The news that University of Colorado will retain head football coach Dan Hawkins for another season is not what Buffs fans want to hear.
Witness this sentiment on The Ralphie Report:
Today, the University of Colorado had a chance to send a message that it isn’t acceptable to [...]
The Blackshirts kept Oklahoma from the end zone a few weeks ago. Tonight they did it again against Kansas State at home, giving Coach Bo Pelini his first North Division title.
We now face Texas in the Big12 championship game in Dallas. Not many odds makers or [...]
According to Lincoln Journal Star’s Husker Extra, Husker running backs coach Tim Beck was high on optimism at Friday’s Big Red Breakfast.
A day before Nebraska and Kansas State settle the Big 12 North, Beck compared the upcoming game to a championship prize fight.
“You just got to come out swinging [...]
Coming off of yesterday’s win at Kansas, Nebraska has found themselves back in the AP Poll, tied at the #25 spot with North Carolina.
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We saw some good football played in Lawrence today. Niles Paul came to play. As did Roy Helu Jr. Our offensive line and Zac Lee also rose to the occasion. Hence, the W, on the road against a team that destroyed us on our last visit.
Matt Turner of HuskerVision will be graduating from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a degree in broadcast journalism next month. He’s been shooting, editing and producing for national broadcasts for four years, but last Saturday he got to see all his hard work on the big screens in Memorial [...]
Bo Pelini and Shawn Watson are in no hurry to name a starting QB for this Saturday’s game in Lawrence.
According to HuskerExtra.com, it could be Lee and it could be Green.
“We’ve got to go week to week and we’re going to do what we [...]
A defensive battle on both sides of the ball, but the key stat of the game – other than posting the Win – is that Nebraska managed only 180 yards of offense. The Blackshirts gave up 325 yards of offense, but kept the Huskers in the game with 5 interceptions.
This [...]
I wish Huskers.com provided an embed option for their video offerings, but alas, they do not. I guess they want those extra clicks, just like every other online publisher that relies on ad revenue. So go ahead, click over there.
Are you back? Nice.
At the end [...]
Nebraska started out strong on defense block a punt on Baylor’s opening drive and running it back for a touchdown. But the story of the game was freshman Cody Green getting the starting nod. I’d grade his start out at a C+, he adds an explosive element to the offense [...]
You chance to sound off, Zac Lee or Cody Green as starter for the rest of the season.
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Nebraska had more turnovers than points. Ugly.
It’s going to be a long night in the Red tonight. Nebraska squandered opportunity after opportunity due to turnovers. Four trips inside the 5 ended with turnovers, 2 other interceptions late in the game and 2 other fumbles. Yet the Husker defense kept Nebraska [...]
I’m always interested to hear what Samuel McKewon of Nebraska StatePaper has to say about the state of affairs in and around Memorial Stadium.
Head coach Bo Pelini preaches high standards. That’s good. He’s not satisfied with nine-win seasons. He asks for perfection because, in his words, “you get what [...]
Nebraska’s game against Baylor on October 31 has been picked up by Versus and will be broadcasted with a start time of 11:30 am Central Time.
[...]Nebraska’s next game – with Iowa State coming to town on October 24 – will be televised. Game time is set for 11:30 AM Central Time with television coverage on Fox Sports.
On the heels of Nebraska’s loss to Texas Tech, the Huskers have dropped off both the AP Poll and the USA Today Coaches Poll.
Based on vote totals, Nebraska would be ranked #26 in both polls – outside of the official Top 25.
Other Big 12 Teams in Rankings (Team: AP, [...]
Texas Tech defensive end Daniel Howard scooped up a dropped lateral from Zac Lee to Niles Paul and returned it for a touchdown in the first quarter today. It was a play that should not have happened. Paul or Mike Smith could have tackled [...]
Given the play of the offense this season, the game many of us expected, but hoped didn’t happen, happened. Another dismal offensive performance that was unable to be offset by the defense, and Nebraska falls to Texas Tech by a 21-point margin.
Unfortunately, or fortunately, depending on how you want [...]
According to Jon Nyatawa of Omaha World Herald, “the Huskers aren’t just tweaking their attack plan every week, they’re overhauling it.”
(Offensive Coordinator) Watson wants his unit to execute every aspect of its playbook. That way, when defenses craft their scheme around one concept, Nebraska can pinpoint the exposed weaknesses [...]
Can Ndamukong Suh win the Heisman? A lot of people in Nebraska think so and those people have a say, however small, thanks to Nissan’s Heisman Vote 2009 promotion.
As the presenting sponsor for the Heisman Trophy, Nissan has the unique privilege of casting one official [...]
Nebraska has moved up to #15 in the AP poll from last week’s #21 spot, leapfrogging Oklahoma State (16), Kansas (17) and Oklahoma (20).
In the USA Today Coaches Poll, Nebraska moved up 5 spots to #17.
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“Well it’s sugar for sugar and it’s salt for salt, if you go down in the flood it’s gonna be your own fault.” -Bob Dylan
In the post-game press conference last night, Bo Pelini said this was just another win for the program, no different than other wins. [...]
One hell of a game. Three quarters of absolute misery for Husker fans quickly changed within 3 minutes and 20 seconds as Nebraska scored 27 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to drop the Tigers. Two touchdown passes from Zac Lee to Niles Paul, one from Zac Lee to Mike [...]
A little birdie whispered in my ear that an official Husker iPhone App is on its way. It is being built by the same folks who built the new Huskers.com web site and should be in the App Store soon.
If you want a preview, the [...]
I still have yet to watch the complete 1st half due to a prior commitment, but with the second half views and the box score I have a few thoughts.
1. Third Downs. Granted, this was the first game, wasn’t close and opportunities to evaluate players in a game situation were [...]
With week 1 in college football in the books, and a big win by Nebraska the USA Today Coaches poll rewards Nebraska with a 4-spot jump to #18. In the AP Poll, a big win by Miami last night promoted the Hurricanes above Nebraska and saw the #18 Florida State [...]
Roy Helu came to play on Saturday. And play he did. He had 16 carries for 152 yards and three touchdowns—enough to sit out the 4th quarter.
Photo by Matt Miller of Omaha World Herald
“Roy is a heck of a player, and he played that way,” [...]
A great day for football. Partly Cloudy with highs in the mid-70s. Get your score predictions in the comments.
[...]Nebraska has released the first depth chart of the season in preparation for the Florida Atlantic game.
Full Depth Chart available on Huskers.com
Interestingly, only Helu and Burkhead are listed at IBack. Cody Green also has edged out Latravis Washington for the #2 spot at quarterback. A lot of “Ors” on [...]
It’s game week (finally!) and Husker fans are getting pumped for Saturday. There are a million good reasons to look forward to this season with excitement. One of which is Saturday’s opponent.
Florida Atlantic may sound like a powder puff team, but rest assured that’s a misconception. A real football [...]
Tight end is one of the best positions on the field. You get to block, go out for passes and line up in the backfield on occasion. This fall we may be in for some truly special play from this position, if the coaches and Omaha World Herald are [...]
Life in the Red suggests that true freshman, Rex Burkhead from Plano, Texas, is now poised to make a big contribution in the wake of Quentin Castille’s removal from the team.
Burkhead, Pelini said on Saturday, is now the clear No. 2 guy behind Roy Helu.
For those of you who [...]
According to Huskers.com, Nebraska Head Coach Bo Pelini announced Saturday that six members of the Cornhusker football team have been placed on scholarship. All six of the former walk-ons awarded scholarships are native Nebraskans, and the group includes three seniors, two juniors and a sophomore.
The players [...]
Rumors are swirling tonight that Quentin Castille has been suspended or kicked off the team. Coach Pelini is set to address the media after Saturday’s practice.
Players were deferring comment today as Castille missed practice for the second straight day and is not known to be nursing an injury.
As usual, [...]
Blair Kerkhoff of the Kansas City Star is my kind of sports writer. He recognizes what Nebraska football is made of and is eloquent in his delivery.
Superior Nebraska offensive linemen were the surest bet around. They were the foundation of the Cornhuskers’ dynasty, the program’s identity [...]
According to Huskers.com, the University of Nebraska Athletic Ticket Office has a limited number of tickets available for each of the Huskers’ first three home football games.
Tickets are available for matchups against Florida Atlantic (Sept. 5, 6 p.m.), Arkansas State (Sept. 12, 1 p.m.) and Louisiana-Lafayette (Sept. 26, 6 [...]
The Huskers will celebrate their 300th consecutive sell out of Memorial Stadium on 9/26 against Louisiana Lafayette. To commemorate that fact, Nebraska will play that game in throw back uniforms which will then be sold at auction.
The consecutive sell out streak began during the 1962 season. Lyle Sittler played Center [...]
Kody Spano, redshirt freshman quarterback for Nebraska, has been lost for the season due to an ACL tear, the second time in four months.
With the departure of Patrick Witt in the off-season and the loss of Spano, Nebraska enters the season with Zac Lee as the only Husker QB who [...]
photo by Omaha World Hearld’s Matt Miller
ESPN.com’s Big 12 coorespondent Tim Griffin–who had a 24-year career at the San Antonio Express-News before joining ESPN–likes Nebraska’s defensive line.
Here’s what he’s saying:
Pierre Allen and Barry Turner will develop into the North’s best pair of defensive [...]
Assistant Media Relations Director, Shamus McKnight is updating his Twitter page from Memorial Stadium today. Good stuff. Check it out here: [twitter.com].
[...]Coming off of Scout’s #38 ranking, the just released USA Today Coaches Poll has the Huskers ranked #22, sandwiched between Iowa at #21 and Notre Dame.
Other Big 12 Rankings:
#2 Texas
#3 Oklahoma
#11 Oklahoma State
And others receiving votes
#26 Kansas
#28 Texas Tech
Missouri
Colorado
The Huskers are ranked #38 in the nation in Scout.com’s preseason poll.
Here’s how the Scout sees the team’s potential in 2009:
Relative Strengths: Defensive Line, Offensive Line
Relative Weaknesses: Receiver, Linebacker
What to watch for on offense: The tight ends. The wide receivers are speedy, and the veterans have great [...]
Nebraska has set the date for the annual Husker Fan Day. Saturday, August 8th, the gates will open to Memorial Stadium with all coaching staff and players available to fans for 90 minutes. Autographs and posing for pictures are traditionally among the most popular requests.
The Huskers open fall practice later [...]
At the dog park this morning Husker Ray told me he’s excited about junior LaTravis Washington, moving from linebacker to QB.
He said, “The guy can throw the ball 80 yards and he’s accurate.”
Here Washington is facing the camera after the Red-White game last month:
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Samuel McKewon of Nebraska Statepaper liked much of what he witnessed on the field this spring. He likes Pelini’s approach to coaching too. Read on…
“Let me tell you, it was a long, physical spring,” Pelini said. “The practices were long; the practices were physical. The competition [...]
We know something about playing smash mouth football in Nebraksa. We lost our way under Loserhan, but now we’re counting pancake blocks again and we’re toughening up the minds and bodies of our offensive line under the guidance of coach Barney Cotton.
According to the Omaha World Herald:
“We just [...]
ESPN’s Big 12 Blog is reporting the compensation doled out the Big 12 Athletic Directors.
You might note that Tom Osborne is at the bottom of this pile. By design, I might add. He could make more if more was needed, but more isn’t needed. And [...]
Salary reductions and layoffs are becoming a commonplace reality for journalists, money pushers, auto manufacturers and many others, but that’s not the story at Memorial Stadium.
According to Lincoln Journal Star’s HuskerExtra.com, Coach Bo Pelini will receive a 68 percent bump in pay that makes him the [...]
According to Rich Kaipust of the Omaha World Herald, “Nebraska could be as young at linebacker as any time in recent memory.”
“It’s go time, and it’s got to be perfect,” said Mike Ekeler, the Husker linebackers coach. “I don’t think on Saturdays (next season) you’re going [...]
This year’s recruits received a list of 10 alphabetized reasons to become a Husker. Each recruit was then asked to rank what single factor influenced him most in his decision to sign a letter of intent, with 1 being the most influential factor and 10 representing the least influential factor.
Based [...]
Steve Hanway at Big Red Network put together a nifty little graph that shows the relationship between the number of All-Americans on a Nebraska squad and the coach’s winning percentage.
Hanway suggests that Ndamukong Suh could be named an All-American this fall and that the team’s winning [...]
At Coach Pelini’s press conference yesterday, he said what’s he’s looking to get out of spring ball.
I think we have a better handle this year on what we have on our roster and what we want to do. I think we have a better plan on [...]
Lincoln’s Craigslist doesn’t see the kind of action Craig garners in a big city. For instance, under Writing Gigs, there are only three.
Here’s one:
Sports network is seeking fans to cover their beloved Huskers. Playerpress.com is the platform for your opinions to be heard by millions. Compensation [...]
Tad Stryker, a longtime Nebraska sports writer from North Platte, has some interesting things to say on Huskerpedia about the team’s quest for a starting QB.
Here’s a sample of his thinking:
The Nebraska Cornhuskers have a much-anticipated quarterback competition that begins in earnest March 25, when [...]
Spencer Schubert of News Net Nebraska (a UNL student publication) wrote a compelling human interest story about Ndamukong Suh and his decision to stay in school for his senior year.
Suh led the Nebraska football team with 76 tackles last year, including a team-high 7.5 sacks. Surprisingly, [...]
Redshirt freshman QB Patrick Witt is leaving the Huskers. Details are sketchy but his father, Gene Witt, was quoted in an Omaha.com article as saying “There’s a lot that went on…I wish I could say more, but I really can’t go there.”
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Nebraska 26 - Clemson 21.
We gave the Tigers 14 points on turnovers in the first half. But we made the necessary adjustments and came out of the locker room ready to win.
Thankfully, the Blackshirts played great throughout the game, Ganz finally got on track in the [...]
Tom Shatel of the Omaha World Herald reminds us that thirty years ago — on Dec. 29, 1978 — legendary Ohio State football coach Woody Hayes ended his career by slugging a Clemson linebacker after an interception.
Bo Pelini, who later played at OSU, says:
“I remember seeing that and thinking [...]
Bo Pelini names team captains at the end of the season, not the start. It makes a lot of sense, if you examine it. Sure, a team needs leaders along the way. The coaching staff named captains for each game, but this season-end designation is for the record books.
According [...]
Nebraska (8-4) will travel to Jacksonville, FL to meet the Clemson Tigers (7-5) on Jan. 1.
“It is all but certain that Nebraska will be playing in the Konica Minolta Gator Bowl,” Big 12 Commissioner Dan Beebe said. “Formal Big 12 procedures prevent the conference from making an official announcement until [...]
Thank you, Kansas.
The Jayhawks took down Mizzou today, leaving the Tigers with a 5-3 record in conference play, same as Nebraska. That’s a share of Big 12 North title. Mizzou plays in the title game since they beat us (badly), but we’ll take the tie and catch up with them [...]
This post-game commentary from Ndamukong Suh really shows how completely bought in to Pelini’s culture these guys are. And since Pelini’s culture is Nebraska’s culture, this is a beautiful thing.
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Down by a point, the game was hanging by a thread in the waning moments of the 4th quarter. Bo Pelini asked kicker, Alex Henery, if he could nail a 57 yard field goal for the win. Henery said, “Yes.” The rest is history.
With 1:50 left on the clock, Memorial stadium was standing in shock at facing 4th and 25 at the Colorado 40 and trailing 30-31.
Time wasn’t on the Husker’s side. Punt or go for the 25 yards needed for the first down. I don’t think the thought of a field [...]
Husker Extra is running a bunch of bowl scenarios by us, all of which sound pretty enticing.
El Paso or bust? The smart money says yes, but two other bowl possibilities seem to remain for the Huskers — the Gator Bowl and the Alamo Bowl.
Of the three bowls, the Gator [...]
The Blackshirts were on the prowl today in Manhattan, Kansas, while the offensive unit continued to roll. NU tallied 610 yards to Kansas State’s 247.
According to Lincoln Star Journal, representatives from the 2008 Brut Sun Bowl were on hand in the press box.
The long awaited issuance of Blackshirts was big news in Huskerland this week.
But not everyone is celebrating their good fortune. Matt O’Hanlon, for instance. According to NE State Paper, O’Hanlon, despite starting nine games and being fourth on the team in tackles, is still practicing [...]
The Kansas City Star is running a glowing article on Bo Pelini and how much we all love him. There’s not much new in it, but I do appreciate the way the story ends.
“I’m trying to focus on what needs to happen day by day to get our [...]
On the same day as news of Cody Glenn’s suspension spread throughout Big Red Country, it was the second story of the day that brought some cheer.
Blackshirts were quietly hung in lockers during team meetings according to an ESPN report.
Huskers receiving the famed blackshirts were:
Zach Potter
Pierre Allen
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Breaking news out of Lincoln this afternoon. The Omaha World Herald is reporting that Cody Glenn has been suspended indefinitely for a violation of team rules.
A press release has been issued stating Cody Glenn has been suspended and no further comment of the matter would be available.
This is certainly [...]
No more Alecs Maric. No more slow pace. Quicker players. More pure shooters. MORE EXCITEMENT! NU opened the 2008-09 season with an exhibition win over Chadron State, 85-54. What a difference a year makes, as this team will run and score much more quickly, and may feature up to five guards [...]
Our Twitter feed bonked with 5 minutes to go in the 4th. My apologies to those who were following @huskerzone.
Solid performance today. A little iffy with putting the ball on the ground, but penalties were down and the offense played soundly.
Here’s to bowl eligibility!
Nebraska secondary coach Marvin Sanders was this morning’s speaker at the Big Red Breakfast in Omaha.
Sanders said KU QB Todd Reesing will make plays on the run. The key is to not allow Reesing to throw outside of the pocket. If he runs, let him run, Sanders said, but [...]
According to Lincoln Journal Star, after the game in Norman family members told Bo Pelini he needs to get his emotions under control.
During last week’s game against Oklahoma, ESPN television cameras several times showed the Nebraska coach in an unfavorable way.
“I regret that,” Pelini said Tuesday during the weekly [...]
Fox Sports will be broadcasting the Nebraska v. Kansas game on Saturday with a start time of 1:30 CT. this will be a Pay-Per-View event with regional distribution limited to cable companies in Kansas and Nebraska and nationally via satellite.
Take a look at Lil’ Red’s reaction at the 1:14 point in the video above. He couldn’t have expressed how Husker Nation was feeling at that moment any better than he did.
I’ve said before, and I’ll say it again this morning, Samuel McKeown is the best reporter on the Huskers beat.
Here’s some of his copy from last night:
Another primetime game. Another top-five opponent. Another stunning meltdown. A tentative offense. A confused, sloppy, undisciplined defense. More personal foul [...]
After spotting Oklahoma 28 points in the first 6 minutes of the first quarter, the feelings of optimism were squashed quicker than a bug against the windshield at 75 mph.
The first interception of Ganz by Franks was a telegraph read and set the tone for the next 3 minutes - [...]
Assistant Head Coach and Receivers Coach, Ted Gilmore, was in Omaha this morning for the Big Red Breakfast.
Here’s some of what he had to say about tomorrow night’s game in Norman:
“Without giving away the game plan, we’re going to go at them,” Gilmore said, pausing as the crowd at [...]
Nebraska State Paper, Grand Island Independent and several other papers are examining the personal relationships that formed decades ago on the fields of Youngstown, Ohio.
Oklahoma Coach Bob Stoops has too much tunnel vision to dwell on the fact that he’s coaching against childhood buddy Bo Pelini when OU [...]
You guys will love this video, if you haven’t already seen it. To give a little backround, Brandon Rigoni, now an assistant strenght and conditioning coach and Mark Manning, the wrestling coach, have been jawing back and forth at each other for some time now. About what? Whether or not [...]
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Nate Swift is the Huskers all time leading receiver. He tied, then passed, Johnny Rodgers mark of 143 grabs on Saturday. Swift now has 147 catches and five more games to play.
According to Omaha World Herald, it [...]
image courtesy of Lincoln Journal Star
It wasn’t pretty, but we got the win. And it was a win we desperately needed at home, in Big 12 conference play. Once upon a time, the outcome of this game would have been a foregone conclusion. Not so, today. [...]
You ask and you shall receive. Chris Williams was the Texas class 5A defensive player of the year for 2007. You can think of all the talent in the the state of Texas, and then think he will be all ours come next year!!! This guy is TRULY awesome!
I like what Tad Stryker says about the game in Ames.
Thud! There, it’s done. Bo Pelini and his coaching staff went to Ames, Iowa, and slid one of the foundation stones for the Cornhusker football program into place.
It looks square and plumb, and for the first time in [...]
This morning it was Carl Pelini’s turn to speak at the Big Red Breakfast in Omaha.
Pelini called the preparations for ISU “the best week of practice I may have ever had as a coach.” The highlight was the 20-minute team portion starting Tuesday where the Huskers matched their first-team [...]
Virginia Tech, Mizzou and Texas Tech away…
We all knew it was going to be tough going and it was. But it’s behind us now. And while it’s easy to Monday morning quarterback the last three games, it’s also easy to see we could have won two of the three.
Bo [...]
Samuel McKewon of Nebraska Statepaper sums up how well we played today in Lubbock:
NU (3-3 overall, 0-2 in the Big 12 Conference) outgained Tech (6-0, 2-0) by 50 yards, had 13 more first downs, ran 32 more plays and possessed the ball for 20 more minutes. The Huskers were [...]
Castille runs it in for the score
Game notes coming but go ahead and start your comments.
Steve Beideck of Omaha World Herald attended the Big Red Breakfast at the Holiday Inn convention center this morning. Tight ends coach Ron Brown–who received a standing ovation from the crowd of 500–talked about the team’s need to “get better.”
He said working to get better on the things the [...]
Nebraska has lost its past 18 games in a row against teams ranked higher than 20th in the country:
Nov. 23, 2001: No. 14 Colorado 62, No. 2 Nebraska 36
Jan. 3, 2002: No. 1 Miami 37, No. 4 Nebraska 14
Sept. 28, 2002: No. 19 Iowa State 36, No. [...]
PassOrCatch2008.com is a Texas tech microsite that mimics political advertising in effort to bring Heisman attention to its two marquee players.
It’s not bad work, but we could do it so much better in Nebraska. If we only had the Heisman candidate(s).
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From the looking ahead department, Texas Tech opened as an 18.5 point favorite in next weeks game against Nebraska and was quickly bet up to 20.5 favorite in the early line action on the off-shore sports books.
6-0 Texas Tech is ranked #7 in the country and is winning games [...]
