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Nebraska Extends Fred Hoiberg’s Contract

Dylan Widger-USA TODAY Sports A well deserved bump for the Nebrasketball coach It was announced today the the University of Nebraska will be extending head men’s basketball coach Fred Hoiberg’s contract. A much deserved bump for a coach that has taken Nebrasketball to heights we have not seen in years. The new contract will extend...

Nebraska Baseball Weekend Preview: New Mexico State

Nebraska Athletics These are not the Aggies you are looking for. Series Preview New Mexico State Aggies (10-11) at Nebraska Cornhuskers (15-5) Location: Hawks Field at Haymarket Park, Lincoln, NE Dates: March 22nd-24th Times (all CDT): Friday @ 4:05pm**TIME CHANGE**, Saturday @ 2:05pm, Sunday @ 1:05pm Head Coaches: Jake Angier (1st season, 10-11) & Will...

Nebraska Football 2024 Spring Preview: The “Young” Quarterback Room

Dylan Widger-USA TODAY Sports The elder statesman in the room this upcoming spring is no other than Heinrich Haarberg. The other two scholarship quarterbacks are early enroll true freshmen in Daniel Kaelin and Dylan Raiola. This does not make me feel great about the upcoming season. Unless Haarberg makes a big jump this season (which...

HUSKERS SOFTBALL Recap: NEBRASKA 5 Wisconsin 4 (9 Inn)

Kaylin Kinney and teammates celebrate another late escape. On another cool, dreary day in Madison when the bats had cooled off, the Huskers fought back for a sweep and rose to 5-0 in conference play. The Andrews Sisters – Billie and Brooke version – may not sing Mele Kalikimaka or Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, but...

Fred Hoiberg Wins Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year Award

Matt Krohn-USA TODAY Sports The honors keep coming It took coach Hoiberg five years but Nebraska made it back to the NCAA Tournament. Those years, were tough a times. Coach Hoiberg’s first year was when COVID came around and reared it’s ugly head. The NCAA Tournament was cancelled and Nebraska played Indiana in the Big...

Nebraska Football 2024 Spring Preview: Linebackers

From home-grown walk-on to Blackshirt starter, John Bullock returns for his senior season as an expected leader. | Photo by Steven Branscombe/Getty Images The middle of Tony White’s 3-3-5 lost two multi-year starters but has no shortage of dawgs ready to jump in there and make their own legacies. The linebacker position is one which...

Nebraska Baseball at Rutgers Sunday Rubber Match Game Thread

Nebraska Athletic Department On Big Ten Network too! Did you know they broadcast baseball?? #23 Nebraska Cornhuskers (23-9) at Rutgers Scarlett Knights (21-13) Location: Bainton Field, Piscataway, NJ Date/Time: April 14th at 11am CDT Head Coaches: Will Bolt (5th season, 120-84-1) & Steve Owens (5th season, 125-83) TV/Stream: BTN Radio: Huskers Radio Network, Huskers.com, Huskers...

Nebraska Baseball Weekend Preview: Maryland

Nebraska Athletic Departmant The struggling Terrapins come to Lincoln to face the suddenly reeling Huskers. Series Preview Maryland Terrapins (24-14) at Nebraska Cornhuskers (23-11) Location: Hawks Field at Haymarket Park, Lincoln, NE Dates: April 19th-21st Times (all CDT): Friday @ 6:05 pm, Saturday @ 2:02 pm, Sunday @ 12:05 pm**Change** Head Coaches: Matt Swope (1st...

Corn Flakes: Spring Game, QB1, and the Stadium Project

Photo by Steven Branscombe/Getty Images Will you be at the Spring Game? Are you heading to the spring game? I’m taking my boys, well and my brother since my husband has to work. I think my brother will appreciate it a lot more than my husband anyway. I’m excited, the younger son hasn’t been to...

HUSKERS SOFTBALL Weekly: The Last Homestand Is the Last Chance

Dillon Galloway After being swept by Michigan, NCAA hopes ride a strong performance against 1st place Northwestern. Well, let’s start by saying the following after my Ann Arbor weekend – Michigan really does have a top-notch athletic campus and the people I met were all polite and helpful. Their softball stadium is the first true...

Nebraska Basketball: Rienk Mast Announces He Will Miss Entire 2024-2025 Season Due to Surgery

Photo by Justin Ford/Getty Images In a blow to Nebraska, Rienk Mast and Fred Hoiberg announce that the third team all-conference performer will miss the entire 2024-205 season. He plans on coming back to play for Nebraska in the 2025-2026 season. Last season, Mast averaged 12.3 points per game and led the team in both...

Corn Flakes: Creepy Crawlies of Spring, Volleyball Spring Match, and Marathon Ball Control

Photo by Sebastian Willnow/picture alliance via Getty Images Once again, Nebraska Softball’s Sydney Gray is named B1G Player of the Week. I love spring. I like to be outside and enjoy the nice weather, but there are a few things about spring that I am not a fan of. Those things happen to be the...