Monthly Archives: November 2005

The Alamo’s For Fightin’

According to My San Antonio, the Huskers may line up against the Iowa Hawkeyes or Michigan Wolverines in the MasterCard Alamo Bowl on Dec. 28. Alamo Bowl executive director Derrick Fox said, “If you look at it, our most likely teams are Nebraska, Oklahoma, Michigan and Iowa. It’s a pretty strong group, and we’d be…

Frank Solich convicted of drunken driving

From the AP Wire: Solich convicted of drunken driving. ATHENS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio coach Frank Solich was convicted of drunken driving Monday, two days after police spotted him slumped over the wheel of his vehicle. Solich, in his first season with the Bobcats, pleaded no contest and was ordered to complete a three-day driver…

Bringing Definition To The Season

Longmont FYI: “This game is a season in itself. It can define a whole year,” senior CU quarterback Joel Klatt said. “Hopefully it doesn’t. It’s hard to find words right now.” Klatt leveled by Dontrell Moore

Nebraska 30 – Colorado 3

Wow! Now where has play like this been all season. Especially with the offensive line. HuskerZone.com stands up and applauds.

Peoples’ Republic Of Boulder Does Not Compute

Steve Smith writing in the Lincoln Journal Star: The college game has always been more important in small states, which are hours (and, often, worlds) away from major-league cities and, therefore, the major-league mind-set. If you want to test that theory, ask 10 Nebraskans on the street who the Huskers’ big rival is. Eleven will…

Big 12 Champions!

Big congratulations go out to the 28-0 Nebraska Volleyball team who wrapped up the Big 12 Championship tonight with a straight-set win over Colorado, 30-19, 30-26, 30-19. This is their 8th conference title in 10 years.

Rumor Mill: Barry Alvarez to be named Nebraska Head Coach

We rarely report on rumor – wait nevermind, we are a blog, so rumor is great fodder for us. When I first heard this on Monday, I dismissed without a second thought. Since then however, I’ve heard this several times, including a couple people I’d classify as knowlegdable in the matters of college football. Neither…

World Herald States The Obvious

Harold W. Andersen of the Omaha World Herald (signup required) declares, “how Husker football is covered can help fuel fans’ intolerance.” Actually, the Copy Editor most likely wrote that headline, but I digress. One of Andersen’s reader put it like this: “I believe that the change in sports journalism in the two larger papers in…

Wrongness

According to Big Red Max on Huskerpedia, Johnny Rogers’ property has been absconded with. This is a flagrant violation. I just got off the phone with Johnny and someone broke into his house in Omaha and stole all his championship rings in addition to other items. The rings that were stolen are as follows: 1970…

Buffs Fans Licking Their Thanksgiving Chops

Buffs.tv brings us back and it’s not a pleasant stroll down memory lane. This nonsense needs to be put to rest. Not in the bloatosphere. On the field. Before we get into the X’s and O’s of the game this week, let’s just have a quick look back at Nebraska over the last several years….