Capitalizing on opportunity

It’s safe to say freshman tight end Nate Boerkircher will never forget his first catch as a Nebraska Cornhusker. There’s just no way that’s ever going to happen.

By the numbers

This will be Scott Frost’s fourth season in Lincoln, but he’ll try to even up his opening day record to 2-2 after losing at Ohio State a year ago by the score of 52-17. He’ll do so at Illinois on Aug. 28 with a fourth year starter at quarterback and numerous five-year super seniors on defense.

An unforgettable experience

In the history of Nebraska football, there may never have been a brother combination who got the thrill of experienceng the wild rush of the tunnel walk, in full uniform, for the very first time together. At least not until now.

A whole new world

Honestly, I’m just not quite sure what to make of the NCAA’s new Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) guidelines. It’s all coming at me way too fast. On one hand, you have Nebraska’s Adrian Martinez inking a deal with Degree Deodorant, Lexi Sun clothing website going live at 12:01 a.m.

Nebraska’s 2022 draft prospects

Following the completion of the annual spring game, Nebraska’s football program is officially on hiatus. And that’s no doubt a good thing, giving players a mental break after the COVID-plagued 2020 campaign, leading right into winter conditioning and spring ball.

Nebraska’s all-name team

Analyzing the 2021 Husker football team’s roster a couple weeks ago proved to be plenty interesting. Listed on the Huskers.com website are incoming freshmen, true freshmen, walk-on freshmen, redshirt freshmen as well as, you guessed it, COVID freshmen.