NE KS 4 NE picnic on Saturday, July 27th
Join us for our 2024 Northeast Kansans for Nebraska Picnic St. David’s Parish Hall 17th St & Gage Blvd Topeka,...
NE KS 4 NE picnic on Saturday, July 27th
| Join us for our 2024 Northeast Kansans for Nebraska Picnic St. David’s Parish Hall 17th St & Gage Blvd Topeka, Kansas Saturday, July 27, 2024 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. (Doors open at 6:00 p.m., not before) Our virtual speaker this year is Haven Fields who joined Nebraska Athletics as the Deputy Athletic Director/Chief Operating Officer in April of 2024. Fields will serve as the day-to-day football administrator, assisting Head Coach Matt Rhule and his football staff. In addition to his role with the football... |
It’s Time to Apply for the NE KS 4 NE Scholarship
| One of the most important activities our Northeast Kansans for Nebraska Alumni chapter does is provide three annual financial scholarships to local students attending the University of Nebraska – Lincoln. Two $1,500 annual scholarships are provided by our chapter members and a third $1,000 annual scholarship is awarded as the Bob Elliott Memorial Scholarship. If you have a son or daughter, grandson, or granddaughter, attending UNL or enrolling for the 2024-2025 school year at UNL, the deadline for the application process is approaching. Because our... |
Chapter donates $520 to Doorstep
| Your donations during this year’s game watches toward Doorstep totaled $520. Thank you for your generosity showing, as Husker fans, we not only support our university, and its sports teams, but we support great causes. With the challenges our local charitable organizations are facing, we modify one of our key phrases to state, “There are no fans like Nebraska’s”. Go Big Red. |
Wildcats Claw Back in the Ninth Inning to Beat Nebraska 9-7
| Tyler Stone continues to hit for extra bases | Nebraska Athletics After scoring seven runs via the home run, they win the game on walks and a golf-shot Years ago, young kids with dreams of being a professional ballplayer watched reruns of a black and white show from 1960 called Home Run Derby. After an episode they’d run out to the backyard and hold their own. Those watching the start of the game tonight between Nebraska and Northwestern were having flashbacks, wondering if what they... |
HUSKERS SOFTBALL Recap – An Indiana Tantrum & a Huskers Loss: Indiana 6 NEBRASKA 2
| Andy Ketterson Indiana Coach Shonda Stanton’s behavior took some luster away but couldn’t erase the fact that Indiana dominated Nebraska late for a 2nd straight time. Since Indiana dominated the Nebraska Cornhuskers in the late innings for the second consecutive game going back to the semi-finals of the 2024 Big 10 tournament, there is really nothing left to do except mock Indiana coach Shonda Stanton whose childish antics, despite multiple warnings, caused her to be ejected in the top of the 6th inning. When Madalyn... |
HUSKERS SOFTBALL – Expect Shootouts, Not Shutouts: Previewing Indiana
| Nebraska Athletics The Hoosiers and their nation-leading .384 batting average try to bring fireworks to Bowling for a 2-game set. Read here for a preview as well game and how-to-watch/listen info. In another odd Saturday-Monday series, the Huskers started the work week in a familiar position – they had won the first two games of a three-game series in convincing fashion making their record 8-0 in such situations. The third games had played a little differently going 1-2 with third day losses to outmatched Purdue... |
Nebraska Baseball Weekend Preview: Northwestern
| Nebraska Athletics Northwestern continues to improve, but it seems like Nebraska might be turning a corner, despite losing the series at Iowa. Series Preview Northwestern Wildcats (16-18) at Nebraska Cornhuskers (17-20)Location: Hawks Field at Haymarket Park, Lincoln, NEDates: April 18-20thTimes (CDT): Friday @ 6 pm, Saturday @ 2 pm, Sunday @ 12 pmHead Coaches: Ben Greenspan (2nd season, 34-52) & Will Bolt (6th season, 154-117-1)TV/Stream: All games on B1G+Radio: Huskers Radio Network, Huskers.com, Huskers App Northwestern is no longer the pushover it was under the... |
Friday Flakes: Going Forward Mike Ekeler and Nebraska Will Transition to Rugby Punting
| Photo by Nathanial George/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images In case you did not hear, Nebraska’s expected punter for the 2025 season, Jack McCallister, who transferred from Washington has now entered the transfer portal. In fact, Matt Rhule opened his press conference yesterday with a great unprompted speech about how professional Jack McCallister has been at Nebraska. He also mentioned that Nebraska is going to move toward Rugby style punting which is not McCallister’s strong suit. McCallister wanted to be here but the change in scheme... |
The Five Heart Podcast: NEBRASKA’S SECRET SAUCE FOR 2025
| Photo by Steven Branscombe/Getty Images The Five Heart Podcast on Corn Nation, which streams live on YouTube, Facebook, and X with your hosts Greg and Minnie, once again welcomes our lively chat “The Holgormaniacs:”. We’re delving into an essential topic for Nebraska football fans: the insights from Defensive Coordinator John Butler’s recent press conference. In this episode, we’ll discuss Butler’s view on the “lost art of tackling” and how Nebraska’s commitment to physical practices sets the Cornhuskers apart from the rest of the Big Ten.... |
BREAKING: There Will Be Live Football at the Huskers Spring Game!
| Photo by Steven Branscombe/Getty Images Players fighting for a spot on the roster will get one final chance to show what they can do, in full pad in a full scrimmage. Shortly ago, Nebraska Cornhuskers Head Coach Matt Rhule took the podium for possibly the final time before the Spring Game and dropped a small bombshell on the assembled press. There will be live football in full pads played on April 26th when fans descend upon Lincoln for the first Spring Game ever without a…well…... |
Lexi Rodriguez Continues to Make History
| Dylan Widger-Imagn Images Former Husker Wins Prestigious AAU Sullivan Award Since 1930, the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) has presented the James E. Sullivan, named in honor of the founder of AAU, to the most outstanding collegiate, Olympic or other athlete in the United States. Out of all those tens of thousands of eligible athletes—tens of thousands of them—our own Lexi Rodriguez was voted as the winner. She was chosen based on her leadership, athletic accomplishment, sportsmanship and moral character. And of course she was; Lexi... |
Thursday Flakes: A New Basketball Assistant Coach and Dancing Coffee Drinkers
| Photo by Ian Maule/Getty Images Don’t forget the joke of the week… I’ve hit my fair share of bad golf shots in my lifetime, but this last weekend, I managed the creme de la creme. I’m on the tee, hitting driver, and the houses lining the right side of the first 50 yards of the hole are always in my head. I’ve nearly hit a couple of these houses throughout my time playing at this particular course, but never made actual contact. Well, last Sunday... |
Wednesday Flakes Brings You A Baseball Win, NIL Drama, & Lane Kiffin
| Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images Mankilling Mastodons Things learned from Riley Van PoppelThe Husker defensive line has plenty of enthusiasm about what’s ahead for Nebraska’s new-look defensive line. The biggest storylines for Nebraska football this springThe Nebraska Cornhusker football team has several important questions they will try to answer before the spring practice period ends on April 26. Nebraska baseball beats Creighton 6-3 to even season series | Sports | dailynebraskan.com Nebraska baseball beat Creighton on Tuesday by a score of 6-3 at Charles Schwab... |
Husker Heat: Northwestern Vanquished – The Stretch Run Begins
| Julia Hansen/Iowa City Press-Citizen / USA TODAY NETWORK Tax Tuesday beheld a new edition of your only Huskers Softball podcast, Husker Heat! As always, a review of the past week of Nebraska softball action as well as a preview of the upcoming opponent, but this week? We may spend a little extra time savoring the sweep of Northwestern, and the fact it was emphatically done by a total score of 24-2. And the opponent this weekend is Indiana, to whom the ladies also might be... |
Nebraska Beats Creighton 6-3 in Omaha
| Pryce Bender and the bullpen were outstanding tonight against Creighton | Nebraska Athletics The Cornhuskers get a solid pitching performance from the bullpen for the win Looking to extend their winning way in midweek games this season, the Nebraska baseball team took a bus ride to Omaha tonight to continue their rivalry against the Creighton Bluejays. Ryan Harrahill, the sophomore from Elkhorn North, earned the start with a couple of solid performances in recent games. He faced off against another righthander for Creighton, Shea Wendt.... |
