Nebraska football heads to southern California this weekend, as you know, without Dylan Raiola, who’s been lost for the season with a broken fibula. It’s a “Brook Berringer moment,” you might say, with previously second-string quarterback TJ Lateef stepping up....
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Hail Varsity Historical: Nebraska Football Runs over Second-Ranked Washington
Washington did what Arizona State had done in upsetting top-ranked Nebraska football the previous season. The Huskies’ defense crowded the line of scrimmage to stop the run. What it didn’t do, however, was cover Husker center Josh Heskew. And “if the center isn’t...
Down Goes Nebraska Football To USC, Once Again
To quote a Sonny and Cher song, “And the beat goes on, the beat goes on” — for Nebraska football. Actually, the “beat” hasn’t been that long. Nebraska has only played USC seven times. But the Trojans have won six, with one tie, the sixth coming Saturday night at a...
Nebraska Football to Take on No. 23 USC in Blackout Game
When Matt Rhule walked into the media room for Monday’s Nebraska football availability, he saw the mannequin on the far side of the podium. “That’s stupid,” he said, a statement he recounted during the session. He was referring to the mannequin, not the football...
Hail Varsity Historical: Nebraska Football Fans Boo Huskers’ Game Plan
Media members knew the plan for Nebraska football. Fans did not. “We told reporters yesterday, and that’s the thing I want to get very clear to everybody who goes to that stadium, what we’re trying to do is make ourselves a better football team,” Tom Osborne said...
Nebraska Football Grinds Past Northwestern For Bowl Eligibility
As Nebraska baseball coach Will Bolt says: Gritty beats pretty. That describes the Husker football team’s play in its 28-21 victory against Northwestern Saturday at Memorial Stadium. It wasn’t particularly pretty, though any victory is pretty compared to the...
Huskers Play Host to Another Tough One, Northwestern
Run the damn ball. Northwestern has, averaging 190.1 rushing yards per game, while Nebraska football hasn’t to the degree it probably needs to, though Emmett Johnson ranks 11th nationally, averaging 101.2 yards rushing per game. Johnson ranks fifth nationally in yards...
Hail Varsity Historical: Nebraska Football Opens 1997 Season by Axing Akron
Beginning this week, Historical focuses on the 1997 national championship season for Nebraska football, Tom Osborne's last. First up for Nebraska in 1997, Akron at Memorial Stadium. First down, no surprise; Akron, 59-14. “These kind of games don’t give me any great...
Nebraska Football Has Seen This Before, Falls to Minnesota
Nebraska football fans might’ve done a double take, wondering if the Huskers were wearing maroon-and-gold instead of all-white — with pink on shoes, helmet stripes, Ns and face masks for Breast Cancer Awareness. Friday night’s game at Huntington Bank Stadium in...