The Carlisle Indian School: The Extraordinary Beginning of College Football’s Greatest Underdog
Jim Thorpe in a Carlisle uniform. | Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images This will be a series about the Carlisle Indian School football team. This is the first in the series about the school’s founding. This is one of the best stories in college football history. Summary: The video transcript discusses the Carlisle Indian Industrial...
The Five Heart Young Guns Watch-Along Tonight at 9pm CST!
Well, it’s finally hear. It’s time to put Greg’s theory to the test. What theory? Before his injury, Jon loved peanut butter. But something happened on that fateful day that drove a wedge between him and the American child’s staple. Over the course of a Five Heart LIVE last Fall, Jon also indicated that he...
Monday Meanderings of a Nebraska Baseball Fan: Palmetto Sweep
What’a ya’ think, Todd? | Cyrus Tickle What a scrappy, never-surrender bunch of ballplayers! A Palmetto State Sweep! What an incredible three games for the Cornhuskers in South Carolina. Shortened to three games from the original four due to rain on Friday, Bolt’s boys fought and scrapped their way to three victories against a previously...
HUSKERS SOFTBALL Recap: Nebraska 7 St Francis 6
Katelyn Caneda – it was her day. Ah, a rollover game against a smaller school; nothing like a relaxing afternoon of Husker softball. OK, wait a damn minute. It was St. Francis University, nothing to fear here, right? Then why were we white-knuckling our phones, tapping our feet, gnashing our teeth and cursing both under...
Monday Meanderings of a Nebraska Baseball Fan: Back Home in the 402
What’a ya’ think, Todd? | Cyrus Tickle It wasn’t easy, but Nebraska wins its third series of the season. Home Cookin’ Truth be told, this highly anticipated home opener series against South Alabama started off like a dud. Splat. Yuck. It was kick the dog ugly. But then the sun came out and the temperatures...
Quinton Newsome NFL Draft Scouting Report
Photo By Brendan Moran/Sportsfile via Getty Images How Does the Nebraska Corner Translate to the NFL A three year starter, Newesome has been one of the Huskers top defensive backs the past two years. Now Newsome turns his attention to the NFL. How will he translate? Listed below is my Quinton Newsome NFL Draft Scouting...
HUSKERS SOFTBALL Recap: NEBRASKA 9 Creighton 0
Olensky sent the birds back to the Big O with a big 0. | Joscelyn Hynes For those tired of games undecided until the final swings or extra innings or both? The Huskers had your back today. Nebraska and their birdish neighbors to the northwest have always enjoyed a somewhat tolerant rivalry, but the Big...
Nebraska Extends Fred Hoiberg’s Contract
Dylan Widger-USA TODAY Sports A well deserved bump for the Nebrasketball coach It was announced today the the University of Nebraska will be extending head men’s basketball coach Fred Hoiberg’s contract. A much deserved bump for a coach that has taken Nebrasketball to heights we have not seen in years. The new contract will extend...
Nebraska Baseball Weekend Preview: New Mexico State
Nebraska Athletics These are not the Aggies you are looking for. Series Preview New Mexico State Aggies (10-11) at Nebraska Cornhuskers (15-5) Location: Hawks Field at Haymarket Park, Lincoln, NE Dates: March 22nd-24th Times (all CDT): Friday @ 4:05pm**TIME CHANGE**, Saturday @ 2:05pm, Sunday @ 1:05pm Head Coaches: Jake Angier (1st season, 10-11) & Will...
Nebraska Football 2024 Spring Preview: The “Young” Quarterback Room
Dylan Widger-USA TODAY Sports The elder statesman in the room this upcoming spring is no other than Heinrich Haarberg. The other two scholarship quarterbacks are early enroll true freshmen in Daniel Kaelin and Dylan Raiola. This does not make me feel great about the upcoming season. Unless Haarberg makes a big jump this season (which...
HUSKERS SOFTBALL Recap: NEBRASKA 5 Wisconsin 4 (9 Inn)
Kaylin Kinney and teammates celebrate another late escape. On another cool, dreary day in Madison when the bats had cooled off, the Huskers fought back for a sweep and rose to 5-0 in conference play. The Andrews Sisters – Billie and Brooke version – may not sing Mele Kalikimaka or Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, but...
Fred Hoiberg Wins Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year Award
Matt Krohn-USA TODAY Sports The honors keep coming It took coach Hoiberg five years but Nebraska made it back to the NCAA Tournament. Those years, were tough a times. Coach Hoiberg’s first year was when COVID came around and reared it’s ugly head. The NCAA Tournament was cancelled and Nebraska played Indiana in the Big...