Nebraska Cornhuskers Football - Gimme Red 'Til I'm Dead!
FIRST HALF ANALYSIS: If you were looking for explosives, then you were in for a large dud in the first 4 minutes of the game. Both teams were playing “brick city nights”, as both teams were a combined 2-13 in the opening 4 minutes, with the score tied at 3. Pryce Sandfort, who averages 15 […]
21 days ago | 1 read
In what can only be described as a historical night in Lincoln, Nebraska basketball defeated #9 Michigan State 58-56 at Pinnacle Bank Arena, improving to 14-0 on the season and 3-0 in Big Ten play. For a fanbase more accustomed to football heartbreak than basketball triumph, this victory represents something potentially transformative for a program […]
21 days ago | 0 reads
Date: Friday, January 2nd, 2026Tipoff: 8:02 p.m. (central)Location: Pinnacle Bank Arena (Lincoln, Neb.) TV/Online: Friday’s game will be available online on Peacock with Noah Reed and Nick Bahe on the call. To watch or to sign up, visit peacocktv.com. For YouTube TV subscribers, the game is also available on the NBC Sports Network. Radio: Friday’s game will be […]
21 days ago | 1 read
Nebraska limped to the finish line of the 2025 season with what was supposed to be the much-vaunted Year 3 of the Matt Rhule era. Instead, blowout losses to Iowa, Penn State, and most recently Utah stripped away any remaining illusions about where this roster truly stands. Those games didn’t just sting — they exposed. […]
22 days ago | 1 read
The first semester is officially over as we turn our calendars over to 2026 — Nebraska is 6-3 in duals, won another title at the Navy Classic and placed fourth at the National Duals Invitational. The 6th-ranked Huskers have dropped duals to #2 Ohio State (33-3) and twice to #5 Oklahoma State (33-6 and 22-12). […]
22 days ago | 1 read
Date: Friday, January 2nd, 2026Tipoff: 8:02 p.m. (central)Location: Pinnacle Bank Arena (Lincoln, Neb.) TV/Online: Friday’s game will be available online on Peacock with Noah Reed and Nick Bahe on the call. To watch or to sign up, visit peacocktv.com. For YouTube TV subscribers, the game is also available on the NBC Sports Network. Radio: Friday’s game will be […]
22 days ago | 1 read
The ladies’ conference record now stands at 1-2 after back to back losses. This was a close game for three and a half quarters, but the final five minutes was rough to watch. The Huskers shooting went cold and the Hawkeyes took advantage. Britt Prince led Nebraska with 27 points, followed by Jess Petrie with […]
22 days ago | 0 reads
Deep down, if we’re really honest with ourselves, we saw this coming. At least we should have. A leaky run defense combined with Nebraska’s All-American I-back sitting out the bowl game against a foe who was in the College Football Playoff discussion was simply a bad matchup. Doesn’t mean we have to like it; we […]
22 days ago | 1 read
There’s some damned good football being played today. Unfortunately, it doesn’t involve Nebraska. Perhaps you’d rather be done with college football for the season, but Oregon vs Texas Tech, Alabama vs Indiana, and maybe even Georgia vs Ole Miss should be exciting and interesting games. Women’s Basketball Nebraska Cornhuskers (20/25) at Iowa Hawkeyes (14/14)Thursday, Jan. […]
22 days ago | 1 read
It’s one of my favorite games of the year, but also one of the most stressful games of the year, when Nebraska takes on the Iowa. Lucky for me, I get to deal with near heart attacks and anxiety twice a year when we play them. Games with the Hawkeyes are mostly always competitive and […]
22 days ago | 0 reads
Happy New Year everyone! I hope you all enjoyed the festivities last night, Nebraska’s bowl game notwithstanding. The new year has started off with the familiar cries here at the Shearer household, mainly by the twins. Take your pick as to whether it’s Briscoe or Helen causing me the issues. All I know is I […]
23 days ago | 1 read
Are you ready for Nebraska to go undefeated in the non-conference for the first time since the 1928-1929 season? Apparently the Huskers went 6-0 in that season. After tonight, the Huskers should be 13-0 as the gauntlet of the Big Ten sits there waiting for them. Nebraska is a 30 point favorite against the New […]
24 days ago | 1 read
Joiin us at 8pm CST for what might the last Huskers Happy Hour of the season. We know all the storylines, the Huskers are supposed to get slaughtered, etc. But what the heck? Why don’t we let them play the game, eh? I’ll also chat about the trip out here, some of the goings on, […]
24 days ago | 0 reads
You know what? We wait all year long for Nebraska football and are only guaranteed 12 games. Then we make our selves miserable because of over inflated expectations. Or maybe they are reasonable expectations but Nebraska just fails to meet them. Getting embarrassed by Penn State and Iowa certainly does not help. But even after […]
24 days ago | 1 read
The drive from Rifle, CO, to Las Vegas was about as perfect a December 30th driving day as one could ask for when starting in the western Rockies. The temp was only 13 degrees as I hopped down to the Gateway Lodge’s breakfast “buffet”. Yes, they really call it that, but it included scrambled eggs […]
24 days ago | 1 read
Well this is fun! I’ve had a little bit of a break to wash the bad vibes away and I am ready for the Huskers to dominate in the Las Vegas Bowl. In my six years of writing Five to Win, this is only my second chance to write for a bowl game and I […]
24 days ago | 1 read
I took my boys to the Husker Women’s basketball game today. It was a full house and a lot of fun, even with the outcome. If it weren’t for the quick run that USC went on to start the third quarter, Nebraska would’ve got them. USC is good inside. We got to see a fired […]
25 days ago | 2 reads
Minnie Hunt opens “Monday Night Therapy” with Fred Sacco and Fred’s dog Willie as the crew gears up for Nebraska’s final game of 2025, the Las Vegas Bowl against Utah. The mood is a mix of relief and cautious optimism: as fans, they feel the team is “limping across the finish line,” but they also […]
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I was worried about a slow start by the Huskers and in my mind, that meant a slow first quarter. Instead, it was sluggishness coming out of halftime that doomed the Huskers. Nebraska was nails from the free throw line (19-21), but got outworked on the glass 38-25. USC’s excellent defense caused issues for Nebraska […]
25 days ago | 0 reads
We will find out a lot about the Huskers today. They’ve passed all their tests so far with flying colors, but USC is a different animal – even without JuJu Watkins. The Huskers have scored 80 or more points in every game this season, but USC has a defense that will likely break that streak. […]
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“You know those little monkeys they put on the back of Border Collies with the rodeos? Border Collie runs all over the place. Monkey’s just trying to hang on. No control over where it’s going. No way to get off of without fucking dying. Crowd laughing at him as he whips by.” “That’s you. You’re […]
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It is that time of year where we reflect on the past 12 months and look ahead to what the future holds. 2025 was good to me. Two of the ranchhands got off the ranch payroll after landing their first grown-up jobs. Given the stats that are being thrown around about job prospects for new […]
26 days ago | 0 reads
Monday’s game will be Nebraska’s first clash of the season with an AP Top 25 foe, while NET No. 23 USC has already played five games against AP Top-25 opponents this season, including No. 1 UConn and No. 2 South Carolina, along with then-No. 9 NC State, then-No. 21 Washington, and then-No. 24 Notre Dame. […]
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On this episode of the Five Heart Podcast, the hosts will take a long look at the upcoming Las Vegas Bowl match-up with the Utah Utes. It was announced on Friday that Utah’s coach Kyle Whittingham was in the works to be the new head coach at the University of Michigan. Would Whittingham coach Utah […]
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“You look at our team this year and, both offensively and defensively, the red zone really hurt us in terms of what we’d like to get done. And so the ability to add different run game, especially quarterback run counter, is a great answer for that.” – Head Coach Matt Rhule Very early in Friday’s […]
about 1 month ago | 0 reads