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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...

Nebraska Wrestling: Lovett and Hardy Win Big Ten Titles; Huskers Finish 2nd in Team Race

Nebraska’s Ridge Lovett won his second Big Ten Championship at 149 pounds on Sunday. | Dylan Guenther / Corn Nation For the first time in program history since joining the Big Ten, Nebraska crowned two conference champions on Sunday From the start of the Big Ten Championships, Nebraska was the clear next-best team behind #1...

HUSKERS SOFTBALL Recap – We Brought the Lumber: NEBRASKA 9 Ohio State 5

Battled. | Nebraska Athletics Numbers 2 & 3 in the nation in home runs faced off in Columbus, OH, this evening. Someone parked ‘em, the other didn’t. GBR I did say this prior to tonights slugfest! Ohio State is no joke because 1) we are currently two of the three most powerful teams in the...

Nebraska women’s tennis goes 0-2 against tough-ranked Big Ten teams.

Photo by David Madison/Getty Images Nebraska women’s tennis had a challenging weekend away from home against #46 Illinois and #38 Northwestern, where they were blanked 4-0 in both duals. Nebraska dropped to 10-5, 0-4 Big Ten, and is still searching for its first Big Ten victory. Coach German Dalmagro will be looking to go back...

HUSKER SOFTBALL Recap: Windy Day in LNK – Nebraska 8 Minnesota 2

Andy Ketterson Nebraska goes 3-0 on the weekend against the Minnesota Golden Gophers The Huskers closed out their weekend series with the Minnesota Gophers on a windy, but sunny, Sunday afternoon at Bowlin Stadium. It was also Bark at the Park day as all dogs were welcomed for a fun day with Husker Softball! Jordy...

Friday Flakes: When did Dana Holgorsen Know that Daikiel Shorts Would Be a Good Coach? When He Ran His 40 at His Pro Day

Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images The best moment from the press conferences yesterday after spring practice was when Nebraska football offensive coordinator Dana Holgorsen was asked a question about current Husker wide receiver coach Daikiel Shorts. “When did you know that Daikiel Shorts would be a good coach?” Coach Holgorsen: “When he ran a 4.7.” Holgorsen continued...

HUSKER HEAT – The Corn Nation Softball Show: Off To Iowa – Take No Prisoners

Corn Nation On tonight’s show, we review Purdue weekend and rationally discuss the Huskers trip to vile wasteland which is Iowa City. It’s Tuesday and in the Spring that can only mean another episode of Husker Heat is on deck. And whenever Iowa is in the mix, there’s always that little something extra, amirite? So...

BREAKING: Hardley Gilmore IV Dismissed From the Football Team

Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images The 18-year-old sophomore is gone after only three months with the program. Nebraska Cornhuskers Head Coach Matt Rhule confirmed today that Hardley Gilmore IV has been dismissed from the football team. The 18-year-old sophomore transferred from Kentucky following the hire of his position coach, Daikiel Shorts, by the Huskers shortly...

Nebraska Football Spring Preview: Wide Receivers – Some Veterans and Two Potential True Freshmen Who Could Be Special

Dylan Widger-Imagn Images The Nebraska wide receiver room is a tough group to preview. In the lone press conference with their position coach, Daikiel Shorts, most of the questions were about Shorts himself and he didn’t say much about the players. I think we have three guys that Nebraska should be able to rely on...

Corn Flakes: Volleyball State and Bahl Grabs Fourth BIG Player of the Week Award

Dylan Widger-Imagn Images Rodriguez finalist for AAU Sullivan Award I am loving all the volleyball in Nebraska. Did any of you watch this weekend as Omaha LOVB went from being last place in the league to going to the conference championship? They played amazing in the first two matches of that tournament. The Omaha Supernovas...

Corn Flakes: Men’s Gymnastics Fourth at NCAA’s, Honor Flights, and a Marathon Robot

Hope Shortridge Plus, the NBA finals are in full swing It was a good weekend for Husker sports. The men’s gymnastics team finished fourth at the NCAA championship. Baseball won their series with Northwestern and softball split with Indiana. Plus, one Husker high jumper qualified for the Olympic Trials. In a couple weeks, my father...

Nebraska Football Spring Preview – Defensive Backs: Another Large Room Which Will Shrink

Photo by Williams Paul/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Along with the battle to stick, the spring had the top of this room battling to gain and retain starting nods and playing time. The Nebraska Cornhuskers defensive back room, like the linebacker and several other rooms, finds itself overloaded in the new 105-man roster era. With...