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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Google gives $156,000 to youth programs near its Nebraska data centers  KOLN Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Nebraska TE Arik Gilbert arrested on burglary charges for 2nd time in 3 weeks  Yahoo Sports Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Nebraska hasn’t passed a single bill this year because one lawmaker keeps filibustering in protest of an anti-trans bill: ‘I will burn this session to the ground’  Yahoo News Source link

Yahoo Sports’ Dan Wetzel, and Sports Illustrated’s Pat Forde and Ross Dellenger discuss Nebraska’s decision to fire Scott Frost after the Cornhuskers loss to Georgia Southern, and debate which coaches could be possible candidates to replace Frost. Video Transcript DAN WETZEL: All right, welcome to the pod, gentlemen. First firing of the year is already here. PAT FORDE: Not even mid-September. DAN WETZEL: Scott Frost– pour one out for the pride of Wood River, Nebraska. He shouldn’t have… Source link

Scott Frost’s time at Nebraska has come to an end. Nebraska athletic director Trev Alberts announced Sunday that the school has fired Frost as head coach just three games into his fifth season on the job. The move comes on the heels of a 45-42 home loss to Georgia Southern that dropped the Huskers to 1-2 on the season and 16-31 overall with Frost as head coach. On top of that, the loss put the Huskers at an unfathomable 5-22 in one-possession games under Frost. Alberts informed Frost of the… Source link

Scott Frost’s Nebraska tenure now includes another ugly loss. The Cornhuskers lost 45-42 to Georgia Southern on Saturday night as the Eagles became the third Sun Belt team to beat a Power Five opponent in Week 2. Nebraska had a chance to send the game to overtime as time expired but Timmy Bleekrode’s 52-yard kick sailed wide left. The defeat is the first time in 215 home games at Memorial Stadium that Nebraska has lost while scoring 35 or more points. And it drops Frost’s record at… Source link

College football is finally here. Though the real fun begins next week with Week 1, there are seven FBS vs. FBS games on the schedule on Saturday. The headliner is the Big Ten game in Ireland between Nebraska and Northwestern. Elsewhere, there are a few Conference USA games on the slate, Florida State and North Carolina host FCS opponents and an SEC team travels to Hawaii. What are the best games? Nebraska at Northwestern (12:30 p.m. ET, Fox) Coming off a miserable 3-9 record in 2021, Scott… Source link

Vomiting is typically not a good sign for anyone at any time. Especially during football practice. But Nebraska head coach Scott Frost sounded pleased when he told the Huskers Radio Network on Thursday that he typically sees “15-20 vomits every day from offensive linemen” at practice under new assistant coach Donovan Raiola. “He’s coaching them hard,” Frost said. “And it’s not because they’re not in shape – he’s just working them hard. I think they love it. He’s kind of freed them up… Source link

One of the longest-standing traditions in college football won’t occur this fall. Since the 1940s, Nebraska fans at Memorial Stadium have released red balloons after the Huskers score their first touchdown of a game. The tradition will not continue during the 2022 season, Nebraska athletic director Trev Alberts announced Monday. Alberts explained during a radio interview that a global helium shortage is the main reason the red balloons will not be handed out before games. Alberts also cited… Source link

Donald Trump is testing his political strength for the second straight week Tuesday, this time in Nebraska, where the former president is backing a candidate for governor accused of sexually assaulting multiple women. Trump’s pick in the tight three-way GOP gubernatorial primary is cattle producer and businessman Charles Herbster, who had been leading the field of Republicans running for governor. But in mid-April a Republican state senator, Julie Slama, and seven other women said Herbster… Source link