NE KS 4 NE picnic on Saturday, August 9, 2025
Join us for our 2025 Northeast Kansans for Nebraska Picnic St. David’s Parish Hall 17th St & Gage Blvd Topeka,...
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 2023 Football Preview
| Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images While Louisiana Tech’s offense likely won’t be as explosive as the Tim Rattay/Troy Edwards group that nearly torched Memorial Stadium 25 years ago, Nebraska’s best strategy might be to play keep away, pounding a defense that gave up 6+ yds/carry in 22. Well, check it out… another 3-9 non-conference opponent for Nebraska. Louisiana Tech has had back-to-back nine-loss seasons under second year head coach Sonny Cumbie, perhaps best known around here as Texas Tech’s quarterback in 2004. In that infamous... |
Nebraska Picked Fifth In Big Ten West In Preseason Poll – Why?
| 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 head coaches, why is Wisconsin picked to finish first in the West while Wisconsin is picked to finish first? The explanation is in the video below. It’s fairly short. Yay.... |
Corn Flakes: Pioneer Sponsoring Heroes Game and Some Football Rule Changes.
| Photo by Matthew Holst/Getty Images Also, what will it take to make the USA a soccer nation? I’ve been doing a lot of reading this summer and am currently reading Matthew McConaughey’s autobiography, “Greenlights”. He is a pretty good storyteller and has done some interesting things in his life, so I am finding the book very entertaining. One thing that I learned is that the Naked Bongo incident happened after celebrating Texas defeating Nebraska in 1999. Apparently he was on about hour 32 of the... |
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, and Penn, controlled the rules and how the game was played. Teams in the west began to resent that control and fought for more representation. College football popularity grew but... |
1869 to 1890: How American Football Became The Game You Love Today
| About the rules created in this era to establish American Football as a distinct game. The first intercollegiate college football game was played between Princeton and Rutgers in 1869. There were 25 players to a side. The ball could only be advanced by kicking or being butted with the head. It wasn’t like anything we know today called football. From there began a march towards the American football we love today. Colleges started with “mob soccer” or “mob football”, such as that played in 1869.... |
1890: The Beginning of Nebraska Football
| What a dashing bunch of lusty fellows! It started with a ball and a guy who knew what he was doing. 1890 was the first year Nebraska played football. The 1890 Nebraska football team played two games, although one was actually played in 1891. They won both games and did not allow either opponent to score. The game of football was different from the game we know today. The forward pass was illegal. The concept of downs and the line of scrimmage had only just... |
It’s Time to Apply for the NE KS 4 NE Scholarship
| One of the most important activities our Northeast Kansans for Nebraska Alumni chapter does is provide three annual financial scholarships to local students attending the University of Nebraska – Lincoln. Two $1,500 annual scholarships are provided by our chapter members and a third $1,000 annual scholarship is awarded as the Bob Elliott Memorial Scholarship. If you have a son or daughter, grandson, or granddaughter, attending UNL or enrolling for the 2024-2025 school year at UNL, the deadline for the application process is approaching. Because our... |
Get to Know Transfer Quarterback Jeff Sims
| Photo by John Adams/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Does Sims have what it takes to be Nebraska’s starting quarterback in 2023 With Matt Rhule taking over it looked like a forgone conclusion that Nebraska would be taking a transfer quarterback for a second straight year. However many believed that quarterback would be Arkansas’ Malik Hornsby. Instead to the surprise of many, Georgia Tech’s Jeff Sims is coming. Casey Thompson played well last season, when healthy, and myself and many others were excited to see him... |
Huskers React Results: Fans approve of Matt Rhule hire
| Steven Branscombe-USA TODAY Sports Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NCAA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Nebraska Cornhuskers fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate. The Nebraska Huskers football team has a new man in charge. Matt Rhule was announced as the new head coach in Lincoln and a whole dump truck load of news has happened leading up to that moment with a couple more such loads since. However, we... |
Nebraska Officially Announces the Hiring of Six Assistant Football Coaches
| Steven Branscombe-USA TODAY Sports We have heard about all six of these assistants, but it is now official that they are a part of the program. We have heard the reports and the rumors about these six assistant coaches joining Matt Rhule to hopefully bring back some respectability to the football program. The University of Nebraska has now official announced the hiring of The Statement from the University: Nebraska Head Football Coach Matt Rhule has assembled part of his first Husker staff with the hiring... |
Husker Football Coaching Staff Tracker
| Steven Branscombe-USA TODAY Sports Matt Rhule is moving quickly to hire assistants The Nebraska Cornhuskers have the new head man in place as Matt Rhule was formally introduced as the new head coach on Monday, Nov. 28. However, now comes the hard work of filling out the staff list. Be sure to check back frequently as we keep a running update with the latest staff hiring news. For those hired thus far, you can find them and the corresponding Corn Nation content in the list... |
Report: South Carolina’s Marcus Satterfield Set To Become Nebraska’s Next Offensive Coordinator
| Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images Sounds like Matt Rhule has his guy to run the offense. This was a big one. Many were wondering who Matt Rhule was going to persuade to join him at Nebraska. Well now we know who will be leading the offense. Sources: Nebraska is close to hiring South Carolina OC Marcus Satterfield as the school’s new offensive coordinator. Satterfield worked with Matt Rhule at Temple, Baylor and the Carolina Panthers. South Carolina’s offense scored 94 points in wins over Tennessee... |
