/Wide Receivers)
2010-12 Duke (Wide Receivers)
2007-09 Arizona State (Defensive Backs)
2005-06 Ole Miss (Wide Receivers)
2001-04 Colorado State (Wide Receivers)
1999-2000 Oregon State (Defensive Backs)
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Could I cut in with an important (to me) question - needing Husker fans expertise?
Would you classify the 2012 Huskers as an option team? Pelini as HC, Taylor Martinez at QB gaining 1000 yds, along with Abdullah as well. Kenny Bell leading WR.
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What I need to know is were they a running team that ran the option sometimes or were they an option team? When you picture that offense, was the play they ran most often an option run?
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Thanks.
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Im leaning towards NO. TM often ran the QB draw and scrambled a lot, a la Vince Young.
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2012 was not an option offense
Tim Beck was OC, not an option offense guy
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Concur. They may have run a handful of speed options plays, but that was not an option offense.
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Thanks
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I'd also vote no. They were not an option team. The last option team for the huskers was when Frank was fired. JMO
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and how did you vote in MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK poll?
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Could I cut in with an important (to me) question - needing Husker fans expertise?
Would you classify the 2012 Huskers as an option team? Pelini as HC, Taylor Martinez at QB gaining 1000 yds, along with Abdullah as well. Kenny Bell leading WR.
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What I need to know is were they a running team that ran the option sometimes or were they an option team? When you picture that offense, was the play they ran most often an option run?
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Thanks.
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Im leaning towards NO. TM often ran the QB draw and scrambled a lot, a la Vince Young.
Not that you need more, but they were a run-heavy spread with some I-form as a change up, at least with Martinez.
He went 31-14 as a starter which is both a lot of wins and a silly number of starts.
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NU announced a home-and-home with the Oklahoma State Cowboys set to be played in Lincoln on Sept. 16, 2034, and then in Stillwater, Oklahoma, the following year, more than 15 years from now.
In addition, NU also announced it is moving a game against South Dakota State originally set for Aug. 31, 2024, to Sept. 7, 2030. In that game's place, the Huskers will open the 2024 season at home against UTEP. The Huskers will also open the 2028 season against UTEP on Sept. 2.
That fills the 2028 nonconference slate, as NU will face UTEP, SDSU and Arizona, all at home.
The Huskers also rounded out 2025 and 2026 by adding Louisiana-Monroe (Oct. 18, 2025) and Ohio The Fighting Frankies (Sept. 5, 2026).
Guarantee payments for the announced games include $1.775 million (2028) and $1.6 million (2024) to UTEP, $1.65 million to ULM in 2025 and $1 million to Ohio in 2026.
Nebraska now only has two non conference openings remaining through the 2028 season, one each in 2024 and 2027. Big Ten schedules have been publicly announced through the 2025 season.
The Huskers open three of the next four seasons with conference games: Purdue at home this fall, Illinois in Dublin, Ireland, in 2021 and at Minnesota in 2023.
Beyond that, the Huskers have a home-and-home with Oklahoma in 2029 (away) and 2030 (home), host SDSU in 2030 and visit Arizona in 2031.
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O-lineman Christian Gaylord announces he’s been granted a sixth year of eligibility.
solid depth - big guy
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Placekicker Barret Pickering, who was injured most of last season, is leaving the team for health reasons.
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Khalil Davis turns heads at the NFL Scouting Combine with a 4.75-second time in the 40-yard dash, third-fastest since 2003 for any participant over 300 pounds.
This concerns me greatly, 3 D-linemen that seem likely to have the physical talent to play in the NFL and the run defense and the pass pressure SUCKED last season.
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Senior receiver JD Spielman is away from the football team temporarily and at home with family in Minnesota. Spielman is unlikely to take part in spring football," Nebraska announced Monday morning.
“JD Spielman is dealing with a personal health matter currently, and at this time is not expected to participate in spring practices,” Nebraska Head Coach Scott Frost said in a statement. “Everyone’s focus right now is on JD’s well-being and providing him with the appropriate support. We anticipate JD returning to the team in time for summer conditioning.”
Nebraska does not expect Spielman’s eligibility to be affected by this temporary absence.
Nebraska also announced that scholarship wide receiver Jaevon McQuitty has retired from football and will pursue a medical scholarship exemption. Nebraska begins spring practices on March 9, and with the news about Spielman and McQuitty, will begin spring practices with just four scholarship wide receivers on its roster.
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Frost could use a few breaks his way - this doesn't help
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I'll be shocked if we see Spielman back in Lincoln. He's probably waiting on the April transfer ruling and will be in Minn next year.
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Senior receiver JD Spielman is away from the football team temporarily and at home with family in Minnesota. Spielman is unlikely to take part in spring football," Nebraska announced Monday morning.
“JD Spielman is dealing with a personal health matter currently, and at this time is not expected to participate in spring practices,” Nebraska Head Coach Scott Frost said in a statement. “Everyone’s focus right now is on JD’s well-being and providing him with the appropriate support. We anticipate JD returning to the team in time for summer conditioning.”
Nebraska does not expect Spielman’s eligibility to be affected by this temporary absence.
Nebraska also announced that scholarship wide receiver Jaevon McQuitty has retired from football and will pursue a medical scholarship exemption. Nebraska begins spring practices on March 9, and with the news about Spielman and McQuitty, will begin spring practices with just four scholarship wide receivers on its roster.
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Frost could use a few breaks his way - this doesn't help
How will he accomplish 30 credit hours if he is away in Minnesota? I don't see how he could possibly stay eligible.
He's going to the Goophs anyway...
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I'll be shocked if we see Spielman back in Lincoln. He's probably waiting on the April transfer ruling and will be in Minn next year.
unfortunately, I agree
sucks
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Senior receiver JD Spielman is away from the football team temporarily and at home with family in Minnesota. Spielman is unlikely to take part in spring football," Nebraska announced Monday morning.
“JD Spielman is dealing with a personal health matter currently, and at this time is not expected to participate in spring practices,” Nebraska Head Coach Scott Frost said in a statement. “Everyone’s focus right now is on JD’s well-being and providing him with the appropriate support. We anticipate JD returning to the team in time for summer conditioning.”
Nebraska does not expect Spielman’s eligibility to be affected by this temporary absence.
Nebraska also announced that scholarship wide receiver Jaevon McQuitty has retired from football and will pursue a medical scholarship exemption. Nebraska begins spring practices on March 9, and with the news about Spielman and McQuitty, will begin spring practices with just four scholarship wide receivers on its roster.
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Frost could use a few breaks his way - this doesn't help
McQuitty. Heh!
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Riley's big WR get from Cali
never made it happen
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Riley's big WR get from Cali
never made it happen
Cause he quit. McQuitty.
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the other Cali kids quit quicker, they stayed the longest, but in the end........... he quit
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I read that he is going on medical redshirt. That's not really quitting, if true.
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junior wide receiver Jaevon McQuitty and sophomore place-kicker Barret Pickering plan to retire from the game and pursue medical exemptions, the university announced. The news about Pickering's retirement actually first came to light last week. As for McQuitty, he rose to as high as No. 2 on the depth chart last season even though he finishes with only two career receptions for 14 yards.
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without Spielman, the depth at WR is really bad... once again. Who is UNL's 5th leader WR heading into spring camp? Back up QB Vedral
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about the same as the depth at RB - really bad... once again
Frost complained about the roster when he arrived, that was a few years ago
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Maurice Washington was officially removed from the program in early January, and two seniors (John Raridon and Pernell Jefferson) left for various reasons two weeks later. NU lost all of its key returning kickers — Barret Pickering, Matt Waldoch and Dylan Jorgensen — in the span of a few weeks. Receivers Jaevon McQuitty (retired) and Darien Chase (transferred) left, and Spielman took a personal health break. That’s a lot of change since January
NU has four scholarship receivers on hand — none more experienced than sophomore Wan’Dale Robinson — and a raft of walk-ons.
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30 days in jail, 2 years of probation. He'll miss Spring ball, I guess?
Grrr...
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he was kicked off the team last season
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Yeah, I know... Just channeling my inner-fearless.
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my fear is this staff has players that are either all in or not part of the club... so they leave.
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Friday watch party: Mike Brown and the 1999 Blackshirts smother 18th-ranked Texas A&M (https://www.huskermax.com/game/1999-texas-am-football/#vid) in a 37-0 shutout.
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Nebraska football made its fifth offer to a quarterback in the 2022 class on Friday afternoon, extending an offer to 2022 Hamilton (Ariz.) quarterback Nicco Marchiol.
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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY
1965: The Nebraska-Oklahoma game is scheduled for a network telecast for the first time and is moved to Thanksgiving Day. It will also be the first nationally televised football game between two Big Eight teams.
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Huskers picked a great year to do that. For the Huskers.
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home game and a win
Huskers ranked #3 - Sooners unranked
the next 3 years weren't as good
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That 3-7 1965 season was a blessing in disguise. Gomer Jones was fired (or maybe resigned) as HFC, and was replaced by Jim McKenzie, 8-year Frank Broyles assistant at Arkansas. He turned it around and OU went 6-4 in '66, including a win over the (genuine) ancient rival Horns, who had an 8-game streak going in the RRS.
McKenzie died of a heart attack at ager 37 the following April. We'll never know how good he could have been. Fortunately, a couple of his assistants were able to take up the reins. Chuck Fairbanks and Barry Switzer.
Little-known fact. Homer Rice, who had been at OU as an assistant for McKenzie's single season, but had already accepted the HFC job at Cincinnati, declined to stiff UC when OU offered him the head job in Norman.
I hadn't remembered that OU beat the Huskers 3-in-a-row starting with the '66 season.
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Forbes looks at the rise of Hudl from a Nebraska startup in 2006 to the global leader in sports video data.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/timnewcomb/2020/04/02/how-hudl-went-from-nebraska-startup-to-the-global-sports-video-data-leader/#40e99f3b3672 (https://www.forbes.com/sites/timnewcomb/2020/04/02/how-hudl-went-from-nebraska-startup-to-the-global-sports-video-data-leader/#40e99f3b3672)
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repping the Big Ten...........
Arthur Ashe Jr. Male Athlete of the Year Semifinalists
Mohamed Barry, Football, Nebraska
Rodrigo Blankenship, Football, Georgia
Aaron Boyd, Swimming & Diving, Virginia Tech
Talha Farooq, Wrestling, George Mason
Uriel Garcia, Soccer, Houston-Victoria
Jordan Holly, Baseball, Murray State
Rayden Murata, Tennis, Pacific
Dontelius Ross, Basketball, Jackson State
Matthias Schmid, Golf, Louisville,
Givon Washington, Track & Field, Nebraska
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In the 2019 fiscal year, completed June 30, Nebraska athletics reported more than $136.2 million in revenues (about $122.4 million in sport-specific revenues) in its annual financial report to the NCAA, more than any year except for 2018. Of that revenue, nearly 71% ($96.1 million) was generated by the football program.
In fact, the football program turned $59 million in profit, among the highest marks in the country. Men’s basketball checked in at $5.9 million in profits, while John Cook’s volleyball program more than pays for itself and beach volleyball.
Even though the other 20 varsity sports at NU combined to lose $21.7 million and the athletic department showed $29.1 million in nonsports net loss (athletic department salaries, operations, etc.), NU still came out ahead by more than $12 million for the year. Of that profit, $10.6 million was turned over to the academic side at UNL, double the 2018 mark.
NU athletics is not only free of relying on any general university funding, but it is also completely debt free and has been since fiscal 2015. NU chief financial officer John Jentz told the Journal Star that it is the only Power Five school that can make that claim.
According to the Knight Commission, a nonprofit group that studies college athletics, the average Big Ten school carried about $12 million in debt in fiscal 2018, the most recent numbers in its database.
No matter how healthy an athletic department is, the numbers above should make clear what has been said often around the country in recent weeks: Nobody can avoid critical problems if the 2020 football season is canceled or radically altered.
Nebraska football in 2019 recorded $30.2 million in ticket revenue and $5.4 million in concessions and merchandise. Those two budget lines alone account for $5 million per home game, and that’s before any conference television revenues or school licensing and sponsorship comes into play.
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There’s no spring game, but the Athletic Department will stream a simulation of one featuring legendary Husker players at 1 p.m. Saturday.
There’s no spring game, but the Athletic Department will stream a simulation of one featuring legendary Husker players at 1 p.m. Saturday. (http://There’s no spring game, but the Athletic Department will stream a simulation of one featuring legendary Husker players at 1 p.m. Saturday.)
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Perhaps UNL greatest athlete.....................
Sam Francis, a two-sport star for the Huskers in the 1930s, was announced as the fifth member of the 2020 University of Nebraska Athletic Hall of Fame class on Tuesday, April 14. Francis is being inducted posthumously, as he passed away on April 23, 2002, at the age of 88.
Francis was a decorated member of Nebraska’s football and track and field teams from 1934 to 1937. As a fullback on the gridiron, Francis was the 1936 Heisman Trophy runner-up, a consensus first-team All-American and the No. 1 overall pick in the 1937 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1977 and his No. 38 jersey was retired by Nebraska in 2017. Francis was also one of the top shot putters in the world during his Husker career. A two-time All-American and four-time Big Six Conference champion in the event, Francis was the 1937 NCAA shot put champion, and he finished fourth in the event at the 1936 Olympics.
Francis’ athletic ability was on full display during an 11-month period from August of 1936 to June of 1937. During that time frame, he finished fourth at the Olympics in August, was the Heisman Trophy runner-up and the No. 1 overall NFL Draft pick in December and won both the indoor and outdoor conference shot put titles in the spring on his way to the NCAA title in the event in June.
In addition to his impressive individual resume, Francis helped the football and track and field teams win a combined six conference titles in his three seasons with each sport. Nebraska posted its first-ever top-10 ranking in football in Francis’ senior season (No. 9 in final 1936 AP poll), after he played a key role in the track and field team’s eighth-place finish at the 1936 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
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Seems like it's a bit overdue.
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better late than never
would have been much nicer if it had happened before he passed
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There’s no spring game, but the Athletic Department will stream a simulation of one featuring legendary Husker players at 1 p.m. Saturday.
There’s no spring game, but the Athletic Department will stream a simulation of one featuring legendary Husker players at 1 p.m. Saturday. (http://There’s no spring game, but the Athletic Department will stream a simulation of one featuring legendary Husker players at 1 p.m. Saturday.)
I know they are doing the pre-game National Anthem performed by Steve Warren, a half-time interview with Coach Osborne, the tunnel walk, etc. Wonder if they are going to have a virtual release of the balloons after the first touchdown? Got my computer all set to watch it tomorrow. Should be a hoot.
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I know they are doing the pre-game National Anthem performed by Steve Warren, a half-time interview with Coach Osborne, the tunnel walk, etc. Wonder if they are going to have a virtual release of the balloons after the first touchdown? Got my computer all set to watch it tomorrow. Should be a hoot.
I guess you have to be subscribed to HuskerVision (TeleHerbie?), or know the secret Husker code. I am blocked when I click on that link.
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well, you're a Sooner, so................
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So . . . blocked from seeing a simulated football game featuring all-time Husker greats?
What's the world coming to?
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i was joshing, of course
here's a couple other links......
The game will feature rosters comprised of Husker football legends and streamed live on @Huskers Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/huskers/), @Huskers Twitter (https://twitter.com/huskers) and the HuskerFBNation Twitch channel (https://www.twitch.tv/huskerfbnation).
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https://www.twitch.tv/huskerfbnation (https://www.twitch.tv/huskerfbnation)
https://twitter.com/huskers (https://twitter.com/huskers)
https://www.facebook.com/huskers/ (https://www.facebook.com/huskers/)
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Looks like I can get it on HuskerFBNation Twitch. I'll try to drop in on it tomorrow.
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“There's going to be an interview at halftime with Coach Osborne, the spirit squad is going to start the Husker power chant, there's going to be a tunnel walk just like we do before every game and a social media component to where fans, if they, take pictures of themselves barbecuing or watching the game or whatever they're doing with the #GBRUnited,” Klassy said. “We're going to show some of those on the digital stream and so fans can feel like they're actually at the game.”
There will also be a band performance and former Husker Steve Warren will sing the national anthem before the game.
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Looks like I can get it on HuskerFBNation Twitch. I'll try to drop in on it tomorrow.
So, what did you think? I actually kinda enjoyed it in a weird, never played videogame football before way. Thought the QBs threw a bit too much but it made it fun to see how the offenses would have worked with some of the more current receivers although Johnny Rogers and Irving Fryer did pretty good with Crouch and Frazier slinging it around. Good thing it was virtual, cause I think they may have had to carry a few live players off the field with some of those tackles.
Not the same as a live game, but it did satisfy some of my Husker cravings. Now, it's back to YouTube and the kazillion games I have saved. GBR!
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I didn't get to watch it, Huskerdinie. Other things came up. Had to run some errands on behalf of my shut-in mother, take some hot dogs to a friend who's under hospice care at home.
I'm glad it satisfied some of your cravings!
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with Crouch and Frazier slinging it, I'd guess at 50% completion rate unless it's not real
I was on the golf course
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Backup quarterback Noah Vedral, the Nebraska native who followed Scott Frost from UCF to Lincoln, has entered the transfer portal.
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Walk-on cornerback Ethan Cox has entered the transfer portal.
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There’s a Game of the Century watch party tonight on Nebraska Athletics’ Facebook page at 6:30 Central. | HuskerMax game page
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=230453474721186 (https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=230453474721186)
https://www.huskermax.com/game/1971-oklahoma-football/ (https://www.huskermax.com/game/1971-oklahoma-football/)
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Here's the ABC-TV version. Bill Fleming and Bud Wilkinson on pregame, Bud and Chris Schenkel on the game call.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-urZvcMgqog&feature=youtu.be (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-urZvcMgqog&feature=youtu.be)
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Ya mean the 'Skers and Sooners use to play each other....in football..... who knew....neat
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Not only that, but it was a BIG GAME, often for the conference championship, somewhat less often for the right to play for a shot at the MNC on New Year's Day.
And then came the Big 12 and everything went to Hell.
Well, not everything. But the Sooner-Husker rivalry did.
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As a kid I always remembered UNL VS OU as a big rivalry and it was shown up here.Texas vs OU didn't seem like all that,Texas - Arkansas was as I recall.USC - UCLA was a big game also
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I think "when [you were] a kid" is the key point there, MrNubbz.
Imagine TOSU vs. Michigan as an OOC rivalry that was just as important as it always has been, but more hateful and ugly, and played at a neutral site in the midst of the State Fair of Ohio, in Cleveland. That would be Oklahoma vs. Texas during the Big 8 era.
OU-Texas was just as important as OU-Nebraska, but very different.
I can't speak for the Horns, of course. But my guess is that Arkansas was their 3rd-most important rival at the time, with OU and Texas A&M taking the two top spots.
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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY
1920: Nebraska's return to the Missouri Valley Conference is delayed by a year because of the Huskers' scheduled game against Rutgers at New York's Polo Grounds. Conference rules require all games to take place on a college campus.
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What a scandal.
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I think "when [you were] a kid" is the key point there, MrNubbz.
OU-Texas was just as important as OU-Nebraska, but very different.
Just saying what was shown/percieved outside of your immediate area.UM-tOSU seemed more like 'Skers-Sooners in the big picture.Where as UT-OU was like UM vs MSU or TOSU -PSU still froth and umbridge but at the time not as much on the line(seemingly)
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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY
1920: Nebraska's return to the Missouri Valley Conference is delayed by a year because of the Huskers' scheduled game against Rutgers at New York's Polo Grounds. Conference rules require all games to take place on a college campus.
Was this the "Missouri Valley Conference" that later became the Big 6, as opposed to the "Missouri Valley Conference" that became the Missouri Valley Conference?
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Just saying what was shown/percieved outside of your immediate area.UM-tOSU seemed more like 'Skers-Sooners in the big picture.Where as UT-OU was like UM vs MSU or TOSU -PSU still froth and umbridge but at the time not as much on the line(seemingly)
Well, you never know how rivalries are perceived outside the areas in which they take place.
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What a scandal.
Walter Sobchak: Smokey, this is not ‘Nam. This is bowling. There are rules.
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John Bivens, a heavily recruited 2019 running back from Ohio, is expected to join the Huskers as a walk-on.
Kettering (Ohio) Archbishop Alter standout John Bivens was an unsigned running back prospect in the 2019 recruiting class. He missed his entire senior season of high school in 2018 with an injury, but put up 1,308 yards rushing on 132 carries for 15 total touchdowns as a junior.
Before the injury, Bivens was regarded as one of the top running backs in the state of Ohio. He had Power Five offers from the likes of USC, West Virginia, Louisville, Kentucky, Iowa State, Indiana, Nebraska and Illinois.
He failed to meet all the academic requirements out of high school and did not attend a four-year college this past year.
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Hopefully it works out for him as well as it did for Javon Ringer
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well, he won't be buried on the depth chart
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well, he won't be buried on the depth chart
I was being serious. Javon was a UM-OSU battle, then tore his ACL and had a bad test score. Got diagnosed as dyslexic, fixed the test score, MSU still took a gamble on him, ACL injury and all; and you could make the argument he had the best career of any MSU running back ever. He ranks second in school history (behind Lorenzo White) with 4,398 rushing yards; with his 5.2 ypc being the second highest of any back in the top 20 (with only T.J. Duckett's 3,379 yards on 5.4 ypc being higher).
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Oh, obviously I hoping good things for the young man.
be a great story to have him blossom and become a starter
but, I was serious as well.
5 scholarship RBs on the roster - 1 senior, 2 redshirt frosh and 2 incoming freshmen
Bivens will get serious consideration from day 1
great opportunity
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Darin graduates!!!
Erstad spent 14 seasons (1996-2009) in Major League Baseball after being the No. 1 overall pick in the 1995 MLB Draft following his junior season at Nebraska. A punter on NU's 1994 national championship football team as well, Erstad was an All-America outfielder and the Big Eight Player of the Year for the baseball team in 1995. A two-time MLB All-Star (1998, 2000) and three-time Gold Glove Award winner (2000, 2002, 2004) with the Anaheim Angels, Erstad was the first player in Major League history to win Gold Gloves in both the outfield and infield. He also led the Angels to the World Series title in 2002. Erstad spent eight seasons (2012-19) as Nebraska's head baseball coach, leading the Big Red to four NCAA Regional appearances and the 2017 Big Ten Conference title. Originally from Jamestown, N.D., Erstad earned his degree as a business administration major.
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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY............
1955: Four Husker football players lose their scholarships after taking part in a mid-April panty raid that got out of hand.
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Did the Huskers stop recruiting in Pennsylvania after that?
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for a decade or so
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Wild and crazy guys from the Keystone State.
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LB Barry Alvarez, out of PA, committed to Bob Devaney in 1965.
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see, a decade later
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Yep.
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I'll take this as good news, any help on defense is appreciated................
Nebraska head coach Scott Frost recently added a pair of defensive analysts to his football staff.
The Cornhuskers have added former NFL assistant Bill McGovern and college assistant Bobby Maffei as analysts. Both are listed on the school website's staff directory, though it was not immediately clear how long either has been on staff.
McGovern spent 2016-19 with the New York Giants, working last year alongside NU outside linebackers coach Mike Dawson. Before that, Dawson and McGovern also spent three seasons together on the Philadelphia Eagles staff and also coached together at Boston College.
Overall, McGovern has spent the past seven seasons as a full-time position coach in the NFL between New York and Philadelphia, but was not retained when Pat Shurmur was fired and Joe Judge hired in New York.
Clearly, though, he and Dawson have several years of history together.
Maffei spent the 2019 season at Richmond, where he was the Spiders' special teams coordinator and a defensive assistant coach.
Maffei is a Tennessee native but a Nebraska graduate and he served as a student assistant at NU before graduating in 2011. Since then, he's spent time at several colleges, including a pair of stops working with now-Carolina Panthers head coach Matt Rhule at both Temple and Baylor.
Maffei was at Baylor for 2017-18 as a special teams and defensive quality control coach.
Maffei has been sharing Husker-related tweets since mid-April.
Analysts, unlike full-time assistant coaches, cannot take part in active instruction during practices. They can, however, be part of staff meetings, watch film, develop plans and generally help provide insight and information for the staff.
Nebraska has three offensive analysts, each of whom as been on staff in some capacity since Frost took over here, in Frank Verducci, Mike Cassano and Dustin Haines. Earlier this offseason, Frost hired Jonathan Rutledge as a senior special teams analyst with the expectation that he'll handle the majority of the Huskers' special teams scheme and game-planning.
Those six make the largest group of analysts Frost has had on his staff so far at NU. Some schools, perhaps most notably Alabama, have made a practice of employing large swaths of analysts. The Huskers aren't on that plan at this point, but the ranks of off-field help has steadily grown over the past three seasons.
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Nebraska has added an Australian punter, Daniel Cerni, to the scholarship class of 2020.
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This Saturday, May 16, will be Nebraska Day on BTN. The network will have 24-hours of Nebraska content starting at 6 AM (ET) with the Nebraska's baseball game against Michigan from the Big Ten Tournament.
The 24-hours of Nebraska programming caps on Sunday at 4 AM (ET) with Nebraska's Big Ten Soccer Tournament win over Iowa.
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Nebraska’s special teams room got better this week with the addition of Australian punter Daniel Cerni, and it appears first-year special teams analyst Jonathan Rutledge is not done improving the overall roster.
Former LSU starting kicker Connor Culp told HuskerOnline he plans to join the roster as a walk-on for the 2020 season to pursue his graduate degree at NU. He plans to arrive in Lincoln by late June or early July.
He'll be one of five new kickers NU has added to their roster this off-season, joining high schoolers Ryan Novosel (Winnetka, Ill.), Tyler Crawford (Broken Arrow, Okla.) and Sami Khawja (Bradenton, Fla.), along with Iowa Western Community College midyear enrollee Chase Contrerez.
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this month in Husker history................
«1995: Former Husker punter Darin Erstad goes to the Angels with the first pick in the Major League Baseball draft. Also, with only Nebraska dissenting, the Big 12 approves a football championship game.
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this month in Husker history................
«1995: Former Husker punter Darin Erstad goes to the Angels with the first pick in the Major League Baseball draft. Also, with only Nebraska dissenting, the Big 12 approves a football championship game.
One of many 11-1 votes, sad to say.
What was Nebraska's objection to the CCG? Did they want a round-robin schedule instead?
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they thought as most coaches did............ an upset or another tough game might derail your chance at playing for a MNC
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Could I ask here - say Frost doesn't work out or does great and moves to the NFL or whatever. Nebraska needs a new coach. How would the fans feel about Navy's Niumatatolo? I know it's not the option out of the I, but would that appeal to Huskers fans?
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they thought as most coaches did............ an upset or another tough game might derail your chance at playing for a MNC
I get that. Risk-aversion.
But how did they want to determine the champion of a 12-team, 2-division conference without a CCG?
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there was no need for 2 divisions
best record and then tie breakers - probably BCS standing
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Got it.
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* Nebraska senior-to-be JD Spielman, easily the team's leading receiver in 2019, hasn't been involved in those optional workouts and his status for the 2020 season remains uncertain. He has been away from the team since early March because of a personal health matter. (https://journalstar.com/sports/huskers/football/spielman-away-from-team-as-nu-prepares-for-start-of-spring-ball-but-a-summer/article_3502cd70-3d7b-5b3b-a6c4-2ddf8594c888.html)
"We continue to hope the best for him," Frost said. "We're anxious to have resolution on everything."
Might Spielman be on hand Monday, or sometime soon?
"I'd say it's unclear," Frost said.
https://journalstar.com/sports/huskers/sipple/steven-m-sipple-frost-sees-more-unity-spielmans-status-unclear-and-manning-on-track/article_83ac8c5f-f294-5063-a545-acd73139bd95.html (https://journalstar.com/sports/huskers/sipple/steven-m-sipple-frost-sees-more-unity-spielmans-status-unclear-and-manning-on-track/article_83ac8c5f-f294-5063-a545-acd73139bd95.html)
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bummer, dude
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Covid-19?
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don't think so, but it's possible, it was first reported that he had left the team around March 2nd
start of spring practice, not sure when he left Lincoln
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https://247sports.com/college/nebraska/Article/Nebraska-Football-wide-receiver-JD-Spielman-enters-transfer-portal-147971815/ (https://247sports.com/college/nebraska/Article/Nebraska-Football-wide-receiver-JD-Spielman-enters-transfer-portal-147971815/)
So, he's in the portal. Did he stay eligible with school and such?
What really happened here?
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lot's of rumors.... didn't like the spotlight was taken away form him... didn't like the WR coach (who is no longer there).... Frost and his staff have a 'you are with us or you are not' mentality...
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Any idea where he's looking? If he has not graduated, he needs to get a waiver for something, or he's done playing football. Is this the case?
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he'd have to sit this fall... unless there is some type of hardship and he has an exception. At least that is how I understand it.
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and over the next couple days you'll see a lot more "he was bad in the locker room"... "UNL has a juco wr coming in that scared him away" or... "he wasn't that good"...
He was the most complete WR on the team. He's a loss. A big loss. Not unexpected either, but there was still hope.
UNL has had 14 transfers this year. Seems like a bunch.
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bummer
huge loss
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A Purdue site previews the Huskers and sees a narrow Nebraska win in the season opener.
https://www.hammerandrails.com/2020/6/8/21284009/purdue-nebraska-2020-football-preview (https://www.hammerandrails.com/2020/6/8/21284009/purdue-nebraska-2020-football-preview)
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A Purdue site previews the Huskers and sees a narrow Nebraska win in the season opener.
https://www.hammerandrails.com/2020/6/8/21284009/purdue-nebraska-2020-football-preview (https://www.hammerandrails.com/2020/6/8/21284009/purdue-nebraska-2020-football-preview)
For a team that's coming in young for seemingly the 10th season in a row, I hate that Purdue opens with a conference game. Not that 2019 was great, losing a non-con game to a terrible Nevada team, but it really seems like the sort of year where having a few pastries lined up before hitting conference play would help.
Because we've got a completely unproven OL (again, for seemingly the 10th season in a row), and because we've got a three-headed QB race coming into the season, I just don't like Purdue's odds in this one. Maybe in the 5th game of the season, but not in the opener.
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Every time I read "pastries" here I think it says "pasties."
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well, you're a teacher
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Yep. That explains it.
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a friend of mine from my hometown in NW Iowa describes himself as a drafted teacher, "straight-leg" Grunt in first squad, second platoon, C/2-501, 101st., Nov. '69- 31 May, '70...survivor of the Ripcord AO and happy to still be alive!
Taught high school in Vegas was an assistant football coach and remebers coaching Gerald Riggs
he decided to quit going to strip joints because his former students were employed there
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He probably saw some serious combat. Sooner great Bob Kalsu, the only active NFL player to die in Vietnam (former Cleveland Brown Don Steinbrunner was also killed there), was killed in a mortar attack at FSB Ripcord in July of 1970.
"Straight leg" means he wasn't airborne qualified (or maybe on airborne status). I think that the 101st was no longer on jump status by the time your friend was there.
I wonder who was more embarrassed when there was mutual recognition--he or his former students.
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he saw plenty of serious combat
I think he was more times than not, more embarrassed, but Bob was no angel himself
college baseball and basketball star at a small school
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Is Sports Illustrated still a thing?
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UNL's DL is unproven and frankly, I think will be a weak spot on the D starting the season. Purdue's OL's weakness will match to UNL's. I'm not sure anyone will be concerned about UNL's offense, at least the passing game. Maybe people will emerge, but there is only one proven weapon in the passing game. Might change my mind in the fall, but I'd say if UNL doesn't beat Purdue, I'm not sure they will be bowling. I think that game is that key.
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https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/teams/NEB/nebraska-cornhuskers/schedule/regular/ (https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/teams/NEB/nebraska-cornhuskers/schedule/regular/)
the schedule for 2020...
I have in the win column: C Michigan, SDSU, Ill, Rutgers, NW
In the loss column, I have: Cincy, OSU, PSU, iowa, Wisc
In the toss up: Purdue, Minn
In the win column I think NW is the closest to toss up. In the loss column, I think Iowa (due to how UNL has played them lately) is the closest to a toss up.
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Clearly without spring practices there are a lot of unknowns...
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https://journalstar.com/sports/huskers/husker-sports/after-one-really-successful-track-season-brent-wetovick-leaves-to-be-a-rancher/article_95dee5a9-f1c1-5337-80e1-3f19ecd52b4f.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter_huskerextra (https://journalstar.com/sports/huskers/husker-sports/after-one-really-successful-track-season-brent-wetovick-leaves-to-be-a-rancher/article_95dee5a9-f1c1-5337-80e1-3f19ecd52b4f.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter_huskerextra)
Wetovick leaves after one season at UNL track... to go back home and become a rancher. He was the BIG10 Freshman of the year in indoor track.
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I thought the cattle market hit rock bottom?
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Barron Miles Jr. announced on Tuesday night his plans to be part of the Nebraska football program, joining as a walk-on.
Oh yeah, that name rings plenty familiar, doesn't it? His father Barron Miles was a standout cornerback for the Huskers, a senior on the 1994 national championship team. He won the hearts of a fan base for the way he blanketed receivers, including his dogged coverage in the 1995 Orange Bowl. He also had a rather memorable blocked punt, taking it right off an Oklahoma State punter's foot and into his jersey number for a touchdown.
Barron Jr. will look to make his mark on the other side of the ball, planning to play receiver for the Huskers. He's already in Lincoln.
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Barron Miles played a lot bigger than his 5-9 on a good day frame. He was one of the best leaders I've seen in action on a team. He blocked a lot of kicks too, not just that memorable jam vs oSu. He had a really nice run in the CFL IIRC. Another great NJ kid that escaped the clutches of Rutgers. :)
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Defensive back Darius Moore isn't done with football yet. The 6-foot-1, 190-pound defensive back from Iowa, who just finished up a productive sophomore season for the Iowa Western Community College Reivers, announced plans to walk-on at Nebraska.
Moore confirmed that he'll be joining the Huskers as a walk-on with Husker247 on Monday afternoon.
This past season Moore finished with 41 tackles, including 27 solo stops and a fumble recovery. The long defender said he feels his instincts often come alive on the field, allowing him to be in the right spot. That comes from plenty of preparation.
Moore has three years to complete two seasons of eligibility.
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Boyd Epley, the strength-and-conditioning pioneer who launched the Husker Power program in the 1960s, is retiring at the end of the month at age 73
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Not good.
https://twitter.com/NTVNEWS/status/1275545633168822275 (https://twitter.com/NTVNEWS/status/1275545633168822275)
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damn, he wasn't a model citizen, but hate to see something bad happen to a young man
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Former Husker running back Maurice Washington has been located and is “safe and sound” after being reported missing last week by family members.
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I wonder what's going on there.
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not sure, some think he disappeared himself
closed all his social media accounts
I'm encouraged that he was still in Lincoln, possibly working on a degree
life is hard for everyone, especially for young people
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Nebraska track and field senior Kevin Cahoy was named to the 2019-20 Google Cloud Academic All-America First Team and senior Luke Siedhoff was named to the Second Team on Thursday, the College Sports Information Directors of America announced. The awards move Nebraska's nation-leading Academic All-America total to 340 all-time across all sports.
Cahoy, a Grand Island native, has a 3.99 GPA majoring in biological sciences and microbiology. He finished third in the pole vault at the 2020 Big Ten Indoor Championships with a personal-best clearance of 17-3 1/2 (5.27m).
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I watched a couple games from the 94 season the past few days. I recalled the 94 defense was fast and disruptive, but I really forgot how imposing it was... yes, that D gave up plays, but they really took the fight out of teams. Colorado with all their weapons could not score any points until 1:08 left in the 3rd quarter. UNL moving DB's to OLB really created problems for their opponents in that season. I still prefer an attacking defense that gives up plays vs the bend but don't break style that became popular after OSU and the sweater vest won their NC over Miami.
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I still prefer an attacking defense that gives up plays vs the bend but don't break style that became popular after OSU and the sweater vest won their NC over Miami.
this is what I prefer and what Frost's defense was supposed to be
big plays on defense, TFL and turnovers.
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The Month of July in Husker History................
(https://www.huskermax.com/pastnews/week/tire1930.jpg)
1930: A passing target made from an auto tire at Nebraska merits a write-up in Popular Mechanics. Meanwhile, the university plans to purchase a canvas cover for the Memorial Stadium football field, and three Husker games are considered for national radio broadcasts.
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I watched a couple games from the 94 season the past few days. I recalled the 94 defense was fast and disruptive, but I really forgot how imposing it was... yes, that D gave up plays, but they really took the fight out of teams. Colorado with all their weapons could not score any points until 1:08 left in the 3rd quarter. UNL moving DB's to OLB really created problems for their opponents in that season. I still prefer an attacking defense that gives up plays vs the bend but don't break style that became popular after OSU and the sweater vest won their NC over Miami.
I would have loved to see PSU's '94 team shred that defense. :)
Kidding aside, the fact those two teams never played kills me.
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94 PSU and 97 Michigan should have been played
I blame the Big Ten
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https://twitter.com/coachwolf58/status/1278126405331681287
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A program-record 10 Nebraska football players earn recognition as Big Ten Distinguished Scholars.
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LINCOLN -- Former Husker wrestler Jordan Burroughs announced on Thursday that he will be leaving the Nebraska Wrestling Training Center (NWTC) following the 2021 Tokyo Olympics to join the Pennsylvania Regional Training Center (PRTC), located just 23 miles from his hometown of Sickerville, N.J. "I'm a true believer that the greatest work I will ever do will not be on the wrestling mat," the two-time NCAA Champion, four-time World Champion and 2012 Olympic Gold Medalist wrote in a blog post on his website. "An athlete's legacy extends far beyond what they're able to accomplish on the field of play. I have the ability and the voice to empower and lead the young men and women of the next generation, and I want to do that in the same place that I began."
Burroughs will continue to train under the direction of Nebraska Head Coach Mark Manning and Associate Head Coach Bryan Snyder through the 2021 Summer Olympics, which are slated to take place July 25-August 7, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. Burroughs noted in his post that, "Anytime you have seen me, you have seen two men -- Mark Manning and Bryan Snyder -- close behind. The lessons that these coaches have taught me go far beyond my performances on the mat. They are not only coaches to me, but truly family. Every single one of my five titles are their titles as well. We've got one more year to add another one, together in Tokyo."
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Amid a war and pandemic, Nebraska gave Notre Dame all it could handle in 1918
https://omaha.com/sports/college/huskers/teams/football/amidst-a-war-and-pandemic-nebraska-gave-notre-dame-all-it-could-handle-in-1918/article_eda3b801-6dcd-57db-8f71-873a07df027e.amp.html (https://omaha.com/sports/college/huskers/teams/football/amidst-a-war-and-pandemic-nebraska-gave-notre-dame-all-it-could-handle-in-1918/article_eda3b801-6dcd-57db-8f71-873a07df027e.amp.html)
great read about a great game...............
The Fighting Irish were scheduled to be here on warmer days. Now, first-year coach Knute Rockne, the man who’d revolutionized the game five years prior as a player, stood in the cold and watched his team prepare in the melting snow. Before him were his two multidimensional stars who’d soon enter the football lexicon forever: George Gipp, better known as “The Gipper,” and Curly Lambeau. Yes, that Lambeau.
Across the field on the Husker sideline was William G. Kline, a recent law school graduate and young professor at the University of Nebraska. He’d fallen into a head coaching job of a depleted Husker football team that — all season — lost man after man to the Army. He watched his 20 men, most from the state, most of whom had either served in the war or trained at a base close, prepare for their toughest task of the season.
How this game on Thanksgiving day came to be — how it kicked off just after World War I in the middle of a pandemic — is a small miracle. And the story is worth revisiting now, in this summer of 2020, because though the situation in front of college football appears incongruous and foreign, it’s all actually happened once before.
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https://www.huskermax.com/1918-war-influenza-and-football/ (https://www.huskermax.com/1918-war-influenza-and-football/)
It’s safe to say coach William G. Kline and athletic director R.D. Scott more than earned their pay in 1918. What follows is a timeline of how the Huskers ultimately managed to play six games under the unprecedented conditions of the time.
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https://twitter.com/SharpFootball/status/1286103289600278528 (https://twitter.com/SharpFootball/status/1286103289600278528)
This is a great thread on the use of FB's and their productivity in the NFL. It is one element of UNL's past offense that I miss. I also think HS RB's in Nebraska made great FB's at the college level. They were kids who where a step slow at the RB position, but would hit the weight room for a couple years just for the chance to play FB for the team. This made them weapons in the running game as well.
Also, UNL lost a position you could reserve for walkons (yes.. they did offer scholarships, but most coming out of HS were walkons) and hence, focus scholarships in other key positions on the team. Basically this meant less DB's or DE's on the roster. jmo
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might want to forward this to Coach Frost
he obviously doesn't feel the same way as Coach Walsh
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Nebraska added its final scholarship addition to the class of 2020 on Friday evening when defensive back Nadab Joseph, previously at Independence Community College announced his commitment on social media on Friday evening.
The junior college defender had been a strong player of interest for the Huskers dating back to the 2019 spring, and Nebraska stuck with Joseph's recruitment for more than a year, as the defender told Husker247 earlier this summer that he was continuing to hear from Nebraska.
Joseph was once one of the more sought after prep players in the country, as a former Top247 defensive back in the 2018 class.
After sitting out a year, he enrolled at Independence Community College and played as a freshman. The defender held nine offers per his profile, including Alabama and Georgia, two teams heavily involved in his recruitment prior to his arrival at Independence.
Alabama hosted Joseph for a camp in 2019 and a the event the defender recorded a 4.4 40-yard dash time and registered a near 40-inch vertical.
Joseph, originally out of the Miami area, prompted one of the fiercest SEC recruiting battles during the 2018 cycle, as the defender actually committed to LSU and Alabama before a signing day decision with Georgia.
Since that time Joseph has played some with Independence, with eight tackles across five games, starting in October.
Nebraska had only one spot remaining to fill out the 2020 class. The Huskers signed four defensive backs in the cycle, but Henry Gray elected to enter the transfer portal after spending several months in Lincoln prior to the COVID-19 shutdown. Then earlier in July, Jaiden Francois did the same thing, after enrolling early at Nebraska this past winter.
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Former Husker defensive coordinator Carl Pelini is taking over as head coach at his alma mater, Cardinal Mooney High School in Youngstown, Ohio.
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Former Husker defensive coordinator Carl Pelini is taking over as head coach at his alma mater, Cardinal Mooney High School in Youngstown, Ohio.
Man, you can take some of those guys out of Youngstown, but you can't take Youngstown out of them.
I had an Army buddy from Altoona, PA, who went to Youngstown State. He had one word to say about it.
Mafia.
Well, he had some other words too. But it always got back to that first word.
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Al Bundy played for the Penguins.
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/I01XKRkhvd0/maxresdefault.jpg)
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Man, you can take some of those guys out of Youngstown, but you can't take Youngstown out of them.
I had an Army buddy from Altoona, PA, who went to Youngstown State. He had one word to say about it.
Mafia.
Well, he had some other words too. But it always got back to that first word.
some dern good meatballs
Al Bundy was a stud footballer
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Former Husker Jaevon McQuitty lands at South Dakota,* and Breon Dixon opts for Missouri State.
Instant playing time
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I'm sure glad to hear McQuitty's name again!
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pick of my friend, Robert, the retired teacher
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pick of my friend, Robert, the retired teacher
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Nice. I've got some good helicopter pics from my time in the Army, but not from Vietnam. (Looks like Vietnam, I think.) Although, come to think of it, a Lt. Col. I worked for in Korea gave me a couple of blow-ups of his AH-1G Cobra in action. He was in an Arial Rocket Artillery unit. They flew at high altitude (well, high for a helicopter) and went into a dive to release up to 76 2.75" rockets on the bad guys.
Your pic is of a UH-1H Huey. A.K.A. the "Bell Hotel." I would guess that this picture is from the latter part of the war. If it's from Vietnam, that is.
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my Friend Robert in the middle
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Grunts taking a morning coffee break in the jungle from "huntin". RIPCORD AO, '70. Stay alert and stay alive! Tough duty!!!
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Bob Kalsu, OU All-American OL in 1967, the Buffalo Bills' team Rookie of the Year, was the only active professional athlete killed in Vietnam. He was an artillery officer at Fire Support Base Ripcord, killed in July 1970. He was in the 101st Airborne Division.
Was your friend in the 101st Airborne in Area of Operations Ripcord in 1970?
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yes sir
Robert Henningsen Grunt in first squad, second platoon, C/2-501,101st., Nov. '69- 31 May, '70
survivor of the Ripcord AO and happy to still be alive!
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As a scout dog handler when you saw the company clerk headed across the compound you knew what the message was, you just pulled a mission and be on the chopper pad at 1st light. Listen to the turbine start to whine while the crew chief walked around the bird.The turbine comes to life and the rotors slowly starts to rotate picking up speed and finally leveling off as the first signs of light start to break over the horizon. Its March of 70 and the battle for Ripcord is on. For the next 4 months every mission will be into the deadly Ashau valley or the Song Bo river area. The crew chief gives you the sign and you start across the steel pad throwing your ruck on the floor and Duke jumps into the chopper like a hound in a pick up and it's back to the jungle. I seldom walked point with the same squad twice, never knowing anyone's name or story. Everyone had a job to do and for the next week mine would be to walk point and make sure I didn't let the squad walk into an ambush or booby traps. I was fortunate enough to work with this squad several times and got to know some of them . If you were going into the jungle with only 9 or 10 people this was the crew you wanted to be with. Before Ripcord was over some of these men would be killed and most wounded. Thank you Robert Henningsen for this pic of these brave men
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Good stuff, Fearless!
You can see the "Screaming Eagle" patch on each guy's left shoulder.
(https://i.imgur.com/CIDiILo.png)
Or, as the guys in the 82nd call it, the "Puking Chicken."
As the junior of the two airborne divisions that survived the post-WWII drawdown, the 101st was the one that got downgraded to an "air assault" division in the late-/post-Vietnam drawdown.
And the paratroopers of the 82nd have enjoyed rubbing it in ever since!
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I'd guess most of the Puking Chickens would rather not jump out of an airplane anyway
In and out of a Huey was probably enough for them in 1970
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Nah, they're good. Screaming Eagles all the way.
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Robert posted his on FB, must have known Kalsu
https://grantland.com/features/robert-mays-lifelong-sacrifices-made-kalsu-family/?fbclid=IwAR2_Ve78y-BoZ_SsnvUAesW4mF01NoJDbkEE24g9fuVyxlm-PKyRwK-WTtw (https://grantland.com/features/robert-mays-lifelong-sacrifices-made-kalsu-family/?fbclid=IwAR2_Ve78y-BoZ_SsnvUAesW4mF01NoJDbkEE24g9fuVyxlm-PKyRwK-WTtw)
There are some who remember Bob Kalsu as a football star. In 1967, he was an All-American offensive tackle for a 10-1 Oklahoma team that beat Tennessee in the Orange Bowl. The next spring, he was drafted in the eighth round by the Buffalo Bills, and by the end of his first season he’d been elected the team’s rookie of the year. There are others who remember him as a soldier. At Oklahoma, Kalsu had completed ROTC, and he graduated in May 1968 with a commitment to Army service. Sixteen months later, with his daughter just 10 months old, he was called to Vietnam.
At the time, many professional athletes used their standing to avoid active duty and serve as reserves instead. It was a choice Kalsu’s friends urged him to take, but one he declined. On July 21, 1970, Bob Kalsu was killed at Firebase Ripcord, on a hill in South Vietnam’s Thua Thien-Hue province. He would be the only professional athlete to die in Vietnam. He was 25 years old.
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I proudly have that Screaming Eagle on my left shoulder. I was in the A Shau during much of 1970. This brings back memories.
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tough duty, for sure
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I proudly have that Screaming Eagle on my left shoulder. I was in the A Shau during much of 1970. This brings back memories.
It's the best-looking divisional patch, IMO.
And the 101st has a history to be proud of.
Thank you for your service in the A Shau Valley, Joe.
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asked Robert if he knew Kalsu.... this is his reply..........
Robert Henningsen
I knew he was the "big guy", footballer out of Ok and the NFL that ran the 155s on Ripcord. I never talked to him (unusual for me) but I saw him once hump 4 155 rounds on his back...busy man in trying times. RIP
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asked Robert if he knew Kalsu.... this is his reply..........
Robert Henningsen
I knew he was the "big guy", footballer out of Ok and the NFL that ran the 155s on Ripcord. I never talked to him (unusual for me) but I saw him once hump 4 155 rounds on his back...busy man in trying times. RIP
That's one heavy load. A 155mm howitzer round weighs about 95 lbs.
At OU, The Bob Kalsu Award is given annually to the football player who “personifies Kalsu’s spirit of leadership, serving as a motivator and role model for his teammates.”
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The latest episode of Husker Sports Network Originals follows the evolutions of legendary coach Tom Osborne's option offense.
"Osborne and the Option" discussed the journey of Osborne's offensive scheme, from his early days as an assistant under Bob Devaney, the 1983 Scoring Explosion and the glory days of the dominant '90s. We highlight some of the key players in Osborne's offense, including Turner Gill, Steve Taylor and current Nebraska football head coach, Scott Frost.
https://huskers.com/podcasts/originals-osborne-and-the-option/279 (https://huskers.com/podcasts/originals-osborne-and-the-option/279)
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The Nebraska athletic department announced cost-saving measures to help offset the financial impacts of the postponement of the Big Ten fall athletic season as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Among the moves announced by Moos, 51 Nebraska athletic department staff members will be furloughed from Sept. 1 through Dec. 31. All over athletic department staff members will take a 10 percent salary reduction through the end of the 2020 year.
The measures announced Friday are in addition to cost savings announced in June that included a 10 percent reduction in overall expenses for Fiscal Year 2021, no merit increases for staff for FY 21 and the elimination of 17 positions in Athletics. In total, staffing decisions are expected to result in a savings of approximately $3 million for the Athletic Department.
Moos said previously that Nebraska could be looking at a nearly $100 million shortfall.
In June, Moos announced a number of cost-saving measures, including:
No merit increases for all Department employees in Fiscal Year 2021
No increases in all sports programs budgets for the upcoming year
Sports programs will be encouraged to build a more regional non-conference away schedule, which will limit public exposures and allow for a reduction in travel costs
All administrative units across the Department have been asked to reduce budgets by 10 percent
All staff travel (excluding recruiting) will be greatly restricted over the coming year
A reduction in recurring capital expenditures
Summer programming for student-athletes will be limited in Summer 2021
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Do the PTB at Nebraska believe that there will be a B1G spring football season?
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more enthusiasm for a season starting in January - spring
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Enthusiasm is good.
But is the Jan-Spring season really a thing? Or just a PR move to delay criticism?
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real if they get started in January
not reasonable if they wait a month or two
I'm hoping the SEC and Big 12 do well and the Big starts things up in october or november
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Is there any meat to the tidbits about several B1G schools gearing up to play a rump-conference schedule?
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no, unfortunately
apparently, the Big Ten lawyers have the high ground
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My personal opinion is the spring concept is just a promise to reduce the noise.
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2001 Nebraska-Oklahoma on BTN now.
The 2000 and 2001 games are two of my favorite games that I had no rooting interest in. Really first time in my fanhood that rivalry meant something
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I was at the 2001 game. Good times, back in the good old daze
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2001 Nebraska-Oklahoma on BTN now.
The 2000 and 2001 games are two of my favorite games that I had no rooting interest in. Really first time in my fanhood that rivalry meant something
Well I watched the one 30 yrs before - it was pretty good
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2001 Nebraska-Oklahoma on BTN now.
The 2000 and 2001 games are two of my favorite games that I had no rooting interest in. Really first time in my fanhood that rivalry meant something
Oh the B1G memories
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Here in Sooner Nation, I keep reading speculation and rumors that Nebraska would like to return to the Big 12 (so as to make it the Big 11, perhaps).
Most of those stories seem to trace back to Tom Shatel.
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Here in Sooner Nation, I keep reading speculation and rumors that Nebraska would like to return to the Big 12 (so as to make it the Big 11, perhaps).
Most of those stories seem to trace back to Tom Shatel.
Nebraska made a ton of sense...then Delany got blinded by the bright lights of NYC, added two NE schools, started putting basketball tournaments in DC and NYC.
I don't blame Nebraska. They joined a midwest conference, which turned their backs on being a midwest conference. I would be plenty happy stopping at 12, if that much was necessary
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Here in Sooner Nation, I keep reading speculation and rumors that Nebraska would like to return to the Big 12 (so as to make it the Big 11, perhaps).
Most of those stories seem to trace back to Tom Shatel.
Tom knows better, this will never happen. But it certainly stirs his readers and fans
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I like round-robin scheduling. But if you're going to have divisions, 12 is the right number, IMO.
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Wear red.
Spend green.
The Lincoln Convention and Visitors Bureau, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln athletic department and the Downtown Lincoln Association have organized the City of Red initiative, and they’re encouraging fans to show their Husker spirit, perhaps by making a day of it in Lincoln, buying red items, visiting local neighborhoods and even staying overnight in a hotel. The website cityofred.com will list creative ways people can celebrate game day, and events can be tailored to any locale.
“The financial impact of no Husker football this fall is significant,” Nebraska Athletic Director Bill Moos said. “The ‘City of Red’ campaign is an excellent idea and I encourage all of our fans to support our local economies in a safe and responsible way, while keeping our Husker spirit thriving in our communities.”
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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY................
1960: Preseason optimism appears justified as Nebraska stuns No. 4 Texas, 14-13, in Austin.
https://www.huskermax.com/games/1960/01texas60.html (https://www.huskermax.com/games/1960/01texas60.html)
HUSKERS UPSET
NO. 4 LONGHORNS
ON HOT AUSTIN NIGHT
Pat Fischer returned a punt 76 yards for a score and had a hand in all of Nebraska's points as the Cornhuskers opened the 1960 season by upsetting Texas, 14-13.
NU had to repel a desperate Longhorn rally in the final minute to preserve the victory.
Fischer, a senior who switched from halfback to quarterback during the offseason, scored both Nebraska touchdowns and passed for the two-point conversion that proved the difference in the game, which was played in mid-80s evening heat in Austin.
Favored by 15 points and ranked No. 4 in the AP poll, Texas opened the game according to form. The Longhorns drove 80 yards in 18 plays in the first quarter, with fullback Ray Poage pounding out tough yardage on the ground. Quarterback Mike Cotten scored on a six-yard keeper, and the extra-point kick was true.
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Tom knows better, this will never happen. But it certainly stirs his readers and fans
Omaha media stirs to keep up viewership
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Bob Kalsu, OU All-American OL in 1967, the Buffalo Bills' team Rookie of the Year, was the only active professional athlete killed in Vietnam. He was an artillery officer at Fire Support Base Ripcord, killed in July 1970. He was in the 101st Airborne Division.
Was your friend in the 101st Airborne in Area of Operations Ripcord in 1970?
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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY
The week of Sept. 27 through Oct. 3, looking back in five-year intervals:
1925: Ed Weir and the Huskers open the season by shutting down Illinois and Red Grange, 14-0.
1935: Lloyd Cardwell outshines Chicago's Jay Berwanger, who would win the 1935 Heisman Trophy, in a season-opening 28-7 win for the Huskers.
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The Nebraska Athletic Department is offering Husker fans the opportunity to be a part of the Sea of Red Sellout for the 2020 football season. The Sea of Red Sellout, presented by First National Bank of Omaha (FNBO), gives fans a chance to fill Memorial Stadium virtually and collect commemorative items related to the 2020 season.
The Sea of Red campaign is one of two primary fan initiatives announced Thursday, as Nebraska will also offer fans a free second screen video stream featuring several game-day elements.
Fans have multiple options to participate in the Sea of Red virtual sellout, providing unique chances to be a part of game days at Memorial Stadium in 2020. Package options range from $25 to $1,000, with the most comprehensive package including two life-size cutouts placed in the Tunnel Walk, four fan cutouts in Memorial Stadium, 40 seats filled and four collector's items.
All proceeds from the season-long campaign will support Husker student-athletes and allow Nebraska Athletics to address the areas of greatest need during this challenging time. Fans who previously donated their 2020 season ticket and/or donation payments will count towards the sellout goal.
Sea of Red Sellout Packages
$25 = One Seat + Choice of One Collector's Item
$100 = Four Seats + Fan Cutout in Memorial Stadium for 2020 Season + Choice of One Collector's Item
$250 = 10 Seats + Two Fan Cutouts for 2020 Season + All Four Collector's Items
$1,000 = 40 Seats + Two Life-Size Tunnel Walk Cutouts + Four Fan Cutouts for 2020 Season +
All Four Collector's Items (Act Fast! Tunnel Walk is limited to 250-life size cutouts)
Fan Collectible Choices Include:
Commemorative 2020 Season Ticket
2020 Husker Season Program
50th Anniversary 1970 Championship Poster
Husker Helmet Cutout Poster
Note: The purchase of virtual tickets does not count as a donation to the Husker Athletic Fund. Each virtual seat purchase will also enter fans into weekly prize drawings including adidas apparel, FNBO gift cards and other Husker items.
All fan cutouts will be placed in the East Stadium. Fans are encouraged to wear red in their cutout photos. At the end of the season, fans will have the opportunity to pick up their cutouts at Memorial Stadium or have them shipped for an additional fee
Nebraska will also connect with fans through a game-day video stream on Huskers.com and Facebook Live. The second screen production is designed to accompany the network television broadcast. It will feature video of pregame warmups, the Tunnel Walk, the Cornhusker Marching Band and Husker Spirit Squad, video shots of fan cutouts, and other HuskerVision game-day features. The stream will include pre-game and halftime studio segments and during the game will include the Husker Radio Network broadcast and give fans updated stats and information.
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I was thinking about goals for the team this year.... I came up with what I'd like to see...
1) Retain talent. You can't have a revolving door of bringing in recruits and then having them leave. Either your recruiting needs to change or the staff needs to look at the culture they are creating. Tough to rebuild when so many players don't make it through their eligibility.
2) Consistency in QB play. Last year had some moments where UNL looked fantastic on offense. But they also had a lot of "worst offense ever" quarters. We don't need a QB to make the big play every time the ball is snapped. UNL needs a leader who can get first downs and keep the team on the field.
3) WR production... to help with the QB play UNL needs more targets in the passing game. Still need a #1 WR. They have to get production out of some newer players.
4) Defense... this one is probably more wishful thinking... since UNL won't be going back to the 4-3, I'm hoping to see more one gapping and less 2 gapping by the DL. I don't believe UNL has the bodies for it and I would rather see a defense that disrupts and occasionally gives up big plays vs a defense that just allows teams to grind out drives. jmo
5) I want the kids to have fun again... there is sooo much pressure in Lincoln. The fans are begging for even a top 25 team. This cloud of pressure just weighs down the program. It's mentally exhausting... I believe. I would like to see the guys smiling and enjoying game. (That probably means the fans also understand this is a journey, not a sprint ... UNL is not going to rebuild like Miami.)
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well, if Chinander can get the defense playing well. Big if, I'm very doubtful.
If they can find a defense, then you might see bowl games, winning seasons, and a top 25 ranking.
that would be fun for the players and take off some of the pressure
I think #1 - #3 are achievable.
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not real close to the Nebraska program
with the last few years are there any fans questioning the Pelini dismissal?
he had a decent record albeit not that many championships but I believe he was going to bowl games
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plenty of fans questioned it as soon as Riley was named
many more questioned it as Riley ran the program into the ground
some just hated Pelini for his personality and will never admit questioning it, but those folks are full of hatred
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Shoulda kept Solich
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Maybe... I wondered if a better AD could have helped Solich and created a contract to work on areas that were weak... like recruiting. But he's had how many years in the MAC and has never won it. Probably not what UNL wanted.
Bo is interesting. I've never seen a coach go from parades in the street to creating a hate relationship with the fans. Bo was SOOOOO much better than Riley, but Bo was the guy who focused on things that didn't matter instead of what did.. Like hunting down a fan before the Texas game to lecture him on what he said on his website. He was a good team motivator, but I'm not sure he was an X's and O's genius. He never figured out how to slow down Wisc. Would I take his 9 wins per season today... absolutely. At the time I did think UNL could do better. Riley was a head scratcher when announced and the AD should have been fired for even suggesting it.
Since TO, UNL has had 2 guys who had elements of a great coach but also huge gaps.. BC could recruit and develop but had no idea how to relate to college kids and create a culture. Bo connected with the players and could motivate them like no other... but his system was flawed and he had huge recruiting holes (like only 2 scholarship LB's on the team when UNL entered the BIG).
Hoping Frost is the guy, but Riley dug a huge hole. I've never would have guess someone in football that long would be so bad at running a program at Nebraska.
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Shoulda kept Solich
shoulda kept Solich and Bo until a better coach or equal was found
I know there are no sure things when hiring a coach, but............
Billy C. and Riley weren't even close
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Tim Gay, Nebraska’s football-physics expert, has solved the conundrum of why a well-thrown football behaves the way it does.
https://research.unl.edu/blog/tipping-point-after-20-years-gay-solves-conundrum-of-football-physics/ (https://research.unl.edu/blog/tipping-point-after-20-years-gay-solves-conundrum-of-football-physics/)
The gyroscope of the problem
If a football were thrown in a vacuum, without any air to influence its flight, the phenomenon that so fascinated Gay wouldn’t exist. Instead, the ball’s nose would remain pointing upward even as gravity drew it back down to the field.
But introducing an atmosphere into the equation, or equations, means that physicists would expect to see notable changes in the flight of the ball as it sails through that air. The problem? What they expected is not what they saw.
Understanding why is a matter of forces and torques. Many of the forces are generated as the quarterback cocks his arm back, slings the ball forward and spins it off his fingers as he releases it. That motion propels the ball forward and up into the air, beginning the parabolic arc that the center of the ball will trace during a deep, well-thrown pass.
A tightly thrown spiral also rotates around the axis that runs from one tip of the football to the other, generating what’s known as angular momentum. When teaching the concept in class, Gay illustrates angular momentum by curling in the fingers of his right hand while sticking out his thumb. Whatever direction his thumb points is the direction of the angular momentum, with the curl of his fingers corresponding to the rotation of an object. The faster a football rotates, the greater its angular momentum — and in the case of a tight spiral, the direction of that angular momentum closely approximates the direction of the ball’s nose-to-nose axis.
As the arc of the ball’s trajectory dips below its initial launch angle, though, the torque generated by air rushing against it should, intuitively, cause the front end of the ball to pitch up so that it starts slowly tumbling backward, end over end.
“The reason it doesn’t happen is based on the concept of gyroscopic stabilization, and that’s where it gets difficult,” Gay said. “This illustrates how weird these kinds of problems are.”
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encouraging press conference today..........
Scott Frost says he's under the impression that the Big Ten will allow artificial crowd noise this year. "I didn't vote on that." The Nebraska coach says it's "annoying" to hear fake noise and hopes there are regulations that prevent schools from directing it at visiting benches.
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Pinnacle Bank Arena is hosting a watch party for the Nebraska football season opener against Ohio State on Oct. 24.
The doors will open at 10 a.m., one hour before kickoff. Admission is free.
Masks are required to gain entry and must be worn throughout the event. There will be pod seating to allow for social distancing, and hand sanitizing stations will be available throughout the arena. The venue will be cleaned and sanitized, and staff will be responsible for cleaning high-touch areas.
Concession stands will be open. Until kickoff there will be specials available including $3 hot dogs, $3 Busch Lights and $4 selected domestic beers. After kickoff it will be $4 Busch Lights and $5 domestic beers.
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seems very unnecessary ........... COVID is too dangerous to be in the football stadium, so... let's pack a large crowd into the basketball arena
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seems very unnecessary ........... COVID is too dangerous to be in the football stadium, so... let's pack a large crowd into the basketball arena
How badly strapped is the Nebraska athletic department for revenue right now? Do they owe money to Vinny and Rocko and they need cash fast???
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this isn't run through the AD as far as I know
free admission to fans
just a few bucks on concessions
no the Athletic department has cash
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Pinnacle Bank Arena is hosting a watch party for the Nebraska football season opener against Ohio State on Oct. 24.
The doors will open at 10 a.m., one hour before kickoff. Admission is free.
Masks are required to gain entry and must be worn throughout the event. There will be pod seating to allow for social distancing, and hand sanitizing stations will be available throughout the arena. The venue will be cleaned and sanitized, and staff will be responsible for cleaning high-touch areas.
Concession stands will be open. Until kickoff there will be specials available including $3 hot dogs, $3 Busch Lights and $4 selected domestic beers. After kickoff it will be $4 Busch Lights and $5 domestic beers.
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seems very unnecessary ........... COVID is too dangerous to be in the football stadium, so... let's pack a large crowd into the basketball arena
I was wondering the same thing. Have no idea of what pod seating will look like. On the other hand, PBA is only a hop, skip, and a jump away from my house; I could walk there in 1/2 hour or so (I walk slow, lol). Never been to a watch party - could be fun.
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I met my brother in Lincoln a couple weeks ago
Buzzard Billys, Jack's, Buffalo wild wings, Alchemy Aqua Vitae, the Boiler Room, and stayed at the Graduate in the Haymarket
didn't feel real safe
I don't think I'd file into the Bank for a watch party with all those youngsters
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I don't believe UNL is the majority owner of pinnacle bank arena.... could be wrong, but they have as many non-UNL events as UNL events.
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btw... I'd also expect to hear a few announcements on player departures in the upcoming weeks. My hopes for no more was short lived... at this point, in my mind, it is clear... there are cultural problems in Lincoln.
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well, the problems need to leave
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well, the problems need to leave
does that include coaches and administrative staff?
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UNL Loses so far..
2020 class
Lynum, Gray, Greene and Omar
2019 Class
Chase
2018 class
Hunt, cam jones, Will, Watt, Washington, Miles Jones, Legrone, Mcgriff, Smith, Williams, Woodyard and Bell
2017 class
I really don't count those transfers as they were in a transition year..
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does that include coaches and administrative staff?
absolutely
and no better time than NOW!
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I was wondering the same thing. Have no idea of what pod seating will look like. On the other hand, PBA is only a hop, skip, and a jump away from my house; I could walk there in 1/2 hour or so (I walk slow, lol). Never been to a watch party - could be fun.
Well, never mind; already cancelled.
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plenty of smaller places near you will be hosting watch parties
stay safe
I'll be watching from my living room with 2, 3 or 4 friends
not saying that is safe..... buddy that I had over to the house Sunday morning for a bloody mary before heading to the golf tournament told me yesterday that his wife tested positive
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btw... I'd also expect to hear a few announcements on player departures in the upcoming weeks. My hopes for no more was short lived... at this point, in my mind, it is clear... there are cultural problems in Lincoln.
Kade reporting a culture reset in the WR room
not surprising, but good to hear
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Kade Warner
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Nebraska addressed a big position of need through the transfer portal on Thursday with the addition of Northern Iowa graduate transfer linebacker Chris Kolarevic.
The 6-foot-1, 230-pound Kolarevic put his name in the transfer portal a little over a week ago and announced he had committed to Nebraska via Twitter Thursday evening. While it was not an easy decision to leave UNI, he felt the timing was right to take his talents to a higher level.
Kolarevic redshirtted his freshman season at Northern Iowa and played the past two seasons. He recorded 144 career tackles and earned second team Missouri Valley All-Conference honors as a sophomore last season.
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Kade reporting a culture reset in the WR room
not surprising, but good to hear
Late to respond, but yes that is good to hear... and needed.
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Nebraska is hopefully going to finally play a game this fall at Memorial Stadium on Nov. 14 against Penn State.
The school announced Monday that the first game of the fall in Lincoln will kick off at 11 a.m. and is set for broadcast on FS1.
The Huskers and the Nittany Lions are playing for the first time since a 56-44 PSU win in State College, Pennsylvania, in 2017, and at Memorial Stadium for the first time since Nebraska notched a 32-23 win on Nov. 10, 2012.
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this week in Husker History.......................
1915: In a showdown for the Missouri Valley championship, Nebraska buries Kansas in Lawrence, 33-0. Meanwhile, the Cornhuskers get a Rose Bowl invitation that would ultimately be shot down by other Missouri Valley schools.
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https://columbustelegram.com/sports/college/the-expectations-will-be-very-high-nebraska-volleyball-program-signs-no-1-ranked-recruiting-class/article_e3dd6dd8-f124-55f0-abeb-9f9ca55961ea.html
Husker volleyball signs the #1 class in the country. The class included the #1, #2 and #3 prospects.
as an fyi... creighton signed the #5 class
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center of the VBall universe
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remember when Nebraska fans were all bellyaching, because they drew Penn State on their crossover schedule?
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I don't remember that
but, I've been drinking
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I don't recall that either... I recall a poll years ago one of the husker websites and vast majority wanted PSU due to Nebraska's history with that program. I'm sure there were a few, but most fans wanted PSU..... that's how I remember it. Nebraska fans still are upset about 1982. LOL
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yup, Husker fans were more upset over getting Ohio St. instead of Rutgers
the 82 game vs Joe Pa still bothers me
I was a sophomore and that still is one of my favorite teams
Roger Craig Running behind Dave Rimmington
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* Frost was asked about the team moving to the west sideline. With no fans in the stands, Frost said it was a move to help better protect the team's signals from the sidelines.
Does this mean he was concerned Penn St. was trying to steal signals?
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Does he think James Franklin would know what to do with them if he did?
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I think his quote among others is the exposed nature of a empty stadium, believed he called it a barn.
One old yarn was Nebraska took the east sideline out of consideration for the visitors who wouldn't have to deal with the beating sun. Of course thats only useful in Aug through mid October.
I too wonder who the straw man was bellyaching about PSU as a crossover.
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Nebraska student-athletes have posted a 94 percent NCAA Graduation Success Rate, continuing the Huskers’ long tradition of being a national leader in the classroom. The NCAA released its GSR scores on Tuesday, with Nebraska recording its highest all student-athlete rate for the eighth consecutive year. It also marked the third straight year Nebraska has achieved a GSR of 90 percent or higher.
Nebraska’s 94 percent GSR rate for all student-athletes ranks among the Big Ten and national leaders. At the conference level, the 94 percent mark is tied for second among 14 Big Ten schools. On the national scale, Nebraska’s GSR ranks in a tie for 10th among 65 Power Five Schools, and third among public institutions at the Power Five level.
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In hindsight, the B1G West schedule should have been of more concern than the crossover slate.
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true
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I thought Scott Frost would probably be the magic pill that cured Nebraska ills. It appears doubtful Nebraska will have a winning record in 2020. Rivals had Nebraska ranked 17th in recruiting in 2020, and they are at 18th on Rivals in 2021. Nebraska will probably stay the course for 2021, but it is starting to appear a bit wobbly.
Turnovers on offense, and a porous defense seem to be the issues. Any thoughts?
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the QBs are the cause of the vast majority of the turnovers
either better coaching or need smarter QBs - seems simple. Turn the ball over, grab some bench
I'm not a fan of the D-coordinator or his scheme. I guess it works fine when the offense is clicking, putting up points in bunches with little time off the clock.
and mostly playing with a double digit lead...
the scheme and defensive philosophy are high risk, high reward. Very aggressive with emphasis on negative plays (TFL & sacks) and forcing turnovers.
the thought is to get the ball back quickly to give the offense more opportunities to score.
not sure this works in the Big Ten where offenses are more methodical, conservative, and limit negative plays and turnovers. It certainly hasn't been effective yet.
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the QBs are the cause of the vast majority of the turnovers
either better coaching or need smarter QBs - seems simple. Turn the ball over, grab some bench
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the thought is to get the ball back quickly to give the offense more opportunities to score.
not sure this works in the Big Ten where offenses are more methodical, conservative, and limit negative plays and turnovers. It certainly hasn't been effective yet.
The above pretty well sums it up.
UNL needs people like Mike Rozier and Roger Craig running the ball rather than Luke McCaffrey and Adrian Martinez. Nebraska's 1st leading rusher is QB Luke McCaffrey, and its 3rd leading rusher is QB Adrian Martinez. It is good to have a QB who can use his feet, but by his appearance Luke McCaffrey does not look like the most durable man on the squad that you want rushing the ball and then trying to throw.
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Collin Miller, spinal concussion. Loading him onto a stretcher and onto a gurney had a bad appearance. Out for the season, but should be okay in the long term. Collin Miller of Nebraska football dealing with spinal concussion (espn.com) (https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/30374593/collin-miller-nebraska-cornhuskers-dealing-spinal-concussion)
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thankfully, appears to be very good news for Collin
by all accounts a good young man
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by his appearance Luke McCaffrey does not look like the most durable man on the squad that you want rushing the ball and then trying to throw.
Frost should know this better than most
a bit of a head scratcher the past 2 seasons
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Flemming, a WR, has left the UNL program. He is the 5th florida player from the 2020 class to leave Nebraska.
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* Junior defensive back Cam Taylor-Britt said he wouldn't call himself upset that three freshmen defensive backs have transferred out of the program this year, most recently freshman cornerback Ronald Delancy on Friday, because, "that's not my life I'm living."
"That was those guys' choices to make and I hope they succeed anywhere they go," Taylor-Britt said. "But we have to move on here and the next man is up."
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McKenzie Milton, Scott Frost’s quarterback at Central Florida, is entering the transfer portal as he continues his comeback from a devastating injury.
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Off Season thread?UNL throw the towel in already
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Bill Moos on Scott Frost: “He’s here with me as long as I’m here. He’s just what I want and what Nebraska’s needed.”
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UCF quarterback McKenzie Milton enters transfer portal two years after gruesome injury - CBSSports.com (https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/ucf-quarterback-mckenzie-milton-enters-transfer-portal-two-years-after-gruesome-injury/)
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yeah
you should hear some fans clamoring for Milton to save the offense
I suppose Milton could join a crowded QB room, but I doubt it.
it's the O-line that sucks
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A couple of guys in the QB room might be better at tailback.
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I think at least one of those guys is OK
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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY::
«1915: Lured by an extra $750 per year, Jumbo Stiehm resigns as Nebraska's head coach to take a similar position at Indiana, and the Lincoln Star's Cy Sherman calls it a blunder that was forced by “enemies of the game” within the university. Stiehm had a school-record 34-game unbeaten streak at the time, and his 91.3% winning percentage remains the best of any Nebraska coach who served at least two seasons.
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McKenzie Milton, Scott Frost’s quarterback at Central Florida, announces Florida State will be his transfer destination.
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Before Saturday, the Huskers last played a December home game in 1908.
It was a big deal when Jim Thorpe and the 1908 Carlisle Indians came to Lincoln in early December.
Though not yet an Olympic hero, Thorpe was a budding legend on the gridiron in his second season with the Pennsylvania school. The Indians were gaining a mystique by going toe to toe with the top programs of the era — and often coming out on top. In October, they battled the season’s mythical national champion, Penn, to a 6-6 tie.
In some circles, they were derided as a de-facto professional team. Nebraska’s faculty, in fact, protested the late addition of Carlisle to the schedule. The Cornhuskers, the faculty charged, had gone “crassly commercial,” wrote the Omaha World-Herald’s Frederick Ware in a 1940 history of NU football.
But fans weren’t about to protest. Anywhere from 2,500 to 5,000 of them showed up on a cold Wednesday afternoon at Antelope Park, the Cornhuskers’ temporary home field for the season, to see how Nebraska stacked up against coach Glenn “Pop” Warner’s squad.
Nebraska got off to a promising start. On Carlisle’s first possession, a punt by Thorpe went practically nowhere, and the Cornhuskers got the ball at the Indians’ 10-yard line. Three plays later, fullback Ernest Kroeger scored from the 2-yard line.
But after that, it was all Carlisle.
As author Lars Anderson described it, Warner “used virtually every play his Indians had ever practiced in the Nebraska game: Carlisle ran reverses, fake kicks, catch-and-laterals, and several long passes. This was football as entertainment like none of the fans had ever seen.”
After Thorpe returned a fumble more than 30 yards for Carlisle’s second touchdown, the score was 19-6 and the rout was on.
Said the Nebraska State Journal: “The Nebraskans were outclassed by a style of football the like of which they had never dreamed being presented to them.” The Lincoln Star described the game as “one of professionalism pitted against amateurism.” The Cornhuskers, the Star said, were “outclassed in every department” and “wilted before the powerful charges of the Indian backfield.”
But, as author Anderson noted, the fans were entertained. “After the final whistle blew,” he wrote, “the polite midwestern crowd roundly applauded the Indians.”
NOTES: About 50 American Indians from the reservations of Nebraska and South Dakota came to Lincoln to see “the vaunted redskins from the east,” the Omaha Bee reported. During the game, “many of these Indians, together with the subs of the Carlisle team, huddled together along the north side lines, wrapped in colored blankets, until it looked like a real Indian pow pow.” ... The game was the Indians’ ninth in a row away from Carlisle. Their final home game of the season was in September.
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The team has opted not to play in a bowl game, NU announced Sunday.
“Our players made great sacrifices this fall to allow us to play eight games and practice without disruption throughout the season," coach Scott Frost said in a statement Sunday morning. "As their head coach I am proud of how they continued to fight and finished the season with a win on Friday. This year has been a long grind and it is time for our guys to have a break, and the opportunity to spend Christmas and the holiday season with their family and friends.
Frost said he would leave it to his players to decide whether they wanted to play again after 28-21 win on Friday night against Rutgers, and the decision to turn down a bowl chance was made during a meeting on Saturday.
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this is the problem
the players are running the program
Osborne would have never turned down more practices and more game snaps
and Frost knows this
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this week in Husker History.......................
1915: In a showdown for the Missouri Valley championship, Nebraska buries Kansas in Lawrence, 33-0. Meanwhile, the Cornhuskers get a Rose Bowl invitation that would ultimately be shot down by other Missouri Valley schools.
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Sorry to be a month and a half late reading this, but what was up with the conference vetoing Nebraska's Rose Bowl invitation? Was there some story behind the story?
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really don't know
probably can blame it on the Sooners or the Longhorns
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Probably Iowa Agricultural College.
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I looked up the hx of the 1/1/1916 Rose Bowl. Washington St defeated the Brown Bears 14-0. The game was played in a cold quagmire after several days of rain.
It was the 1st Rose Bowl in which a black player played. Eventually, in 1947 the fact that other major conferences were not fully integrated led the Rose Bowl to contract games only with the Pacific Coast Conference and Big Nine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1916_Rose_Bowl
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That's a nice historical tidbit, Hawkinole.
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According to Sports Media Watch, which compiles college football TV ratings, NU had at least four games in 2020 that accrued more than 1 million viewers.
The Oct. 24 Big Ten kickoff game against Ohio State led the way with 6.18 million viewers. That figure was just ahead of Nebraska’s 2019 game against the Buckeyes, which drew 6.14 million viewers.
Next up: The Huskers’ 26-20 loss to Iowa, which drew 2.69 viewers on Black Friday. Televised on Fox, the game had wider distribution than NU’s 2019 loss to the Hawkeyes, which was televised on BTN.
https://omaha.com/sports/huskers/football/husker-football-enjoys-strong-tv-ratings-even-in-a-pandemic/article_99f8a5ba-493b-11eb-882c-474c806f5c33.amp.html (https://omaha.com/sports/huskers/football/husker-football-enjoys-strong-tv-ratings-even-in-a-pandemic/article_99f8a5ba-493b-11eb-882c-474c806f5c33.amp.html)
Ohio State-Nebraska finished No. 9 overall and No. 3 among Big Ten games. The Big Ten title game between Ohio State and Northwestern (8.03 million viewers) and Ohio State’s win at Penn State (6.53) had more viewers.
Among Big Ten games that didn’t involve Ohio State, Nebraska-Iowa finished seventh among total viewers, behind Michigan-Minnesota (5.12 million), Michigan-Michigan State (4.22), Wisconsin-Michigan (4.69), Wisconsin-Northwestern (4.25), Penn State-Michigan (4.09) and Indiana-Wisconsin (3.82).
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Outside linebacker JoJo Domann announced Saturday afternoon that he is returning to Nebraska next year and will take advantage of the extra year of eligibility granted to all players by the NCAA due to the coronavirus pandemic.
That, of course, is a major boost for the Blackshirts. Domann not only led Nebraska in tackles (58) and tied for the team lead in tackles for loss (6.5) but he’s a versatile player who in 2020 showed himself capable of holding up against the run and also playing in coverage. He tied senior cornerback Dicaprio Bootle for the team lead with five break-ups, forced two fumbles and recovered one while playing in all eight games.
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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY.............
1951: WOW’s two-season run of televising all Husker home games is over as the NCAA bans the practice.
1976: Tom Osborne’s pay is set to rise from $29,000 in 1975 to $30,918 in 1976 after he rejected a larger increase.
1996: Sports Illustrated says NCAA and Big 12 rules will put a damper on the Huskers: "Keep your '96 Fiesta Bowl videotapes in a safe place, because you won't see dominance like that again."
https://vault.si.com/vault/1996/01/15/headed-for-a-fall-nebraska-may-win-another-national-title-but-the-days-when-such-a-colossus-ruled-the-game-are-over (https://vault.si.com/vault/1996/01/15/headed-for-a-fall-nebraska-may-win-another-national-title-but-the-days-when-such-a-colossus-ruled-the-game-are-over)
In winning its second consecutive national championship,
Nebraska was transcendent that night in the desert--and you're
not going to see the likes of that team again. All season the
Huskers trampled the opposition like a colossus, but in the fall
the supremely talented Frazier, along with 10 other senior
starters, will be gone, Phillips will probably be in the NFL,
and Nebraska's unique talent base will have been eroded by the
rules of the new Big 12--the Big Eight plus Baylor, Texas, Texas
A&M and Texas Tech--which begins play in 1996.
Sure, Nebraska will always be one of the most powerful programs
in college football--along with teams like Florida State,
Michigan and Notre Dame--but beginning next fall the Cornhuskers
will be part of the pack, fighting with Florida (again),
Tennessee, Michigan, Syracuse, Miami and, who knows, maybe even
Kansas State, for a national title.
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And so it proved to be. SI was right. The Big 12 was a disaster for Nebraska football.
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If they'd have only added Texas and aTm....
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If they'd have only added Texas and aTm....
Texas Tech and Baylor weren't the problem for Nebraska.
Nebraska and Texas had a power struggle over eligibility rules (among other things) and Texas won.
Nebraska and Oklahoma being in different divisions--and no permanent inter-division matchups--meant that Nebraska's biggest rivalry game got cut to 2 years on/2 years off.
Probably some social and demographic trends that didn't help the Huskers were in play there too.
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it didn't help that the Huskers had been that dominant for a few seasons
the old Big 8 and the members of the SWC all sided with Texas to bring the Huskers off the pedestal
it worked
and that set to stage for the Huskers move to another conference when there was an opportunity
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Had it just been Texas and aTm, it would have been more like adding two teams to the Big 8, and less like fusing two struggling conferences together. It would have been ten teams, no divisions, no interruption to the Oklahoma series, and would have been just as formidable as the Big 12; as Tech and Baylor don't really bring much to the table. Perfect? Maybe not. But certainly tenable.
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I would have preferred this, but obviously the state of Texas wanted to protect Baylor and TT.
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Had it just been Texas and aTm, it would have been more like adding two teams to the Big 8, and less like fusing two struggling conferences together. It would have been ten teams, no divisions, no interruption to the Oklahoma series, and would have been just as formidable as the Big 12; as Tech and Baylor don't really bring much to the table. Perfect? Maybe not. But certainly tenable.
I see your point.
Yes, a 10-team conference as you describe would have been better. The OU-Nebraska series would have continued unchanged. Baylor certainly added nothing to the conference, and Texas Tech not much. A 10-team conference has its advantages too. But the CCG added significant money even then.
I've always thought that the Big 12 should have been considered a continuation of the Big 8 with additional members. It wasn't a merger of two conferences; it was an existing conference that hadn't broken up adding four teams from a conference that had broken up.
Had I been Texas, I would have opposed that notion, because I would have been in a conference where OU and Nebraska had 30-some conference championships each and I (Texas) would have had none (in that conference).
As usually seems to happen, Texas' point of view prevailed. 50 million Texans can't be wrong.
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50 million Texans can't be wrong.
Don't tell utee that
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well, you see what happened to SMU, TCU, and Rice. The state of Texas wanted to protect as many schools as possible. As CWS said, the popular number was 12 with the CCG earning more $$$
even knowing what we know in 2020, I doubt the state of Texas would have done anything differently. The Big 8 may have tried harder to keep it at 10 with the loss of NU, CU, and MU years later, but they had no idea in 95.
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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY
1946: Season tickets for the Huskers’ four home games go on sale for $10, or $2.75 for single games.
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Fearless, being fresh out of college in 1946, opted instead to tune into the games on the radio dial.
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When he wasn't waving down the Beer Cart
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beers off the cart didn't cost $3 in 46
only $1
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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY............
1911: Nebraska adds a high-profile game with Michigan to its home schedule.
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1966: Coach Bob Devaney gets a pay raise to $23,500.
1976: Lincoln's police chief ends the long-standing practice of hiring football players for summer jobs.
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The Huskers' first two Big Ten games remain unchanged with a matchup against Illinois on Aug. 28, with the game currently scheduled for Dublin, Ireland. Nebraska's next Big Ten game remains at Michigan State on Sept. 25.
Nebraska's home conference schedule opens with back-to-back games at Memorial Stadium. The Huskers will take on defending Big Ten West Champion Northwestern on Oct. 2, before playing host to Michigan on Oct. 9.
The Huskers will then head to Minnesota on Oct. 16, have a bye week on Oct. 23 and play Purdue at Memorial Stadium on Oct. 30.
A visit from defending Big Ten champion Ohio State on Nov. 6 opens the final month of the league schedule. The Huskers will visit Madison on Nov. 20 to take on Wisconsin. The Huskers close the regular season with its traditional Black Friday matchup with Iowa at Memorial Stadium.
2021 Nebraska Big Ten Schedule
Aug. 28-Illinois in Dublin, Ireland
Sept. 25-at Michigan State
Oct. 2-Northwestern
Oct. 9-Michigan
Oct. 16-at Minnesota
Oct. 23-BYE
Oct. 30-Purdue
Nov. 6-Ohio State
Nov. 20-at Wisconsin
Nov. 26 (Fri.)-Iowa
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Illinois in Dublin Ireland?
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yup, been scheduled for a couple years
rumors that it will be nixed next week
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the interesting date on the 2021 schedule is that Iowa is playing on Black Friday!
good news for me
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Aren'cha slated to play the Sooners ooc?
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rumors that it will be nixed next week
Prolly should be considering the air circulation on a plane
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Aren'cha slated to play the Sooners ooc?
September 18th baby
Norman, OK - be there!
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Scheduling change. Nebraska's season ending opponent will be Iowa in 2021 on Black Friday.
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Moos....:96:. I sure hope he was drunk dialing people.
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almost had to be
or there was a huge misunderstanding about adding another home game to make a few $$$
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Brett McMurphy on Twitter: "Nebraska is trying to get out of playing Oklahoma on Sept. 18, sources told @Stadium. The Cornhuskers have contacted other schools to play in Lincoln on that date, sources said. The game was scheduled to mark 50th anniversary of 1971 "Game of the Century" b/w No. 1 NU & No. 2 OU" / Twitter (https://twitter.com/Brett_McMurphy/status/1370388397265723394)
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Why the hell would UNL do that?McMurphy isn't exactly a rock of journalistic integrity but suppose he may be capable of being accurate on occasion
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I'm glad NU made a statement about it. I'm looking forward to that game and would have been sad to see it go.
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That would have cost Nebraska their coconuts.
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Nebraska will have fans at Haymarket Park on Friday.
Husker fans will have a chance to see the volleyball team in person next weekend and the football team at Memorial Stadium for the Red-White Spring Game on May 1.
The Big Ten on Wednesday morning formalized a move that's been expected for a couple of days now, announcing that all attendance decisions for regular-season competitions can be made by schools in conjunction with local health officials, effective immediately.
That's a sizable change, as the Big Ten's Council of Presidents and Chancellors have had the controls for the past year and had not allowed any of the 14 member schools to host general fans for the past year-plus.
Shortly after the league announcement, NU said it plans have fans back at Haymarket Park this weekend for the baseball program's home-opening series against Minnesota and for all other Husker sporting events moving forward this spring.
It was not immediately clear where attendance limits will fall, though outdoor capacities typically are expected to be higher than indoor events such as volleyball.
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Nebraska has sold more than half of its available tickets for the May 1 Red-White Spring Game at Memorial Stadium.
More than 24,000 tickets had been sold as of early this week, an NU spokesperson confirmed to the Journal Star, marking steady if not overwhelming demand.
Nebraska is currently planning on 50% capacity at Memorial Stadium for the spring game, which puts the cap for ticket sales in the neighborhood of 42,500.
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I'll be attending
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Nebraska fans will have two opportunities to watch the football team this spring. In addition to the May 1 Red-White Spring Game presented by First National Bank, the Huskers will also open their Saturday, April 17 practice to the public.
The April 17 practice will be free to the public and limited to 4,000 individuals.
Fans must reserve their mobile ticket for the open practice at Huskers.com/tickets. The tickets will be made available in three groups, beginning with the first wave on Friday, April 9 at 6 p.m. The next group of tickets will be made available on Monday at 6 p.m., with the final group on Wednesday at 6 p.m.
The April 17 practice is scheduled for approximately 2:15-4:45 p.m., with gates opening at 1:30 p.m.
Fans will be admitted to Memorial Stadium through Gates 4 and 10. Gate 3 will be available as an ADA entrance.
Seating will be limited to the West side of Memorial Stadium and fans will be socially distanced using every third row as approved by the health department.
Fans will be required to sit in the reserved seating area matching their mobile ticket and will not be allowed on field level at any time during the event.
Fans will be required to wear a face covering at all times while attending the open practice.
Concessions will not be available at this event. Fans may bring their own limited food and non-alcoholic beverages.
Parking lots surrounding Memorial Stadium will be open at no charge. Fans are asked to park in a marked stall and not block drives or lot entrances.
In the event inclement weather forces practice to be moved indoors, practice will not be open to the public. Any change to the open practice will be communicated as early as possible.
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Congrats to the Husker bowling team, winners of the program’s 11th national championship with a 4-1 win Saturday night over Arkansas State.
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Congrats to the Husker bowling team, winners of the program’s 11th national championship with a 4-1 win Saturday night over Arkansas State.
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Is the darts team ranked preseason this year?
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Looking forward to water polo meself but bowling is fun - there is a reason they call them Keglers
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hey, youse guys seem to value lacrosse
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Remember there use to be a professional indoor LaCrosse league in the early '90s.Went to a game in Pittsburgh at the Civic arena(stayed at a friends house),this was after we caught a Penguins noon game there.So rather than drive back to the Burbs for 3 hours until they got the arena ready for LaCrosse we just stayed downtown and pounded many,many cold ones - prolly yards at Blue Lou's.The Lacrosse contest made Hockey seem civil.Had a blast.....from what I remembered
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Ooops...
https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-arrested-after-driving-man-to-lincoln-hospital-in-bucket-of-stolen-front-end-loader/article_21a72e68-6527-595a-9196-2467d76f4189.html
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always hating on the good samaritan
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just because........................... I like Larry
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Man, most people couldn't do that stunt sober.
Meaning the front loader delivery with a wounded man in the scoop.
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I couldn't pull off that hat, but I'm not Larry the Cable Guy
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The Big Ten Network will televise Nebraska's May 1 Red-White Spring Game presented by FNBO. Kickoff at Memorial Stadium is set for shortly after 1 p.m.(CT).
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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY
The week of April 24-30, looking back in five-year intervals
1901: Emulating the football powers in the East, Nebraska conducts spring practices for the first time.
1906 forward pass
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1906: Football's new rules, including the legalization of the forward pass, get a trial run on a muddy field in a practice game between Nebraska and Doane, and the initial reactions are far from positive.
1926: Nebraska halfback Roland Locke sets a word record in the 100-yard dash at the Drake Relays.
1981: Quarterback Turner Gill runs for a touchdown and a two-point conversion with 24 seconds remaining to lift the Whites to a 22-21 win in the spring game. Roger Craig had 126 yards rushing for the Reds.
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Four new teams entered this week’s rankings — Gonzaga, Nebraska, Southern Miss and UC Irvine. Gonzaga, Nebraska and UC Irvine are all leading their respective conferences. The Bulldogs have quite an impressive resume so far this season and have established consistency, Will Bolt is making waves in his first full season with the Huskers,
https://d1baseball.com/top-stories/d1baseball-top-25-rankings-vandy-remains-no-1-four-new-teams-enter/?fbclid=IwAR0c5t74oH-g3Zlb_y9d-iIDMy8kX06ugihAE_g48051n-NDLdujhY8yQ3I (https://d1baseball.com/top-stories/d1baseball-top-25-rankings-vandy-remains-no-1-four-new-teams-enter/?fbclid=IwAR0c5t74oH-g3Zlb_y9d-iIDMy8kX06ugihAE_g48051n-NDLdujhY8yQ3I)
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After a delay due to the pandemic, groundbreaking on Nebraska’s $155 million football facility will take place Friday afternoon.
https://huskersathleticfund.com/gobig/index.html (https://huskersathleticfund.com/gobig/index.html)
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Nebraska Football Spring Game
Tickets & Gate Information
All fans are asked to remain in their assigned seating location in order to maintain the approved seating and health protocols.
Gates at Memorial Stadium will open two hours prior to kickoff at 11 a.m. All stadium gates will be open with the exception of Gates 1, 3, 6, 8, 11 and 17. Gate 15 will be reserved for ADA patrons specifically ticketed for that gate.
The apron areas behind the benches on both the East and West sides of Memorial Stadium will not be available to the public. Fans must enter and exit their section through the corresponding vomitory off the main concourse level. With the field level not being accessible, it is important that fans enter the gate printed on their ticket.
https://youtu.be/xwoC3-R9MXM
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>> One quick note on recruiting this weekend: Nebraska is not hosting anyone. Recruits in attendance at the spring game will have to pay their way to be there. Nebraska’s coaches are not able to have any contact with them, including something as simple as a wave.
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not sure where Journal Star writer Steve Sipple got these numbers
might have pulled them out of his arse
As for that home schedule, take a look:
* Sept. 4, Fordham, probability of NU winning: 95%.
* Sept. 11, Buffalo, 70%.
* Oct. 2, Northwestern, 55%.
* Oct. 9, Michigan, 55%.
* Oct. 30, Purdue, 60%.
* Nov. 6, Ohio State, 20%.
* Nov. 26, Iowa, 55%.
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Nebraska state senators OK sports betting, but not on Husker home games.
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Any takers on skins games involving You?
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Nebraska state senators OK sports betting, but not on Husker home games.
if youre serious why would they not want betting on Husker home games
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if youre serious why would they not want betting on Husker home games
someone could get hurt
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Congrats to the baseball Huskers, who won the Big Ten title with a 9-0 romp Sunday over Ohio State and secured an automatic berth in the NCAA tournament.
» The Huskers led the league and were 12th nationally in fielding percentage. They grounded into the league’s second-fewest double plays and had the league’s second-fewest wild pitches. Headed into Sunday, they had issued the league's fewest walks. In other words, they hurt themselves less often than their opponents hurt themselves.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd8Rqy3xXos&ab_channel=DailyVideos
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Lincoln – For the second week in a row a Nebraska pitcher was named Big Ten Pitcher of the Week, as senior Chance Hroch was selected by the conference office on Tuesday morning. Cade Povich earned the award for the second time this season last week.
Hroch produced one of the top performances of his career last Saturday in Bloomington, Ind., as he notched his first complete game with a career-high 9.0-inning effort against the Hoosiers in a 3-1 win.
Hroch matched a career high with 10 strikeouts and allowed just one run on three hits in front of a national TV audience on ESPNU. The Temecula, Calif., native faced the minimum in an inning five times, including the sixth, seventh and eighth innings. Hroch was one out away from a complete-game shutout, but gave up a solo home run to Grant Richardson in the bottom of the ninth.
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#ThrowbackHuskerThursday! 1936, Dana Bible talks with players at practice. The Huskers would win their sixth conference title with the coach. Each Big 6 game was also won by shutout.
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Lincoln – The Nebraska baseball team (31-12) capped the 2021 regular season on Saturday with a doubleheader spit against the Michigan Wolverines (27-17) in front of a season-high crowd of 7,650. The Wolverines took game one, 2-0, and then the Huskers responded with a 5-3 victory to take the weekend series, as NU took the opener on Friday, 1-0.
Michigan entered the weekend with a Big Ten-high 300 runs on the season in 41, an average of 7.3 runs per game. Nebraska's pitching staff limited the Wolverines to a total of five runs over the three-game series.
Saturday's crowd was the 24th largest in the 20-year history of Hawks Field and the largest crowd to see a Big Ten baseball game. The previous high for a Big Ten game was on April 15, 2017, when 7,416 fans watched the Huskers host the Iowa Hawkeyes.
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Running back Jaquez Yant bet on himself, coming to Nebraska as a late walk-on last summer, and the move has apparently paid off.
Yant, one of the breakout players of Nebraska’s spring practices, announced on social media on Tuesday that he has been put on scholarship.
“It’s official I’m a scholarship player,” Yant tweeted. “I want to thank everybody who ever supported me I want to give a huge shoutout to coach @coach_frost & @CoachTFisher For believing In me , I can’t explain how excited I’m right now. This is a blessing.”
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Running back Jaquez Yant bet on himself, coming to Nebraska as a late walk-on last summer, and the move has apparently paid off.
Yant, one of the breakout players of Nebraska’s spring practices, announced on social media on Tuesday that he has been put on scholarship.
“It’s official I’m a scholarship player,” Yant tweeted. “I want to thank everybody who ever supported me I want to give a huge shoutout to coach @coach_frost & @CoachTFisher For believing In me , I can’t explain how excited I’m right now. This is a blessing.”
Isn't that an NCAA violation? :57:
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Bill Moos' tenure as Nebraska's athletic director is over.
His departure, which multiple sources confirmed to the Journal Star, is imminent.
Nebraska could announce the move as early as Friday afternoon. The exact reason for Moos' departure is not clear.
Moos and a Nebraska spokesperson did not return messages for comment.
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Bill Moos' tenure as Nebraska's athletic director is over.
His departure, which multiple sources confirmed to the Journal Star, is imminent.
Nebraska could announce the move as early as Friday afternoon. The exact reason for Moos' departure is not clear.
Moos and a Nebraska spokesperson did not return messages for comment.
Aside from his football and men's basketball hires being sub-.500 and trying to spurn the Big Ten, before going back with his tail between his legs, he seemed to be doing a great job too.
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money with boosters didn't seem to be a problem
perhaps personal issues with family and general age
hopefully, nothing serious for him or the university
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who is the new AD rumored to be?
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Dr. Tom.
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Doc Tom is still sharp, but getting a bit feeble physically
maybe Matt Davidson, unless they're positioning themselves to out Frost
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Timing is odd, since the Emperor is leaving Madison in a few days.
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that would be a big story
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Ya think?
Reporter: Will you be using a search committee to find your next coach?
Emperor: I AM the search committee.
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Lars Anderson, the writer who was correct about the Frost and Hoiberg hires, tweets that Nebraska’s pick for athletic director will be former Nebraska linebacker Ed Stewart.
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in a quick, wide-ranging interview, Alvarez hit on several topics, including whether he was offered a job at Nebraska, the future of NU in the Big Ten and what the Big Ten needs to get more teams in the College Football Playoff.
I’m curious: Why Wisconsin? You were defensive coordinator at Notre Dame and won the national title (1988). Didn’t you have other offers?
“I was hot at the time. There were a few years there where I was contacted by a lot of schools. After we won the national championship, Lou (Holtz) said, 'What do I have to do to keep you?’
"I said, 'Coach, I’m not going anywhere for another year. I was making decisions based on where my kids were in school.'"
https://omaha.com/sports/huskers/football/shatel-barry-alvarez-discusses-how-nebraska-can-be-competitive-in-big-ten/article_845f90c0-d6c5-11eb-bc2d-eb7496e8fa14.amp.html (https://omaha.com/sports/huskers/football/shatel-barry-alvarez-discusses-how-nebraska-can-be-competitive-in-big-ten/article_845f90c0-d6c5-11eb-bc2d-eb7496e8fa14.amp.html)
We talked about the Big Ten’s position in college football and the perception that the league is not all-in to compete nationally. Alvarez said the Big Ten needed to do a better job there — and start by going from nine to eight conference games.
“Those are discussions that have to come up,” Alvarez said. “We have to take a look at that as a league.
"We have to seriously take a look at eight-game conference schedules much like the SEC and ACC have done. We did that (nine) at a time we were redoing our TV contract because our non-conference games were poor. But that needs to be revisited.
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Iowa State A.D. Jamie Pollard says he flattered by conjecture linking him to the Nebraska job, but he says he’s staying in Ames.
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I do not like him.
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many people don't like him
this will not be the most popular hire, but I like it and I like Trev
I certainly wish him well
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https://twitter.com/OhioFootball/status/1415289135544225798?s=20
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a damn good coach and a better man
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The Maxwell Award has been presented to the College Player of the Year since 1937 and is named in honor of Robert "Tiny" Maxwell, a former standout at Swarthmore College and a renowned sports writer and football official.
Martinez, who makes his third straight appearance on the Maxwell Award watch list, comes off a shortened 2020 season where he completed 71.5 percent of his passes for 1,055 yards and four TDs, while rushing for a team-high 521 yards and seven scores. Martinez became the third player in program history to lead Nebraska in both rushing and passing in the same season and was the fourth Husker quarterback to lead NU in rushing. His 71.5 completion percentage ranked fifth in Big Ten history and was the fourth-best mark in a Big Ten Conference season.
Martinez, who set NU's single-game completion percentage record by completing 18-of-20 passes against Iowa, finished his junior year by totaling 412 yards of total offense in the win over Rutgers. In that game, he completed 24-of-28 passes for 255 yards and one touchdown, and he rushed a career-high 23 times for a career-high 157 yards and two scores.
He enters the 2021 season with 13 school records, including NU's career record for games with at least 400 yards of total offense (five).
Martinez is bidding to be the Huskers' fifth Maxwell Award winner, along with Mike Rozier (1983), Tommie Frazier (1995), Eric Crouch (2001) and Ndamukong Suh (2009).
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4blmarb7bo
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I'm a little more optimistic than the Bros
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mark your calendars
the annual Sharkwater Tailgate is scheduled for October 9th
Michigan game in Lincoln
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Please tell me these are fake...please...?
https://twitter.com/QB1TATT00/status/1425272823258521600?s=20
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INBRED JED!!!!!
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Holy crap.
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good Lord!
and I'm going to that game
might have to purchase a pair of RED bibs to impress my Boomer buddies!
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actually I've heard that the alt unis will be used at home on 9/11 vs Buffalo
I sure hope so
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actually I've heard that the alt unis will be used at home on 9/11 vs Buffalo
I sure hope so
That would be tolerable, in the sense that I likely won't watch it.
I hate when two classic uniforms get together, and then they ruin it with alternates. You want to dump those on a Buffalo game, not a fan, but whatever. But don't rob me of...
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That would be tolerable, in the sense that I likely won't watch it.
I hate when two classic uniforms get together, and then they ruin it with alternates. You want to dump those on a Buffalo game, not a fan, but whatever. But don't rob me of...
Yup I hate alternate unis.
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Ed Zachery!
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Since everyone likes magazine covers...
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hey, soon the Sooners will be the SEC's new bully
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No, Nebraska’s football team will not be wearing bizarre mascot-inspired uniforms during a 2021 game. That didn’t stop the school’s new athletic director from having some fun with it, though.
On Tuesday, a joke post depicting uniforms inspired by Nebraska mascot Lil’ Red went viral on social media. The post claimed that the Huskers would wear the uniforms during their Sept. 18 rivalry game against Oklahoma.
The viral post spread enough that Nebraska athletic director Trev Alberts had to make a statement clarifying that the uniforms were not actually real. He did so in a pretty hilarious tweet in which he expressed his regret in having to make such an announcement while stating that Lil’ Red would not be taking questions.
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I hope Trev works out well as the Husker A.D.
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thanks, I think he'll be fine
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Nebraska Athletics, together with University Nebraska-Lincoln Student Affairs, today announced "The Bone Yard", a new on-campus tailgate experience that will be created in partnership with REVELXP, the leader in best-in-class fan engagement. The area will include 60 tents, food and music before four home games this season when the Huskers face Fordham, Buffalo, Northwestern and Michigan.
The tailgating experience will be located in the Donald and Lorena Meier Commons area, just north of the Nebraska Union. Tents will be funded by the university and assigned to student groups, though open to all UNL students. The area will be open four hours prior to kickoff:
Fordham – 7 AM – 10:45 AM
Buffalo – 10:30 AM – 2:15 PM
Northwestern – 2:30 PM – 6:15 PM
Michigan – TBD pending kickoff time
Recognized Student Organizations (RSO) and college affiliated student organizations can request tents through the NvolveU platform. Tents will be granted on a first-come, first-serve basis.
"The energy and passion the students bring to Husker football is unmatched and we are excited to enhance their Husker game day experience." – Nebraska Athletics Director Trev Alberts
As part of its relationship with Nebraska Athletics, REVELXP will oversee all operations for the student tailgating experience, which mirrors the company's turnkey tailgating at 60+ universities nationwide. Annually RevelXP serves more than 1 million fans.
Student Tailgate Details:
Students are expected to follow all COVID-19 event guidelines.
Students are expected to follow all current UNL Alcohol Policies.
Open flame grills will not be permitted. Coffee, juice and breakfast burritos will be served for the Fordham game on September 4th.
Music and DJ will be provided
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Nebraska Athletics, together with University Nebraska-Lincoln Student Affairs, today announced "The Bone Yard", a new on-campus tailgate experience that will be created in partnership with REVELXP, the leader in best-in-class fan engagement. The area will include 60 tents, food and music before four home games this season when the Huskers face Fordham, Buffalo, Northwestern and Michigan.
The tailgating experience will be located in the Donald and Lorena Meier Commons area, just north of the Nebraska Union. Tents will be funded by the university and assigned to student groups, though open to all UNL students. The area will be open four hours prior to kickoff:
Fordham – 7 AM – 10:45 AM
Buffalo – 10:30 AM – 2:15 PM
Northwestern – 2:30 PM – 6:15 PM
Michigan – TBD pending kickoff time
Recognized Student Organizations (RSO) and college affiliated student organizations can request tents through the NvolveU platform. Tents will be granted on a first-come, first-serve basis.
"The energy and passion the students bring to Husker football is unmatched and we are excited to enhance their Husker game day experience." – Nebraska Athletics Director Trev Alberts
As part of its relationship with Nebraska Athletics, REVELXP will oversee all operations for the student tailgating experience, which mirrors the company's turnkey tailgating at 60+ universities nationwide. Annually RevelXP serves more than 1 million fans.
Student Tailgate Details:
Students are expected to follow all COVID-19 event guidelines.
Students are expected to follow all current UNL Alcohol Policies.
Open flame grills will not be permitted. Coffee, juice and breakfast burritos will be served for the Fordham game on September 4th.
Music and DJ will be provided
Sort of a bummer about the grills.
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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY
The week of Aug. 14-20, looking back in five-year intervals
1906: Chancellor E. Benjamin Andrews vows a “closer watch” on football players, saying some members of last year’s team had “ceased studying” and spent their evenings “playing poker and drinking.”
1981: Tom Osborne says the 1981 defense might be even better than the previous year's No. 3-ranked unit.
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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY
The week of Aug. 14-20, looking back in five-year intervals
1906: Chancellor E. Benjamin Andrews vows a “closer watch” on football players, saying some members of last year’s team had “ceased studying” and spent their evenings “playing poker and drinking.”
As Captain Louis Renault said in Casablanca, "I'm shocked! Shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!"
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Nebraska and Michigan are now the lone Big Ten holdouts on alcohol sales in their football stadiums on game days.
https://nebraska.rivals.com/news/big-red-business-most-big-ten-schools-sell-alcohol-at-football-games (https://nebraska.rivals.com/news/big-red-business-most-big-ten-schools-sell-alcohol-at-football-games)
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https://twitter.com/Brett_McMurphy/status/1427978201297571843?s=20
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he's trying!
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https://twitter.com/RedditCFB/status/1427984212980809732?s=20
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if only football parent groups were as well organized and powerful as the egg lobby
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he's trying!
He's auditioning for Nebraska to move to the SEC.
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Sooners and Horns probably requested the Huskers
guaranteed W's
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Michigan too with the extra coaches?
https://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/university-michigan/wolverines/2021/08/19/michigan-football-ryan-osborn-wolverines-analyst-jim-harbaugh/8158847002/ (https://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/university-michigan/wolverines/2021/08/19/michigan-football-ryan-osborn-wolverines-analyst-jim-harbaugh/8158847002/)
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Michigan too with the extra coaches?
https://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/university-michigan/wolverines/2021/08/19/michigan-football-ryan-osborn-wolverines-analyst-jim-harbaugh/8158847002/ (https://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/university-michigan/wolverines/2021/08/19/michigan-football-ryan-osborn-wolverines-analyst-jim-harbaugh/8158847002/)
As much as I would like to trash on Michigan, I am fairly confident that this is a regular thing for almost all the major school who have large "analyst" staffs
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agreed, so either punish all schools or make it legal
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The "analyst" positions are laughable.
We all know they're coaches (or bagmen) so count them as such. If there's a rule calling a limit for the number of coaches, enforce it. If there's not, then don't.
Just more silliness.
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The "analyst" positions are laughable.
We all know they're coaches (or bagmen) so count them as such. If there's a rule calling a limit for the number of coaches, enforce it. If there's not, then don't.
Just more silliness.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMHy-4J7TpQ
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Dude is annoying AF
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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY
1901: Nebraska beats Doane, 29-0, in a 35-minute game.
1906: Gil McDonald's drop-kick for a field goal from the 40 yard line late in the second half lifts the Cornhuskers to a 4-0 win over South Dakota. Both sides were hampered on offense by a new rule requiring 10 yards instead of 5 for a first down.
1931: In a game attended by gangster Al Capone, Northwestern stuns Nebraska with three first-quarter touchdowns and coasts to a 19-7 win over the Cornhuskers.
1981: On a rainy Saturday, the Blackshirts shut down Auburn's wishbone attack and set up both Husker touchdowns with fumble recoveries inside Auburn's 10 yard line as Nebraska defeats the Tigers, 17-3.
2011: The biggest comeback in program history lifts the Huskers to a 34-27 win over Ohio State.
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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY
1936: After a lackluster first half for Nebraska, a hobbled Sam Francis comes off the bench to spark a 13-9 victory over Indiana. The winning TD came on a fourth-and-goal catch by Ron Douglas. Two days later, the Cornhuskers were ranked No. 15 in the first-ever Associated Press poll.
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Kickoff time is set for Nebraska's game following the bye week.
The Huskers' Oct. 30 game in Lincoln against Purdue is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. CST, to be televised on ESPN2.
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Why would Nebraska have a bye week?
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it was a copy & paste, not my nomenclature, Dude
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Winnable game?
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all games are winnable, for Frost
just doesn't happen
friggin witchcraft and dark arts and sorcery and pure evil
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#ThrowbackHuskerThursday! 1971, Bob Devaney and Paul Bryant share a laugh during a mid week luncheon before the Orange Bowl. The Huskers would complete an undefeated season by beating Alabama, and defending their national championship.
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#ThrowbackHuskerThursday! 1971, Bob Devaney and Paul Bryant share a laugh during a mid week luncheon before the Orange Bowl. The Huskers would complete an undefeated season by beating Alabama, and defending their national championship.
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I honestly would not have recognized Bryant. I'm not sure I've seen him at that point in his career without his hat
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gotta dig the groovy shirt
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gotta dig the groovy shirt
Noted anti establishment Bear Bryant
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Linebacker Damian Jackson has been awarded the Armed Forces Merit Award. It is presented annually to honor an individual and/or a group with a military background and/or involvement that has an impact within the realm of college football.
The award recipient is selected by a panel of individuals from the Football Writers Association of America and the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl.
"Damian has distinguished himself as a collegiate football player after serving four years in the Navy," said executive director of the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl Brant Ringler. "Damian’s off-the-field involvement at Nebraska has been remarkable and we have followed his progress in Lincoln for the past three seasons since he was also a finalist for the Armed Forces Merit Award in 2019."
Jackson, an Armed Forces Merit Award nominee in 2019 and 2020, served as a member of the Navy SEALs after graduating high school. Although he had never played football, Jackson walked-on at Nebraska and earned a scholarship last season.
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#ThrowbackHuskerThursday!
1965, Bill Johnson scores on an interception against TCU. The newly proclaimed Blackshirts, were a key part of the Huskers first ever number one college ranking.
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#ThrowbackHuskerThursday!
1965, Bill Johnson scores on an interception against TCU. The newly proclaimed Blackshirts, were a key part of the Huskers first ever number one college ranking.
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Gary Patterson's 2nd season?
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LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Husker fans could see an end to the balloon release tradition, which dates back to the 1960s.
On Nov. 10, the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska (ASUN) unanimously supported a resolution, authored by student senator Kat Woerner, to encourage stopping balloon releases on campus and at Husker football games.
This isn’t the first time ASUN has passed this resolution. The first was passed in Spring 2021 but Woerner said the news of this “got lost in the action of COVID-19.”
Since the 1960s, Husker fans have released their red balloons after the first touchdown. But students with ASUN said that equates to thousands of balloons each year polluting waterways, fields and homes.
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balloons?
i thought there was a fire Frost campaign
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You have these Canadian geese just choking on all of these balloons, and then they are just dropping out of the sky into heavy pedestrian traffic areas throughout the Lincoln/Omaha region. Very dangerous.
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My son loved it.
Until I asked him to be careful for when Pennywise showed up.
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Nebraska student-athletes have posted the highest rate in school history as they achieved a 95 percent NCAA Graduation Success Rate (GSR), continuing the Huskers' long tradition of being a national leader in the classroom. The NCAA released its GSR scores on Thursday, with Nebraska ranked fourth of out 109 public Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) institutions.
Nebraska's 95 percent GSR rate for all student-athletes ranks high in the Big Ten and nationally. At the conference level, the 95 percent mark is tied for third among 14 Big Ten schools. On the national scale, Nebraska's GSR is tied for 10th out of 130 FBS institutions. The 95 percent GSR rate marks the 11th straight year Nebraska has increased its GSR.
"We have always taken pride in being a leader in academic achievement at University of Nebraska," Vice Chancellor/Director of Athletics Trev Alberts said. "I am honored to serve at a school that focuses on developing well-rounded student-athletes, and I am proud of the young men and women who have worked to earn their degrees while competing as a Nebraska student-athlete."
The Huskers' record-high GSR score includes 13 programs that achieved a perfect 100 percent GSR. Those teams included baseball, men's basketball, men's gymnastics, men's tennis, women's basketball, women's golf, women's gymnastics, rifle, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, women's tennis, and volleyball.
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One of Nebraska’s most important returning players will pursue professional football, as center Cameron Jurgens announced that he will declare for the NFL Draft. He announced the news in a social media message on Tuesday night.
He thanked Husker Nation in the announcement and said "playing for Nebraska has been the greatest honor I have ever received."
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oteHAboPmc
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not watching that
watched all 9 losses
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#ThrowbackHuskerThursday! 1977, Coaches Osborne and Corso shake hands after Nebraska beat Indiana 31-13. It was the third consecutive game the Huskers scored 31. From our home to yours, please have a safe and Merry Christmas. GBR!!!
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Reserve defensive back Nadab Joseph is no longer a part of the Nebraska football team.
In two seasons at NU, Joseph played a total of just five defensive snaps and three snaps on special teams.
The Miami native came to Lincoln by way of Independence (Kan.) Community College as one of the top-ranked junior college players in the country.
Before that, he was a Rivals100 recruit in high school that was once a commitment to both Alabama and Georgia.
Joseph has not officially entered the transfer portal at this time.
In other roster news, HuskerOnline also confirmed that defensive lineman Chris Walker will not be coming back in 2022 for a sixth year of eligibility.
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Casey Thompson , confirming he's going to continue his college football at Nebraska, has arrived. The former Texas quarterback, and son of late 80s OU quarterback Charles Thompson, made his commitment to the Huskers known on social media.
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best news in a LONG time for Husker fans
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In an effort to best serve its fan base, Nebraska Athletics will begin a comprehensive study of Memorial Stadium, beginning with the distribution of a detailed survey.
On Thursday Jan. 13, a survey will be distributed to over 200,000 donors, season ticket holders and single-game buyers. The survey will take five to 15 minutes to complete and will cover a variety of topics surrounding the overall game-day experience at Memorial Stadium. Fans are asked to return the survey by Monday, Jan. 31.
"First and foremost, I value the input of our fans and this is a great opportunity to listen and get their input," Director of Athletics Trev Alberts said. "The survey will provide us valuable data as we evaluate every area that impacts our fans on game day at Memorial Stadium."
The survey will include questions about future seating options which are conceptual in nature. No decisions have been made regarding any potential stadium improvement changes or projects.
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Thank you for participating in the 2022 Memorial Stadium study. In appreciation for your completion of the survey, you will be awarded 15 Priority Points later this year, which is the equivalent of donating $500 to Nebraska Athletics.
The survey should take approximately 10 to 15 minutes to complete. The deadline to complete the survey is Monday, January 31, 2022.
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this week in Husker history....... my, how the world has changed
1982: Boosters launch a $100,000 drive to sweeten the pot for coach Tom Osborne and his staff as Jackie Sherrill's $280,000-a-year contract at Texas A&M raises the salary bar nationally.
1992: Tight end Johnny Mitchell decides to enter the NFL draft after his sophomore season, becoming the first player in program history to leave early for the pros.
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I remember when Nee was coaching and obviously had success (not winning a tournament game mind you) and he was getting fussy about his contract. Devaney's like 'you ain't getting paid more than Osborne.' Iirc Osborne's salary at the time was like 175k or something like that. I realize there was other income opp. Nee's was probably pretty close to that. Times have changed.
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hah, I can remember when I was married by Nee's Big Eight Tournament Championship in 1994
I was living in a holiday inn on the road when His 1996 squad won the NIT Championship.
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Well they came after the Longhorns alma mater as being racist now Nebraska mascot
is racist
https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/33173015/nebraska-revises-mascot-hand-gesture-avoid-tie-white-supremacy
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as far as some "woke" folks know
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as far as some "woke" folks know
gotta quit making those racist ok signals
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Vince Guinta, who was around four four years in operation and personnel roles during the Bill Callahan era, is now listed on the staff directory as the senior director of player personnel and recruiting for Nebraska. It's a return to a place where his career started to take off.
He began as a Nebraska football operations intern on the Callahan staff and was promoted to assistant director of football operations and director of football personnel and recruiting prior to the 2005 season. While the on-field results wavered during those years, the recruiting classes were well received, including additions like Ndamukong Suh, with top 25 classes all four years. He had some crossover with Bo Pelini's time in Lincoln too.
Most recently Guinta had been at Baylor since January, 2020, with previous stops also at Oregon State and Wisconsin. With the Badgers, Guinta was involved in all facets of Wisconsin recruiting and part of a 2014 class that ranked the highest in school history.
His recent Baylor at bio described that "he oversees all aspects of the Baylor Football recruiting process, which includes prospect identification, evaluations, marketing and social media, and campus visitations. Guinta’s 20 years of major college football involvement, including in the Pac-12, Big Ten, Big 12 and Mountain West conferences, provides national experience to the Bears’ recruiting efforts."
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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/ (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/ (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/ (https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/huskers-bring-home-national-championship-in-debate/)
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Steven M. Sipple says farewell* after more than three decades* with the Lincoln Journal Star.
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He was such a good , and funny,dude. Was always cool to us college guys working in the same space as he was. Low talker is about the worst thing in could say about him.
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A doctor is offering free LASIK surgery* to all Husker athletes in exchange for social-media exposure documenting their experience.
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Nebraska Football: Will the Cornhuskers Make a Bowl in 2022?
https://athlonsports.com/college-football/nebraska-football-will-the-cornhuskers-make-a-bowl-in-2022 (https://athlonsports.com/college-football/nebraska-football-will-the-cornhuskers-make-a-bowl-in-2022)
Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven)
Yes, I'll take Nebraska to get to (just barely) get to six wins and reach the postseason. The Cornhuskers were not as bad as last year's 3-9 record suggested. Frost's team lost eight games by one score and all nine defeats came by 10 points or less. Some bad luck, poor special teams and uneven play at times on both sides of the ball all added up to a disappointing 3-9 mark. However, I think the staff reset - especially new offensive coordinator Mark Whipple - will pay dividends right away. Also, both sides of the ball picked up key transfers in Casey Thompson (QB) and Ochaun Mathis (DL). With a game against Northwestern in Ireland to open '22, along with North Dakota and Georgia Southern in the following weeks, Nebraska has a good shot to start 3-0. If they can reach that mark, Big Ten games versus Rutgers, Indiana and Illinois provides a path to six.
Mark Ross (@AthlonMarkR)
Scott Frost desperately needs to lead the Cornhuskers to a bowl game and if it's going to happen it's because they win all the games they are supposed to. The way I see it, there are six winnable games on the schedule – Northwestern, North Dakota, Georgia Southern, Indiana, Rutgers, Illinois. Win those and a bowl game is pretty much locked up. The problem is that the opener against the Wildcats will take place in Dublin, Ireland, and while both teams will have to deal with the long trip overseas and the unfamiliar surroundings, Nebraska is facing more pressure to get off to a 1-0 start. In fact, winning the first three is almost a must because Oklahoma comes to Lincoln after that opening stretch and the schedule gets significantly tougher come November. The Huskers close with Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa, and two of those (Wolverines, Hawkeyes) are on the road. So Frost and company really need to win the games they should this season, otherwise the matchup with the Sooners and an Oct. 15 road trip to Purdue become toss-up contests that could have bowl eligibility riding on either (or both), and that's not the scenario Husker fans want to see develop.
So will the Huskers get the six wins they need? They were seemingly snake-bitten last season, suffering through numerous close, agonizing losses. Even though their margin for error is razor-thin, I'll say a few more bounces go Nebraska's way in 2022, which means the bowl forecast will finally call for Frost.
Ben Weinrib (@benweinrib)
It was said so often last year to the point it became cliché, but Nebraska really was the most talented three-win team in college football last season. They outscored their opponents by 63 points on the season and had a point differential of zero against Big Ten teams despite going 1-8 in conference. It’s very unlikely that the Cornhuskers will go winless again in one-score games, but head coach Scott Frost’s consistent trend of losing close games is beyond concerning at this point. Nebraska will also have to thread a tough schedule that includes games against Oklahoma in Week 4, and a rough three-game finish — at Michigan, against Wisconsin, and at Iowa. The Huskers will have to bank on transfer quarterback Casey Thompson clicking early because they will likely need to win at least four games in the first half to have a shot at bowl eligibility. Nebraska will likely get there — but just barely. And there’s almost no margin for error.
J.P. Scott (@TheJPScott)
Nebraska starts its season with three games that, even for a program that went 3-9 last season, should be guaranteed wins. After that, there are five teams on the schedule that I believe are better than the Huskers in terms of both talent and coaching: Oklahoma, Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Iowa. I’ll be surprised if they get a win in any one of those games.
Bowl eligibility comes down to the four coin-toss games on Nebraska’s schedule: Indiana, Rutgers, Purdue, and Illinois. The Huskers need to win three of those to go bowling. Given the coaching upgrades Scott Frost made this offseason at key positions, I think they’ll be good enough to go 3-1 in those games and finish the year bowl eligible at 6-6.
Chip Minnich (@ChipMinnich)
Yes, Nebraska will make a bowl in 2022, but it will be critical for the Cornhuskers to get off to a good start. The first three games, at a glance, are winnable and should get Nebraska off to a solid beginning for the season. If Nebraska is still not at the magic threshold of six wins before November, it may be too late for Scott Frost.
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#ThrowbackHuskerThursday!
2018, Dr. Tom Osborne holds his Nebraska Athletics Hall of Fame award. His Husker teams were ranked in the top 25, in 304 out of 307 weeks he was Head Coach.
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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY
The week of May 20-26, looking back in five-year intervals
1972: Nebraska's football schedules are set for the next 15 seasons.
1977: The Board of Regents rejects a plan to expand Memorial Stadium.
1982: Tom Osborne's $140,500 pay places him No. 9 among college football coaches, according to a tabulation by the Miami Herald.
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A helium shortage means no balloons* will be made available at games this fall, Trev Alberts says on the radio.
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A helium shortage means no balloons* will be made available at games this fall, Trev Alberts says on the radio.
Trev's head has to have spare helium in it
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that's a good bet
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Nebraska Football: Will the Cornhuskers Make a Bowl in 2022?
https://athlonsports.com/college-football/nebraska-football-will-the-cornhuskers-make-a-bowl-in-2022 (https://athlonsports.com/college-football/nebraska-football-will-the-cornhuskers-make-a-bowl-in-2022)
Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven)
Yes, I'll take Nebraska to get to (just barely) get to six wins and reach the postseason. The Cornhuskers were not as bad as last year's 3-9 record suggested. Frost's team lost eight games by one score and all nine defeats came by 10 points or less. Some bad luck, poor special teams and uneven play at times on both sides of the ball all added up to a disappointing 3-9 mark. However, I think the staff reset - especially new offensive coordinator Mark Whipple - will pay dividends right away. Also, both sides of the ball picked up key transfers in Casey Thompson (QB) and Ochaun Mathis (DL). With a game against Northwestern in Ireland to open '22, along with North Dakota and Georgia Southern in the following weeks, Nebraska has a good shot to start 3-0. If they can reach that mark, Big Ten games versus Rutgers, Indiana and Illinois provides a path to six.
Mark Ross (@AthlonMarkR)
Scott Frost desperately needs to lead the Cornhuskers to a bowl game and if it's going to happen it's because they win all the games they are supposed to. The way I see it, there are six winnable games on the schedule – Northwestern, North Dakota, Georgia Southern, Indiana, Rutgers, Illinois. Win those and a bowl game is pretty much locked up. The problem is that the opener against the Wildcats will take place in Dublin, Ireland, and while both teams will have to deal with the long trip overseas and the unfamiliar surroundings, Nebraska is facing more pressure to get off to a 1-0 start. In fact, winning the first three is almost a must because Oklahoma comes to Lincoln after that opening stretch and the schedule gets significantly tougher come November. The Huskers close with Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa, and two of those (Wolverines, Hawkeyes) are on the road. So Frost and company really need to win the games they should this season, otherwise the matchup with the Sooners and an Oct. 15 road trip to Purdue become toss-up contests that could have bowl eligibility riding on either (or both), and that's not the scenario Husker fans want to see develop.
So will the Huskers get the six wins they need? They were seemingly snake-bitten last season, suffering through numerous close, agonizing losses. Even though their margin for error is razor-thin, I'll say a few more bounces go Nebraska's way in 2022, which means the bowl forecast will finally call for Frost.
Ben Weinrib (@benweinrib)
It was said so often last year to the point it became cliché, but Nebraska really was the most talented three-win team in college football last season. They outscored their opponents by 63 points on the season and had a point differential of zero against Big Ten teams despite going 1-8 in conference. It’s very unlikely that the Cornhuskers will go winless again in one-score games, but head coach Scott Frost’s consistent trend of losing close games is beyond concerning at this point. Nebraska will also have to thread a tough schedule that includes games against Oklahoma in Week 4, and a rough three-game finish — at Michigan, against Wisconsin, and at Iowa. The Huskers will have to bank on transfer quarterback Casey Thompson clicking early because they will likely need to win at least four games in the first half to have a shot at bowl eligibility. Nebraska will likely get there — but just barely. And there’s almost no margin for error.
J.P. Scott (@TheJPScott)
Nebraska starts its season with three games that, even for a program that went 3-9 last season, should be guaranteed wins. After that, there are five teams on the schedule that I believe are better than the Huskers in terms of both talent and coaching: Oklahoma, Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Iowa. I’ll be surprised if they get a win in any one of those games.
Bowl eligibility comes down to the four coin-toss games on Nebraska’s schedule: Indiana, Rutgers, Purdue, and Illinois. The Huskers need to win three of those to go bowling. Given the coaching upgrades Scott Frost made this offseason at key positions, I think they’ll be good enough to go 3-1 in those games and finish the year bowl eligible at 6-6.
Chip Minnich (@ChipMinnich)
Yes, Nebraska will make a bowl in 2022, but it will be critical for the Cornhuskers to get off to a good start. The first three games, at a glance, are winnable and should get Nebraska off to a solid beginning for the season. If Nebraska is still not at the magic threshold of six wins before November, it may be too late for Scott Frost.
Funny how narratives go. Nebraska will probably go 9-3 with a bunch of close wins, get blown out in a bowl, and instead of being the most underrated team, will be the biggest "fraud" team of 2022. You just have to enjoy the week to week
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Nebraska football isn't looking at week after week of games starting at noon and earlier like in years past.
The Big Ten Conference released the kickoff times for several weeks with Nebraska in a good position. The Huskers open the season Aug. 27 in Ireland against Northwestern with an 11:30 a.m. CT start. That's 5:30 p.m. in Dublin with the game being televised on FOX.
FOX will also carry the Oklahoma game Sept. 17. That is slated for FOX's prime slot of 11 a.m. with Big Noon Kickoff coming to Lincoln.
The home opener Sept. 3 against North Dakota will kick off at 2:30 p.m.
Nebraska will get its first of a few night games Sept 10. The game against Georgia Southern is slated for a 6:30 p.m. kickoff on FS1.
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Nebraska Football learned the kickoff times for seven of its 12 regular-season games earlier in the week. One game-time Husker fans were interested to see was the September 17 match-up in Lincoln against the Oklahoma Sooners. Unfortunately, the match-up will occur at 11:00 am on FOX, and to say Nebraska fans were less than pleased would be an understatement. Many of the Husker faithful took to social media in the days following their announcement to announce their disappointment. The general sentiment expressed is that in a match-up between two rivals with the history of these two schools, the game should be in prime time.
https://cornhuskerswire.usatoday.com/lists/nebraska-fans-not-happy-with-the-oklahoma-game-kickoff-time/?utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR1Zxm14uIqArqdwmfGUj2C4W1fMj5lIQeKByTXqUL0GHYbuqtp4xfcTsSk (https://cornhuskerswire.usatoday.com/lists/nebraska-fans-not-happy-with-the-oklahoma-game-kickoff-time/?utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR1Zxm14uIqArqdwmfGUj2C4W1fMj5lIQeKByTXqUL0GHYbuqtp4xfcTsSk)
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Fox wants to own Noon est. Period. Its been a pretty good strategy to date. Fwiw, I think OU v N has been a night game one time in Lincoln, maybe twice in Norman.
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and what a night game it was in 2009
Pelini's defense was good that evening
I was there, uncle Skeeter was not
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Former Nebraska head coach Frank Solich is one of nine FBS coaches to earn a spot on the 2023 ballot for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame.
The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame announced the ballot of players and coaches on Monday morning.
Solich is in his first season of eligibility on the ballot after retiring as head coach at Ohio in July of 2021. During his 22 seasons as a head coach, he compiled a record of 173-101, including a 58-19 record in six seasons as Nebraska’s head coach from 1998 to 2003.
Solich's career at Nebraska spanned 41 seasons. He first entered the football program in 1962 to play fullback in Bob Devaney's first season as head coach.
Solich spent several years as a high school head coach in Nebraska before joining the Husker coaching staff as an assistant in 1979. All 29 Nebraska teams Solich was associated with as either a player or coach played in a bowl game.
Following his head coaching career at Nebraska, Solich guided Ohio University’s program for 16 seasons from 2005 to 2020. During his time at Ohio, Solich coached the Bobcats to 12 winning seasons, 11 bowl appearances and four MAC East division titles. He is the winningest coach in the history of the Mid-American Conference.
In addition to serving as the head coach for one Hall of Fame player (Eric Crouch) and an assistant for another (Mike Rozier), Solich played for Hall of Fame head coach Bob Devaney and worked for 19 seasons as an assistant coach under Hall of Fame coach Tom Osborne.
Overall, Nebraska has 26 representatives in the College Football Hall of Fame, including 20 players and six head coaches. Zach Wiegert is the most recent honoree as part of the 2022 Hall of Fame class and will be officially inducted into the Hall of Fame in December.
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At times I advise my clients about the importance of exercising one's right to remain silent. Although the context is a bit different here: Former Nebraska quarterback slams school for lack of winning (msn.com) (https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaafb/former-nebraska-quarterback-slams-school-for-lack-of-winning/ar-AAYevzH?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=2dbd2d6b374346c4b6de3f47d3b93b22) (https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaafb/former-nebraska-quarterback-slams-school-for-lack-of-winning/ar-AAYevzH?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=2dbd2d6b374346c4b6de3f47d3b93b22) the advice is sound for this context, too.
Adrian Martinez is not my client.
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Uhhh... Yeah.
You don't do that.
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Adrian is a good kid
I don't have a problem with his comments
he's being prodded by the K-staters
he is supporting his team as he did when he was in Lincoln
if Husker fans want to take offense (an they do) that's on them
lack of winning hurts because it's true, lack of talent on the roster hurts, because it's true
I wish the Huskers were playing the purple kitties this season
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#ThrowbackHuskerThursday! 1966, Wayne Meylan along with Bob Moore chase the Colorado QB. The All-American led defense shutout the Buffaloes in the second half, for a 21-19 win. It was the fifth consecutive defeat of the conference rival. GBR!!!
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The Nebraska football team has shown a willingness to recruit the junior college ranks, and now the Huskers have the best in the pack.
Junior running back Anthony Grant will be in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Friday night to accept the David Rowlands Male Student-Athlete of the Year award, which recognizes the best athlete across all National Junior College Athletic Association sports.
Last season at New Mexico Military Institute, Grant rushed for 1,730 yards and 18 touchdowns, helping the Broncos to the national championship. In two playoff games, Grant barrelled for 590 yards and six touchdowns, including a 398-yard game in the semifinals.
The award caps a decorated final season for Grant, who was the 2021 NJCAA Division I offensive player of the year, rushing champion, first-team All-American and the MVP of the national championship game.(https://scontent.ffod1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/287452014_1580991582294904_3889633567664498499_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s640x640&_nc_cat=109&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=nuZ9LtLyuYMAX9Iet08&tn=_MnT8OkIfzNoswba&_nc_ht=scontent.ffod1-1.fna&oh=00_AT8txnF3SRlrv9yJ2Toz_kiJCeL5B-Oq_Ulqq8XSPnzqEg&oe=62A8C026)
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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY
The week of June 10-16, looking back in five-year intervals
1932: Hugh Rhea, Nebraska's All-America tackle, sets a national collegiate record in the shot put with a throw of 52 feet, 5¾ inches at the NCAA track and field championships in Chicago. Meanwhile, the university reduces football ticket prices for the 1932 season.
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1962: Tom Osborne, who assisted on a volunteer basis during spring drills, is now officially a graduate assistant on Bob Devaney’s staff.
1967: Former Husker quarterback Bob Churchich chooses baseball over football as he signs with the Atlanta Braves.
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Tom Rathman played FB for Nebraska between 1983-85 and is arguably the best FB in Nebraska history. From Huskers.com: One of the top fullbacks in the nation in 1985, Rathman broke the school fullback record for rushing yards with 881 yards, smashing the record of 717 set by Dick Davis in 1967. Rathman, an All-Big Eight pick by the Associated Press, gained those yards on 118 carries, averaging 7.5 yards a carry.
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Mötley Crüe in the news as #tommylee breaks four ribs and can’t complete a show. In other news, he’s not slinging wieners at Cornhusker coeds either… so there is that
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The Scarlet Knights announced their opponent and the date for the annual Blackout Game. This season, the Blackout will come on a Friday night with the game set for Oct. 7.
The opponent for the 2022 Blackout will be Nebraska, a fitting opponent with the Huskers and their well-known “Blackshirts” defense. Kickoff time is set for 7 pm EST.
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Nebraska has added another quality control coach to its staff.
Former Army defensive quality control assistant Wes Fleming announced he was joining Nebraska’s staff.
“It was an honor being a part of the Army football program, but I am excited for the opportunity to join the staff at Nebraska!” Fleming announced on social media.
Fleming spent the 2021 season at Army, where he was on the defensive side of the ball. Prior to being at Army, Fleming was the offensive coordinator at Midland University for two seasons. He coached on both sides of the ball at Kansas Wesleyan. In 2018, he served as the school’s offensive coordinator and special teams coordinator. That followed a season in 2017 where he was the school’s assistant defensive coordinator.
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Nebraska football is 15-29 overall and 10-25 against Big Ten play since the Huskers hired head coach Scott Frost ahead of the 2018 season, and a telling statistic provides a closer look at how narrow the program's gap has been between wins and losses. Chris Fallica of College GameDay shared this week on Twitter a revealing number about close games, something the team figures to emphasize even more so in 2022.
“Since 2018, Nebraska is 5-18 in games decided by 7 points or fewer and has a -20 TO margin in those games,” Fallica tweeted. “0-7 last year with (a) -8 TO margin in those games. Nebraska outgained their opponents by 26.4 YPG in those 7 games last year.”
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Northern Iowa has added Nebraska to its 2024 football schedule according to a report by FBSchedules.com.
The game would be at Nebraska on Sept. 14 of that year, with UNI getting a $600,000 guarantee.
Panthers will meet Cornhuskers for the first time when they meet in 2 years
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Saw these pics posted in pairs on twitter this week:
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Northern Iowa has added Nebraska to its 2024 football schedule according to a report by FBSchedules.com.
The game would be at Nebraska on Sept. 14 of that year, with UNI getting a $600,000 guarantee.
Panthers will meet Cornhuskers for the first time when they meet in 2 years
Careful what you wish for there. UNI is one of the most dangerous FCS teams to schedule.
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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY
1957: The Touchdown Club is formed to raise money for additional scholarships in multiple sports.
1987: Wayne Meylan, two-time consensus All-America middle guard, dies at age 41 when his vintage P-51 Mustang fighter plane crashes in Michigan. Also killed is his passenger, John S. Colton III. Meylan was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1991. | A gentle side
1997: The Sporting News' preseason yearbook ranks a Big 12 team No. 1 in the nation, but it's Colorado, not eventual champ Nebraska. The Huskers are pegged at No. 9, and TSN's Mike Huguenin explains the reasoning to the Denver Post: "Nebraska has basically a two-team schedule, at Washington and at Colorado, and we think both of those teams will beat Nebraska." Also: "We don't like Scott Frost as a quarterback. ... He's not of Tommie Frazier's caliber."
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Joint Statement from University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Ronnie Green and Vice Chancellor/Director of Athletics Trev Alberts:
"This is an exciting and historic day for the Big Ten Conference and the University of Nebraska. The addition of UCLA and USC to the Big Ten is a bold, ambitious step during a time of historic change in the collegiate athletics landscape. These institutions will add two world-class athletic departments and brands to the Big Ten and stretch the Conference footprint from coast to coast. For the University of Nebraska, there are many positives associated with this expansion. UNL has a large alumni base in California that will have a great opportunity to regularly watch our teams compete in historical athletic venues in Southern California. Nebraska has had a history of success recruiting athletes from California, and this will only enhance Nebraska's profile in a fertile recruiting ground. We welcome UCLA and USC to the Big Ten Conference and look forward to competing with them in the future."
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Nebraska is 0-4-1 all time against USC and 7-6 against UCLA. For the Weekend Five, let's recall five of those matchups that come to mind.
Nebraska 21, USC 21; 1970: The only blemish of sorts for the first Nebraska national championship team, USC scored a fourth-quarter touchdown to bring a back-and-forth game at the Coliseum to a tie. A Joe Orduna 67-yard run was key for the Huskers in building a second half lead, but a bad snap caused Paul Rogers to miss a 22-yard field goal that would have given Nebraska a 10-point advantage early in the fourth.
Instead, a tie when ties were still part of the deal in college football. But Nebraska would run the table the rest of the way on its way to calling itself No. 1 in the land.
Nebraska 42, UCLA 33; 1987: This was a top-five matchup in Lincoln, with the Huskers coming in ranked second and UCLA third under head coach Terry Donahue. It was a Bruins squad that had Troy Aikman at quarterback. But it was Nebraska QB Steve Taylor's arm that stole the show with five touchdown passes as NU built a 42-17 fourth-quarter lead before some late garbage scores made it closer for a final score.
The Huskers would be undefeated until late November, when the Sooners disrupted the party in Lincoln in the game billed as Game of the Century II. Charles Thompson, father of Nebraska QB Casey Thompson, knows a little something about that one.
USC 45, Nebraska 42; 2014 Holiday Bowl: Most of the attention was off the field leading into this one, with Bo Pelini fired the weekend after the regular season ended and Mike Riley hired soon after. In the meantime, a 9-3 Husker team prepared for a bowl game under the direction of interim coach Barney Cotton. The coach of USC at the time? That'd be Steve Sarkisian, now at Texas.
It was an odd scene, with Riley actually on hand to watch the game, popping into the ESPN booth during the broadcast after doing an interview with local media in the press box before the game in which the big topic was his hiring of strength coach Mark Philipp, who was coming from ... USC.
The game itself was quite good. It looked like USC would blow the doors off Nebraska and led 45-27 late in the third quarter. But Nebraska scored on a long bomb from Tommy Armstrong to Jordan Westerkamp and then mounted another fourth quarter drive to close within three. The defense finally got a couple stops and Nebraska drove inside the USC 30 late with all the momentum. But a fourth-down stop preserved USC victory.
A year later, in another odd bowl game scenario, Riley would take a 5-7 team to the Foster Farms Bowl against UCLA, the opportunity granted to the Huskers thanks to a shortage of 6-win teams in college football that year. It turned into one of the better nights of the Riley era, with Nebraska pounding UCLA on the ground and winning 37-29.
Nebraska 14, UCLA 13; 1993: An ugly game in the Rose Bowl but an important one to the development of Nebraska's mid-90s dynasty. This one sort of set the stage for the "Refuse to Lose" mantra that would take over that Nebraska season.
NU's offense was clunky and turnover prone and trailed 10-0 before a late second-quarter touchdown by a promising young back named Lawrence Phillips, who was beginning to show how talented he was. A TD pass from Tommie Frazier to tight end Gerald Armstrong in the third quarter would prove the winning edge for a team that would find ways to pull out some tight wins en route to an 11-0 regular season and near miss of a national championship against Florida State.
The titles were just around the corner.
Nebraska 40, UCLA 13; 1973: The first game of the Tom Osborne era as Nebraska's head coach. And it was dominating even with the Huskers playing their backup quarterback. Randy Borg had a 77-yard punt return for a score. Tough Tony Davis ran for 147 yards, including a 43-yard touchdown to ensure a rout in the fourth quarter.
This Osborne guy just might turn out OK.
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2022 Californians for Nebraska Annual Picnic
WHEN: Saturday, July 16, 2022
TIME: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
WHERE: William R. Mason Regional Park, 18712 University Drive, Irvine, Calif.
COST: $5 suggested donation; $5 per car Orange County park entry fee.
Join fellow friends, fans and Alumni of the University of Nebraska for our annual Californians for Nebraska picnic. Food and soft drinks will be provided. The menu is hamburgers, hot dogs, sausages and a variety of snacks. Bring your family and friends for a day of talking football and getting acquainted with your fellow Nebraskans. For more details, Check out our Facebook page or email.
An Opportunity Drawing for official Husker gear will be held at ~2:00. The Grand Prize will be a pair of tickets to a Husker home game.
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Pre-Order Your Runzas
Place your advance orders for frozen Runzas that will be available at the Picnic on July 16th. The Runzas will be already baked and hard frozen.
1 for $7.00 or $6 for $35
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I have still never had a runza.
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come on up for a visit while it's hot down there and cooler here
Vine Street Bomber makes them from scratch in his kitchen in Lincoln
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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY
1937: Sam Francis, Nebraska's All-America fullback, signs with the Chicago Bears.
1942: Butch Wertman, a tackle on Nebraska's Rose Bowl team, is killed when his Army pursuit plane crashes in Connecticut. | Earlier feature story
1952: Plans are announced for the Huskers to eat postgame meals with visiting teams at the Student Union.
1962: Tom Osborne explains his decision to give up pro football and join Bob Devaney's staff as a graduate assistant.
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1967: Coach Bob Devaney's underdog West squad dominates statistically, but QB Steve Spurrier rallies the East to a 12-9 win in the Coaches All-America game in Atlanta. In photo, Nebraska's Larry Wachholtz makes a futile dive at Michigan State's Gene Washington on the East's game-winning play. Also on the West roster were NebraskaU’s Kelly Petersen and Harry Wilson.
1972: Big Eight schools report brisk ticket sales after the league's unprecedented 1-2-3 finish in the final 1971 AP poll.
1982: After winning the Outland Trophy and being named the Big Eight’s offensive player of the year in 1981, Nebraska center Dave Rimington says he won't be resting on his laurels during his senior season.
1987: It is announced that the Farm Aid III concert will take place at Memorial Stadium on Sept. 19. That is a bye week for the Huskers, but it is understood there will be some disruptions in the team's practice routine. Coach Tom Osborne receives assurances that the turf will be protected.
1997: Former Husker Trev Alberts’ latest injury problem draws the scorn of his Indianapolis Colts teammate Jim Harbaugh. (Alberts, the No. 5 pick in the 1994 NFL draft, would retire from football a week and a half later.)
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Nebraska Cornhuskers running back Emmett Johnson has been named SBLive’s National Football Player of the Year.
Johnson committed to the Nebraska Cornhuskers in December 2021.
Johnson had a huge senior season at the Academy of Holy Angels in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In 11 games, he rushed for 2,484 yards and 41 touchdowns.
Johnson also played a large role on the defensive side of the ball. As a safety, he racked up 71 total tackles, ten tackles for loss, two interceptions, and two forced fumbles.
Johnson was named Minnesota’s Mr. Football by the Minnesota Football Coaches Association.
Despite his on-the-field production, Johnson flew somewhat under the radar during the recruiting process. 247 Sports ranked him as the 68th-best running back in the 2022 class.
Johnson could prove to be a steal for the Cornhuskers.
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Careful what you wish for there. UNI is one of the most dangerous FCS teams to schedule.
I mean NIU didn't go so well, might as well try UNI
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Nebraska will make its appearance at Big Ten Media Days in Indianapolis next Tuesday, and the players repping the Huskers have been picked.
Husker edge defender Garrett Nelson, cornerback Quinton Newsome and tight end Travis Vokolek will join Scott Frost on the trip.
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Preseason practice dates and times, plus who will be available to the media afterward, are listed below. Asterisk indicates no media availability. All times Central.
Wednesday, July 27
8:45-10:20 a.m.*
Thursday, July 28
8:45-10:55 a.m.*
Friday, July 29
8:45-10:55 a.m.
Defensive coaches & players
Saturday, July 30
OFF DAY
Sunday, July 31
8:45-10:20 a.m.*
Monday, Aug. 1
8:45-10:55 a.m.
First 20-30 minutes open to media
Offensive coaches & players
Tuesday, Aug. 2
8:45-11:10 a.m.*
Wednesday, Aug. 3
OFF DAY
Thursday, Aug. 4
8:45-10:55 a.m.
Coach Bill Busch, more coaches & players
Friday, Aug. 5
8:45-10:20 a.m.
Coach Frost
Saturday, Aug. 6
8:45-11:10 a.m.*
Sunday, Aug. 7
OFF DAY
Monday, Aug. 8
8:45-10:20 a.m.
Defensive coaches & players
Tuesday, Aug. 9
8:45-10:55 a.m.*
Wednesday, Aug. 10
8:45-11:10 a.m.
First 20-30 minutes open to media
Offensive coaches & players
Thursday, Aug. 11
OFF DAY
Friday, Aug. 12
8:45-10:55 a.m.*
Saturday, Aug. 13
8:45-10:55 a.m.
Coach Frost
Sunday, Aug. 14
8:45-11:10 a.m.*
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The Big Red Fan Club* is set to debut as Nebraska’s first player-led NIL group.
https://bigredfanclub.com/fan-pass/ (https://bigredfanclub.com/fan-pass/)
I'm on the waitlist
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Several Nebraska football references during tonight's Better Call Saul episode. Was not expecting to hear Pelini, T Mart, Frazier, 95 team, Osborne, etc. Pretty hilarious.
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I have NO idear what this is about but....................
The Nebraska football program got all kinds of love on tonight's episode of Better Call Saul. We'll try to avoid any major spoilers, but the 2010 Huskers team becomes fairly essential to the plot.
In the middle of Season 6, Episode 10 entitled "Nippy," Bob Odenkirk's character Gene Takovic aka Jimmy McGill aka Saul Goodman attempts to befriend a security guard at the mall he's working at. The mall is based in Nebraska and Gene quickly establishes a rapport with the guard by talking about Huskers football.
Their very first conversation centers on a recent game between the Huskers and the Texas Longhorns. Curious fans were able to use that info to establish that the episode takes place in the year 2010.
Over the course of several conversations, Gene and the guard discuss everything from Nebraska's then-imminent move to the Big Ten, then-star quarterback Taylor Martinez, Bo Pelini, the legacy of Tom Osborne and the famed 1995 Nebraska football team. The episode was basically a Nebraska football love fest.
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I'm "N" for $300
least I can do - don't have season tickets any longer
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6'8" - 345
BIG Boy
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Nebraska football's curse needs to be broken.
It isn't a debate on whether or not the program is cursed, but when the curse started. Some say with the firing of Frank Solich. Others say payment for a miraculous catch off a foot in Missouri leading to a national title. But what can we do about it?
No matter the when, KLIN Radio in Lincoln and 1620 The Zone in Omaha are joining forces for an event to break said curse.
On Aug. 25, Unsportsmanlike Conduct will be live at Haymarket Park for the entirety of the show from 2-6 pm. Gates will open to the stadium at 4:30, with concessions in operation for food and drinks.
The Killigans will take the stage at 6.
A number of curse-breaking ceremonies will be conducted, including participation by those Huskers fans who attend. RSVP for the free event on Facebook here: Break The Curse.
You can also suggest ways to break the curse by reaching by texting 402-479-1400 or finding one of the hosts on Twitter:
Jack Mitchell @JackMitchellLNK
Kaleb Henry @iKalebHenry
John Bishop @JohnBishop71
Josh Peterson @joshtweeterson
As the event approaches, more details will be released.
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The opening lines for the Nebraska-Northwestern showdown are out via Draft Kings. The Cornhuskers and Wildcats are set to battle at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland on Aug. 27.
The series between the 2 schools has been split down the middle since Scott Frost’s arrival in Lincoln. Both teams have 2 games each in their last 4 meetings. Nebraska took last year’s meeting in Lincoln by a score of 56-7.
Vegas is leaning towards Nebraska as a 12-point favorite in this matchup. There are still a lot of things that are undecided for the Cornhuskers, as a starting quarterback has not been named yet. It will either be Casey Thompson or Chubba Purdy based on what’s been happening at practice recently.
You can watch the game on FOX at 12:30 p.m. ET.
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1: Win in August or September over a Power Five team since Frost took over. That’d be the 42-38 win at Illinois in 2019.
Otherwise, Nebraska lost to Colorado, Michigan and Purdue (2018), Colorado and Ohio State (2019), and Illinois, Oklahoma and Michigan State (2021). NU is 1-8 against P5 teams in August and September since 2018, with the COVID-shortened 2020 season starting in October. Now I’ll impart to you something extraordinary.
1: Win in August or September over a Power Five team for Northwestern since 2018. That’d be a 31-27 win over Purdue ... four years ago.
Since then, the Wildcats have lost to Duke and Michigan (2018), Stanford, Michigan State and Wisconsin (2019), and Michigan State and Duke (2021). The Huskers and Wildcats are joined in this early season futility by Illinois and Rutgers, which also have one P5 August/September win since 2018. Illinois beat Nebraska last year. Rutgers beat Syracuse last year.
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Nebraska’s Irish invasion is a week away, and the setting for the Huskers’ season opener in Dublin should have a distinctly green – err, make that red – color.
Nearly 10,000 NU fans are expected to be in the 48,000-seat Aviva Stadium on Saturday for the Aer Lingus Classic against Big Ten West foe Northwestern.
Sponsors expect at least 35,000 fans for the game, including more than 13,000 Americans, said John Anthony, the founder of Anthony Travel, the travel sponsor.
“We’re satisfied with that. We’re pleased,” Anthony said in an interview.
Northwestern, the designated home team for the game, expects about 3,000 fans in attendance, although Anthony said that number has “crept up” recently.
If the weather cooperates – and the early forecast calls for Dublin temperatures in the upper-60s to low-70s, partly sunny, with a slight chance of rain – there could be a late surge in ticket sales. Unlike in America, there is no ticket window for walk-up sales on game day at Aviva Stadium. However, fans can still buy tickets online at Ticketmaster.com.
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Nebraska kicks off its 133rd football season on Saturday when the Huskers take on the Northwestern Wildcats at the Aer Lingus Classic at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland. Saturday's season opener will be the 1,358th game in Nebraska football history but only the second played on foreign soil.
The only other international game in Husker history was Nebraska's victory over Kansas State at the 1992 Coca-Cola Classic in Tokyo, Japan. One year later, Wisconsin defeated Michigan State at the 1993 Coca-Cola Classic in Tokyo, which to date is the only Big Ten Conference game played outside of the United States. Saturday's game marks the earliest date of a conference matchup in Big Ten history.
Head Coach Scott Frost begins his fifth season at his alma mater in 2022, while Saturday's contest will mark Pat Fitzgerald's 200th game as Northwestern's head coach. Nebraska won last year's matchup in Lincoln 56-7, scoring its most points ever in a Big Ten Conference game and posting its largest margin of victory (49 points) in a Big Ten game and in any conference game since 2001.
Before last year's Husker win, each of the previous four meetings between Nebraska and Northwestern had been decided by one score, including back-to-back overtime wins for the Wildcats in 2017 and 2018. Overall, eight of the first 11 Big Ten meetings between the two programs have been one-score games.
Nebraska returns 46 letterwinners from last year's team, bringing back five full-time defensive starters and four offensive starters plus nine other players (seven on offense and two on defense) who started multiple games in 2021. The Huskers have bolstered their roster with the addition of 44 newcomers, including 22 transfers, 18 of whom have previous playing experience at the FBS or FCS level.
Series History: Nebraska vs. Northwestern
Saturday's matchup between Nebraska and Northwestern will be the 16th all-time between the two schools, with Nebraska holding a 9-6 series advantage. The Huskers are 6-5 against the Wildcats since Nebraska joined the Big Ten and the series has a history of close games.
Nebraska won last year's meeting 56-7 in Lincoln, posting its highest point total and largest margin of victory in a Big Ten Conference game. Overall, last year's meeting marked the Huskers' largest margin of victory in any conference game since a 59-0 win at Baylor during the 2001 Big 12 season.
Despite last year's lopsided score, eight of the 11 meetings since Nebraska joined the Big Ten have been decided by eight or fewer points, including four of the past five games. Northwestern is 5-3 in those eight one-score games, as each of the Wildcats' five conference victories over Nebraska have come by eight or fewer points and by an average of 4.6 points, including two overtime wins.
The schools met four times prior to Nebraska joining the Big Ten, with the Huskers holding a 3-1 edge in those matchups. Nebraska defeated Northwestern, 66-17, in the 2000 Alamo Bowl, a Husker record for points scored in a bowl game.
Brief Recaps of Close Games in the Series
Northwestern 21, Nebraska 13 (Nov. 7, 2020): After Northwestern drove 80 yards for a touchdown on its opening possession, the Huskers shut out the Wildcats the rest of the first half to take a 13-7 lead into the locker room. But Northwestern shut out Nebraska 14-0 in the second half. Trailing by eight, Nebraska drove to the Wildcat 14-yard line on its final drive, but Luke McCaffrey's fourth-down pass was broken up in the end zone with one second remaining.
Nebraska 13, Northwestern 10 (Oct. 5, 2019): Although Northwestern never led, the Wildcats tied the game at 10-10 with 11:20 to play in the third quarter. Neither team would score again until the final snap of the game. Northwestern drove into Husker territory with just over a minute remaining, but Lamar Jackson intercepted an Aidan Smith pass, and Nebraska drove 42 yards in six plays covering one minute to set up Lane McCallum's game-winning, walk-off 24-yard field goal.
Northwestern 34, Nebraska 31 in OT (Oct. 13, 2018): Nebraska nearly handed Northwestern its only Big Ten West loss of the 2018 season, but the Huskers were unable to hold a 10-point lead with less than three minutes remaining. Trailing 31-21, Northwestern got a field goal to pull within seven with 2:27 remaining in regulation. After Nebraska went 3-and-out and took just 24 seconds off the clock, the Wildcats drove 99 yards in eight plays to score the game-tying touchdown with 12 seconds remaining. Nebraska then threw an interception on its overtime possession, and Northwestern won the game on a walk-off 37-yard field goal from Drew Luckenbaugh.
Northwestern 31, Nebraska 24 in OT (Nov. 4, 2017): Northwestern ended the 2017 season with an eight-game winning streak which included an NCAA-record three consecutive overtime wins, the final of which came against Nebraska. The Huskers used a 10-0 third quarter to build a 24-17 lead, but Clayton Thorson tied the game on a touchdown run with 5:32 remaining in regulation. Thorson then gave the Wildcats the lead with a one-yard touchdown run on the first overtime series. Nebraska failed to score on its overtime drive, as a fourth-down pass was broken up.
Northwestern 30, Nebraska 28 (Oct. 24, 2015): In a back-and-forth game that featured five lead changes, Northwestern held on during an eventful fourth quarter. The Wildcats led 20-19 entering the final period, but Nebraska took a 22-20 lead just five seconds into the quarter. Northwestern answered with 10 straight points to build a 30-22 lead before a Tommy Armstrong Jr. three-yard touchdown run. Trailing 30-28, Nebraska failed on its two-point conversion attempt, and Northwestern picked up three first downs on its ensuing possession to run out the game's final 4:18.
Nebraska 27, Northwestern 24 (Nov. 2, 2013): Northwestern led 21-7 less than 20 minutes into the game, but the Huskers scored a single touchdown in both the third and fourth quarter to tie the score and set the stage for a dramatic final two minutes. With the game tied at 21, a Northwestern interception gave the Wildcats a 1st-and-goal situation with 2:25 remaining. Northwestern had to settle for a go-ahead field goal, and the Huskers got the ball back trailing 24-21 with 1:14 remaining. Nebraska converted a 4th-and-15 to keep its comeback hopes alive, and then on the game's final play, Ron Kellogg III found Jordan Westerkamp on a 49-yard Hail Mary as time expired.
Nebraska 29, Northwestern 28 (Oct. 20, 2012): Northwestern scored a single touchdown in all four quarters, including a final touchdown that gave the Wildcats a 28-16 lead with 8:31 remaining. But Nebraska drove 80 yards for a touchdown in just 2:36 on its ensuing possession to cut the lead to 28-23. The Blackshirts then held the Wildcats to a 3-and-out, giving Nebraska the ball back with 4:10 to play. The Huskers covered 76 yards for the go-ahead touchdown with 2:08 remaining, but the game was not over. Northwestern began its next drive on its own 25-yard line and drove to the Husker 36-yard line, but the Wildcats' potential go-ahead 53-yard field goal with 1:10 left missed wide right.
Husker History in Season Openers
Nebraska has an impressive history in season openers. The Huskers have won 98 of their 132 season openers, winning their first game more than 76 percent of the time while posting a 98-29-5 record.
Nebraska is 32-4 in its first game of the season dating back to 1986.
The Huskers are opening a season away from home for the third straight year, the only three times this century that Nebraska has played its season opener away from Lincoln. NU is beginning a season at a neutral site for the first time since the fourth-ranked Huskers shut out No. 24 West Virginia, 31-0, on Aug. 28, 2004 at the Kickoff Classic in East Rutherford, N.J., to begin a 13-0 national championship season.
Nebraska is 11-3 when it opens the season against a conference opponent. The Huskers are facing a conference foe in the season opener for just the fifth time since 1950, but Saturday marks the third consecutive year that Nebraska begins the season with a Big Ten Conference game.
Nebraska Nearly Perfect in August
Saturday's game will mark the 16th August game in the history of Nebraska football. The Huskers have lost just once in the month, bringing a 14-1 record into the contest with Northwestern.
Nebraska is not only 14-1 all-time in the month of August, but the average score of those 14 games has been 39-16. The Huskers are 7-1 in August when facing a current Power Five Conference opponent, with the average score of those six contests being 34-12.
In the history of Nebraska football, Saturday's contest will mark the earliest date of a conference game in Husker history. Overall, the Aug. 27 date is the third-earliest date ever for a Nebraska season opener.
Saturday's game is officially dubbed the "Aer Lingus Classic", marking the first time Nebraska has opened a season by playing in a "Classic" since kicking off the 2002 season at home against Arizona State in the Black Coaches Association Classic.
Saturday's Matchup a Rarity in Big Ten Conference
Saturday's season opener between Nebraska and Northwestern in Dublin, Ireland, is a rarity for the Big Ten Conference for two reasons: the date and the location.
Saturday's game marks the earliest date of a conference game in Big Ten history. Including this year, there have been only six conference matchups in August in the history of the Big Ten Conference, and Nebraska has played in two of those six contests.
Saturday's game also marks only the second Big Ten Conference game played on foreign soil. The only other international conference game in Big Ten history came in 1993, when Wisconsin defeated Michigan State 41-20 at the Coca-Cola Classic in Tokyo, Japan. The previous year, Nebraska picked up a Big Eight Conference victory over Kansas State in the 1992 Coca-Cola Classic in Tokyo.
Saturday will also mark just the second time a Big Ten team has played in Europe. Penn State entered this season as the only Big Ten team to play a game in Europe, as the Nittany Lions defeated UCF, 26-24, on Aug. 30, 2014, in Dublin, Ireland. That game was played at Croke Park and not Aviva Stadium, the home of Saturday's Nebraska-Northwestern matchup.
According to available research, Saturday's game will be just the 14th FBS conference game played on foreign soil in college football history. The Nebraska-Northwestern contest will also mark just the second FBS conference matchup ever played in Europe, along with the 2016 Aer Lingus Classic in Dublin between ACC foes Georgia Tech and Boston College.
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Go Big Red
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Pretty amazing, this is.
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Go Big Red
Thanks. I'm sure UW will be pretty good again this year.
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Thanks. I'm sure UW will be pretty good again this year.
I'll let you B1G folk argue over that one. :)
I like Wisconsin so I'm cool either way.
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Pretty amazing, this is.
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great young man. I wish him only the best in Manhattan
It's a damned shame he didn't have a better O-line and running game to support him the past 3 seasons
not to speak of special teams
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I like K-State as a trendy pick to win the XII. The other contenders took a step back from last year, so the opportunity is there.
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The 2022 Nebraska football roster features 26 players who have already earned their college degrees, as the Huskers' 26 graduates are the most of any FBS football program in the country for the 2022 season.
The National Football Foundation announced on Wednesday that more than 3,000 student-athletes across all divisions of college football will play the upcoming season as college graduates. Nebraska's 26 graduates were three more than any other FBS program. Baylor (22), Pittsburgh (22), Oregon (21), South Carolina (21), Illinois (20), Kansas State (20), Michigan (20) and Oregon State (20) were the only other Power Five programs with at least 20 college graduates on their 2022 football rosters.
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When a friend/coworker finished his tour in 'Nam guess he was getting a flight out of Cam Rahn Bay base. The Gov't/Red Cross rewarded the boys with pallets of canned Falstaff that had been sitting on the sunny tarmac for god know how long.I don't recall liking cold Falstaff all that much,quite the fetching send off
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my buddy Robert that survived being a grunt in Nam has told stories of how tasty that warm/hot beer was
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Damn. Is Frost just mailing it in now? And before you ask, yes Jimbo is too.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm0Z-IWz1pM
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Frost is a smart football man. I don't understand where he went wrong.
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too much Oregon offense, thinks the way to win is to outscore the other team with offense
not enough focus on defense and special teams
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He just needs a few more years
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not settling for mediocre!
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Nebraska AD Trev Alberts has to be looking around for a replacement for Frost. Frost seemed like the perfect hire at the time. Hard to imagine Alberts finding someone better. I guess Coach Frost could still turn it around.
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not enough focus on defense and offensive lines
FIFY. Everything starts up front.
Nebraska's lines have been awful for at least 3 years, and it'll be at least 3 more years before their line get back to basic competence.
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yup
there's hope
they've recruited on the O-line well - and they will have a new O-line coach soon
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Nebraska AD Trev Alberts has to be looking around for a replacement for Frost. Frost seemed like the perfect hire at the time. Hard to imagine Alberts finding someone better. I guess Coach Frost could still turn it around.
Yup,he'd have to run the table damn fine hire at the time but UNL have to win these games that use to be a gimme. Doesn't help on the same day Adrian Martinez put up 40 for the Purple Kitties in Manhappy vs Mizzou......bitter pills
(https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/players/2966360/adrian-martinez/)
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the difference for Adrian in Manhappy???
Deuce Vaughn 24 carries 145 yards 6.0 avg 2 TDs longest run -29
and the Kitty defense gives up 128 yrds passing and 94 yards rushing to Mizzou
Adrian was only 9 of 20 for 101 yards, but a big win
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Just win,Baby
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it's only 7.5 million
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WOW,good luck Frosty,don't feel sorry though,his grandkids won't have to go to work.Iowa has a stellar O.C. who could prolly be coersced
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Frost would make a good O-coordinator and QB coach in Iowa City
Brian ain't good for nuttin, honey
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"They had to have worked out a new deal or something.Can't believe they would just give away 7.5 million instead of waiting a few weeks"
Think they might have done that?
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Better they got rid of him now and started planning for the future imo. Good move.
If I’m Alberts I’m throwing tons of money Dave Aranda’s way. That’s my first choice.
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Don’t think Aranda would leave Waco for Lincoln. Urban Meyer might be interested.
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NCAA should ban that douche nozzle,he really can't help himself
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Man if Nebraska isn't viewed as a better job than Baylor by coaches, I'm just flabbergasted. But, that could be true.
Nebraska getting Urban Meyer would be immediately dangerous. He's a really, really good coach. I know he has personal baggage but I've never paid much attention to that stuff so not sure how much it would weigh into the decision.
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"They had to have worked out a new deal or something.Can't believe they would just give away 7.5 million instead of waiting a few weeks"
Think they might have done that?
I think there are three possibilities
1. The vibes just got so, so bad, and the school just paid that much for feelings. (Possible in this crazy world, and if it's the case, speaks somewhat poorly of that admin)
2. A set of super rich boosters vented their feelings, and the admin said "If you want him gone that bad, you can cut that check today"
3. They went to him, said "You're gonna be out. We can make you coach three more games, then fire you, or if we give you a few 100 grand, you'll take the lower rate and we split now."
The latter two options both make sense. If it's the first, and you don't land Urban Meyer, we'll be talking within five years about what a comical failure Trev Alberts is. Simply put, there's no part of wooing 99 percent of coaching candidates that has to happen the last 3 weeks of September.
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Man if Nebraska isn't viewed as a better job than Baylor by coaches, I'm just flabbergasted. But, that could be true.
Besides historic success, what makes it a better job today?
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Besides historic success, what makes it a better job today?
Better fanbase, but I don't know how much difference that makes to a coach.
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Nebraska's also in the P2.
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Other potential coaches for the Huskers, besides Urban:
Bill O’Brien
Mark Stoops
Matt Campbell
Jim Leonhard
Troy Calhoun
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I think former TCU head coach Gary Patterson would do pretty well in Lincoln. He's an analyst on our staff right now and I'd hate to lose him because I can already see his positive influence on our defense, but he'll eventually want a head coaching gig again and Nebraska would be a good fit for him, I think. Bonus is he'd be immediately available...
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That would be solid know it prolly wouldn't last past 5-6 yrs though.GP hasn't moved around at all so there's that
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They forgot to take into account the unlikely event that they beat Oklahoma. If Frost does it, he has his "Earle Bruce" moment in the Sun on his way out the door. You know he's going to suffer another embarrassing loss soon after, and you can pull the trigger then.
If the interim guy beats Oklahoma in his first game? All of a sudden you have to put him on the short list.
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He would have to sell his soul to the devil to beat OU and that might not be enough
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He would have to sell his soul to the devil to beat OU and that might not be enough
The same OU that was down 3-0 to Kent State at the half?
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The same OU that was down 3-0 to Kent State at the half?
Hey I was rooting for KS but it sure didnt end well for em
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Besides historic success, what makes it a better job today?
money and recruiting
you know, the two big thngs
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I think former TCU head coach Gary Patterson would do pretty well in Lincoln. He's an analyst on our staff right now and I'd hate to lose him because I can already see his positive influence on our defense, but he'll eventually want a head coaching gig again and Nebraska would be a good fit for him, I think. Bonus is he'd be immediately available...
UNL offered Gary years ago
he trned them down, he might say yes now, ya never know
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRiZjUIu37w
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pretty good list
only Urban is a sure thing
like Frost was a few years ago
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Decent presser,has come along way when he was and analyst for ESPiN paired with Mark May
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pretty sure he was being "steered" by the ESPN brass back then
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Naw he was being a Husker Prick ask utee about those guys
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Nebraska’s severance bills* since 2005 are now north of $50 million.
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not settling
there is money in Lincoln for football and volleyball
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money and recruiting
you know, the two big thngs
Nebraska outrecruits them?
Then how is Baylor 26-13 the past 3 years and Nebraska is 12-23? I don't get it!
Anyway, I hope Nebraska finds the right guy. College football is more fun when they're good.
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calling my shot now….Urban will flirt with them but ultimately leave them at the alter and they’ll wind up hiring Bill O’Brien bc he’s been rehabbed by Saban.
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pretty good list
only Urban is a sure thing
like Frost was a few years ago
Comparing apples to oranges.
Urban and Saint Nick the only sure things in this sport. That’s it.
Frost was never a sure thing, just viewed as great hire at the time- kinda like RichRod to Michigan.
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There is a great coach in Lawrence right now.
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calling my shot now….Urban will flirt with them but ultimately leave them at the alter and they’ll wind up hiring Bill O’Brien bc he’s been rehabbed by Saban.
This just might be what happens - a humbled B-O-B back on the CFB Sidelines
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Frost was never a sure thing, just viewed as great hire at the time- kinda like RichRod to Michigan.
Good comparison
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I never thought RR was a good hire for Michigan.
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I think the uproar and the manor in which he left Morgantown affected him. At least initially
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Comparing apples to oranges.
Urban and Saint Nick the only sure things in this sport. That’s it.
Frost was never a sure thing, just viewed as great hire at the time- kinda like RichRod to Michigan.
agreed
any thought Frost was as close to a sure thing as possible in Lincoln a few years ago.
the list of sure thing coaching hires is close to 2 as you have noted.
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As of 2020, no school in the country spent more money paying off football and men’s basketball coaches since 2005 than the Huskers.
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Settling
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probably shouldn't have gotten rid of Solich or Pelini.
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I think both of them were destined to get the boot at some time
It's just that at the time they were booted, a better option wasn't secured
with Frost's record, it will be hard for the next guy to do worse.
Of course that's what was thought when Riley was booted
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Trev Alberts' legacy will hinge on who he hires as his football coach. I'm sure he's fully aware of this.
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I know everyone thinks he's a scumbag and he probably is- but Urbs sure af can coach and recruit some college football. I'd love to see him in Nebraska. He'd put the West on notice and just make the B1G that much stronger. Plus his run first style spread tailor made for Nebraska. He finds himself another jesus loving FB playing QB- he could make the Cornhuskers real good real fast. Doubt it happens though.
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I know everyone thinks he's a scumbag and he probably is- but Urbs sure af can coach and recruit some college football. I'd love to see him in Nebraska. He'd put the West on notice and just make the B1G that much stronger. Plus his run first style spread tailor made for Nebraska. He finds himself another jesus loving FB playing QB- he could make the Cornhuskers real good real fast. Doubt it happens though.
Urban has baggage but I agree that he could change the direction of Nebraska's football program immediately. Not so sure I want to see him in the Big Ten again.
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It will be Burt. He's the only candidate that would be leaving for greener pastures if he went to Nebraska. The rest have all built their current programs into much better situations.
9-3 with a Burt type coach is probably their ceiling for now.
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There is a great coach in Lawrence right now.
Perhaps but he's 2-10 right now even considering it is Kansas.If he closes with close games vs stout teams then perhaps
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It will be Burt. He's the only candidate that would be leaving for greener pastures if he went to Nebraska. The rest have all built their current programs into much better situations.
9-3 with a Burt type coach is probably their ceiling for now.
I'd take it
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I know everyone thinks he's a scumbag and he probably is- but Urbs sure af can coach and recruit some college football. I'd love to see him in Nebraska. He'd put the West on notice and just make the B1G that much stronger. Plus his run first style spread tailor made for Nebraska. He finds himself another jesus loving FB playing QB- he could make the Cornhuskers real good real fast. Doubt it happens though.
yup, not a good fit in Lincoln, but they are desperate enough for a winner that it's his job if he wants it
I don't think he wants it, but it sure would cement his legacy if he could win in Lincoln
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Urban has baggage but I agree that he could change the direction of Nebraska's football program immediately. Not so sure I want to see him in the Big Ten again.
He's such and arrogant knob he talks to adults the way he does to gullible inexperienced teenagers - a real POS.He had bags before C-Bus picked up a few there,then last year in Jacksonsville his douchebaggery was on full display
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As of 2020, no school in the country spent more money paying off football and men’s basketball coaches since 2005 than the Huskers.
I know Kansas ponied up a lot for Charlie Tuna and Les Miles,but that was just Gridiron their hoops are on much firmer ground
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Urban has baggage but I agree that he could change the direction of Nebraska's football program immediately. Not so sure I want to see him in the Big Ten again.
Would you let your son play for Urban Meyer?
I most certainly would not.
Not sure about his ability to recruit after all that went down.
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Would you let your son play for Urban Meyer?
I most certainly would not.
Not sure about his ability to recruit after all that went down.
I'm going to guess Urbs would still absolutely crush it on the 'crootin trail.
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Probably safe to say you can cross JL off of the UNL search list (and anyone else's list). From 247:
"I mean, I understand it," Leonhard said. "I don't really pay too much attention. I get a lot of texts and calls about it. It's funny. There were many verified, kind of random sources out there yesterday that I had taken jobs. It was pretty funny to see. I have talked about it a lot, man, I am comfortable here. I am not saying this is the place I'll be for the rest of my life, but I love this place. I love what we're doing. I like the guys and who I am coaching with. I am not in a rush to make the decisions that some people think I am."
"I think a lot of people have ideas about what my career is gonna be and what they want it to be. The beauty of my career is that nobody needs to know or care. I love Madison. To me, there's some unfinished business with the University of Wisconsin. I love this group of kids and want to continue to develop them."
"It's kind of crazy to see within the course of seasons these decisions being made," Leonhard said. "Obviously, (it happens) more and more year in and year out, which adds more speculation when games are being played. That really wasn't the norm not too long ago."
"In reality, it's the recruiting piece of it," Leonhard said. "I think it's unfortunate. I think it needs to change because it gets, you know, what are you doing? I hate what it does to the kids at Nebraska. I hate what it does for the players. You're asking these guys to do so much and buy in and be a team. And you make these decisions. What are you telling them?
"I think it puts the kids in the worst position because how are they supposed to feel when they're getting preached to do things the right way and all of the sudden there are drastic changes two or three weeks into a season? It just looks bad to me. I think that needs to be changed more than anything because it just puts off the wrong message on what is really important."
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https://twitter.com/OldTakesExposed/status/1570039499932966916?t=vYrjg12qOs-gC78FL9or0g&s=19
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Pretty close, except Day was the coach for the Buckeyes in 2021.
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Would you let your son play for Urban Meyer?
I most certainly would not.
Not sure about his ability to recruit after all that went down.
I'm guessing parents and kids that aspire to go to the NFL would sign up with Urban
it's a big draw and Meyer is proven at producing NFL talent
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I'm guessing he will be leaving Lincoln on Saturday too. :)
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Been hearing unflattering things about Scott Frost. Late to practices, too drunk to meet a recruit. You know, the typical batch of junk that comes out after somebody is fired.
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Sticky fingers and all
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Been hearing unflattering things about Scott Frost. Late to practices, too drunk to meet a recruit. You know, the typical batch of junk that comes out after somebody is fired.
I'm hoping it's ALL true and then some
would be a bit of an explanation of performance and a reason to believe the problem can be solved
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I'm hoping it's ALL true and then some
would be a bit of an explanation of performance and a reason to believe the problem can be solved
bet most of it is probably true. Scott Frost strikes me as the kind of guy who would be a drunk. And smell bad too. He just looks like he smells really bad.
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I'm guessing parents and kids that aspire to go to the NFL would sign up with Urban
it's a big draw and Meyer is proven at producing NFL talent
I always find that pitch a little odd. Not from the coaches, as they’re salesmen. But from other adults.
It’s crazy how they recruit kids who look like NFL players in HS, and somehow manage to build them into NFL players.
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Plenty of 4 and 5 star players never see the nfl. Plenty never see the field in college, which always amazes me. I always wonder what happened to those guys, other than an injury. Was it their worth ethic, mental ability? Or is the whole star system really flawed, which is probably the most true.
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Plenty of 4 and 5 star players never see the nfl. Plenty never see the field in college, which always amazes me. I always wonder what happened to those guys, other than an injury. Was it their worth ethic, mental ability? Or is the whole star system really flawed, which is probably the most true.
probably a little bit of all of it- plus some guys just peak in high school early- flat out never get any better after high school. other guys- even HOF type guys- look at Brian Urlacher or JJ Watt for example- take awhile to mature while they are in college- hit a growth/development spurt 2-3 years into college then blossom into all-world players.
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bet most of it is probably true. Scott Frost strikes me as the kind of guy who would be a drunk. And smell bad too. He just looks like he smells really bad.
He kinda resembles Todd from breaking bad doesn’t he? :)
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Man, you guys are relentless, kicking an asshole while he's down and all that.
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I'm guessing Frost is glad to be out
as far as that asshat Farve... keep kicking
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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY
The week of Sept. 16-22, looking back in five-year intervals
1982: Nebraska sets four NCAA records in a 68-0 home win over New Mexico State. The margin of victory remains the Huskers’ largest ever at Memorial Stadium.
1987: The Huskers have the week off, but 68,000 show up at Memorial Stadium anyway – for Farm Aid III.
1997: The Huskers jump into the thick of the national title hunt with a 27-14 win at No. 2 Washington.
2007: Ball State, coached by Brady Hoke, gives the Huskers all they can handle and then some, but Nebraska escapes with a 41-40 win in Lincoln.
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I was at each of the events
well, remember watching the 97 win over the favored Huskies in a bar in Des Moines - Frost played a helluva game
2007 was when my daughters experienced some new colorful vocabulary in the stadium - 9 and 11 years old
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Nebraska defensive coordinator Erik Chinander has been relieved of duties.
Interim head coach Mickey Joseph made the announcement in a statement on Sunday afternoon. Special teams coordinator Bill Busch will coordinate the defense for the remainder of the season.
“We appreciate Erik and the work and dedication he has given to our football program,” Joseph said. “At this time, I feel that it is in the best interest of the Nebraska football program to take the leadership of the defense in another direction and decided Bill Busch will take over as defensive coordinator.”
Nebraska’s defense ranks 128th in the country through four games, allowing 514 yards per game. Oklahoma tallied 580 yards in the 49-14 contest on Saturday.
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Head for the mountains
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Man, you guys are relentless, kicking an asshole while he's down and all that.
When you get $15 million to walk, you get it all and laugh along the way.
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It makes a statement when you beat someone so bad that they have to shake up their coaching staff.
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Georgia Southern did that to the defense
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When does the OL coach get fired?
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soon
he came from the Chicago Bears and Notre Dame in his playing daze
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He's also a Badger, and not an a-hole like his older brother. :(
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no argument regarding his big bro
the Husker O-line could use more of that A-hole mentality between the lines
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Discipline would be good. Donovan learned all about that in Madison, and probably at Notre Dame.
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HUSKER-HOOSIER MATCHUP SET FOR 6:30 P.M. ON BTN
On Monday, the Big Ten Conference and the Big Ten Network announced that Nebraska's October 1 home game against Indiana will kick off at 6:30 p.m. and will be televised on BTN. The game had previously been announced as a prime-time game, but an exact kick time and TV designation were finalized on Monday.
The matchup with Indiana is Nebraska's Homecoming contest.
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They could always take a flier on Herm Edwards.
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they're gonna take a flyer on someone
::: fingers crossed ::::
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Bobby Petrino?
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no one cares about the baggage if they can win 10 per season and the west
hell, they'd even take Urban
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The University of Nebraska - Lincoln and Playfly Sports, the emerging leader in sports marketing, media and technology, announced today a new 15-year multimedia rights agreement. The deal makes Playfly Nebraska's exclusive MMR rights holder and sponsorship arm effective October 1, 2022.
"We are pleased for the opportunity to work with Playfly as our multi-media rights partner over the next 15 years. In our discussions, we quickly found they will be a true partner who shares the same level of commitment and passion for collegiate athletics as Nebraska," said Trev Alberts, Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics at Nebraska. "They are a growing company who is innovative, creative, and ready to adapt to the evolving collegiate athletics environment. We are excited this agreement will continue to help Nebraska Athletics provide resources to support our student-athletes."
Nebraska's partnership with Playfly will leverage the company's multimedia rights expertise and tap into its expansive suite of marketing and media solutions to further grow the Huskers brand regionally, nationally and globally. Together, Nebraska and Playfly will work to maximize traditional MMR assets, such as in-venue signage and broadcast feature elements, in addition to leveraging Playfly's full capabilities set to enhance Nebraska's digital footprint and fan experience.
"Nebraska is one of the premier athletic programs in the country, and we are honored that Trev Alberts, his staff, and the university have entrusted us with such an important element of their future growth and success, said Christy Hedgpeth, President at Playfly Sports Properties. "Playfly is incredibly energized to support the Huskers with innovative marketing and media solutions that seek to improve the experience of Nebraska's student-athletes, fans, and alumni across the state and throughout the country."
The addition of Nebraska to Playfly's growing portfolio marks its third Big Ten program within its growing college property portfolio, joining Michigan State University and the University of Maryland, in addition to the company's partnership with the Big Ten Network. In total, Playfly now oversees more than 35 collegiate and high school state association properties with integrated capabilities that expand beyond traditional multimedia rights including naming rights and valuation consulting, esports program development, digital technology offerings, and unique sponsorship innovations such as the recently developed Campus Cast Live broadcasts.
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"run the Damn Fullback" would work
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Sounds like Matt Campbell, Lance Leipold and Bill O'Brien comprise the shortlist.
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I would note hire Campbell. The other two are great coaches.
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not a bad list
I'm not overly impressed with Campbell, but ya never know.
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When it comes to the Nebraska football head coaching job, some names have been floated more than others. There are reportedly some names that are seeing more interest inside the program more than others as well. And according to at least one insider, there’s a name that’s separating itself from the pack when it comes to Dave Aranda.
Earlier this week, Parker Thune, who covers the Oklahoma Sooners for 247Sports, voiced what he claims he’s been hearing from people close to the Nebraska football program. What he’s heard is that Dave Aranda is right at the top of the list among those who have decision-making powers.
“I think Leipold SHOULD be the guy,” Thune wrote on Twitter. “That said, I’ve spoken to a few sources in the 402 — and I would watch Dave Aranda here as well. It won’t be an easy thing to pry him away from Baylor, but there is some buzz behind the scenes that the Huskers will push hard to do just that.”
The argument here of course is that while Aranda won’t be easy to pry away from Baylor, the Nebraska football team has the resources to do it. There’s the money of course. The Big Ten just inked a massive media rights deal that begins next year.
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Nebraska will be working with an outside search firm, Collegiate Sports Associates, to find the program’s next head coach, athletic director Trev Alberts said.
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Nebraska will be working with an outside search firm, Collegiate Sports Associates, to find the program’s next head coach, athletic director Trev Alberts said.
Should just call King Barry.
He IS the search committee (as he once so stated). F'd up the Andersen hire though. Shoulda saw through the lies.
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The good thing about Campbell is that his inability to win rivalry games won't come into play often, with OU-Nebraska just wrapping up their once per decade series.
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Should just call King Barry.
He IS the search committee (as he once so stated). F'd up the Andersen hire though. Shoulda saw through the lies.
You just answered your own question. Hahaha
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Should just call King Barry.
He IS the search committee (as he once so stated). F'd up the Andersen hire though. Shoulda saw through the lies.
I'd guess Trev has Barry's number
they have that Blackshirt Linebacker bond
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I think hiring Bill O'Brien would be the kind thing to do. Iowa State & Kansas fans will be happy to keep their coach, while Bama fans will be happy to lose their OC.
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I thought what BoB did at PSU was nothing short of amazing. That program could have become a dumpster fire.
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The good thing about Campbell is that his inability to win rivalry games won't come into play often, with OU-Nebraska just wrapping up their once per decade series.
He just pulled one out over Brian Ferentz
I'd guess he's got at least one win over any rival in the 12
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nothin to be proud of, Son
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Sounds like Matt Campbell, Lance Leipold and Bill O'Brien comprise the shortlist.
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I would note hire Campbell. The other two are great coaches.
I'd hire Leipold. Campbell is SO overrated and BoB is pretty MEH.
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I'm not gonna judge BoB on his NFL tenure.
Just as I wouldn't judge Pete based on his first NFL crack, or judge Urbs and SoS on their failures.
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15-9, 10-6 in Conference, playing in the East under those sanctions for 2 seasons
looks pretty good to the guys in Lincoln right now
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Watching the Baylor at ISU game. Campbell’s mannerisms remind me of Bo Pelini. Aranda is more stoical like Tom Osborne. No, I don’t think Aranda will leave Baylor for Nebraska.
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Watching the Baylor at ISU game. Campbell’s mannerisms remind me of Bo Pelini. .
Getting multiple unsportsmanlike conduct fouls to keep an opposing go-ahead drive alive?
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Screw Aranda to Lincoln. He's wanted in Madison.
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Leonhard's defense wasn't up to snuff ???
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Not even close.
But, I do remember Aranda's defense puking up 59 in Indy. So there's that.
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Aranda is going to want out of Baylor
or any place in the leftover Big 12 after the Horns and Sooners get out
any Big 12 coach worth his salt is going to jump to the SEC or BIG
where they have money
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Sounding like Ga Tech's coach may get fired Monday. I don't view that as particularly important news in CFB. Tis a small pity how far they have fallen also.
Small. I would stop scheduling them.
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Not even close.
But, I do remember Aranda's defense puking up 59 in Indy. So there's that.
Yeah, that performance was much worse, but what could he do. He didn't have a single DB that could cover Devin Smith, and virtually no film on a QB who could throw it 60 yards on a rope, hurdle LBs and truck DTs.
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Watching the Baylor at ISU game. Campbell’s mannerisms remind me of Bo Pelini. Aranda is more stoical like Tom Osborne. No, I don’t think Aranda will leave Baylor for Nebraska.
Not even close.
I am not an Iowa State fan. There was an invisible hand at play constantly assisting Baylor. There was one tirade, but Campbell didn't swing a hand or a hat at the referee. While I am not an Iowa State fan, Campbell had to make a point, and he did so without appearing to be Atilla the Hun, or either Pelini.
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I'd hire Leipold. Campbell is SO overrated and BoB is pretty MEH.
I don't agree Campbell is overrated. What is underappreciated is coaches who come out of the top programs of D-III. Leipold and Campbell came out of top D-III programs where they must develop players. It is what is required at places like Kansas, Iowa State, Iowa, Minnesota, and Nebraska, -- and to a lesser extent at Michigan.
I agree that of the two, I'd hire Leipold.
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Steven Sipple says Baylor’s Dave Aranda matches up well* with the qualities Trev Alberts is looking for in a coach.
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Run the Damn ball
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Run the Damn ball
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I say back up the brinks truck and make Urban say no. Give him a $100m+ offer.
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Um,no,then the wheels have come completely off
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I don't agree Campbell is overrated. What is underappreciated is coaches who come out of the top programs of D-III. Leipold and Campbell came out of top D-III programs where they must develop players. It is what is required at places like Kansas, Iowa State, Iowa, Minnesota, and Nebraska, -- and to a lesser extent at Michigan.
I agree that of the two, I'd hire Leipold.
you need to develop players at any school. period. you think Alabama or Ohio State is good just because they recruit? They also develop those recruits. what a helmet like Michigan can do that those others can't- recruit top kids nationally. Michigan under Lloyd Carr in the late 90s and early 2000s was getting top 5 classes like clock work and getting top kids from all over the country. They had one class where they got the #1 WR, #2 WR, and #1 RB in the nation- none of them from the Midwest. David Terrell was from Virginia, Marquise Walker was from New York, and Justin Fargas was from California.
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I say back up the brinks truck and make Urban say no. Give him a $100m+ offer.
it's not my money
Git'r done!
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Malachi Coleman, four-star athlete from Lincoln East, announces his commitment to the Huskers
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Does he play football?Asking for a friend
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volleyball
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llinois head football coach Bret Bielema seems to have a case of amnesia when it comes to a particular decade-old game in Lincoln, but it's not hard to imagine why.
During his press conference Monday ahead of the Fighting Illini's game this weekend at Nebraska, Bielema was asked about his experiences with the environment at Nebraska's Memorial Stadium.
He mentioned the loudness and intensity of the crowd as he recalled a visit to Memorial Stadium in 2000 as an Iowa assistant and another trip to Lincoln in 2003 when he was on the Kansas State staff.
"That was the last time I was there because we didn't play them during my tenure at Wisconsin at their place," he said.
https://www.si.com/college/nebraska/football/bret-bielema-draws-a-blank-on-huskers-2012-comeback-win (https://www.si.com/college/nebraska/football/bret-bielema-draws-a-blank-on-huskers-2012-comeback-win)
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A matchup that in recent years has been pivotal in deciding fifth place in the Big Ten’s West Division carries more stakes for the 17th-ranked Illini this time. They’re alone atop the league’s west side after consecutive wins over Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota – the first time the program has beaten those three in the same season since 1983. They’ve never played in any of the 11 B1G title games.
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Oops.
Nebraska interim coach Mickey Joseph comments on unsigned recruit (espn.com) (https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/34878286/nebraska-interim-coach-mickey-joseph-comments-unsigned-recruit)
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something that might happen with an inexperienced WR coach takes the podium
learning on the job
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The Big Ten Conference officially released Nebraska’s 2023 football schedule on Wednesday.
Here are five takes on the Huskers’ scheduling draw for 2023.
Four straight years with a conference opener
For the fourth straight season, Nebraska will open with a Big Ten Conference game. In 2021 they played at Illinois, in 2022 they faced Northwestern in Ireland, and next year they will open at Minnesota on Aug. 31. In The 2020 season, NU played an all-Big Ten schedule opening at Ohio State.
Illinois and Northwestern took place on Week Zero, while the Minnesota game will be played on Thursday night of Labor Day weekend in Minneapolis.
The Gophers traditionally open the season on the Thursday of Labor Day weekend for various reasons, including the Minnesota State Fair. That is also the final big lake weekend of the summer in Minnesota, as schools do not start until the Tuesday after Labor Day by state law.
It will be a tough challenge for whoever Nebraska’s head coach is in 2023 to open at Hunnington Bank Stadium.
Expect a lot of red to travel to Minneapolis and Boulder
Since Nebraska joined the Big Ten, it’s been much harder for NU fans to travel to road games.
The 2023 schedule offers Husker fans a great opportunity to drive to Minneapolis on Week 1 and to Colorado for their Week 2 match-up with the Buffalos. There should be great excitement and optimism for these games as well, as it will either be Mickey Joseph coaching the Big Red with plenty of off-season momentum or a completely new head coach in Lincoln.
These are destinations where we could see 15,000 to 25,000 Nebraska fans make the trip. In fact, on every trip the Huskers have played at Minnesota we’ve seen 10,000 to 20,000 NU fans in Hunnington Bank Stadium. During the 2019 game at Colorado, Nebraska fans occupied over 60 percent of Folsom Field. I would expect a similar turnout on Sept. 9.
2023 is another year of a favorable crossover draw
Nebraska fans can no longer complain about their crossover draw. Of East Division powers Ohio State, Michigan and Penn State, the only ones they drew were the Wolverines on Sept. 30.
The Big Red also has a road game at Michigan State on Nov. 4 and Maryland will come to Memorial Stadium on Nov. 11.
It’s the second straight year they have only played one of the three East powers. The 2022 Husker schedule has Indiana, Rutgers and Michigan.
Seven weeks with just one road trip
Because Nebraska opens with two straight road trips, the Huskers have just three games away from Memorial Stadium over 11 weeks.
After the Colorado game on Sep. 9, the only time the Big Red will leave Lincoln before Nov. 4 is for an Oct. 7 game at Illinois. That’s seven weeks with just one road trip when you count the Huskers’ Oct. 14 bye weekend.
This will be a great schedule for whoever NU’s coach is in 2023 to build some early momentum at home.
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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY
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«1892: After Nebraska's 18-4 loss to the Denver Athletic Club, the Lincoln Evening News pokes some fun at the sport.
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«1937: On the first play from scrimmage, Nebraska’s Jack Dodd takes a shovel pass from Johnny Howell for a 65-yard touchdown, and that holds up for a 7-0 win over Indiana despite the Hoosiers' substantial statistical advantage. Attendance was a record 39,360, including more than 6,700 in the knothole section. | OWH | DN
«1962: In a bruising defensive battle, Missouri hands Bob Devaney's first Nebraska team its first loss, 16-7. The Nov. 3 game marked the beginning of the home sellout streak that continues today.
1967: Nebraska becomes the nation's leader in total defense after a 29-0 win at TCU. (The Blackshirts would finish the season No. 1, yielding just 157.6 yards per game.)
1972: The Huskers shut out their fourth consecutive opponent, Oklahoma State, giving No. 3 Nebraska a 332-34 point differential over its opponents after seven games.
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Arnold Barnes, a three-star running back from New Orleans, announces his commitment to Nebraska
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Nebraska football now has a new NIL tool to bolster its walk-on program.
Big Corn Energy announced its formation Tuesday afternoon, naming itself the first NIL energy drink. As part of its plan, the company will kick back 25% of its profits back to Nebraska walk-ons. Obviously, the famed walk-on program has produced some of the best players in Huskers history, including All-Americans turned NFL draft picks Jared Tomich and John Parella.
An Omaha-based company, Juvenile Brands will run the day-to-day operations of Big Corn Energy, per a press release. The new energy drink already has merchandise, too, which will also give 25% back to walk-ons.
Nebraska walk-ons will not split the profits that Big Corn Energy provides. Instead, the company plans to use a profit-sharing model based on seniority. Walk-ons who have been in the program for four or more years will receive 40% of the profits. From there, the number will decrease by 10% off of the athlete’s class.
Big Corn Energy will be open about the amount of money it raises, too. The company plans to provide the size of its distribution by a meter on its website.
“Walk-ons bring passion and drive to practice every day, and they help set the tone for Saturdays,” the company wrote in a statement. “A strong walk-on program is essential for any college football team looking to consistently win year in and year out.”
How this could impact Nebraska walk-on program?
Big Corn Energy will be basically working in a method similar to a NIL collective. Instead of asking for donations or establishing a monthly subscription, all funds will be procured by profits. From there, the energy drink has the right to distribute the cash how it sees fit.
And while it does incentivize the walk-on position at Nebraska, it is not pay-to-play. Big Corn Energy is simply putting its plans available to the public. It’s the same tactic major NIL collectives, such as The Volunteer Club, have taken on by making as many NIL activities open saw prospective athletes understand the opportunities they will have.
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According to a report from John Brice from FootballScoop, there are two former Big 12 head coaches that are getting a look for the job: Gary Patterson and Matt Rhule.
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and Army's Jeff Monken.
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Coach Prime Time Neon Deion Sanders to Nebraska? I think he'd crush it there. Does Nebraska have the balls?
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nope, I don't see it as a good fit, but ya never know
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nope, I don't see it as a good fit, but ya never know
yeah, Nebraska doesn't like winning anymore. bad fit. Deion is going to fkng CRUSH it wherever he goes. He got the #1 player in HS to come to a freaking HBCU lol. Imagine what he'd do 'crootin' at a helmet....
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Coach Prime Time Neon Deion Sanders to Nebraska? I think he'd crush it there. Does Nebraska have the balls?
I think Prime is gonna end up at FSU eventually. Mike Norvell isn't gonna last there.
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I think Prime is gonna end up at FSU eventually. Mike Norvell isn't gonna last there.
don't know if it's true, but heard that Prime is still pretty salty/pissed off at FSU for not answering his phone calls or interviewing him for the HC job there.
If Jeem ever leaves for the NFL- Deion Sanders would be my #1 choice and it's not even remotely close.
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if Prime wants to get back at FSU, his best move would be to take over the Canes and crush the Noles for a few seasons
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During the "GameDay Grab Bag" segment, Howard was asked who'll be the next head coach of the Cornhuskers.
Howard is predicting that Matt Rhule will become Nebraska's next coach. He also addressed the recent rumors linking Deion Sanders to the job.
“This morning, I was on the desk and I was talking to Mike, who's a Nebraska fan. He said there were rumors that it was going to be Deion Sanders,” Howard said, via 247Sports. “Well, Deion, Coach Prime, had to address it with his team that he has not had any conversations with Nebraska. So, it's not going to be Deion. The next coach (will be) Matt Rhule.”
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The Wisconsin game will have an 11 a.m. start and an ESPN telecast.
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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY
The week of Nov. 11-17, looking back in five-year intervals
1897: There are hard feelings all around after Nebraska beats Kansas in Lincoln. To this day, the schools disagree on the final score -- 10-5 or 6-5.
1902: After a 7-0 win over Knox in the mud, there's praise for the Cornhuskers, who haven't yielded a point all season, and the university gets ready to seek admission into the Western Conference.
1912: Two long-distance touchdowns in the fourth quarter -- a 70-yard run by Ernest Frank and a 75-yard interception return by Warren Howard -- rally Nebraska to a 14-3 win over Kansas in Lincoln.
1917: A 35-yard run by quarterback John Cook in the third quarter turns the tide in a 13-3 win at Kansas.
1922: Husker tackle Ray Weller blocks a punt for a safety and deflects a pass that gets returned for a touchdown as NU rolls to a 28-0 win at Kansas.
1932: NU damages Pitt's national title hopes by outplaying the Panthers in a 0-0 tie in Lincoln.
1937: Despite being badly outyarded, the Huskers carry a 7-0 lead into the fourth quarter at No. 1 Pitt, but the Panthers pull out the win, 13-7.
1942: Pitt scores on a deflected pass to defeat visiting Nebraska, 6-0. Adding to the frustration, two third-quarter Nebraska possessions reached the Pitt five-yard line but resulted in no points.
1952: Paul Giel does most of the damage as Minnesota downs the Huskers, 13-7, in Lincoln. The game featured the final touchdown of Bobby Reynolds' Nebraska career.
1962: Boosters pass the hat for a $200,000 life insurance policy for Bob Devaney in hopes of keeping other schools from luring him away. Meanwhile, the Huskers improve to 8-1 by shutting out Oklahoma State, 14-0.
1967: The Blackshirts notch a third consecutive shutout, a 9-0 win over Oklahoma State.
1972: The Huskers escape with a 23-23 tie at Iowa State when the Cyclones miss the extra point after scoring a touchdown in the final 30 seconds.
1977: I.M. Hipp rushes for 200 yards and Rick Berns picks up 107 in a 52-7 romp over Kansas.
1987: Nebraska leapfrogs Oklahoma into the No. 1 spot in the AP and UPI polls during the week off preceding the two teams' showdown in Lincoln. Meanwhile, the Dallas Cowboys release John Dutton, ending the former Husker defensive lineman's 14-year NFL career.
1992: After two big wins over ranked teams, the Huskers fall 19-10 to a 3-6 Iowa State team in Ames.
Osborne's only loss to a sub 500 team - Tommie Frazier started as a Freshman
2012: Taylor Martinez becomes Nebraska's career passing leader as the Huskers roll past Minnesota, 38-14.
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From Husker writer Dave Feit...............
5 fan candidates who are never, ever coaching here
Urban Meyer. He's not coming here. If you think he should be, I question your judgment.
Deion Sanders. Is Coach Prime ready for a Power 5 team? Is Nebraska ready for Coach Prime? One of those is a definite "no."
Lane Kiffin. He'd be a lot of fun, but I don't see Nebraska paying enough to grab a coach from an SEC team in the top 15.
Bret Bielema. Given what he's done at Wisconsin and Illinois, he clearly knows what he's doing. But unless the terms of his contract included removal of his Hawkeye tattoo, I couldn't sleep at night.
Jeff Monken. Remember in 2014 when Husker fans had to Google to find out who Mike Riley was? In 2022, it would be "Alexa, who the heck is Jeff Monken?"
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Urban Meyer, Deion Sanders, and Lance Leipold would head my list, not necessarily in the same order. Stay clear of Levar Woods and Phil Parker for my own selfish reasons.
Don't bring in Jimbo Fisher because we don't want our midwestern neighborhood going to hell. He just grates me like fingernails on a chalkboard.
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If I were Phil Parker(I'm not) I'd be looking for a job anywhere with a decent offense
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From Husker writer Dave Feit...............
5 fan candidates who are never, ever coaching here
Urban Meyer. He's not coming here. If you think he should be, I question your judgment.
Deion Sanders. Is Coach Prime ready for a Power 5 team? Is Nebraska ready for Coach Prime? One of those is a definite "no."
Lane Kiffin. He'd be a lot of fun, but I don't see Nebraska paying enough to grab a coach from an SEC team in the top 15.
Bret Bielema. Given what he's done at Wisconsin and Illinois, he clearly knows what he's doing. But unless the terms of his contract included removal of his Hawkeye tattoo, I couldn't sleep at night.
Jeff Monken. Remember in 2014 when Husker fans had to Google to find out who Mike Riley was? In 2022, it would be "Alexa, who the heck is Jeff Monken?"
Nebraska must really like sucking then, because all 5 of those guys can seriously coach football. Hire another Bill Callahan or Bo Pelini why don't ya.
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another Bo Pelini would be a home run right now
Billy C., not so much
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Don't bring in Jimbo Fisher because we don't want our midwestern neighborhood going to hell. He just grates me like fingernails on a chalkboard.
Jimbo wishes he had Brians problems
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If I were Phil Parker(I'm not) I'd be looking for a job anywhere with a decent offense
You mean at Nebraska you sly fox.
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Jimbo wishes he had Brians problems
Jimbo has Brian's problems and shares his advantages, as well. Somehow they are immune from removal.
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I take it you eliminated Matt Rhule already? Jimbo Fisher? LOL, Bo Pelini? I told you years ago firing him was a mistake.
The only coach I've seen mentioned that would worry me is Urban Meyer, but yes, he has baggage.
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The Baylor guy?
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The Baylor guy?
He would be a worry. But I don't think Aranda would leave Baylor for Nebraska. A California school maybe.
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He would be a worry. But I don't think Aranda would leave Baylor for Nebraska. A California school maybe.
Yep. He's a California guy.
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Jimbo has Brian's problems and shares his advantages, as well. Somehow they are immune from removal.
Bit of difference in what they make though.If Brian was cut loose no biggie.Considering Jimbo's buy out A&M may have to cut the other programs - being sarcastic but not by much
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All this speculation is fun but I'm sure that Trev Alberts had someone already lined up before firing Frost mid-season. Yes, that was sarcasm.
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if you're firing an 8 win coach or a 9 win coach, you better have something better lined up
firing Frost doesn't require that. Almost anyone is an upgrade
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I'd MUCH rather have Deion or Lane Kiffin....LOL if true Nebraska....LOL indeed. Rhule is trash.
https://twitter.com/_willcompton/status/1592557518060154880?s=20&t=IPYamQydq-3Bbxf9NEzyJw
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I'd rather have Rhule than Deion or Lane Kiffin
he did well in the NCAA
the NFL is a different animal
ask Urban
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I'd rather have Rhule than Deion or Lane Kiffin
he did well in the NCAA
the NFL is a different animal
ask Urban
did he? Rhule's claim to fame is an 11-3 season at Baylor in a weak Big 12. Rest of his coaching career in the NCAA is pretty MEH. And he was TURRRRBLE in the NFL.
Lane just needed to grow up, he's been humbled and he's grown up. Working with Saban really made him a much better coach. Guy could always coach football, he was just an immature ass clown. Seems to have grown out of that as he's aged. Deion's football IQ, personality, and 'crootin abilities are OFF the charts.
Give me either of those guys twice on Saturday over Matt fkn Rhule. Rhule has Bill Callahan potential for Nebraska. Hiring retread duds rarely if ever works.
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reminder: Panthers owner wanted Justin Fields. Matt Rhule said NO...we're gonna trade for....Sam Darnold....wtf?
https://twitter.com/PanthersAnalyst/status/1591895605454188544?s=20&t=sDhXfszCd0bwUkCfCsDqmQ
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Justin is way better than Sam
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Justin is way better than Sam
way better. like way wayyyyyyyyy wayyyyyyyyyyy better. Matt Rhule thought otherwise.
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did he? Rhule's claim to fame is an 11-3 season at Baylor in a weak Big 12. Rest of his coaching career in the NCAA is pretty MEH. And he was TURRRRBLE in the NFL.
Ruhle took Temple to 2 consecutive CCGs and was 11-1 with Baylor in 2019 conference and lost to Oklahoma by 7 in the CCG and lost to Georgia by 12 in the Sugar Bowl.Booger lost to Georgia by 22 last season so he must be trash also - thanx for confirming,sheesh. Saban wasn't exactly tearing it up in the League,either
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Let's look at his profile.
Matt Rhule
Age: 47
Hometown: NY, NY
Alma Mater: Penn State University (walk-on LB)
Conference: Last coached at Baylor in the Big 12
Collegiate HC Experience:
Temple University (2013-2016)
2013 (2-10), '14 (6-6), '15 (10-4), '16 (10-3) Overall record (28-23)
Baylor (2017-2019) 2017 (1-11), '18 (7-6), '19 (11-3) Overall record (19-20)
NFL HC Experience:
Carolina Panthers (2020-2022) 2020 (5-11). '21 (5-12) '22 (1-4) Overall record: (11-27) Was fired this fall.
Why he’d be a good pick to coach at Nebraska
Matt took over a Temple program that in the prior 10 years had only three winning seasons. The other seven years, the Owls had records of 0-11 (one), 1-11 (two), 2-10 (one), 2-9 (one), 4-8 (one) and one 5-7 season. Rhule then led the Owls to back-to-back 10-win seasons his last two years at Temple.
His next move was to Baylor University, where he replaced Jim Grobe who had taken over for Art Briles. Briles was fired after his apparent cover-up of a sexual assault scandal that hit the Baylor football program.
Unlike the Owl program, Baylor had enjoyed seven winning seasons out of the prior 10. Will the magic Rhule used to resurrect a moribund Temple team be enough reason for Trev Alberts to hire him as the next Husker head coach?
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Nebraska student-athletes continued the Huskers' tradition of being a national leader in the classroom, posting a 95 percent NCAA Graduation Success Rate (GSR) for the second straight year. The 95 percent rate ties for the highest in school history and marks the fifth consecutive year the rate has been at 90 percent or higher.
Nebraska remains a leader among its peers in the GSR scores released by the NCAA on Tuesday. Nebraska's 95 percent all student-athlete rate ties for third in the Big Ten and ranks second among 110 public Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) institutions. Among all 131 FBS schools, Nebraska's overall 95 percent rate ranks ninth nationally.
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Let's look at his profile.
Matt Rhule
Age: 47
Unlike the Owl program, Baylor had enjoyed seven winning seasons out of the prior 10. Will the magic Rhule used to resurrect a moribund Temple team be enough reason for Trev Alberts to hire him as the next Husker head coach?
He is making 847,000.00 a year vegging,think of that and I believe it was a 40 mi. buyout so mnay more years of making like a head of cabbage
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1927 RUSHING CHAMP? Capping a remarkable senior season, Glenn Presnell rushed for 122 yards on 13 carries as Nebraska knocked New York University from the ranks of the unbeaten, 27-18, on Thanksgiving Day in Lincoln.
Presnell set up a touchdown with an 83-yard run as NU bolted to a 19-0 first-half lead. The New Yorkers roared back to make it 19-18 early in the fourth quarter, but Nebraska sealed the win with a safety and a TD.
Presnell by some accounts led the nation in rushing in 1927. Inconsistent record-keeping, however, makes his reported eight-game total of 1,446 yards less than certain.
THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY
The week of Nov. 18-24, looking back in five-year intervals
1892: After Nebraska and Iowa battle to a 10-10 tie in Omaha, the Iowa City paper claims that without George Flippin, Nebraska would have lost by 100-0.
1897: Ill will continues between Kansas and Nebraska as KU unsuccessfully pursues a rematch after the previous week's controversial game.
1912: Squaring off against Oklahoma for the first time ever, the Huskers manage a 13-9 win in Lincoln. The game capped a season of booming gate receipts.
1927: In its final Missouri Valley Conference game, NU clobbers Kansas State, 33-0.
1932: Wins of 5-0 at Oklahoma and 21-6 over Missouri give the Huskers a perfect record in Big Six play. Four of the 11 spots on the United Press all-conference team go to NU.
1937: The Huskers put it all together in a 28-0 win over Iowa. It's Nebraska's biggest point production of the season, and the Hawkeyes’ sophomore star, Nile Kinnick, is kept bottled up.
1947: Bud Wilkinson's first Oklahoma team hands the Huskers a 14-13 loss. One of Nebraska's touchdowns came when Cletus Fisher intercepted a Darrell Royal pass and returned it 65 yards to paydirt.
1957: In Oklahoma's first game after the end of its 47-game winning streak, the Sooners rout the Huskers in a game Nebraska led in the second quarter.
1987: In a much-hyped matchup, No. 1 Nebraska falls 17-7 to No. 2 Oklahoma in Lincoln.
1997: There's speculation about who would win a Nebraska-Michigan game as both teams continue their unbeaten seasons with no chance of meeting in a bowl game.
2012: The Huskers lock up a berth in the Big Ten title game with a 13-7 win at Iowa. For the fifth time in the 2012 season, Nebraska rallied from a second-half deficit to win.
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A proven program builder in college football, Matt Rhule has been hired as Nebraska's Head Football Coach. Nebraska Vice Chancellor/Director of Athletics Trev Alberts will introduce Rhule as the 31st permanent head coach in Nebraska history on Monday in Lincoln.
The 47-year-old Rhule has built an impressive coaching resume over the past 25 seasons with experience at both the collegiate and professional levels. Rhule has served as a head coach for the past 10 years, including seven seasons in the collegiate ranks and the past three seasons in the NFL with the Carolina Panthers.
Alberts said Rhule's success as the head coach at Temple and Baylor provides evidence of Rhule's ability to build a program and made him an ideal fit at Nebraska.
"It is a privilege to welcome Coach Matt Rhule, his wife Julie, and their family to Nebraska," Alberts said. "Coach Rhule has created a winning culture throughout his coaching career, and he will provide great leadership for the young men in our football program. Matt is detail-oriented, his teams are disciplined and play a physical brand of football. Matt also has the personality and relationship-building skills to build a great staff and excel in recruiting."
Rhule said it is an honor to lead the Nebraska program and join the Lincoln community. He is excited to return to the college game and the opportunity to coach in the Big Ten Conference.
"It is a tremendous honor to be chosen to lead the Nebraska Football program," Rhule said. "When you think of great, tradition-rich programs in college football Nebraska is right at the top of the list. The fan base is second to none, and I consider it a privilege to have the opportunity to coach in Memorial Stadium on Tom Osborne Field. My family and I are so grateful to become a part of the Husker Family, and we can't wait to get started."
Rhule turned around programs at both Temple and Baylor during his seven seasons as a college head coach. In four seasons at Temple, Rhule guided the Owls to 28 victories, including 26 over his final three seasons from 2014 to 2016. After posting two wins in his first season, Temple posted a 6-6 record in 2014, setting the stage for the best back-to-back seasons in school history.
Temple posted a 10-4 record in 2015, were ranked as high as No. 22 in the Associated Press Poll and reached the American Athletic Conference's inaugural championship game. In 2016, Rhule led the Owls to a 10-3 record and an AAC championship. The conference title was the first in 49 seasons for the Temple program, and Temple reached bowl games in consecutive seasons for the first time in school history.
His success at Temple led Rhule to be named Baylor's head coach beginning with the 2017 season. After one win in his first season, the Bears posted a 7-6 record a made a trip to the Texas Bowl in Rhule's second year.
In his final season in Waco in 2019, Rhule guided Baylor to an 11-3 record, an appearance in the Big 12 Championship Game and a Sugar Bowl berth. Rhule was named the 2019 Big 12 Coach of the Year and he became the first Power Five Coach to take a team from 11 losses to 11 wins within two seasons.
Rhule's collegiate success provided him the opportunity to take over as the Carolina Panthers head coach in 2020. Rhule guided the Panthers to five wins in each of his first two seasons and coached Carolina for five games in 2022.
Prior to his head coaching positions, Rhule had an impressive 15-year run as an assistant coach with stops at Albright College, Buffalo, UCLA, Western Carolina and Temple in college and the New York Giants in the NFL.
A native of New York City, Rhule played linebacker at Penn State from 1994 to 1997, where he earned his undergraduate degree. He also holds a master's degree from Buffalo. Rhule and his wife Julie have three children, Bryant, Vivienne and Leona.
Nebraska has signed Rhule to an eight-year contract. Additional contract details will be made available at Monday's press conference.
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I'd like to see Coach Rhule to keep Mickey as WR coach and recruiter
that might be enough to get Casey Thompson and Trey Palmer to stay at UNL
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LINCOLN, Neb. —
Trey Palmer, Nebraska football's record-setting wide receiver, declared for the NFL draft on Saturday.
In a tweet, Palmer thanked Mickey Joseph, Scott Frost, Husker fans, "LSU family and fans," plus his hometown.
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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY
The week of Nov. 25-Dec. 1, looking back in five-year intervals
1902: With a 12-0 win over Nothwestern, Nebraska completes the season unbeaten, untied and unscored upon. But the Western Conference is not impressed enough with NU's on-the-rise program to grant it admission, as the applications of the Cornhuskers and Notre Dame are rejected.
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«1922: In the final game at Nebraska Field, the Huskers defeat Notre Dame and the Irish backfield that would become known as the Four Horsemen. | OWH |
1937: Nebraska's first field goal attempt of the season brings a 3-0 win on a snow-covered field at Kansas State. The win typified a season of unusual victories. | OWH
1942: Kansas State upsets the Huskers 19-0 in Lincoln. The seventh loss of the season and the fifth shutout suffered were both new worsts for the program, and the attendance of 6,000 was a new Memorial Stadium low.
1967: Middle guard Wayne Meylan finishes ninth in the Heisman trophy vote.
1972: Middle guard Rich Glover is the top vote-getter on the UPI All-America team, and he's the subject of some Heisman talk. Johnny Rodgers, meanwhile, deals with character questions among Heisman voters and loses out to Iowa State's George Amundson for AP Big Eight offensive player of the year.
1982: NU holds off Oklahoma 28-24 to finish undefeated in conference play for a second consecutive season.
1987: A week after a deflating loss to Oklahoma, Keith Jones rushes for 248 yards as Nebraska dominates Colorado in Boulder, 24-7.
1992: Fortunate to be leading by a point at halftime, Nebraska dominates the final 30 minutes and beats Oklahoma 33-9 in Norman.
1997: Nebraska’s national championship hopes take a hit as a seemingly comfortable lead at Colorado nearly evaporates in the final few minutes, with the Huskers holding on for a 27-24 win.
2002: A 28-13 home loss to Coloardo leaves NU with its first losing record in conference play in 34 years.
2007: All signs point to Bo Pelini as the coaching search nears a conclusion.
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Matt Rhule's eight-year contract with Nebraska will make $72 million over the next eight years in Nebraska, according to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport. That includes an offset of the "vast majority" of the $34 million still owed by the Carolina Panthers.
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New Nebraska coach Matt Rhule is already getting to work amassing his first coaching staff. He is turning towards a familiar name as his first major hire, as the Huskers are bringing on Evan Cooper, per Pete Thamel. Cooper has served as Rhule’s defensive backs coach and recruiting coordinator through multiple stops in his career. They most recently worked together with the Carolina Panthers in the NFL.
Rhule brought Cooper with him as cornerbacks coach in 2020 when he was initially hired. In the two seasons before that, he was the cornerbacks coach and recruiting coordinator at Baylor under Rhule. Rhule and Cooper started working together in 2013 when Rhule was named head coach at Temple. Cooper joined his staff as a defensive graduate assistant and in 2014 was named the director of external operations. From 2015-16, he was the director of player personnel for the Owls.
Rhule and Cooper moved to Baylor in 2017, where Cooper maintained his role as director of player personnel before he moved to an on-field role ahead of the 2018 season. Cooper even played under Rhule at Temple when Rhule was an assistant coach there.
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New Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule has reportedly wrangled two Carolina Panthers staffers to join him in Lincoln, according to a report from Joe Person. Assistant defensive line coach Terrance Knighton and assistant strength coach Corey Campbell are the two latest additions.
Person also shared that more stragglers from Rhule’s Panthers staff could eventually leave the NFL for the Big Ten program, but only confirmed the departure of Knighton and Campbell.
Terrance Knighton and Corey Campbell join former defensive backs coach Evan Cooper, who is reportedly joining Rhule at Nebraska as he has elsewhere in the past.
In his second year with Carolina, Knighton played seven seasons as a defensive tackle in the NFL from 2009-15. He was a third-round draft pick for the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2009 after playing for Temple from 2005-2008.
Campbell joined Rhule in Carolina from Baylor, where served four years as director of athletic performance. He played fullback at Georgia from 2010-13.
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Casey Thompson is a very smart guy and I wouldn't expect him to say too much to the media after meeting with Rhule.
but what he did said seemed as if there's a decent chance he will be back next season.
now, it's early. Casey hasn't met the O-coordinator or the QB coach
I'm somewhat hopeful
I feel the chances of finding a better QB than Thompson on the current roster or elsewhere is very low.
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Shane Beamer talked about Marcus Satterfield during a recent radio appearance, confirming the departure of South Carolina’s OC. There has been no official announcement from Nebraska yet about Satterfield’s hiring.
Beamer went on “107.5 The Game” in Columbia and wanted to wish Satterfield the best at his new job. Beamer emphasized how much he appreciated Satterfield.
“We want to wish Marcus well getting connected with Coach Rhule out at Nebraska,” said Beamer. “Cool opportunity for him and appreciate his work in this program the last couple years as well.”
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Is Matt Rhule overrated?
I never understood what the NFL saw in Rhule over a handful of other successful college coaches.
For all the talk of Rhule’s success as a “program builder,” yes he won at Temple, but so did Steve Addazio and Al Golden before him as well as Geoff Collins later. Yes Rhule won at Baylor, but so did Art Briles before him as well as Dave Aranda later. Yet you don’t hear similar praise or NFL interest for those guys.
And on top of all that, Rhule’s tenure in the NFL is about as bad as it gets.
At least for Nebraska’s sake, we know Rhule is a better fit for the college ranks.
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he may be overrated, I hope not
don't know much about Temple, but as far as Baylor...... Briles is a special case. I've heard Aranda's name praised by many (Badgers) he got a nice contract extension.
NFL is no indicator. Steve Spurrier and Urban Meyer and Nick Saban come to mind
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A Los Angeles Rams assistant will be joining Matt Rhule’s staff in Lincoln. Jake Peetz will be Nebraska’s QB coach. As an offensive assistant, Peetz was brought on to the Rams staff this past offseason. Peetz will also join Rhule’s staff in an undetermined role in special teams.
The initial report was filed by College Football Senior Writer for ESPN Pete Thamel.
Peetz has previous connections to the Nebraska Football program. He played for the Cornhuskers from 2002-2005 as a reserve long snapper and cornerback. In addition, Peetz previously worked with Matt Rhule in 2020 when he was the Carolina Panthers’ quarterback coach. He’s also spent time in Oakland, LSU, and Washington during his coaching career.
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cha-ching - gotta sell some tickets and pay the new coaching staff
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It cannot get much worse. Or maybe it could get better. He is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
Breaking: Nebraska Coach Mickey Joseph Arrested Wednesday - The Spun: What's Trending In The Sports World Today (https://thespun.com/college-football/mickey-joseph-arrest-nebraska-report-details)
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Peetz previously worked with Matt Rhule in 2020 when he was the Carolina Panthers’ quarterback coach. He’s also spent time in Oakland, LSU, and Washington during his coaching career.
Not sure Darnold & Mayfield are resume builders but 3rd time's a charm right
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It cannot get much worse. Or maybe it could get better. He is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
Breaking: Nebraska Coach Mickey Joseph Arrested Wednesday
one poster said I'm going to go out on a limb here and say he will not be retained on the coaching staff
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a sturdy limb
it's too bad
seemed like a good guy
musta taken the head coaching news pretty hard
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Those are all statute code words for putting hands around the neck of another individual, likely to be a domestic partner, member or spouse. Big shame. I hope the alleged victim is safe.
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seemed like a good guy
musta taken the head coaching news pretty hard
'Skers going after Leonhard? if not perhaps the Buckeyes will
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Leonhard and PArker would be my two top choices
don't think either are wanting to be in Lincoln but, if they are there would be some motivation
no word on D-coordinator at this point - maybe waiting for someone still coaching
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Get while the gettin's good.Leonhard would be a hell of an edition.Not familiar with Parker,but mybe Rhule has someone coming from the League
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Parker's name is Phil
does a helluva job in Iowa City
Stealin from the rich in the Big Ten West would be smooth, but it's VERY doubtful it could happen
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Is Matt Rhule overrated?
Well...
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well, he's going to get his opportunity to change that
Baylor played 3 ranked teams in 2019
loss to #10 OU 31-34 - led 31-10 at the half
loss to #6 OU in the champ game in double OT
loss to #5 Georgia in the Sugar 14-26
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next Sept. 9. That's when CU hosts Nebraska in Deion Sanders' home debut as the Buffaloes' head football coach. Sanders' hiring was announced Saturday night, and he was introduced by Colorado athletic director Rick George at a press conference Sunday afternoon in Boulder.
"We need to sell out, and we need the Nebraska game to be all black and gold — no red!" George said. "Coach Prime's first home game is against Nebraska, and we're gonna give him a Colorado Buffalo welcome with black and gold. So we expect everybody to come up and show up. Don't sell your tickets, 'cause we know who you are and, um, that's not gonna work."
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I thought Iowa lost a lot of players to the transfer portal (9).
A headline flashed on my newsfeed today that 10 Nebraska players are in the transfer portal. It is a bit more understandable that with coaching changes Nebraska players will be transferring.
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next Sept. 9. That's when CU hosts Nebraska in Deion Sanders' home debut as the Buffaloes' head football coach. Sanders' hiring was announced Saturday night, and he was introduced by Colorado athletic director Rick George at a press conference Sunday afternoon in Boulder.
"We need to sell out, and we need the Nebraska game to be all black and gold — no red!" George said. "Coach Prime's first home game is against Nebraska, and we're gonna give him a Colorado Buffalo welcome with black and gold. So we expect everybody to come up and show up. Don't sell your tickets, 'cause we know who you are and, um, that's not gonna work."
Didn't work so well w McCartney, Skippy, Gary, etc.
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not gonna work for Neon either
the folks in Alliance, Chadron, Scottsbluff, Ogallala, North Platte, Benkelman, Mullen, and McCook are gonna show up
wearing boots and hats - driving pickups
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LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – Nebraska is reducing the price of season tickets for Memorial Stadium’s 100th anniversary, the university announced Tuesday.
Nebraska Athletic Director Trev Alberts said season tickets in 2023 would cost $320, a $100 discount from last season’s price.
“The 2023 season will be a memorable year for Nebraska Football,” Alberts said in a press release. “Not only will we usher in a new era under Coach Rhule, but we will also celebrate the 100th anniversary of one of the best stadiums in all of sports.”
Nebraska’s home games next season includes matchups against Northern Illinois, Louisiana Tech, Northwestern, Michigan, Purdue, Maryland, and Iowa.
Current season ticket holders will receive an email in the coming days regarding renewal information for the 2023 season.
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When Nebraska football has its home opener next fall, a portion of the stadium will look a bit different.
Nebraska athletic director Trev Alberts announced Tuesday on Sports Nightly that the original east balcony will transform into a new club level. The new seating will mirror the club level in West Stadium.
The update will result in a reduction of more than 600 seats.
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the sellout streak is safe for another season
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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY
The week of Dec. 16-22, looking back in five-year intervals
(https://www.huskermax.com/pastnews/week/cole_king.jpg)«1907: Nebraska Coach William “King” Cole makes a case for rule changes to discourage the “indiscriminate use” of the forward pass.
1937: In an Associated Press poll, Nebraska's win over Minnesota is voted the year's second-biggest upset in all of sports. | Game page
1972: Nebraska ranks third in the nation in average home attendance at 76,143.
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The #1 recruit in the nation, QB Dylan Raiola, decommitts from Ohio State. And now looks like he’s going to Nebraska. Dylan’s dad is on Rhule’s staff and is a former Husker.
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The #1 recruit in the nation, QB Dylan Raiola, decommitts from Ohio State. And now looks like he’s going to Nebraska. Dylan’s dad is on Rhule’s staff and is a former Husker.
It's Dylan's uncle, and he's a former Badger actually. Donovan. Pretty nice center for a few years.
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It's Dylan's uncle, and he's a former Badger actually. Donovan. Pretty nice center for a few years.
Dylan’s father Dominic played for the Huskers. Didn’t know about his uncle.
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Didn't hear of Donovan cause he played for Wisconsin and was an undrafted free agent
Donny wasn't the Dominator like Dominic
won the Rimington Trophy, and was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American.
Drafted in the 2nd round by the Lions - committed his share of penalties in the NFL
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Didn't hear of Donovan cause he played for Wisconsin and was an undrafted free agent
Donny wasn't the Dominator like Dominic
won the Rimington Trophy, and was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American.
Drafted in the 2nd round by the Lions - committed his share of penalties in the NFL
Not quite the asshole either. :96:
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as my buddies that played O-line and D-line at Nebraska and Iowa put it..
ya gotta want to stick your nose in there
a mean streak between the white lines is useful
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Football Scoop reported on Tuesday that Arlington (Texas) Martin coach Bob Wager — who made the 6A Playoffs in each of his 17 seasons — will be joining the Huskers in an unspecified role.
Wager is a fixture in Texas high school football and the subject of a lengthy 2022 profile in the Dallas Morning News, which recounts Wager's graduation from Springfield College on the East Coast and subsequent motorcycle ride to Texas after Wager read Friday Night Lights and was inspired by the story.
Arlington Martin's best-known player is NFL star Myles Garrett. Wager's son, Gage, was a senior running back this season for Martin. His daughter, Mia, is a cheerleader for the team.
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cause we've all learned that since Nebraska joined the B1G, they haven't recruited Texas and that's essential to building a winning program
I think I'll go to Arlington next week and stake out the Bonedaddy's there
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On Friday, Satterfield spoke to the press and outlined some of his plans for the upcoming year. Asked about utilizing the huddle, the offensive coordinator said he’s “on a crusade” about the huddle, mentioning that the huddle is the “heart and soul of football.”
“We’ll actually get in a huddle. Will use tight ends and a fullback.”
In addition to using the huddle for “essential communication” and “allowing the quarterbacks to lead”, Satterfield will also utilize a QB run game. The offensive coordinator stated that having a QB run game is “crucial.”
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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY
The week of Jan. 6-12
1903: A bill to prohibit football at public educational institutions is set to be introduced in the state Legislature.
1918: Nebraska announces an ambitious schedule for 1918, but four of the games – against Syracuse, Washington State, Northwestern and Missouri – would not pan out because of World War I and an influenza pandemic.
1973: Bob Devaney's name comes up in speculation about the New England Patriots' coaching job.
1983: Tom Osborne and Lou Holtz criticize new NCAA academic standards based on test scores, with Osborne calling them “culturally unfair.”
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That's a grad assistant that's fine. These universities can't make everyone rich. The actual assistants aren't hurting
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For the first time in school history, Nebraska will pay an assistant coach over $1 million.
The University of Nebraska officially released the public salary information for eight of the 11 coaches tied to Matt Rhule’s assistant coach salary pool. Rhule has $7 million to pay the 11 coaches, and just under $5.1 million is wrapped up in the eight figures released on Friday.
Offensive coordinator Marcus Satterfield comes with the highest salary, as he’ll make $1.4 million on a three-year agreement that runs through the end of the 2025 football season. At South Carolina this past season, he made $900,000.
Defensive coordinator Tony White will make $1 million. While at Syracuse, his last listed salary was $711,420. The full terms of his contract were not released, but it’s assumed he’s also on a three-year contract like Satterfield. Rhule’s head coach’s contract states his coordinators can receive three-year contracts and his assistant coaches two year deals.
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https://kearneyhub.com/sports/college/amie-just-revival-of-the-fullback-at-nebraska-could-be-advantageous-osborne-says/article_653331f2-36cb-5165-941b-1a7a62d9aaa8.html (https://kearneyhub.com/sports/college/amie-just-revival-of-the-fullback-at-nebraska-could-be-advantageous-osborne-says/article_653331f2-36cb-5165-941b-1a7a62d9aaa8.html)
Since football’s inception at Nebraska in 1890, the Huskers had always had a fullback — until the dark ages of 2018-22.
Seriously.
There have been at least 151 fullbacks who’ve lettered at the University of Nebraska, according to the athletic department’s records. Before the Scott Frost era, the only years in NU history where there wasn’t a designated fullback letterwinner: 1891, 1903, 1913, 1925 and 1941. But there was at least one fullback on each of those rosters.
Under new head coach Matt Rhule and offensive coordinator Marcus Satterfield? The fullback’s back, baby.
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That complicates things for a defense — especially in the age of 00, 10, 11 and 12 personnel packages. Throwing a curveball with 21, 22 or, phew, even 23 personnel, that’s advantageous to an offense.
“A lot of teams, because they don’t see a lot of 21 personnel with the fullback in there, they don’t work it,” said Tom Rathman (1981-85) and retired NFL running backs coach. “And you may have an advantage going into a football game.”
Before we get in too deep, a quick refresher on personnel packages.
With five offensive linemen and a quarterback on the field, that gives teams five spots for playmakers and/or extra blockers. When referring to specific offensive personnel packages, the first number equals the number of running backs on the field, while the second represents the number of tight ends. So, 10 equals one running back with zero tight ends, which means there are spots for four receivers. A 21 personnel grouping has two running backs and one tight end, so there are spots for two receivers.
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Last fiscal year, Husker football made $97,900,681. Numbers like that underline why Nebraska brass is moving heaven and earth again — with a sixth head coach in 20 years — to get this right
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A strong connection with Georgia assistant Fran Brown helped Matt Rhule land three Bulldog transfers.
https://www.onlineathens.com/story/sports/college/bulldogs-extra/2023/02/02/uga-football-fran-brown-georgia-bulldogs-nebraska-matt-rhule/69852475007/ (https://www.onlineathens.com/story/sports/college/bulldogs-extra/2023/02/02/uga-football-fran-brown-georgia-bulldogs-nebraska-matt-rhule/69852475007/)
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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY
The week of Feb. 3-9, looking back in five-year intervals
1903: John Westover, the Cornhuskers’ captain in 1901 and ’02, considers entering graduate school at the University of Chicago, where he would be eligible to play one season. He ultimately would decide to stay in Lincoln as an assistant coach, but as you'll find out in a future “This Week…” installment, the Western Conference school wasn't finished trying to lure – some would say poach – Nebraska talent.
1928: A Nebraska game at Army is officially on, thanks to an Army-Navy spat.
1933: A bill is filed in the Nebraska Legislature that would limit the head coach's annual salary to $4,000 (roughly $90,000 in 2022 dollars).
1948: Bernie Masterson resigns as head coach with a two-year record of 5-13.
1968: Former Husker Frank Solich is named head coach at Lincoln Southeast High School.
1993: Quarterback Scott Frost of Wood River, Neb., opts for Stanford over Nebraska.
1998: The “Miracle at Missouri” involving Scott Frost, Shevin Wiggins and Matt Davison gets ESPY recognition. | Video
2018: The spring game for coach Scott Frost's first Husker squad is sold out in a little over 24 hours, and the scalping begins.
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Malachi remembers wandering around the streets, feeling confused and alone. He and his sister, Nevaeh, were always hungry. They’d check trash cans behind gas stations searching for scraps. Sometimes, a kind person would give them something to eat. They slept anywhere they could.
Their biological father died in a car accident. Their biological mother was a drug addict and alcoholic. She wasn’t always around. One day, she stole a car, put her kids inside and drove away. At some point she stopped, dropping Malachi and Nevaeh off on the side of the street. She said she’d be back.
“That was the last time I saw her,” Malachi said. “I was five.”
https://247sports.com/Article/ncaa-college-football-recruiting-top247-national-signing-day-nil-malachi-coleman-nebraska-203956914/ (https://247sports.com/Article/ncaa-college-football-recruiting-top247-national-signing-day-nil-malachi-coleman-nebraska-203956914/)
Flying High: How Malachi Coleman is using NIL to uplift his community
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Rhule coaches his coaches, some of whom once played for him.
And, in a bit of underrated story, he’s assembled a massive support staff. Including strength coaches, he has an analyst/graduate assistant/support staff of 39.
Who’s in it? Five analysts and six quality control associates — three of whom followed new defensive coordinator Tony White from Syracuse to install the new 3-3-5 defense. Nebraska has, for now, two graduate assistants, one of whom is former Husker receiver Mike Williams, who just left the school in 2019.
Rhule has a general manager (Sean Padden), a personal assistant (former ATF special agent Jarrett Wishon) a director of football operations (Gordon Thomas, who’s worked at USC, Georgia Tech and LSU) and a chief of staff, Dr. Susan Elza, who left the University Interscholastic League — which oversees Texas high school sports — for NU.
Rhule has 11 staffers in the personnel/recruiting/development office. He kept on Vince Guinta to oversee recruiting; Guinta revamped NU’s official visits last season and had a strong reputation in the field. Longtime Rhule aides Omar Hales, Mike Wallace and Gus Felder are respectively Director of Player Personnel — High Schools, Director of Football Advancement and Director of Football Player Development; all are key culture-keepers for players considering the program or developing within it.
And Rhule found a role, too, for longtime staffer Ron Brown, who stays on as a Director of Player Support and Outreach. Brown is a bridge to several eras, including the 1990s. He can help navigate — to the extent Rhule needs help — relationships with former Husker players who want to remain close to the program.
In total, excluding trainers and medical personnel, it’s a bigger staff than Iowa — which lists 28 such positions. Though some teams are in flux, Nebraska might have the biggest staff in the Big Ten, just higher, by hand count, than Michigan (38) and Penn State (37). Ohio State had 31, which surprised me. Illinois (32), Minnesota (32), Northwestern (18), Wisconsin (still growing, but at 17) were other Big Ten West teams.
Rhule’s training wheels are off. He doesn’t have the biggest staff in college football — Texas, for starters, is north of 40 — but he’s built one quickly attuned to his vision.
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Gardner, a junior pole vaulter from Lincoln, has more than 73,000 followers on Instagram, with more than 150,000 followers on TikTok. Several of her TikTok videos have surpassed the three million view mark.
Well she was back making viral content this week. She and a teammate took to TikTik with a new video from their hotel room before a meet this weekend.
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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY
The week of Feb. 10-16, looking back in five-year intervals
1908: With Nebraska's playing field about to be sacrificed for an engineering building, it is uncertain where the team's 1908 home games will be played. (Antelope Park would be the location, and attendance would suffer. The first game at the new Nebraska Field would be played in 1909.)
1928: There is talk of moving the newly scheduled Nebraska-Army game from West Point to New York's Yankee Stadium to accommodate more fans.
1978: Husker assistant Bob Thornton joins the coaching staff at Army.
1983: State Sen. Ernie Chambers introduces a bill that would make NU football players paid state employees. Also, former Husker defensive back Zaven Yaralian joins Charley Pell's coaching staff at Florida.
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https://twitter.com/CoachMattRhule/status/1626741273691410432?s=20
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See the CBS News story about Malachi Coleman and his efforts to assist foster kids.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/steve-hartman-on-the-road-malachi-coleman-nil-nebraska/ (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/steve-hartman-on-the-road-malachi-coleman-nil-nebraska/)
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Mike Offner (#95) and John Bell (#6) carry Coach Osborne off the field after beating Texas 19-3 in the Cotton Bowl (1975)
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The first spring practice wraps up at 8 a.m. CDT today.
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Former Nebraska football coach Scott Frost didn't win much on the field, but he smashed one local record last year on his way out of town. His house sold for $3.5 million.
a record high for the City of Lincoln
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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY
The week of April 7-13, looking back in five-year intervals
1953: The emphasis is on the single wing as spring drills begin in coach Bill Glassford's fifth season.
1988: Gov. Kay Orr vetoes a bill that could have allowed Nebraska football players to be paid.
1998: The Huskers and Wolverines are honored as 1997 college football co-champions during a ceremony at the White House hosted by President Bill Clinton.
2008: The upcoming spring game, the Huskers' first under new coach Bo Pelini, is declared a sellout.
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So... upon closer inspection this is NOT a new Husker promotion whiskey.
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Enter for a chance to win Californians for Nebraska’s lodging and ticket package for the Sept. 30th Michigan game in Lincoln.
Enter for a chance to win Californians for Nebraska’s lodging and ticket package for the Sept. 30th Michigan game in Lincoln. (http://Enter for a chance to win Californians for Nebraska’s lodging and ticket package for the Sept. 30th Michigan game in Lincoln.)
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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY
The week of April 14-20, looking back in five-year intervals
1918: Two weeks after the U.S. entered World War I, Nebraska captain-elect Roscoe Rhodes is drafted into the Army. He would be killed in action six months later in France, becoming part of the inspiration behind Memorial Stadium.
1963: David Bremser, the 14-year-old son of Husker play-by-play man Lyell Bremser, dies after being hit by a pitch in a youth baseball game in Omaha.
The Nebraska-Oklahoma game is one of only three Big Eight games scheduled to be televised in 1968.
1973: Forfeits by Oklahoma technically make Nebraska the 1972 Big Eight champion.
1998: Grant Wistrom and Jason Peter are selected in the first round of the NFL draft. Scott Frost and Ahman Green go in the third round, and Aaron Taylor and Eric Warfield are chosen in the seventh. | Husker draft history
2008: A record crowd of 80,000-plus watches quarterback Joe Ganz lead the Reds to a 24-14 win in Bo Pelini’s first spring game as head coach.
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Nebraska Athletics Unveils Updated Herbie Husker
Nebraska Athletics is proud to officially unveil a modernized version of Herbie Husker, one of the most iconic logos and mascots in college athletics.
Nebraska Vice Chancellor/Director of Athletics Trev Alberts and University leaders led the initiative to develop an updated and modernized version of the Herbie Husker logo and costume. The new logo is being unveiled today and the updated Herbie Husker mascot will make his first public appearance at Saturday’s Red-White Spring Game presented by FNBO.
The return to a Herbie Husker costume and logo that closely resembles the original version comes as Nebraska celebrates the 50th year of Herbie Husker. Alberts and University leadership have also placed a priority on embracing the Cornhusker tradition and the agricultural background of the state of Nebraska.
“Herbie Husker has been one of the iconic symbols of Nebraska Athletics for nearly 50 years,” Alberts said. “Our fans are passionate about all things related to the Huskers, and they have a particular fondness for Herbie. We are excited to present modernized Herbie Husker marks and logos and thrilled to unveil our new Herbie mascot at Saturday’s spring game.”
Led by Director of Licensing Lonna Henrichs and Spirit Squad Head Coach Erynn Butzke, Nebraska Athletics began working with Torch Creative in January of 2022 to develop the new logos. Throughout the process, the focus remained on digitally updating the beloved Herbie mark that features blonde hair, overalls, and an ear of corn in his pocket.
New merchandise is now available online at shop.huskers.com and fans can purchase new Herbie gear at Saturday’s spring game.
The Herbie Husker character evolved out of Nebraska’s trip to the Cotton Bowl following the 1973 season. Artist Dirk West designed a Cornhusker cartoon for the Cotton Bowl press headquarters, and Nebraska Sports Information Director Don Bryant later contacted West for permission to use the cartoon. West refined his original cartoon and improved some of the character’s features. The new Herbie Husker character first appeared on the cover of the 1974 Nebraska Football media guide and has been a favorite of Nebraska fans over the past five decades.
The previous updated iteration of the Herbie Husker character occurred in 2003. That version of Herbie Husker had represented the Cornhuskers at athletic competitions over the past two decades.
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What did it look like before? Seems to be not much different.
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I think the face has been modified, less cartoony.
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You're missing the 'brown hair' Herbie from the past 10+ years.
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UNL is the top Lincoln Douglas debate team in the nation! The team takes home the national championship in NFA LD for the second year in a row! 🌽❤️
The team earns 🥇first place as a team as well as the national champion debater, Nick Wallenburg.
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UNL is the top Lincoln Douglas debate team in the nation! The team takes home the national championship in NFA LD for the second year in a row! 🌽❤️
The team earns 🥇first place as a team as well as the national champion debater, Nick Wallenburg.
Wait, UNL is still debating slavery?
They know that both Lincoln and Douglas both died over 150 years ago, and that the 13th Amendment abolished slavery, right?
I mean, I don't know how long it takes news to make it across the Great Plains... But that's a little ridiculous.
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I usually like this dude's movies ...
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Matt Rhule and Nebraska are very serious about the revival of the fullback
Matt Rhule is a longtime outspoken fan of the unsung position.
He's so much of a fan of the fullback that loyal followers of the Huskers have likely heard both Rhule and his staff talk about them during media availabilities.
...and it doesn't stop there. He's got a creative plan to find Nebraska's next fullbacks.
Following a comment from Max Olson on not being sure where to find a fullback nowadays during a Q&A with The Athletic, Rhule laid out Nebraska's plan for finding the near-extinct position with a specialty camp in mid-June.
"So we're doing a fullback camp this summer. We're doing a one-day fullback camp. My thought process was there's probably guys out there that play tight end. There's probably guys out there that are big tailbacks. There's probably guys in the wing-T that are fullbacks in other places across the country. Linebackers. They can come here for one day and just focus on one position: Play fullback."
"You watch the 49ers and the versatility of (Kyle) Juszczyk. When you have a good one, they can add so much to your offense. People don't see it very often. So we'd love to find one. We had a great one, Nick Sharga, at Temple who used to just demolish people. I'd love to find that type of kid here at Nebraska."
New Huskers running backs coach EJ Barthel, who has spent the past three seasons as a member of Rhule's staff, is a former fullback at UMass and shared during his first media availability in Lincoln that he's excited to get his hands on one as well.
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Frank Solich is back in Lincoln this week for Nebraska’s annual spring game. The former player and head coach of the Huskers will be honored by the program on Saturday, Nebraska AD Trev Alberts announced in March.
Friday evening, Nebraska unveiled one portion of the tribute to Solich. On the field inside Memorial Stadium, the 45-yard lines have all been painted and outlined in red.
Solich played fullback for the Huskers and wore No. 45 in the 1960s before eventually returning to the coaching staff:
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Saturday morning ChatGPT mischief:
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I like how ChatGPT references "other online forums." I fondly remember the fallout lasting well into Nebraska's offseason over on the Huskers rivals.com fansite.
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I also like how it got about 50% of the information correct
probably from other online forums
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No context ChatGPT Vs Bo Pelini:
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Pelini's Playhouse?
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damn, I thought he would be the starter this fall
Really like the kid.
Apparently, Jeff Sims the transfer from Georgia Tech is the coach's choice.
If Sims is better than Thompson he is VERY good
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No context ChatGPT Vs Bo Pelini:
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These AI generators search data to come up with the answers they do. Think the confusing Pee-Wee/Pelini mix-up goes back to a search image crossing Pee-Wee with Pelini - see below:
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Nebraska has named Jonathan Batemen as director of Name, Image and Likeness and has extended its partnership with Altius Sports Partners to support athletes pursuing NIL opportunities.
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2001 Season opener for Nebraska. TCU played Nebraska tough in Lincoln, a 21-7 Husker win. Eric Crouch goes on to win the Heisman. Highlight of the season is Nebraska's home win over Oklahoma made famous by the reverse pass to Crouch putting the Huskers up for good, 20-10 late in the 4th. Huskers go on to the National Championship, losing to Miami.
Looking back, 2001 is the last Nebraska team that felt untouchable. The next season, watching Penn State blow out Nebraska 40-7 during a night game in State College, I remember thinking this might be a down year. Turns out it was a different program from the dominance we were used to through the 90s.
https://twitter.com/ClassicsCFB/status/1653934196413566976
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Notre Dame walk-on Barret Liebentritt, a two-way standout at Omaha Skutt, announces he’s transferring to Nebraska as a walk-on fullback. |
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Looking back, 2001 is the last Nebraska team that felt untouchable. The next season, watching Penn State blow out Nebraska 40-7 during a night game in State College, I remember thinking this might be a down year. Turns out it was a different program from the dominance we were used to through the 90s.
Here's one of Nebraska's 2002 games that left college football fans realizing this was worse than a down year for the Cornhuskers. The program was resetting downward.
"It's the story for Nebraska all day - turnovers, stupid penalties, not executing well at all."
"This didn't look much like the Cornhuskers. It suddenly looked more like the artist formerly known as Nebraska."
#21 Iowa State blows out #19 Nebraska 36-14 in Ames. Cyclones improve to 5-1 while Nebraska drops to 3-2, leaving the Conrhuskers out of the rankings for the first time in years.
https://twitter.com/ClassicsCFB/status/1657449308311158784
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For 2002, the eye-opener for me was the brutal beating they took a week prior in Happy Valley.
40-7. I thought that was going to be an epic matchup. I was really wrong.
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yup, 2002 was rough
first season since 1968 that didn't win 9 games (7-7)
but, the wheels started to wobble late 2001
36-62 loss to the Buffs and vs the Canes in the Rose
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For 2002, the eye-opener for me was the brutal beating they took a week prior in Happy Valley.
40-7. I thought that was going to be an epic matchup. I was really wrong.
yup, that Lion team wasn't bad, but not great
finished AP No. 16
Record 9–4 (5–3 Big Ten)
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Original Memorial Stadium
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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY
1978: Nebraska’s game at Alabama is moved up from Nov. 25 to the night of Sept. 2 for a national ABC telecast. Neither team had ever opened its season earlier than Sept. 8.
1998: Frank Solich’s debut as head coach gets moved up a week as Nebraska accepts an offer to play host to Louisiana Tech in the Eddie Robinson Classic on Aug. 29.
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The University of Nebraska-Lincoln honored its largest-ever graduating class during graduate and undergraduate ceremonies Friday and Saturday. UNL conferred 3,753 degrees to 3,669 graduates from 47 states and 59 countries. The May graduating class earned 120 new Juris Doctor degrees, 602 other new graduate and professional degrees and 3,031 new baccalaureate degrees.
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The Colorado Buffaloes officially started selling single-game tickets on Wednesday, and Nebraska football fans absolutely pounced.
That Nebraska football fans are more than a little interested in tickets for the Buffs game in Boulder should surprise no one. The last time the Huskers traveled to that city, the fans attended en masse. In fact, they showed up in such volume that CU fans have been complaining about it ever since, even though they won the game.
Today’s events however, are impressive even for a Nebraska football fanbase that always travel well, even in the lean years. Once single game tickets went on sale on Wednesday morning, it took no time at all for Husker fans to crash the party.
Then they crashed the website.
Notice the timestamp there. 45 minutes after the tickets went on sale, Nebraska football fans had flooded the site with ticket requests. The game is a little less than four months away.
One interesting tidbit is that Colorado both knew and prepared for Husker fans to come calling. A quick look at ticket prices for the game against Nebraska football shows that there is some significant price gauging going on.
The tickets are separated into five “zones” and then two clubs. For Zone 5, which is apparently the cheapest group of tickets available, seats are going for $315. In contrast, the next most expensive home game ticket is USC, with seats on Zone 5 going for $185. Zone 1 tickets, the most expensive zone up for offer, are being sold for $650 apiece. USC seats in the same area are selling for $405.
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Kinda hoping Nebraska shellacs the Golden Buffs. Very possible given the situations in Boulder and Lincoln.
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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY
«1898: Fielding Yost gets ready to accept the coaching job at Nebraska. Lincoln would be one of several one-year stops for Yost before he landed at Michigan and eventually in the College Football Hall of Fame. Coincidentally, Yost replaced another future Hall of Fame coach at Nebraska, Eddie “Robbie” Robinson, whose two-year tenure produced a 10-4-1 record. | HOF Huskers
1923: Memorial Stadium's cornerstone is put in place during a ceremony attended by about 500. Groundbreaking had taken place about a month earlier.
1973: Bill Olds, Rich Glover and Joe Blahak are named to the College All-Star team that will play the Miami Dolphins in mid-July.
1988: Richard Schnell, a referee who broke his leg when be became entangled in television equipment along the east sideline at Memorial Stadium during the 1987 UCLA game, files a lawsuit against ESPN.
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So, what's the forecast for the Nebraska Dawgs, I mean Huskers?
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transition to Rhule season
new offense, new defense, new 2-deep roster - new QB
it's anyone's guess
I'm hoping for 6 wins
@Colorado
N. Illinois
Louisiana Tech
Northwestern
@ Michigan St.
Iowa
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perhaps they upset Purdue or Maryland late in the season @ home and lose to MSU on the road
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That's way too rational.
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According to Brett McMurphy of Action Network, Nebraska will play its Black Friday game against Iowa at 11 a.m. CT on CBS, a return to a network NU hasn't played on in many years. That game is in Lincoln.
While the Huskers have appeared on CBS sporadically for some bowl games, including the national championship win over Florida and more recently Nebraska's Gator Bowl win over Clemson to finish off the 2008 season, NU hasn't been connected to that network in regular-season competition for a good while. Nebraska's last Black Friday appearance on the network dates all the way back to a 1990 game at Oklahoma. The latest Big Ten TV agreement has opened the door to Nebraska playing games again on CBS.
McMurphy also reported NU's other Friday game, the Oct. 6 contest at Illinois, will be at 7 p.m. CT and televised on FS1.
The Huskers will open the season at Minnesota on Aug. 31 (Thursday) at 7 p.m. CT on FOX. It will be the second straight season the Big Red has opened the season against a Big Ten opponent on FOX.
The Huskers’ first home game of 2023 will be against Northern Illinois at 6 p.m. on FS1.
NU’s Oct. 6 game at Illinois has been set for a 7 p.m. kickoff on FS1, and its Oct. 28 homecoming contest with Purdue has been set for 11 a.m., 2:30 p.m. or 3 p.m. CT with the network to be announced later.
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So, what's the forecast for the Nebraska Dawgs, I mean Huskers?
Frosty,bring your Scott Tissue
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CU hosts Nebraska for a 10am local kick.
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Was noticing Nebraska opens on the road this year @ Minnesota on a Thursday night. Aug 31 in Minneapolis. And the day before the Twins have a noontime home game Vs Cleveland. Too bad work has me on the road that week. Would make a great lead-in to the Labor Day Weekend.
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Jeff Hansen strips the ball from Oklahoma's Billy Sims to preserve the Huskers 17-14 victory against the top-ranked Sooners (1978)
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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY
The week of June 9-15, looking back in five-year intervals
1913: Coach Jumbo Stiehm acknowledges that Nebraska has applied for membership in the Western Conference (now the Big Ten) and says the Cornhuskers' chances appear good. "Provided the members definitely decide upon enlarging the league, there will no question as to Nebraska's admission," he says.
1918: Citing economic reasons during World War I, Nebraska cancels games that had been tentatively scheduled with Washington State and Denver. | 1918: War, Influenza and Football
1983: The San Francisco 49ers sign running back Roger Craig, their top draft choice, to a series of four one-year contracts.
1998: Grant Wistrom is named the Big 12 Male Athlete of the Year.
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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY
The week of June 16-22, looking back in five-year intervals
Nebraska vs. Michigan at Nebraska Field, 1911.
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1908: Nebraska's board of regents OKs a $30,000 land purchase for "a football field and drill grounds." Nebraska Field, just south of today's Memorial Stadium, would be the Cornhuskers' home for 14 seasons.
1953: Nebraska is scheduled for its first national telecast as NBC selects the Huskers' Sept. 19th home opener against Oregon. The Huskers' first regional telecast was against Colorado in 1951, and the Huskers' 1949 and 1950 home games were televised locally on WOW-TV.
1963: Coach Bob Devaney and a pair of his 1962 seniors, Thunder Thornton and Dwain Carlson, arrive in Buffalo, N.Y., to begin preparations for the East-West All-America game.
1988: Defensive coordinator Charlie McBride says defensive lineman Lawrence Pete may be welcomed back after the senior-to-be quit the team during spring practice. Pete would earn all-conference honors in 1988.
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That 1911 game ended in a 6-6 tie.
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Yes. If you read the fine print on the picture
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Didn’t have my 230 readers on.
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Former Husker Clint Finley has been named head coach and athletic director at Sealy High School West of Houston.
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Husker athletics will now be under the direct purview of NU system President Ted Carter rather than the UNL chancellor after a change approved* by the board of regents.
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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY
The week of June 23-29, looking back in five-year intervals
Nebraska played Minnesota and/or Iowa every season from 1891 to 1919. Shown here is action from the 1912 game in Minneapolis. (Cornhusker yearbook photo)
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1913: Iowa and Minnesota are said to favor Nebraska's bid to join the Western Conference, but the distance factor gives other schools pause.
1938: Plans for what would become known as the Schulte Field House at Memorial Stadium begin taking shape.
1963: Bill “Thunder” Thornton helps the West to a 22-21 win in the AFCA All-Star Game.
1978: Bear Bryant and Bob Devaney talk to an Atlanta gathering of sports information directors about how to handle unfavorable publicity.
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Former Cornhusker RB and longtime CFL player Dahrran Diedrick has passed away after battling cancer.
From Wiki: "After using a redshirt season in 1998, Diedrick played college football for the Nebraska Cornhuskers from 1999 to 2002. He recorded 502 carries for 2,745 yards and 26 touchdowns over four years while notably posting 1,299 rushing yards and 15 touchdowns in 2001."
https://twitter.com/ChaseMatteson/status/1672820916554723330
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he was a bruiser
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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY
The week of June 30-July 6, looking back in five-year intervals
1918: Nebraska's continuation of football during World War I is a plus for the Red Cross, as this letter to a D.C. newspaper notes.
«1973: Rich Glover begins practices with other college all-stars for a July 27th game against the Miami Dolphins.
2003: The Athletic Department unveils plans for the pregame Husker Nation Pavilion at the Ed Weir Track. Meanwhile, most preseason magazines pick the 2003 Huskers to finish outside the top 25.
2013: Calculations by a sports-math specialist indicate the 1995 Huskers were in a league of their own.
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Nebraska Head Football Coach Matt Rhule chose to switch the outdoor practice fields from FieldTurf to grass because he believes it’s “safer” for players.
“Injuries are higher on turf than on grass,” Rhule said. “And when I came here, there had been a rash of knee injuries going into this season. There had been a bunch of ACLs over the last six years, a bunch of meniscus (tears). Football’s a violent game, but we already have turf in the indoor.” - https://bit.ly/HGTHuskerFootball
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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY
The week of July 21-27:
1998: Nebraska is picked to win the Big 12 North as Frank Solich gets set for his first season as head coach.
2003: Athletic director Steve Pederson says he's looking for progress, not a particular win total, in for Husker football in 2003.
2008: Pay-per-view telecasts are announced for Nebraska's first three games.
2013: Bo Pelini expresses confidence in his defense even though the 2012 team was on the wrong end of some big scoring totals.
2018: Nebraska and Iowa work with the Big Ten to restore their Black Friday games.
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Fearless,
What do you anticipate will be the record of Nebraska in "Year One" of Matt Rhule's rule?
Will Matt Rhule replace the field turf in Memorial Stadium?
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Rhule will NOT replace the field turf in Memorial Stadium
at least until it's worn out
His first season record of wins and losses???
no idear
hoping for 6 wins and a bowl
but, that's just hope
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LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – Pioneer has been providing corn and soybeans across the Midwest for generations and it’s now getting into pigskin.
The company announced it’s the new sponsor of the annual rivalry game between the Nebraska Cornhuskers and Iowa Hawkeyes.
With the new sponsorship, Pioneer plans to honor everyday heroes in the community and even plans to do so at the annual game.
One citizen hero will be selected to represent their respective team this November.
The winner will receive VIP treatment which includes being recognized on the field and having their name inscribed on the trophy.
Fans are encouraged to nominate people they think exemplify the characteristics of a hero to represent both Iowa and Nebraska.
Nominations are open until October 1, 2023. You can submit someone by visiting https://huskers.com/hero
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Completely forgot about this game - 1999 Texas wins at home Vs Nebraska 23-20 in late October.
The Longhorns would go on to a 9-2 record before losing three straight to end the season 9-5. This included a 22-6 loss in the Big 12 Championship in a rematch to Nebraska.
For the Huskers, @ Texas was their only loss, going undefeated the rest of the way, winning the Big 12 and a Fiesta Bowl match Vs Tennessee to finish 12-1 and with a #3 national ranking.
https://twitter.com/ClassicsCFB/status/1683301332923596800
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I wish I could forget about that game
I wasn't there for it. Watched on TV
I was in San Antonio for the 22-6 beating
that 99 team was damn good - could have played for a national title w/o that crazy game in Texas
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fall camp started this morning at UNL!!!!
here we go!
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LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - A documentary chronicling the career of legendary University of Nebraska Head Coach Tom Osborne will make its theatrical debut at seven Marcus Theatres in Nebraska on Aug. 11 with sneak previews at select locations on Aug. 10.
In “Day by Day”, former Husker players Mark Brungardt and Josh Davis tell the story of Coach Osborne’s remarkable success and how the Husker program defined all odds by winning three national championships in four years, between 1994 and 1997.
“Day by Day” features interviews with former Husker players as well as coaching rivals Barry Switzer and Bobby Bowden, famous fans Peyton and Archie Manning and Larry the Cable Guy, and college football experts.
The documentary will make its debut at four Lincoln Marcus Theaters on Aug. 11, with sneak previews at select locations on Aug. 10.
The documentary will also be available digitally Aug. 29 followed by VOD on Sept. 5.
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BTN will air an hour-long Nebraska training camp report at 3 p.m. CDT
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BTN at Nebraska's Training Camp
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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY
The week of Aug. 11-17, looking back in five-year intervals
1908: Coach W.C. Cole's Cornhuskers get set for a season to be played at Lincoln's Antelope Park.
«1918: William G. Kline, the coach at Nebraska Wesleyan for seven seasons, is tapped as the Cornhuskers' head coach after the departure of E.J. Stewart to the armed forces.
1958: Nebraska is seen as likely to improve on its 1-9 record of 1957.
1963: A preseason media poll pegs Oklahoma as a heavy favorite to win the Big Eight, with Nebraska at No. 2.
1983: Tom Osborne favors $50 a month in spending money for players.
1993: Big Eight football reporters pick the Huskers to repeat as conference champs. Also, Johnny Rodgers returns to school to finish his degree.
1998: Dave Rimington is enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame.
2003: For the first time since 1969, the Huskers are unranked in both major preseason polls.
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Mike Offner (#95) and John Bell (#6) carry Coach Osborne off the field after beating Texas 19-3 in the Cotton Bowl (1975)
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https://youtu.be/2gqCLDFJr1I
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https://twitter.com/HuskerFootball/status/1693639511392047345?s=20
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Nebraska’s new multimedia rights partner, Playfly Sports, announced Monday details for Head Coach Matt Rhule’s television and radio shows for the 2023 season. Both programs will move to a new day and time slot for this fall.
In an effort to increase exposure and visibility to Nebraska fans, The Husker Football Show with Matt Rhule will now air statewide on Monday evenings. Playfly has partnered with Gray Television, KMTV and News Channel Nebraska for statewide distribution.
“We have revised the show format and our team is excited about the new distribution plans for our TV show,” said Jason Rathe, General Manager for Playfly Sports. “The new primetime schedule will give our fans a consistent opportunity to hear Coach Rhule break down the previous game.”
The Husker Football Show will air on Monday evenings at 6:30 p.m. CT. The show will air on KMTV in the Omaha area, KSNB Local4 in the Lincoln, Grand Island, Hastings and Kearney areas, on KNOP News 2 in North Platte and on NBC Nebraska in Scottsbluff. The show will also appear on News Channel Nebraska throughout the week.
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According to Alberts, Nebraska has the 5th-most expensive ticket in college football after all relevant factors are considered. The AD of the Huskers also conceded “that’s not right,” particularly for a program that has been 3-9 recently.
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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY
The week of Aug. 25-31, looking back in five-year intervals
1898: Nebraska and other Western schools ratify rule changes adopted by Eastern universities, including reducing the value of PAT kicks to one point.
1918: Nebraska unveils a schedule that includes several big-name schools, but some of the games would fall through because of World War I and an influenza epidemic.
1953: Fall camp begins in temperatures near 100 degrees for Bill Glassford's Huskers.
1973: Some big stars are gone but the cupboard isn't bare as Tom Osborne prepares for his first season as head coach.
1978: Nebraska gets set to travel to Birmingham for its opener against top-ranked Alabama.
1983: Nebraska avenges its controversial 1982 loss at Penn State by thrashing the Nittany Lions, 44-6, in the inaugural Kickoff Classic.
1988: The Huskers open with a 23-14 win over Texas A&M in the Kickoff Classic.
1998: Nebraska survives an astonishing 405 receiving yards by Troy Edwards as the Huskers beat Louisiana Tech, 56-27, in Frank Solich's debut as head coach.
2003: A stifling defensive performance gives the Huskers a 17-7 season-opening win against Oklahoma State in Lincoln.
2008: The Bo Pelini era opens with a 47-24 victory over Western Michigan.
2013: Nebraska has two 100-yard rushers but gives up 602 yards on defense as the Huskers struggle to a 37-34 win in their season opener against Wyoming. Also, the Bob Devaney statue outside Memorial Stadium is unveiled.
2018: True freshman Adrian Martinez is named the starter at quarterback, and No. 2 QB Tristan Gebbia decides to transfer.
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11 Blackshirts
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What an absolute waste of a ton of talent
https://twitter.com/On3sports/status/1696509749213229191?s=20
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What an absolute waste of a ton of talent
https://twitter.com/On3sports/status/1696509749213229191?s=20
Such a waste. He got all the support UGA could give him for 2 years and that wasn't enough. What is he gonna do when he gets sent back to Atlanta when Nebraska throws him out?
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I'd guess he will be vapin
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What an absolute waste of a ton of talent
https://twitter.com/On3sports/status/1696509749213229191?s=20
he might've been the most talented from of all of UGA's stud TE's....and guy is the biggest bust of them all by far. such a sad thing to see so much talented wasted.
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Gilbert needs to done and run then incarcerated.
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the burglary and arrest video is even more shocking than I thought it would be....dude must've been on drugs...
https://twitter.com/SparkCFB/status/1696609546540658775?s=20
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the burglary and arrest video is even more shocking than I thought it would be....dude must've been on drugs...
the only explanation
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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY
The week of Sept. 15-21, looking back in five-year intervals
1943: Ex-Husker Harry Hopp scores three TDs in the Detroit Lions' season opener.
1953: In the Huskers’ first nationally televised game, mistake-plagued Nebraska falls to Oregon, 20-17.
1958: Nebraska pulls off a surprise win over Penn State in the season opener and snaps a seven-game losing streak.
1963: The Huskers open Bob Devaney’s second season with 58-7 win over South Dakota State. It is Nebraska’s highest point total since 1927.
1968: Nebraska piles up 518 yards, including more than 300 via passing, as the Huskers dominate Utah, 31-0.
1983: Racking up the most points in a game for NU since 1917, the Huskers’ “Scoring Explosion” offense lives up to its name in an 84-13 laugher over Minnesota. Meanwhile, quarterback Turner Gill wonders whether football or baseball is where his future lies.
1993: True freshman Lawrence Phillips comes off the bench to rush for 137 yards as the Huskers overcome a minus-four turnover margin to beat UCLA in Pasadena, 14-13.
2003: Former NU defensive coordinator Craig Bohl enjoys a good start as head coach at North Dakota State.
2013: The Huskers amass more than 300 yards rushing and 300 yards passing in the same game for the first time in school history in a 59-20 win over South Dakota State. Tommy Armstrong Jr. and Ron Kellogg III filled in at quarterback for the injured Taylor Martinez. The win capped a tumultuous week for Bo Pelini, who apologized after he was heard in an audio recording cursing about Husker fans and reporters after the 2011 win over Ohio State.
2018: The Huskers are off to an 0-2 start for the first time in more than 60 years as Troy pulls off a 24-19 upset in Lincoln.
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Henrich Haarberg looked fairly poised. Not sure yet about his downfield throws.
My Dad reminded me his dad was a walk on FB around 30 years ago.
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his downfield throws weren't great, but they didn't go to the fellows wearing the opposing jerseys
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Nebraska's starting RB and his back-up now out for the season? Jeff Sims gonna have to throw more?
https://twitter.com/Sean_Callahan/status/1703813987106779341?s=20
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Rahmir Johnson, Gabe Ervin and Dwight Bootle out for the season
RB Anthony Grant was supposed to be the starter, but fumbled too much in practice and then fumbled in the 4th quarter vs the gophers. He's a big senior that is strong, but I doubt he holds up the entire season.
Behind him is Emmett Johnson, a redshirt frosh out of Minneapolis.
Gonna have to grow up quick.
Bootle was 2nd string corner.
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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY
The week of Sept. 22-28, looking back in five-year intervals:
1933: Lincoln Star sports editor Cy Sherman comes out in favor of banning radio broadcasts of Big Six conference football games, saying ticket revenue is suffering greatly.
1958: The Huskers get outyarded 381-92 in a 28-0 defeat at at Purdue. Also, quarterback Donald Fuell, a central figure in a recruiting scandal at Auburn, arrives in Lincoln to join the Huskers but then heads back home. He eventually would play for Mississippi Southern (now Southern Miss).
1963: A 65-yard touchdown pass from Dennis Claridge to Tony Jeter in the fourth quarter lifts Nebraska to a 14-7 win at Minnesota.
1968: Paul Rogers' 19-yard field goal with 1:32 left wins it as the Huskers score 10 fourth-quarter points off interceptions to beat Minnesota in Minneapolis, 17-14.
After reversing field, Rozier is chased by Bruins during his sideline-to-sideline jaunt for what officially was a 2-yard touchdown.
1983: After trailing 10-0 in the second quarter, the Huskers score six unanswered touchdowns, including an electrifying two-yarder by Mike Rozier, to down UCLA, 42-10. The win helps make Nebraska a unanimous No. 1 pick in the AP poll.
1988: Ken Clark, Steve Taylor and Terry Rodgers rush for more than 100 yards apiece – a Husker first – as Nebraska downs Arizona State in Lincoln, 47-16.
1998: Nebraska steamrolls No. 9 Washington, 55-7, as DeAngelo Evans rushes for 146 yards on just 13 carries in his first game action since December 1996.
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Plans for a $450 million renovation* of Memorial Stadium have been unveiled and will go before the board of regents next week.
The plans are for a $450 million renovation that will:
South Stadium demolition and replacement with chair-back general seating.
New chair-back seating in West and East stadiums.
360-degree main-level concourse connection and 270-degree upper-level concourse connection.
Concession upgrades, refurbished menu options and added points of sale throughout the stadium.
Restroom modernization throughout the stadium.
Academic curriculum space, with specific uses guided by UNL’s academic leadership.
Enhanced student life amenities.
ADA upgrades throughout the stadium.
“One hundred years ago, Nebraskans came together to celebrate the first game at Memorial Stadium – the start of what would become a century’s worth of memories for students, alumni, fans and families all across our state,” Alberts said. “Now our fans have an opportunity to come together again to ensure that we can make memories for another century. After 100 years, the reality is our stadium needs significant modernization.
Funding is to be paid equally from private funds ($225 million) and other funding sources, including up to $50 million from the university’s internal lending program. No student tuition dollars or university general operating dollars will be used.
The target completion for the entire project is July 2026.
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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY
The week of Oct. 6-12, looking back in five-year intervals
1898: “Superior generalship” helps Nebraska overcome a stout Iowa State line in a 23-10 home win.
1903: Nebraska is said to enjoy a yardage advantage of 385 to 15 in a 10-0 win at Denver.
«1913: After rebuffing Kansas State’s protest of Clinton Ross’s presence on the team, Nebraska hands the Aggies a 24-6 defeat in Lincoln.
1923: Legend-to-be Red Grange scores three TDs in his first college game as Illinois downs the visiting Cornhuskers, 24-7. In Lincoln, fans gathered in the Armory to “watch” the game on a Grid-graph.
1928: The Huskers open their first season of Big Six play with a hard-fought 12-0 victory at Iowa State.
1933: In the first meeting between the schools, Nebraska blanks Texas, 26-0, in the season opener in Lincoln. The Huskers outgained the Longhorns 320 yards to 85, and coach Dana Bible cleared the bench. George Sauer scored twice and intercepted a Texas pass. Late in the third quarter, sophomore Gerald LaNoue scored on a 13-yard run, his first carry as a Cornhusker. | Play by play
1938: A safety on a blocked punt proves crucial as Iowa State gets its first win over NU since 1919 in an 8-7 decision in Lincoln. A 30-yard TD pass from Harry Hopp to Ray Prochaska pulled Nebraska within one point early in the fourth quarter, but an interception and a blocked field goal thwarted subsequent Husker chances.
1943: Nebraska surrenders six touchdown passes to Bob Hoernschemeyer in a 54-13 loss to Indiana before just 8,000 fans in Memorial Stadium. Hoernschemeyer completed 14 of 19 passes for 345 yards as the Hoosiers outyarded NU by 585-203, the Sunday Journal and Star reported. It was the second week in a row the Huskers yielded exactly 54 points, and they would do it a third time before the month was out.
1948: Conference newcomer Colorado upsets the Huskers in Boulder, 19-6. Nebraska was "outclassed ... in every department, including fight and spirit," the Sunday Journal and Star's Norris Anderson wrote. Nebraska's only score came on a one-yard drive following a blocked punt by Charley Toogood.
1953: Fumbles damage Nebraska’s chances in a 14-6 loss at Pittsburgh. Favored by two touchdowns, Pitt scored on a one-yard run as time expired to increase its winning margin from one point to eight.
Dennis Claridge loses the ball after a gain, and Air Force’s Ken Jaggers dives for the recovery.
1963: Air Force upsets the Huskers in Lincoln, 17-13, the only blemish on Nebraska’s 1963 record.
1968: Bobby Douglass drives No. 6 Kansas to a go-ahead score with less than 5 minutes remaining as Nebraska falls to the Jayhawks in Lincoln, 23-13.
1973: Frosty Anderson’s three TD receptions, including a 67-yarder, pace Nebraska to a 48-7 win at Minnesota.
1978: After losing to Iowa State in the previous two seasons, NU holds the Cyclones to 82 total yards in a 23-0 victory in Ames.
1983: With the “Scoring Explosion” fizzling for an afternoon, the Huskers receive their first scare of the season but hang on for a 14-10 win at Oklahoma State.
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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY
The week of Oct. 13-19, looking back in five-year intervals
1923 Nebraska-Oklahoma football action photo blue jerseys first Memorial Stadium game
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Oklahoma wore its striped red jerseys and the Huskers wore blue in the first game at Memorial Stadium. · Omaha World-Herald · Newspapers.com
1923: In the first game at Memorial Stadium, a 93-yard fumble return by Douglas Myers early in the fourth quarter helps the Cornhuskers to a 24-0 win over Oklahoma. The Sooners were threatening to cut into the Huskers’ 10-0 lead when Myers made the pivotal play. | 100 seasons at Memorial Stadium
1908: A late Minnesota touchdown is nullified by penalty as the Cornhuskers and Gophers battle to a 0-0 tie in Minneapolis.
1913: A pass from Max Towle to Gordon Beck provides the only touchdown as Nebraska upsets Minnesota 7-0 in Lincoln.
1933: Coach Dana Bible gives the substitutes considerable playing time in a 20-0 win at Iowa State. The score was similar to the tally of first downs: Nebraska 22, Iowa State 1.
1938: Nebraska squanders several scoring chances as NU and Indiana battle to a scoreless tie in Lincoln. It turned out to be the final 0-0 game in Husker history.
1943: NU loses in Ames for the first time since 1899 as Howard Tippee stars for the Cyclones. Meanwhile, former Husker Harry Hopp, with the Detroit Lions, leads the NFL in scoring as his brother Johnny plays for the Yankees in the World Series.
1948: Cletus Fischer's two touchdowns for Nebraska aren't nearly enough as Notre Dame piles up more than 500 rushing yards in a 44-13 romp in Lincoln.
1953: After trailing at halftime, the Huskers take charge but then need to ward off visiting Miami's fourth-quarter rally to earn their first win of the season, 20-16. Nebraska used just 15 players, including seven starters who went the full 60 minutes. NU's Bob Smith scored on an 80-yard run in the first quarter.
1963: Larry Tomlinson, and Ralph McFillen return interceptions for TDs and Nebraska holds Kansas State to two yards rushing in a 28-6 road win.
1973: Ten years before making a similar move in a much bigger game, Tom Osborne eschews a tie and opts for a two-point conversion try after the Huskers score a touchdown with a minute left at Missouri. The Tigers handed Osborne his first defeat, 13-12, even though Mizzou was outyarded 444 to 170.
1978: I.M. Hipp runs for 183 yards as Nebraska uses a strong second half to put away visiting Kansas State, 48-14.
1983: Nebraska scores two fourth-quarter TDs to pull away from pesky Missouri in Columbia, 34-13.
1988: The Huskers jump to a 42-0 lead and then hold off Barry Sanders and Oklahoma State in an offensive shootout at Memorial Stadium, 63-42.
1993: Former Husker tight end Jerry List and his wife, Susan, are among five people killed in the crash of a single-engine plane near Stuart, Neb. Also, Nebraska gives up a Big Eight record 489 passing yards by Chad May but capitalizes on Kansas State turnovers to register a 45-28 win in Lincoln.
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I'd love to see a August 28th depth chart and look at today's depth chart, just on offense. Dear Lord.
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it's been rough
I don't remember any season this bad
only 2 juniors starting on offense, seniors are gone
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Minnesoota
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Purdue
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not as bad as I thought
C, RT, TEs, 1 WR, and the FB are the same
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9 true freshman played vs Northwestern
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Jim Harbaugh called Trev Alberts last month with a suggestion the Nebraska athletic director has heard more than a few times.
On game days at Memorial Stadium, the Huskers ought to move from the east sidelines to the west.
It’s 30-40 degrees cooler for one thing, said Harbaugh, whose Michigan team had just beaten NU 45-7 with temperatures reaching a record-high 96 degrees at kickoff of the Sept. 30 game. The Wolverines weren’t the ones squinting into the sun either.
Alberts — a former teammate of Harbaugh’s on the Indianapolis Colts in the mid-1990s — said during his monthly radio show Wednesday night that Nebraska will eventually be moving in that direction.
“Coach (Matt) Rhule wants to be on the west side,” Alberts said. “We’re ultimately going to move the team to west side.”
NU had long operated from the east end in large part because there is more space there to accommodate what used to be upwards of 200 players dressing for home contests. That’s no longer a factor while potential sign stealing could put Nebraska at a competitive disadvantage as opposing coaches in the West Stadium press box can easily view Husker signs communicating plays from the sideline.
Nebraska during the 2020 COVID season moved to the west side when no fans were in attendance. It will get back there again at some point in the future.
“As part of the whole transition of Memorial Stadium, rather than doing these slow one-offs, we’d like to have this holistic plan and vision around it,” Alberts said. “But I would anticipate, yes, the team is going to ultimately move.”
Rhule on Monday also detailed similar disadvantages to being on the “visitor’s side” while advocating for technology — like tablets and wearable communication devices — that would eliminate sign stealing and bring college football more in line with the game at the high school and professional levels.
“I don’t know what will be up to me, what will be not,” Rhule said about a sideline move. “The great thing about having Trev as the A.D. is all the visionary stuff I don’t have to get super involved in.”
Other notables from Alberts’ hour-long appearance:
» Changes to the start of the 2025 schedule are upgrades from both a financial and competitive standpoint, Alberts said. Nebraska negotiated with Cincinnati to move what had previous been set as a road game for the Huskers to a neutral site at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis to begin the campaign Aug. 30. Following a home game against Akron, NU will now host Houston Christian — formerly Houston Baptist — on Sept. 13 and drop Louisiana-Monroe, which would have been a mid-October foe.
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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY
The week of Oct. 27 through Nov. 2, looking back in five-year intervals
1893: A Lincoln newspaper blames biased officiating as Nebraska must settle for a 10-10 tie with Baker.
1898: Nebraska's game with Grinnell is canceled in a dispute over the choice of officials.
1908: Nebraska holds off Iowa, 11-8, in Iowa City as the Hawkeyes fail on a field goal attempt in the last four minutes of play. Mike Hyland's drop-kick would have been worth four points.
1918: Still having played just one official game because of World War I and an influenza epidemic, Nebraska routs Cotner College in a Tuesday afternoon practice game, 39-0, on Nebraska Field. Spectators were barred from attending.
1933: The Huskers give up their first points of the season but turn back visiting Oklahoma, 16-7, in a game that saw the teams combine for 13 fumbles (four lost) and just 211 yards of offense. NU's Hubert Boswell scored on the opening kickoff when the Sooners failed to cover the ball in their own end zone. That set the tone for what the Lincoln Journal and Star called "a ragged battle that featured fumbles, stumbles and mental lapses the like of which few of the 18,000 spectators ever saw before."
1948: UCLA's passing game gives Nebraska fits as the Bruins win, 27-15, in Lincoln. The game ended with punches thrown and police having to clear fans from the field in what the Lincoln Journal & Star called a near riot.
1953: Halfback Bob Smith's 56-yard run immediately after a failed fake punt by Kansas turns the tide in a 9-0 win over the Jayhawks in Lincoln. Kansas outgained the Huskers, 301-284, but KU was hurt by six lost fumbles. Smith finished with 141 yards rushing. The game was played shortly after a vote of confidence in embattled Nebraska coach Bill Glassford by the NU Board of Regents.
1958: The Huskers fail to penetrate the Missouri 25-yard line in a 31-0 Homecoming loss in Lincoln. Nebraska was outyarded 375-185, and students hanged an effigy of coach Bill Jennings afterward.
1963: Missouri eschews a tie and goes for two points after a touchdown midway through the fourth quarter, but Nebraska's Bruce Smith breaks up Gary Lane's pass to preserve a 13-12 Husker win in Columbia.
1973: Nebraska goes for a touchdown instead of a field goal from inside the 1-yard line with 2:23 left, but Oklahoma State's defense stops Tony Davis and the teams finish in a 17-17 tie in Stillwater.
1983: The Huskers beat Kansas State, 51-25, in Manhattan, but doubts about the Blackshirts mount. Meanwhile, a Denver promoter's hopes for a Texas-Nebraska championship game outside the bowl system are dashed while the likelihood of a bowl match with Miami on the Hurricanes' home field begins to solidify.
2013: Quarterback Ron Kellogg III's 49-yard pass to freshman receiver Jordan Westerkamp on the final play gives Nebraska a 27-24 win over Northwestern.
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it's been rough
I don't remember any season this bad
only 2 juniors starting on offense, seniors are gone
:a102: WOW,should have left Fearless Frank alone
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https://youtu.be/NeSQgIssL4Q
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Mitch Sherman did his seemingly annual Nebraska turnover margin story this week for the Athletic.
Ahem, in the past twenty seasons, Nebraska is -111 in T.O. margin. This season they are -12, worst in P5, only Temple and Hawaii worse in all of football. That's 131st out of 133.
What's interesting. Between 1984 and 2003, Nebraska was +130 in T.O. margin. In 2003 alone they had 47 takeaways the most of any team in FBS since then.
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1984 and 2003 - Osborne/Solich offense
2003 - Pelini defense
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You think a crowd of more than 92,000 is large? 100 years ago, a crowd of 43,000 for the Nebraska Football vs Notre Dame Football at Memorial Stadium set a record.
https://history.nebraska.gov/game-day-nebraska-vs-notre-dame-part-2/?fbclid=IwAR3NbU8fILnbaMaxrzOtpnujKt_O460fB1dHKYkHTh6LQx2OPpPLv2D2-64 (https://history.nebraska.gov/game-day-nebraska-vs-notre-dame-part-2/?fbclid=IwAR3NbU8fILnbaMaxrzOtpnujKt_O460fB1dHKYkHTh6LQx2OPpPLv2D2-64)
The November 10 game was a classic. Nebraska upset Notre Dame 14-7. Between 1922 and 1924, Notre Dame Coach Knute Rockne’s legendary “Four Horsemen” lost only two games. Both were at Nebraska.
The Irish got their revenge in South Bend in 1924, when they pounded the Huskers 34-6 en route to a national championship. Between 1915 and 1925, Nebraska and Notre Dame played eleven times, with five wins apiece and one tie. It was one of the most heated rivalries in college football. Then the series ended in a strange fashion.
These days, Nebraska fans are generally known for being polite to visiting teams. It wasn’t always so. Notre Dame returned to Lincoln in 1925, losing to Nebraska 17-0. Details are fuzzy, but strong anti-Catholic sentiment and abuse by fans led Notre Dame to cancel the 1926 game despite Knute Rockne’s desire to keep the profitable series going.
Nebraska football coach Ernest Bearg said that Notre Dame officials “informed me that the game in Lincoln was played in an atmosphere of hostility and that the klan spirit was apparently dominant in Lincoln.” This wasn’t empty talk. The Ku Klux Klan had 5,000 members in Lincoln at the time, about 10 percent of the city’s population. The organization was not just anti-black; it also hated Catholics and ethnic minorities. For his part, Coach Bearg blamed the decision on “disgruntled gamblers in South Bend” who were tired of losing their money. Either way, Nebraska and Notre Dame did not play each other again for twenty-two years.
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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY
The week of Nov. 17-23, looking back in five-year intervals
1898: Playing two road games in three days, Nebraska beats Colorado, 23-10, and the Denver Athletic Club, 11-10. The NU-CU game was the first between the two schools.
1913: Nebraska caps a perfect season in stirring fashion, shutting down high-flying Iowa of the Big Nine, 12-0. A third-quarter goal-line stand proved pivotal against the Hawkeyes, who entered the contest averaging more than 50 points per game.
1933: Favored to deliver a victory and vie for the national championship, the Cornhuskers fall at Pittsburgh, 6-0. Meanwhile, George Sauer's play continues to earn him national recognition.
1938: The Cornhuskers gain just three first downs and 100 yards of offense but make up for it by intercepting nine passes and recovering two Hawkeye fumbles in a 14-0 road win over Iowa. Omaha Benson graduate Nile Kinnick, future Heisman winner, threw six of Iowa's interceptions. Both of NU's touchdown drives — covering 37 and 19 yards — came after turnovers.
1943: Iowa gets its first win of the year — and its first victory in Lincoln in a quarter century — 33-13. Nebraska trailed by just 14-13 after scoring late in the third quarter, but Iowa returned the ensuing kickoff 64 yards and took control of the game.
1948: After leading 6-0 at halftime, Missouri scores two touchdowns in the first six minutes of the third quarter en route to a 33-6 win on a sloppy field in Lincoln.
1963: A day after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Nebraska secures an Orange Bowl berth with a 29-20 win over visiting Oklahoma. Thirty-nine points were scored after the third quarter ended with Nebraska holding a 10-0 lead. The win earned the Huskers their first conference championship since 1940.
1978: One week after a scintillating win over Oklahoma, the Huskers are upset at home by unranked Missouri, setting up a rematch with the Sooners in the Orange Bowl.
1983: Best team ever? That's the talk surrounding the Huskers, who are listed as 14-point favorites in their upcoming regular-season finale against Oklahoma.
1988: The Blackshirts make sure there's no Sooner Magic as Nebraska wins at Oklahoma, 7-3, in the Huskers' final game against a Barry Switzer-coached team. Also, Broderick Thomas is named one of four finalists for the Lombardi Awward, while he and coach Tom Osborne receive top Big Eight honors.
1993: Nebraska finds national respect hard to come by despite a 10-0 record. Trev Alberts is named one of three finalists for the Butkus Award.
2003: The Lincoln Journal Star reports that Steve Pederson plans to force out Frank Solich.
2013: Pat Smith's field goal in overtime lifts the Huskers to a 23-20 win at Penn State.
2018: Barret Pickering's three fourth-quarter field goals lift the Huskers to a 9-6 win over Michigan State in snowy Lincoln. It was the first time in more than 80 years that Nebraska won without scoring a touchdown. Six days later, an Iowa field goal on the final play sends Nebraska to a 31-28 defeat in Iowa City.
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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY
The week of Nov. 24-30, looking back in five-year intervals
1893: In the snow, Nebraska gets its first victory over Iowa in three tries, 20-18.
1898: A missed conversion after touchdown is the difference as Iowa holds on for a 6-5 win over Nebraska in Council Bluffs. Nebraska was in position to score in the final moments but then made what the Omaha Bee described as a "fatal change of tactics" and was pushed back 20 yards.
1903: Two days after Nebraska's 22nd consecutive victory, the Big Nine rejects the membership applications of Nebraska and Notre Dame, saying it likes its current size. The Cornhuskers capped their second consecutive perfect season by blanking Illinois, 16-0. More game coverage: 1, 2, 3
1908: Nebraska returns two fumbled punts for touchdowns (James Harvey from 45 yards, William Chaloupka from 40 yards) and Orlando Bentley runs 70 yards for another score on an onside kick as Nebraska dominates Wabash, 27-6, in Lincoln. The Nebraska State Journal reported that "the Wabash players tackled well, but the weight and spirit of the Cornhuskers was too much for them." | Omaha Bee coverage
«1918: Notre Dame and Nebraska battle to a 0-0 tie in Lincoln. Nebraska relied on the stellar punting of Paul Dobson in a game of field position against Knute Rockne’s first Notre Dame team.
1928: The Cornhuskers suffer their only defeat of the season, 13-3 at Army, a loss that may have cost them a Rose Bowl invitation. That is followed by an 8-0 win over Kansas State in a Thanksgiving Day snowstorm in Lincoln. A pass from Claude Rowley to Cliff Ashburn provided the only touchdown as the teams combined for eight first downs, 168 yards of offense and 26 punts. Big Six champions in the conference’s inaugural year, Nebraska placed seven players on the Associated Press all-Big Six team.
1933: On a windy day in Lincoln, Nebraska uses some good fortune in the kicking game to defeat Iowa, 7-6. The Huskers then finish their season with a 22-0 home win over Oregon State in a game in which a George Sauer punt was pivotal. Also, NU places six players on the 11-member AP All-Big Six team. »
«1938: Nebraska stops a Kansas State drive inside the one-yard line midway through the fourth quarter to preserve a 14-7 win in Lincoln. Both of the Huskers’ TDs came in the first half, on a 60-yard left sweep by Jack Dodd and a 48-yard pass from Thurston Phelps to Roy Petsch.
1943: Nebraska is outyarded by 392-154 as Oklahoma beats the Huskers 26-7 for the Sooners' first victory in Lincoln in 11 tries. For Nebraska, it was the start of a 16-year losing streak in the series.
1963: Nebraska learns that Auburn will be its Orange Bowl opponent, and the Huskers are glad to be headed to a warmer postseason destination than a year ago. Meanwhile, three Huskers are named to AP's All-Big Eight team, still a single-platoon squad.
1978: The rematch with Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl elicits much distress and grumbling in Nebraska.
«1983: The unbeaten and heavily favored Huskers win a wild one in Norman, 28-24, as Neil Harris bats away the Sooners' fourth-down pass in the end zone with 32 seconds left. Meanwhile, three Huskers are named first-team Walter Camp and Kodak all-Americans.
1993: Nebraska breaks open a defensive stalemate with two fourth-quarter touchdowns in a 13-second span to fend off visiting Oklahoma, 21-7, keeping the Huskers in the hunt for a national championship.
1998: Colorado keeps Nebraska's offense out of the end zone, but the Buffs fall in Lincoln, 16-14, thanks to a Clint Finley interception return and three Kris Brown field goals.
2003: Nebraska beats Colorado, 31-22, in Boulder, but it isn't enough to save Frank Solich's job.
2008: In the final two minutes of play, Alex Henery's dramatic 57-yard field goal and Ndamukong Suh's interception return lift Nebraska to a 40-31 win over Colorado in Lincoln.
2013: With speculation heating up about coach Bo Pelini's job security, Iowa gets its first win in Lincoln in 70 years, 38-17. Pelini says afterward, “If they wanna fire me, go ahead,” but Athletic Director Shawn Eichorst instead issues a statement of support for the sixth-year coach.
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Probably time to start the 2024 Nebraska Offseason Thread, but I'll drop this here for now.
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gee, thanks
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Hopefully he will stay. He did a great job this year.
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Being the scapegoat as to why Lincoln Riley can't get over the hump pays well
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Tony will get a nice raise if he stays in Lincoln
the O-coordinator Satterfield might take a pay cut
the Trojans might offer cornsiderably more $$$ AND they have the Song Girls
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He ended up getting the raise. It's well deserved. Should have got more.... I'm really surprised UNL got their act together on this and made it happen. Nebraska athletics still plays the mental tug-of-war of "doing things the old way" and keeping up with the times.
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Dude - 3 years,WTH don't be a stranger
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what Nubbz said........
yes, UNL is just a step ahead of Iowa when it comes to keeping up with the times
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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY
The week of Dec. 1-7, looking back in five-year intervals
1903: NU’s Athletic Board censures team manager A.A. Bischof for arranging the Denver Athletic Club game, and a censure is also issued because of Nebraska’s use of a suspended player, Ray Elliott.
1908: Nebraska finds it’s no match for Jim Thorpe and Carlisle.
1913: The Big Nine again rejects the membership applications of Nebraska and Notre Dame. Also, Nebraska Coach Jumbo Stiehm, riding a 13-game winning streak, says he'll stay in Lincoln rather than accept an offer from another school.
1918: In a game with disputed significance, Nebraska falls to Washington University of St. Louis, 20-7.
1928: Coach Ernest E. Bearg resigns after compiling a record of 23-7-3 in four seasons at Nebraska. Jack Wilce and Biff Jones are mentioned in the press as possible successors, but the job would go to Texas A&M's Dana X. Bible.
1938: Nebraska easily leads the Big Six in home attendance, even though its numbers are down from 1937.
1948: Former Nebraska All-American George Sauer gets national attention, including United Press national coach of the week honors, after his Navy team's surprising tie with Army.
1963: For the second consecutive year, Bob Devaney is third in balloting for national Coach of the Year honors by the Football Writers Association of America. Bob Brown, meanwhile, is named a UPI and AP first-team All-American.
1978: Tom Osborne is offered the Colorado job after meeting with CU officials in Boulder, but he turns it down. (Stories: 1, 2, 3.)
1983: Mike Rozier wins the Hesiman Trophy, and the Lombardi Award goes to Dean Steinkuhler. Barry Switzer, meanwhile, says he thinks NU's 1982 team was better than the 1983 Huskers.
1993: Bob Brown is inducted in the College Football Hall of Fame, becoming the 10th Husker player to be so honored. Also, a Kennedy Center salute to Johnny Carson includes football references and a spirited performance by the Nebraska marching band.
1998: Turner Gill turns down an offer to serve as offensive coordinator for new Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops. Meanwhile, Husker fans make plans for Nebraska's Holiday Bowl appearance versus Arizona.
2003: With Steve Pederson's coaching search in its early stages, Steve Spurrier quashes rumors that he is a candidate. Meanwhile, Frank Solich turns down an offer from Army.
2008: The Nebraska-Clemson matchup in the Jan. 1 Gator Bowl becomes official, and Husker defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh says he’ll return for his senior season.
2013: The Big Ten reprimands Bo Pelini for his sideline conduct in the Iowa game and fines Nebraska $10,000 for his comments afterward.
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Cornerback Tamon Lynum, who played in all 12 games in 2023 including one start, is entering the transfer portal.
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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY
The week of Dec. 8-14, looking back in five-year intervals
1903: Nebraska tries to arrange a 1904 neutral-site game with Eastern powerhouse Princeton.
1933: Once-beaten Nebraska ends the season No. 2 nationally in the Dickinson Rating System, an Illinois professor's math-based rankings. (There would be no AP polls until 1936).
1943: Former Husker halfback and future NFL’er Bob DeFruiter is among the offensive stars as the March Field 4th Army Air Force team downs Pacific, 19-0.
1963: Miami pursues Bob Devaney to succeed Andy Gustafson as head coach.
1983: Tom Osborne is uneasy as oddsmakers list Nebraska as an 11-point favorite over Miami in the Orange Bowl. Dean Steinkulhler, meanwhile, adds the Outland Trophy to his hardware haul.
1993: Respect for Nebraska is in short supply as the Huskers prepare for the national title game. Meanwhile, the Butkus Award goes to Trev Alberts.
1998: Tom Osborne is inducted into college football's Hall of Fame.
2013: Tommie Frazier is inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Meanwhile, Nebrska draws Georgia as a bowl opponent for the second consecutive year.
2018: The coaching staff makes a mass recruiting visit to woo four-star defensive end Ty Robinson in Arizona
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Offensive line coach Donovan Railoa has received a contract extension through 2024 and a pay raise.
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he needs to step up his group - I'm not a fan
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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY
The week of Dec. 15-21, looking back in five-year intervals
1913: Nebraska opposes a proposal to let Missouri Valley Conference schools schedule neutral-site games.
1918: A 1919 game that had been tentatively scheduled with Indiana, coached by former Nebraska coach Jumbo Stiehm, is called off.
1933: George Sauer is named a first-team Walter Camp All-American.
1958: Dick McCashland is named to Pitt’s “all-opponent team.” As a gag, three Pittsburgh sportswriters are named honorary captains of the opponents for overhyping the Panthers during the week before their upset loss to Nebraska.
1963: After being wooed by Miami, Bob Devaney announces he'll stay at Nebraska. The Huskers, meanwhile, prepare for their Orange Bowl game against Auburn.
1968: Despite a disappointing 6-4 season, Nebraska leads the Big Eight in attendance.
1983: Mike Rozier adds the Maxwell Award to his trophy collection.
2008: Running back Rex Burkhead of Plano, Texas, commits to the Huskers.
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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY
The week of Dec. 22-28, looking back in five-year intervals
1928: Nebraska hires Texas A&M's Dana X. Bible as the successor to coach E.E. Bearg, who resigned earlier in December.
1933: Nebraska’s Dana X. Bible becomes president of the American Football Coaches' Association, and the group decides to investigate “unfair” firings of coaches.
1938: Profits from Nebraska home football games in 1938 amounted to about $135,000, matching the previous year's robust total.
1948: Pay for play? Nebraska coach George “Potsy” Clark says it's counterproductive.
1963: With Bob Devaney signed to a fresh contract extension, the coach and his Huskers arrive in Miami for their Orange Bowl match against Auburn.
1973: The Huskers arrive in Dallas on a mission to erase the bad memories of Nebraska's regular-season finale, a 27-0 loss to Oklahoma.
1978: Oklahoma and Billy Sims prepare for their second-chance game against the Huskers.
1983: The Huskers leave for Miami two days early because of cold weather in Nebraska.
1988: Unlike five years earlier, Nebraska is the underdog as it prepares to face Miami in the Orange bowl.
1993: The Huskers arrive in Miami, and AP predicts a 38-14 Florida State romp. | Osborne in SI
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The theme of this article is that the Cornhuskers win, by losing: Husker Dan: Did a Late Husker INT Help NU Land a Prized Recruit? (msn.com) (https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/husker-dan-did-a-late-husker-int-help-nu-land-a-prized-recruit/ar-AA1m4P41?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=8a1c7bc1864641b48c5e211826a0307c&ei=16) Matt Rhule is a really smart guy, and Chubba Purdy took one for the team.
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I'm not a fan of Husker Dan and his articles
haven't read one in years and not reading that one
the biggest win to get Riaola was Carson Beck's decision
Chubba could have thrown a perfect TD pass on the last play of the Iowa game and Riaola would still know he's the better QB and be the starter next fall in Lincoln.
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THIS WEEK IN HUSKER HISTORY
The week of Dec. 29-Jan. 4, looking back in five-year intervals
1903-04: Intercollegiate football comes under fire at a meeting of the Nebraska Teachers' Association, but Nebraska's James Ingersoll Wyer, the university's librarian and a member of the Athletic Board, comes to its defense.
1923-24: The stress of a tough year takes its toll on Nebraska coach Fred Dawson, who is recuperating in Colorado from a “nervous breakdown” suffered at the end of the season.
1933-34: George Sauer does it all in the East-West Shrine game, scoring the game’s only touchdowns and intercepting a pass to set up one of the scores. Also, Nebraska coach Dana X. Bible defends college football from criticism by U.S. Agriculture Secretary Henry Wallace.
BOWL GAMES
In this batch of bowls, three stand out: Nebraska's first win in a major bowl, the go-for-two loss to Miami and another narrow defeat 10 years later that served as a springboard to three national titles.
1963-64: Orange: Neb. 13, Auburn 7
1973-74: Cotton: Neb. 19, Texas 3
1978-79: Orange: Oklahoma 31, Neb. 24
1983-84: Orange: Miami 31, Neb. 30
1988-89: Orange: Miami 23, Neb. 3
1993-94: Orange: Florida St. 18, Neb. 16
1998-99: Holiday: Arizona 23, Neb. 20
2003-04: Alamo: Neb. 17, Michigan St. 3
2008-09: Gator: Neb. 26, Clemson 21
2013-14: Gator: Neb. 24, Georgia 19
2003-04: Five weeks into Steve Pederson's search for a new head football coach, Arkansas’ Houston Nutt says no.
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Time for a 2024 Nebraska Offseason Thread.
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we could protect the guilty and simply change the name of this one
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I did that already. This thread was started in 2020. F 2020.
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