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Nebraska vs South Alabama: The Game Thread

It’s the beginning of Scott Frost’s second season!

Jon Johnston

WOOhoooooooooooooo!

The start of Nebraska football season!

If you’re waiting for the game to start, spend some time going through our South Alabama content.

Don’t forget we have some radio going on this morning! Real radio! Tune in from 10 - 11 am:

If you would please, tune in to Boomer Radio from 10 - 11 a.m. with James Sheil and Jeremy Slechta, with special guest Roger Craig.

They will be broadcasting from Starsky’s Bar & Grill on 79th and F.

I will be joining the show at 10:30 a.m.

Depending on where you are the coverage area goes something like this:

  • Omaha - 94.5 FM & 1420AM
  • Council Bluffs - 104.1 FM & 1490 AM
  • Blair - 97.3

You might even be able to listen to it online at MyBoomerRadio.com

What About The Game?

Date/Time: August 31, 2019 11:00 a.m.

Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NE Capacity: 86,047

Surface: Field Turf

Opposition Blog: Check out Underdog Dynasty for all things Sun Belt.

Series Record: Nebraska leads the all-time series with South Alabama 1-0. The Huskers are 9-1 against current Sun Belt teams.

TV: The game will be televised on ESPN. Play-by-Play announcer will be Beth Mowins, analyst, Anthony Becht and Rocky Boiman on the sidelines. It can be streamed through the ESPN App with a login from your cable/satellite/streaming provider.

Radio: Huskers sports radio network. The audio can also be streamed live for free at huskers.com. The crew will be: Greg Sharpe, Matt Davison, and Ben McLaughlin. Satellite radio options include: XM Simulcast 196; Sirius Simulcast 113

Here are your early games - Eastern Time - in case you’re interested.

Saturday Early Games

Matchup Time (ET) TV Streaming
Matchup Time (ET) TV Streaming
Florida Atlantic at #5 Ohio State 12:00 PM FOX FoxSportsGo.com
Northern Iowa at #21 Iowa State 12:00 PM FS1 FoxSportsGo.com
South Alabama at #24 Nebraska 12:00 PM ESPN WatchESPN.com
Akron at Illinois 12:00 PM BTN FoxSportsGo.com
Indiana vs. Ball State 12:00 PM CBSSN CBSSports.com
Howard at Maryland 12:00 PM BTN FoxSportsGo.com
Indiana State at Kansas 12:00 PM Fox Sports Net FoxSportsGo.com
Toledo at Kentucky 12:00 PM SEC Network WatchESPN.com
Ole Miss at Memphis 12:00 PM ABC WatchESPN.com
Mississippi State vs. Louisiana 12:00 PM ESPNU WatchESPN.com
East Carolina at NC State 12:00 PM ACC Network WatchESPN.com
James Madison at West Virginia 2:00 PM AT&T SportsNet None
Rhode Island at Ohio 2:00 PM ESPN+ ESPN+