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Nebraska Signs Physical Arizona Lineman Rex Waterman

Photo by Williams Paul/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Nebraska has added some serious muscle to the offensive line with the signing of Rex Waterman out of Chandler, Arizona. Standing 6-foot-4 and weighing 295 pounds, Waterman brings the kind of size and physicality that the Big Ten trenches demand. A former offensive tackle, Waterman is expected...

Husker Wrestling: Nebraska’s 2025-26 Schedule Dropped This Week, and It’s a Tough Slate

Nebraska’s Brock Hardy, a three-time All-American and Big Ten Champion, has another dual matchup against two-time NCAA Champion Jesse Mendez of Ohio State this season. | Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images Nebraska has announced its non-conference schedule as well as its eight Big Ten dual opponents for the year — those dates are not yet...

Claude Mpouma Commits to Nebraska, Headlines Rising 2026 O-Line Class

Photo by Steven Branscombe/Getty Images Nebraska just landed one of its biggest commitments of the 2026 cycle—literally and figuratively. Claude Mpouma, a towering 6’7”, 307-pound offensive tackle out of Mount Carmel High School in Illinois, has announced his commitment to the Huskers. Breaking: Nebraska beats out Auburn for four-star Chicago (Ill.) Mount Carmel OT Claude...

CN’s ALL THE RIGHT MOVIES – Long Gone!

Andy Ketterson “Let’s knock their ***ks off!!” It’s time to bring this hilarious lost 1987 made-for-HBO classic back. Get ready for an evening reliving one of the best summers with Stud Cantrell and the Tampico Stogies. Joins Tuesday Night as we tackle a somewhat forgotten absolute baseball classic – LONG GONE! A made-for-HBO movie from...

Husker Wrestling: Incoming Freshman Cade Ziola Wins Fargo Freestyle National Title, Capping Historic High School Career

Incoming Husker freshman Cade Ziola accepting his Fargo National Championship Stop Sign after winning the Junior 215-pound bracket this week. | Courtesy Tim Ziola A future heavyweight for Nebraska, Ziola was dominant on the way to earning his Fargo Stop Sign at 215 pounds Sometimes, it feels like incoming Husker freshman Cade Ziola has won...

B1G Volleyball Announces Preseason Awards Ahead of Media Days Next Week

Dylan Widger-Imagn Images 4 Huskers were named on the Preseason All-Conference Team to start the 2025 season With B1G Media Days coming up, the conference has announced their Preseason Poll and their Preseason All-Conference Team to kick off the 2025 Volleyball season. While the reigning National Champion in Penn State comes from the B1G this...

Five Heart Podcast: Fall Ball is on, Y’all!

Photo by Williams Paul/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images On this lively episode of the Five Heart Podcast, co-hosts Greg and Minnie reunite after Minnie’s return from Big Ten Media Days and a personal family emergency. Minnie shares that her mother, recently diagnosed with cancer, is already undergoing treatment and making an encouraging recovery—prompting heartfelt support...

Nebraska #6 On AP Ranking All-Time List

Nebraska is one of the top ten teams on the AP Poll’s all-time list. It’s still list season, even with fall camp just a couple days away. Today the Associated Press released rankings taking into account the past 80 years, or since 1936, the year in which the AP poll started and is considered by...

Big Ten Expansion: Nebraska Cornhuskers versus UCLA Bruins

Photo by Ezra Shaw/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...

College Football History: 1895-1904 – Prelude To The Disaster of 1905

The violent nature of the game wasn’t quelled because the powers that be wouldn’t change. The years 1895 to 1904 in college football history was a period marked in chaos and fight for control as college football continued to evolve into the game we love today. The big four in the east, Harvard, Yale, Princeton,...

2023 Nebraska Football Position Battle: Running Backs

Photo by Steven Branscombe/Getty Images Who will carry the load? When there is a new coaching staff, everyone is under a new microscope. It’s the perfect chance for the new coaches to analyze what they inherited while scouting who they have brought in via transfers and recruiting. So now the questions arrive, who starts for...

How Did Nebraska Football Recruits Play This Past Friday?

Jon Johnston High school football is back! Akelo brings you your weekly recruiting update! In order for Nebraska football to come back, we need big time football players that can make big time plays. You do this by recruiting. This class, we have a gaggle of players I feel can be big time. Let’s see...