NEWS ARCHIVE
July 2009
• Two Huskers make CollegeFootballNews.com’s redshirt-freshman all-America team.
• Zac Lee may be untested, but he’s drawing plenty of praise from his teammates.
• It’s a full Friday for Pelini & Co. with Football 202 and Junior Day. | Notes
• Tom Shatel sees a league title game in Texas as a potential plus for Nebraska.
• As “Huskers’ Edge” debuts, Sam McKewon points out the changing realities facing Nebraska’s walk-on program.
• Tom Osborne is listed as one of the 50 greatest coaches in all of sports.
• Mike McNeill joins 29 others on the John Mackey Award watch list.
• Yahoo Sports’ Matt Hinton asks: When will we know if Nebraska is “back”?
• Jordan Makovicka, like brother Justin, decides to transfer.
• Steve Sipple sees four swing games as being pivotal for the Huskers. Tom Shatel wonders whether it’s the North’s turn for a three-way tie at the top.
• Will the league championship game have a permanent home in Texas? Stay tuned.
• Tom Osborne & Bill Snyder vie in a coaches’ challenge that’s not about football.
• Jason Dann, a kicker from Texas, reportedly will walk on at Nebraska.
• The producer of “Walk Ons” expects the program to resonate with Nebraskans.
• Bo Pelini likes what he sees in quarterback Zac Lee.
• Watch ESPN’s Andre Ware give his assessment of the current state of NU football.
• Bo Pelini sees an improved attitude over that of a year ago in his Huskers but says NU isn’t back yet. More from the Huskers’ turn at Big 12 Media Days in Dallas:
• Notes: Burkes is out | Helu’s potential
• Quentin Castille is fined in an auto-registration case.
• The LJS has five likely questions for the Huskers at Big 12 Media Days.
• Sam McKewon looks at how to fix the Big 12’s North-South disparity.
• A shoulder injury could put linebacker Matt Holt on the sideline for the season.
• Tad Stryker points to a key category in which the Huskers need to improve.
• More columns: Shatel on the Big 12’s status; Sipple on system restore at KSU.
• With none of the hype of four years ago, Marlon Lucky again sets out to prove himself at the next level.
• John Papuchis feels good about Pierre Allen & Barry Turner at defensive end.
• Ndamukong Suh is voted preseason Big 12 defensive player of the year, while Alex Henery joins him on the South-dominated preseason all-conference team.
• QB Kody Spano is back at “full bore” after ACL surgery, Shawn Watson says.
• There’s no use fighting the high-tech touches at the stadium, Steve Sipple says.
• As you wait for the season to start, here’s video from the Nebraska segment of ESPN’s 50-state tour.
• Memorial Stadium’s new ribbon boards and high-definition displays make it a whole new ballgame for the Husker Vision crew.
• How does Mike McNeill stack up against the top tight ends in Husker history?
• Howard Schnellenberger says his QB has a better arm than Bernie Kosar.
• Here’s a preview of the Huskers from an Oklahoma perspective.
• NET’s walk-on documentary gets a thumbs-up from Steve Sipple.
• Margaret Max celebrates her 91st birthday.
• Sam McKewon analyzes the fantasy-league potential of Husker players for 2009.
• Linebacker Eric Martin says he has cleared his final academic hurdle.
• Keeping up with NCAA rules is no small task.
• Cory Schlesinger is now “Mr. Schlesinger” at a Detroit-area high school.
• The NET special “Walk Ons: Huskers’ Edge” will premiere July 30 in Omaha. It will be aired statewide Aug. 4th, 6th and 9th, and there will be a Lexington screening on Aug. 6th.
• Barry Switzer, visiting Omaha, says recruiting is key to NU’s hopes.
• Former Huskers say they get a charge out of seeing their likenesses in video games.
• DeAntae, Cortney and Ronnell Grixby are fined for an altercation at a bowling alley.
• TD Ameritrade chairman Joe Moglia takes on a role as consultant for NU athletics.
• Cody Glenn spends some time at home in Rusk, Texas, before training camp.
• Hunting and Husker football: Nebraskans juggle the twin autumn passions.
• Congrats to the latest Huskers set to join the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame: Kenny Brown, Dennis Carlson, Dana Brinson, Kelly Saalfeld and Steve Warren.
• Wide receiver Tim Marlowe is ticketed for minor consumption.
• Menelik Holt tops Sam McKewon’s list of Huskers with the most to prove in ’09.
• Colorado has lofty expectations after a disappointing 2008 season.
• This season is Derek Meyer’s one shot to fulfill his dream.
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• Pete Fiutak of CollegeFootballNews.com previews the 2009 Cornhuskers.
• What used to be taken for granted — no turnover on the coaching staff — should pay dividends for the Huskers this season, Tad Stryker writes.
• Bill Snyder faces another rebuilding job at Kansas State.
• While Monte & Lane work in Tennessee, another Kiffin keeps a low profile in Lincoln.
• The Jayhawks are out to prove to the football world that they have staying power.
• Tom Osborne puts the finishing touches on his fourth book.
• Monte Kiffin sees similarities between Knoxville and Lincoln.
• Except for the O-line, the Sooners are loaded for the coming season.
• Steve Sipple will be the guest speaker at the Iowans 4 Nebraska golf outing.
• Baylor and QB Robert Griffin have bowl hopes in in 2009.
• Fan Day is set for a sooner-than-usual Aug. 8 at Memorial Stadium.
• The New York Times writes about Sam Keller’s suit against EA Sports.
• Iowa State’s new coach has a real fixer-upper on his hands.
• Charlie McBride takes his new duties as a Harris poll voter seriously.
• Can Texas Tech reload after losing Michael Crabtree and Graham Harrell?
• The 1997 “flea-kicker” play against Mizzou is rated the No. 4 Big 12 memory. 
• Niles Paul is fined after pleading guilty to reckless driving.
• This year’s version of the Missouri Tigers has a lot of young faces.
• Barney Cotton discusses who’s emerging at what positions on the O-line.
• Niles Paul reportedly has struck a plea deal in his DUI case.
• Louisiana-Lafayette has big shoes to fill on offense.
• Only Uncle Sam can get the BCS to change, Sam McKewon writes.
• Virginia Tech, returning 17 starters, is setting the bar higher for itself this year.
• Dan Whitney, aka Larry the Cable Guy, is all about faith, family and football. | More
• Arkansas State has given Big 12 schools fits in recent seasons.
• Trev Alberts’ fast start as A.D. at UNO gets noticed by the New York Times.
• A look at Florida Atlantic, the program Howard Schnellenberger built from scratch.
• At age 93, Madelyn Elder of Scottsbluff is a Husker fan who truly gets around.
• Former Husker fullback Willie Miller gets probation in a 2008 road-rage incident.
• Tim Griffin’s No. 7 Big 12 moment: Stuntz to Crouch vs. Oklahoma in 2001.
• Todd Peterson battles for a spot on the Jacksonville Jaguars’ roster.
• Tom Osborne shares some memories of the 1962 team and its coaching staff.
• Harvey Perlman comes to the defense of the BCS in a StatePaper interview.