It’s game week (finally!) and Husker fans are getting pumped for Saturday. There are a million good reasons to look forward to this season with excitement. One of which is Saturday’s opponent. Florida Atlantic may sound like a powder puff team, but rest assured that’s a misconception. A real football team who believes they can…
Monthly Archives: August 2009
Great Tight Ends Put Defensive Units On Their Heels
Tight end is one of the best positions on the field. You get to block, go out for passes and line up in the backfield on occasion. This fall we may be in for some truly special play from this position, if the coaches and Omaha World Herald are right. They can’t all play at…
Burkhead Shoots Up The Middle And Into the Open
Life in the Red suggests that true freshman, Rex Burkhead from Plano, Texas, is now poised to make a big contribution in the wake of Quentin Castille’s removal from the team. Burkhead, Pelini said on Saturday, is now the clear No. 2 guy behind Roy Helu. For those of you who don’t know about Burkhead,…
Walk-Ons Step Up – Small Town Pride Restored
According to Huskers.com, Nebraska Head Coach Bo Pelini announced Saturday that six members of the Cornhusker football team have been placed on scholarship. All six of the former walk-ons awarded scholarships are native Nebraskans, and the group includes three seniors, two juniors and a sophomore. The players added to scholarship include senior wide receiver Wes…
Quentin Castille Booted from Huskers? [updated]
Rumors are swirling tonight that Quentin Castille has been suspended or kicked off the team. Coach Pelini is set to address the media after Saturday’s practice. Players were deferring comment today as Castille missed practice for the second straight day and is not known to be nursing an injury. As usual, we’ll let the rumors…
Welcome Back Pancake Makers
Blair Kerkhoff of the Kansas City Star is my kind of sports writer. He recognizes what Nebraska football is made of and is eloquent in his delivery. Superior Nebraska offensive linemen were the surest bet around. They were the foundation of the Cornhuskers’ dynasty, the program’s identity and its greatest natural resource. Nobody grew ’em…
Nebraska Needs To Adjust Its Package
According to Huskers.com, the University of Nebraska Athletic Ticket Office has a limited number of tickets available for each of the Huskers’ first three home football games. Tickets are available for matchups against Florida Atlantic (Sept. 5, 6 p.m.), Arkansas State (Sept. 12, 1 p.m.) and Louisiana-Lafayette (Sept. 26, 6 p.m.). The tickets are located…
Make Sure You’re Nebraska
The Huskers will celebrate their 300th consecutive sell out of Memorial Stadium on 9/26 against Louisiana Lafayette. To commemorate that fact, Nebraska will play that game in throw back uniforms which will then be sold at auction. The consecutive sell out streak began during the 1962 season. Lyle Sittler played Center on the ’62 squad…
Spano Out For Season
Kody Spano, redshirt freshman quarterback for Nebraska, has been lost for the season due to an ACL tear, the second time in four months. With the departure of Patrick Witt in the off-season and the loss of Spano, Nebraska enters the season with Zac Lee as the only Husker QB who has game experience. The…
Own The Trenches, Own Your Opponent
photo by Omaha World Hearld’s Matt Miller ESPN.com’s Big 12 coorespondent Tim Griffin–who had a 24-year career at the San Antonio Express-News before joining ESPN–likes Nebraska’s defensive line. Here’s what he’s saying: Pierre Allen and Barry Turner will develop into the North’s best pair of defensive ends. Of course, they should probably thank Ndamukong Suh…