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So Who Was Steve Pederson’s "WOW" NFL Candidate from the 2003 Nebraska Football Coaching Search?

Outgoing Nebraska chancellor Harvey Perlman sat down with Henry Cordes of the Omaha World-Herald last week and discussed his time in charge of the Lincoln campus, with Monday’s story focusing mainly on football. (Please, NO!) Perhaps the most interesting part of the interview concerned Steve Pederson’s lengthy and much-maligned coaching search that stretched for over...

The Ballad of Ewald O. Stiehm

Edwald made Nebraska a football & basketball power in the 1910’s In the hallowed halls of Husker fandom you will hear mention many great coaches. Many of which you all probably know off the top of your head. Tom Osborne, Bob Devaney, Dave Van Horn, and Bill Cook to name just a few. However, there...

1890: The Beginning of Nebraska Football

What a dashing bunch of lusty fellows! It started with a ball and a guy who knew what he was doing. 1890 was the first year Nebraska played football. The 1890 Nebraska football team played two games, although one was actually played in 1891. They won both games and did not allow either opponent to...

Big Ten Gets Even B1G-ger; Oregon and Washington Joining in 2024

Photo by Brian Murphy/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The B1G is getting even B1Gger as they salvage some of the more valuable Pac-12 schools. Thursday, Action Network’s Brett McMurphy disclosed that the Pac-12 had worked out a primary media rights deal with Apple for the “low $20 million per school per year” range. Apple’s primary...

Nebraska Football: Two Make 247Sports’ Preseason True Freshman All-American Team

Photo by Steven Branscombe/Getty Images It’s hard to complain when Nebraska has not one but two members of 247Sports’ True Freshman All-American Team. It’s almost time for kickoff across the country, which means it’s time to introduce the world to college football’s true freshman class. These are players who have “next” in college football. It...

Five Heart Podcast 342: Nebraska Sets A World Record And Gameday Eve!

Photo by James Black/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Nebraska set a world record for the most people to ever attend a women’s sporting event yesterday when 92,003 people attended Volleyball Day. It was perhaps the most amazing event in Memorial Stadium’s 100 years, and that’s saying a lot given all the football that’s been played...

#4 Nebraska Volleyball Downs #16 Creighton in Four Sets

Scott Bruhn Creighton were without Big East Player of the Year, Norah Sis #4 Nebraska 3 vs #16 Creighton 1 – 25-9, 25-13, 23-25, 25-20 Coach Cook thought that beating the other college teams in Nebraska was an accomplishment worth working towards. He talked about it leading up to the match against Creighton and used...

The B1G West can still be won

Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports No… seriously… I know… Let the “surely you can’t be serious” crowd come out. Think about it, who in this God forsaken hell hole of a division is truly dominant? The answer is nobody. Minnesota is currently leading the division at 2-0 overall but 1-0 in the division thanks to us...

SBN Reacts: Are Nebraska Fans Happy With The Direction of the Program?

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images The results of this week’s SBN Reacts Survey are in! First of all, please do this and sign up! Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NCAA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Nebraska Cornhuskers fans and fans across the country. Sign...

Nebraska Football’s Path to Bowl Eligibility

Photo by Steven Branscombe/Getty Images What Nebraska Needs to Do to Still Win 6 Games Off to a 1-2 start was not ideal for the Huskers this season while things just got worse losing both Gabe Ervin and Ramir Johnson for the season. Even with that bad news, I still feel that Nebraska has a...

Nebraska Volleyball Remains Undefeated

Scott Bruhn 10-0 Huskers look sharp against #21 Ohio State #2 Nebraska 3 vs #21 Ohio State 0- 25-14, 25-16, 25-21 Merritt Beason led all players with 14 kills and Ally Batenhorst led everyone with seven blocks. Harper Murray had 11 kills for the second most kills on the court tonight. These players led everyone...

Nebraska Football: Kewan Lacy Is Our Most Important Recruit, At A Position Of Extreme Need

Photo by Steven Branscombe/Getty Images Please God, let this kid stick with his Nebraska commitment! Unless you are stranded on a desolate atoll in the South Pacific Ocean surviving off of roasted taro & feral chickens, you have heard that both Gabe Ervin and Rahmir Johnson are out for the season with injury. Our remaining...