Football

SLOW IT DOWN ​Nebraska’s defense has seen this before, the offensive approach of the last three opponents: control the ball by running it, shorten the time the Husker offense has the ball. ​Rutgers might be challenging with that approach. The 4-0 Scarlet Knights rank...

WINNING STREAK BEGINS ​Nebraska and Rutgers first played at the Polo Grounds in New York City, on a Tuesday afternoon. That’s right, a Tuesday afternoon. As Casey Stengel said, “You could look it up.” ​The date was November 2, 1920. Henry “Pa” Schulte, the...

Nebraska’s offense didn’t get to West Lafayette, Indiana, until the second half ... metaphorically speaking. Actually, the Huskers had 210 yards of offense in the first 30 minutes. So maybe that metaphor is inappropriate, worthy of a flag. But they were 0-for-6 on...

TAKING A PUNCH ​Rover Isaac Gifford used the image first, because he preceded M.J. Sherman at the podium Tuesday. It summarized Nebraska’s 31-24 overtime loss to Illinois Friday. “Illinois came out and they punched us in the mouth,” he said. “We didn’t respond.” The...

An emotional Marques Buford Jr. spoke to the media following Nebraska’s 31-24 overtime loss to Illinois Friday night. Buford, a defensive back, was the first Husker to follow Matt Rhule to the podium. Asked if he was disappointed, Buford replied: “Extremely.” But, he...

Nebraska-Northern Iowa wasn’t the subject of Alice’s comment in Lewis Carroll’s Alice In Wonderland, of course. But “curiouser and curiouser” might well have been had she been among the 86,546 at Memorial Stadium on a pleasant Saturday night. First, consider Northern...

Nebraska has celebrities, too, Matt Rhule said after the Huskers rolled past Colorado, 28-10. Rhule was referring to Omaha welterweight boxing champion Terrance “Bud” Crawford, undefeated champion, I should say. Crawford spoke to the Huskers on Friday night and led...