Two Major Questions Facing Nebraska Football As Spring Ball Wraps Up
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 […]
Nebraska Football Spring Spotlight: Vincent Shavers Jr.
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 […]
What Will Nebraska’s Offense Look Like Under Dana Holgorsen?
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 […]
Commitment vs. Chaos: Raiola Buys in While Iamaleava Walks Out
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. […]
Husker Players and Coaches Are Betting on Rhule–and Themselves
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 […]
Nebraska Football Spring Spotlight: Dane Key
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 […]
Three Reasons to Believe the Hype Around Nebraska’s Wide Receivers
It feels a bit like Lucy with the football, doesn’t it? For whatever reason, Nebraska football missing on wide receiver recruits has become an unwelcome tradition over the last ten years or so. Mike Riley’s “Calibraska” movement comes to mind, with some big name, four star recruits that got the fan base excited but either […]
Nebraska Football Spring Spotlight: Emmett Johnson
Spring practice is 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 […]
Four Questions for Nebraska Football Heading Into Spring Ball
Spring football is upon us, Common Fans! Practice begins this coming week and will last until April 26. And while nothing can replace the actual football season in the fall, it always feels like an accomplishment to get to this point in the year. We’ve made it through the doldrums of January and February. The […]
Three Sleepers in Nebraska Football’s Transfer Class
As spring practice approaches for Nebraska football, there is plenty of intrigue surrounding year 3 for Head Coach Matt Rhule. After revamping the coaching staff, bringing in both a strong high school recruiting class and a top 15 transfer portal class, and upending one of the biggest spring ball traditions, Rhule’s bunch is poised to […]