We can all set our sites on October 24th to finally watch the Huskers play football.

When the schedule came out on Saturday, I was not thrilled when they announced that the first game was vs. Ohio State and the second was against Wisconsin. The more I thought about it though, why not?

This year there will be no false belief about how this team can compete after the first few games. We will know. Can we play with and beat Ohio State and Wisconsin? Maybe we can and we won’t have to wait to find out. If we can’t, we’ll know that too. The good news in all of it is that the Huskers are playing.

Now onto your flakes.

Nebraska

The heartwarmers … and the heartbreakers in Nebraska football history | National | hartfordcitynewstimes.com
Five heartwarmers, five heartbreakers. We look at the 10 games that Husker fans won't soon forget, for one reason or another.

Three takeaways from Nebraska’s 2020 football schedule | Sports | dailynebraskan.com
After reversing the decision to postpone the 2020 football season to the spring, the Big Ten released a new schedule once again on Saturday.

Husker commit Thomas Fidone keeps focus on family during football journey | Sports | dailynebraskan.com
Thomas Fidone is hard to miss.

ESPN FPI predicts Nebraska's updated football schedule
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Actual Football Topics We Can Finally Return to for Nebraska in 2020 | Hail Varsity
While conversations surrounding testing protocols and game day procedures are still necessary as we move toward a Big Ten football restart, now, with Husker games on the horizon, we finally have the option to return to actual football discussions. So let's do just that.

Husker247 Podcast: Which groups could Huskers lean on this fall?
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Elsewhere

Blind football player Video - ABC News
Meet the high school senior from Iowa who's become a star football player and is ranked first in his class despite being legally blind. ABC's Will Ganss reports on this remarkable young man.

Michael Jordan, Denny Hamlin to field NASCAR Cup car with Bubba Wallace driving
Denny Hamlin and Michael Jordan are teaming up to field a car for the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season with Bubba Wallace driving.

NFL: Vikings lose LB Anthony Barr for season with torn pectoral muscle
The Vikings ran out of linebackers at one point on Sunday, so they definitely need some adjustments going forward.

NFL injury: Giants' Saquon Barklely suffers torn ACL
Barkley will undergo surgery and miss the rest of the season.

Anthony Davis yelled 'Kobe' after he sank game winner
The Lakers have talked a lot about the legacy of Kobe Bryant this year, and after Anthony Davis hit the game-winner against Denver he yelled "Kobe."