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Nebraska Football: Why Matt Rhule is Neither Mike Riley nor Scott Frost

Nebraska Football: Why Matt Rhule is Neither Mike Riley nor Scott Frost

On Saturday, Nebraska announced that Matt Rhule had been hired as the 31st permanent head coach of the Cornhusker football program. Rhule signed an eight-year contract with Nebraska. There’s plenty of other outlets that will tell you who Rhule is and what to expect from him in Lincoln. We won’t try to duplicate that. But given that the coaching search went on for some months – and given the…

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Nebraska Football: Frost’s Downfall, and the Silver Linings on the Impending Storm Clouds

Nebraska Football: Frost’s Downfall, and the Silver Linings on the Impending Storm Clouds

“When someone shows you who they are, believe them …”– Maya Angelou October 9 doesn’t seem that long ago, does it Husker Fan? Boy things seemed different then. Sure, Nebraska was 3-4, but had come through a daunting stretch where it very, very nearly upset three top ten teams (Oklahoma, Michigan State, and Michigan), two on the road. More importantly, Nebraska showed it had the talent level to…

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Nebraska Football: A Fan’s Survival Guide After the Illinois Debacle

Nebraska Football: A Fan’s Survival Guide After the Illinois Debacle

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different resultsRita Mae Brown, “Sudden Death” (and not Albert Einstein) ’But I don’t want to go among mad people’ Alice remarked.‘Oh, you can’t help that,” said the Cat. “We’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.’Lewis Carrol, “Alice in Wonderland” You felt it, didn’t you Husker Fan? That familiar tingle of excitement, of connection,…

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Nebraska Football: Why Frank Solich was Better at Nebraska than Bo Pelini

Nebraska Football: Why Frank Solich was Better at Nebraska than Bo Pelini

It’s May, and we’re in the midst of a global pandemic that have pretty much shut down all live sports and made us all consider how many times we can re-wear a pair of sweatpants before they absolutely, positively have to be washed (spoiler alert: it’s nine, absent an unfortunate incident with the nacho cheese dip).

So it probably shouldn’t be a surprised when Nebraska fans lost their…

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Why Nebraska Fans Should Not Give Up on Dreams of Glory

Why Nebraska Fans Should Not Give Up on Dreams of Glory

I know it’s been a few weeks since I’ve posted anything. And yes, I am aware that there is a football season ongoing for Nebraska.

Some of it has been personal challenges, which you aren’t interested in reading about. But, honestly, most of it has been Minnesota. Watching Nebraska’s loss to Minnesota really shook what I thought about this program.

The Ohio State loss wasn’t fun to watch, but…

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Nebraska Football: The Double-Edged Sword of Expectations

Nebraska Football: The Double-Edged Sword of Expectations

It has not been easy to be a Nebraska fan in the last couple of decades. After three national titles in four years at the end of the 1990s, Nebraska’s football fortunes have fallen to the point where NU had three losing season in the last four years.

That’s been really hard on a fanbase, particularly when you add that failure on the field to the arrogance of Steve Pedersen, the immaturity of Bo…

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Nebraska Football: The Most Important Quote from Adrian Martinez at B1G Media Days

Nebraska Football: The Most Important Quote from Adrian Martinez at B1G Media Days

Last week, the college football season unofficially started with B1G Media Days in Chicago. Sophomore quarterback Adrian Martinez was one of Nebraska’s three player representatives, and got a lot of attention from the local and national media.

Martinez is mature, almost preternaturally so, in his interactions with the media, and it was remarkable to see him hold court. But one thing he said…

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Nebraska Football: Lack of Development Fuels Nebraska’s NFL Draft Streak Being Snapped

Nebraska Football: Lack of Development Fuels Nebraska’s NFL Draft Streak Being Snapped

This year, Nebraska broke a 56-year streak of having at least one player selected in the NFL draft. After suffering through two consecutive 4-8 seasons, and having the memory of seeing streak after streak fall in the early 2000s, Nebraska fans had an uncomfortable sense of déjà vu at the end of the last round of this year’s draft, seeing players from such football powerhouses such as Valdosta…

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