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Best Birthday Gift Jersey - Eric Piatowski or Dave Hoppen? Your best friend, a huge Husker hoops fan, has a birthday coming up. You've narrowed your gift selection to two b-ball jerseys - Eric Piatkowski or Dave Hoppen. Hmmmm... Piatowski was a sweet-shooting small forward with a killer jump shot. Piatowski was honorable mention All Big Eight his freshman and…
Dachon Burke scored 18 points, Cam Mack had the Huskers' first-ever triple-double, and coach Fred Hoiberg got his first Big Ten win at Nebraska in a 70-56 upset. The victory in Lincoln came less than 48 hours after the Huskers' 96-90 overtime loss at Indiana. AP GAME STORY MORE COVERAGE Dachon Burke Jr. slams home…
With the NBA offseason in full swing, a couple former Huskers, Isaiah Roby and James Palmer Jr., are making names for themselves. During the Summer League, these two put on some impressive performances. Both players clearly have potential. Roby was a star at Nebraska, averaging 11.8 points per game; he was also the first Husker to be picked in the…
Nebraska fans in Norfolk and Fremont should mark their calendars for Thursday, May 16 for their opportunity to get tickets for the 2019 Big Red Blitz presented by First National Bank. Members of the Husker Spirit Squad will be distributing tickets in both communities on May 16 for the upcoming Big Red Blitz events. The Big Red Blitz will make…
Head football coach Scott Frost, new men’s basketball coach Fred Hoiberg and Athletic Director Bill Moos will headline Nebraska coaches and staff on the May 30 Big Red Blitz presented by First National Bank. The tour will visit regions of the state directly impacted by the devastating March floods in Nebraska, with stops in Norfolk, Fremont and at the Strategic…
Fred Hoiberg was formally introduced Tuesday as the men's basketball coach at Nebraska. Hoiberg spoke about his many family ties to the state and called it "a very emotional day for me and for my family. One thing my wife and I talked about, we want this to be our last stop." He met with the team before Tuesday's press…
Fred Hoiberg has been hired as the 28th head coach of Nebraska men's basketball. A seven-year, $25 million deal was announced Saturday afternoon. Hoiberg, 46, was an all-Big Eight player for Iowa State in the mid-1990s and was head coach there for five seasons (2010-2015), followed by three-plus seasons as head coach of the NBA's Chicago Bulls (2015-2018). His ISU…
Nebraska basketball coach Tim Miles was dismissed Tuesday after seven seasons with the Huskers, and it was widely speculated that his replacement would be Fred Hoiberg. Athletic Director Bill Moos said the decision to fire Miles boiled down to the fact that "we have not maintained a level of consistent success and stability on the court." Miles' record at Nebraska…
The Big Red Cobcast is almost five years old. And for the first time in almost four years, we took a bit of a break. I would say I'm sorry, but I'm not. We were off enjoying our families and freezing our asses off in Nebraska. But now that we're back, there's so much to talk about. The December signing…
The holidays are almost here, but I feel like everyone's mad. People are mad that there was that late reversal of a call, basically screwing Nebraska volleyball out of a second straight national title. People are mad that Stanford has their own crappy Paul Fell-esque political cartoonist in their locker room. People are mad that some people aren't more mad…
There are a bunch of ways to watch Nebraska win. Beating Michigan State in the snow. Snaring Wandale Robinson away from Kentucky. Cheering the Huskers' volleyball team into the Final Four. Watching Isaac Copeland slam home the final touches of a cathartic win over Creighton. All of it is great, and none of it is on an à la carte…
Now that the season is over, we're left to figure out some new things to do with ourselves. Those include watching Nebrasketball, watching other teams play college football, telling the Canale brothers that no one likes them and they should never be on the podcast again, and most importantly, following recruiting. For it seeming like a dead time of year,…
Beer. Grilled meats. Joking with friends and family. Backyard games that involve throwing beanbags. That sounds like two things, Memorial Day and football season. Enjoy the first one today while realizing the second one is around the corner. Until the latter arrives, hang out with us for a little bit. The latest Big Red Cobcast will be up on HuskerMax…
In life, some weeks just flat out suck. And then there are the weeks you find out Breon Dixon will be allowed to play this fall and you realize heaven’s existence is immaterial because it’s already a time and place on Earth! That’s pretty much where Tweedy and I are this week. We also discuss the state of Husker football…
Some things go away, and when they do they stay gone forever (like the logo used in this article was supposed to be). Other things are merely gone for a moment in time, only to be rightly reunited. Like Scott Frost and Nebraska. Or Tweedy’s and my disconcertingly close relationship. OR THESE BIG RED COBCAST PREVIEW ARTICLES. After being separated…
Tweedy & I are Nebraska natives. We've had our share of Runzas. We've soaked up cheap beer with Valentino's on a Saturday morning. And most importantly, we know how to drive in the damn snow. But that doesn't mean we always want to (drive in the snow; I'll eat post-drunk Runzas and Valentino's slices all day every day). But sometimes…
Nebraska Men’s Basketball Coach Tim Miles announced Wednesday that Karrington Davis (St. Louis, Mo.) has signed a National Letter-of-Intent to play basketball for the Huskers beginning next season. Davis, a 6-foot-5, 185-pound guard, comes to Nebraska after spending his senior year at national power Montverde Academy (Fla.) playing for Coach Kevin Boyle. The team went 35-0 and won the Geico High School…
Guys, we really dig it here at HuskerMax. We're assuming you dig it, too. That's why we're all here, right? But that doesn't mean we don't have friends elsewhere. So, so many friends. We're pretty popular. But not the kind of popular that won't let the swing choir kids sit at our lunch table. The good kind of popular. So…
What does a Husker fan do when there are no games to be played? (No, I'm not including the pitching meltdown that happened in Columbus, Ohio this weekend.) We talk recruiting and who might be fired and when. And oh did we do that on this week's episode of the Big Red Cobcast. It was Junior Day weekend in Lincoln,…
Nebraska basketball guard James Palmer Jr. and forward Isaac Copeland Jr. have announced their intentions to declare for the 2018 NBA Draft, but will not hire an agent, maintaining their college eligibility. Both Palmer and Copeland will put their names into the NBA Draft, making them eligible to be selected in the NBA Draft on June 21. Both players can start…
I was hoping we wouldn't have to be having one of these types of conversations again this soon. But here we are. A couple weeks removed from Nebrasketball season (and just a few months from a football hiring process), the humming noise surrounding Tim Miles' job status seems to be getting louder. So we addressed that this week, on both…
There are a few things happening in Big Red Cobcast-land this week. First, we're doing something a little different on this week's podcast. For those who have been donating to our Patreon (as well as those who start donating to our Patreon), there will be bonus episodes each month. What will those bonus episodes be like? They'll be like this…
Tim Miles talks with Adam Carriker about the Huskers being left out of the NCAA tournament, preparing to play Mississippi State in the NIT and more.
There are two things you should know about the Big Red Cobcast this week. 1.) It (and our Facebook Live that you can see down below) was recorded on Saturday. 2.) I was out of town. So if you're expecting livid rants about Nebrasketball getting royally jobbed, this will not be the place. You'll have to go to our Twitter…
It was a weekend of mourning for Nebrasketball. But there's no time for crying. So instead, we argued about a bunch of things related to Husker Hoops. Among the questions we asked: How much is the Big Ten to blame for Nebraska's unlikelihood to make the NCAA Tournament? Does an NIT berth have any bearing on Tim Miles' job status?…
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I'll admit that my knowledge of Nebrasketball is limited. I really only go back as far as Tim Miles. I guess I did get Eric Piatkowski's autograph when I was young but I don't remember much of that game. So my only true memories start around the Tim Miles hire. I've watched more college hoops in the last 5…
Guys, things got testy at Big Red Cobcast headquarters this week. Both on our Facebook Live (which you can watch just a few paragraphs down from here) and on the podcast (which you can hear tomorrow on HuskerMax or right now by checking us out on iTunes). We're all shells of ourselves right now. Tweedy hurt his back. I'm sick.…
What Did We Talk About? Jack McTrey. The Pinnacle Bank Bomber. Nicest guy in the Bench Mob. Slow to the "Macarena" but fast to row the boat. Jack McVeigh is an integral part of the Nebraska Cornhuskers Men's Basketball Team. And... he's a hell of a nice guy. Pat and I had a great time talking to Jack about everything…
Nebrasketball, racism (or rather criticism against it), fawning over Scott Frost's first Husker recruiting class, jokes in poor taste, more stalker-y phone calls directed toward me. It's all on the table this week. We're the Big Red Cobcast. You can't keep us caged up in a tiny little box. We're basically like the Scott Frost of podcasts. Everyone thought he…
Hey guys, Tweedy here. You probably don't know who I am. I'm one of the co hosts of The Big Red Cobcast. I love our podcast. I love making it, I love being a part of it, and I love getting to interview many of childhood heros like Charlie McBride, Milt Tenopir, Grant Wistrom, Christian Peter and and Chad Kelsay…
Well, this was a cheery week. All sorts of fun topics like Michigan State and how we as Husker fans should view that whole nasty situation. Also, we talk Husker football winter conditioning. Is Zach Duval going to murder a Husker with his workload, and can he possibly do the same to Tweedy? PLEEEEAASE? Seriously, we're trying to get everyone…
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Guys, things are getting chippy in Cobcast land. We're tired of no football. We're tired of each other's coffee breath. It's time for April to get here. But that doesn't mean there isn't plenty to talk about this week. And talk about it we do! On this list of this week's topics are CTE (and the possible salvation of football),…
Nebraska shot 55 percent Thursday night and treated a raucous home crowd to a 72-52 rout of No. 23 Michigan. It was the Huskers' first win over the Wolverines since 1964. Michigan entered the game with an 8-0 record against Nebraska in Big Ten play. James Palmer Jr. scored 19 points to lead the way for the Huskers, who had…
BTN highlights from the Huskers' win over the Fighting Illini, including James Palmer Jr.'s buzzer-beating 3-pointer for the win.
Highlights from BTN's telecast of the Big Ten men's basketball game between Nebraska and Wisconsin at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Jan. 9, 2018.
Nebraska basketball coach Tim "Santa"* Miles had one last gift to deliver after the Huskers' Dec. 22 win against Delaware State . It looks like Tanner Borchardt liked it! Santa Miles had one last gift to deliver last night. CONGRATS @Borchardt_4050!#GBR pic.twitter.com/uP71ufqSX2 — Nebraska Basketball (@HuskerHoops) December 23, 2017
Nebraska Postgame Notes • Nebraska shot 51.7 percent, marking the second-straight game NU shot over 50 percent from the field. It is the first time in 2017-18 NU has shot 50 percent or better in consecutive games • Nebraska scored 85 points, the sixth time this season NU has scored 80 or more points. NU is 6-0 in those contests. …
Nebraska vs. UTSA Postgame Notes Nebraska’s 104 points set the Pinnacle Bank Arena scoring record (Nebraska, 97 vs. Mississippi Valley State, Nov. 14, 2015) Nebraska scored 100 points for the first time since Dec. 19, 2005, against North Carolina A&T (107-57) Nebraska attempted 50 free throws, the first time it had attempted 50 free throws in a game since January 3,…
