NEWS ARCHIVE
May 2009
• Like mother, like son: Thaddeus Randles mom also plays in the trenches.
• The new video boards on the stadiums corner towers are in place. | Stryker column
• Being a difference-maker in kids lives is what brings satisfaction to Grant Wistrom.
• After more than a year away from football, Terrence Nunn appreciates the chance hes getting with the Patriots.
• Richie Incognito aims to be a "more mature player" for the Rams.
• For a good cause, the Cattlemens Ball will auction boots of interest to Husker fans.
• Votes in the final regular-season coaches poll will be secret starting in 2010.
• The LJS looks back at the lesson in humility NU received in 1955 vs. Hawaii.
• Its time for another stroll down memory lane: NU vs. Red Grange and Illinois, 1925.
• Bo Pelini isnt sold on the notion of an early signing day for recruits.
• From SI.com, further evidence of the geographic challenge NU faces in recruiting.
• Receiver Keeston Terry discusses his commitment to Nebraska.
• Brent Qvale aims for another North Dakota shot-put title before heading to Lincoln.
• You're sure to recognize his words if not his name: Hartley Burr Alexander.
• Tom Osborne's idea on officiating gets little support from Big 12 athletic directors.
• The Redskins cut Joe Ganz loose after his tryout at quarterback.
• Jacob Hickman makes the watch list for the Rimington Trophy, and Andy Christensen's sixth year is now official.
• What's Langston Coleman up to now? Fans who remember the 1960s walk-on who became a stellar Blackshirt might be surprised.
• Matt Slauson signs with the Jets.
• Tom Osborne, Bo Pelini and David Sokol
are teaming up for a leadership seminar.
• Boyd Epley discusses successes and mistakes in strength and conditioning.
• Bo Pelini makes it onto a Top 10 list: Fittest head coaches. And he's joined the Twitter world. (So has HuskerPedia, by the way.)
• Danny Woodhead tries to make the most of his moment atop the Jets' depth chart. (OK, so he wasn't a Husker, but things are a little quiet on the Husker front.)
• Notice for former players: Blackshirts are forming an organization.
• Season-ticket renewals remain strong despite the sagging economy.
• Tom Osborne wants coaches to be able to ask the league to bench poor refs.
• Nebraska checks in at No. 16 in Athlon's preseason Top 25 countdown.
• Mike Minter considers a run for a North Carolina congressional seat.
• Terrence Nunn signs with the Patriots as a free agent.
• Terry Douglass's crystal ball shows an eight-win season for the Huskers.
• A case is made for putting Roger Craig in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
• Rehab from knee surgery is said to be going well for incoming LB Chris Williams.
• Former Husker fullback Brian Schuster is charged in a securities fraud case.
• Mother's Day brings back a rush of memories for Barrett Ruud.
• Steve Sipple says NU's hybrid offense offers QBs the best of both worlds.
• Lee Barfknecht ranks all the conference teams in his Big 12 spring football review.
• Ndamukong Suh prepares for his season in the spotlight.
• We're about 10 months late in discovering this, but it's still great reading: An update on Pat Fischer, Nebraskas unlikely 17-year NFL man. | Huskers.com bio
Tyrance |
• Tim Griffin of ESPN.com makes note of Mike McNeill's blossoming as a more complete tight end.
• The belief that every day of practice and preparation is crucial was instilled in Bo Pelini during his time with the 49ers.
• ESPN.com's Tim Griffin looks at how Big 12 coaches' conference W-L records stack up against one another after 13 years of league play.
• Erwin Swiney gets a prison sentence in a 2007 case involving 41 pounds of pot.
• Big 12 coaches vote to keep the conference's division tiebreaker rules.
• Bob Oberlin reflects on his belated recognition as NU's first Academic All-American.
• Order your Spring Game highlights DVD.
• Sam Keller sues EA Sports and the NCAA over the use of players' names and likenesses in electronic games. | PDF
• Nate Swift gets some press in Colorado as he tries to catch on with the Broncos.
• Read the Omaha Bee's 1890 dispatch from the very first Nebraska football game.
• Big 12 coaches will discuss possible division tiebreaker changes today.
• NU's new skybox alcohol policy bucks the norm in the conference.
• Carl Crawford's historic baseball feat has Frank Solich reminiscing about the two-sport star's potential 10 years ago as a quarterback.
• The Buffs find a new way to take aim at Nebraska.
• Bo Pelini honors his Youngstown roots.
• Tad Stryker sizes up the contenders for the Big 12 North crown.
• Don't expect Tom Osborne to pull up stakes any time soon, Tom Shatel writes.
• Two-sport guy Khiry Cooper looks ahead to summer conditioning for football as a disappointing baseball season winds down.
• New Yorkers now know the story of Matt Slauson's triumph over adversity.
• Take a trip into yesteryear: In 1920, the Cornhuskers made their first-ever East Coast appearance. Check out their games vs. Rutgers and Penn State.
• Quarterback Greg Paulus wraps up his Lincoln visit.
• Unlikely distance runner Brett Byford gets ready for his first marathon.