Big Ten Tournament Preview
"We're basically fighting for our lives now," Nebraska coach Darin Erstad said following the Huskers' loss to Michigan on Saturday. There wasn't much reason to be pensive after the Wolverines had just hammered the Huskers for 23 hits in the 19-9 win, costing Nebraska a chance at a top two seed and first-round bye in this week's Big Ten Tournament in Minneapolis. If anything good came from that loss, at least Nebraska now knew exactly what it would have to do ...
Hot Reads: DE Gregory may be delayed
We're officially in the "no news is good news" portion of the college football calendar. If you're not reading any breaking news about your favorite team, that's typically a good thing. The sort of stuff that makes for legitimate news at this point is rarely good. For example, according to BigRedReport.com it's going to come down to the wire as to whether or not JUCO transfer defensive end Randy Gregory can get academically cleared and enrolled in time to be in Lincoln ...
Hot Reads: Salary Talks
The Detroit Free-Press released a special report over the weekend on salaries for the Big Ten's assistant football coaches. It doesn't include Northwestern and Penn State as they're not required to report salaries the same way the rest of the Big Ten is, but the list does offers some interesting information on the other 10 schools. First, the assistant salary pool in the Big Ten as a whole is increasing: Combined, those 10 schools are investing $1.72 million more this year in ...
Michigan smashes Nebraska 19-9
LINCOLN -- Michigan had a plane to catch and that was very nearly a problem on Saturday as the Wolverines couldn’t stop slapping singles around Haymarket Park in their 19-9 win over Nebraska. The Huskers allowed season highs in both hits (23) and runs in the final game of the season, using eight different pitchers in the process. The win gave Michigan (29-25, 14-10) the 2-1 series victory and cost Nebraska a shot at either a share of the Big Ten ...
Tweets of the Week: May 17
Friday is finally here, Huskers! It’s been another busy week, per usual. Nebraska athletics had a lot of things going on, some serious and some not but all entertaining. What might you have missed? Hahaha you can't break it if you do it right @idrake36 vine.co/v/bEHggdxvvaJ — Taylor Martinez (@TMAG1C) May 17, 2013 Vine is really an amazing thing. After all, it has given the Nebraska football team another outlet to share their crazy antics. This week’s best Vine? Quarterback Taylor Martinez tried ...
Hot Reads: Opportunity Missed
For about an hour on Thursday night, everything appeared to be falling into place for Nebraska. The Huskers had a 5-2 lead over Michigan, pitcher Kyle Kubat was breezing through the Wolverines' lineup, and -- most importantly -- Ohio State had just beaten Indiana while Illinois had upended Minnesota earlier in the day meaning that, if Nebraska could just get a win, the Huskers would be in a three-way tie for first place in the Big Ten. Then things started to ...
Huskers get favorable 2014 schedule
On Thursday the Big Ten released the 2014 football schedules, the first season for the conference under the new East-West divisional alignment. Nebraska's new schedule is as follows: 9/21 Illinois, 10/4 at Michigan State, 10/11 BYE, 10/18 at Northwestern, 10/25 Rutgers, 11/1 Purdue, 11/8 BYE, 11/15 at Wisconsin, 11/22 Minnesota, 11/28 at Iowa. Assuming that 2013 plays out as expected, this looks like a pretty favorable slate of games for the Cornhuskers next year for a number of reasons: 1) Nebraska likely will ...
Hot Reads: Not Dead Yet
When Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany speaks people tend to listen. Particularly when its May and the college sports calendar is almost completely clear. The Delany quote making news yesterday was on the topic of expansion. Is it dead now that the ACC has taken steps to keep its conference from being raided? “Dead is a strong word,” Delany said, “but I know where we have spent our time since the announcement of Rutgers and Maryland. “I told you guys we were inactive, ...
Hot Reads: Bowl Crazy
The Big Ten athletic directors are currently meeting in Chicago, a sentence that at least feels like it applies to most weeks out of the year. This time, they're discussing the Big Ten's bowl lineup for forthcoming seasons. Before we get to the proposed changes, here's a quick refresher on the current bowls with Big Ten tie-ins (in order, more or less): Rose, Capital One, Outback, Gator, Buffalo Wild Wings, Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas, Heart of Dallas, and the ...
Huskers outlast Creighton in 12-9 win
OMAHA -- It was ugly. As in 11 walks, eight different pitchers, nine runs allowed ugly. But a win over the in-state rival is still a win over the in-state rival. Beats the alternative. Nebraska (24-26) scored 12 runs on 16 hits and the Huskers needed almost every one of them in the 12-9 win over Creighton Tuesday at TD Ameritrade Park. Starter Tyler Niederklein was credited with the win, pitching two innings, striking out two, and allowing just one earned ...
