Has the Huskers football brand lost some of its luster? It’s a fair question after a decade of disappointments, and one that Lincoln Journal Star sports writer Steve Sipple has some thoughts about. Sipple recounts a day in October 2006 in Stillwater, when there were a significant number of empty seats in Boone Pickens Stadium…
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Poor Coaching Leads To Errors On The Field, Huskers Pecked By Gamecocks
Bo Pelini is an enigma. On one hand, you have to hand it to the guy for wearing his emotions on his sleeve. On the other hand you have to ask if that’s an intelligent thing for the head coach at Nebraska to do. After his team played a sloppy mess of a bowl game…
Big News All Around For Huskers Football
The team did not play on Saturday in Indianapolis, but it has been a busy week in Nebraska football. Carl Pelini is now the head coach at Florida Atlantic University. His brother, Bo Pelini, is now searching for his replacement. Lavonte David is an All-American, the 96th first-team All-American in Huskers history. The Huskers are…
Desperately Seeking The Team That Spanked Sparty
Angry Dad of HuskerMax believes this season is a bust no matter what happens against Iowa. For Bo, no championship equals a failed season and that reality is already written. Angry Dad also has a slough of head-spinning stats to consider. For instance: In NU’s three losses the Huskers gave up 121 points and were…
Outplayed Is One Thing, Outfoxed Is Another (Both Are Bad)
When I have questions about the Huskers, I look to Samuel McKewon of Omaha World Herald for answers. For instance, where was our offensive game plan last Saturday? In the past five years, Michigan defensive coordinator Greg Mattison has helped run a national title unit — Florida in 2006 — and the Baltimore Ravens. He…
How Many Beatings Does Nebraska Have To Take Before We Change The Score?
PAIN. FULL. That’s what yesterday’s game was for an outmatched Nebraska squad and its fans. Brian Christopherson of Lincoln Journal Star, had this to say following the debacle in Ann Arbor: Messier than a baby’s bib, this one. Turn the ball over twice more than your opponent and have it half as long and see…
Huskers Ready To Rock The Big House
I’m thrilled that we’re playing Michigan in Ann Arbor tomorrow. They’re not Penn State, which is a relief, but more importantly this is the kind of late season Big 10 game that the season rides on. 10-2 is within our grasp, but 8-4 is also a possibility, as is 9-3. Which means that tomorrow’s game…
Bigger Than Football
At first, I was surprised to learn that Bo Pelini thought yesterday’s game against Penn State should not have been played. But now that I’ve read David Haugh’s Chicago Tribune op-ed on the game, it makes more sense to me. To say this football game was revealing has nothing to do with either Penn State…
Bradley v. Pelini One Of Many Storylines
Players play the game, but coaches also line up against one another on game day. Tomorrow at high noon (EST) Tom Bradley lines up against Bo Pelini and #19 Nebraska. It would be a heck of a debut under any circumstance, but given the spotlight and widespread condemnation in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky…
Guest Post: Huskers Invade Not So Happy Valley — The Las Vegas Perspective
By Tony George Nebraska -3.5 @ Penn State With the national spotlight on Happy Valley, PA right now, it is not so Happy at Penn State right now. A sex Scandal with ex Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky has rocked the campus and shaken the Joe Paterno legacy down to its very core. Hidden behind…