John Cook Has Retired But He’s Not Going Away
Andy Ketterson At an emotional press conference, Coach Cook revealed much including his intention to remain with athletic department. People who awoke this morning hoping John Cook’s Wednesday afternoon retirement announcement was just a bad dream were sorely disappointed, but there was nothing disappointing about the memories this legendary coach and his amazing teams provided...
Corn Flakes: How Do You Feel About Not Having a Spring Game?
Photo by Jeffrey Brown/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Plus, we have dueling groundhog predictions Yesterday was Groundhog Day – one of the sillier holidays we put on a calendar. This holiday came with some controversy as there is disagreement in the groundhog ranks. The most famous one, Punxsutawney Phil, says there will be six more...
Nebraska WBB vs Michigan Game Thread
Photo by Jeffrey Brown/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Huskers host the Wolverines in an important game for conference standings Nebraska Cornhuskers (16-6, 7-4 Big Ten) vs. Michigan Wolverines (15-7, 6-5 Big Ten)Thursday, February 6, 2025, 7 p.m. (CT)Pinnacle Bank Arena – Lincoln, NebraskaSpecial Event: National Girls & Women in Sports DayLive Video: Peacock (Ann...
Nebraska Baseball 2025 Preview: Pitchers
Mason McConnaughey leads the Cornhusker pitching staff | Nebraska Athletic Department Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don’t move. – Satchel Paige In our preview a year ago, we stated that it all starts on the mound as was evident by the return of Rob Childress coaching the...
HUSKERS SOFTBALL Is Off To New Mexico: Previewing the Troy Cox Classic
Huskers Athletics While hoping for a better finish, the Husker bats cooked and Jordy Bahl and the staff allowed little. Can they take of business this weekend? The Huskers entered the NFCA Leadoff Classic ranked between 14th and 23rd in the major softball polls and left it in pretty similar fashion ranked 17th (ESPN/USA Softball...
Gabe Swansen Powers Cornhuskers to 6-4 Win Over Vanderbilt
The Voice of Nebraska Baseball — Greg Sharpe | Nebraska Athletics The Johnston, Iowa native drove in all of Nebraska’s runs Welcome back, Gabe Swansen! After one of the most incredible offensive post-seasons anyone in college baseball has seen, Gabe Swansen picked up right where he left off last season tonight against the Vanderbilt Commodores,...
HUSKERS SOFTBALL: Kuszak & Bahl Are NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK!
Huskers Athletics The conference player of the week honors were quickly followed by national ones for each Husker. In yesterday’s column sharing the news Ava Kuszak and Jordy Bahl had received the B1G Co-Player and Pitcher of the Week honors respectively, I couldn’t resist a little jab at the conference for not awarding both of...
Nebraska Baseball Takes Game 1 from Louisiana, 6-1
Nebraska Athletics Brumbaugh lead the offense on a night where pitching and defense ruled for the Huskers. It was a tale of two defenses. On a cold February Friday night more akin to Lincoln, Nebraska than Lafayette, Louisiana, two aces met and were putting on a show. One however, couldn’t count on his defense to...
Wednesday Flakes Brings You Urban Meyer Undercover, NHL Trade Deadline, & Gene Editing
Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Mankilling Mastodons “I put a hat and sunglasses on”: Urban Meyer reveals going undercover to experience Nebraska’s loud crowdThe Nebraska Cornhuskers hired Matt Rhule as their coach prior to the 2023 season. Since then, he led them to a 5-7 record in 2023 and a...
#2 L.S.U. Tigers Come from Behind to Beat Nebraska, 11-6
Cael Frost had another big game at the plate. | Nebraska Athletics A hot start by the Cornhuskers was not enough to hold down the powerful Tiger offense. Nebraska. LSU. Cornhuskers. Tigers. Some great battles on the gridiron over the years shifted to the diamond this afternoon in Texas at the Frisco College Baseball Classic...
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...
Nebraska MBB Opponent Preview: Iowa
Jeffrey Becker-Imagn Images FranCon graces us on Senior Day… Date: Sunday March 9th, 2025 Tipoff: 11:31 a.m. CDT Senior Day Ceremony: 11:05 a.m. Location: Pinnacle Bank Arena (Lincoln, Nebraska) Radio: Sunday’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,...
