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After decades of driving south, NU points eastward
  Premium ContentClick on Premium Content on the Featured navigation bar for information.Situated in the middle of the United States, we Nebraskans can count on this luxury: the right to stand at the crossroads of almost everything North American, to peer in any direction and let the blood of this Midwestern heart flow toward any horizon of work, leisure or discovery. We look west to the hiking and camping trails of the Rockies and Tetons. Or southwest to Arizona, arid home of so many Husker snowbirds. Or north to fishing holes and more barren, less forgiving landscapes than our...
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Shatel: Disregard everything I used to say — Big Ten is the place NU belongs
Big Ten, big deal. In the interest of full disclosure, I want to be perfectly clear. I used to make fun of the Big Ten. That's for all of the readers with splendid memories, who, since last summer, have pointedly asked, "Now that you're a Big Ten homer, are you going to point out how you used to rip the Big Ten?'' Who, me?
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Hawkeye 'D' reloading
Yes, Shaun Prater has heard all about how it's going to be different for him and the rest of the Iowa secondary. Defensive linemen Adrian Clayborn, Christian Ballard and Karl Klug — all NFL draft picks, Clayborn in the first round — are gone. It's going to be so much harder for Prater — an All-Big Ten selection and All-America candidate — to do his thing now, the theory goes. Without the run-stoppers and pass rushers up front, Iowa opponents will be better able to avoid...
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Sam McKewon's preseason rankings
While Oklahoma tops the overall voting in the preseason Associated Press poll, The World-Herald's Sam McKewon, the only AP voter in Nebraska, likes Oregon at No. 1 with its hyper-fast offense and explosive running back LaMichael James (below). Each week this season, McKewon will offer a rundown of his Top 25.
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Iowa offensive line brimming with confidence
Take a look at the Iowa offense, and some key elements are certainly there. Marvin McNutt is a big-play wide receiver with 16 career touchdown catches. Marcus Coker took over at running back late in his freshman season and looked like he stopped the revolving door at the position. Quarterback James Vandenberg doesn't have much experience, but that's only because Ricky Stanzi was entrenched and not because Iowa didn't have confidence in him.
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Junior college QB to lead ISU attack
The Cyclones have intriguing options at wide receiver and running back, and three starters are back in the trenches. But their starting quarterback, Steele Jantz, has never played in a Division I game. Jantz, a junior college transfer, earned the starting position Aug. 20 after the team's final scrimmage of the fall camp. The Cyclones figured there would be close competition among Jantz, junior Jerome Tiller and redshirt freshman Jared Barnett to replace three-year starter Austen Arnaud.
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Squashing some Big Ten myths
The contrast was startling. In 2010, Bo Pelini's vision to stifle spread offenses came to fruition with a fast, aggressive, versatile band of hybrids — seven guys, all about 205 pounds, all capable of covering receivers or stuffing a running back. Up the road, Bret Bielema's vision to run over defenses came to fruition with a massive, impenetrable, punishing offensive line — five guys, all between 315-330 pounds, all between 6-foot-4 and 6-7.
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NU: The road not traveled
What kind of potholes, road work and detours await the Huskers on their journey into uncharted territory in Big Ten country? We map the first season in the new league.
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On the road to a rivalry ... at last
No longer is a rivalry between Nebraska and Iowa just a good idea. Thanks to Nebraska's shift to the Big Ten, the geographical neighbors will meet every year now. With the game scheduled to be played on Thanksgiving weekend, maybe this will be the foe that satisfies Husker fans' hunger for a rival to replace Oklahoma in a way that Colorado never really did. "I think it's going to be awesome," said Jim Blaha, a Nebraska fan living among Iowa fans behind enemy lines in Council Bluffs. "Basically...
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Hawkeyes: 5 reasons for optimism, pessimism
Kirk Ferentz said he looks at the 2011 schedule, particularly the Big Ten portion, as about the same as last year. Two good teams went off — Ohio State and Wisconsin. Two good teams came on — Nebraska and . Purdue? There aren't too many easy trips through the Big Ten, but you could do worse than playing a road game against a team that went 4-8 instead of playing against a team that played on New Year's Day, no matter how tough Ferentz perceives the Boilermakers to be. Michigan,...
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Big Ten bus bursts with celebs
You know that Nebraska has some serious celebrity fans. You see them prowling the sidelines on fall Saturdays or inside their luxury suites. That got us to thinking: How do Big Ten schools compare to the Huskers based on celebrity fans? The breakdown is somewhat similar to the actual Big Ten divisions; only we include Leaders, Legends and C-list celebs. Our ranking is not only based on how big the celebrity is, but also on how ardent a fan he or she is. It's a formula that's somewhat arbitrary,...
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