Nebraska is bowl eligible. Let me repeat that. Nebraska is bowl eligible. For the first time since 2016, Nebraska is bowl eligible, after defeating Wisconsin for the first time since 2012, 44-25 at Memorial Stadium Saturday. Official attendance was 86,923, NCAA-record...
11-19-24 SECOND-HALF REBOUND Wisconsin led Nebraska 20-10 at halftime. The Huskers fumbled on three of their first four runs, including the first two, losing the second by Rex Burkhead, no less. It was a rough first half for the then fifth-largest Memorial Stadium...
Dylan Raiola offered a reason for future optimism in the wake of Nebraska’s fourth-consecutive loss, 28-20 to USC at the Los Angeles Coliseum Saturday. “We’ll be explosive next week,” he said. Coach Matt Rhule found something positive in the overall negative, too. He...
11-12-24 “SHELL-SHOCKER” Howard Brantz of the Omaha World-Herald described the game as a “shell-shocker.” Hal Brown of the Sunday Journal and Star wrote that the game “threatened” to turn into a track meet “early in the second half and wound up in a dead heat.” The...
11-5-24 ONLY THREE-FOURTHS OF A LOSS Nebraska hadn’t lost to Oklahoma State since 1961, the second game of the series, when the Cowboys came to Memorial Stadium for the Big Eight opener in 1984. The first meeting was also a loss. But the Huskers had defeated Oklahoma...
If you’re looking for insight into Nebraska football’s 27-20 loss to UCLA, you’re not likely to find it here. The truth is, you might not be interested in reading further. The reason? Because it seems like “Here we go again,” to quote any number of those among the...
10-31-24 UNDERCOVER WORK First, before looking briefly at the big picture Saturday’s game against UCLA, consider defensive coordinator Tony White’s praise for senior JACK linebacker MJ Sherman Tuesday. “He sets a great example, being an older guy,” said White....
MJ Sherman offered an accurate metaphor regarding Nebraska’s mindset following Saturday’s 21-17 loss to Ohio State in Columbus. The Huskers need to “keep chopping at that tree,” the JACK linebacker said. “One day it’s going to fall.” Coach Matt Rhule was more...
10-22-24 FIRST, AND ONLY With 10:53 remaining in the third quarter, Ohio State’s Carlos Hyde scored his second touchdown from 1 yard out—the first had come early in the second quarter on a 63-yard run—to give the Buckeyes at 27-6 lead over No. 14 Nebraska, much to...