Mike Babcock is in his 47th season covering Nebraska football. Babcock also covered most other Husker sports at some point in his journalism career. Mike earned his undergraduate degree in English from Cal State-Chico and Masters in English (teacher preparation) from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Babcock spent seven years teaching English and Introductory Literature at Parkland Community College. Mike wrote sports part-time at the Champaign-Urbana Courier as well as for Lincoln Journal and Star for 17 years for the sports department covering Nebraska as a sports columnist. Babcock then wrote for Huskers Illustrated before Hail Varsity and Hurrdat Sports.
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...
Nebraska baseball hits the road after back-to-back victories against Wichita State at Haymarket Park, 10-1 Tuesday and 5-4 Wednesday. Add a win in the final game of their Big Ten-opening series against Washington Sunday and the 7-8 Huskers head to southern California...
Nebraska, second-ranked, led Kansas State, ninth, 7-6 at halftime in Manhattan in the Huskers’ seventh game of the 1994 season. Sophomore walk-on Matt Turman had directed the one-point lead before giving way to junior Brook Berringer late in the half. Berringer was...