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Tom Osborne Wants Somebody To Call Dan Beebe
The Nebraska Cornhuskers, you remember them, one of our two conference wins this season, won the Big XII North today. The scoreboard indicated that after thumping the Buffs, they had in fact wrapped up the role as participant in the Big XII Championship game. However nobody from he Big XII office...
A Remembrance of Things Past, and a reminder that things don’t last
I wrote the following in the Jones Top Ten this week: Texas and Florida are headed to the same place for very different reasons. While I fully believe that Urban Meyer has lost his passion for the game, in Mack Brown’s case, the evidence mounts that the game has simply passed him by....
Farewell To The Huskers, Part 2
I hope you enjoyed Part 1. And I enjoyed Better Off Red's reply to Part 1. On to Part 2. So, how has Nebraska fared in the Big 12? Here’s a timeline, noting key events… 1995: Last year of Big 8. NU wins MNC, its second in a row. 1996: First year of Big 12. NU finishes 11 – 2, losing...
Tom Osborne: Tuck Fexas
"This is not a case of reacting to any one school," Osborne said, "particularly Texas." Great line, Tom. Or so says something called the Omaha World Herald. They are like a newspaper or something. Must be true. Apparently Nebraska is out, like, as early as Friday.
Vasherized Willing to Listen if Bar Rafaeli Calls
In a move that surely elicited a deep belly laugh from Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delaney, Nebraska athletic director Tom Osborne announced Thursday that should the Big Ten decide that the Huskers and the greater Omaha area's 37 television sets are just too lucrative to pass up they might possibly be...
Corn Nation And the Husker Coaching Staff Would Like You To Have A Very Merry Christmas!
Tom Osborne - what a guy. Think about how much this dude must work. All those coaches. All those student athletes. All those events. There's no escape for Tom - a man instantly recognized by Husker fans everywhere he goes. It's especially bad this time of year when everyone is trying to...
PPP Poll: Nebraskans Love Tom Osborne, Bo Pelini, and the Big Ten
Public Policy Polling conducted a survey of 739 Nebraskans between September 30th and October 2nd and found some interesting results. Interesting not in the opinions themselves, but at how high the numbers are. 86% of Nebraskans have a favorable opinion of Tom Osborne and 70% have a favorable...
The Historical: Badgers Triumphant, Heisman's Divorce and Prayin' Colonels
[Note from Bill: when I originally conceived of this site, the idea was to go into great detail about both stats and history, two areas of college football where we have less-than-complete understanding. Stats have clearly dominated a good portion of my time, but on the masthead at the bottom of...
Introducing CORN NATION MAILBAG: Readers - Your Turn To Speak Out!
CORNNATIONMAIL@GMAIL.COM Save this e-mail now! Corn Nation readers and members, faithful Huskers, fellow Big 10 fans, college footbal fans in general, or even people who clicked on the wrong link and have no idea just what the hell a Corn Nation is, we want to hear from you. Do you have a...
The week in news- More Trojan Drama, Pirate Tales and a Bronze Teebus
I have 24 hours until the movers show up and about 23 hours worth of work left to do on this place before they get there. Welcome to a lightning round version of the week in news! Uber-recruit Seantreal Henderson wants out of this commitment to USC. Apparently Kiffin couldn’t get Snoop to hook...
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