After defeating second-ranked Colorado and climbing to the top of the Associated Press rankings, Nebraska football coach Tom Osborne was concerned about a Husker letdown against Kansas in early November 1994. “I didn’t have the feeling before the game that we were...
Oregon State scored three runs in the top of the seventh inning Sunday at Haymarket Park to take a 7-6 lead. In the bottom of the seventh, the first two Huskers struck out. Was it here we go again for Nebraska baseball? The Huskers had opened the series with 7-3...
Jalyn Gramstad is “Grandad” to his Nebraska teammates. You’ve no doubt seen that on social media. It was among several light moments during offensive coordinator Dana Holgorsen’s news conference Thursday. “Jalyn Gramstad is ... (we) call him ‘Grandad,’” Holgorsen...
It’s home sweet home for the Nebraska baseball team, hopefully. It’s home for sure. Sweet remains to be seen. The Huskers are scheduled to play a three-game series against Oregon State at Haymarket Park this weekend. That’s assuming weather doesn’t intrude. The...
Last week’s Hail Varsity Historical included predictions by Missouri players of Colorado winning against the Huskers the following Saturday, Nov. 10, 1994. It wasn’t just Missouri predicting a Buffalo victory. Colorado came to Lincoln ranked second by the Associated...
Rewind to Saturday, late afternoon at Great Park in Irvine, California. Nebraska trails USC in the top of the ninth inning 5-4. The Huskers have runners at second and third, with two outs. Devin Nunez is batting, with a 3-2 count. He singles up the middle, driving in...
Now that’s more like it. The Nebraska baseball team swept two games at Pepperdine, 9-6 and 11-4, in preparation for its third Big Ten series against USC at Great Park in Irvine, California, this weekend. The first game is slated for Friday at 8:30 p.m. CDT....
Nebraska football earned no respect from Missouri. After their eighth-consecutive victory in 1994 at Columbia, the undefeated and Associated Press third-ranked Huskers were set to play second-ranked Colorado in Lincoln. But they were getting no respect from Missouri,...
Coach Will Bolt’s post-game interview on Huskers.com Sunday was brief, barely a minute, understandably so. The Nebraska baseball team had just been swept by UCLA in Los Angeles. Sunday’s score was 5-3, Saturday’s 11-3, Friday’s 5-2 What more need be said? Nebraska led...