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The Post Season In Nebraska Football Has Been Anything But Dull

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December 10, 2025

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The Post Season In Nebraska Football Has Been Anything But Dull

Those people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.

Steve Jobs

Those fans who were expecting an uneventful pre-bowl season, recently received a rude awakening including Husker fans.

First, what’s the news at Nebraska?

New Hires and Fires

First of all, NU head coach Matt Rhule fired his first year DC (John Butler), his O-line coach (Donovan Raiola) and first year D-line coach (Terry Bradden) over the past few days.. Two new coaches have already been hired: Rob Aurich (DC) and Geep Wade (O-line). Aurich comes to NU from San Diego State, while Wade comes from Georgia Tech,

Terry Bradden’s replacement has not yet been named.

We’ll talk more about the coaching changes in the days to come.

Dayton Says No to NU

Husker ’26 “commit” QB Dayton Raiola (younger brother of current Husker QB Dylan) has decommitted. Are the firing of his uncle Donovan and Dayton’s decommitment connected?

The next question is, will Dylan also leave NU? Or does Dylan’s mid season leg injury keep him from transferring? Will his portal stock diminish? Will Dylan’s love for Nebraska keep him in Lincoln?

Huskers and Utes in the Las Vegas Bowl

Good news is NU won’t be playing in Yankee Stadium in their bowl game later this month. The bad news is Nebraska will be facing #15 Utah on New Year’s Eve. More about the match-up in the days to come.

EJ Enters the NFL Draft

All Big Ten Conference running back Emmett Johnson won’t be playing for the Huskers in their bowl game. Instead, he’ll be trying to be an NFL draft pick in April. Smart move for Johnson, but not for the Huskers’ chances of beating Utah.

That’s one of the things I don’t like about the current state of college football.

1890 Gone

The Husker NIL collective will soon be disbanded, All further donations will be directed to the Nebraska Athletic Fund.

College Football in General

We’ll Be Home For Christmas

Notre Dame has turned down a bowl invitation. The reason? The Irish feel they’ve been snubbed by the CFP committee. Way to go Irish. If you don’t get your way, just take your football and go home. Great lesson for the ND players.

Sigh.

Lane Kiffin Saga

KIffin leaves Ole Miss to take the head coaching job at LSU.

So what’s the big deal? College coaches come and go all the time. The difference is that his Ole Miss Rebels are one of the 12 teams vying for a national championship.. But sadly for Ole Miss, Kiffin will not be on the sidelines coaching the Rebels. Crazy, no? Try to imagine Tom Osborne in early December of 1994 leaving NU to take the job at Oklahoma.

That’s what has happened at Ole Miss. You can’t make this stuff up.

Iowa State and Kansas State to Stay Home

Both Big 12 schools have turned down bowl invitations citing coaching changes and injuries as reasons for their decision. As a result of not playing in a bowl, each team will have to pay the Big 12 $500,000 for the revenue the conference would have made had the teams played in bowl games. Again, you can’t make this stuff up.

Matt Campbell Goes to Penn State

The Nittany Lions just hired former Iowa State head coach Matt Campbell as their new head coach. Smart move by Matt. He’s a very good coach. It’s doubtful he could ever win a national championship at Ames, Iowa.

But know this: Campbell is jumping into a boiling caldron. If he doesn’t win big in his first or second year, the water temp is going to get even hotter.

One good thing about Campbell’s move is that even if he’s fired, he’ll be set for life financially.

One possible benefit for Nebraska might be in the transfer portal. Why? Because of Cyclone tight end Benjamin Brahmen, who is from Pierce, Nebraska and plays for Iowa State. When Matt Rhule was hired at NU, he made a last hour attempt to lure the 6′ 7″ 255 lb tight end to Nebraska, At the time, he was a Cyclone commit. Brahmen is a small town young man. It wouldn’t surprise me that if he enters the portal he opts for Nebraska,.

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68 students chosen as Nebraska Young Artist Award winners

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March 10, 2026

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68 students chosen as Nebraska Young Artist Award winners

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts has announced the winners of the 29th annual Nebraska Young Artist Awards.

The awards recognize 11th-grade students from Nebraska for their talents in visual art, dance, music, theatre, and film and emerging media arts.

Sixty-eight students from more than 40 high schools across the state have been selected as award winners and will be invited to a day of activities on campus March 25.

“Our faculty always look forward to this event,” said Chris Watson, director of recruitment for the college and coordinator of the awards. “They love meeting enthusiastic young artists, working with them and celebrating their talent.”

Students applied for the recognition and submitted an example of their work. Applications were received from 92 students. Hixson-Lied College faculty chose the winners.

Award winners were also asked to nominate the teacher who provided them with the greatest amount of mentoring and support in the development of their special talents.

Each student will receive a certificate and an original piece of artwork commissioned for the event and created by a School of Art, Art History and Design student.

Following is a list of award winners by hometown, with their high school and specialty area(s).

Aurora:

Calvin Miller, Aurora, music

Beaver City:

Johnathan Eakin, Southern Valley, visual arts

Bellevue:

Mami Lloyd, Bellevue West, music

Bennington:

Liliana Martic, Bennington, music

Eagle:

Jorie Goings, Waverly, dance

Firth:

Petra Van Cleave, home school, music

Fremont:

Xavier Herre, Bergan Catholic, theatre

Fullerton:

Lylla Sabata, Fullerton, music

Gretna:

Lillian Bock, Gretna, music

Harvard:

Allee Jarzynka, Harvard, music

Hendley:

Lily Jordan, Southern Valley, visual arts

Hooper:

Leo Arellano, Logan View, visual arts
Ellsie Meier, Logan View, visual arts

Kearney:

Kruz Flamig, Kearney, visual arts
Isaac Hooton, Kearney, visual arts
Mariah Kaslon, Kearney, visual arts
Landen Tilley, Kearney, visual arts

Lincoln:

Alissa Brenning, Norris, dance
Kali Brewer, Lincoln Southeast, visual arts
Ava Engel, Lincoln Northeast, dance
Emalie Fischer, Lincoln North Star, dance
Adelyn Haden, Lincoln Standing Bear, dance and music
Audrey Haugen, Lincoln Southwest, theatre
Andrea Hu, Lincoln East, music
Logan Lambrecht, Lincoln Southwest, music and theatre
Mckinzey Lile, Lincoln North Star, dance
Hayley Marshall, Lincoln Southwest, dance
Riley Minster, Lincoln East, music
Joslyn Morgan, Lincoln Southeast, music
Ariadne Ottoson, home school, music
Megan Plander, Lincoln Lutheran, theatre
Lauren Ramey, LPS Arts and Humanities Focus Program, visual arts
Blake Semrad, Lincoln Southwest, dance
Emma Shaeffer, Lincoln Southwest, dance
Taylor Sharpe, Lincoln Southwest, dance
Hugh Skretta, Lincoln High, music
Samuel Sulzle, Lincoln Northwest, music
Brooks Xia, Lincoln East, music

Martell:

Reese Thomas, home school, music

Norfolk:

Noah Asbury, Norfolk, music
Emily Henkel, Norfolk, music; Nathan Kaiser, Norfolk, music
North Platte: Brett Pfeifer, North Platte, theatre

Omaha:

Asher Abuhl, Trinity Classical Academy, music
Adam Campagna, Omaha South, film and emerging media arts
Liam Cowherd Richardson, Creighton Preparatory, music
Regina Ho, Millard South, film and emerging media arts
Connor Holmstedt, Fort Calhoun, music
Kara Leininger, Duchesne Academy, music
Jayden Li, Millard North, music; Violet Little, Omaha Central, dance
Mrethi Magesh, Millard North, dance
Venkatesan Marichamy, Millard North, dance
Moyra Matthews, Duchesne Academy, dance and music
Jackson Mu, Millard North, music
Gauri Nair, Millard North, dance
Angela Qi, Millard North, music
Jackson Ramsey, Gretna East, music
Tara Richardson, Creighton Prep, music
Vandana Santhanam, Marian, music
Caroline Soderlin, Millard North, music
Akshara Venkatesan, Millard North, dance
Caleigh Walkenhorst, Millard West, music

Osmond:

Donovan Heiman, Osmond, theatre

Papillion:

Emelia Weaver, Papillion-La Vista, music

Pierce:

Spencer Sindt, Pierce, music

Randolph:

Brecken Shearer, Randolph, visual arts

York:

Allison Holmes, York, visual arts

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Nebraska completes sweep over Michigan State in 12-2 seven-inning win

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March 9, 2026

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Nebraska completes sweep over Michigan State in 12-2 seven-inning win

Nebraska baseball (10-5, 3-0) closed out its three-game series with Michigan State (3-11, 0-3) on Sunday afternoon. The Huskers completed the sweep over the Spartans, earning a 12-2 run-rule win in seven.

Nebraska shut down Michigan State early, scoring five runs in the bottom of the first after the Spartans took a 1-0 lead. The Huskers scored 11 straight before surrendering another run. The team totaled 11 hits and held Michigan State to three. The Spartans also suffered five errors.

Nebraska struck three home runs on the day, two off the bat of Dylan Carey. He hit 3-for-4 for four RBIs after hitting multiple two-run home runs. Preston Freeman also blasted a two-run shot over the wall to finish 1-for-3.

Case Sanderson brought in three RBIs after batting 2-for-4 with a double. Drew Grego also finished 2-for-4, earning one RBI. Mac Moyer grabbed one RBI off a double. Jett Buck and Joshua Overbeek each delivered one hit.

Gavin Blachowicz (2-1) won at the mound and pitched all seven innings for the Huskers. He struck out a career-high 11 batters and allowed three hits for two runs.

Nebraska remains at home for its next matchup, hosting North Dakota State on Wednesday night. The first pitch is set for 6 p.m. CT on B1G+.

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Cale Jacobsen scores 15 and No. 9 Nebraska beats Iowa 84-75 in overtime after blowing late lead

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March 9, 2026

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Cale Jacobsen scores 15 and No. 9 Nebraska beats Iowa 84-75 in overtime after blowing late lead

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Cale Jacobsen came off the bench to score 13 of his 15 points after halftime and hit the tiebreaking 3-pointer in overtime, and ninth-ranked Nebraska matched its program record for wins in a season with an 84-75 victory over Iowa on Sunday.

Sam Hoiberg, who scored 15 points and had five steals on his senior day, hugged teammate Pryce Sandfort near halfcourt as time ran out and then heaved the ball high into the stands. He and his father, coach Fred Hoiberg, embraced and a short time later the rest of the Huskers came out of the tunnel to salute the sellout crowd at Pinnacle Bank Arena.

Nebraska (26-5, 15-5 Big Ten) led by 10 points with five minutes left in regulation but missed five of its next seven shots and a couple of late free throws to let the Hawkeyes back in it. Kael Combs scored Iowa’s last eight points of regulation, including a second-chance 3-pointer that tied it 70-all with 2.7 seconds left.

After Cooper Koch tied it at 75-all in overtime, Jacobsen made a 3 from the corner and the Huskers went on to score the final nine points. The Huskers beat Iowa (20-11, 10-10) for the first time in five meetings and split the season series.

Sandfort, who transferred from Iowa after last season, scored 15 points and Rienk Mast added 14 for the Huskers.

Combs and Koch had 18 points apiece for the Hawkeyes, who committed 19 turnovers.