Near the end of the Nebraska football team’s 2013 spring intrasquad game in mid-April, Jack Hoffman took a handoff from quarterback Taylor Martinez and ran 69 yards for a touchdown. Hoffman was accompanied by members of both teams. He was 7 years old. Coach Bo Pelini...
Rahmir Johnson, who had returned home to New York City, was named MVP of Nebraska’s 20-15 victory against Boston College in the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium. Had the Huskers chosen an MVP, Johnson almost certainly would’ve won that honor, too. Yes,...
NEW YORK, NEW YORK Start spreading the news . . . Even before Nebraska received its official invitation to play in the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl against Boston College at Yankee Stadium, Rahmir Johnson was preparing to go “home,” just in case. The Huskers’...
LET’S BE FRANK Nebraska’s first bowl game since 2016, the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium, is the fan focus, of course, but let’s take a timeout and acknowledge the induction into the College Football Hall of Fame of former Husker player and coach...
[Note: Last Tuesday’s Digest recounted Nebraska’s first bowl victory in the Gotham Bowl at old Yankee Stadium, the second, and most recent, time the Huskers have played in New York City. So here’s a Digest about another bowl.] COINCIDENCE, PROBABLY Nebraska fans...
NEW DAY DAWNING When Nebraska hired Matt Rhule, then University President Ted Carter and Athletic Director Trev Alberts, told him, Rhule said, “We want you to build a program built on player development.” Rhule was speaking before the Wisconsin game. “They said...
RELATIVELY FEW ON-HAND Nebraska’s 1963 media guide account of the 1962 Gotham Bowl, in Bob Devaney’s first season as Husker head coach, indicated “some 11,000” attended. Newspaper accounts had 6,166 tickets sold and 5,000 youngsters admitted free. So the numbers...
Numbers don’t lie. Except when they do. As they did in Nebraska’s 13-10 loss to Iowa Friday night in Iowa City. Seriously, a 13-10 loss on a field goal as time elapsed. Sound familiar? The same thing happened a year ago — same score, field goal as time elapsed. The...
STOP THE RUN Fittingly enough, Iowa will wear all-black uniforms against Nebraska on “Black Friday.” And Hawkeye fans are encouraged to wear black. “Black Out Kinnick Stadium” is the theme. Nebraska’s “Blackshirt” defense needs to pay special attention to the...