Stephen Lew-Imagn Images Was on vacation so I failed to get this article out last Thursday. My bad. Welcome to this twelve-week countdown where we count the weeks until Nebraska takes on the Cincinnati Bearcats at Arrowhead Stadium on Thursday, August 28th. This will be my list of Nebraska football’s 12 most indispensable players. They...

Jeffrey Becker-Imagn Images As the calendar ticks closer to August 29th and Nebraska’s highly anticipated opener at Arrowhead Stadium, one truth is becoming clear: if the Cornhuskers are going to take the next step under Matt Rhule, it will be on the back of their offensive line. And that’s exactly how it should be. The...

Photo by Nick Tre. Smith/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Fall camp is underway in Lincoln, and as always, optimism is in the air. Players are passing the eyeball test, the roster looks the part, and the program is entering a pivotal third year under Matt Rhule. This is the season where his culture, system, and...

Husker men’s track wins a big honor, some free agent news in football, and your phone is listening for beacons. Good Wednesday morning Corn Nation! This past Monday morning I woke up to this: Seven hours later, it looked like this: Even though the snow left quickly, the damage was done. We lost two calves...

Photo by Donald Miralle/Getty Images With the Big Ten adding two new members in 2024, what does UNL’s history look like against these opponents? In just under two years from now the Big Ten Conference is officially expanding once again when the UCLA Bruins and USC Trojans join the league in August of 2024. That...

Photo by Steven Branscombe/Getty Images Nebraska was picked to finish 5th in the 2023 Big Ten preseason poll as voted on by media members. Michigan was picked as the overall favorite to beat Ohio State (again!) and win the Big Ten. The poll results are below. Question – if both Nebraska and Wisconsin have first-year...

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images They’re open! Throw it to them! At the end of the season last year, only one thing from the receiving core was certain, Trey Palmer was gone (please come back). Nebraska’s new record setter was a high-powered basketball star, one and done. The only shining constant in a group that...

Photo by Steven Branscombe/Getty Images The Heart and Soul of the Defense A couple of coworkers thought of a question for me when I was going to write this article. Take the current 3-3-5 system, but put any former Huskers in the middle three, who are they? If Nebraska’s defense is to be successful, I...

Head coach Matt Rhule of the Nebraska Cornhuskers looks on against the Minnesota Golden Gophers in the first half at Huntington Bank Stadium on August 31, 2023 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. | Photo by David Berding/Getty Images Nebraska’s Matt Rhule era didn’t start like we all would have wanted, but maybe let’s pump the brakes a...

Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports Welcome to our second Game Thread of the 2023 Nebraska football season. It’s the second one of the Matt Rhule era and it comes against Deion Sanders in his first season at Colorado. Nate M’s Quick Synopsis: I was wrong last week when I said that Nebraska had nothing to lose....

Photo by Tyler Schank/NCAA Photos via Getty Images #4 University of Nebraska (7-0) vs #5 Stanford (6-1) When: Tuesday, September 12, 2023, 8:00 pm (CT) Where: Maples Pavilion in Stanford, CA Video: ESPN Radio: Husker Radio Network Live stats Week four of the season and we will finally get to see just how well this...

Photo by Steven Branscombe/Getty Images Billy Kemp’s eight yard touchdown reception in the first quarter was the first time Nebraska scored in the first half all season long. It only took three games. On the other hand if it wasn’t for a turnover on a blindside hit on Haarberg on Nebraska’s own 12 yard line...