12/13/17 | HuskerMax
Nebraska has added a total of six home games against three non-conference opponents to its future football schedules and also adjusted the date of a previously scheduled game. The games added to the Nebraska schedule: South Dakota State—Sept 12, 2020; Aug. 31, 2024; Sept. 9, 2028 North Dakota—Sept. 3, 2022; Sept. 19, 2026 Georgia Southern—Sept. 10, 2022 The 2020 matchup with South Dakota…
I think right now there are a few different emotions going through Husker Nation. One of them is excitement and I think that it's justified. How couldn't you be excited when our fellow Nebraska brethren has come home and he happens to be the hottest coaching commodity since Urban Meyer left Utah. It's easy to get behind someone who is…
Get the latest version of the HuskerMax koozie. Scheduled to be available for shipping by Priority Mail by December 18th. May not make it in time for a stocking stuffer but it will be close. You'll have them in time for the Peach Bowl for sure. The price is $14.95 for a six pack of koozies with free Priority Mail…
Rob Zatechka was one of the 200-plus former players who welcomed Scott Frost back "home" on Sunday. Dr. Rob describes the feeling in the room and how there is finally something to believe in. Listen to the entire podcast here. CLICK FOR FULL PODCAST
Hi everyone, Let me introduce myself. I'm Ryan Tweedy, creator of the "Big Red Cobcast". You may recognise my name from directing the film "Through These Gates", buuuuut probably not. I'm also a Los Angeles based comedian from Lincoln, Nebraska . Who Cares? Fair Question but hopefully I can convince you to care a little bit. At least enough…
December 3, 2017 will be remembered as the day the Nebraska football program started to climb out of the morass it has been stuck in for the past 16 years. Here are some inspirational moments to get us all fired up. CELEBRATION https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GwjfUFyY6M OH HAPPY DAY! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzj3pOdCOqU TUNNEL WALK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mBBQpC7X7 THEME FROM ROCKY (THEME FROM SCOTTY?) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioE_O7Lm0I4 AL PACINO'S FAMOUS…
Nebraska Head Coach Scott Frost has announced the hiring of seven assistant coaches on his Husker football staff. A 2017 national coach of the year candidate, Frost was hired as Nebraska’s head coach this weekend. The seven new Nebraska assistant coaches all come to Lincoln after spending the past two seasons on Frost’s UCF staff. The group has been…
I’m the new guy in town at Husker Max. I’m one of the members of the Big Red Cobcast, which you can download on iTunes OR listen to every week on Husker Max now. I used to do running press conference diaries at another little Husker site. Now I’m doing them here. As always, these unfiltered thoughts are my own…
One dark December day, 60-year-old Tom Osborne called a press conference that nobody saw coming. It set into motion a chain of events that reduced Nebraska football to mediocrity. Almost 20 years later, another press conference that almost the entire state of Nebraska eagerly anticipated sent chills up the spines of most who attended, and signaled a reversal of…
I know it's not official yet, but it soon will be. SCOTTY FROST IS COMIN' TO TOWN You better not doubt, You better just shout! You might wanna scream, For the Scarlet and Cream! Scotty Frost is comin' to town! He'll be coaching Big Red, To the top of the charts, Winning the games, And winning our hearts! Scotty…
2017 All-Big Ten Team Offense QB: J.T. Barrett (Sr.) Ohio State (3x) RB: Saquon Barkley (Jr.) Penn State (2x) RB: Jonathan Taylor (Fr.) Wisconsin WR: D.J. Moore (Jr.) Maryland WR: Stanley Morgan (Jr.) Nebraska TE: Mike Gesicki (Sr.) Penn State OT: Jamarco Jones (Sr.) Ohio State OT: Michael Deiter (Jr.) Wisconsin OG: Beau Benzschawel (Jr.) Wisconsin OG: Michael Jordan (Soph.)…
What's it like from a player's perspective to have your coach dismissed and then wait for a new one? Zach Potter, who was a junior when Bill Callahan was fired, joins Dr. Rob Zatachka and Travis Justice to provide some insights. Listen to the entire podcast here. CLICK FOR FULL PODCAST
There’s too much political discord in the nation. I’m speaking of Husker Nation, of course, where pro- and anti-Pelini and pro- and anti-Riley factions have been at each other’s throats for a decade. The discord is largely the result of poor decisions made at a high level, resulting in a proud football program underperforming since 2001. This binary, two-party bickering…
In a season most Husker fans back in June couldn't wait to begin, were relieved Friday evening when at last the Nebraska 2017 football season came to a merciful end. The Huskers' 4-8 record was full of shameful and embarrassing football and ended with a 56-14 loss to Nebraska's cross state rival, the Iowa Hawkeyes. There is no need to…
Ignorance and apathy are a toxic combination for any organization, and NU football is no exception. Either quality can be the death knell for a enterprise, but when they come as a package deal, there’s no way the thing can survive, especially when it affects the very heart of the institution. In the case of Nebraska football, the heart is…
We are only a few days away from the end of the Mike Riley era at Nebraska. I think the majority of fans liked Riley. He embraced the history, expectations and traditions of this program in a way Bill Callahan and Bo Pelini never did. He was genuinely grateful for the opportunity to coach at Nebraska. He was open…
What if Mike Riley were to stay at Nebraska? Dr. Rob Zatechka and Travis Justice discuss it in this week's Husker Doc Talk. Listen to the entire podcast here. CLICK FOR FULL PODCAST
First of all, yesterday's Penn State-Nebraska game wasn't as close as the score might indicate. Years from now, people looking at that score may think Nebraska just fell short in a see-saw battle at Penn State. Sorry, but no cigar. With the exception of a brief first quarter 10-7 Husker lead, Nebraska was out classed, out hustled, out performed and…
The 2017 version of the Cornhuskers, Mike Riley’s third and final go-round in Lincoln, will be remembered for its utter inability to run the ball and stop the run. Teams like that generally end up with sub-.500 records, something which Riley and the 4-7 Huskers are now guaranteed for the second time in three years. Penn State’s 56-44 win over…
There are only three certainties in this world: Death, Taxes and Mike Riley is going to be fired shortly after Nebraska's Black Friday game against Iowa. The Huskers are now 4-7 after their most recent trip behind the woodshed. The latest haymaker to the chin of Riley's tenure came today at the hands of Penn State, who embarrassed the Huskers…
Dr. Rob Zatechka and Travis Justice discuss the pros and cons of the Nebraska job. Everyone wants Scott Frost, and it would be foolish to think the former Nebraska quarterback isn't at least a little stimulated by the thought of coming home to lead his alma mater. But this might be tough for Husker fans to hear: Nebraska is NOT…
