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| Incredible to experience in person | Photo by Erin Clark/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Lots to talk about in this week’s Thursday Travel Flakes Witnessing a total solar eclipse in person is an incredible experience. I arrived in Mazatlan early Monday morning from Guadalajara and after eating breakfast, my friends and I got into a taxi to Parque Natural Faro which is a steep hill in south of Mazatlan that looks out into the Pacific Ocean. It turned out to be the perfect place... |
| Photo by Steven Branscombe/Getty Images This week on the Five Heart Podcast, LIVE and rocking the Chatterfields, the crew discusses the quite possibly the worst thing to happen to Husker football…apathy. We’re a few weeks away from the 2024 Spring Game with a 5-star quarterback, an Elite 11, homegrown quarterback, some exciting returning pieces and some dynamic transfer portal acquisitions. And tickets are still available to the Spring Game. Will that change before April 27? Probably. You would think enthusiasm would be higher. We’re heading... |
| It’s your favorite midweek news dump Mankilling Mastodons Nebraska Football: Everything Evan Cooper Said About The Young DBs, Isaac Gifford Shares Thoughts On Husker Freshmen QBsEverything Evan Cooper said about the young DBs, plus Isaac Gifford assesses the QBs and one trait the WRs have flashed. Minter stepped down in December from head coaching the FCS Campbell Camels and has interested in pursuing an FBS coaching role. Other News From The Sporting World Rutgers helps UConn to a National Title – Off Tackle EmpireAgain, sorry... |
| Joshua Overbeek gets Nebraska off to a fast start | Nebraska Athletic Department Cornhuskers can’t dig out of an early hole Will Bolt and the boys took a drive down to Lawrence today to play a little ball against old Big 8 foe Kansas. It’s been a while since Nebraska has played at Kansas as this is the first trip the Big Red has made since they joined the Big Ten in 2012. The two teams did meet in Kansas City in 2016 where the... |
| Hamilton Reibnold We’ll talk about Penn State weekend and what almost was as well as where the Huskers moved in the RPI. Pod #6 begins at 8pm every Tuesday night – Join us or listen later by clicking the link below. We’ll cover the weekend rewind and the previews of what’s ahead. We’ll also start diving in weekly to the RPI and strength of schedule as the Huskers try to move up high enough to earn an NCAA bid. Corn Nation is providing the most... |
| 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 at first glance appears to have some big holes to fill. But a look down the roster shows a pile of talent in the wings which may just be getting... |
| Photo by Fatih Aktas/Anadolu via Getty Images Also, women’s sports continue to grow in popularity. Did you watch the solar eclipse yesterday? I wasn’t all that excited for it as we weren’t in the path of totality this time, but my students and I went out and checked it out and also watched NASA’s live stream and it was pretty cool. They were so excited about it and loved seeing all the videos when the sun was covered. It was a lot of fun and... |
| Nebraska All-American Antrell Taylor (left) will likely move down to 157 pounds next season to replace three-time All-American Peyton Robb in the lineup. | Getty Images Nebraska returns eight of ten starters from a year ago but will have question marks at both 165 and 174 pounds With only one senior on the roster and 14 true freshmen in redshirt this past season, Nebraska still finished in 9th-place at the 2024 NCAA Championships, earning five All-American honors, the second most in the field behind champions... |
| Nebraska Athletics How did it take this long???? It was a Friday night many will remember for a long time. Takes you back to some of the Friday night performances of yesteryear. Povich, Waldron, Watson, Chamberlain, Komine. And now Sears. Husker Aces who have turned in some all time memorable performances at Haymarket Park. This one garnered Sears some much overdue recognition by the Big Ten Conference. With his record now 6-0 and his ERA a minuscule 1.14 ERA, and 57 Ks vs 9 walks... |
| Steven Branscombe-USA TODAY Sports Husker land another big man to compete in the Big Ten While the Huskers seem to be losing a handful of players to the transfer portal, they are also doing their best to fill those roles. Luckily, it seems that their work has started to pay of and pay off in a big way. Today, Fred Hoiberg and his staff were able to get the commitment of 6’10” junior Andrew Morgan. Andrew comes to the Cornhuskers from North Dakota State University... |
| Xinhua/Zhao Hanrong via Getty Images Are you travelling to see the solar eclipse? In 2017, the path of totality for a solar eclipse travelled through Nebraska. Ranchdude, the Ranchhands and I drove a couple hours south to be part of the festivities. It was amazing and I recommend anyone who is close to such an event go an see it. Today, another eclipse travels across the U.S., this time from Mexico to Maine. Are you travelling to see the eclipse? 2024 Solar Eclipse If you... |
| Hamilton Reibnold A fantastic effort comes up just short but with the Big 10 regular season race now at full speed, there’s no time to dwell on what could have been. This time, in a very different way, Penn State’s Kaitlyn Morrison homered for the second time in two days. On Saturday, it was a solo shot which briefly got the Lions back in the game before being blown halfway back to State College. Today, it was a 2-run blast to take the Big 10... |