Husker Nation Blog

So who’s ready for football season to start? The annual Spring Game is coming up on April 18th. They’ve been selling tickets for awhile now (sorry I didn’t make a post about that at the time) but there’s still time to get seats to the game so don’t worry.

After the disappointing run by the men’s basketball team it’ll be nice to see the football team take the field with some kind of measured level of anticipated success. The doldrums of underperforming Nebraska sports is about to be over as the Huskers football team takes another run at their Big 12 rivals.

In your face, Clemson.

Despite what could have been a game-changing fumble that was overturned by replay, Nebraska managed to sneak out of the Gator Bowl with a win over Clemson.

Congrats to Bo Pelini and his staff, as well as the players on this year’s team, for going 9-4 and winning a bowl game. Joe Ganz deserves special attention for putting up sensational numbers all year and not getting the recognition he should have thanks to other Big 12 quarterbacks who drew more of the national spotlight.

How does everyone feel about the bowl bid? It’s nice to see them playing on New Year’s Day during Bo’s first season. And Clemson is a team they should be able to beat I think but I’m sure their fans would disagree. It’s been a season of turmoil for Clemson so I think you’d want to give the advantage to Nebraska heading in to this one.

On national television, the Huskers snuck out with a wild win at home against Colorado that officially made the Buffaloes ineligible for a bowl game.

Alex Henery kicked the field goal of his life to help put Colorado away at the finish. The win was fun and fantastic to watch but keep in mind, as Nebraska heads into bowl season during Bo’s first year as head coach, that Colorado came into the game 18 point underdogs.

Joe Ganz dropped bombs on Kansas State this Saturday to get the Cornhusker’s their 7th win of the season. He threw for 270 yards and 2 TDs. He even ran for 95 yards and two more touchdowns on 11 carries. The kid is unstoppable sometimes.

Nebraska put up huge points in this game. Their total of 56 was spiked by 21 point second and fourth quarters. They were firing on all cylinders offensively with a solid running and passing attack. This was a very nice win as the team comes closer to the end of the year.

Next week’s matchup is at home against under .500 Colorado.