Recently, the trend of college football teams’ schedules has been planning home-and-home matchups with schools outside of their conferences. The Huskers have been one to follow this trend, making series games with Oregon, Colorado and the Oklahoma Sooners starting in 2021. These games are good PR moves for the schools – they beef up their […] Read more
Husker football fans were enraged during Saturday’s Nebraska game against Northwestern, when yet another yellow object landed on the turf at Memorial Stadium. In the third quarter, a stray Super Saver bag caught in the wind made its way onto the football field at Memorial Stadium. Refs spotted the yellow bag and whistled the play dead. After […] Read more
As students get ready for the new school year, the Husker football team is also preparing to provide the greatest source of joy for every fan this season. For the past few months, Coach Mike Riley and the players have been practicing for the 2017 schedule, with nonstop two-a-days, lifting and conditioning for the majority […] Read more
Being a professional kicker in the NFL is an important job. You are responsible for kicking off the game, making the opposing team’s offense work harder and giving your team three points at any moment’s notice. It is an extremely difficult job to do. So, for free agent kicker Alex Manson, he shares the […] Read more
As the Huskers prepare for the upcoming homecoming game, many fans are breathing easy knowing the Illinois Fighting Illini, with a 1-2 record, including a loss to Western Michigan, should be a easy victory for the program. However, Illinois head coach Lovie Smith—yes, that Lovie Smith—is confident his team will turn things around and that […] Read more
With a legacy of high-tempo offenses and a style that can only be called their own, the Oregon Ducks are a breed all their own that dominated the Pac-12 for the first half of the decade. With the blessing and money of Nike’s Phil Knight, the Ducks have been able to create a hodgepodge of […] Read more
The Nebraska athletic department unveiled a plan Tuesday to move the university’s football team to a brand-new stadium in Los Angeles for the upcoming 2016 season. “We’ve been following recent team moves in the NFL and the athletic department realized if we’re going to provide a professional-quality experience for our student-athletes, we just can’t stay […] Read more
It was the first day of fall semester when life changed for Greg Thompson, a freshman physics major from Omaha. He sat in his astronomy class, getting ready to learn when he heard the professor call roll. He anxiously waited for the professor to call out his name, but was completely caught off guard when […] Read more
Frequent grunting was heard across University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s campus the past few weeks, especially in conversations relating to the school’s football team. While observers first assumed the grunts were uttered in frustration over the team’s 5-7 record, they soon realized the sound was actually a new nickname for the team. Since the turn of the […] Read more
When Riley wobbled, Shawn Eichorst was there. He would run over and hold him up. “I just let him use me like an exoskeleton,” Eichorst explained. During the Michigan State game, Eichorst could be seen walking the sidelines staring at head coach Mike Riley. Eichorst addressed the press on Sunday morning after the Huskers big […] Read more
