Ricketts endorses fellow Republican Jim Pillen for governor
January 18, 2022 GMTLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska gubernatorial candidate Jim Pillen scored a big endorsement Tuesday from Gov. Pete Ricketts, a fellow Republican who backed the University of Nebraska regent to be his successor.
Nebraska promotes Bill Busch to special teams coordinator
January 10, 2022 GMTLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Bill Busch has been promoted from defensive analyst to special teams coordinator at Nebraska, coach Scott Frost announced Monday.
Frost also said assistant Mike Dawson will have additional duties.
Thanks for the memories: This isn’t your dad’s Nebraska-OU
September 14, 2021 GMTLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska's visit to third-ranked Oklahoma on Saturday is a trip down memory lane for the over-40 set of college football fans.
It's the 50th anniversary of the “Game of the Century,” the showdown between the nation's Nos.
Cornuskers-Sooners revival just another game to most players
September 13, 2021 GMTLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska-Oklahoma game Saturday is being celebrated by the older generations, the folks who long for the days when the battle of the Big Reds decided the Big Eight champion and often whose national title hopes survived and whose died.
‘Not bad for 55 years’: Ohio coach Frank Solich retires
July 14, 2021 GMTOhio coach Frank Solich had one of the great second acts in college football history.
After a six-year stint as Tom Osborne's replacement at Nebraska was deemed good but not good enough, Solich returned to his home state and led a downtrodden Ohio football program to 16 years of unprecedented success.
Medical marijuana backers file formal papers for campaign
February 5, 2019 GMTLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Backers of an effort to legalize medical marijuana in Nebraska have filed formal paperwork for a statewide ballot campaign...
Medical marijuana bill draws passionate support, opposition
January 25, 2019 GMTLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A bill to legalize medical marijuana in Nebraska is drawing passionate support from people who want the drug to treat chronic conditions, but opposition from top state officials, law enforcement and former Nebraska football coach Tom Osborne...
With hundreds of youths without a mentor, Tom Osborne promotes benefits of TeamMates program
August 30, 2018 GMTLINCOLN — Tom Osborne, the founder of the TeamMates mentoring program, said Wednesday that the program has stepped up its game in hopes of attracting more mentors.
TeamMates serves more than 9,400 youths and has been gaining about 500 mentee-mentor matches each year, said Osborne, the former Nebraska football coach and athletic director.
Driving for 6: Osborne says gamblers used to accost him; NU’s light attrition (so far); O’Brien’s plan
May 16, 2018 GMTTime for a drive, with plenty to discuss.
1. Tom Osborne’s opinions on the subject of sports gambling are well-known.
He’s against it. He thinks it has negative societal consequences, and that those consequences outweigh any economic benefits a state may incur.
Teammates looking for mentors in North Platte
November 11, 2017 GMTStarted as a community outreach program for the Nebraska football team in 1991, Teammates has flourished.
But the youth mentoring organization is in need of help in North Platte.
After a high of 65, the number of mentors in the community has dropped to 36, while the number of youths in need of a mentor has grown to near 100, organizers say.
No. 20 Central Florida looks to contain Navy’s triple option
October 20, 2017 GMTANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Few people have a better appreciation for option football than Central Florida coach Scott Frost.
Frost ran a version of option football under the direction of his father at Wood River High in Nebraska.
Shatel: Even as Nebraska losses start to numb, point spread is a jolt
October 10, 2017 GMTLas Vegas made Ohio State a 24.5-point favorite over Nebraska on Saturday. And I said: Nothing surprises me about Nebraska football anymore.
Wisconsin blew out the Huskers in the second half and won 38-17.
Nebraska legend Tom Osborne proud of protégé Craig Bohl’s success at Wyoming
November 22, 2016 GMTLARAMIE, Wyo. — Before he was a three-time FCS national champion, before he was the architect of a rags-to-riches turnaround at Wyoming, Craig Bohl was an injured defensive back under Tom Osborne at Nebraska.
Nebraska fires Doc Sadler after last-place finish
March 10, 2012 GMTLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska fired coach Doc Sadler on Friday after the team he expected to be his best in his six years at the school posted the program's lowest win total since 2003.
"I've decided to make a change in the basketball program," athletic director Tom Osborne said.