Wow, what a performance. Nebraska came to play tonight with a focus and intensity we haven’t seen in a while. The team executed perfectly on both sides of the ball, and dominated throughout. I really like where the Pelini Brothers are taking us…
Monthly Archives: December 2009
It’s Game Day In Huskerland
We’re just hours from the Holiday Bowl kick off and I’m thinking about how this game will be the last time Barry Turner, Ndamukong Suh, Jared Crick and Pierre Allen will play together across the Husker defensive front. I’m also thinking about how Bo Pelini is unbeaten in two bowl games as head coach at…
Musical Knights Step In For Huskers
Due to winter storms that closed I-80, members of University of Nebraska’s marching band struggled to make it back to campus in time for the band’s planned bus trip to San Diego. So the University’s Music Dept. canceled the band’s trip to the Holiday Bowl. So who’s going to play “Hail Varsity,” “(There’s No) Place…
You’ve Got To Beat The Best To Be The Best
Winners have a certain swagger. It might be kept in check, but it’s always there. Bo Pelini is a winner. Here’s what the coach had to say to the press earlier today in San Diego: “Our guys feel we’re at a point in the program that now, going forward, we can beat anybody in the…
Gill Comes Back To Football Country (at a basketball school)
According to several sources including The Buffalo News, University of Buffalo head coach Turner Gill will be named the new head coach at Kansas. Gill’s record was 20-30 at UB. After a 2-10 opening season, Gill led the Bulls to a 5-7 record in 2007 and a share of the Mid-American Conference’s East Division title….
Suh Comes In 4th In Heisman Race – An Unprecedented Achievement for a Defensive Player
Mark Ingram, the sophomore running back for #1 Alabama, won the 2009 Heisman Trophy tonight. In doing so, Ingram becomes the first player ever in Alabama’s storied program to win college football’s most prestigious award. Ingram rushed for 1,542 yards this season, gaining and average of 118.6 yards per game and 6.2 yards per carry….
Ndamukong Suh for Heisman
What started as a movement to get Ndamukong Suh an invite to the Heisman award ceremony is turning into a grassroots campaign that may just find Ndamukong Suh as the 2009 Heisman Award Winner. The University of Nebraska also launched http://suh93.com/ with video and photo highlights of Suh in action this season: As of 12:49pm…
Huskers Lose, But Go Up In The Polls
The Huskers gained ground in the polls after last’s night’s effort in Arlington. We are now ranked #20 in the Associated Press and #19 in the USA Today. In the USA Today poll, Nebraska is the highest ranking team with four losses. In the AP poll we’re ranked one slot ahead of 9-3 Oklahoma State,…
Husker Mike Flashes Back to ’94
It’s good to have football historians with a blog in our midst. Guys like Husker Mike, who remembers well. Harken back to January 1, 1994. A roundly criticized and mocked Nebraska squad takes the field in the opponent’s home state, with nobody giving them a chance to win. Nobody except fans wearing red, that is….
Bitter Pills Dispensed At Game’s End
Last night’s brawl in Arlington is one of the toughest losses this team has endured under Bo Pelini. It hurts bad. Not the way being embarrassed under Loserhan hurt, that was an issue of wounded pride. The loss last night, along with the Virginia Tech loss earlier this fall, stand as testament to how good…