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Nebraska's past vs. Iowa's present to decide outcome

If you have enjoyed Nebraska football tickets over the years, you know all about the history of the Husker football program.
There are the five national championships, the three Heisman Trophy winners, all the Outland and Lombardi award winners, the All-Americans, the Academic All-Americans and the long-standing tradition of bowl games that Husker fans have long pointed to.
These are traditions that Iowa football doesn't share –- the Hawkeyes own one national championship (by the Football Writers Association of America in 1958), one Heisman Trophy winner (Nile Kinnick in 1939), and haven't had anywhere near the long history of bowl game appearances that their western neighbors have enjoyed.
On the other hand – Iowa has been more successful in the past decade than the Huskers have. Iowa has been to a bowl game every year in the 21st century, except for one. They are one of four college teams in Div. I to have put together a three-game bowl winning streak, with two of those wins coming against teams ranked in the top 12.
Iowa has played in more BCS bowl games (two) than Nebraska (none) since 2002. They have won two Big Ten Conference championships (2002 and 2004), while Nebraska hasn't won a conference title since 1999.
Nebraska fans like to point to Iowa's inability to beat Nebraska over the years, but Iowa fans point out that their program wasn't anywhere near on the level of Nebraska's during the 1980's and 1990's, countering that today's Iowa program is actually ahead of where Nebraska is right now, based on comparisons of their records and bowl game appearances.
When the Big Ten Conference added Nebraska for the 2011 season, they made sure to align the divisions so that Nebraska would have to play Iowa every year. The connection makes sense, both geographically and from the aspect of settling the annual arguments that develop between fans from the two schools.
All those comparisons will go by the boards on Friday when Nebraska takes on Iowa in a game being called "The Heroes Game" by officials from both schools. The game will honor our fighting forces and those who have given of themselves to benefit the two states over the years.
It will be a great matchup that will help settle the argument over whether Nebraska's history trumps Iowa's present success, or vice versa. Don't miss out on what should be a fun rivalry -- get your tickets now to see Nebraska take on Iowa at Ticket Express -- where no Nebraska football game is ever sold out.

Nebraska hoping to stay in hunt at Michigan

It's been almost a half-century since fans with Nebraska football tickets have traveled to Ann Arbor, Mich., to watch the Huskers play the University of Michigan.
With Nebraska's move into the Big Ten Conference this season, Nebraska was placed in the same division as Michigan, which means a trip to The Big House will become a regular occurrence as Nebraska seeks to establish new rivalries among its counterparts in its new conference.
You have to be a longtime Nebraska football fan to remember the Huskers' last trip to Michigan Stadium. In fact, you have to go all the way back to Sept. 29, 1962, which was Bob Devaney's first season at Nebraska, to find the Huskers' first and only trip to one of college football's most legendary home fields.
Nebraska pulled off what would become one of Devaney's first signature victories on that day, rallying to defeat Michigan 25-13 in front of a crowd of 57,254 that would barely account for half of the stadium's current seating capacity of more than 109,000.
While this year's game doesn't have that kind of history for the Nebraska team, it is still a very important matchup as the Huskers and Michigan do battle for the Legends Division title and a trip to the first-ever Big Ten Conference Championship Game on Dec. 3 in Indianapolis.
Nebraska is coming off a very emotional 17-14 win at Penn State on Saturday, a game that was played just days after breaking news that a former assistant football coach at Penn State was involved in the sexual abuse of children. Michigan started the season 6-0, but have been up and down in recent weeks. They are coming into the game after a 31-14 win at Illinois, and currently sit tied with Nebraska as both teams are one game behind division leader Michigan State.
There is plenty of history connecting the two schools. The two teams have met in bowl games on a number of occasions, the last coming in 2005 when the Huskers edged Michigan 32-28 in the Alamo Bowl.
Several past Nebraska head coaches have ties to Michigan as well, including Charles Thomas (1895), Fielding Yost (1898), W.C. Cole (1907), Henry Schulte (1919) and Pete Elliott (1956), who actually led the Wolverines to its last outright national championship as quarterback of the 1948 squad.
It should be a great matchup between two of college football's most historic programs. Get your tickets to see Nebraska take on Michigan now at Ticket Express -- where no Nebraska football game is ever sold out.

Huskers, Wildcats meet for first time since Alamo Bowl

It's been a long time since Nebraska met Northwestern on the college football gridiron, but fans with Nebraska football tickets will get to see the two teams with an "N" on their helmet clash this Saturday when the Huskers battle the Wildcats at Memorial Stadium.
This is only the fifth meeting all-time between the two schools, and the first regular-season meeting since 1974. The last time Nebraska and Northwestern met in college football, it was in the 2000 Alamo Bowl in San Antonio, Texas.
The end of the 2000 season was something of a letdown for Nebraska football fans. The Huskers started the year as the No. 1 team in the nation, but losses to third-ranked Oklahoma and 16th ranked Kansas State late in the year knocked the Huskers out of contention for a national title and a Big 12 Conference championship.
Northwestern, on the other hand, was coming off a solid season that saw them finish as Big Ten Conference co-champions. They made the trip to Texas to take on the Huskers, and experts were predicting a high-scoring battle between two of the top offensive units in the nation.
The experts were half right -- Nebraska more than lived up to its end of the bargain, racking up 636 yards in total offense and scoring a then-NCAA bowl record 66 points. Northwestern, meanwhile, couldn't keep up with the pace, as Nebraska scored 35 unanswered points in the game's final 31 minutes to blow out the Wildcats, 66-17.
Nebraska football fans will remember names like Eric Crouch and Dan Alexander, both of whom had big nights as part of the Huskers' blowout win over Northwestern. Alexander had a monster night, rushing for 240 yards and two touchdowns. Crouch completed just five passes, but two of those went for scores to Matt Davison. Crouch added a 50-yard touchdown of his own and scored again in the third quarter on a short run.
All in all, it was a bowl game Northwestern fans would like to forget, and they will come to Lincoln on Saturday to cheer their team on against the Huskers for the first time since Sept. 28, 1974. It's likely Northwestern fans would like to forget that game as well – the Huskers came into that matchup ranked No. 10 and pounded the Wildcats in a 49-7 outcome.
The matchup between Nebraska and Northwestern will be televised by the Big Ten Network, but you can be at the game live with Nebraska football tickets that are available now at Ticket Express -- where no Nebraska football game is ever sold out.

Big non-conference games still await Nebraska

It's still early in the season, but fans with Nebraska football tickets have enjoyed watching a Nebraska football team develop into a top 10 program so far during the 2011 season.
Nebraska is 2-0 after opening with a 40-7 win over Tennessee-Chattanooga and an exciting 42-29 win over Fresno State last week. Nebraska has shown signs of big-play abilities on offense, and while the defense took some lumps in last week's win over the Bulldogs, they are looking more and more solid by the week.
The big surprise for the Huskers so far has been on special teams. With the loss of placekicking standout Alex Henery to graduation, there was a lot of concern as to how the Huskers would fill that void after Henery's remarkable four-year run as the Nebraska kicker.
They seem to have found an answer in Kearney junior Brett Maher, who drilled four field goals – including a 50-yarder in to the win – in Nebraska's season-opening win over Chattanooga. Maher has shown very good range so far this season and is proving to be a worthy candidate to replace the dependable toe of Henery.
Another positive has been in the return game, where Ameer Abdullah has become an explosive threat on kick returns. He pulled off a key 100-yard return for a score in the Huskers' big win over Fresno State last week, and he is among the leaders nationally in average return yards, making him a major threat to score every time he gets a chance to return a kick.
You'll get to see the Huskers in action one more time during the non-conference schedule. This Saturday, Nebraska takes on Washington in what should be an exciting non-conference matchup at Memorial Stadium. The following week, Nebraska hits the road for a battle against an improving Wyoming squad in Laramie, Wyo. It will be Nebraska's first trip to visit its farthest-west neighboring state, and there is sure to be a group of Husker fans traveling across the border to see the Huskers and Cowboys in action during Nebraska's final game before Big Ten Conference play begins in October.
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ESPN gives kudos to Nebraska's Big Ten arrival

Who among those with Nebraska football tickets would have guessed how interesting the 2011 season was going to be?
With Nebraska's move into the Big Ten Conference, the Husker football program is getting a lot of kudos from people that, until the move, seemed only too willing to make light of the Big Red's plight as the whipping boy to Texas in the old Big 12 Conference.
Now that Nebraska is in with the Big Ten, there's a new appreciation for what's going on in Lincoln among the elite media types. Some are even going so far as to pick the Huskers to win the Big Ten Championship and earn a trip tot he Rose Bowl, which would be Nebraska' s first BCS bowl appearance since the 2001 Rose Bowl when they lost to Miami.
ESPN columnist Mark Schlabach complimented the addition of Nebraska into the Big Ten Conference in a recent column, saying Nebraska's arrival should be a boost for a conference that seems to be unable to win some of the big bowl games each year.
"The Cornhuskers' arrival couldn't come at a better time for the Big Ten, which went 0-4 in New Year's Day bowl games and enters the 2011 season with two of its flagship programs, Michigan and Ohio State, going through coaching transitions for entirely different reasons," he said.
Schlabach said that the addition of Nebraska means the Big Ten has another traditional powerhouse team that owns a championship pedigree, but Nebraska will have to find a way to taste success in a BCS bowl game, something it hasn't done since beating Tennessee in the 2000 Fiesta Bowl.
You'll get a chance to see the Huskers play Big Ten football this season, with home games against Ohio State, Michigan State, Northwestern and Iowa. Get great seats to all the Nebraska football games now at Ticket Express -- where no Nebraska football game is ever sold out.

Will Bubba stay or will he go? Time is running out

One of the most talked-about recruits in recent memory among fans with Nebraska football tickets has been Kansas high school standout Bubba Starling.
The 6-foot-5, 195-pounder was one of the shining stars in the 2011 Nebraska football recruiting class, and he was also one of the most talked-about baseball players in all of the country, being tabbed as the fifth pick in the Major League Baseball entry draft by the Kansas City Royals.
With the start of fall practice in preparation for the 2011 Husker football season getting underway this week, many are wondering just how long Starling will be in the Husker camp. Is the possibility of playing for one of the most storied teams in all of college football worth more than the opportunity to play baseball in the big leagues?
Starling has mega-agent Scott Boras negotiating with the Royals right now, and there is talk that Boras is seeking a $10 million payday for Starling to sign with the team.
The Lincoln Journal Star reported that, with about a week left until the Aug. 15, 11 p.m. CDT deadline, the Royals will have to pony up some serious money to get Starling's services as a big bat and outstanding defensive outfielder. With no deal announced yet, Starling is strapping on the pads and working out with the Huskers in preparation for the 2011 season.
Starling isn't saying much publicly, but did text a message to a Kansas City Star reporter that the process was getting stressful. He said Nebraska's practices are "the hardest thing I've ever done," but seems to be enjoying the experience in spite of the stress of deciding between the gridiron and the diamond.
Regardless of where Starling ends up, you will get to see the Huskers in action this coming season with eight great home matchups and four solid road tests as part of their first year in the Big Ten Conference. Get your Nebraska football tickets now at Ticket Express -- where no Nebraska football game is ever sold out.

Nebraska fans buying Wyoming season tickets

If you are looking for Nebraska football tickets to any Husker game this year, Ticket Express is the go-to source for tickets for any Husker football game, whether home or away.
There is a real ticket crunch for one of the games on the Huskers' 2011 schedule, and that's the Sept. 24 game at Wyoming.
Wyoming's War Memorial Stadium seats about 30,000, a little more than a third of the capacity of Nebraska's Memorial Stadium. The University received just 3,850 tickets for their allotment for the game, and those tickets were picked up in a hurry by Husker fans.
Some fans are resorting to becoming Wyoming season ticket holders, just so they can get tickets to the Nebraska game. That means being stuck with tickets to see Wyoming take on such noted football powerhouse teams as Weber State, Texas State and New Mexico.
While the Cowboys do host TCU, a team that beat Wisconsin in last year's Rose Bowl, those Husker fans who do decide to purchase season tickets to the Wyoming game are going to be stuck with some tickets to football games that aren't going to be of much appeal to fans who aren't followers of Wyoming football.
You don't have to be stuck with tickets to football games you don't want to watch. You can get great seats to see Nebraska travel to Wyoming to take on the Cowboys on Saturday, Sept. 24. Don't miss out on what should be a fun road trip -- get your tickets now at Ticket Express -- where no Husker football game is ever sold out.

Nebraska players showing up on award watch lists

Fans with Nebraska football tickets should be on the lookout for Lavonte David.
And Jared Crick.
And Alfonzo Dennard.
These guys are among several Huskers who are already showing up on preseason "watch lists" for several notable postseason awards leading into the 2011 college football season.
David, a senior linebacker, has already had his name added to four watch lists for the upcoming campaign. He recently was named among 51 candidates for the Butkus Award, which is given to the nation's top linebacker.
David, who recorded a school-record 152 tackles last year, was already on three other watch lists prior to the Butkus announcement. He is one of three Huskers in line for the Lombardi Award and is also among a trio of Nebraska players tabbed as candidates for the Bednarik Award and Nagurski Trophy.
Joining David on the Bednarik and Nagurski watch lists are Alfonzo Dennard and Jared Crick. Crick and Cameron Meredith are on the Lombardi list with David.
Crick is the lone Husker being considered for the Outland Trophy, which is given to the nation's outstanding defensive player. Dennard is also being considered for the Thorpe Award.
Three other Huskers are on trophy watch lists heading into the 2011 season. Kyler Reed is in line for the Mackey Award, Taylor Martinez is a candidate for the Maxwell Award, and Mike Caputo is on the list for the Rimington Trophy.
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Pelini connection should help recruiting in Ohio

Longtime fans with Nebraska football tickets remember the days when the Huskers coaching staff would make their way to Texas or Florida to land some big-name talent.
Two of Nebraska's more notable standouts came from those states. Longtime fans remember the recruiting war with Oklahoma that ultimately landed legendary quarterback Turner Gill, and it was a trip to Florida that led to the arrival of Tommie Frazier, who led Nebraska to two national championships.
Huskers head coach Bo Pelini is starting to blaze some new recruiting trails in a state Nebraska hasn't had a ton of success in over the years, as he is starting to land some top-notch talent from his home state of Ohio.
The recent announcement that Greg McMullen, one of the top recruits in the nation, was coming to Nebraska is a sign of the progress Pelini is making in the state where he grew up and played his high school and college football.
The Youngstown, Ohio native played his college ball at Ohio State. The Buckeyes have traditionally landed a lot of the big-name talent that resides within the state's borders, but Pelini's reputation as one of the top young head coaches in the country is making the Huskers a player for some of the top-tier talent in Ohio right now.
While Texas, Florida and California generally have a bigger population base to work from as far as football talent is concerned, the blue-collar ethic and tough-as-nails mentality that Ohio athletes are known for makes them a great addition for the Huskers. Especially with their recent move to the Big Ten Conference, it provides a much-needed chance at exposing the program and the university to student-athletes who might otherwise not give Nebraska a second look.
Recruiting experts believe that Nebraska's move into the Big Ten is going to give them several new avenues to recruit the kind of talent that will keep them among the nation's most talked-about teams for a long time to come. It's already paying dividends in football hotbeds like Ohio, and if the team is as successful as they have been in recent years, there's no reason to believe they'll be able to land more big-name talent from that state in the future.
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Ohio standout says he's coming to Nebraska

Fans with Nebraska football tickets should be very excited with the Nebraska recruiting class that is starting to develop for 2012.
Earlier this week, the Lincoln Journal-Star reported that Ohio defensive end standout Greg McMullen was choosing Nebraska over several big-name institutions, including his home-state teams at Ohio State and Cincinnati, fellow Big Ten schools Michigan State, Purdue and Northwestern, and traditional recruiting power Notre Dame.
McMullen is a 6-foot-5, 260-pound defensive end from Akron, playing for Archbishop Hoban High School. He is noted as a four-star recruit by Rivals.com and is among the top 100 prospects in the nation for the Class of 2012.
During his junior year, McMullen recorded 55 tackles and 8 1/2 quarterback sacks. He has good size and is being touted as a potential standout at defensive tackle.
The Journal-Star reported that Nebraska will not have a big recruiting class from a numbers perspective, as they will have to stay within the limits of the required number of scholarship players on a roster. The newspaper said McMullen would be among a potential group of up to 15 players Nebraska will sign when signing day comes the first Wednesday in February of 2012.
As it stands now, Nebraska has four verbal commitments with McMullen's announcement. He joins Jordan Westerkamp, a wide receiver from Illinois; Michael Rose, a linebacker from Missouri; and Ben Cotton, a tight end from Lincoln and the son of Nebraska assistant coach and former Husker standout Barney Cotton.
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