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HUSKERS Special Teams Coach Mike Ekeler: “We’ll Talk With Our Damn Pads.”
| Photo by Doug Murray/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images A Nebraska native, Ekeler is back is back in Lincoln. And more miles on his odometer have only seemed to put more energy in his tank. Mike Ekeler has returned to Nebraska again and it just felt like a turn of the page instead of fifteen years as he strode to take his place at the Hawks press room podium Tuesday. Sure, I guess I noticed a few more lines on his face compared to his first... |
Friday Flakes: Nebraska Announces “Husker Games” to Take Place of the Annual Spring Football Game
| Bruce Thorson-Imagn Images It was big news when Matt Rhule announced that Nebraska wouldn’t be having the annual spring game. Words were had. Blows were thrown. We moved on. Well now we know what is going to take its place as the Huskers announced that it will be combining Football, Soccer, Volleyball and food to take it’s place on April 26th. Statement from the Nebraska Athletic Department: The Husker Games presented by FNBO are set for Saturday, April 26 and represent a complete day of... |
Five Heart Podcast: The Next Chapter, Special Teams, Speed and Nebraska Football
| Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images It’s time for another Five Heart Podcast, where we focus on all things Husker football! We didn’t have time to cover all the crucial updates on Monday night, so we’re diving into exciting insights from the press conferences of our new coaching staff, including Special Teams Coordinator Mike Ekeler, Secondary Coach Addison Williams, and Defensive Line Coach Terry Bradden. Mike Ekeler, home run hire who is expected to make be an impactful addition to the staff, brings intensity and a philosophy of... |
Nebraska WBB Advances to the Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinals with a 74-70 Win Over Illinois
| The Huskers will face the #2 seed UCLA Bruins on Friday This win explempified the Husker season. Three weeks ago, Illinois beat Nebraka by bottling up Markowski and keeping Nebraska from hitting three point shots. This time, Illinois bottled up Markowski and kept Nebraska from hitting threes – until the final few minutes. The freshmen provided an X-factor and the Huskers made a couple more plays than they did last in the last meeting between these teams. That was enough to earn them a spot... |
Nebraska WBB Second Round Big Ten Tournament vs Illinois: Preview & Game Thread
| Scott Bruhn The Huskers and Illini meet for the second time this season Nebraska played the Illini close in their first matchup earlier this season. A 77-68 loss might not sound close, but it was free throws at the end the led to that large a margin. The Huskers were one possession away from not having to start fouling. Illinois is well-coached and has shown they can keep Nebraska from making shots from long range. The Huskers have grown recently in their ability to win... |
Nebraska Wrestling: #4 Huskers Heading to Evanston for the Big Ten Championships
| Nebraska Head Coach Mark Manning (front), Associate Head Coach Bryan Snyder (left center), and Assistant Coach Tervel Dlagnev (right), seen here during a dual in 2023, have a solid team heading into this weekend’s Big Ten Championships in Evanston, Ill. | Dylan Guenther / Corn Nation Everything you need to know about the Huskers for this weekend’s Big Ten Championships in Evanston, Ill. With the regular season behind us, we’re on to conference championship weekend as #4 Nebraska heads to Northwestern to compete in the... |
Thursday Flakes: Featuring A Really Terrible Joke
| Joseph Maiorana-Imagn Images Don’t forget the joke of the week… Normally this would be where I complain about the weather, but something much more important to me is going on. It is my father’s birthday! My Dad is a self proclaimed “not so jolly old fat guy”, which works really well during Christmas time when he looks like Santa Claus. My father has been in the car business for almost his entire life, but he was always around to coach me when I was playing... |
Nebraska WBB Defeats Rutgers 84-60
| Nebraska Husker Athletics Nebraska’s 13 threes help lift the Huskers over the Scarlet Knights Nebraska picked up right where they left off, scoring at a high clip and seem to be confident in their three point shooting again. The Huskers had four players in double digits, Markowski led the way with 19 points, adding 10 rebounds, for another double double. Nebraska had no trouble with Rutgers and will play Illinois the next day. Lineups stay the same. First Quarter Britt Prince gets Nebraska started off... |
Wednesday Flakes Brings You Nebrasketball Loss, Big Ten Honors, & Hard Knocks News
| Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Mankilling Mastodons Nebraska’s Alexis Markowski, Britt Prince Earn Big Ten Conference HonorsAlexis Markowski captured first-team All-Big Ten honors from the conference media. Nebraska fans looking for head coach Matt Rhule to repeat his trend of year three success – Yahoo SportsNebraska head coach Matt Rhule recently talked to former coach Urban Meyer on the trend of his programs taking a big step forward in year three. ‘We’re Gonna Talk With Our Pads’: New Nebraska Football... |
Nebraska WBB Big Ten Tournament Opening Game vs Rutgers Preview
| Scott Bruhn The Huskers play the Scarlet Knights in the first round The #10 seed Nebraska hopes to reach the 20-win mark for the third time in the past four years. But, don’t let the seeding numbers fool you. This will be a tough matchup for the Huskers. They squeaked by the #15 seed Scarlet Knights 69-62 in their lone regular-season matchup. That was an emotional game for Nebraska as Allison Weidner had suffered her third season-ending knee injury just hours before they got on... |
Nebraska MBB Recap: Huskers Jobbed by Refs in 116-114 Double OT Loss
| Steven Branscombe-Imagn Images Kinda hard to win playing 8 on 5 in a corrupted conference… FIRST HALF ANALYSIS: Nebraska has gotten off to notoriously slow starts on the road and this one looked like it could go that way. After missing its first attempt, Ohio State would hit its next 5 field goals. Bruce Thornton would be outscoring the Huskers 7-6 through the first 4 minutes. Nebraska would then immediately go on its second scoring drought of over 2 minutes and 30 seconds, and the... |
Nebraska MBB Preview and Game Thread: Ohio State
| Steven Branscombe-Imagn Images It’s basically win or go home from here… Date: Tuesday March 4th, 2025 Tipoff: 8 p.m. (CT) Location: Value City Arena (Columbus, Ohio) Radio: Tuesday’s game will be carried on the Huskers Radio Network with Kent Pavelka and Jake Muhleisen on the call, including KLIN (1400 AM) in Lincoln, KXSP (590 AM) in Omaha and KRVN (880 AM) in Lexington. The pregame show begins an hour before tipoff and will also be available on Huskers.com and the Huskers app. TV/Online: Tuesday’s game... |
