Sam McKewon of the Omaha World Herald argues, and rightly so, that the Nebraska’s next three games are the toughest test of the Bo Pelini era. There’s no question. At Penn State, at Michigan and at home against our new rival, Iowa. It could be a glorious run or a devastating finish to another disappointing…
10-2 Seems Like A Fairy Tale Right Now, And We Don’t Do Fairy Tales In This Program
Northwestern came to Lincoln to win. Their determination and their ability was front and center from the first snap, and it never waned. Much to our chagrin… Tom Shatel sums it up: Call it the annual gag. Or the yearly hiccup. But until Nebraska learns to avoid this sort of glitch, there won’t be any…
Four Downs: Nebraska vs Northwestern
After last week’s domination of Michigan State, you thought the Huskers had righted the ship and were in prime position to win their division. I should have waited another game before thinking Nebraska was on its way. Looking back, there seems to be one game a season, under Pelini, the Huskers lose they shouldn’t. Today…
Northwestern Wildcats Ace Their Midterms, But Playing The Blackshirts Is A Different Kind of Test
After a tremendous effort from the defense last Saturday, Bo Pelini handed out 19 Blackshirts to his core defensive unit this week. It was a way to say “Job well done” while reminding the players of the four regular season “tasks” left undone. Since 1964, when the Blackshirt tradition was first introduced, few programs in…
Huskerpedia Takes It On The Chin
Huskerpedia.com, perhaps the most popular Husker-related site on the web, is currently offline. According to the Lincoln Journal Star, the site was shut down Tuesday, on an order this week by a California judge. It was a victory for the website’s founders, David Max, a California businessman who grew up in Page, Neb., and Joe…
Blackshirts Show Up For The Big 10 Race
We invited a friend who is a Michigan State graduate into our home yesterday for the game. I tried to keep the gloating to a minimum and to appear to be shocked by Sparty’s inability to move the ball. (Of course, I had no reason to feel overly confident as this was the first time…
Four Downs: Nebraska vs Michigan State
The season was on the line, and Nebraska rose up and responded to the challenge. Were they aided by Michigan State’s recent gauntlet of games? Perhaps it was a factor, but there was never any doubt who the better team on the field was today.
Block Sparty, Disrupt Sparty
Brian Christopherson of Lincoln Journal Star says tomorrow’s game against Sparty is “man’s work.” I couldn’t agree more. We’re gonna have to man up and keep Jerel Worthy and company out of our backfield. Michigan State’s defensive line is a menacing bunch…the Spartans are ranked eighth in the country in run defense, giving up 89…
TCF Bank Stadium A Lovely Setting For Huskers’ Victory
Nebraska won big today in a road game against a seriously out-manned opponent. I’m happy that there was never a question about who was in control of this one–it reminded me of how things used to be when we rolled in to Lawrence, Ames and other college towns. Over before it ever started. There were…
Four Downs: Nebraska at Minnesota
Was that a game, or a scrimmage Nebraska just played? At some point in the second quarter, the analysts drifted away from the game. In the third quarter, one of the tv analysts, former Washington QB Brock Huard, spent more time critiquing Taylor Martinez’s throwing motion than calling the game.* The fourth quarter had time…
