Sam McKewon
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I'm a sports editor and a Nebraska columnist for the Omaha World-Herald/HuskerExtra. DMs open. Email: smckewon @owh .com.
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Monday Rewind: Dylan Raiola's teaser trailer should make for a blockbuster movie - if the pieces and playcalling around him are up to it.
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Caitlin Clark is now one victory away from former UConn and Duke players declaring that, as it turns out, she needed to have won two national titles to be considered great.
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Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts this morning says the NCAA *made a mistake* removing NC State from the College World Series.
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Lavonte David is one of the greatest Huskers in history and certainly one of the humblest.
From Miami Northwestern to Ft. Scott Community College to Nebraska to Tampa Bay...to the Super Bowl.
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In 18 months, Bill Moos hired Scott Frost to resurrect Husker football and Fred Hoiberg to lead Nebraska basketball out of the wilderness.
To national pundits who insist Nebraska athletics can do only so well and go so far in today’s landscape...
Bill Moos for the win.
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Frost in tears as he leaves the field. He pumped a football in the air.
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FINAL
Nebraska 88
Purdue 72
The best game of the Fred Hoiberg era – and one of the greatest games in Nebraska basketball history.
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Former Nebraska QB Zac Taylor has coached the Cincinnati Bengals to the Super Bowl.
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This game changes the trajectory of Fred Hoiberg's tenure at Nebraska.
He has a team. A real one.
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NU senior C Tanner Farmer: "Even though this isn't the most successful season I've had, this is happiest I've ever been, this season."
Why?
"I feel like I belong somewhere. I feel like I'm accepted. I love my coaches and I feel like they love me. In fact, I know they do."
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Urban Meyer: "I give Scott Frost credit."
Gives credit to Ryan Day and James Franklin, too.
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For the first time in 364 days, Nebraska's going to beat a FBS team.
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Happy New Year!
The 2019 Nebraska football schedule:
8/31 South Alabama
9/7 at Colorado
9/14 Northern Illinois
9/21 at Illinois
9/28 Ohio State
10/5 Northwestern
10/12 at Minnesota
10/26 Indiana
11/2 Purdue
11/16 Wisconsin
11/23 at Maryland
11/29 Iowa
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Nebraska baseball has won the Big Ten Championship and, with it, punched their ticket for the NCAA Tournament.
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Scott Frost estimates there are 15-20 total vomits per practice from offensive linemen under new position coach Donovan Raiola.
“It’s not because they’re not in shape – he’s just working them hard.”
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Adrian Martinez earned this. Hard not to be glad he finally bagged a big win. He’s been close a lot.
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Nebraska VB John Cook: "This is probably the most proud I've been of a team."
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The comparison for Paul Chryst’s firing is *not* Bo Pelini.
It’s Frank Solich.
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Frost says Trev Alberts went around to each NU assistant coach Sunday and told them how proud he was of their work.
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BREAKING: Source confirms former Husker Mickey Joseph finalizing a deal to join Nebraska’s staff.
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Casey Thompson says the NIL opps at Nebraska are better at NU than at Texas, in part because Lincoln is more “close knit” than Austin.
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Scott Frost on being a tougher team:
"You guys all remember the Nebraska that was nasty and when people got on the field with you they were going to lose the next week, too, because we beat the piss out of you."
(applause)
"I want to get a little of that nasty back."
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Nebraska football ranks last nationally in turnover margin, fumbles and fumbles lost.
It leads the nation in sacks.
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Former interim Nebraska HC Mickey Joseph has been arrested and booked into Lancaster County jail on suspicion of strangulation and third-degree assault.
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ESPN's Desmond Howard: "I have a lot of confidence in Scott Frost. I love the way he addresses the media. He's brutally honest. And real players respect that."
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BREAKING: Eight Nebraska football players are suing the Big Ten in the district court of Lancaster County, seeking to have the court invalidate league's decision to postpone the season.
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Kelly Hunter joins Tommie Frazier as the most accomplished court/field generals in school history. Both won two national titles as starters.
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Lavonte David’s gonna win a Super Bowl playing great man to man against the game’s best TE.
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Props to former Nebraska MBB coach Tim Miles, who inherited a graduation success rate of 56 when he arrived at Nebraska, and turned that into a GSR of 90.
Miles had help in that process, obviously, from many people at Nebraska but, still, props.
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Matt Rhule: "A good QB in the portal costs $1 million, $1.5, 2 million" in NIL.
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Trev Alberts announces Nebraska will bring back a "slightly modernized" version of the original Herbie Husker mascot. Coming in 2023.
"Complete with corn and overalls," Alberts said.
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Interesting list. It’s also wrong. Nebraska has won 21 straight home games against Kansas.
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NU AD Trev Alberts says all 18 inch wide seats for Memorial Stadium will be at least 20 inches. Capacity will go down a little. Immediate change for 2022.
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Nebraska football players graduating this weekend with a degree from a Big Ten institution:
Carlos Davis
Khalil Davis
Wyatt Mazour
DaiShon Neal
Terrell Newby
Tony Butler
Congrats!
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Happy New Year!
The 2020 Nebraska football schedule:
Sept. 5 Purdue
Sept. 12 Central Michigan
Sept. 19 SDSU
Sept. 26 Cincinnati
Oct. 3 at NW
Oct. 10 Illinois
Oct. 24 at Rutgers
Oct. 31 at Ohio St.
Nov. 7 Penn St.
Nov. 14 at Iowa
Nov. 21 at Wisconsin
Nov. 27 Minnesota
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Nebraska kicker Connor Culp leads the Big Ten with 12 field goals.
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New Blackshirts:
Carlos Davis
Khalil Davis
Lamar Jackson
Tre Neal
Ben Stille was awarded a Blackshirt but coach Scott Frost said Stille turned it down because he doesn’t think he’s practiced well enough.
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Scott Frost said "whole attitude" of program has turned a corner. Getting rid of "culture killers" and flipping to "culture keepers."
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Matt Rhule: "I think Mickey Joseph has done a tremendous job." Calls Scott Frost "a friend."
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Thomas Fidone, a top 100 prospect, has committed to Nebraska.
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Former Nebraska running back Rex Burkhead scores the game-winning TD in overtime to send the Patriots to the Super Bowl.
It's New England vs. Los Angeles in the Super Bowl.
Rex vs. Suh. The two played on the 2009 NU team together.
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Alabama will miss the College Football Playoff for the first time.
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I get the sense some Nebraska fans could just run through a wall right at this moment, they're so jacked up for
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football. Hasn't been like this for awhile.
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Thompson says Mathis and Washington called Casey about Nebraska.
The response?
“I trust Mickey Joseph.”
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Nebraska coach Scott Frost fires Matt Lubick, Ryan Held, Mario Verduzco and Greg Austin. They're gone immediately.
Only Sean Beckton remains among the offensive coaches.
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Lamar Jackson got beat yesterday for a game-winning TD.
Lamar Jackson has also started five games as an undrafted NFL rookie.
He's in the league he always dreamed of playing in. He won.
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Breaking: CJ Wilcher transferring from Xavier to Nebraska. 6-5 shooter with four years eligibility left. He’s got a younger brother who’s a 5-star in the 2023 class, as well.
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BREAKING: Nebraska C Cam Jurgens is the No. 51 pick in the NFL Draft from the Eagles.
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Breaking News: Nebraska has secured rapid-response, point-of-care antigen tests for potential upcoming season. Quidel testing machine on the way, to be housed in East Stadium. More: .
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At a gas station in Brush. Full of Husker fans. The migration is on.
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20 hours after playing in the Big Ten Tournament, Bryce McGowens is on press row at the Nebraska state tournament, congratulating Ashland-Greenwood's Cale Jacobsen on his 43 points in the C-1 semis.
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A week out from Signing Day, a quote from Matt Rhule when he was at Baylor:
"Recruiting is not rankings. Recruiting is not what people say it is. Recruiting is finding people who can play, putting them in the right positions and developing them."
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One of the great trainwrecks that I’ve ever seen on a reverse.
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Tim Miles made it cool to care about Nebraska basketball. He was fired for not winning enough, but the buzz he generated creates momentum for the future - and a big opportunity for the next guy.
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Omar Manning was silently committed since November, chewed on taking some more visits earlier in the week, but then, in the last few days, he decided Nebraska was where he wanted to be all along.
“Nebraska is where I think I’ll flourish the best on and off the field.”
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Can confirm WR Zavier Betts is back with Nebraska football, per source. First reported by
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. Talent never in question. Wise to temper expectations for now but a potentially big add for NU.
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Will Honas' JUCO coach: "Will’s a Big Ten, roll your sleeves up in November, no gloves, no frills, bad to the bone football player."
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Nebraska plucks Ajay Allen away from TCU. He's high on my Super Six.
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QB Casey Thompson: "I wish we had the Tom Brady rule when we played at Rutgers."
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Nebraska OC Mark Whipple fired up today, saying the team can win the West, needs to be as frustrated as he is when it doesn’t score touchdowns, and he’s a better coach when he’s a jerk vs. being a nice guy.
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Dedrick Mills: The more I ran between the tackles, the less Rutgers wanted to hit me.
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Stanley Morgan not a first-team WR. Huh.
Note: BTN is so Ohio State punch-drunk it listed Minnesota's Tyler Johnson as a Buckeye. (He plays for Minnesota.)
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Four missed tackles but the guy who missed the first one hustled back to make the play 25 yards later.
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Final
Nebraska 56
Northwestern 7
Most dominant win/best performance of the Frost era.
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From NCAA presser:
Q: Harper, you never know how things are going to turn out, and there's no guarantees, but I've said to people this year, if you don't get Nebraska this year, you'd better, you know? You feel like that?
Murray: Yeah I think we're going to win three national…
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Alllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll of America will be rooting for LSU.
LSU will never have so many fans as it will Jan. 13.
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In 20 months, Nebraska RBs coach Ryan Held has landed:
Maurice Washington
Greg Bell
Miles Jones (moved to WR)
Dedrick Mills
Rahmir Johnson
Ronald Thompkins
Sevion Morrison
Marvin Scott III
And had big assists on several prospects, including Wan'Dale Robinson.
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Former Nebraska forward Isaiah Roby had 19 points and seven rebounds tonight for Oklahoma City in his season debut.
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Just out of Nebraska football practice. Watched a lot of QB play. Purely on arm talent, etc...it's the most talented group NU's had in awhile. (Richie Torres has a tremendous arm.)
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JoJo Domann is a 2nd-team AP All-American at DB. That's a media voter award - I was one of them - so it gives you a sense of what other media members saw in No. 13. Impressive.
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The Nebraska WBB team was in a refueling stop in Columbus, Ohio, watching the final minutes of NU/CU MBB game on their phones.
"Just an eruption of noise," Amy Williams said, when MBB team officially won.
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Scott Frost: “If there’s a decline in attendance in college football, that’s not at Nebraska.”
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The transfer portal allows Riley to passively raid the current OU roster. The uglier the divorce gets, the better it is for Nebraska.
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Happy New Year!
The 2021 Nebraska football schedule:
Aug. 28 Illinois*
Sept. 11 Buffalo
Sept. 18 at Oklahoma
Sept. 25 at Michigan St
Oct. 2 Ohio St
Oct. 9 NW
Oct. 16 at Purdue
Oct. 30 Michigan
Nov. 6 Iowa
Nov. 13 SE Louisiana
Nov. 20 Wisconsin
Nov. 26 at Minnesota
*Ireland
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