May 2013
12 posts
Through Our Hashtags Tweet the Greatest Fans
By Randy York
Nebraska Athletics reached a milestone this afternoon, reaching 90,000 followers on Twitter. The Huskers rank No. 1 in followers among all NCAA Athletic Department Twitter accounts. Florida (82,360) ranks second, followed by Alabama (79,503), Georgia (78,797) and Louisville (63,473) in the Top Five. The second five includes Kansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Iowa and Notre Dame. The Nos....
Big Ten Honors McDermott and Southworth
Megan Southworth and Conor McDermott receive $7,500 scholarships.
By Randy York
The Big Ten Conference Thursday honored Husker student-athletes Conor McDermott and Megan Southworth with $7,500 postgraduate scholarships. McDermott, a tight end letterwinner on Nebraska’s 2012 football team, graduated last December with a Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics and Finance. Southworth, a...
Seniors Lead Huskers into NCAA Tournament
Senior Courtney Breault’s successful bunt helped Nebraska beat Purdue.
Host Huskers Earn No. 14 National Seed
By Randy York
You don’t see her in the headlines, but you can’t miss her in the box score. Yes, Nebraska has two of the five unanimous 2013 All-Big Ten Conference selections in junior twins Tatum and Taylor Edwards, but there’s another Californian making a steady difference in...
Wade’s Boyhood Dream Now Highest Honor
Nebraska: The Birthplace of Strength Training
YouTube: N’Side Interview with James Dobson
By Randy York
When Chad Wade was a 13-year-old living in Weeping Water, Neb., he could not wait for the mailman to deliver what became the highlight of his week – the latest weightlifting program from the Detroit Lions, where his uncle, Gary Wade, was the head strength and conditioning coach. “Gary’s...
Husker Women Closing in on Tennis History
Patricia Veresova and Mary Weatherholt: Nation’s No. 3 doubles team.
Senior Tribute Video Features Four Huskers at the Finish Line
Huskers Play Wichita State Tulsa, UNLV Join Regional
NCAA Women’s Bracket Buy, Print Tickets Here
By Randy York
Nebraska’s Scott Jacobson and Hayden Perez make a productive tandem as tennis coaches just like Husker seniors Mary Weatherholt and...
N-Sider’s Three Best Tommie Frazier Stories
With runs like this against Missouri, Tommie Frazier finished second in the 1995 Heisman Trophy voting. Omaha World-Herald Photo
By Randy York
Someone asked this morning if I had any good Tommie Frazier stories, and I have three. But I also want to share my first experience with Tommie and thank him for signing an 11x14-inch photograph of his fabled 75-yard touchdown run in the 1995 national...
NU Media Relations Staff ‘Super 11’ Worthy
Husker offensive coordinator Tim Beck draws a crowd of Nebraska media.
By Randy York
If this is a Monday that deletes winter from spring and delivers sunshine all the way to Memorial Day, then maybe we really can trust that day. This Monday certainly was not everything we hoped it would be, nor was it something we could guarantee, but we still feel rather bullish about these three quick-hitters...
Diminutive Evenstad a True Husker at Heart
Graduation lineup: Jeremiah Sirles, Dennis Leblanc and Lora Evenstad.
By Randy York
As different as Nebraska’s student-athlete speakers looked for Saturday’s luncheon to celebrate spring commencement exercises, Dennis Leblanc could not have selected more appropriate spokespeople to frame up what life is like as a Husker. Nebraska’s senior associate athletic director for Academics, Leblanc...
Sirles: From Bobble Head to Student-Athlete
Husker offensive lineman Jeremiah Sirles received his diploma Saturday from Donde Plowman, Dean of Nebraska’s College of Business Administration.
By Randy York
Jeremiah Sirles would be a model commencement speaker, but Nebraska’s second-team All-Big Ten offensive lineman settled for something he considers more intimately important and meaningful memorable. The 6-6, 310-pound Lakewood,...
Surprised Miles: Sold Out Sign Just a First Step
Nebraska’s new downtown basketball arena is now sold out for the men.
Pinnacle Bank Arena Waitlist Has Started
By Randy York
Lane Grindle had the tweet of the day Friday when he heard a sold out sign is needed six months before Nebraska plays its first basketball game at Pinnacle Bank Area.
How many schools in America have a wait list for season tickets in Football, Volleyball &...
10 Questions: James Dobson on ‘The Program’
Strength Coach James Dobson is always looking for ways to improve the team.
Cross Training: Imani is a Natural Leader
The Program Video: Unique Highlight Reel
Huskers Give Marine the Michigan Game Ball
By Randy York
“The Program” has pulled off something difficult to accomplish – worked its way into the Nebraska football vocabulary. The two-word catch phrase has become a four-minute...
Graeber Generosity Helps Walk-On Program
Ken Graeber, right, made a significant donation to Nebraska Athletics and Associate AD Paul Meyers in honor of Tom Osborne and Charlie McBride.
By Randy York
In a recent lunch to celebrate a significant gift to the Nebraska Athletic Department, the donor was asked if he realized the potential benefits of his generosity. Ken Graeber curtailed the conversation immediately, explaining that he didn’t...
Enduring Memories from a White House Visit
Rex Burkhead joined his little buddy, Jack Hoffman, at the White House.
The Biggest 15 Minutes in Team Jack History
Little Jack and His Family Go to Washington
By Randy York
Surely you saw 7-year-old Jack Hoffman staring up at President Barack Obama on Monday. It was a compelling photo for brain cancer awareness with the light dramatizing one of Jack’s scars from two major brain surgeries...
April 2013
22 posts
The Biggest 15 Minutes in Team Jack History
Jack Hoffman, 7, meets President Barack Obama in the Oval Office.
Little Jack and His Family Go to Washington
Who Else Showed Up at the White House?
Historical Close-Up of Two Husker Legends
By Randy York
Team Jack has been a part of the Nebraska football conversation for more than a year-and-a-half now. On Monday, April 29, 2013, that conversation went from one small step in Husker lore to...
Little Jack and His Family Go to Washington
Ava Hoffman, 5, and Reese, 2, join brother Jack in Washington, D.C. Sunday.
Little Jack Talks to President Obama
Who Else Showed Up at the White House?
Historical Close-Up of Two Husker Legends
By Randy York
So what does a 7-year-old pediatric brain cancer patient do after thrilling 60,000 fans at Nebraska’s Spring Football Game, plus nearly 8 million YouTube viewers, with an inspiring...
Sunny Russell Taking Aim as New Husker Leader
Sunny Russell is the president of NU’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
By Randy York
The vast majority of Nebraska fans have never been to a rifle meet. Many probably don’t even know the Huskers compete in an Olympic sport so highly specialized that 96 percent of perfection is considered marginally competitive while 98 percent of perfection is NCAA record-setting territory. In that...
Can You Solve This Equation: WLST = GVICS?
Jack Hoffman, a 7-year-old YouTube star, will throw Saturday’s first pitch.
World’s Largest Softball Tailgate
Huskers Host No. 9 Michigan
Jack’s Historic 69-Yard Run
Senator’s Emotional Speech
By Randy York
The N-Sider has its fair share of inquiring minds and Husker loyalists, but I’m betting few, if any, can translate this: WLST = GVICS. Give up? Here’s your answer:...
Economics Ph.D.: Weatherholt is ‘Exceptional’
The NCAA ranks Mary Weatherholt No. 11 in singles and No. 4 in doubles.
Huskers Taught Barrefors the Art of Leadership
By Randy York
Twelve years ago, Carlos Asarta was a finalist for the Nebraska Student-Athlete of the Year Award. An accomplished swimmer from Spain, he served as president of Nebraska’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee in 2000-01. Today, Asarta is a Ph.D. associate professor...
Huskers Taught Barrefors the Art of Leadership
Björn Barrefors accepts his NU Student-Athlete of the Year Award.
Barrefors, Weatherholt Earn Top Honors
By Randy York
Nebraska’s 2013 Male Student-Athlete of the Year is steeped in athletic and academic achievements. Björn Barrefors is a school record-setting decathlete who won a Big Ten Conference title the same year the league honored him as a Distinguished Scholar. He’s on the verge of...
A Husker Trailblazer, Linda Olson, Retiring
Last Sunday night, Linda Olson received NU’s prestigious Trailblazer Award.
By Randy York
A week from today, the coordinator of Registration and Records at the University of Nebraska will spend her last day in the office. Linda Olson will end 35 years of working for the university and 25 years as the first and only athletic certification coordinator in Nebraska history. She is the very...
‘Orchestrated Fun’ Keys Bowlers’ NCAA Title
Bill Straub, left, went red-and-white to inspire his national champion team.
By Randy York
Bill Straub has seen it all, and Dr. Larry Widman has tried it all, and when Nebraska’s head bowling coach connects with a Husker sports psychiatrist, the result is a fourth NCAA national bowling championship and the first that can be traced to what both call orchestrated fun. Yes, a young Nebraska team...
Husker Heroes Dig Deep for Pediatric Cancer
Ameer Abdullah, left, and Quincy Enunwa flank Steve and D.J. Reddick.
By Randy York
Keith Zimmer has a dream, and he has a program. He calls it “Heroes” and it is built on the principle that Nebraska student-athletes who perform good deeds gain a new perspective every time they help someone else. “At Nebraska, it’s definitely about more than winning,” Zimmer said. “It’s about making a positive...
Cotton, Larson, Weatherholt Share Heart & Soul
Ben Cotton says community service can make your day, your year, your life.
Photo Gallery: Hero Leadership Breakfast
By Randy York
Monday’s Hero Leadership Breakfast on Memorial Stadium’s third floor showed why Nebraska student-athletes know the true meaning of the word hero and why they understand they’re part of something bigger than becoming an All-American, winning a national championship...
Team Jack’s No. 1 Goal: Awareness for All
Rex and Robyn Burkhead became friends with the late Isaiah Casillas (22) and Jack Hoffman. Uplifting Athletes Executive Director Scott Shirley holds Rex Burkhead’s 2012 National Champions Award.
Latest ESPN Video on Jack Fox News interviews Andy
Andy’s Sirius XM Interview Was TD No. 1 Highlight?
Jack’s Run Transcends Sport NU’s Uplifting Athletes Website
By Randy...
Nebraska Pro in China Credits Prodigy’s Dad
Former Husker golfer Vic Carder gives a 14-year-old phenom a putting tip.
Meet the 14-Year-Old Chinese Phenom
YouTube Video Tells Compelling Story
By Randy York
The PGA golf pro and director of Golf at 14-year-old GuanTianlang’s home course in Qingyuan, China, grew up in Lincoln, lettered two years as a Nebraska golfer, is close friends with the Nebraska head men’s golf coach and was a...
Ghosts of the Coliseum Will Linger for Awhile
Buy, Print Friday Night NU-Creighton Tickets
By Randy York
Friday’s 7 p.m. Nebraska-Creighton exhibition volleyball match isn’t a priority for even the staunchest Big Red fan, even though the Huskers have set an NCAA record for consecutive home sellouts that will carry over to the Devaney Center this fall. On Thursday afternoon, a fan could buy some of the best seats inside the Coliseum for $10...
Leblanc: Huskers’ Secret Weapon Recruiter
Dennis Leblanc honors Bob Oberlin, Nebraska’s first Academic All-American.
Video: East Stadium Expansion Update
By Randy York
Nebraska covered the bases at last Saturday’s Spring Game football luncheon that drew 900 donors to a pep rally that included the band, the cheer squad and two mascots. Nebraska Athletic Director Shawn Eichorst and head football coach Bo Pelini both talked about...
Friday’s the Deadline for 2062 Time Capsule
Planning for the Next 50 Years of Sellouts
By Randy York
If you missed last Friday’s deadline to submit something for placement in one of 200 Nebraska time capsules that will be buried in an East Stadium vault and opened in 2062, don’t worry, be happy. You’re not out of luck yet. Do what Lincoln’s Kristi Lounsbury did – put a meaningful Husker football memento in the mail and let Nebraska’s...
Jack’s Jaunt Brings Tears, Transcends Sport
Taylor Martinez (3) and C.J. Zimmerer (31) flank heroic Jack Hoffman (22).
Photo Gallery of Jack Hoffman’s Historic Day
Watch Interview on Good Morning America
Was Nation’s No. 1 Highlight Best TD Ever?
You Can’t Watch This Run Too Many Times
By Randy York
Josh Elliott covered all major sports for Sports Illustrated before moving to ESPN in 2004. He received his MA in...
Burkhead, Cotton Lead Berringer Honorees
Ben Cotton: A hero both on the field and as a community service volunteer.
By Randy York
Rex Burkhead and Ben Cotton lead the 21-member 2013 Brook Berringer Citizenship Team that will be honored about 20 minutes before Nebraska’s annual Red-White Spring Game at Memorial Stadium Saturday. Burkhead, a running back, and Cotton, a tight end, have won four consecutive Berringer Awards. Joining...
Guy the Fly's Rare Glimpse of T.O. Perfection
Guy Ingles played for Tom Osborne and became part of his coaching staff.
By Randy York
If gold cannot be pure, and people cannot be perfect, perfection is impossible for any football team, even the Tom Osborne-coached 1995 Nebraska Cornhuskers that steamrolled previously unbeaten Florida, 62-24, in the Fiesta Bowl. Few outside Nebraska’s inner sanctum saw that juggernaut rolling into Tempe,...
Spring Game Last Call for NU Time Capsules
Celebrating Sellouts with 2062 Time Capsules
By Randy York
As part of Nebraska football’s final 50 Years of Consecutive Sellouts celebration, Saturday’s Red-White Spring Game will be the last call for Husker fans to participate in a special project – filling 200 scarlet-and-cream time capsules with meaningful memories, mementos and memorabilia that define Nebraska’s half-century journey of 325...
Profile in Courage: Humm Gets a Blackshirt
At Nebraska, Dave Humm (12) kept the defense honest with a rare run.
‘Greats’ Helping One of Their Own Video: Huskers Helping Huskers
MS Not Slowing Down Ex-Raider Husker Greats Foundation Website
By Randy York
Dave Humm celebrated birthday No. 61 today with something he never dreamed he would ever touch, let alone own – an honorary Blackshirt, the symbolic Nebraska defensive...
WNBA Next for Golden Age Husker Catalyst
Lindsey Moore leads the Huskers out of Norfolk, Va., Regional locker room.
Moore Projected to Be First-Round Draft Choice
Fans’ Votes Place Moore on All-Devaney Team
By Randy York
Anyone who read accounts of Nebraska’s 53-45 loss to Duke in Sunday’s NCAA Tournament Round of 16 could track the tears of teammates who look up to Lindsey Moore, the true catalyst for the Golden Age of Nebraska...
March 2013
14 posts
New East Stadium Offers One of the Best Views
By Randy York
I don’t know exactly what I was expecting in the middle of a busy Friday afternoon, but I know this: Once I stepped off a freight elevator that took me to the top of the new East Stadium, I was more than surprised. I was shocked. What I saw in what will be the highest seats in Memorial Stadium’s storied history just might offer the best view of Lincoln … a sweeping, majestic...
10 Days to Spring Game and 10 Reasons to Go
Ticket Central Buy, Print Your Own
Season Waitlist Video: Next 50 Years
By Randy York
It’s Thursday, March 28th, 10 days before the first Nebraska Football Spring Game that will be televised nationally … do you have your tickets yet? I’m serious. According to weather.com,the 10-day forecast sees the temperature reaching 62 degrees on Saturday, April 6th, a day forecasted to be mostly...
This Physics Professor Played College Football
UNL Physics Professor Tim Gay will give a football lecture on April 5.
Free Lecture April 5 on Physics, Football
Website Brings Physics to Everyday Life
Ruud Awakening Video Good Will Punting
By Randy York
Nebraska football’s Spring Game is Saturday, April 6, and fans seeking a one-day jump on all the hoopla should consider attending a free Friday, April 5 noon-hour lecture in Memorial...
Time to Tell ‘Sunny’ Side of another Sweet 16
Sunny Smallwood enjoys her view from the Husker bench Sunday night.
Matt Coatney Sweet 16 Highlights
By Randy York
All Husker fans who watched the Nebraska women’s basketball team reach its second NCAA Sweet 16 in four years Monday night on national TV should have tuned into Matt Coatney’s play-by-play and Jeff Griesch’s analysis. Why? You missed the heart and soul of Big Red women’s...
For Alma Mater, Alvarez Shares His Thoughts
Barry Alvarez came close to winning his fourth Rose Bowl earlier this year.
By Randy York
It’s Thursday afternoon, and a former Nebraska All-Big Eight linebacker is trying to multitask at his athletic director’s desk in Madison, home of one-half of an emerging college football rivalry that’s brewing with Nebraska, his alma mater. Barry Alvarez is laughing because it’s the day after he announced...
Tim Miles’ World: Color, not Black-and-White
Nebraska basketball coach Tim Miles is featured in a 30-second TV spot.
BB Video: Tim Miles’ Vision Needs You!
Basketball Season Tickets Available Now
By Randy York
It’s only 30 seconds and has precious few words, but Tim Miles’ new TV commercial projects what Nebraska Athletics is really selling to this sports-crazy state … a vision of a head coach who has taken every basketball...
The Next 50 Years of Sellouts Starts with You
‘TV stars’ Kenny Bell, Taylor Martinez, Eric Crouch, Johnny Rodgers.
Video: ‘Our House Has New Seats’
Greg Sharpe: 3,000 Seats Available
Bo: There is No Place Like Lincoln
Buy Season Football Tickets Here
By Randy York
While living in Kansas City and reading that Nebraska was expanding Memorial Stadium’s north end zone, I couldn’t wait to get on a wait list, and lo...
Cook: Pettit Name Helps Huskers Honor Past
Hall-of-Famer Terry Pettit coached Nebraska to 21 conference titles.
By Randy York
Everyone who knows John Cook understands why he’s consumed with strategic details. He didn’t become Nebraska’s third head volleyball coach by accident. There’s a profound purpose that permeates every decision he makes for Nebraska volleyball, and the latest is no exception. As the Huskers continue their...
Gordons Invest $1 Million in Training Complex
Photo of NU All-American Alex Gordon by Chris Vleisides, Kansas City Royals
By Randy York
Since it’s now official that Alex Gordon made a game-changing donation to his alma mater and paved the way for the Nebraska indoor baseball/softball facility to be called the Alex Gordon Training Complex, it’s time we change the framework and the context of a hometown hero who saw a need and contributed $1...
Almeida’s Heart Gives Seniors ‘Huge’ Legacy
Andre Almeida’s mother and girl friend escort him to center court on Senior Day.
Huskers Close Regular Season at Iowa
By Randy York
When you’re 6-foot-11 and weigh 314 pounds, some people call you Andre the Giant instead of Andre Almeida. The senior center from Sao Paulo, Brazil, via Arizona Western College, is a handsome and humble block of granite, especially in the eyes of his mother...
BTN Features Nebraska Stories after Game
After tonight’s game, Tim Miles shares his pride about working at Nebraska.
By Randy York
Nebraska’s historic last Devaney Center game against Minnesota is not the Huskers’ only exposure on national television Wednesday night. The Big Ten Network will air a new series called BTN LiveBIG following the game. The show will feature the TeamMates mentoring program co-founded by Nebraska...
Lindsey’s Legacy: Her Heart, Habits, Humility
Lindsey Moore is flanked by mom Amy and dad Rich on Senior Day Sunday.
Yori Named; Hooper First-Team All-Big Ten
Moore Makes All-Time All-Devaney Team
By Randy York
When the curtain finally came down on Lindsey Moore’s last act inside the Bob Devaney Sports Center Sunday, the best point guard in Nebraska women’s basketball history made sure that the last line in her postgame Senior Day speech...
This Dancing Blackshirt is a True Bo-liever
Blackshirt Pat Ricketts in his office. John Peterson Photo/Hail Varsity
By Randy York
On a “balmy” Saturday in early February, Omaha hosted two outdoor hockey games – one professional and one college game. Nebraska’s largest city billed the back-to-back games as “Battles on Ice” at TD Ameritrade Park, one of America’s best baseball venues showing its versatility as an outdoor hockey rink between...
Sunday: Last Chance to Salute ‘Double Zero’
In 126 starts, Lindsey Moore (00) has led the Huskers to a 91-35 record.
Husker Seniors Shoot for Big Ten Title
By Randy York
The last basketball Sunday in the Bob Devaney Sports Center promises to be a day of worship for the best point guard in Nebraska women’s basketball history … a day when Double Zero gets the unexpected opportunity to lead her Top 20 team to consecutive victory No. 11. If...
February 2013
15 posts
Talley Shot Spurs Fan to Buy Season Tickets
Tim Miles’ intensity sparked a major Nebraska comeback against Iowa Saturday.
Get on the Ground Floor of Pinnacle Bank Arena
2013-14 Men’s Basketball Season Ticket Waitlist
NU Women’s Basketball Season Ticket Waitlist
Talley’s Heroics Lead Huskers Past Hawkeyes
By Randy York
How big was Dylan Talley’s Saturday matinee shot that enabled Nebraska to erase a 16-point...
Black History Helps Honor Lincoln’s Legacy
State capitol statue was erected eight years before the Lincoln Memorial in D.C.
By Randy York
It’s Black History Month, and I have a confession to make. Until the past few months, rarely have I tied the man Nebraska’s Capital City is named after to black history, even though Abraham Lincoln saved the union, freed the slaves and changed the course of American history. Nor have I ever wondered...
