Author: Shane Powers

Shane grew up in the panhandle of Nebraska and is a lifelong and die-hard Husker fan. Shane continues to serve in the military and has watched Huskers football in multiple different countries from South Korea to Germany / Romania / Poland and many others. He is the creator of Red White Corn Sports Blog and Youtube Channel.

With the combine just weeks away (24 February to 3 March) invites are sent out and we now know who will represent Nebraska in Indianapolis. Receiving invites were WR Isaiah Neyor, TE Thomas Fidone, DT Ty Robinson, and DB Tommi Hill. Noticeably absent from this list is DT Nash Hutmacher, who was also a standout on the defensive line with Robinson. Hutmacher is projected to be a later round pick, and not going to the combine wont necessarily stop that at. Hutmacher participated in the East-West Shrine Bowl recently, are scouts praised his ability to eat up the…

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Admittedly I’m writing this with 9 minutes left in the big game. The score is 37-6, Eagles. And don’t look now but the Chiefs just turned over the ball – yet again. So, I feel safe in saying even with Mahomes as the losing team’s quarterback, that this game is over. Cam Jurgens, the starting center for the Eagles, who took over the role with big shoes to fill for Jason Kelce, has his roots in Nebraska football as most fans will recall. Jurgens time at Nebraska was interesting, as he was there during a tumultuous time, under Scott…

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Matt Rhule had to pivot on some of his beliefs this offseason, with respect to roster management. His philosophy coming in (and the university’s) was to be the kind of program that develops talent over taking major stars. Well, college football has changed, and Rhule has quickly identified that he will have to mix that strategy with an infusion of talent from the transfer portal. In the day and age of NIL money and revenue sharing, in order to compete with the best, you essentially have to identify free agent talent and buy it. So, Rhule embraced that.…

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The Nebraska spring game is something almost every Husker Football fan looks forward too come April/May. In fact, the game (which is really a glorified scrimmage) usually nearly sells out Memorial Stadium every year. This week Nebraska AD Troy Dannen mentioned that a spring game, as we know it, is unlikely to happen. Killing a tradition like this? Some would demand to know why – especially with the revenue it brings in (about 1 million annually). It turns out most of this is out of Dannen’s hands. Changes over the last couple years to college football are coming…

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With the 2024 season firmly in the books, many are now looking ahead to what is in store for 2025. Nebraska added some shiny new toys in its receiver room in Dane Key, and Nyziah Hunter. It will also return star Jacory Barney Jr, who played as a true freshman in 2024. Barney was recently recognized for having the most targets without a drop in 2024, by PFF, which was 76. In total in 2024, Barney had 55 receptions for 447 yards, but not receiving touchdowns. He did rush for 3 touchdowns in 2024. In total Barney locked…

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The transfer portal officially opened on 9 December, and now players are expected to enter in droves around the country. The transfer portal is usually ripe with talent for the school in need, but this year may have more to offer due to looming roster limits. Nebraska lost its defensive coordinator and defensive line coach last week, and with it multiple starters from the Huskers entered the transfer portal. Key losses at linebacker and defensive line need to be addressed. With that in mind, I figured Head Coach Matt Rhule would announce the defensive coordinator hire over the weekend.…

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Early Signing Day was largely a success for the Nebraska Cornhuskers as they landed the 20th ranked class according to ON3. It also comes in as the 6th ranked class in the BIG10. Nebraska managed to flip 4 star WR Cortez Mills from Oklahoma as well, although it missed on 5 star WR Michael Terry. Both Rhule and Holgorson spoke today and referenced the transfer portal. Holgorson remarked on wanting to host up to 30 players on visits. He made a comment about getting the right players on the roster that will help them win now. Holgorson mentioned…

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Senior day will take place at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska, on a critical afternoon in November this Saturday.  Before the season started, I predicted that Nebraska would be 7-5 this year. However, I’ll admit I thought they would have clinched that elusive sixth win by now. Alas, they have not. And so, set the stage for a huge Saturday this weekend for this program. Senior day, with all its pageantry, will bid farewell to Nebraska’s seniors that no longer have eligibility, or those looking to declare for the draft early. Some have been with Nebraska through the COVID years,…

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Nebraska Cornhuskers. A team that hasn’t seen a bowl game since 2016, and only once since firing Bo Pelini in 2014. It’s among the longest drought in college football, and for a former powerhouse of a program its quite embarrassing. In 2023, Matt Rhule took over a floundering program that under Scott Frost for five years failed to make a bowl game. In his first year, Rhule won 5, although he had won those 5 before November and a bowl game looked promising. He then failed to win a single game in November. Here we are in year…

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It would have been easy for Nebraska to come out lackluster on the road, and on the BIG NOON kickoff stage for the second week in a row as the underdog. Last week, they got absolutely annihilated by Indiana, in a game that just got out of hand early and was never close. One had to wonder what the psyche of the team would be going into this game. After all, Ohio State would essentially be Indiana on steroids. Turns out the Huskers were ready to battle. They started off shaky, fumbling the opening kickoff and the first…

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