Topline Takeaways: Nebraska Puts a Beatdown on UTEP Like it’s 1999
Boy, that was nice, wasn’t it? For the first time in five years, the Nebraska football team played a season opener at home against something other than a Big 10 team. That’s pretty remarkable when you think about it (and further evidence that the College Football Industrial Complex is out to get Nebraska…but that’s for […]
Why We Love Nebraska Football
by T.J. Birkel About an hour before my father died, my Mom, four siblings and I were sitting with him in his bedroom. He lay in bed, non-responsive but mostly peaceful; after a 16 month battle with colon cancer, we knew the end was approaching. My sister suggested we see if there was a game […]
Matt Rhule Waves His Magic Wand Over Nebraska’s Quarterback Room
“This is probably one of the most talented quarterback rooms that we’re going to see.” That’s what the Big Ten Network’s (BTN) Howard Griffith had to say when the BTN crew visited Lincoln earlier this month. With so many story lines and so much anticipation in the run-up to the season, it might have been […]
Ranking the West Coast Teams Joining the Big 10
It’s a brave new world, isn’t it? When Nebraska joined the Big 10, it was a bit odd to some fans, but at least felt like something of a good fit, from the standpoint of our football pedigree matching with the top end of the conference, as well as simple geography. It seemed a little […]
Does Nebraska’s Offense Have As Many Weapons As We Think They Do?
It’s that time of year. Fall camp is well underway. All Common Fans are frothing at the mouth, desperate for football season to get here and clinging to any and all scraps of information, practice reports, message board rumors, and Big Red tidbits we can find. Football season is so close, and yet the two […]
Three Games That Will Define the Season for Nebraska Football in 2024
By T.J. Birkel Nebraska can win every single game on its schedule in 2024*. The operative word here is can. Recent history would suggest we can just as easily lose quite a few games on this schedule. While optimism is high heading into Year 2 of the Matt Rhule era, the Huskers are still in […]
Wrapping Up The Reckoning and Looking to 2024
By T.J. Birkel One month from today, the Nebraska Cornhuskers will play a game of American football. One month, Common Fans. I can almost smell the Fairbury hot dogs and see the perfectly-placed Dylan Raiola touchdown passes. We’re almost there. Last week completed The Reckoning Series on the Common Fan Podcast, taking an in-depth look […]
The Promise of Matt Rhule
By T.J. Birkel Turnovers. After all the talk about coaches over the last month, after all the kicking of tires and looking under rocks to try to figure out what’s gone wrong and what could have been different for Nebraska football since Tom Osborne retired, the first thing Mike’l Severe brought up as the main […]
How in the World Did Scott Frost Not Work at Nebraska?
By T.J. Birkel I promise, Common Fans, we are pivoting to the future very soon. We’re going to talk all about the 2024 season. We’re going to talk about the promise of Matt Rhule. Here at the Common Fan podcast, we are big believers that the future is bright for Nebraska football. We’re going to […]
Defending the Greatness of Nebraska Football
By T.J. Birkel Andy Staples knows better than this. Recently, the well respected national college football reporter came out with his list of college football “blue blood” programs. You see these conversations pop up regularly, especially on social media. There are varying definitions of what makes for a college football blue blood, and which teams […]