Topline Takeaways: Nebraska Takes Care of Business vs. Northern Iowa
Nebraska beat Northern Iowa 34-3 on Saturday night, in what was a solid but not perfect performance against an FCS opponent. Let’s get right to the topline takeaways. CHEERS TO THAT Celebrate all the Ws. Here is Nebraska’s record after three games from every season between 2017 and 2023: 1-2, 0-3, 2-1, 1-2, 2-1, 1-2, […]
Keys to Victory: Nebraska vs. Northern Iowa
Vibes are sky high in Husker Nation after the Big Red dominated former conference rival Colorado on Saturday. Many are considering this week’s matchup against Northern Iowa (UNI) as a tune-up to get ready for Big Ten play, but the Huskers should know from recent experience that they cannot afford to be taking any team […]
Topline Takeaways: Nebraska Breaks Colorado’s Will
Nebraska stuffed Colorado into a locker on Saturday. The Huskers were like a schoolyard bully, chasing the Buffaloes up and down Tom Osborne field as they physically dominated the game from the first series. Colorado’s offensive line was completely overmatched against Nebraska’s defense, leaving CU quarterback Shedeur Sanders to get smacked to the turf repeatedly. […]
Nebraska vs. Colorado Represents Clash of Civilizations
by T.J. Birkel Let me say this: I don’t hate Colorado head coach Deion Sanders, aka Coach Prime. I actually find him kind of intriguing, and he’s always entertaining. If he wasn’t coaching at one of Nebraska’s most hated rivals, I think we would all enjoy watching the Coach Prime show from afar. I’ll take […]
Keys to Victory: Nebraska vs. Colorado
All of Husker Nation is anxiously awaiting Saturday’s rivalry matchup with our old friends, the Colorado Buffaloes. On behalf of the Common Fan podcast, here are four keys to victory for the Huskers, and three keys to victory for all the fellow Common Fans. Nebraska’s Keys to Victory RUN. THE. BALL. Everyone is excited about […]
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 […]