The SEC championship game runner-up Georgia Bulldogs (11-2) were extended, and accepted, an invitation to the Capital One Bowl (we used to know it as the Citrus Bowl) Sunday to face Big Ten championship game runner-up Nebraska (10-3) in Orlando, Tuesday, Jan. 1. UGA will be HUGE favorites! They were five yards away from playing for the national title, and taking on a team … [Read more...] about Nebraska Cornhuskers vs. Georgia Bulldogs in Capital One Bowl
cornhusker football
Can Nebraska RB Rex Burkhead win the Big 10 Silver Football?
Perhaps the position with the most tradition at Nebraska is tailback. The starter this fall is Rex Burkhead, a senior who's been inspired by some of the past greats in Lincoln. "Roy (Helu) last year, he was a guy I looked up to quite a bit. He was a great player, but also a great person. Seeing how he went about his business, and his daily routine," Burkhead said. … [Read more...] about Can Nebraska RB Rex Burkhead win the Big 10 Silver Football?
Will Compton: Nebraska Cornhuskers leader on defense
The Nebraska Cornhuskers will be without their three superstars on defense from last year: Alfonzo Dennard, Jared Crick and Lavonte David. All are in the NFL now. Even with the trio, the team's defense wasn't all that spectacular in 2011. Linebacker Will Compton may not have as much NFL potential as Baker Steinkuhler, or some of the other blackshirts, but he's the heart and … [Read more...] about Will Compton: Nebraska Cornhuskers leader on defense
Nebraska QB Taylor Martinez Continues Throwing Progression
While college students across the nation were enjoying a week-long break from the pressures of schoolwork, Nebraska's Taylor Martinez was doing something quite different. The quarterback, instead of relaxing at the beach, went back home to California and used the time to work on his throwing. Talk about commitment. Martinez worked for three days with quarterback coach … [Read more...] about Nebraska QB Taylor Martinez Continues Throwing Progression
Nebraska spring football: preview of the Cornhuskers offense and defense
After ending their 2011 campaign with a disappointing defeat at the hands of the South Carolina Gamecocks, the Nebraska Cornhuskers are more than happy to herald in a new season with the return of spring football. Nebraska began its spring football season on March 10 and ran three practices before ending temporarily on March 14. The season has been idle since as players … [Read more...] about Nebraska spring football: preview of the Cornhuskers offense and defense
Nebraska Cornhuskers-Iowa Hawkeyes Rivalry: Tom Osborne is Excited
On the last Friday of November in Lincoln, Neb., the college football teams from the University of Iowa and the University of Nebraska will square off in the first of what is expected to be a long and competitive and entertaining rivalry between one of the Big Ten Conference’s original member institutions and the league’s most recent addition. It could be the beginning of a … [Read more...] about Nebraska Cornhuskers-Iowa Hawkeyes Rivalry: Tom Osborne is Excited
#16 Nebraska vs. #18 Michigan: Brutally Honest Game Preview
In both the present and the future these two teams matter much for Big Ten. The loser between the Nebraska Cornhuskers and the Michigan Wolverines is officially eliminated from the conference title. The winner stands as the #2 should Sparty falter down the stretch, and would grab the trip to Indianapolis in place of Michigan State. That's the short term. In the long run, … [Read more...] about #16 Nebraska vs. #18 Michigan: Brutally Honest Game Preview
Penn State is “Radioactive” to Bowl Selection Committees; Big 10 Bowl Projections
"They're radioactive," a bowl official told Herb Gould of the Chicago Sun-Times yesterday. "[Bowls] wanted Joe Paterno 's last game, not a nightmare." The Nittany Lions finish the season at Ohio State and Wisconsin. The OSU game looks like a toss-up, and the Badgers will likely destroy them. That season ending tilt is looking like it'll be the Leaders division championship … [Read more...] about Penn State is “Radioactive” to Bowl Selection Committees; Big 10 Bowl Projections
#12 Penn State Nittany Lions #19 Nebraska Cornhuskers: Brutally Honest Game Preview
Penn State news that actually focuses on college football? Hhmm, yeah, we'll try. It's hard to think about football when you have a campus in mutiny due to the firing of one of the game's biggest icons. And that firing was justified because of the university's looking the other way while a defensive coordinator raped children. It's also harder to preview this game when … [Read more...] about #12 Penn State Nittany Lions #19 Nebraska Cornhuskers: Brutally Honest Game Preview
Big 10 Bowl Projections; Much Hinges on Wisconsin Badgers
When looking at the Big Ten conference standings, and trying to figure out the hierarchy for the college football bowl system, I can't help but think of one of my favorite lines from the '80s movie "Fletch." "I'd say we're in a gray area." "How gray?" "Charcoal." We do know this however- the Big Ten bellcow is still Wisconsin (get it bellcow, dairy state?). The … [Read more...] about Big 10 Bowl Projections; Much Hinges on Wisconsin Badgers