Husker Wrestling: Incoming Freshman Cade Ziola Wins Fargo Freestyle National Title, Capping Historic High School Career
Incoming Husker freshman Cade Ziola accepting his Fargo National Championship Stop Sign after winning the Junior 215-pound bracket this week. | Courtesy Tim Ziola A future heavyweight for Nebraska, Ziola was dominant on the way to earning his Fargo Stop Sign at 215 pounds Sometimes, it feels like incoming Husker freshman Cade Ziola has won...
B1G Volleyball Announces Preseason Awards Ahead of Media Days Next Week
Dylan Widger-Imagn Images 4 Huskers were named on the Preseason All-Conference Team to start the 2025 season With B1G Media Days coming up, the conference has announced their Preseason Poll and their Preseason All-Conference Team to kick off the 2025 Volleyball season. While the reigning National Champion in Penn State comes from the B1G this...
Five Heart Podcast: Fall Ball is on, Y’all!
Photo by Williams Paul/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images On this lively episode of the Five Heart Podcast, co-hosts Greg and Minnie reunite after Minnie’s return from Big Ten Media Days and a personal family emergency. Minnie shares that her mother, recently diagnosed with cancer, is already undergoing treatment and making an encouraging recovery—prompting heartfelt support...
Nebraska #6 On AP Ranking All-Time List
Nebraska is one of the top ten teams on the AP Poll’s all-time list. It’s still list season, even with fall camp just a couple days away. Today the Associated Press released rankings taking into account the past 80 years, or since 1936, the year in which the AP poll started and is considered by...
Ultimate Husker Defensive Back Bracket: The Championship
It is Brown vs Brown for the title of ultimate Husker defensive back If you were rooting for a Brown vs Brown championship matchup, you get your wish! Ralph Brown and Mike Brown advanced to the championship for the title of ultimate Husker defensive back. Check the bottom of the article for highlight videos (where...
1869 to 1890: How American Football Became The Game You Love Today
About the rules created in this era to establish American Football as a distinct game. The first intercollegiate college football game was played between Princeton and Rutgers in 1869. There were 25 players to a side. The ball could only be advanced by kicking or being butted with the head. It wasn’t like anything we...
Illinois Fighting Illini 2023 Football Preview
Photo by Steve Nurenberg/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Bert Bielema took Illinois to an eight win season and a bowl game in year two. How does he build on it in 2023? If there was an opponent that encapsulated the failure of the Scott Frost era, I think it was Illinois. Nebraska might have had...
Nebraska Football 2023 Position Preview: Defensive Line
Photo by Steven Branscombe/Getty Images The biggest (and first) line of defense Tony White’s 3-3-5 formation will soon be unleashed, so after getting to know the offense, now it is the defense’s turn. Having only three down linemen might not seem like a lot, especially against offenses in the B1G, but when “Back in Black”...
The Start of the Matt Rhule Era At Nebraska: A Tribute of Hope
Photo by Steven Branscombe/Getty Images Life in and out of sports It may seem weird to start the “Sports Season” with a eulogy-esque like celebration of life, but things have taken an odd turn for me. This week celebrates Husker Volleyball playing in Memorial Stadium on Wednesday, while football kicks off its season at Minnesota...
Iowa Hawkeyes 2023 Football Preview
Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen / USA TODAY NETWORK Great defense and special teams. But still with a Brian Ferentz offense. In recent seasons, Iowa football has been a dichotomy of an elite defense, great special teams and an offense that is, well, offensive to the point of being a joke to the rest of college...
Monday Night Therapy: Fake Outrage! Disrespect! Nebraska vs Colorado Recap!
Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Nebraska lost to Colorado 36-14. Or did they? Are we sure they didn’t lose to Nebraska 36-14? That seems more likely. Then there’s the disrespect bit that Deion Sanders pulled, copied and pushed further by his son/quarterback/immature boob Shedeur. Todd wasn’t as bothered by it as I was, although he...
The Second Half Game Thread NU and NIU: Heinrich Haarberg vs. Rocky Lombardi
Photo by RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images Look who is watching you. The #Huskers have decided to put ‘Lil Red to work when opponents kick field goals. pic.twitter.com/lQRqIeJSV3 — Erin Sorensen (@erinsorensen) September 16, 2023 I think at this point 14-3 over Northern Illinois isn’t bad. Also, this defense is flying around...









