Author: Andrew Juracek

In a significant development in the 2027 college football recruiting cycle, one of the nation’s top tight end prospects has trimmed his list to just two programs. Ahmad Hudson, a 6-6, 230-pound standout from Ruston High School in Ruston, Louisiana, announced that he is down to LSU and Nebraska as his finalists. Hudson is widely regarded as the premier tight end recruit in the country. According to Rivals’ Industry Rankings, he is the No. 1 tight end in the 2027 class and the No. 15 overall player nationally. On the 247Sports composite, he ranks as the No. 11 overall prospect,…

The College Football Playoff stands at a critical juncture. With the format locked in at 12 teams for the 2026-27 season, expansion talks continue to swirl around larger fields. Power conference leaders increasingly view conference championship games as an obstacle to growth. To make room for more playoff games without overloading the calendar or endangering players, these title contests could soon disappear. The current 12-team playoff already stretches the postseason deep into January. First round games occur on campus sites in mid-December, followed by quarterfinals and semifinals. The national championship game lands in late January. Adding more teams means either…

No 19 Nebraska rallied from a five-run deficit to defeat No 21 Oregon by a score of 10 to 8 on Saturday afternoon. The win evened the Top 25 series in Eugene, Oregon. Nebraska improved to 27-8 overall and 12-2 in Big Ten play. Oregon fell to 25-10 and 9-5 in conference action. The Huskers recorded 10 runs on 15 hits, while the Ducks had eight runs on 11 hits along with one error. Every starter in the Nebraska lineup collected at least one hit. This marked the first time the team achieved this feat since 2024. Sanderson finished 3…

Nebraska defeated Iowa State four sets to none with set scores of 25 to 17, 25 to 16, 25 to 16, and 26 to 24 in front of a crowd of 3,376 at the Sanford Pentagon on Saturday afternoon. Nebraska hit .360 while Iowa State hit .171. Skyler Pierce had eight kills and hit .889. Virginia Adriano added eight kills on .667 hitting. Teraya Sigler chipped in eight kills and hit .571. Harper Murray and Andi Jackson posted six and five kills, respectively. Bergen Reilly played the first two sets and put up 17 assists with five digs, two kills,…

As Nebraska’s head coach, Matt Rhule, enters the 2026 season, the program is leaning heavily on a mixture of youth and veterans to build depth and compete in the rugged Big Ten. The 2026 recruiting class may be modest in size, but it packs talent and upside, especially a core group of true freshmen who have already impressed during spring practices and the spring game. These five standouts are generating buzz as potential early contributors who could crack the two-deep, earn snaps, or even push for starting roles. Here’s a look at the top five freshmen set to make their…

Nebraska fans know the transfer-QB gamble all too well. Jeff Sims arrived in 2023 as a flashy dual-threat from Georgia Tech and left as a turnover machine. In limited action, he completed just 28-of-47 passes for 282 yards and one touchdown while tossing six interceptions. His athleticism produced some highlight runs, but poor decisions and inaccuracy doomed the experiment. Sims was gone after one season, another reminder that raw talent doesn’t always translate in Lincoln. Anthony Colandrea is built from a different mold entirely. The 6-0, 205-pound senior spent two seasons starting at Virginia before exploding at UNLV in 2025.…

Coach Fred Hoiberg was named the Associated Press National Coach of the Year on April 3, 2026, capping a breakthrough 2025-26 season that rewrote the record books for the Cornhuskers program. Hoiberg, who received the award in Indianapolis during the Final Four, becomes the first men’s basketball coach in Nebraska history to earn the honor in the award’s 59-year existence. He is the 10th Big Ten coach to win the AP Coach of the Year since 1967 and just the second in the past two decades. The award is voted on by a national panel of media members responsible for…

In a groundbreaking announcement for college volleyball, the Nebraska Huskers will face Missouri on Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026, at iconic Wrigley Field in Chicago, marking the first-ever volleyball match at the legendary home of the Chicago Cubs. The matchup is part of the inaugural Big Ten/SEC Volleyball Challenge Week, featuring a high-profile doubleheader that also includes Penn State versus Kentucky. Both games will air live on FOX, bringing national attention to one of college sports’ fastest-growing spectacles in one of America’s most famous ballparks. Nebraska will open its 2026 season against a strong SEC opponent in a venue unlike any…

For 87 years, Nebraska had never won a single game in the NCAA Tournament. Nine appearances since 1986. Zero victories. The only Power conference program left without a March Madness win — a scarlet letter that haunted every bracket, every selection show, every trip to “the Big Dance.” Then came 2026. And everything changed. On a Thursday afternoon in Oklahoma City, the No. 4 Huskers stepped onto the floor against No. 13 Troy and delivered something no one in the program had ever felt: a March Madness victory. The final score read 76-47, but the numbers barely told the story.…

In a game that will be remembered as one of the signature moments in Nebraska basketball history, the Cornhuskers delivered a dramatic late rally and a clutch finish to defeat Vanderbilt 74-72 and advance to the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 for the first time in program history. Freshman Braden Frager was the hero, driving for a game-winning layup with just 2.2 seconds remaining after an assist from Pryce Sandfort. Vanderbilt’s desperation half-court heave by Tyler Tanner rimmed out at the buzzer, sending a partisan Husker crowd at the Paycom Center into a record-breaking 115 decibel roar and the fourth-seeded Nebraska…