NE KS 4 NE picnic on Saturday, August 8, 2026
Join us for our 2026 Northeast Kansans for Nebraska Picnic St. David’s Parish Hall 17th St & Gage Blvd Topeka,...
20 Years Later: The Miracle at Missouri
| “You gotta believe!” Twenty years ago today, Nebraska took it’s #1 ranking down to Columbia to face off against the Missouri Tigers in a game that is now legendary in the annals of college football. SB Nation’s Bill Connelly was there, and wrote about his memories over at Rock M Nation today. I was there too, and thought I’d share my memories as well. Bill remembers more of the first 50 or so minutes of the game than I did; like most Husker fans, we... |
Nebraska Football is Special, But Why?
| There’s reasons that folks get emotional when things go bad. Nebraska football is special. Do not forget that fact. Even with the changes throughout college football, I can still think of several reasons Nebraska is special. But first I’d like to start off with three reasons Nebraska still stands out from the crowd. First, Nebraska fans have continue to sell out football games. This has been going on since 1962. That stat continues to blow my mind every time I hear it. Second, the Huskers... |
Nebraska Football: The Season of 1917
| You got tired of 2007, so we went back a century. [Jon J – Woody is one of our new contributors. I hope you give him a hearty welcome to CN! Below is his bio. ] “My name is Mark Woodside but my friends call me Woody. I live in Kearney and have been a Husker Fan since I could walk. I have been working on computers since the early 80’s. I went to Kearney State College (UNK) and majored in Journalism with a Broadcast... |
2025 Road to Nebraska Scholarship Campaign
| For 25 years, Northeast Kansans for Nebraska has provided Husker fans in the area with the opportunity to gather and celebrate all manner of things related to the University of Nebraska. From picnics to game watches to tailgates at sporting events, Husker fans in the region have been able to join together and cheer for their beloved Huskers. Beyond this, the group has also had a commitment to the community. For example, each year, we collect donations for the Topeka Rescue Mission. Another key focus... |
Flakes: Huskers Are National Champs
| 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 to the cold, wet weather and have a third in need of antibiotics and extra care. We have been moving our calving date back a little every year to avoid... |
Tom Osborne: “I Took A Chance Hiring Bo Pelini For Nebraska”
| Interesting statements from the former HC/AD during the Omaha WH Big Red Breakfast An interesting little tidbit came from Tom Osborne today at the Omaha World-Herald Big Red Breakfast. Osborne, in the open microphone part of the session, said things about his hire of former Nebraska HC Bo Pelini. In a way, it seemed like a big mea culpa of sorts. ..“I took a chance on Bo Pelini,” Osborne said. “Bo won a lot of games, but I didn’t really know probably enough about his... |
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 most college football historians to be the first year of “the modern football era”.* The AP awarded a point for every appearance that a school had in a weekly ranking,... |
Nebraska’s Offensive Line Rotation in the 1995 Orange Bowl
| Last week, an article in the Lincoln Journal-Star stated that, contrary to common opinion, Nebraska did not substitute on the offensive line during the 1995 Orange Bowl against Miami. The common thought was based on Nebraska’s frequent substitution on the offensive line in other games combined with the memories of seeing Miami’s Warren Sapp exhausted as Nebraska overcame a 17-9 fourth quarter deficit to defeat Miami 24-17. A review of the 1995 Orange Bowl (always a fun trip down nostalgia lane for Husker fans) showed... |
So Who Was Steve Pederson’s "WOW" NFL Candidate from the 2003 Nebraska Football Coaching Search?
| Outgoing Nebraska chancellor Harvey Perlman sat down with Henry Cordes of the Omaha World-Herald last week and discussed his time in charge of the Lincoln campus, with Monday’s story focusing mainly on football. (Please, NO!) Perhaps the most interesting part of the interview concerned Steve Pederson’s lengthy and much-maligned coaching search that stretched for over a month that eventually resulted in the hiring of Bill Callahan. Perlman also revealed that when Pederson made the move, he already had lined up an NFL head coach for... |
Big Red Cobcast: We Love the 90s!
| Ninety episodes in. What new things does the Cobcast crew have to talk about? Hint: It’s still toilet humor. Plus, Tyronn Lue, recruiting and Husker NFL hopefuls. We Nebraskans sure love the 90s. Which is why it gives me great pleasure to say that we have reached episode no. 90 in the history of the Big Red Cobcast. Yeah, 90. Who would have thought there would be 90 episodes of us questioning each others’ intelligence? Ninety episodes of genital and fart jokes? So what did... |
Tom Osborne on His Life, Leadership, Expectations
| Tom Osborne went on the Finding Mastery podcast with Dr. Michael Gervais, a psychologist who specializes in high performance. Osborne starts at the beginning… his father joining the war effort when he found out the Japanese had attacked Pearl Harbor. His father was gone five years, and Osborne is very open about the affect that had on his early life. Fact is, he’s open throughout the podcast as to what made him the coach and the man he is. If you get past the LEGENDARY... |
Big Red Cobcast: Best All Time Husker Defense
| The Cobcast gentlemen pick the greatest Husker defense of all time. Lets go back a few weeks. Lets go back to maybe 3 weeks ago. I’m not going to look up the exact date because I’m feeling lazy, and honestly, it’s irrelevant to what I’m about to bring up. 3 weeks ago(ish) we picked the greatest All Time Husker offense and in spite of my perfect, well crafted, geniusly designed team, Joe Canale won. Not only did Joe win but Pat came in second. NOT... |
