Saturday, November 21, 2009

#2 Florida vs. #5 Nebraska

A matchup between two top 5 ranked opponents on opening weekend is rare in college football these days. It's too bad. If this game was any indication, better quality opponents leads to better games and more excitement for college football players and fans.

Entering this season and game, the #2 gators came off an upset loss in the BCS championship breaking an OFFL-E record 24 consecutive victories. But, Florida is Florida and just reloads with talent. The Huskers entered this season coming off its best season in a decade under first year coach Wildcatter. Although the team lost a lot of senior leadership, young talent and the momentum of a program on the rise had the Huskers thinking upset.

Although both programs pride themselves on defense, it was the offenses that dominated this one. Each team moved up and down the field in the first half which ended in a 21-21 tie. The second half is where this game got interesting. Florida was able to take the second half kickoff and methodically drive down the field to take its first lead 28-21. On Nebraska's ensuing possession, the Husker offense was limited to a FG and the gators were sniffing blood.

The black shirt defense allowed Florida to drive into the redzone and many began to feel this one might be over. But, a forced fumble and a 82 yard return for a TD set the stadium rocking as Nebraska was able to regain the lead at 31-28.

In the 4th quarter, Florida was able to tie the game with a FG. Once again, the Husker offense took the field and was able to move into scoring territory late in the game. HB Okafor scored on a short TD run with just over 1 minute left to take a 38-31 lead.

But the Florida offense wouldn't go away quietly. Leading the team down the field in and ultimately scoring the game tying TD with just under 20 seconds to play.

As the momentum was sucked out of the crowd, this one appeared to be heading to overtime. On the ensuing kickoff, the gators special team committed a personal foul giving the Huskers the ball at their own 40 yard line with 12 seconds left in the game.

What happened from here was just unbelievable. QB Cody Green hit WR Cooper for a 23 yard reception and the huskers were able to call a timeout with 3 seconds left to play.



Coach Wildcatter called upon Kicker Kunalic to attempt the 56 yarder. After coach Basis called a timeout to ice the kicker, Kunalic made the kick of his career as time expired.






41-38 NEBRASKA!!!

2011 Nebraska Season Preview

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Thursday, November 19, 2009

Coach Wildcatter Signs Extension

It has been announced this morning that Coach Wildcatter has accepted & signed a contract extension to coach the Nebraska Cornhuskers through the 2020 season.

Under the guidance of Coach Wildcatter, the Nebraska program achieved success it had not seen in a decade.

#3 BCS
13-1 (9-0)
Big 12 Champions
Fiesta Bowl Champions
3 All Americans
9 All Conference 

Monday, November 16, 2009

2010 All American List Has Been Released.



1st Team

DT, Baker Steinkuhler (So)

K, Alex Henery (Sr)

Freshman

DE, Jason Ankrah (Fr)

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Nebraska Well Represented on 2010 All Big 12 Team

1st Team Big 12

HB, Quentin Castille (Sr)
236 Att/940 Yds/19 TD

TE, Mike McNeill (Sr)
65 Catches/983 Yds/8 TD

RE, Jason Ankrah (Fr)
82 Tak/32 TFL/17 Sks

DT, Baker Steihkuhler (So)
57 Tak/23 TFL/12 Sks

CB, Prince Amukamara (Sr)

K, Alex Henery (Sr)
22-23 FG, 75-76 XP

Returner, Niles Paul (Sr)


2nd Team Big 12

QB, Zach Lee (Sr)
278-389 for 4321 Yds with 37 TDs/13 Int

RE, Pierre Allen (Sr)
68 Tak/12 TFL/6 Sks/2 Int

Alex Henery Wins Lou Groza Place Kicker Award



The 2010 Lou Groza Place Kicker Award has honored Nebraska placekicker Alex Henery (Sr) as this years recipient.  On the season, Alex was 22-23 on FGA and 75-76 on XPA.

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Nebraska Captures Big 12 Championship



Nebraska 35 - Oklahoma 30




Nebraska rushed for three touchdowns, quarterback Zach Lee threw for two more and the Huskers captured their first Big 12 championship under Coach Wildcatter and second conference championship overall since 1999, upending the Sooners 35-30 Saturday night at Arrowhead Stadium.

Monday, November 9, 2009

QB Zach Lee Dominates Nebraska Record Books



Zach Lee has earned his way into the Nebraska single season record book for passing yards and touchdowns.  With 36 touchdown passes on the season, he has officially passed the previously held record of 25 touchdowns by Zac Taylor in 2005.  He has also eclipsed the single season passing yards record of Joe Ganz with 4,310 yards. 

For his career, Zach now owns the Nebraska records for passing TD's (53) and passing yards (6,573)

Holding all four passing records at Nebraska simply makes Lee the most prolific passer in the Nebraska program history.




Friday, November 6, 2009

Huskers Win Big 12 North Division




Nebraska has won the Big 12 North Division in 2010 under first year head coach Wildcatter.  Nebraska went 8-0 in conference play.  Remarkably, Nebraska combined winning score over their North division rivals Colorado and Missouri was 99-0.

Nebraska is set to face Oklahoma for the Big 12 Championship.  Both teams are ranked in the BCS top ten and look to renew this rivalry that once dominated the landscape of college football.

Huskers Dominate

Huskers Dominate Buffaloes,  Extend Win Streak to 9

44-0!  That's right folks.  What was built up as the biggest game in the Big 12 North in years turned into a one sided affair. 

The Colorado team had great headlines: undefeated and ranked #3 in the BCS, Heisman contender in Darrel Scott & big win over Oklahoma.  All of this lead into one final showdown.  Win and you stay undefeated, play for the Big 12 Championship and maybe even the National championship.

But to lose 44-0 changes the direction the program has been building to all year.  Colorado will finish a very respectable regular season at 11-1 but with the terrible performance in the loss will more than likely not have a chance to play in a BCS bowl.

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Offense Leads Way in Victory



Nebraska earned a tough road victory over Texas A&M 48-27 lead by the arm of senior QB Zach Lee.  The Huskers are now 9-1 (7-0) on the season.

Week 12 is a bye week followed by a rivalry showdown versus undefeated Colorado.  The winner of this game will win the north division and play for the Big 12 Championship.