Allen speaks to Aurora Rotary

“How’s it going, Oz?” The voice Austin Allen heard through the zoom call was all too familiar. The Aurora native has heard it quite a bit in his lifetime.  The smile that came over his face when his former coach asked him a question was all that needed to be said.

Allen represents B1G Red at media days

Austin Allen isn’t much of a coffee guy. He doesn’t drink any soda, either -- hasn’t since 2011.  The former Husky has plenty of natural energy, leaving before dawn Thursday morning on a flight for Big Ten Media days in Indianapolis as the spokesman for the Huskers offense.  That’s a huge deal.

NU seeks Allen’s perspective in search for new athletic director

Native son Austin Allen said he was both humbled and honored when asked to step outside his role as a Nebraska football player to join an elite group of Husker legends and university leaders charged with selecting a new athletic director.

Austin Allen finding his voice as native Husker ambassador

Still six weeks ahead of Nebraska football’s season opener local Husker fans are getting a sense that they’ll have a front row seat to all the action in the 2021 season ahead, thanks to the young man wearing No. 11.

Special return to Memorial Stadium

Even with temperatures sweltering above 80 degrees, goosebumps and shivers jolted my body when Nebraska coach Scott Frost said during the pregame Tunnel Walk video, “Welcome back to Memorial Stadium.” It felt just like going back home after a long hiatus. Saturday, everything felt normal.