The Athletic’s Mitch Sherman recently joined the Common Fan Podcast for a wide ranging discussion focused on the Nebraska football team’s spring practices, as well as the upcoming season. Part of the conversation centered around two major questions for the Huskers that won’t really be answered until the season begins in August: if Nebraska’s defense can avoid a dropoff under new defensive coordinator John Butler, and whether fans can expect special teams to improve enough to stop costing the Huskers games.  If you haven’t had a chance to listen to the episode yet, we’d encourage you to do so. But ...

Spring practice is coming to a close for the Nebraska football team. The Big Red will go into the 2025 season with different offensive, defensive, and special teams coordinators than the ones who were in place a year ago at this time, in addition to having dozens of new players on the roster. Even amidst all the change, optimism is high heading into year three for Head Coach Matt Rhule.  So far during our spring spotlight series, we’ve highlighted two offensive players: Emmett Johnson and Dane Key. Both are expected to be major contributors in Dana Holgorsen’s revamped offense. But ...

The Athletic’s Mitch Sherman joined the Common Fan Podcast this week for a wide ranging discussion focused on the Nebraska football team’s spring practices, as well as the upcoming season. A large part of the conversation focused on the Huskers’ offense, from how offensive coordinator Dana Holgorsen will put his imprint on the offense now that he’s had a full offseason with the team, to what we can expect from several of the position groups. If you haven’t had a chance to listen to the episode yet, we’d encourage you to do so. But if you’re not a podcast person, ...

T.J. Birkel As I listened to the Omaha World Herald’s Evan Bland talk about Dylan Raiola on our most recent Common Fan Podcast episode, I couldn’t help but think about the contrasts between Raiola and former Tennessee quarterback Nico Iamaleava.  The situation involving Iamaleava has been front page news in the college football world recently. Here’s what we know for sure: Iamaleava started at quarterback for Tennessee during the 2024 season, passing for 2,616 yards, 19 touchdowns and five interceptions. The Volunteers, as you may recall, went 10-2 on the regular season and made the college football playoff. Then last ...

Nebraska Safety Deshon Singleton was at peace, happy with his Husker career and preparing for the NFL draft. His head coach even encouraged him to pursue the professional ranks. It’s clear that opportunity was real; Singleton has many tools NFL teams covet, and scouts were interested. But when a court decision relating to junior college eligibility paved the way for Singleton to come back for another year in Lincoln, he ultimately decided to run it back for one more season as a Husker.  When talking about Singleton’s situation, Rhule compared it to that of Ty Robinson, the multi-year starter on ...

Spring practice is well underway for the Nebraska football team. The Big Red begins spring ball with different offensive, defensive, and special teams coordinators than the ones they had a year ago at this time, in addition to having dozens of new players on the roster. Even amidst all the change, optimism is high heading into year three for Head Coach Matt Rhule.  It’s wide receiver week on the Common Fan Podcast. On Monday, we dedicated an entire episode to a deep dive into Nebraska’s wide receiver room. Later in the week, we posted an article listing three reasons to ...