1. Nebraska Football: What the Cornhuskers Must Do to Win a National Championship

    Nebraska fans—well, the ones who watched , anyway—had to be filled with a little nostalgia seeing Alabama win its second national title in three years...

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  2. Nebraska Football: Way-Too-Early Look at Cornhuskers' 2012 Schedule

    Well, that wasn’t fun. Nebraska ended the 2011 season going 2-3, including an ugly 30-13 loss to South Carolina in the Capital One Bowl. By the end of the game, many Nebraska fans were ready to be done with the 2011 season...

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  3. Nebraska Football: It's Time to Expect Better from Bo Pelini's Cornhuskers

    Is that good enough? For the second year in a row, Nebraska ended its season with a spectacular thud, getting run out of the Capital One Bowl, 30-13, by South Carolina...

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  4. Nebraska Football: End of Season Report Card for the Cornhuskers

    The 2011 season is in the rear view mirror, with Nebraska finishing 9-4 and coming off another disheartening bowl performance...

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  5. Capital One Bowl: 5 Things Nebraska Needs to Improve in 2012

    Nebraska lost the Capital One Bowl to South Carolina, 30-13. After taking a first quarter lead, Nebraska was outplayed and dominated in the second half. With the bowl loss, Nebraska drops to 9-4 for the 2011 season...

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  6. Nebraska vs. South Carolina: Live Score and Analysis of the Capital One Bowl

    Game time! After over a month of waiting, we finally get to see Nebraska take the field for one last time before the long spring and summer of the college football offseason...

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  7. Nebraska in the Capital One Bowl: My Favorite Cornhusker Bowl Memory

    How many times had it been? How many times had I sat down on New Year’s Day, waiting for the Orange Bowl to watch Nebraska play for that elusive national title? How many times ...

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  8. Nebraska Football: The Good and Bad to Watch for Against South Carolina

    It may not be New Year’s Day, but a full day of bowl games on January 2 is still enough to make a college football fan happy...

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  9. Captial One Bowl: Latest News and Notes for Nebraska vs. South Carolina

    The wait is almost over. Nebraska and South Carolina are ready to take the field at the Capital One Bowl on January 2, 2012...

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  10. Nebraska Football: 5 Under-the-Radar Players to Watch in the Capital One Bowl

    Nebraska will play South Carolina in the Capital One Bowl on Jan. 2, 2012. In looking at players to watch for Nebraska, there’s all kinds of obvious choices, like Taylor Martinez, Rex Burkhead, Lavonte David and Alfonzo Dennard...

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  11. Nebraska Football: 2012 Starting Lineup Projection

    College football fans get a double-whammy around the holidays. Not only do they have to deal with the post-Christmas blues, they realize they are about to go into a long, long offseason without college football...

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  12. Nebraska Football: Ups and Downs of Making John Papuchis Defensive Coordinator

    On Thursday, Bo Pelini announced that John Papuchis would be elevated from his role as defensive line coach (and special teams coordinator, and recruiting coordinator) to replace Carl Pelini as defensive coordinator...

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  13. Nebraska Football: The 10 Most Important People in the Program

    At times, Nebraska Football seems like an entity unto itself, a self-perpetuating beast striding across history. But of course, that beast is merely an organization, made up of people making decisions that shape the course of the program...

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  14. Nebraska Football: 5 Questions to Be Answered at the Capital One Bowl

    Nebraska is making preparations to face South Carolina on January 2 at the Capital One Bowl in Orlando. With the long layoffs, travel and distractions that come with a bowl game, sometimes ...

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  15. Nebraska Football: 6 Turning Points of the 2011 Cornhusker Season

    "We can never know what might have been, but what is to come is another matter entirely." - C.S. Lewis Nebraska finished the 2011 regular season at 9-3, did not win its division and ended up in the Capital One Bowl against South Carolina...

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  16. Nebraska Football: Latest Capital One Bowl News and Updates

    The Capital One Bowl between Nebraska and South Carolina will be here before you know it. Rest assured, at Bleacher Report, we’re here to make sure you know everything you need to be ready...

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  17. Nebraska Football: Cornhuskers' 2011 Defensive Postseason Awards

    Never let it be said that we here at Bleacher Report aren’t fair. Last week, we gave you the 2011 offensive postseason awards for Nebraska, and now you get the defensive postseason awards...

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  18. Nebraska Football: Cornhuskers' 2011 Offensive Postseason Awards

    One of the sad things about college football is how short the season is. It seems like just yesterday we were looking excitedly towards Nebraska’s first year in a new conference ...

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  19. Nebraska Football: Bo Pelini Must Hire Mike Stoops as Defensive Coordinator

    Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes (Turn and face the strain) Ch-ch-Changes Don’t want to be a richer man Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes (Turn and face the strain) Just gonna ...

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  20. Nebraska to the Capital One Bowl: A Guide to the Matchup vs. South Carolina

    By getting a BCS invitation, Michigan helped Nebraska with a bowl upgrade to the Capital One Bowl on Jan. 2, 2012...

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  21. Nebraska Football: Heroes Game Not a Rivalry Until Iowa Wins

    ri·val·ry /ˈrīvəlrē/ Noun: Competition for the same objective or for superiority in the same field So, is the Heroes Game between Nebraska and Iowa a rivalry yet? It’s got many trappings of a rivalry...

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  22. Nebraska Football: Grading the Cornhuskers' Game Against Iowa

    Nebraska started its new post-Thanksgiving rivalry out in the right way, beating Iowa 20-7 in a game that was never really a blowout but never really in doubt for NU...

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  23. Sorry, Bo, Nebraska's Motivation Level Is Key to Win over Iowa

    There are any number of key issues that could determine who will win the inaugural Heroes Game between Nebraska and Iowa...

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  24. Nebraska Football: Husker Struggles Make Rivalry Game with Hawkeyes More Intense

    Nebraska fans, are you looking for a silver lining in the wreckage of NU’s 45-17 mauling by Michigan? Well, at least it made Friday’s Corn Bowl against Iowa a lot more interesting...

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  25. Nebraska Football: Grading the Cornhuskers' Game vs. Michigan

    At Michigan, Nebraska had a perfect spotlight to announce it was “back and here to stay,” as Bo Pelini told the world after the 2009 Holiday Bowl win...

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